ray suarez. my speech is not intended to show disrespect to president obama washington and israel - intentions surrounding binyamin netanyahu's controversial visit to the u.s. welcome to al jazeera. i'm election puranam. also ahead - peace talks between yemen's political factions resume. u.s. secretary of state john kerry urges moscow and pro-russian rebels to honour a

ceasefire in eastern ukraine to face the consequences. i'm veronica pedrosa in bangkok thailand and we'll that is correct a thailand airways to see if they can emerge from heavy debt to make a soft landing we start with the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu's controversial visit to the u.s. to address a joint sitting of congress and he'll tele-u.s. lawmakers why he opposes the terms of a deal with iran. earlier binyamin netanyahu gave a speech to the biggest american lobby group. >> reporter: as in previous appearances. binyamin netanyahu gave a speech to a.p.a. c, taking pains to

ensure that differences with president obama should not split democrats and republicans in the support for israel. >> i regret some misperceived my visit as doing that. israel is a bipartisan issue and should remain. >> many are describing as a tactical mistake binyamin netanyahu's accepting the republican invitation to speak before a joint meeting of congress without notifying the white house, saying she's forcing democrats to choose between israel and obama. just as the negotiations to reach a framework agreement reaches is crucial phase. secretary of state john kerry signalled that binyamin netanyahu should not leak details of a deal that may be unacceptable. >> we are concerned by reports

that suggests certain provisions may become public. doing so will make it difficult to reach the goal that israel and others say they share in order to get a good deal. >> president obama will not meet binyamin netanyahu. the counter dispute should not be exaggerated. >> ultimately, what has been remarkable is unity maintained in saying to iran you have to show the world you are not pursuing a nuclear weapon. >> binyamin netanyahu indicated that iran should be forced to dismantle the programme well before it can be weaponized. >> israel and the united states agree that iran should not have nuclear weapons. we disagree on preventing iran

to develop those letters. >> binyamin netanyahu says he has no intention of getting caught up in american poll sibs. that could be hard to avoid if the push d asks for tighter sanctions in iran in defings of obama. >> libya's internationally recognised parliament returned to the peace talks with the survival of the government. following a meeting with the u.n. envoy. it will meet with talks only if it's recognised as the sole government. it £ed talks after -- suspended talks after suicide bombings. all political parties are

returning to the negotiating table. >> they are marching against the houthi coup. these women are calling for yemen to be ruled again. monday night a u.n. announcement rekindled hope. en returned to the tables. all political powers are set to be taken part including those who refuse to participate in the negotiations following the take over by the rebels. since the coup the houthis removed the president, dissolved a parliament arrival of yemen's powerful neighbour. the fact that all sides are meeting is seen as a break through. expectations of a solution are low.

these are negotiations before substantive talks can begin. among other issues the fate of this man is in the balance. he tried to negotiate with the rebels and forced him to resign. they do not know that the dialogue will bring rights to suppress his disease. he's in the sudden city of aden, shoring up support. he's promised help from allies like saudi arabia and u.s. >> we support those seeking to leave yemen. for implementation, and completion of the task of the g.c.c. initiative. taking power back from the houthis will not be easy. the leader has accused a key political party of colluding with them. the fighters hold the prime

minister and yemeni politicians in the capital. yemeni leaders koult the houthis -- called the houthis thugs for higher. the separatists in the south. among them are dozens of factions unclear whether they want to be part of yemen. among all this people are faced with a deteriorating situation. the hope and the resolution of the crisis hinges on the ability of those wheeling power to talk to each other. >> two people have been killed and nine injured in an explosion outside egypt. the bomb hidden under a parked car. a group has claimed responsibility for the attack the leaders of russia ukraine, france and germany

spoke on the phone about the crisis in eastern ukraine, coming after secretary of state john kerry warned of consequences of the kremlin and pro-russian separatists. fragile truce is holding in the east where fighting killed 6,000 people in less than a year. if there continues to be a broad swath of noncompliance or a cherry-picking where it has been moved back from or where to. inevitable inevitably it there's be consequences adding strain on russia's troubled economy pro-russian separatists withdrew weapons, both ukraine and the rebels are acting in line with the deal made in minsk. john hendren reports in rebel held donetsk. >> reporter: the machinery of

war keeps rolling. the silence is deafening. that's hours. the ceasefire is holding. ceasefire can't exist. small shells landed on our side before being fired back. fired at us. occasional volleys violate the ceasefire, a report found 6,000 people have died. separatists say it is ukranian forces that violated the ceasefire. >> we are upholding it completely. ukranian side violates the agreement, and started to open fire. the death toll continue to rise.

with each passing day the front line shifts in weekend fighting three were killed. few at the ukranian front line trenches spent the ceasefire to hold. >> separatist troops appearing to want to expand and the front line could shift again. >> new leaks revealed how egypt's president scuffed ways to take advantage of a low cost housing protest. it can't be verified. speaking to a chief of staff. >> i will collect the fee for

the electricity. >> he will take it. >> he will take it we'll take 50%. that's the reality. see what i mean. it is part of a series of leaks that implicate the united arab emirates. a senior lecturer in the study of islam said political players could leak the conversation that could embarrass the government. what makes it interesting, is of course, the timing why it comes, the needs, to the surface right now at this point in time. it was known for a while that it was an important player in propping up the egyptian economy since the takeover by the military and action of abdul fatah al-sisi through the presidency. the interesting questions now are, of course who leaked it, and which objectives. if we look a little at the context. there are still parliamentary

elections that need to take place in egypt, and they are due to take place this month, although last week it appeared because of a moving they might have to be postponed. it's possible that certain political players in egypt have an interest in making this into the open right, to embarrass the government. >> still to come on al jazeera, how a european ban on a kenyan farm is expecting the livelihood of farmers. plus violent outbreaks in columbia and an indigenous tribe claims what it says are incest ral lands.

good to have you with us these are the top stories on al jazeera. u.s. president obama called the iranian's upcoming speech to the u.s. congress a distraction to iran. binyamin netanyahu will tell congress why he's opposed to a nuclear deal. >> the u.n. special advisor to yemen says all political parties returned to the negotiating table. previous talks broke down when parties protested against what the houthis called a heavy-handed policy including the detention. pro-russian separatists failed to implement a ceasefire in ukraine. the leaders of russia ukraine, france and germany spoke on the

phone about the ongoing conflict. the army backed by shia militia launched a large-scale military operation to recapture the city of tikrit. at least 20,000 soldiers and militia fighters are advancing on the city. it's been under i.s.i.l.'s control since june. we have this report. >> the assault - the iraqi forces have recaptured towns in the northern province. from the islamic state of iraq and levant. the city is the birthplace of iraqi president saddam hussein, at the heartland of the sunni muslim community. >> this is prepared for the i.s.i.l. rats. we'll trust them all over tikrit. >> the city was seized by the islamic state of iraq and levant during a blitz attack last summer. today we launched this offensive and liberate the people of the province including many areas,

a campaign to cleanse and liberate the province from the filth of i.s.i.l. the goal is to liberate them from the tyranny and terrorism of i.s.i.l. a force of 20,000 backed by fighter jets. shia militia said joined the army operation in sala hughed een. but there's a fear that the shia-led attack could target some in the reason. returning to parliament after a 2-week boy cat. sunni politicians say threats have been made. the army says it has recaptured one down from a group loyal i.s.i.l. this is set to show the offensive. the commander of the force is

heavily involved. tikrit is the biggest challenge so far for iraq's military and a test as the country prepared to take -- mosul in the coming months. a stronghold. australia deploying more soldiers to help train iraqi security forces in the fight against i.s.i.l. at least 300 troops will be sent to a baiji military base and a joint mission with new zealand. prime minister tony abbott addressing troops heading to iraq in december. he stressed again that it will not be a combat mission. >> it is iraq that must defeat the death cult. but we do not want to leave the iraqis on their own. we are reluctant as a peace of loving people to reach out to far away conflicts, as we know the conflict has been reaching out to us now.

the the government's decision has the support of the prime minister of iran and responds to a formal request from the united states to contribute specific australian defence force capabilities to the international coalition. >> south-west columbia where work is under way to broker a peace deal between the indigenous tribe and the government. 40 have been wounded in violence between security forces in the fast few days. many have been forced to leave sugar foundations they say it is part of their ancestral land. >> in dozens of small camps like this one. the nasa people continue their obligation of the sugar cane farm. a delegation came to the camps to speak to the people to try and broker a deal with the government and try to avoid a violence that we have seen in earlier days. >> the community accuses the police of using excessive force

and brutality, less the senator who received the complaint says that they have a right. the indigenous demand is not arbitrary, it's a historical right over the land and a process to free the mother earth. powerful sugar companies want to turn the area into a sugar cane area. this has been their land for time memorial. >> this land is owned by one of the biggest corporations in the country, but it is insisted that they will not leave until they recover it. >> they'll have to kill us you will to push us out. we resisted for hundreds of years and keep resisting. we will not leave the land until it is ours. >> last sunday they reached a temporary deal that will end on

tuesday. everybody here hopes that these negotiations will help avoid further violence. >> cuba's former leader met five cubans released from a u.s. prison. they have been held since 1988 and were released as part of a prisoner swap with the united states. it happened in december when cuba and the u.s. began to restore diplomatic ties. a group of politicians in britain criticized the country's detention stom the the u.k. is the only country that doesn't have a limit. >> the authorities call them holding doctors, and the critics say they are more like prisons. which can hold people indefinitely why they wait to find out if they are thrown out of the u.k. so do the politicians, and acknowledged where whether they

are a problem, means something. >> a problem with the sting means that it is ineffective. and we hold people for too long. we hold people who are vulnerable. and anxiety levels rise and rise. it causes distress. if you have a culture of disbelief and a lot of distressed people it's inevitable that you'll get mistreatment of people on the ground. it is not good enough. michael was born in ghana, but crew up and went to school in britain. he spent three years in attention. >> the upcertainty, i cannot. unless you live through it yourself. it is unimaginable. i went through stages where i've had enough. >> campaigners for people like michael hope that the acknowledgements of the problem can be a step towards treating people with humanity. >> i think one of the most important things about the

report is that it does call for a systematic shift in the whole approach to managing migration and removals away from this knee jerk enforcement as a first resort towards engaging with migrants in the community. the community wants those like rape victims to be spared detention. there are suggestions of mistreatment inside a wider system. >> this man died while being retrained by two guards as they put him on a plane outside of the country. >> that sort of allegation is not a one off. >> it is significant that politicians are finally acknowledging what rights campaigners have been saying for years, which is that there is a brutal altry about the system. elections are two months away.

it's difficult to imagine any mainstream voter would thing that there are rites to be won. >> let's go to kenya, where farmers are struggling after european countries banned a lease. cart workers - farmers say they are forced to sell below market prices and only export to somalia. somalia. >> reporter: this is what families and the king has down for generations. most is told so somalia. they complain somalia middlemen manipulate the market. forcing them to sell cheaper. >> they want to maximise the profit and know we are desperate for the market. we have no other market. we sit down they try to make the

maximum out of us. >> reporter: farmers say they used to get $600 a bag. now prices can go down to $200. some doctors say it can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure. the european market was luke rat if. farmers need somali the biggest. >> it's a mild narcotic those that use it say they can chew the leaves it helps to keep them awake, puts them in a good mood and helps to suppress the appetite. >> every day, they carry roughly 60 tonnes each. it's a multi-million trade. kennions feel it's the power of the cartels that are benefitting. >> they will not benefit, they must take into account the means and requirements of a farm erp. and to produce what a happening.

unfortunately they are short sited. they see the profits they can make. kenyan farmers stopped selling to somali in protest over low prices they were straight. couldn't pay food and represent. so they resume. price war is a bootle. >> the problem will persist. >> we will just on paying less. >> reporter: it's fight time. vehicles head to nir oby. diversifying into other crops could be a solution. changing a way of life is difficult for some. a large fire has swept through shalenty towns in -- shanty towns in manila destroying hundreds of homes, affecting more than 2,000 families. some residents accuse

firefighters of being too slow to tackle the blaze. >> thousands of thai airline staff could lose their jobs if they approve a 2-year plant. >> thai airways has been operating at a loss. >> thailand's main international airports seem to be busy as ever. last year there was a 7% drop in the number of travellers. thai airways, the national carrier is in trouble not just because of a drop in tourists but its 6.1 billion debt. >> it's been reported the airline may be technically insolvent with debt outstripping assets and insufficient debt coverage. >> what is the plan how did it come to this. this person is the sixth thai airways president since 2000. the environment change the

competitor change - we did not efficiently, i believe complete with the intercontinental side but on the low cost side which is the domestic and regional we have a way to go. but it is possible as we have seen our competitors of similar size are doing it. >> thai airways is a list of state enterprises operating at a loss. now, how the government decides to deal with that and manage the process is a key test at a time when the economy is struggling. already three routes have been axed and government says some assets will be sold like planes. 20% of the workforce who thought thi had jobs for -- they had jobs for life as government workers will be let go. a tough decision by the

superboard. >> this is probably the first case of the super board to show that they are doing something to reform state-owned enterprise. they probably have to think about thai airways as a company that is competing in the international aviation history, and a company that is representative of thailand. the biggest expense for the company has been identified as employee salaries. yes, the government wants to trim expenses but that is not going to be much comfort for the a 25,000 employees certain of the future. >> celebrations marking the colourful indian festival of hally kicked off across -- hawli kicked off across the country.

women beat men in the north with wooden sticks in the name of fun. on thursday there was a passing of winter and the beginning of spring. just a reminder you can keep up to date with the news on the website at aljazeera.com. >> nogales, arizona. a bus has arrived filled with people being deported from the united states. >> right now we're headed to san juan bosco, a shelter here in nogales where the mexican immigration authorities have picked the people who were just deported, they take them there so they have a place to stay on