three explosions hit houthi strong holds in yemen. 90 people are dead including three houthi leaders. ♪ you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, u.n. brokers peace talks resume in libya, as the country's army chief warning about the growing threat of isil. plus we'll show you a new machine that promises to create water out of thin air. and it's the tenth time it has happened in the 21st century, a total solar eclipse

wows thousands in europe. ♪ we begin in yemen are houthi rebel strong holds have been targeted in three attacks. 90 people have been killed including three houthi leaders. in the first attack suicide bombers targeted mosques during friday prayers in sana'a. one of those mosques, a local media are reporting that a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mosque. a second suicide bomber detonated his explosives when worshippers tried to escape. osama has more. >> reporter: the attackers new the mosques would be packed for friday prayers. in the heart of yemen's capitol, sana'a two mosques were

targeted. both belong to the power base for houthi fighters who control the capitol. witnesses say the first explosion was inside the mosque. another went off when people fled. more attackers targeted another mosque. rescuers struggled to deal with the nebraska of casualties. dozens of bodies were taken out. the hospitals appealed for blood donations. the attacks happened a day after intense fighting at the airport in aden where the president has been trying to build a power place. for hours intense battles raged between his supporters and fighters who support former president saleh. unidentified air strike hit the presidential come pound. houthi leaders accused hadi of

colluding with al-qaeda. >> translator: what has happened today is a crime to be condemned by everyone in yemen. those supporting suicide attacks everyone knows in yemen that there is coalition between the brotherhood and al-qaeda and hadi. the coalition is being supported by regional countries and international powers. >> reporter: these tribesmen say they are carrying out military maneuvers to prefor any houthi advances. >> translator: we need to defend ourselves. if the enemies want to attack us we will also attack them. >> translator: we have no confidence in any agreement signed by the houthis. they have not respected any agreements until now. >> reporter: the battle to control yemen is between sunni tribes shia tribes and houthi

fighters. in libya the new army chief is warning about the spread of isil. they believe the number of people fighting under the isil bannerer is growing. >> translator: they come from mali niger, and boko haram, they some from sudan through the desert through benghazi. what we need are weapons and ammunition only. the men are available, the army is growing every day, and increasing in number. isil fighters concentrate on libya, because libya is a petro state with a small population and a vast land. it's easy for them to spread. they thought it would be easy to control, and they can employ libya's resources from oil, gas, gold and uranium for their movement. since the toppling of gadhafi four years ago,

different groups have been struggling to control libya. live to the moroccan capitol rabat now where hashem ahelbarra is standing by for us. so the talks have resumed in rabat, tell us who is attending, and what is on the agenda. >> reporter: well, we basically have the two delegations the one from the united nations recognized government of tobruk and the other from the tripoli-based general national congress. the united nations envoy met with the delegation, and are expecting him to meet with the tripoli based government one four from now. the warned against the air strikes, saying that if there is no deal libya is going to face more problems and isil is going to spread. let's listen to what he had to say. >> this should be a decisive moment, because we are as i said before in -- in previous

meetings running out of time. you know that in the last days we have seen more fighting. we have seen air strikes. we have seen more actions by daesh, not only in libya, but also in the region. >> reporter: this is basically an attempt by the united nations to bring both divided factions to agree on a settlement but libya seems to be anything but united at this particular moment. i have been talking to members who say we don't recognize the tripoli based gnc, and i was talking to members of the tripoli-based government and they said we are hear because we don't recognize tobruk therefore, the only way out is to have a political settlement here. >> thank you for that. hashem ahelbarra live for us in rabat. libya is also dominating the final day of talks in brussels.

>> reporter: e.u. leaders are using this second day to discuss libya. they are exchanging ideas essentially on how the european union can help support a post-national unity government in libya. they are partially funding the talks that are taking place in rabat and coordinating very closely with the united nations on this whole issue. the european union's foreign superior if you would like spoke on the way to these talks and said they would be coming up with concrete proposals, they would be both political, how to shore up any post-deal government into libya, and extend into the field of security. does that mean we'll be getting european troops fighting in libya? probably not, but it might mean that they would contribute special missions to do things like secure the borders, train armed forces.

guard oil installations and airports and important infrastructure things like that. but don't expect europe to do it on its own. what we're hearing is if the situation stabilizes they would want a libyan invitation to get involved. and do it with a u.n. mandate and with regional players. why is this so important for europe in because they feel this is a problem right on their doorstep. the belgium prime minister saying libya has become a pocket of instability just a few hundred kilometers from europe's borders. out's very close. it's a where this terrible migration phenomenon is coming from increasing all the time. and i think they are clearly very spooked about the threat of terrorism, from isil expanding its operations in libya, this is a problem i think european leaders feel they can no longer ignore. tunisia says the two gunmen

who carried out an attack on the museum were trained in libya. tunisia is now stepping up security across the country. jacky rowland has the latest from tunis. >> reporter: tunisians take to the streets. the message a clear rejection of violence and the people who perpetrate it. there was also solidarity with the victims and tributes laid in their memory. some of the victims weren't carrying their passports, so they haven't been identified yet. more than 40 were injured. some have been talking about their experience. >> translator: we entered one of the rooms in the old part of the museum suddenly my daughter and i started to hear shots and everyone started to run. people started to try to save themselves trying to hide behind the glass windows and in the

corner of the room. >> reporter: two gunmen were killed once security forces stormed the building to end the siege. but it's believed they had accomplices. police say they have arrested nine so far, four of whom they believe were directly involved in the attack. meanwhile the prime minister has been given security details. >> translator: we will be putting in place check points that will be manned and supervised by the national army. both the national army and security personnel willen tensefy their patrols. both -- joint patrols will also be conducted. >> reporter: the bardo museum will remain closed for several more days. when we reopens, it can expect fewer visitors. tunisia has been held up as the success story of the arab spring

and it has been spared much of the violence sweeping the rest of the region so far. now the president has promised to fight mercilessly those behind the attack. the first of the victims is laid to rest the police officer who died guarding the museum. tunisia remains in shock and mourning. it is also aware that it can no longer remain on the sidelines of what has become moan as the war on terror. there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. priceless and precious how a treasure treasure trove of documents is being protected. ♪

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and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories now, three explosions in yemen killing at least 90 people and injuring 280 others. three houthi leaders are among the dead. the united nations-lead peace talks between two of libya's factions have begun in morocco, the aim is to broke ear deal between the tobruk government and the rival government based this tripoli. and the tunisia government says the two gunmen behind wednesday east attack were trained in libya.

now to switzerland where talks on iran's nuclear program have been adjourned. they have held days of tough negotiations in the city where our diplomatic editor james bayes is joining us from now. why have the talks been postponed for now, james? >> reporter: a number of reasons. after intense negotiations going over some six days they have decided to stop it for now. in that news came as john kerry was walking back from lunch answering questions from al jazeera's producer. >> we're recessing the talks. >> and when will you rejoin? >> we'll be back next week? >> here. >> we made a lot of progress. >> reporter: so what happens now? well, we believe that european members of the so-called p5-plus-1, the negotiating group

of the international community, will be meeting tomorrow taking place on saturday in many berlin, that meeting. now the reason for that is one of the problems in these talks. that group the p5-plus-1 doesn't seem to be completely united. once again france taking a more hawkish position than the other members. so i think they'll be trying to get some unity in that group in that meeting that takes place in berlin. some other reasons i think for the germans, secretary of state john kerry anyway has to go back to the u.s. in sunday because he is supposed to be there when the afghan president is visiting. another reason is the death of the president of iran's mother. his brother happens to be one of the chief negotiators, so he has had to leave. but there has been some progress at these talks. they have made some progress but they know the clock is

ticking. that deadline for a framework deal is the end of this month. >> precisely, james. you said some progress but the deadline is next week. if they resume the talks next week, and nothing comes out of it what happens then? if they miss this deadline? >> well i think their only alternative there will be what they don't want to do which is to extend the talks again. but they know that the critics of this deal are circling and they know there are efforts going to be made in congress which will take all of this much more complicated. they know the window of opportunity is probably closing, and i think that's why there will be every effort to try to get this deal by the end of the month. >> thank you, james. the islamic state of iraq and the levant shocked the world when its fighters carried attacks on replaceable cultural heritage sites. in mosul in iraq ancient statutes and historical artifacts were completely destroyed.

the iraqi national library is now taking measures to protect the country's archives. >> reporter: this is one way to keep culture safe. archivists at the national library are scanning thousands of rare books and historic documents. if they are ever destroyed, the information in them will live on in a digital library. >> it's a means of protecting your cultural heritage to safety the original copies and provide the readers with the copies. so this is a revolution. >> reporter: these are snapshots of the past a history of the yazidis minority half a century ago. a feminist magazine from the 1920s. for the past 12 years, this man has been trying to share as much of iraq's past as possible. they have played a role in iraq's recent history

themselves. in 2003 when baghdad fell this building itself was set on fire. the fire burned for two days, destroying hundreds of thousands of books and documents with it. this was literally rebuilt from the ashes. he has doubled the archives collection of official documents. the library has a saadam hussein's expensive book collection. the staff has started cataloging documents signed by iraqi jews in the 1950s, just before they were deported. >> this is a witness from the jewish community. >> reporter: it's part of an agreement with the u.s. to contribute to iraq's jewish archives. but he also wants iraqis to see the documents to help them realize that every group has had its share of suffering. it's a expected to be finished

next year. >> we have a very important unifying effect because they play a role in the formation of the identity. they are not sectarians. we need [ inaudible ] institutions throughout iraq. they will help remedy the wounds of the past. >> reporter: more than 1,000 years ago, baghdad was a center of knowledge. home to the word's greatest libraries, and the greatest poets. those ancient libraries were also destroyed, but their legacy has survived. european ministers meeting in brussels have decided to keep sanctions in place against russia until the engineer of the year. the sanctions are punishments for russia's role in the eastern ukraine conflict. the ruble has lost nearly half of its value since last year. russia is expected to record its

first recession since 2009. russia's neighbors are also feeling the pinch from a knock-on effect to their economy. robin forestier-walker explains. >> reporter: a hundred thousand liters of milk from this plant every day. and it isn't a bad place to be. but the company which also exports fruit juices to russia sees trouble ahead. russia's economy not kazakhstans is hurting business. >> translator: profit margins are going down because our prices are fixed in rubles. secondly, sales have fallen in the north and west because they started to go into russia to buy cheaper products. >> reporter: they are losing money. the currency is on a high relative to the weakened ruble.

imagine waking up and discovering your money lost 20% of his value overnight. that happened here twice. first in 2009 and again last year, and on both occasions it was due in part to russia performing badly. and it could happen again, because kazakhstan's economy is closely tied to russia's. they already have a free trade agreement along with belarus. last year they signed the eurasia economic union. >> translator: for me this agreement is well balanced and competently made and takes into account the interests of all of our countries. [ applause ] >> reporter: but some economists believe that kazakhstan's president was too caught up in the moment. >> translator: he wanted himself to be seen as a leader in the

eyes of the post soviet countries, as a person who created a great new regional union, but the economic aspects weren't properly thought through, so we see a negative situation for kazakhstan which is unlikely to improve in the near future. >> reporter: what goes down must eventually come back up. the rubble will strengthen, oil prices will rise but light at the end of the tunnel seems a long way off. thousands of families have been forced to flee a military offensive in northern pakistan are starting to return home. for the next few months they will be going back to their tribal regions. pakistan's army has been waging a offensive against the taliban in those areas since last year. >> reporter: the return of the tribal populations has begun.

now most of the people from this particular area were forced to flee because of a major operation by the military dubbed. the objective of the military operation was to drive out an outfit from this key area. because of the threat the military had no other choice but to clear these areas. that of course forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and villages. as we came in to bardo, we could see bombed villages fields and also some destruction by the military operation. however, the military now says that it is confident it has restored the safety. >> this area is safe for the return, for the normal life of the people returning to the area after spending seven years out of their villages.

we are quite hopeful and confident that the -- the militia will not bounce back in this area. >> reporter: these people will now be returning back to their homes. they will be given help. six months of rations as well as a cash incentive. >> translator: we are have happy to return. >> reporter: but the important thing will be to ensure that all of those people who have been displaced by years of conflict are allowed to come home. hundreds of millions of people do not have access to safe drink water. global water day is an attempt to draw attention to the importance of water. population growth and increase in consumption means water is needed for more people and cities than ever before.

about 1.2 billion people live in areas where water is scarce and getting water is even more difficult because of conflict and poor infrastructure. by 2030 it is expected that the world could face a water shortage of 40%. a new machine invented by engineers in chili could change that. lucia newman met them in santiago santiago. >> reporter: one in ten people cannot access a single glass of water at home. millions live too far away from rivers and lakes, or have seen their water sources contaminated or simply disappear during prolonged drought. but what if they could access clean water any time anywhere out of thin air? that's the promise of fresh water. a machine that does just that.

by extracting moisture from the air. >> reporter: what this machine does is form a small cloud inside that generates water. the air passes through here if you touch it it's cold. the water is produced through condensation. i'll show you. put your hand here. >> reporter: it's a raining on my hand. >> reporter: this is the brain child of this chilean engineer. they put together the prototype in this innovation center called social lab, where each startup aims to fulfill a social immediate. >> translator: we want everyone to have a well in their home and not depend on water currents or if it rains. water is for everyone. >> translator: if there's no electricity you plug the machine into a solar panel. it is self sustainable.

it consumes very little energy. >> translator: it's nasa technology simplified. the prototype produced between 9 and 30 liters a day depending on climate conditions. it is almost 40 degrees out here, everything is die as you can see, and there's practically no moisture in the air. but even in these extreme conditions and even in the desert we are told the fresh water machine is able to extract moisture and produce water. the only drawback seems to be the price, roughly $1,000. but its creators want to make it more affordable, their contribution towards quenching global thirst for life's most basic resource. now star gazers across europe witnessed a spectacular national event today.

the solar eclipse plunged some into complete darkness. al jazeera's jonah hull was one who witnessed it. >> reporter: thousands of people have traveled here to watch the total eclipse. they are known as eclipse chasers, these people who travel around the world looking at eclipses where ever they can find them. there were hundreds over the hill behind me much whooping and excitement as darkness descended. protective glasses were handed out, they didn't need them because of the cloud cover, but the darkness was extraordinary, but pretty much as soon as it began it was gone. and there were a few people shouting, where to next time? the answer to that is the next

total eclipse will be visible in the east asia-pacific region in around march next year. the next time we'll see one in central european skies will be in 2081. >> and you can keep up with all of the news on our website, aljazeera.com. today on "talk to al jazeera." astronaut chris hadfield. >> it's the raw human experience that's at the core of anything that matters. >> it was a young boy from ontario that became the first canadian to walk in space. >> it's hard relentless. the selection process to become an astronaut is nearly impossible.