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first, to yemen where the former president has hit out at embattleed president hadi. we are told he will be holding his first cabinet meeting on tuesday, about 15 men expected to attend. about half the cabinet. yemen's are is minister have arrived in aden p mohamed vall. what's the status of that meet? >> a functional government is what president hadi is hoping

for. it may be postponed until tomorrow or after tomorrow, because some of the ministers have not arrived. at least eight are confirmed. two or three are understood to be arriving today. one of the difficulties, not only the rival of all the ministers, the defense minister who arrived two days ago hasn't been eager to meet with hadi, has said he is very tired and may not be sustaining the meeting. another he escaped from sanaa and left the houthis. >> obviously defense security in the region is a great concern. we have heard of growing tensions in the aden area and

this being exacerbated by the words of the former president. >> reporter: exactly. for a few days now hadi has been trying to remove the head of the special forces brigade in sanaa, but the men has refused categorically. so this is another great challenge for president hadi here right at his doorstep, refusing to leave his office. he has about 2,000 men very much fortified in his bakers. barracks. he is now holding out there and refusing to move.

yesterday there were rumors they might try otake the to take the airport. this comes at a time when a public attack on hadi, a man who failed to rule yemen destroyed yemen, asked him to leave the country, can guarantee a safe passage. wh inin 1994 he yesterday in his comments, described the situation now as similar to the situation in 1994. and he said these separatists talking about hadi, these separatists should leave yemen and we can give them a safe passage out of yemen. >> mohamed vall, thank you.

nicholas maduro has described move as most unjust poisonous that u.s. has taken against venezuela. lucia newman last the story. >> reporter: as the deaths of some of the protests, one just 14 years old u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday. no travel to the u.s., their assets seized. >> there are certainly restrictions against individuals. we also put out last week some information about what will be required to travel ovenezuela, given vee is visas. >> reporter: maduro has accused the u.s., with the price

of oil falling and the economy collapsing, more venezuelans is questioning maduro's rule as president. the u.s. senator who wrote the law authorizing the sanctions praised obama. "in response to venezuela's culture of impunity thee targeted actions are a long overdue step towards accountability of the victims of maduro's campaign of state sponsored violence. violence." personal ties with the u.s., rosalyn jordan, al jazeera . any nuclear deal wouldn't last after president obama left

office israel's minister calls the document a piece of propaganda. patty culhane reports. >> inviting a leader to speak to the joint house of congress. 47 senators given a civics lesson, telling iran they are only making a deal with the president, not with the entire united states. it goes on to warn the next president can kill the deal with the stroke of a pen and future congresses could modify the terms. president obama accused the opposition party of trying to kill the deal. >> i think it's somewhat ironic to see some my goodness members of

congress, wanting to strike a deal with the government of iran. i think what we'll do is try to focus on whether we can make a deal or not. >> some my without the approval of congress. now there are some in congress who are pushing a bill that would change that but it's not at all clear they have the votes to make that a reality. patty culhane, al jazeera washington. 12 soldiers have been injured in a suicide attack, el ararish sinai.

official in charge of the military for the u.n. recognized parliament based in tobruk. haftar has been leading militia on the public utility front there could be progress at u.n. brokered peace talks in morocco the rival groups are considering, a deal could be sound on wednesday. on the ground, battling on the streets of benghazi. some monitors are worried they could be diverted to militia groups. the increasing concerns moon libya's neighbors that violence among militia groups, up to 2 million libyans have fled to

tunisia, almost a third of libya libya's population. as nazanine moshiri reports. >> mohamed are remembers life in libya. his house in the capital tripoli, was raided by fighters. he is from a town in the west. >> it is very hard and it hurts. i spent 30 years building my life an and in a split second it's over, i have to start all over again. >> this is an aftermath of an air strike in tripoli. hundreds of people have been killed since the beginning of the year. tunisia offers libyans safety but little more. there is no work and many

libbians livelibyans live off their safety. >> if you can't give a hand to the libyans where will they go? they don't have any choice. >> translator: the situation in libya scares me. it's dramatic and bloody. we are not used to this as muslims. this tear nice us because libya is on our border. >> it's deployed soldiers to the border area. tunisia recognizes both of the rival governments and trying to play a role. >> fighters and weapons ending up here. returning is not an option for people like reda selboom.

he had to leave his family and fiancee behind. >> after the political polarization and the war you have to be with one side, if you be impartial or criticize you will be accused or targeted. so there is no freedom of expression in any part of libya now, unfortunately. >> reporter: mohamed and other libbans have signed up for work in tunisia they have no idea when they can return home, they feel helpless watching from tunisia nazanine moshiri, al jazeera, state of the state of the

tunis. >> hiding in plain sight.

>> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> hello again, a reminder of our top stories. yemen's former leader, ali abdalla salla has hit out against president hadi. hadi is trying to establish a power base in aden in yemen south. venezuela's president says he will ask congress for more

powers. after u.s. declared his government a security threat and imposed sanctions against several officials. undermining a group of nuclear thoughts, a group of senators wrote iran saying any deal wouldn't be with congress. undermining state security for her past months.

joint offensive troops in niger has taken another two towns in northeastern nigeria. danasak and malam faturi. about 50 soldiers from niger and chad died in the fighting. crossing into borno state in northeastern nigeria on saturday. created a international force. mohamed idris has been following the conflict. >> countries boko haram recently targeted. so far the coalition forces have reclaimed more than 30 towns and villages from the boko haram. for chad, niger and cameroon, defeating boko haram is crucial.

there is also the fear that the group if left unchecked will expand its area of control and become a bigger threat. nigeria which is unable to crush boko haram for the past five years says it now has the hardware for a military victory. >> our government have taken the steps long enough to ensure the victory. the decision would still be facing even is we now have the equipment at this time. ftc. >> reporter: the military asked in february for six weeks to clear the northeast but forced the old tactic of suicide bombing. the attacks on maiduguri.

>> peaceful country to that extent yes. but to the extent my country would be taken over by insurgents and a group of people of the nature we are talking about i am not worried. we have good armed forces that can make it through. >> reporter: many here want a quick victory before i.s.i.l. comes in. regional force of more than 8,000 troops to combat boko haram. this is expected to strengthen the effort of the multinational force already taking on boko haram. mohamed idris al jazeera nigeria. >> many of the locations targeted by barrel bombs despite a u.n. county resolution

banningsecurity councilresolution banning them. yarmuk has been under siege for more than two years. there are more signs that the conflict in eastern ukraine has scaled back, withdrawn a significant amount of weapons from the front line. farther of a peace deal signed last month there have been fewer attacks but both sides still accuse the other of violence. separatist held city of donetsk john hendren is there and filed this report. >> in separatists eastern ukraine ten suppliers all awl

around ukraine have gone to one supplier, here in donetsk. >> we live one day at a time. >> at this grocery store you can still buy meat and fish but since jan prices have tripled. separatists might consider themselves proud reply independent but not happy about rampant inflation. >> prices have increased and salaries and pensions haven't. cooking oil used to cost 19 hryvnias now they cost 32. >> you shouldn't kill your own people. >> reporter: inflation is annual rate of 34.5% but here in separatist donetsk is much higher. that, for people who have access to their money.

some have to travel outside separatist territory to collect their money. can take days. with inflation and no real banking system, everyone here is poorer that's turned bustling shopping centers like this one into ghost towns full of shuttered shops. all new republics go through birth pains. >> does that mean things will get better here because of prices? >> of course it will get better, much more better. it will be two changes. first of all it is the range of good and the second is, it will be changing in price. >> reporter: before the economy here can stabilize, it is likely the fighting will need to stop and the border will have to settle. despite the platest ceasefire neither seems within range any

time soon. john hendren donetsk, eastern ukraine. helping control the spread of swine flu. more than 1300 people have died from the virus and 25,000 have been reportedly infected. workshops are being held in the jamu and kashmir provinces. suspected links to the paris attacks almaden amadieie kulibali. died in a helicopter crash in northwestern argentina. the sports stars were among ten people killed when two helicopters collided mid air

during filming for a reality show called "dropped." weather conditions were good and cause is investigated. it is one of the biggest challenges facing drug enforcement agencies in the united states, how to control mexican heroin smuggling. cash tells are using existing routes for crystal meth and heroin. border agencies have told al jazeera a tiny fraction of what gets past it's easy to be smuggled because it can be done in a small amount. >> you can put in a plot of heroin in here. >> reporter: they call it the trophy room, how to spot drugs

secreted away in cars ton way to the pluk ra tiff u.s. market. look at the extent they go to. >> soft drink bottles even firewood is used to smuggle heroin. it is clear that those who guard the gates to the united states that heroin is their biggest challenge right now. >> we have seized double the amount of heroin than we did the entire year last year and we're what, six months into the fiscal year. >> alerted to another drug seizier this time into the united states, task to dismantle smuggleing rings. he has seen the same pattern. >> had a weapon inside the vehicle, narcotics are inside.

>> his team intercepts drugs every day like they did when we rode with them. but it doesn't stop the flow of heroin that american agents say is feeding the boom of addiction. >> that is mexico separated by the border fence. but as you can see those buildings, the houses, the residences have a direct line of sight right into the operations of the port of entry and they can see what's going on, who's coming in, who's leaving. >> and smugglers told us there are many ways to get their drugs past the wall. sometimes tunneling under it, sometimes walking straight across. >> and heroin is so valuable, you don't even have to take it over in cars. many have seen people walk it

over, sometimes strapped to old people's bodies and young children. three of a dozen agencies tasked with stopping the flow of heroin and other narcotics. still some on the front lines admit the battle cannot be won because the market is insatiable. >> for every pound we stop coming into the united states, there's probably 100 more that we don't stop. so it's a drop in the bucket. >> reporter: deputy ahearn has said, he's one of the last agents between where heroin gets in and where it goes out in the united states. adam rainey, al jazeera nogales nogales, mexico.

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