>> we need your military help. yemen's government calling on gulf nations to call that country under chrome. control. you're watching al jazeera. good to have your company. i'm david foster. also, in the upcoming period, time and cash running out in athens. the senegalese candidate. for corruption. also. >> i'm announcing that i'm running for president of the united states.

>> ted cruz says he wants to be the republican party's man in the white house. it's the foreign ministry in yemen's embattled government is now asking golf neighbors or the their help to give yemen a military. president abd rabbu mansour hadi president of aden. the houthis also controlling the airport and other parts of the city of ta'izz. houthi leader says he will send fighters further south to aden where president hadi is taking refuge. if the standoff can be resolved, he said it can be resolved peacefully. but he will take the necessary steps. >> we are against iran's

intervention in yemen because it doesn't help protect iran from any threat. it is actually an act of congregation. >> we're keen on protecting yemen's sovereignty. the legitimacy of president hadi alone. we are hopeful that the matter can be resolved peacefully. whatever need to support him we are ready to take the necessary measures if needed. >> institute here in london with me in the studio, when we have the foreign minister of saudi arabia saying no matter what president hadi asks we will give it to him if hadi says send us your jets, send us your soldiers, will he do that? >> yes absolutely. the situation is on the brink of civil war. president hadi is losing control of the country and the saudis

and president hadi are on the same page and will do whatever it takes to prevent the houthis' march south. >> and if that takes on an iranian ally in the houthis what would that mean. >> that would be a devastating conflict in the region however many there is real reason to believe that iran would not physically get involved within yemen itself. the houthis and iran have been sharing advice, weaponry and intelligence they are not physically on the ground in yemen the same way that the iranians are in syria or lebanon or elsewhere. >> one of the questions i've been asking throughout this conflict it has become very drawn out is where the yemeni military actually stands. would you say the larger part is with the houthis rather than

with hadi and is an unequal battle as it is now? >> yes absolutely. the yemenis have been fragmented since 2011, sings arab spring. larger portion of the military siding with the former president ali abdalla saleh. the larger portion of the military are fighting with the houthis in southern yemen and elsewhere. >> what happens if the houthis go through with their threat to move from ta'izz down towards aden? we saw some attacks in aden within the last week or so. what happens if they do that before any military backup comes from saudi or anywhere else in fact? >> that would give the houthis control over the vast majority of the country including the

larger portion of the country's national resources and so on. in that event the military would likely have few options and the saudis would have few options but to intervene militarily. even if the houthis have effectively taken over the whole of the country. >> one word answer if you can. you think the houthis will move in? >> yes. >> steven thank you. we'll be back with you little bit later on. thank you very much indeed. the senegalese president has been found guilty of corruption and been sentenced to six years in prison and fined. serving the minister and his father's government. our correspondent is in the

senegalese capital. >> one his father was the president of senegal between 2000 and 2012 and over thissed this decade-long period, responsible for so many portfolios, responsible of lucrative deals involving the port of dacca a major strategic point of south africa. also the construction of a new airport. these are multimillion if not billion dollar deals. this is where the opposition who is now currently in power he was involved in mass corruption, obviously at the age of 45 is known to be very -- known to show his wealth very publicly, owning several properties, et cetera, et cetera. since this sentence happened,

this prevents him from running in the next presidential election. you have to remember that this sunday, the members of the opposition have voted in kareem wad for their next presidential candidate. given six year sentence, he's unlikely to run. >> angela merkel in berlin, it's feared that greece is runging out of money. renegotiating the terms of the greek incredible bailout. ease the humanitarian crisis says there will be no more money without reforms. al jazeera's john vob lust siropolous. first that 2.3 billion. the eu saying you got to bring in reforms to get this money.

alexis tsipras saying, we will make these reforms these arethe reforms rather than bringing them in before they get the money. >> well, it's the game of chicken continued but now not between finance ministers but at the highest level. greece has been given as you know to the end of april to not only specify the reforms but to begin to carry them out and show thattists moving in the direction that its european are countries dictate. both sides are trying to gain advantage from the shortage of money. the greeks are trying to say we need to raise more. europeans are trying to say you need to pass reforms now and you know what they are. at the moment because this is now gone to the highest level

all hopes are on this summit meeting in berlin to break the deadlock. >> john, there are some pictures coming to us from berlin, live out of the german capital. we have been expecting staples stims alexisalexistsipras to be coming before the microphone. just warn you we may be coting away. you referred to this as a game of chicken. how does he spin this to the people on the basis that he would come back with something? >> greece is facing this old dilemma that it faced in 2012. either it's not going to pay its creditors or not pay its suppliers, tough up the pension scheme and pay the public servants their salary, that is

what is called the internal default. in other words defaulting on your obligations to your internal creditors. in which case, the civil servers, suppliers to the state or pensioners will be asked to bankroll their own government as indeed bank depositors will be asked that as well, if we go that route, if the european hard-line holds. if however the greeks get something of their way then what we would expect to see would be the european central bank to allow them to sell a little bit of debt on international markets. there's a big problem with that option however. and this is why mario drage the european central bank chairman refused back in early february when the greek finance minister requested the same thing. the problem is that the greek the only people buying greek debt are the greek banks, at the moment because confidence is so low. and the only liquidity is the

european central bank. this would be a back door loan by the ecb to the greek government. the ecb doesn't want to do that, it will be breaking rank, and of course the international monetary fund and there's a political agreement at the highest level that everyone should move in lock step as to greece because the matter is so sensitive in what that implies for the rest of the european countries. that is a problematic issue for madam merkel. she would have to exact some concessions from mr. tsipras. >> we'll be expecting the press conference shortly. we could get some emotional responses from you john rather than the try deck think calts of all of -- the drytechnicalities of

this. john vob lust, thank siropolous, thank you. scierld hasl scott >> scott heidler has more on the funeral of lee kwan yu. >> tony felt it was important to bring his two granddaughters here. >> what he has done for us is such strong foundation, what's going to happen in the near future is not going to be bad. >> flags of the small nation were lowered to half mast to honor the passing of what many

tell the was the father of modern singapore. without lee quan yu. after training as a lawyer in britain he became prime minister in 1959. a post he would hold for 31 years. under his leadership, singapore was transformed from a tiny impoverished island with no natural resources into a high-tech metropolis. political opponents often found themselves in court some ended up bankrupt. freedoms were micromanaged along with the economy but lee's public action party was returned to power again and again. >> if i won a western style democracy and took a straw poll and went according to the poll, we would have come to grief.

>> while freedoms were sacrificed lee repaid his people with economic miracle. sealing a legacy as one of the 20th century's most important leaders. he is here through these gates for a private family wake. in wednesday it will be moved to parliament house where he will lie in state, that way the people of the nation in mourning can pay their last respects. in the late afternoon hundreds stood in line to sign messages of condolences. messages from throughout the world were received throughout the day. scott heidler. al jazeera singapore. response to the ebola outbreak has been labeled as too slow. the assessment is in the report by doctors without borders. it has warned that the global medical community isn't prepared for the same thing to happen all

over again. >> all we know is that the delay that was caused by -- that was caused by the states of the w.h.o. not acting cost valuable time in prepare aing a response. we're in a different place today but we should be much further along. this is not just a hatchet job against the w.h.o. but it's really a reflection that the world isn't prepared for an outbreak of this magnitude. and what worries msf is that it's another outbreak in another part of the world with similar backgrounds, similar setup to three countries in west africa. we will have another problem. and another huge problem which will cost lives. >> you know it's been a year since the first case of ebola was confirmed in west africa, and since then 10,000 people in liberia, sierra leone and guinea have lost their lives because

much it. the epidemic and the stigma that comes with it. >> when ebola was at its worst last year, julius proud was trying to save those he could and that's when he caught the disease. >> fortunately i survive it. but working down in the community people pointing fingers at me as the one who came down with the virus. he is the one who people see him die and he is the one. became somehow discouraging and worrisome. >> even colleagues who showed no symptoms were made to seem isolated. >> no one could any longer come around me. >> spite despite the sigma proud is back at work. he's beat the virus and says it's now time to beat the misinformation about the

disease. that's what liberia's government wants to do, as well, in a few weeks the world health organization had hoped declared the country ebola-free. but that's now not going to happen because of a new case discovered days ago. it's left many here worried. >> see very, very discouraged because our children we delay their education and to hear that there's a new outbreak of ebola. it's very, very discouraging and i'm feeling very bad about that. >> reporter: ebola has spread at an aggressive pace crippling daily life. all schools were closed for six months and in one year the disease has crisscrossed borders killing more than 10,000 people across west africa. experts have traced the source here, in guinea, this is the spot where it's believed bats

infected a toddler triggering triggering the outbreak. experts hope the worst is over now, that could be the case. if this treatment is anything to go by. al jazeera. >> now time to run through the global headlines on al jazeera. yemen's government has asked for military help to bring yemen under control. the president abd rabbu mansour hadi is trying to govern from the southern city of aden after rebels took control of the capital sanaa. greek president alexis tsipras about to appear on the stage, to talk about fears that greece has run out of money and europeans are trying to

negotiate a financial bailout. son of the former president has been found guilty of corruption sentenced to six years in prison and find $250 million. joint forces from nye niez niger and chad have captured boko haram forces across the border from niger. military spokespeople say that helicopter gun ships destroyed boko haram vehicles and motorcycles on which fighters were riding. it's all part of a joint force mission to take on boko haram. ahmed idris reports now. >> reporter: preparing for an attack on boko haram the troops are upbeat about this assignment after recent successes about the

group. but as their commando is about to lead them out the mission was aborted. a large number of boko haram fighters were seen heading their way. every soldier is told to go to the trenches. from ra tack attack mode to defense. a posture they know too well after six years of insurgency. and our coup was ordered to get out of town. attacks by the in the last two months have been particularly tough for boarnl. boko haram. >> the soldiers are still fresh is troops have been injected into the operation but we have no improvement. between february to date we have taken the little bit of so many, helping us to change the tide of

the battle. >> reporter: battles have been won in many areas but the war isn't over yet. the military may have chased outs boko haram out of many towns and villages. but this faces a difficult challenge. keeping a lot of people away from their homes. but some are simply tired of running. >> translator: we have put our hopes in the military. i'm encouraged by what i see but every day it's like living your last day. that's not a good feeling. >> reporter: and all around the northeast are signs of devastation. of sabotage. and unprovoked violence. this deserted village is a notorious ambush points for boko

haram. many have died here. territories may have been reclaimed, but the human cost of this violence are irreplaceable. ahmed idris, al jazeera northeast nigeria. >> water conflict appears to have ease ed after egypt ethiopia and sudan signed an over a hydroelectric dam on the nile. egypt's grand renaissance dam fears that could cut the amount of water that goes into the nile. ethiopia says the dam will not impacts on egypt's access to water. 2016 race has kicked off. stead cruz, said his mission was

to reignite the promise of america. he propositions a supplier simpler tax system, and reforms on foster foreign affairs. he says he will support iran's nuclear ambitions. >> i believe in you i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america. and that is why today i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. [cheering and applause] >> here is our correspondent allen fisher in washington d.c. >> it was almost compulsory for them to be there attending classes, you could see why he got such a big turnout. he deliberate wanted to speak to young people because he believes

that is where he will win votes. right wing conservative, that's why he talked to a christian college. there was an area where he could perhaps run at the more established candidates like jeb bush and chris christie. there are votes to be had he feels. a lot of christians tend to vote in the very first vote to decide who will be the republican nominee and he will also he thinks get significant votes in south carolina which is the third primary to be held. so he is obviously hoping that he can make an early impact. and it's often said if you want to win a race then it's often better to start first. so he is doing exactly that by launching his campaign believing that he can get his message across early, that he can get a lot of air time and least certainly getting that on u.s. networks today. and will hopefully build up name prtion, a lotrecognition, a lot of people don't know who this first time

senator. >> illegal slush fund, under trial for these always. a former treasure of the ruling people's party. the court says over $2 million of undeclared money was used for the party's headquarters in madrid. france's political party has been celebrating wins. nicholas sarkozy marine le pen's party coming in second. here is jacky rowland in paris. >> a convincing lead for the unp, led by the former french president nicholas sarkozy the french president did somewhat less than opinion polls.

the opinion polls are not an exact science a suggestion of voting tendencies. very much a reinforcement of the socialist party losing favor in particular the french president francois hollande is not very highly rated at the moment. we must remember also this was only the first round of voting. because in france there is a system of two rounds. it does give people the luxury of maybe registering a protest vote, make some sort of a statement in the first round while getting more serious in the second round. also these are local elections rather than national elections. again sometimes people vote in a different manner. what often happens in elections in france is that if the national front does well in a first round generally people voting for parties that have been knocked out in the first round will then rally together, and vote for whichever party is standing against the national front. so we can expect to see lots of

socialist party voters voting for the center-right ump in the second round in order to keep the national front out. at least that would be the prediction of many people here in france. >> south africa satirical cartoons are reaching olarge audience. they are in multiple language. they touch on social issues, political issues and the an haitionanimations are getting millions of hit online. but the state broadcaster says they are too controversial to be shown on tv. we'll show you now erica woods in johannesburg. >> just an advertisement for fish and chips but it lampoons the south african president jacob zuma. a controversial property because of the millions of taxpayer dollars upgrading its security.

>> it was done because it was popular, it was still is, just it's going to get people's attention. in advertising you look at what people think and say, at that time. >> reporter: it was hugely popular with the public but someone higher up didn't see the humor. south africa's state news broadcaster banned it but it still got plenty of hits online. >> i think it was hilarious. it captures exactly what it is and what it's about. >> it's awesome pretty awesome yeah. >> reporter: another of his popular animations featuring an african jesus also got him into trouble. he's saying he's not out to pock fun but to point out the satire. >> confirmed his freedom of speech. >> people will say bad things about you so we just need to

grow up about it and just accept it. >> he says his animations have had about 8 million hits online. because he is one of the first south african animators to feature local issues. >> it is quite refreshing to be south african. >> he's had to struggle to get his work on tv. >> do you feel you're a bit of a ground breaker in a way? you are a black south african speaking to south africans in a different way. >> i could say yes to a certain level. >> but he says he has a lot more ground to break to make african voices more mainstream. erica wood, al jazeera johannesburg, south africa. >> you will see stories behind the stories and of course all of the headlines on our website

aljazeera.com, one of our stories we're covering in detail we'll see you here, live in berlin the stage still empty but we are expecting angela merkel and the greek prime minister pretty soon to talk about grease's financial problems. greece's financial problems. vo: visitors to london could be forgiven for thinking they are seeing a quintessentially british town. the imperial architecture.