>> a day after deadly mosque attacks in yemen outy fighters are killed. >> hello you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up new fighting in and around libya's capital talks continue in morocco. victories at the ballot box

and how afghanistan's new policy or marble export has put producers between a rock and a hard praise. praise--place. the battle for control of yemen is intensifying. a day after suicide-bombers killed people in mosques. the houthis appear to be expanding the territory they control. now the u.s. has pulled its forces out of an air base in southern yemen. people gather to protest against the a rival of pro outy forces in their city. they want to drag us into war and we refuse. a helicopter flying over a military convoy below was a sign that pro outy forces might be closer to a collision course

with president hadi. hadi is in haden trying to hang on to power. >> there interest "r" those who oppose the outiness but they're not militant. they are not armed. they're not al-qaeda. they will protest the outy, but they will not fight the houthies houthies. >> as people gather over the mass bombings that killed 137 on friday president hadi appeared on television. he needs to secure the yemenis. >> my job as president is to do this, and to invite all the political pause and components including those who carry out the coup d'etat in order to

agree on turn things that will help the targets and goals of our people. >> but negotiations are in trouble. al jazeera has learned the u.n. envoy has left the country. saudi arabia has offered to host peace talks but outy spokesmen say that they will only agree to meetings in sanaa. >> talks in riyadh will lead to more problems. we need to ask what the result of the talks in riyadh. the results in riyadh. who will implement these results? >> with talks on hold, and the houthis on the move the question is whether escalation is inevitable. >> to libya now where a new outbreak of fighting around the capital of tripoli are jeopardizing the peace talks currently taking place in morocco. the government in tibruk has been accused of carrying out airstrikes. these are the latest pictures

we're getting near tripoli. the government base there had say they have called for reinforcements and the offensive has been repelled. the u.n. envoy is condemning the violence. >> we've had a decisive moment of the talks and now reaction is as strong as it was in the past. this is not only military activity, which is undermining the situation in libya and preventing the unity fighting terrorism, it we condemn in the strongest terms. >> we're joined now how has this renewed escalation of valence likely to impact efforts to bring violence to anent and reach agreement on unity government?

>> well, there is more uncertainty about the future of the political talks in the moroccan capital with the new valence in the libyan capital of tripoli. an offensive was repelled, according to the tripoli based gnc. they say there is no way to continue the task with violence, which is ongoing in the--around tripoli. they say the international community has to impose a cease-fire across the country for us to be able to move forward. but the problem you have right now is this trust deficit. it has been impossible for the united nations top envoy to bring both factions to talk face to face about the way out or the

ongoing crisis in libya. >> and just to be clear about we have both sides they obviously have their representatives at the talks how much commitment is there from the people who are present rabat to reaching some sort of deal. how much leeway, how much room have they been given back in libya? >> well, as i said, the biggest problems that we have right now as we speak is what kind of do those representatives have, and will they be able to go ahead once the settlement is in strife. those who come from tibruk say they've been mandated by the tibruk government. they need by the end of the day to go back to the parliament over a deal that if they come to

an agreement. it's the same case for the tripoli-based government. they're working on two different tracks forming a national unity government, and then security arrangements like a cease-fire, disbanding militias and forming an army that would look after the country in the near future. now for both parties to agree on those issues, they need to sit together, and they need to overcome the biggest obstacle, so far is the issue of legitimacy. they say it is the only legitimate government in libya because they were voted by libyans. the gnc says no, we are the authority. we are the legitimacy because we have the backing of the supreme court of libya. until you overcome this issue of legitimacy, it's unlikely libyans will come up with a settlement any time soon. >> deep internal divisions remain there. thank you very much.

for all the latest in rabat. 49 people have been killed by a double bombing in syrian city of hasaka.h. kurdish forces have been fighting them for months. meanwhile, in rebel-held parts of aleppo activists say government shelling has killed five people. it was once the industrial companionship tall but it has become the biggest urban battleground. the conflict is now in its fifth year but despite dangers many syrians come out to protest. >> the number of people waving flags for the syrian revolution have dwindled in the last four years. these people live in the outskirts of the capital damascus. some have seen relentless

attacks by government forces. but those who want to choose a new syrian government continue to come out to show the world they still want change. >> they used to kill people randomly in the streets while they protest peacefully. it turned from the demonstration and the protests into revolution because we can't face the tank or missile with our peaceful demonstrations. >> in the city where anti-assad sentiment has simmered for decades, protesters were also out on the streets. they controlled much of the assad province but they're fighting off attacks from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. isil is also a target for protesters. almost every opposition group is fighting each other as well as the government. despite the dangerous protesters

still come out in numbers including children and the elderly. and fighters join the gathering to drum up support. >> the message started under the slogan allah is great. allah is great. >> and this is what thousands of syrians face on a daily basis. in this anti-assad direct in aleppo a government missile killed multiple people, most of the dead were women and children. and these children were reportedly injured in a similar attack. the girl tells the boy that her mother was not upstairs, and everything was destroyed. the young boy asks if she's okay. she isn't but she will survive at least for now. al jazeera. >> the jailed leader of the kurdish rebels in turkey have renewed their call for peace

with the government. bernard smith reports. >> in the party of kurdish turkey celebrations to mark the start of spring. the jailed leader of the kurdistan workers part the pkk used the event to reinforce the call to end the three-decade-long armed conflict with the turkish state. >> we call it shiftic to end the armed struggle, and to decide on their strategyies and tactics in line with the spirit of the new era. the call for congress is an attempt to kick start the stalled peace process that began two years ago. amongst other things, they want a new constitution and a new notion of citizenship currently based on turkish ethnicity.

>> the conflict will end here for sure. and the post conflict station and the politician has replaced the conflict and from new on we will have competition based on politician rather than weapons. >> 40,000 people have been killed in the armed conflict between the turkish state and the p.k.k. few here believe that the p.k.k. will restart that fight. but it seems unlikely that the p.k.k. will disarm by giving up it's weapons or burying them because the kurds are fighting isil in syria. so the turkish government which wants custodyish support to change constitution will persuade its supporters that the peace process will endure. bernard smith al jazeera,

southeastern turkey. >> pope francis has urged italians to turn their back on the mafia. he addressed residents of scampia. >> we know those who take the vote of evil rob a piece of hope. they rob from it themselves and from everybody, from society the vote of evil is always a vote that robs hope. >> still to come for you this half hour. progress update, the u.s. secretary of skate drops in to london to discuss the iran nuclear talks. and the historical and territorial disputes hanging over them, south korea china and japan come together for the first time in years.

>> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera. let's update you on the top stories. 20 houthies have within killed in fighting against tribesmen in the south of yemen. it appears they're trying to expand their territory beyond the strongholds. libya's capital is threatening peace talks in morocco. and pope francis has urged italian to turn their backs on the mafia. he visits scampia one of the

poorest neighborhoods in naples. a bus veered off a bridge as it tried to avoid another vehicle. the driver and four passengers were able to jump from the vehicle as it fell. the u.s. secretary of state is making a quick stop over in london to discuss iran's nuclear abraham. program. he's on his way back after a long certificates of talks in switzerland. iran wants answer sanctions lifted as well as it's ability to continue atomic research. >> we are united in our goal, our approach, our resolve and our determination to insure that iran's program is entirely

peaceful. over the past months the p 5 plus 1 have made substantial progress towards that fundamental goal. though important gaps remain. >> james bays has been covering the talks taking place in lausanne and joins me in studio now. that meeting between kerry and the foreign ministers have continued. what will they try to do? >> just ten minutes ago in the v.i.p. terminal of london's heathrow airport john kerry has met with his counterparts from u.k. france and germany. rather than negotiating with the iranians, that's been adjourned he's talking with his allies and his colleagues, that's because despite what you heard him say there, and he talked about unity, there is a bit of a problem. the lack of unity.

the french want to take a much harder line than everyone else, even during those intense negotiations in lausanne over the last week actually phoned his negotiating team and said no more concessions. it's showing that the french have a very different idea of this than some of the other country. >> how difficult is it going to be to bridge that divide between the u.s. and france? >> well, i've seen this before. go back to november 2013, when we got the deal, the deal that keeps being extended. there was a problem then, the french foreign minute then had a problem with what was being said. now lots of different aspects of the deal france is concerned about. it doesn't believe this deal is tough enough. among the things that are concerned about are the timeline for the deal. the u.s. wants ten years of scrutiny and inspections of iran. the french would prefer--that's 15 years maybe 25 years. the french are saying this end of the month deadline to get this framework deal, we should

not be obsessed by that. we have a good deal and we should extend the free framework . the french say that is counterproductive and dangerous. >> thank you very much. now the ukrainian military says two soldiers have been killed in rebel attacks in the past 4 hours. it comes as gunfire continues to be heard around the government-held city of mariupol. observers from the osce are on the ground attempting to ensure heavy weapons on both sides. the key parts of the cease-fire agreement. thousands of people in george have been protesting the capitol of at tblisi for the government to resign. protesters accuse the government of failing to deal with georgia's economic problems. >> as nigerians prepare to vote in presidential elections the

threat of boko haram attacks is weighing heavily on their minds. it could determine who they ultimately support when thetas they cast their ballots next week. >> until recently this was boko haram country the fighters may have left the streets of maidurui, but the threat they pose has not. which is why it is so extraordinary that people are turning out for last-minute election campaigns defying the real risk of suicide-bombers to better understand who to vote for. the violence has left tens of thousands dead, there is a vote for change. boko haram this man had a successful business, then boko

haram took over and he lost everything. >> three of my sons were killed. i lost everything in my houses, my stores and my cars. if the people in charge of security cared we would not have reached this state. >> the mood here is skeptical. >> why has it taken them too long to realize the enormity of the program. why not before the elections? >> and this anger is shared by many. >> a suicide-bomber attacked this market just a week ago. many were killed and injured. institute is a private. if any party is going to win here, they must deliver on any promise to protect lives and property. >> in the last few weeks troops from nigeria's neighbors have

dislodged groups from areas that it occupied. but fundamental questions remain. >> the territory is now secure. what they are doing is winning the battles in many places but they have not won the war. >> the government may score a point by securing territories that it lost to boko haram. but what is not certain is whether the victims victories will bring back sport here come election day. >> the foreign ministers of china, japan, and south korea have held their first talks in threatening peace years. it was sought to calm tensions on territorial disputes and historical issues. the territorial dispute are over

the islands that are thought to have resources. they are called senkaku islands and diaoyu islands. the during thethe >> the long awaited pose for the cameras could signal the start of a new chapter in relations. possibly waiving the way for the summit of their leaders after a three-year hiatus, which has seen relations chill. the three parties agree that historical differences need to be addressed specifically the continuing legacy of the second world war. >> outside the heavily guarded embassy in seoul it is a regular event.

a protest in support of comfort women forced into sexual slavery during world war ii, a crime of which japan allegedly still has not taken responsibility for. >> japan has not shown any reforce, and we cannot just leave things as they are. >> only when japan apologizes can relations improve. hiding will not solve anything. >> at the prison now turned into a museum, korea's colonization by japan during the first part of the last century is remembered. independence fighters were imprisoned here. some of them tortured and executed. on this day there is a visiting group of japanese business people. the perception that japan has been trying to revise its account of the war adds to the pain koreans and chinese suffered. >> from the japan's perspective they do not want to see their

pastor history in the same way of china and south korea. so we have a different history interpretation. >> china has disputes with japan over islands in the seas that separate them. in the back of all of this is the competition between the united states and china and influences asia. the u.s. does not want to see two of its strongest allies here japan and south korea falling out. but by the same token china does not want to see the u.s. backed alliance with its asian neighbors. >> this makes reasonable politics very complicated. >> the increasing numbers of chinese tourists in south korea as well as japan are a reminder of the growing power of the chinese economy and the importance to each other's

economy treasures. such consideration may prove stronger than national sentiments. strong enough to bring their leaders to a summit for a real diplomatic break through. al jazeera seoul. >> afghanistan's marble reserve is estimated to be worth $200 billion. but during the past month almost every marble factory in the region has closed leaving 3,000 people out of work. nicole johnston traveled there to find out why. >> a 14-ton block of marble huwn out of afghanistan's mountains. this marble fact cuts and polishes however 75% of its business is selling these raw blocks to neighboring countries.

but afghanistan's president has announced all marble had to be processed in the country before it could be exported. >> countries like china and india won't accept any processed stone. it has to be unpolished and raw. now we've lost our business relationship with india australia, europe and central asia. >> others say while it may be hard now in the long run it's better to develop the local industry. >> if they cannot process it properly and export t they should bring in more equipment to process it. about or leave the business. >> that's what is happening. more than 40 factories have shut down. they cannot afford to buy new equipment. staff has been laid off and it's silent. accept forexcept for the falling snow. >> the government should help us with interest-free loans.

>> this is not the only threat the industry is facing. facing. >> these giant blocks of marble come from a quarry 180 kilometers from here. it's a long and dangerous drive for the truck drivers. dealing with the taliban usually means paying them money to let the mines operate and the trucks threw safely. afghanistan says it's white marble rivals the finest italian stone. the industry has huge potential but right now it looks like its breaking apart. nicole johnston, al jazeera, western afghanistan. >> thousands of people have flocked to the coast of normandy and france to witness the eye long island being cut off by high tides.

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