♪ ♪. >> 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.

and the investigation into the crash in the french alps centers on the co-pilot, germany authorized a raid on his apartment jets have been attacking. they have targeted in the center of the country, adan in the south and sada in the strong hold in the north. saudi arabia says that it isn't planning on sending in ground troops but said that it had a contingency plan. >> we should be ready for all the circumstances we are -- our forces before the different threat. the air threat, or ground threat. for the time being there is no

such operation but if need, we would be ready to face this kind of threat. >> meanwhile yemen's president has arrived state television there says that left adan under saudi protection he is expected to attend a et mooing in egypt on saturday. and yemen's former president has called to stop attacking adan. who led for more than 30 years foreign ministers have agreed on a resolution to form. >> the decade and arab leaders will discuss it at that summit on saturday. the general spoke after a meeting in the egyptian city. >> the arab league has an army that will go through and liberate. this is the first time an army

will be established and work through arab nations. well the arab league is supporting the saudi led air strikes egypt is also publicly stated it's support and participation in the offensive. it was announced by a joint statement signed by saudi arabia the united air ram emirates kuwait, and qatar. >> jordan egypt and morocco say their plans have been involved in the strikes while sudan has said that it's air and ground forces will take part in the operation. and turkey said that it may provide logistical support. meanwhile the leader of the houthis said that the group will carry on fighting. >> what do they expect us to do. >> surrender announce our defeat. >> what do they expect us from us? collapse overnight. to walk away absolutely not. this is not how the honorable yemen people think.

these are not our beliefs. we will fight back. all 24 million yemen will stand united and face this aggression. let's hear from hakeem the editor and chief at the post, i spoke to him. an hour ago and here is what he had to say about the air strikes a second night of air strikes on the capitol. it is calm right now there were air strike as few minutes ago, and right now you can hear them every now and then. >> as they were five minutes ago, it's still very tense right now them been here almost all day and right now i am too worried for the capitol, but think it happened yesterday the crime, other parts of the country right now is also -- there were air vehicles in other provinces

and also the province all this afternoon. but other the last couple of hours they have only focused on two provinces. and these two are two of the main airports other airports headquarters and the attack now is because of houthis allies are still fighting. the militants there are ground and ensure that they control the province. in time back to yemen after the summit. >> editor of the newspaper an independent pan. we spoke earlier about saudi arabia's coalition motives about iran's involvement woe left one question hanging and that's about the former president, and his role in all of this, how many strings is

he holding with the houthis who let's remember, were part and parcel of his ousting. >> well, i think for the last few months we became very strong alliance, regardless of the past years roles between him and his forces. from one hand and the houthis on the other hand. if you look at the houthis movement and what they did for the last two days, specifically, they went under the protection of the special forces. which is loyal and the surrounding close to adan, all the steps being taken by the houthis were supported and given the huge support and his

special forces, and his republican guards which was led business hi son. he wants to wake under the umbrella of the houthis because he wants to avoided some more international sanctions for him or his supporters. that's why he is using the houthis or using the houthis and the meanwhile houthiss are using his huge support military support logistic support, and even his so credit. the yemen national security department, are using all of this information, about the officers and the high erans in the army, in the police so now

they are having a very good like information about each one, he is playing the major role in this conflict. >> so the houthis even though they are a minority, they are a major fighting force they only make off third of the population, but because of the support that they get, from the former president and his allied militias and the very security departments they could with stand this let intervention. >> can you still hear me? >> repeat the question. >> yeah, sorry. for a service long question, can the houthis given all you were telling me and portions loyal to him can they houthis with stand this let

intervention. >> well, i think with his support. they went in part -- they are now with the adan, but i think from what i heard today, there are -- contradicting statements he is trying to take himself away from this conflict, and he was saying today like as spokesman was saying that he is like sort of ready to get in between saudi arabia and the led coalition and the houthis as if he was not part of this war. and on the other hand, he is supporting the houthis giving all that he can of the military support and i think for the next few days we will see some sort of big differences and big gap between the houthis and he

doesn't want to lose and lead the divisions of his army, which is still loyal to him. >> mohamed thank you. the editor. the u.s. state department has talked about it's support for the air strikes. for more let's go live to kimberly whose with us in washington, d.c. what kind of support is washington giving this led operation. >> well, i can tell you what the oprogram ma administration is saying they are saying they are offing indirect military support in order not direct military coordination, the goal is to try and weaken the houthis air power.

their ability to sort of file any missiles. earlier today saying that there was another concern for the united states, and that's the straight, the but there's an awful lot of criticism coming on capitol hill about some of the u.s. actions as well as some of the statements coming out of the obama administration, regarding the level of support we heard from the state department that there has been a lot of conversations back and forth discussions the recent days with the saudi. but that was directly contradicted today. when the same general said that the united states was not aware of the strike, until

just before they really learned of them just before they were to happen on the day of and another general testifying that they didn't know in advance at all. so there's a lot of contradiction coming out about what is taking place. >> kimberly, thank you. live in the state department in washington, d.c. there are concerns that the situation may have an impact on the nuclear talks. between iran and word powers. the u.s. secretary of state has been holding meetings with the iranian counter part. on tuesday next week, and the president has spoken by phone to the leaders of france, britain, china and russia. al jazeera james bays has more now. >> with the delegation from the u.s., close allies of saudi arabia, and iran with close links to the houthis staying in the same hotel these negotiations they are obviously a phone calls on the sidelines about the crisis in

yemen but around the negotiating table all the effort is focused on trying to get a frame work with deal before the deadline on the last day of this month that's next tuesday they say although these are tough that say the talked last week made more progress in that round than any other round during this long period of negotiations. and of course, it isn't just the u.s. that is negotiating there are a lot of other international players one of those is france, we understand that the french morn minister is on his way to new york, will be coming here on saturday, we believe other foreign ministers will follow and come here in h the coming days. as this deadline gets closer. still ahead we will keep you up to speed with the latest developments oen the war in yemen. plus back on the shelves shoppers benefit from the

lifting of some u.s. sanctions.

>> they are trying to dominate the region, they are in cooperation for it, can this be allowed in has begun annoying us, said yeah arabia and the nations this is not tolerable, and they have to see this. >> saudi arabia plays a powerful role last year, it

increased the defense budget by 20% over $80 billion. they say that up to 1,000 -- troops are prepared to take part in any operation within yemen, and the kingdom is sending 100 war planes from it's fleet of 675 aircraft. >> in p other news, french bathers began to hunt through the wreckage of the flight which plunged into the frenching alps. now appears appears the co-pilot of the plane crashed it deliberately, the other pilot is believed to have been locked out of the cockpit just before the crash on tuesday. charley reports. >> search teams make use to comb the crash site, analysis of the black box on tuesday has revealed the plane's final moments. listening to voice recordings from the plane prosecutors

say the pilot was locked out during the flight's final moments. the coo principles of international lot apparently conscious was at the controls and put the plane into a steep descent, just before it crashes into the mountains passengers are heard screaming. >> the most likely interpretation we can make at this point, is that the co-pilot deliberately refused to open the cabin door to the captain. he then activisted the button the that trigger as severe loss of altitude. we do not know why he activated this bus ton but can be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to crash the plane. >> little is known about co-pilot he is a 28-year-old gentleman citizen with over 600 hours flying experience. german police said he had no terrorist background, his employers are shocked. >> of course this is a big big shock for us here, i can only repeat that we are shocked and very sad, i think in our worst

nightmares we would never have imagined such tragedy to happen in our group. >> airbus the makers say there are safeguards in place for situations when crews need to enter the cockpit. seen here, an emergency access can open the door but not if access is denies by the pilot inside. search teams have started retrieving body parts and dna testing is underway. the families of some of these are asked to give dna samples to help speed up the grim process of identification. the news of their loves ones were deliberately killed is distressing. to remember the victims and the country's leader had these words. >> this news that effects many

ethe same way as most people. it is beyond imagination, we don't mow the whole background, it is important that it was conducted every aspect must be thorough investigated. the town in western germany was particular hi hard hit by the tragedy, 16 children were on the plane to know their deaths was caused deliberately is even more distressing. al jazeera. >> another town struggling to comprehend the loss of life is on the outskirts of frank farred, it is where they lived and al jazeera dominic cane is there right now. let's go live now to dominic what's been the reaction there. >> outside the house of the parents. the 28-year-old co-pilot at the center of this tragic accident, and the sensation here among the community is that disbelief and of shock. and a few hours ago the

german chancellor spoke to reporters. and when she did so she expressed the disbelief of everyone in germany. >> . >> the french and the german authorities report that their sanction is that this aircraft was deliberately activated for a crash by the co-pilot. we do not have all the background information yet. and every aspect is thoroughly looked at. >> our details are beginning to emerge of the co-pilot, what sort of man he was what his interests were, what state of mind he was in. >> the people here talk of him being a nice young man who likes jogging who was into pop music, who was a member of the local flying club, and people there say they can't understand that he could be

capable of such an act and i think that basically touches a nerve about how everyone in germany is responding to this. it's the media and people who are into this talk about their surprise about their inability to come had been how somebody on the face of it was considered to be a normal young man might turn into doing an act such as this, certainly there's the sense of disbelief, about disbelief and of shock and of real surprise that something could happen from somebody in this community around me, where he was considering tor a knob mar young man. >> what of his employer, what of the parent company are saying? >> well, the ceo in a news conference several hours ago spoke about the sorts of practices about the safety measures that they have with german wings have and that were applied in this case. with the pilot who had more

than 6,000 hours of training and flight time, and the co-pilot who had 630 hours of training of flight time, has gone through tests have gone through safety measures and that sort of thing and he was at pain to emphasize what he considered that the safety precautions they have taken are the best in the world and they consider that their air crew are the best in the world, so certainly the company was very keep to make the point that this was -- this happened out of the blue as it were, that this was a great shock to them, as it has been to the whole of this country. >> dominic cane there. >> britain's prime minister david cameron, and the leader of the main opposition party have been grilled during a lye television debate ahead of the general election in a few weeks time. some of the questions posed to cameron include britain's involvement in the intervention that saw the end

of the gad dispatch fighter regime. he defended his decisions and says despite the current crisis he doesn't reject britain's participation in the operation. >> the badle is intensifying iraqi forces are targeting isil positions in the city. the u.s. had also conducted air strikes in 17 locations. at iraq's request. iraqi fighter jets inside the air base. isil fighters have been in control for that base for many weeks now. officials say they are expecting more fighter jets from the u.s. and will continue to target isil. meanwhile syrian government forces have bombed areas in italy province, many people were injured in government bombings, in the southern area, area campaigns here have intensified as opposition fighters advance towards the

city, these fighters are from the front which is leading the assault on the city. the u.s. planes have dropped graphic leaflets to possible recruits. the image show as recruiting office where recruits are being fed into a meat grinder as part of a campaign to discouraging people from joining isil, 60,000 copies were dropped near the syrian city. in sudan people have been lived on the sanctions for more than 20 years last month the united states eased some of it's restrictions ahead of the upcoming elections there. 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. paid products including microsoft operating seasonals and americans can send smart phones the digital cameras to

sudan. >> we hope that sudan moves forward, and i hope also that lifting the ban will be positive thing for us. >> the u.s. has had a trade embargo since 1997, last month, it eased some of those sanctions saying the goal was to promote freedom of expression. >> we hope that it will look over the rest of the unit. that have an impact on the lives of people 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 april, bashir is rushing for re-election most of the major opposition groups are planning to boycott. >> for most, life continues to be difficult when south sudan gained independent in 2011 it

took most of the revenue with it, there are reports of shortages. the military continues it's fight with rebels. and antigovernment protests have frequently turned violent. as president bashir runs for another term, his biggest challenge may not be winning but improving the lives of sudanese citizens. al jazeera. >> nigeria have been urged not so engang in violence during the election on saturday. the main presidential candidates have called on people to ensure that the vote is pro and fair. security has been a big concern in the build up to the election, ballot papers have even had to be sent under police guard to the commission depo, in the capitol abuja. >> if you like the silent turn of what you have heard in

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