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>> includes australia with a clash against new zealand we will show you how they ended the reign of defending champions in the semifinals. >> in yemen, they have targeted the capitol in the central yemen and adan in the south, also a houthis strong hold in the north of the country. now saudi arabia says it isn't planning on sending in ground troops but it is ready for all eeventual wallties.

>> we should be ready for all circumstances where our forces or the different threats. air theft or ground threat, for the time being there is no such operation and we will be ready. >> . >> left the southern yemen city of adan, on the saudi protection early on thursday. he is expected to attend an arab league meeting. and the former president has called on the houthies to stop attacking adan. the ousted leader has deunderstand nod the air strikes on the capitol. the leader of the houthies said that his group will carry on fighting. >> what do they expect us to

do? surrender? announce our defeat. >> to act like cowards in what do they expect from us? clap overnight, to walk away, absolutely not. we will fight back, all 24 million yemenis will stand united and face this aggression. what more can you tell us about the air vehicles? >> there are were air strikes a few minutes ago we see them every couple of minutes but they are not as heavy as they were five minutes ago. it is still very tense right now. they have been at it almost all day, and right now kills

are for the same thing happening yesterday they will wake up in the middle of the night crying. right now it is calm. and hopefully it stays that way. >> what about the rest of the country? there have been air strikes elsewhere in yemen. >> other part oz if country right now is also calm. there were air strikes also -- all this afternoon but over the last couple of hours they have only focused on the two provinces. these two are -- two of the main airports or airport headquarters. and the attack -- is because also the answerer have been -- the houthis militants there and ensure that they control

the adan province. it is time for them to come back to yemen after the summit. >> you talk about kids being terrified by the noise and the earth shaking of these air strikes what about people in general in yemen? the night to yemen people don't -- are not outside, but even as the days go down, and all families have in the capitol have all either evacuated or september them to rural areas or have them in a basement, where even there they could be attacked. so it is very tense right now

but again, they are the majority, these families have no other option, but to stay where they are and hopefully these attacks don't target them. >> thank you the editor and chief of the yemen post on the line. where the saudi arabia coalition has launched further air strikes against houthis targets. the arab league has now -- which is regional security threats the military action against yemen was announced in a joint statement signed by saudi arabia, queue wait, and qatar. jordan egypt have said that their planes were involved while sudan has said that it's air and ground forces will take part in the operation

and turkey has said that it may provide logistical support. egypt's foreign minister has talked act why his government has joined the coalition. >> the coalition has to answer the calls of the president and his government. egypt announced the military and physical support and is planning to participate in the the air and naval strikes. also an infinity attack if it is necessary. >> who is a retied general now he says that air strikes will be just the beginning of a much wider campaign. >> this campaign it may have -- for many many steps. the air raids it has to continue for days or sometimes weeks until it achieves the targets. with the arroweds i think -- of the sea ports to prevent

any iranian ships which give -- there are ways i think it will be done and used by these official force to control some critical spots because the very complicated geographic area for using this special force. and after that if there is a need to send boots on the ground, i think that they have to make a new estimation, to decide there will -- in my opinion, i think they will need load nationally, but no one can be surely they are sent or not. >> a spokesman for,n says the security council supports the legitimacy of hattie, but he says they have warned all parties to refrain from actions which may undermine the integrity.

to ensure the protection of civilians out of all united nations in associated personnel. as well as the rules and principles of international human rights law and refugee law a short while ago the state department talks about it's support. >> we understand the saudi concerns and the threat that their perceive on their boarder to which they are responding, and we are supportive of their efforts to address that. our ultimate goal remain as political process. >> we can't predict what the response will be. >> but yes we see this as consistent with our goal. we wish there was a meaningful negotiation process happening now. but the houthiss are not engaged in it. >> the state temperature al jazeera is there in washington, d.c. so kimberly, what exactly is the u.s.' role

in all of this. >> well, i'll tell you about the role, as described by the u.s. state department, and the white house and then some of the questions. first, let's talk about the involvement, we are told by the white house that it is indirect military support how gist call support, as well as military coordination. what does that look like? it means they are helping in the areaing of refueling planes, radar planes. we also know the goal of the u.s. in it's support is to see that the fire power is weakening. in terms oof the ability to fire missiles. we also know from testimony from top u.s. army general austin, that it's the hope of the united states and it's support for the saudi led endeavor, that the straight at the tip of the red sea the babble strait, that that remained open, that there is this free flowing of commerce as they put it. but at the same time, there

was also a lot of criticism who are questioning just what the u.s. role is giving some of the statements that were made. for instance this same general, general austin said that when asked about what the u.s. knew and when they knew about it that the strikes were going to occur they said in fact they found out the day of so this conflicts with statements coming out of here, saying in fact, they were in close consultation, they had been in discussions for days. these different events certainly isn't adding up. >> it begs the question, what exactly did the u.s. government find out about what saudi arabia was intending to do. >> up deed. that's the question that has not been answered, what i can tell you is the president has been fielding calls. been talking to turkey's president, and they apparently discussed this situation, that there was some concerns on the

part of president about what he perceived as iran taking over the middle east, as the transcript put it and we also know from very late in the day that we got comments from the saudi ambassador the the united states, says that it is their view that iran is supporting this houthis advance. so while we have some questions about the u.s. role, we can tell you the u.s. is very concerned

>> other foreign ministers will come here in the coming days as this deadline gets closer. >> the u.s. has confirmed that shia militias withdrew from the city ahead of american air strikes to recapture the city from isil. around 4,000 iraqi forces have advanced on the city which was otherreturn. they freed to -- under conditions that the iranian back maz lish sha pulls back from the area. >> now let's get the latest on the investigation into the crash of a german wings plane in the french alps. in our london news center, marian. >> yes adrian, some dramatic development, because it is now fought the german wings plane was deliberately steered into the mountain side. the frenching prosecutor has listened to the cockpit voice recordings says the planes co-pilot crashed the plane on

purpose, after locking the captain out of the cockpit. >> they visited the scene of the crash in the french alps. charley has the latest now. the serj teams and forensic experts make use of the remaining hours of daylight, analysis of the black box recovered from the site on tuesday, has revealed the plane's final moments. listening to voice recordings prosecutors say the pilot was locked out during the flights final moments the co-pilot apparently conscious was at controls and deliberately put the plane into a steep descent. just before it crashes and passengers are heard screaming.

the most likely is that the co-pilot deliberately refused to open the door to the captain. he they want activated the button that trigger add severe loss of altitude, we don't know why but can be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to crash the plane. he was a 28-year-old german, with over 600 hours of flying experience they say he had no terrorist background. >> this is a big big shot for us here. we are shocked and very sad. we would have never imagined such tragedy. >> the makers of the a 320 a there are situations in place an emergency access pin can open the cockpit door, but not if access is denied by the pilot inside. >> this tragedy has been felt

throughout europe. germany parliament held a moment of silence to remember the victims later chancellor angel merkel expressed her disstreet. >> today's news is another blow we think of them. >> night fall in these mountains brings freezing temperatures so recovery teams will resume their work at sun rise. they are already changing the safety procedures to make sure that two crew members are in the cockpit at all times. a rule that could have saved the flight and it's passengers. al jazeera. >> and german prosecutors have visited the family home in western germany. they searched the property and took away evidence. one neighbor said he is struggling to understand allegations the pilot took his

own life, and those aboard the flight. >> i simply can't believe it yet, a young and healthy man or at least he appeared to be very healthy in good physical condition, he has been jogging regularly, simply suddenly dying? and i don't believe he killed himself and claimed other people's lives i can't believe it until it is 100% confirmed. >> following the crash and nor we john have said that two people must be in the cockpit at all times. it means when one leaves for a toilet break for example another crew member needs to go in. more on this story when we will ask how it is possible for one pilot to lock another out. for now let's get back to

adrian. >> have urged voters not to engang in violence during the election on saturday. good luck jonathon called on citizens not to jeopardize their vision for a free and fair election. security has been a big concern in the build up to the vote. they have been set under police guard in abuja. well unemployment and poverty are are major issues in this election. oil revenues to fund important development work, but with the massive fall in oil prices this funding is almost dried up. al jazeera reports now from the delta. they know what they are doing is illegal. but they don't care. young unemployed men steal from the pipelines in the creek of the delta. they say this resource belongs to the community. not the nigerian government or

oil companies. where you have something, -- that you -- the men claim to produce around 60,000 litters a day from the improvised. look at what this business is don't to the environment, this place used to be lush and green, locals say more than 200 refineries in the area but they say they need to money to they can look after the families. >> falling global oil prices means the latest foreign currency is earned. the problems keep piling up. prices of basic commodities are rising. when you go to the market -- >> a well armed joint task force, made up of forces from all sector pass troll the creeks.

oil accounts for about 15% of nigeria's gross domestic product, but it makes up 75% of government revenues. government finances have been hampers by the oil prices. >> it's been very tough. with the amount of work this administration has gone into we have had to look at so many cost cutting strategies to help us continue to keep afloat and to also -- those struggling to get by, this cheap fuel is affordable. one use is powering up jeb ray tors. nigeria is still battling to meet it's energy needs. al jazeera in the delta. >> the u.n. security council is voted to reduce the number of peace keeping soldiers in

the democratic republic of congo. 2,000 soldiers will be cut from a force of 20,000 for drc president, they had want add decrease of 7,000. it is eager -- which has been in the country for 16 years. >> now for almost 20 years people in sudan have been living with sanctions last month, the united states eased some of it's restrictions. they say that decision is already having an impact on people's lives. >> to most people, there's nothing extraordinary about these store shelves. but in sudan this is a sign of change. customers can now purchase u.s. base products including microsoft operating system, and meshes can send smart phones laptops radios and digital cameras to sudan. >> we hope that sudan moves forward, and i hope that lifting the ban will be positive thing for us.

the u.s. has ghaider a trade embargo, last month it eased some of those sanctions weapon hope they will look over the rest of the unit and have an impact on the lives economically. >> but the sanctions won't be lifted easily. the president is wanted by the international criminal court. he is accused of again side, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in car four. in april, bashir is running for re-election. most of the groups are planning to bo cot. for most, life continues to be difficult. it took most of the isle revenue with it, there are reports of shortages of bread, foul, and fuel.

antigovernment protests have frequently turned violence. as president bashir runs for another term, his biggest challenge may not be winning but improving the lives of citizens. al jazeera. at least four people have died in flash floods. chili's north eastern dessert that's happens while areas in southern chili struggle with huge wild fires. al jazeera reports. >> this natural disaster prone country is now battled unmanageable floods. in the word's driest dessert. in the northern city in the december setter region torrential rain has turned the streets into rivers. the river which 24 hours ago carries almost no water

overran into banks. hospitals are partially under water, roads are blocked and communities cut off. for the north and the region, authorities have ordered the evacuation of at least 30,000 people. the president has declared a state of emergency. to the flood stricken areas. here in southern chili which is normally famous for it's green lush vegetation, and the wet weather. the worst drought in 50 years is devastating the region. food for thought for those that don't believe in climate change. back in the dessert the freak floods have prompted major compromise to reduce operations to a minimum as a precaution. fear the worst is not over, the rain that these dry

regions used to pray for now turns into a curse. al jazeera, chili. >> we are approaching the midway point on this news hour still to come, striking farmworkers in mexico. to take a walk in their shoes and see what it is like on less than $10 a day. plus. >> in dawson city, home to a man who canada's government says shouldn't have a passport an identity, even a driver's license here. even wake up in 95, i didn't wake up speaking in italian. >> for f-1s gear up to race again.

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and in the north. meanwhile, yemen's president has arrived in the saudi capitol. police in germany have raided the apartment of the german wings co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately flown an airbus a 320 into the french alps. at least 150 people were killed. french and german officials say he has no apparent linked to terrorist groups. joining us by skype, who is a senior columnist in the gazette, and the assistant professor, thank you for being with us, what will saudi arabia make of the comments today, saying while it sup effort pros the security council warns other sports not to infringe on the sovereignty, which is of course is what saturday yeah arabia has done.

>> well, the united nations has it's chance, and for many years to solve the problem. it is about getting back -- now it is our time, it is the time that members take care of the issue. and distinct fire. the united nations field and it is our time, and they should give us a shot. >> saudi arabia says that it launched this offensive to support the internationally recognized yemen president. but to what extent is he part of the country's problem? does saudi arabia have faith in his ability to leave the country out of this crisis. >> these people have elected him. 6 million votes giving him the power to represent these

people. so if that's the case condition we respect the people's choice, and we deal with the people. there are no other way. one that could claim legitimacy that he has. >> and what are we take to make of this coalition of gulf and arab states that saudi arabia has assembled for this operation? >> we have an example the beginning in this community as well as going to the taken by the opposition, supported by iran. and then the development decided to the same case so

with all doubt the international community take care -- >> good to talk to you, sir. on the line from saudi arabia. just some background information here, who the houthis are the houthis started an insurgency in 2004, against the then president. claiming government production. that saw the end of president 33 year hold on power. they took advantage of the security that followed expanding the area of corn from the northern strong hold, and over the last several months houthis fighters have stormed the capitol and forced the government from power all along the houthis appear to have been collaborating with some security forces who are

still loyal to the president that they helped to depose. the former president also getting support from iran. a columnist and editor of the newspaper, he joins us now live from london. we talk about iran's support of course, iran denied that it is supporting the houthis but do you think now that saudi arabia is -- has assembled this coalition to attack the houthis do you think that we will see more involvement from iran? well i think already involved in yemen they sent just a few days ago some like 160 tons of weapons advancing in the area but now that the

coalition has started the strikes in yemen, i don't think that iran has many choices to take in yemen. it is not iraq and it is not syria as well the neighboring country, which is easy to reach because both countries are the regimes in both -- but in yemen yemen is away to some extent. to the coalition and now it is the yemen -- is -- they will target any airplane or any war craft will come to the yemen and even the sea so i don't see any choice for iran to get more involved and the parliament has said today

frankly, that iran is not going to involve our community militarily. >> the coalition said the main goal is to help the yemen people dispose of the threat which is theretoened the interests of yemen, do you take that statement at face value? or is this more of a proxy war between the arab war two major powers? well, they cannot deny the outside prospect. the two main powers in the region. and they are involved in yemen. but from my point of view, the involvement is getting worse by sending weapons and money for the past years.

and they are not -- or they don't want to ask the alliance and the houthiss to go to a negotiation, because from my point of view, they want the houthiss to play a major role in the south border to make some problems there. and this is some sort of like playing card between iran and saudi arabia. now, they rely that iranian are playing in yemen not for the issue itself, for the national security but even for the international security, and the quote arab national security. >> okay, good to talk to you mohamed there in london. more now on that shocking revelation that the co-pilot of the german wings airbus deliberately crashed into the french alps killing 150

people, it is back to marian in london p marian. >> that's right. this is really what we learned today french prosecutors saying that 28-year-old andreas deliberately flew the airbus into a mountain at sen hundred kilometers an hour after locking his captain out of the cockpit. and that's left many asking how it is possible for one pilot to lock another out. nadine explains. since the plane crashes there's been speculation about what could have gone wrong. this is the actual airbus, and why it would descend for eight minutes and smash into the ale pes. the cockpit voice recorder was recovered and investigators analyzed the tape of the flight's last minute. that saw attention turn to the front of the plane. the recordings suggests the captain left the cockpit most royal to use the bathroom. be uh the co-pilot prevented him from getting back in, how would that be possible?

this is a training video here they explain how a lock door can be opened by entering a security code. >> captain, captain? do you read me? obtaining the response she decides to use the emergency access procedure. she entered the code, then press it is hash key. this triggers the timer for 30 seconds. >> after that time if there's no response from the cockpit the door unlocks itself for five seconds. but there is a way for the pilot to lock it if they suspect anything is wrong outside. i don't think this is the normal procedure, i am going to lock the door now if we look at the pad confirming the door is locked. be careful automatic door opening the code pad are inhibited for five minutes. the person realizes the

cockpit access and has to use the interphone to contact the cockpit crew. we know the coe pilot doesn't respond to the intercom or to loud knocks. some airline do have what is call add rule of two. meaning for a pilot leave as cockpit for any length of time, another crew member has to replace them. which owns german wings doesn't apply that rule. procedured were tightening following the-n attacks in the u.s. clearly though the system has an unintended weakness if one pilot decides for whatever reason to crash a plane. >> thank you for speaking to us. can anything be done to prevent this from happening again. >> the airline have to ensure that the policies and procedures on the one hand make they are they are unable to get into the cockpit however on the other hand,en

sure the flight crew can enter the cockpit, and get into the cabin for what reason. >> how difficult it is to strike a balance? >> it is immensely difficult because you can never have a situation where the pilot must always be in the cockpit. there will be various reasons why they need to come out on long flights you usually have more than two pilots. a lot of the airline will only really roster two pilots on the flight. a number of airline have now announced new cockpit ruleses after the german wings crash, they are saying two member oz if crew have to be inside at all times. so if you do have a situation where a pilot steps out for a toilet break, for example someone else has to replace him. how important is it that they

have a level of experience that allowed them to recognize it. at least notice if something is a bit out of character i think what the airline have announced today is very much a temporary solution. the senior camera crew member, now as the pilot deliberately wanted to crash it could incapacitate the member and carry on as they did. >> i was going to ask to have the presence of another pilot of the crew inside the cockpit at the time, could that have prevented this. >> the honest answer is no, it wouldn't have prevented it but it does add another layer of safety, and i think what the industry will now need to do is keep adding further layers of safety. and it may take drastic revolution. maybe the possible of programming the flight computers so that the aircraft

deliberately tries not to crashist even if the pilot wants to on the possible of controlling the aircraft from the ground, possibly by the airline or air traffic controllers. >> so new regulations is one track, what about being able to identify mental health problems and employees 28 years old, this was a man that had his whole life ahead of him, there's no obvious reason why he would have done this. they said the day he showed no signs of physical or psychological stress. what more can companies do to identify problems in their employees? it is very difficult and it isn't just the airline industry. you can have a train driver, a bus driver, how do you prevent this how do you screen somebody for psychological problems. it is difficult to do. with a physical problem it is disk to mask, you can't really

do much thomásing a physical problem, whereas a mental problem you can. so it is -- i think a lot more effort will go into doing testing for airline pilots but it is again, it is got a full proof system if they wanted to do that. >> thank you for sharing your analysis with us on this story, senior lecturer in aviation studies. that wraps up all the news from europe. >> workers have been on strike since last week and say their pay hadn't changed in a decades they are allowed on food donations as john holeman reports. a month ago 13-year-old started work in the fruit fields. a coastal town in northwestern mexico. she is underage, but had

little choice. i chose to work to help my parents they don't make enough money to clothe or feed the family. >> she is one of tens of thousands of workers now on strike in the region. dend maaing an improvement this whoing conditions more than double the $9 they earn in a day. after week of protests the farm workers have what they hoped would be a decisive meeting with the state government, and the representatives of the huge you remember familieses that employed them. the atmosphere was tense. i invite you to see what it is like on this side, live on $9 for just a month. ten hours of talks resulted in the farm owners offering atten% rise, that's under 1 dollar as day. we are willing to try and look

for solutions but there are certain limits that we can't pass. no, no. >> the farmworkers refuse the offer. they feel they are the ones losing out. >> after waiting leer a week, it is like a slap on the face, like this trying to make us give up. >> to share food, company and the hope that they can still get the pay rise they say they need for their most basic necessities. the farm owners say they are being squeezed further up the chain, and it is difficult to come one tin crease they are looking for. the two sides are still talking to each other, but it seems they are as far away as ever for coming to an agreement. these workers kept going only by comradery and food donations.

the most vulnerable. >> al jazeera mexico. >> all right just ahead in sport, the big defender with a stunning win for one of therd owner's forgotten international teams.

>> but first according the the united nations, there are at least 10 million people who are citizens of nowhere. they can't provide proof of a national identity. >> that means they can't get

support from any government. from the u conn in canada, where he pleat as man who has been trying and failing to prove that he is canadian for over 60 years. gets the kids from school. not that he could pick them up in the vehicle he has never had a drivers license or a passport or a birth certificate. >> daddy why are you on the road. >> his parents didn't register his birth because they mistrusted government, for decades he wandered north america, settling down only recently to raise a family. his past caught up with him. >> . >> border agents showed up at my house and it was just me with my children at the time. unfortunately, he came with an attitude that i wasn't canadian, that i am an american. and i'm not. >> immigration effort thats threatened to deport him. he says he doesn't remember where he was born but he lives

here all his adult life. even under canada's public healthcare system people without documents are on their own. >> my dog has more rights than i do. i am a nobody. in the eyes of the government, and i'm tired of being treated that way. my parents -- my parents made the choice, and i am the one that has had to suffer for it. >> he has appealed to the federal citizenship minister to use his discretionary power to grant canadian nationality. one of the ironies is that it is happening here in dawson city a place that until the early part of the 20th century wasn't charlie defined as being part of either the u.s. or british ruled canada during the gold rush, this photo of a u.s. independent crowd frightened ottawa into asserting canadian sovereignty here, but today's authorities

seem no no rush to address his predicament of that of dozens of other stateless people. >> citizenship is very much the language of the refugee or the immigrant, or the skilled immigrant. so those will getting more and more attention but just citizenship in general it is just not a priority. >> higher. >> donovan and his family await the canadian government decision. he hopes that he might soon call it his government. >> now looking like he is about to be attacked by two angry cricketerring. >> thank you very much. we are going to start with cricket -- says he is no plans on retiring and wants to play in the 2019 world cup if he can stay fit. speaking after australia ended

the reign of the defending champions in the semifinals batting first in sidney, he has made it 3-28 for 7 over 105 by stephen smith, while in replay, pretty well, but the wicket changed the momentum. the captain scored the 65 but for 233, india losing by 95 runs but the 33-year-old said he would like another crack in four years time. >> disappointed they couldn't go into the finals but only one team can win and after they played better correct on the day, and i think you asked me about my future. a very interesting answer, it is up to you guys we should do the media should do a nice research on it take a few days. and my advice will be whatever you decide, try the complete opposite, that will be the fact. >> it is after you.

>> from world football now and it's been more international friendlies ahead of the upcoming week of qualifiers, france taking brazil and paris and they have no qualifiers as they are hosting for gains like this, vital for the coach as they prepare for that tournament, is of course a repeat of the 1998 world cup final at the very same venue. both -- the managers france won that one, and took the lead in 2015 through rafael and brazil to the background to oscar and they lead 2-1 in paris going into the final few minutes. now syria is still playing international football, despite the troubles in their country. but they have made it three in a row with victory in a friendly in neighboring jordan, the only goal of the game in the capitol came from a defender in the 18th minutes the 31-year-old first international goal, some

consolation you missed out to jordan for qualification for january's asian cup. alonzo is making his return to formula 1 in 1st practice for the grand prix. it is just over a month since the former world champion supper add head injury in a pre-season crash that ruled him out of the australian grand prix, but alonzo has already contracted his team and is blaming the crash on mechanical failure in his cup. >> it is not in the data, anything clear that we will spot without saying the recent, but definitely we have a problem in the middle of 10-3 in the lock. into the right and i approached the wall. >> the cage fighting is one of the most violent and painful sports in the world the mixed mar, arts discipline is banned in my countries but it's combination of skill and danger attract a huge fan base worldwide, it is also becoming

increasingly attractive to women but it's competitors met the first professional cage fight. >> is mixed martial arts too violent for women? from malaysia, don't agent with osmond about it, she is smashing stereotypes asthma lay sha's first professional female came fighter. people do say that just another female fighter, they are just another eye candy for the show. that really hurts. the 28-year-old has earned her fair share of critics, a country increasingly known for it's religious conservativism. >> i may not be the perfect muslim but i will try my best, and sometimes to me, what i do is just a job. and success is inspiring other women to take up the sport.

a strong and brave, she is super woman. >> in the state they train at the tribal squad. where women are breaking other boundaries as well. like ann's training partner. >> a lot of people would say that being a fighter does not go with being a mother. >> it's not true. >> i think i am a good example for that. and man and wife, i am a fighter. >> what do you think when you see her there. >> it's crazy. >> i am like yeah, mom, win. >> the deft is one of the main reasons women take up mixed martial arts and started four years ago after being followed home in her car. she has become an unwitting role model. mixed martial arts three years

ago, be the promotors say that 35% of fans are women and that more women are signing up to get into the cage. definitely a lot more male fighters, all around the world, and so i think we are in the early stages but fighters are really good inspiration for a lot of other female fighters to consider this as an opportunity. >> and once you are in that cage, it reveals your true self. you know, are you a fight, or flight kind of person. and for me i am a fighter. and a winning one at that. ella, al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> you can see more of that women warrior on air at 22-30 gmc. that's it, more later. >> many thanks indeed, stay with us, i will be back with another full bulletin of news, in just a few moments.

♪ ♪. >> a saudi led coalition strikes in yemen for a second night. as the country et balled president arrives. >> our ultimate goal remains a political negotiation process. >> the u.s. in turkey line-up behind the saudi led strikes on yemen. >> hello this is al jazeera live, also on the program. negotiations in switzerland as world powers try once again to reach an agreement on the nuclear program.