>> recovery efforts restart in the french alps where a german airliner crashed killing outline 153 on board hello. welcome to al jazeera. we are live from doha. i'm martine dennis. also to come on the program... ..anti-government forces move towards yemen's president. there are reports his saudi ally is massing troops on the border. the advance on idlib - why

syrian rebels are forced to work together and we go to myanmar, home to one of the world's most unusual vineyards we start in france where the recovery operation has resumed in the alps where a german jetliner crashed. these are live pictures coming from seyne-les alpes, with the search is located. there efforts could be hampered by bad weather. a german plane came down on tuesday, killing all 150 people on board. our correspondent jacky rowland is there and joins us now.

the resumption of the operation got under way at first light. >> yes that's right. so far the weather has been clear. we have been seeing helicopters taking off. because of the mountainous terrain is active. they are having to winch the teams down on to the hillside and they are having to walk for several kilometres to reach the crash site which, in itself is spread out over an area of four acres. the investigators are saying that the debris in the case of the plane debris they are seeing pieces no larger than 2-3 car doors, giving you an idea of how shattered the plane has been. if you bear in mind that is the position of the plane, you can only imagine the position of the bodies that they are retrieving from the hillside. it's a grim scene. let's look back over the offense of the past 24 hours.

>> in a remote alpine valley the shattered debris of german wings flight 9525 is strewn across the hillside. nobody could have survived a crash like this and in this difficult terrain retrieving the bodies of all those on board will take days. you can just about make out the rescue workers struggling up the hillside as they try to locate the many pieces of the plane. crucially they have found a black box flight recorder. it should provide vital evidence as to why the disaster happened. at dusseldorf airport relatives and friends gathered to receive more information. and to absorb the terrible news. the arrivals board tells the story. german wings flight 9525 never showed up. it was travelling from barcelona to dusseldorf but crashed in the french alps.

this is thought to be footage of the actual plane that crashed, an airbus 320, filmed on a previous flight. the french president francis hollande was hosting the king of spain on an official visit. that has been cut short. >> we'll do everything in our power to understand the cause of the accident and recover all the victims from the crash site. the accident has taken place in an area that is especially difficult to access. >> germanwings is a low-cost airline owned by lufthansa, and flies short haul journeys around europe. it has an excellent record with no previous crashes. the passengers on board the flight are thought to include german spanish and turkish nationals. >> we are all deeply shocked and shaken. the flight of our daughter company german wings crashed at

11:00am in the french alps. thoughts, feelings and prayers are with the loved ones of passengers and crew on the dark day for the company. >> 150 deaths left so many families grieving across europe. the town of haltern in germany has been hit hard. 16 teenagers and their teachers from a local school were on the plane, rushing from a spanish language exchange programme. one community changed forever in a sudden moment of tragedy. >> and one of the black boxes was apparently found fairly soon after the accident. do we know if it has started to yield information that could be useful in terms of the investigation? >> well the french interior americans said that the black box was damaged but still useable. that's how he described it. apparently of the two flight recorders, this is the one that

records the voices of the pilots, and also the ambient sound in the cockpit. so they are hoping it will give details about the vital last-minute before contact was lost. in fact, another french official says the key moment for investigators will be between 10:30 and 10:31 in the morning, local time on tuesday, the last minute. and they'll nls that information to get more clues about what might have caused the crash. investigators are saying they will not ruled out an option. they are saying it looks unlikely that this was any kind of terrorist attack. >> jacky rowland, live in seyne-les-alpes where the rescue operation it centered. the town of haltern is in mourn, mourning the lose of 16 young people and two teachers who were on the site.

al jazeera's dominik kane is there.. >> here in haltern nothing sums up the emotion that the students and teachers are feeling than the placard behind me. [ speaking foreign language ] yesterday we were many today we are alone. that sense of shock and sorrow is mirrored in the town which lost 16 students 16-year-old students and two teachers, ripped from the heart of the school. that sense of motion and shock is mirrored across germany. in the media with newspapers talking about the 150 dead in the air crash in the alps in the sense that the heart has been ripped out of the community. later, angela merkel will be going to the french alps with the president. to see for themselves the disaster site much here it has - the main sense is emotion, of sorrow, and shock at the loss of many of their children.

>> let's go to the situation in yemen, where there has been several major developments. the president arrived the u.n. security council to allow what it calls willing countries to use military action against houthi rebels. there are reports, too, of saudi arabia which of course is the neighbouring country, massing troops on its border with yemen, they've been concerned by the houthis, who they say are backed by the great regional rival iran. the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. houthis are attacking on air base. that is only 60km or so from the president's stronghold in aden. let's talk to a political analyst and editor-in-chief for the yemen post. you're live in the capital, but you have been able haven't you, to substantiate the reports that we are hearing about saudi

materiale and troops massing on the border with yemen. exactly. saudi now have no other choice since the houthis were in control of aden air base which is the largest air base in the country. and where the u.s. use it for operations. so if the houthis control the air pace abd-rabbu mansour hadi is over. no more support or influence, and houthis are in control of the airbase. saudis needed to escalate to ensure that the houthis cannot attack saudi arabia. saudi arabia is insistent of being involved and the houthis threatened numerous times that if saudi attack yemen, or funds hardy militarily the houthis will invade saudi arabia one way tore the other.

>> we talk about the houthis surrounding the air base. this is a ramping up of the tension on the ground in yemen. is the intention to press on further south to aden and to surround the president, president hardy of course. he is holed up there. >> there's no more use in aden. you control aden. abd-rabbu mansour hadi cannot do anything. it is a main strategic stronghold. the houthis can attack aden and get abd-rabbu mansour hadi within hours. i doubt they'd do that only because it's useless now, and abd-rabbu mansour hadi is powerless. forces numbering in the thousands were not able to secure the only air base. the houthis can attack abd-rabbu mansour hadi in aden through the air base within two minutes. the strikes would not take more than two minutes.

abd-rabbu mansour hadi would not be able to use missiles to take the attack. it's over for abd-rabbu mansour hadi, and we expect negotiations or international intervention. >> we have the proposal for the talks in qatar on the table. obviously the situation is making the process of dialogue pressing. in the meantime i'm wondering what more do you know about the nature of the saudi forces on the border. what kind of troops and what kind of military materiale is there on the border with yemen? >> according to the houthi officials we talked to yesterday, that saudi arabia was moving militarily in two ways. number one on water, number two on land. saudi arabia was - is extending or expanding the navy operations near the yemeni saudi naval

borders, and sending thousands of troops hundreds of tanks, military vehicles towards the border, especially the border areas with the houthis, yemen, controlled by the houthis. the houthis control the border in sarda and other provinces. they are seeing tight security presence by saudi arabia and the houthis - those we talk to there has been aircraft military aircraft on the saudi side flying above the border to see in case houthis are infiltrating into the territory. >> what is the message that the saudis are sending to the houthis. it sounds like a serious collection of military armaments there massing on the border. saudis are doing - it's precautionary measures. again, remember the - it's 2009

saudi interference in yemen, the war with the houthis, the houthis were - within hours they reached 50km into saudi arabia. they looted the entire military compound and left back to the borders. the houthis have good experience, and are confident, and honestly they want saudi arabia to intervene because it gives them a chance an obstacle to enter the saudi territory. this is what iran wants. >> the situation is clearly fluid in yemen at the moment. thank you very much indeed for now. hakim will keep us up to date with the serious develops in mem memen a lot more to come. two al jazeera journalists back

in a cairo court. >> at least 9 are dead several missing after a mud slide in central

hello, let's look at the top stories at al jazeera. a recovery operation resumed in the french alps where a german setliner crashed, killing all 150 on bored. these are pictures from the village of seyne-les-alpes, but the recovery effort is likely to

be hampered by stormy weather, which has been forecast yemen's president arrived the u.n. to allow foreign forces to fight the houthi rebels. there's reports that saudi arabia is amassing troops on the boarder. protests against the houthi advance turned violent in taiz province, which the rebels took over on sunday. >> and houthi rebels have seized an air base close to the southern town. these are pictures loyal to the president. they gathered on tuesday. they were trying to defend the area. there was fierce fighting at the air base between houthi and abd-rabbu mansour hadi's forces. >> now rebel fighters in parts of north western syria joined forces in a bid to take control of idlib city. the al qaeda-linked group has taken on western backed

opposition fighters and the syrian regime in the region. kim vinnell reports. >> on the outskirts of idlib rebel fighters take over several check points. several have joint forces to take over the city in the north-west of the activist video shows rebel fighters getting ready for battle. regime forces closed off the city in preparation of the attack. seconding residents getting in or out, transferring command centers. taking idlib would be an important victory, allowing suppliers to cut you have vital supply lines. >> to the east in derazor, government forces are starting government-controlled areas.

they control large parts of syria and iraq and after meeting with the president, iraq's foreign minister says more will be done. >> there's cooperation, but we are looking forward to having a high level of cooperation. what we have in common needs coordination, and we hope that the visit will be a first step towards coordination. >> reporter: iraq, one of syria's allies is a key player for the u.s. in the fight against i.s.i.l. iraqi troops are working with the u.s.-led coalition and its bombing-led campaign. baghdad acts as a go between, the u.s. rules out cooperating directly with the syrian regime. >> back in idlib, hospitals are overwhelmed with the injured, and medics are calling for the attacks to stop. all know that the fight for control of the si is far from

over. >> the u.s. led coalition joins the iraqi operation to retake tikrit from i.s.i.l. fighters. surveillance and intelligence sharing started on estate. this is the first time the coalition has been part of the assistancive on tikrit which started this month. iraqi security forces are on the outskirts of tikrit waiting to make a final push into the city. >> fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing. several were killed when two cars packed with explosives drove into an aroundy checkpoint. two governments and several armed groups are competing for power in libya. >> well the u.n. has presented its proposal which is aimed at resolving the crisis in libya, here are some of the main points that could amount to a landmark deal between the rival political

factions. the u.n. proposes that the tobruk based house of representatives be the legislative body. now that would constitute a major victory for them. >> and they are also calling for the form agency of a government of technocrats. a presidential council would look off the mim plementation of the agreement during a transitional period. it's expected that this week there would be a final agreement on the ceasefire and the security arrangements. the deal will not be ceilinged unless it's felt that some of the demands of security will be met. >> now to jordan which signed a 10 billion deal with russia to build a first nuclear power plant. it will be built and completed by 2022. the deal was signed with the state-owned rosatom company.

jordan doesn't have a local energy source and imports 96% of all its electricity. >> south sudan's parliament voted to extend the president's term in office by three years. this means any plans to hold elections in the war-torn country this year could be called off. the government says the move is necessary to maintain stability, but the opposition says it's a sign that the president is not serious about negotiating a peace deal with the rebel leader. both have been threatened with sanctions if they don't reach a deal soon. >> our two al jazeera colleagues return to court in egypt after weeks of delay. witnesses for the prosecution took the stand last week. we have the latest in the journalist's retrial. >> the evidence against mansour bahrami and mohamed fadel fahmy seems to rest on a report that

includes videos. it's supposed to prove the al jazeera journalists harmed egypt's national security. the members of a committee that issued the report testified they didn't see the video, write the report or remember what they wrote. >> it is important. we tested materials against the national security. the members now say we didn't. >> reporter: earlier this year an appeals court ruled there was not enough evidence to convict the journalists. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr spent 400 days in gaol along with peter greste. the charges had been called baseless. last month peter greste was deported to australia and mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released on bail. despite the frustration, mohammed said the prosecution's witnesses helped their case.

>> today i think it was a success. they said they were not responsible. they didn't write the statements. >> reporter: both men may be free on bill but they have to check in with the police. mohamed fadel fahmy, a citizens of egypt and canada was forced to give up egyptian citizenship. he is trying to be deported to canada. >> he and mohammed badr home there'll be an end to this ordeal that started 15 months ago the e.u. says tying with cuba could be normalized by the end of the year. the e.u. president met raul castro. relations were frozen in 2003. in relation to the rest of dissidents. they signed an agreement to give $50 million to cuba's agriculture sector the united states lifted

sanctions on dozens of companies and individuals who had been blacklisted for having links with cuba. relations have been improving. we spoke to larry, who is a news editor for the washington diplomat, and a contributing writer for the news. he said the timing of the decision by the u.s. is crucial. >> it could be simply house cleaning. in effect, taking old companies off the rolls. we understand many of the people who are on the list are deceest. most of the companies, in fact are not cuban, are registered in panama and other counties it's hard to sigh if it's a significant move. what is interesting is the timing. the summit of americas is less that three weeks away. president obama would like to make a dramatic announcement putting the united states in good graces with the rest of latin america. >> nine people are dead several missing in a mud slide in central peru.

hundreds have been made homeless, and the authorities are saying the main food supply line to lima has been blocked and it could take days to clean the roads. we have more. >> the powerful mud slide destroyed nearly everything in its path. tonnes of mud and rocks that slid through the eastern town in central peru left dozens of homes and vehicles buried under the rubble. to save their life they clipped on trucks. the water levels from the river rose endangering three towns in the area. >> we were dying. everything was breaking and burying us. the houses were full of sand. >> officials say seven died among them children. more than 20 have been taken to hospital. rescue teams have opened rev ums for 250 families. powerlines remain down. authorities have helped victims with water, tents, food and

blankets. it completely blocked the supply road that comes from the andes and the amazon. authorities say that this will take between 5-6 days to clean up the road. forecasters for the country say both. that mud lids are common and the counter weather conditions will continue unstable until now. rains will be a danger to those already affected the body of singapore's founding father lee kuan yew has been moved to the parliament house, where members of the public can pay final respects until saturday. lee's funeral will take place on sunday if you think of myanmar, wine is not the first thing that comes to mine. it's a budding industry attracting attention. with only two vineyards in operation, the quality or the quantity i should say, of the wine is a mere trickle. as florence louie reports from

shan state, the industry looks set to grow. >> up on the slopes in central myanmar, it's a landscape rarely asserted with subtropical countries. harvest time at the vineyard is over. workers prune the plants. the grapes are not native to the region. care must be taken. once the rainy season starts it will be hot and humid. fungus could destroy crops. there are other factors that make the crisis available of. >> there's plenty of sun sign. this is an important part of the quality for the red and white wine. there's another important issue that means cold nights which we have here in the mountains. >> the lack of a winter means the plants could use two crops a year, so labour is needed all year around. the cost of labour is cheap.

it doesn't mean producing wine is inexpensive. they have to import raw materials, driving up the cost of production. >> that can come up to more than double what it costs in europe. things like machinery, down to glass bottles and corks are imported. winemakers believe in the industry's potential. mainly because consumption is on the rise. growing disposable income means a change in habits. and a transition towards democracy brought a surge in numbers. >> it comes in businessman and visitors so our volume has doubled. and, therefore, the wine consumption, the beer consumption is double. >> a survey around the restaurant reveals an appreciation from the wine. >> very nice wine. mag nif eke. >> this wine surprise me

because the tight and flow you know. >> the government recently announced it will allow local companies to import wines. the prospect of competition doesn't worry wine makers. they are concerned with keeping up growing demands. >> don't forget you can keep right up to date on the website. nerds. tonight sharks. we are tracking some of the misunderstood crete cite crete