operation decisive storm. >> we should be ready for all of the circumstances. >> and houthi rebels prepare to fight. declaring that yemen would be a graveyard of up vaders. >> what do they expect from us, collapse overnight. to walk away. absolutely not. >> shock and dismay. >> translator: i am personally stunned, furious speechless, and deeply shocked about this news. >> grief turns to anger as it becomes apparent tuesday's airliner crash might not have

been an accidents. french makeover. controversial right wing politician marine le pen cans forming politics in france juan eight on 2017. and. >> grant me the carving of my name. >> more than 500 years after his death in battle, england buries king richard iii ♪ ♪ ♪ good evening and thank you for joining us on al jazerra america. i am randall pinkston. >> and i think inning ran garda. we begin in yemen where saudi arabia is leading air strikes for a second night. >> today iran condemns saudi arabia and its gulf allies for the air campaign. terrain saying outside involvement in the crisis only escalates tension as cross the arabian peninsula. >> saudi arabia says it launched the offensive at the request of

yemen's president. today president hadi arrived in the saudi capital after fleeing his country. >> meanwhile, egypt is saying it is ready to sends in ground forces to. four vessels have been dispatched to yemen. more on the fighting. >> reporter: these pilots of part of the saudi-led coalition against the shia led houthi rebels and their military support nurse yemen. for a second night the alliance said it had military positions in the capital of sanaa. as the operation continues saudi officials say there are no plans to sends troops, at least for now. >> we should be ready for all of the circumstances. our forces are ready for the different threat. air threat or ground threat. for the time being there is no such operation but if need we

will be ready to face this kind of threat. >> reporter: so far the strikes have crippled the country's air force. ally ooh i had to the houthis. the houthi response, defines. >> translator: what do they expect us to do, krepd senders announce our defeat. collapse overnight, walk away? absolutely not. >> reporter: but houthi fighters aren't the only once being hit. they say about a dozen civilians were killed in the strikes on thursday. during the day houthi television showed pictures of supporters out in the streets of the capital sanaa. which they have held since last year. but never not the only ones on the streets. this rally was taken out in favor of the strikes. yemen has been unstable for years. all the while the houthis with the support of iran have been expanding their territory outside their traditional base in the north. in january they forced the government out of the capital. then last week this.

bombings at two shia mosques in sanaa killing houthi leaders. it isn't clear who was behind the attack, but the houthi responded, attacking aden in the south a city where the overthrown government was trying to regroup. president hadi is now in saudi arabia, he is recognized by the saudi-led coalition and world powers has the legitimate elected leader. the alliance has been en darnss by arab will he nations know pro he ising a regional force to face growing threats. the intervention is being seen as a message against iran's increasing influence in the renal yourregion. hopes of a peaceful resolution are dwindling. turkey supports the mission by saudi arabia in yemen. today the president spoke with president obama. let's go now to senior white house correspondents, mike have care a mike what do you know about the conversation. this is a very delicate situation as it escalates over

the last 24 to 48 hours in yemen and exposes many of the tangled alliances that the united states has with many key players in the region, one of those, of course, is turkey, a major player and president obama and turkey's president erdogan have had their differences over the last several months over a number of issues principally syria. but erdogan thinks obama should be sufferer on the region. today the two men spoke talked about syria and talked about the situation in iran as the negotiations over iran's nuke last program continue in switzerland but also talked about the situation in yemen and also today it comes on the same day that president erdogan in a press conference had some very tough words for iran who he sees as behind the houthi irrelevant suhrinsurrection. >> iran is trying to dominate the region, they are in preparation for it, could this

be allowed? this has begun annoy us. iran has to see this. iran should change its stan, they should withdrawal all of their forces with yemen as well as syria and iraq. they should respect the territorial integrity of these countries. >> now that situation in yemen is casting a very long shadow, randle secretary kerry as i mentioned is in switzerland entering the end game of the negotiation with his iran, while there he brought up yemen in a one to one meeting with iranian foreign minister. meanwhile, here in washington the saudi ambassador who made the draw the make announcement last night that the air campaign had begun by saudi arabia and coalition members against yemen. in an interview he did not rule out that saudi arabia in response to any perceived iranian threat as those talks continues in switzerland, did not rule out the idea that saudi arabia would seek to make its own nuclear weapon saying what

have measures are necessary that's what saudi arabia would take to protect its own security randall. so ominous words there as a number of key developments happen around the globe in switzerland and of course on the arabian peninsula. >> ominous it indeed. thank you mike have care. >> there are 10 countries either involved or preparing to get involved in the yemen offensive. besides saudi arabia the coalition includes qatar bahrain, kuwait and united arum em report *pl rams, omar is the only gulf nation to have sustained. fighter jets taking part from jordan, morocco and egypt. with egypt saying it will send ground forces force if he is in, sudan and turkey are preparing to take part. there are some reports that sudan has already deployed fighter jets, pakistan has been asked to join but has not yet decided. a yemeni analyst she writes on her blog as well as for brookings and the atlantic council. thanks for joining us, the

saudis have the broad coalition supporting the bombing campaign and we have seen the iranians now condemning the bombing and warning of the further bloodshed. in lebanon hezbollah are condemning it. does all of this come as any surprise roughly 24 hours after the bombing campaign started? >> not, not at all. actually you are been talking about how the houthis are a strong ally of iran and it's only natural now that when saudi arabia turns against them these forces show support to the houthis. it's not -- you know, it's not surprising to anyone that there is a proxy war in yemen in several other countries, saudi arabia and iran are engaged in a proxy war. however, it cements that yemen almost could have been a place where this proxy war would enact in self on the ground, and that's something that the yemeni people really don't want. they don't want neither saudi forces nor iranian forces on

their ground. >> lebanon is seen as a microcosm of what's going on the region. former prime minister is supporting the bombing campaign. of course as i mentioned hezbollah is condemning it. so to what extent is the sectarian aspects of this sunni-shia real and dangerous or to what extent is it maybe overstated? >> i mean, when he look at yemen, you always hear the shia-sunni conflict. however, i have to say that the dynamics are so different. we are trying to compare yep tone iraq. sometimes we are trying to compare it to libya and at times trying to compare it to syria warning of it becoming like syria. and sometimes we want to compare it to lebanon. but the truth is yep sen quite unique, in the sense that lebanon has several religious factions and the shia in lebanon are in fact similar to the show in iran. the shia in yemen are different.

they are in practice very similar to sunni islam. and when it comes to yemen the politics of the area are quite different. when it comes to libya, for instance, the institutions in libya were almost nonexistent. generally had a functioning government, we had political parties and so yemen's case is quite unique, which it comes to the sectarian conflict, however it's not real by religion or ideology, this is all manufactured and becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. it's really about politics. >> i want to bring up the coalition again because as we mentioned, we have those five gulf arab states, plus jordan, egypt, morocco sudan and a nod of support from pakistan, turkey the u.s. giving an endorse think. is it possible to the houthi is, ins,in your opinion to withstands these many players closing ranks to try to bring mansour hadi back to power? >> first of all i think it will be hard for president hadi to come back to yemen after going

to saudi arabia. a lot of people on the ground now see him as some form of person that escaped and sold the country because they are so terrified by the air strikes taking place now as we speak. this is the second day that the people are being bombed. the bombings have expanded from sanaa to tiaz. having said that these countries are showing support to saudi arabia first and foremost. and some people on the ground and certainly the leader of the rudies thinks that he can survive this. he has urged the yemeni people to protest this all over the world. having said that, the saudis saudis, --ed saudi-led air strikes are attacking military air bases and trying to destroy whatever is leftover of the yemeni military infrastructure on the ground. the houthis are a militia and so

even if they destroy the military the militia of the houthi will continue to exist. and in all of their activity at thises on the ground in yemen they have pushed south not using any of the navy bases however they remember expanding using their forces on the ground and just traditional alliances with local forces. so it's possible that if they are angered enough they'll try to age saudi back and kind of retaliate. of the from their narrative it seems that they are very angry and they want to seek revenge and that's not yemen's best interests. >> good to talk to you he writes on her blog, check it out. saudi arabia is the world's largest oil exporter, but some investors feel yemeni unrest could have a negative impact on oil production. >> yemen sits along the key strategic route for crude oil and gas trans support. houthis run most of the north including the capital sanaa.

the yemeni army controls large swaths of the central and western parts of the country. but it's the port city of aden that is crucial. >> meanwhile the a qauda affiliate aqap has its strong hold in south central yemen. >> beyond political instability the fear in the west is that the upheaval could split the country in two. and threaten those important gas and oil routes. >> now, just north of yemen in eastern saudi arabia and the emirates of the% gulf set most of the largest oil reception. >> to get oil to the rest of the world it must travel through the gulf of aden along yemen to make its way to the med mediterranean sea. >> oil prices surged today in the aftermath of the initial air strikes. prices jumped as much as 6%. while u.s. crude futures saw a 4% bounce to $51 a barrel. oil has been trading at six-year lows for much of the year.

new developments tonight in the search for answers as to why germanwings flight 9525 went down in the french alps. investigators searched the apartment of copilot andreas lubitz as well as his parents' home reports say police made a significant discovery. but won't say what it is. charlie angela has more from southern france. >> reporter: piece by piece investigators pick flew thousands of bits of wreckage scattered across the mountain side. bits of twisted metal mostly unidentifiable. certainly nothing that clearly resembles parts of a plane. some pieces are bagged up by forensic experts, yellow markers are placed on hrarlger objects. any human remains found from the 150 passengers and crew are treated with the utmost care. this is a crime scene. families of some of those victims traveled to the accident investigation base, they are here it to try to see where that

i loved ones died and give dna samples to help identify their body parts. analysis of the black box recovered from the site has already start today reveal the plane's final moments. listen to voice recordings from the plane prosecutors say the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during the flight's final moments. the copilot. 28-year-old andreas lubitz apparently conscious was at the controls and appears to have dib deliberately crashed the plane. the passengers are heard screaming just before the plane's final impact. >> translator: the most likely interpretation we can make at this point is that the could i pilot deliberately refuse today open the cabin door to the' train, he then activated the button that triggered a severe loss of altitude. we do not know why he activated this button but can be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to crash the plane. >> reporter: little is know about the co by lat andreas

lubitz, he has over 600 hours of experience. he had no terrorist backgrounds. >> translator: 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 a tragedy to happen in our group. >> reporter: this tragedy has been felt throughout europe. germany's parliament held a moment of silence to remember the victims. later chancellor angela merkel expressed her distress. >> translator: today's news is another blow to the relatives of the victims in these dark days we think of them. >> reporter: nightfall in these mountains springs freezing temperatures, so recovery teams will resume their work at sunrise. this disaster has really shaken the aviation industry and some european airlines are already changing safety procedures to make sure that two crew members are in the cockpit at all times a rule that could have saved

flight 9525, and its passengers. charlie angela, al jazerra. the september 11th highjackings forced the airline industry to change policies for locking cockpit doors. in the united states, federal guidelines stipulate the pilot is never left alone in the cockpit. but that policy is different in other countries. now an explanation. >> this is an air butt training video. here they they explain how a locked cockpit door with be opened by entering a security code. >> captain. captain. do you read me? under the circumstances sully. >> obtainingobtaining no response he uses the emergency access procedure. on the code pad she enters the emergency code then presses the hash key triggering the time fore 30 seconds. >> after that time if there is no response from the cockpit the door unlocks for five seconds but there is a way for a pilot to lock the cockpit if they suspect anything is wrong

outside. >> i don't think there is the normal procedure, i prefer to lock the door, do you agree? >> you i can't, i do. it's suspicious. >> the captain movers the to go the switch to the lock position the open light remains extinguished. if we look at the code pad the red light is lit confirming the door is locked. be careful automatic door opening, the code pad and buzzer are inhibited for five minutes. the persur realizes cockpit access is inhibited and has to use the phone to contact the cockpit crew. >> in the germanwings crash we know the co pie let copilot does not respond to the knock on the doors. left tan is which owns german wings doesn't apply the rule of two in the cockpit. proceeded were timed following the 9/11 attacks in the u.s., clearly the system has an unintended weakness if one pilot decides for whatever reason to

crash a plane. >> as you heard earlier today several airlines have changed the air policies to require two people in the cockpit at all times. canada will also now require it on all of its airlines norwegian air shuttle air berlin and britain's easy jet also added the rule. the politics and history of the crisis in yemen are complicated. of the. >> coming up next we'll unravel the tangled relation relationships and look at the challenges ahead for the air action nations involved. >> a new view of last week's vicious attack on the knew see numb tunis.

the arab league today endorsed the strikes on yemen by saudi arabia, ministers from the countries are meeting other gentlemen ao*e just a minute to discuss. >> charles stratford with a closer look at the organization. the arab league was established in 1945. its purpose to draw closer

relations between member states, coordinate collaboration and to safeguard their independence and sovereignty. this was last year's summit held in kuwait. a meeting characterized by division, and in the context of multiple conflicts across the middle east. the 2011 arab spring revolutions in egypt tunisia and libya and protests in bahrain sit deep rifts within the organization. analysts say a split appeared between members such as tunisia who backed political change and those like saudi arabia who viewed the up rising as a threat to stability. it's been another violent year in iraq, as the army supported by u.s.-led coalition continues to battle the islamic state of iraq and the levant. and isil has a strong presence in syria. where opposition forces have continues their battle to remove president assad from power. analysts say these conflicts have caused another split in the

arab league between member states and iraq and syria, both of which want to maintain their strong ties with iran. a dispute between saudi arabia and qatar over the muslim brotherhood appears to be resolved. last year the leaders of saudi arabia bahrain, oman and the united arab emirates refuse today even attends the annual summit and there were objections to syria's opposition taking part. syria's seat at the meeting was left vacant. the last 12 months have set new challenges for the organization. fighting has spread across yemen since last september which shia houthis seized control of the capital sanaa. president man sewer mansour hadi has called for support from gulf states and the con flick of deep concern to neighboring saudi arabia. the situation has also did he door your 80ed in libya over the last year, two armed factionses

are competing for power four years after muammar qaddafi was removed from power. member states pledged to work decisively to put an end to divisions that will be on the agenda again. if any meaningful resolutions are to be found to old and new conflicts across the middle eats charles stratford, al jazerra. >> this is not the first time arab country have his gotten involved in the sieval war in yemen, back in 1962 a coup forced then leader to flee to north yep edge. what followed was a battle between his followers and government forces. the government forces were supported by egypt and a court today some accounts the soviet union, saudi arabia, jordan and britain. egypt september thousands of troops at the peak an estimated 50,000 of them. but it also turned out to be a quagmire foy gyp. many calling it that country's vietnam. its military was greatly

weakened until the fighting continues until 1970 also saying its loss to israel during the seven-day of 1967. to the air strikes in context being we folk are spoke for a former u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia we asked richard murphy the if air strikes could lead to a ground inning advantage by saudisaudi arabia and other coalition partners . >> i don't rule it out. it could be mainly a pressure tactic to drive the message home to the houthis in sanaa. that we saudis have a really major vital national interest in the situation in yemen. and we will do what it takes to defend the government of hadi. >> what does it mean for the u.s. and its interests in that region that this conflict has now obviously escalated? >> well, it makes us nervous. it has not brought a great deal

of clarity in our thinking what have to do, because it is a very confused situation. i think it was the spokesman of the national security council a couple of days back said the situation is in incredibly volatile. well, when you have the houthis claim that go they are moving against aden, because aden is working with al qaeda in yemen or the arabian peninsula and you have aden claim that go they are the major defense against al qaeda, and they have, in fact, in terms of the yemen government, they have cooperated very closely with us in combating al qaeda in yemen. but this kind of unrest opens up a field of conflict, competition, a proxy war iran, saudi arabia, not a shooting war between the two but with each

pledging to do a great deal to support certain elements in yemen. >> do you think that this will draw iran in to more active engagement in yemen? >> it's in there rhetorically today. are they doing as much -- have they been doing as much as the saudis say they have in terms of material support. >> 180-tons of weapons allegedly. >> yeah. that's the assertion. i don't know the facts on that. but they sterling certainly have given the moral support and the saudis are in a picklely mood about the iranians and suspicious about anything that might become further iranian involvement and control in what they would describe as their arab region. >> the u.s. had in the past until what, just, a few weeks ago used yemen as a launch pad for count or terrorist actions throughout the region, had to get out because of the houthis. moved to aden, so how does that

affect america's possibilities for continuing strikes? >> well, they may have to find another base of operations in arabian peninsula. but the al qaeda elements that have operated there and now perhaps the islamic state elements, have been able to control certain pieces of territory in yemen to the east. and the government of hadi did not get ahold of them. the government of could not agreed hold of them. so it's kind of a no man's lands and that's where these groups prosper when they see conflicts absorbing the attention and the energies of the united states and of other powers and they see openings for their activity tiff at thises and that's what i think most worries washington odd? >> and eye footnote yemen is the

homelands of osama bin laden. >> yeah, i wouldn't blame yemen for owe some a but the bin laden family were among the great contributors to saudi prosperity and development in the engineering world. >> ambassador murphyed sad i troops were engaged in battles with the houthi as recently as 2009. anger over a u.s. air strike in iraq leads one faction to back off from the fight against isil. we'll explain why coming up next. >> and we'll also show you the leaflets the united states is using to warn potential isil recruits. >> and days before voters go to the polls in perhaps a look at the convert shall right wing politician marine le pen.

welcome back to al jazerra america. i am randall pinkston.

>> and i am imran garda. coming up in this after hour of international news, newly released have i had i can't of the attack on a knew seyaum. >> plus a royal burr yell. >> first a recap of our top story. iran is condemn being saudi air strikes on houthi rebels in yemen. teheran says outside involvement in the crisis will only escalate tensions across the arabian peninsula. at the same time, egypt says it has joined the saudi military a sought in generally. it's navy and air force are already fighting and officials say ground troops could be next. the united states and al as resumed talks today with iran on its nuclear program. the two sides are hopeful an agreement can be reached before a self imposed deadline of march 31st. as james bays reports from splits happens they don't want the situation in yep tone over shadow the nuclear talks. >> reporter: with a delegation from the u.s., close allies of

sa*ud saudi arabia and iran with close links to the houthis staying in the same hotel for these negotiations, they are obviously phone calls on the sidelines about the crisis in yemen. but around the negotiate be table. all the effort is focused on trying get a framework deal before the deadline on the last day of this month that's next tuesday, they say although they are very tough negotiations they are making progress, they say the talks last week made more progress in that rounds than any other round during this long period of negotiation. of course it's not just the u.s. that's negotiating with iran, lots of other international players, one of those is france. we understand that the french foreign minister is currently on his way to new york to preside over the u.n. security council will be coming here on saturday, we believe other foreign ministers will follow and come here too lousanne in the coming days as this deadline gets

closer. thousands of shia militia fighting against isil in iraq have pulled out of the fight because of u.s. involvement. the fighters say americans are not needed to defeat the rebel group in tikrit. the new york times says other shia militias remain in the fight and have vowed to attack coalition fighters. american officials have been demanding the militia groups backed by iranian adviser stands down. meanwhile u.s. bomb targets in tikrit for the second day. >> an army national guard specialist accused of trying to support isil appeared today in a federal court in illinois. the fbi says it arrested hassan edmonds wednesday night when he was boarding a flight toy gyp. his cousin jonas he edmonds pass also arrested. they say he was planning to attack a military installation in illinois. they have been charged with con firing support isil. the u.s. is stepping up a propaganda war with ice until syria. today officials confirmed some 60,000 leaflets were reclint

dropped near the isil strong hold. the leaflets so frightened isil recruits being led in to a meat grinder. some u.s. officials have expressed concern isil is winning the propaganda war. the tunisian government has released a video showing the immediate aftermath of the tack on the national museum last year. a counter terrorism unit is seen securing the museum all gunmen opened fire willing 21 people. the have i video shows the bodies of the attackers killed by the police, they are still hunting for two moroccoans and one algeria that he suspect are polices, isil claim responsibilities for the tack. tonight in our off the radar segment we are take age close are look at elections in france. the national front was for years seen by the french public as a racist far right party. but know it has transformed itself in to a mainstream party.

as courtney keyly shows us, it has everything to do with their leader marine le pen. >> reporter: marine le pen's national front party finished second in last sunday's initial rounds of local elections in france. but when the results come in from sunday's final rounds of voting the national front will probably have its best results since its founding in 1972. the father of the party, as well as marine, pushed his party along the fringes of french politics for decades. with antisemitic zeina phobic messages. >> reporter: in 1987. thousands of people demonstrated against him. after he called the murder of jews during the holocaust a mere detail. and he claimed to be the victim of a witch hunt. after marine le pen his third and youngest daughter was he letted party leader four years

ago, he defended the national front's extreme anti-islam, anti-immigration stance one last time before she took over. le pen a mother of three has put a softer spin on the party in recent years. >> she never would come out with antisemitic comments like her father did. she is a woman of another generation. >> reporter: the national front's congress last year was met yet again with thousands of demonstrators and violent clashes. marine le pen was reelected as party leader but her father as the an hairy title of president says the le le le pens have grander plans. >> i think marine will be president of the republic the sooner the better because the situation of france keeps worsening. >> reporter: marine le pen says the national front is not racist but the heart of the front stills beats strongly with an an i euro and anti-immigration. >> no country in the world would

accept to go through fast insides. of immigration of eights people who without a doubt are you different religion and culture and are pushing the french around. >> reporter: with hyun employment and still reeling from the charlie hebdo attacks more french voters are finding the nation the front less repugnant and more palatable. france's social minister says the national front would break fans apart. and presence francois hollande has urged his party candidates to rip away vote presser the national front. while le pen is her supporters still have their eye on his a bigger prize the presidency. courtney kealy, al jazerra. christopher dickey the foreign editor and former pair i bureau chief for the daily beast. thanks for joining us. thank you. >> marine le pen fascinating woman has had some success into is she presidential material?

>> i think she is a real contends fore the presidency, absolutely. part of the problem is the old political establishment in france is something that everybody is very tired of. hollande has been a very weak president. sarkozy who looks like the other major contender is not a very interesting con contender to many people and marine seems like a fresh perspective. >> has she sort of mainstreamed tap fascism or the admiration for it or on the contemporary has she made the party something that is no long earth far right. >> she will sue you if you car her extreme right and you shouldn't certainly call her flashist but she just lost a case on that. they are not a fascist party many more, there may be many people in the party that we would describe as fascists. but from -- in terms of her leadership it's much more cenrist. much more dealing with economic issues and all kind of issues

that are important to french people. and sometimes that are masking racism and zeina phobia and fascism. but that's not her party anymore. >> are you conferenced maybe that france is representative of that broader sweep -- >> i think what i really need to look at what you are in europe is the anti-european anti-european union and euro zone attitudes but not only le pen on the right but of parties like others in greece. that is a strong and growing emotion in europe and it challenges everything we learned and thought about european unity over the last. [speaking at the same time] >> you have the far left and the far right sort of kissing at that point. >> converging of the point of let's not like europe. >> i have this quote from her she is said the european union is death the death of our economy mirk our social welfare system and economy pitch sounds

much better in french but that's her quote. she said she would hold a ref run done if elected odd the approximated even ue.u. >> if you are france talking about pulling out of europe, our is up in big trouble. when the european constitution was being worked on the french voted it down, they are not as european as they might seem. this is a construct that many people feel was imposed on them by the leadership in these various countries. it's one of the reasons that david cameron is britain has talked about holding a ref run dumb as well. >> fascinating times for our up and those of us watching movements in usual christopher dickey thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. fires are playing chili. the condition that his have led to the national disas al jazerra is teres. >> my dog has more rights than i do. i am a nobody in the eyes of the government. i am tired of being treated that

way. >> and a man without a country. how a canadian-born man is having to fight to regain the rights of citizenship.

>> at least 14 people died, another 30 were injured. state tv says several survivors are in critical condition when the accident hand the worker remember building a steel scaffolding, the structure shifted before it collapsed but the men continue to work. >> at least two people died in flash floods in one of the driest regions in the worm. chile's northern desert. >> what is happening in southern chile as they struggle with huge wild fires made worse by by a severe drought. lucia newman explains. >> reporter: earthquakes volcano runningses, forest fires and now this. this natural disaster prone country is battling unmanageable

floods in the world's dry earth desert in the northern city in the desert region, core remember shall lane has turned the streets in to rivers. the river which 24 hours ago carried almost no water overran its banks. hospitals are partially under water. further north evacuations of thirst thousand people have been ordered. the president has gone to the areas to oversee efforts while areas are struggling to hold back the water here in souther you weresouthernchile the worst drought in 50 years is devastating the region. prompting authorities to declare an agricultural state of emergency. food for thought for those who don't believe in climate change.

back in the desert the freak floods have prompted major copper mines redukes operation to his a minimum as a precaution given the weather authorities fear the worst is not over. the rain that these dry regions used to pray for now turning in to a curse. lucia newman, al jazerra chile. an appeals court in argentina has cleared president christina kirschner of accusations she tried to cover up a 1994 bomb 1994 bombing. the court upheld an earlier ruling saying she did not shield iranians from prosecution. former prosecutor shot to death under suspicious circumstances in january just before he plan today presents allegations against kirschner to argentina's congress. the 1994 explosion at a jewish center left 85 people dead.

in nigh year i can't presidential candidates have signed ideal in hopes of preventing violence during saturday's general election. they are calling on supporters to keep the piece the vote was postponed for more than a month because of attacks by boko haram. president goodluck jonathan is trying for a second term. running against former military ruler. tomorrow night we'll have an in-depth coverage of issues surrounding the election including boko haram violence, economic troubles and corruption. a 60-year-old man whose parents never registered his birth remains stateless but hoping to get canadian citizenship. he says his father was native american and his mother canadian. he says he was born somewhere between the rose bud, san diego and his mom's hometown in ontario. al jazerra's daniel lack reports from uconn on the rough road to recognition. >> reporter: some exercise for don than mick glove lynn as he

gets his kids to school not that he could pick them up in the family week vehicle. he's never had i driver's license or a passport or a birth certificate. >> daddy, why are you on the roof? >> his parents didn't register his birth because they mistrusted government. for decades he want erred north america settling down only recently to raise a family. in 2009 his fast caught up with him. >> border agents showed up at my house and it was just me with my children at the time. up fortunately he came with an attitude that i wasn't canadian, that i am an american. and i am not. >> reporter: immigration authorities threaten today deport him unless he could prove links to canada. he says he doesn't remember where he was born but he's lived her all of his adult life. lately three heart attacks brought big medical bills 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 am tired of being treated that way. it's my parents -- my parents made the choice and i am the one that's huh to suffer for. >> reporter: he's appealed to the federal citizenship minister to use his disgreats air i power to grant canadian nationality. one of the ironies of his case is that it's happening here in dawson city being a place that until the early part of the 20th censure true i wasn't defined as being part of the u.s. or british-ruled canada. are during the klondike photo they threatened on ottawa in to asserting authorities here, today they seem in no rush to address his predicament or that of other stateless people in canada. >> citizenship is very much frameed in the lake ridge of the refugees or skilled immigrant

those particular classes are getting more and more attention and just citizenship in generally for those who do not have citizenship it's just not a priority. >> reporter: donovan and us family await the canadian government's decision, hoping that he soon it his government. get a birth certificate. and finally be a citizens of somewhere. daniel lack, al jazerra dawson city. which was a ceremony fit for a king. >> from beneath a parking lot to a splendid cathedral. england's rich -rd richard iii is rebared in royal style. >> reporter: meet the women breaking stereo types and succeeding in an aggressively macho sport.

pope francis will meet if president obama at the white house on september 23rd. only the third tame a pope has ever been there. the two leaders will discuss

immigration, religious freedom and a handful of other topics. a midevil british monarch has finally been laid to rest. the remains of king richards, ii were discovered a few years ago under a parking lot in england as neave barker reports the burial is more than 500 years in the making. >> reporter: a 21st century burial for a 15th century king. leading the ceremony, the head of the church the england ash of bishop justin well by. >> as we return the bones of our servants richard to the grave we we each you to grant him a peaceful and quiet resting place. >> reporter: royals and celebrities joined people of all faiths to witness the end of richard's 500 year journey from car park to cathedral. historians have tried to recreate a ritual richard himself would have known but there was also this specially written poem red by the actor

benedict company enter batch. not only is he due to play the king on screen he's also a distant cousin. >> my skull scared by eye crown. emptied of history. >> reporter: visitorsvisitors queued for days to see the coffin. many bringing a passion for the past with them. king richard was the last english mon ash to die in battle. on guard around his coffin veterans of more recent wars. and so there is an air of quiet. some people hoped for a fuel state funeral. it's know not a funeral at all. it's a reburial that comes in style and substance with all the glittering pageantry as we fits a king. on sunday, the king's body was carried through the streets flanked by knights. the simple oak coffin was made by the most direct did he sen can't of the king, a canadian born carpenter whose dna helped identify the remains. the. >> the whole sequence of events

surrounding the rediscovery of richard, ii's remains have skidder an interest in history and i think anything that makes people read more about their own history or even the history of other country is his a very good thing. >> reporter: this is the car park where the king's going bones were found three years ago, excavations revealed a hastily dug grave on the site of an old one. the scientists involved could scarcely believe their luck. >> it was just one of those things where i am looking at the genetic analysis and i am going oh, my goodness there is actually a match here. that was just really an amazing moment. i did get up and do a little dance around the lob when i was getting not first results. >> reporter: in many ways, history has been unkind to king richard. his name blackened by successive rulers, his bones forgotten for 500 years. shake spear called him a poisonous bunched back towed. but villain or hero the story of king richard endures. his story is the story of england.

neave barker, al jazerra leicester. we look at how news outlets across the globe are reacting to various events. yemen based in the united arab emirates the news wipes the gulf cooperation council has shown it can act when the situation is warranted it also says the g.c.c. will need to show the same unity in yemen after the strike are over. >> jerusalem post under the headline yemen as a symptom writes that yemen is, quote, a symptom of a funds fundamental ailment in u.s. middle east policy. it will give al qaeda a greater degree of freedom to act. and it writes that iran will likely be the winner as yemen devolves in to anarchy like syria and iraq. >> and finally the swedish newspaper also considers the situation in yemen under the

headline, the enemies enemies in yemen. paper warns that the crisis in yemen adds even further instability to a region already plagued by ongoing chaos in libya, syria and iraq. now, cage fight saying controversial sport known for its violence, it's banned in some countries but attracts millions of fans worldwide including a growing number of women. malaysia's first professional female cage fighting in kuala lumpur. >> reporter: is mixed martial arts too violent for women? don't argue with ann as mondays about it. as a southeast asian woman and a muslim, she's smashing stereo types as malaysia's first professional female damage fighter. >> people do say that, just another female fight, you know, just another eye candy for the show. that really hurts. >> reporter: 28-year-old has earned her fair share of critics

in malaysia a country increasingly known for its reledge under thereligious counsel serve tim. >> i am not the perfect muslim but i try for my best. sometimes to me what i do is just a job. >> reporter: and success is inspiring other women to take up the sport. >> she is stuff strong, and brave. she's super woman. >> reporter: in the malaysian state, they train at the tribal squad where women are break ago boundaries as well. like ann's training partner natural. a lot of people would say being a fighter does not go with being a mother. >> it's not true. i think i am a good example for that. i am a mom, i am wife, but also i am a fighter. >> have you seen mum fight? >> you i can't on youtube. but not in real life.

>> reporter: what do you think when you see her there? >> crazy. >> yeah, mom being win. >> reporter: self-defense is one of the main reasons women take up mixed martial arts. and ann started four years ago after being followed home in her car, she's become an unwitting role model for women across asia. mixed martial arts was hobbling along in southeast asia but promoters say 35% of fans are women and more women are signing up to get in the cage. >> definitely a lot more male fighters still all around the world. and so i think we are in the early stages, but fighters like ann are really good inspiration for a lot of other female fighters to continue this as an opportunities. >> good left hadn't from the egyptian. >> reporter: and once you are in that cage it actually reveals your true self, you know, are you a fight or flight kind of person and for me i am a fighter fighter. >> reporter: and a winning one at that. al jazerra kuala lumpur.

that's it for this edition of al jazerra america's international hour. >> thank you for watching. "america tonight" is next. i'll see you again in one hour. are. >> on "america tonight" - thursday's funeral brings to a final close the history of a legendary and notorious figure. >> it's incredible the fact that somebody could be killed in battle 525 years ago, thrown away buried somewhere and then all these years later the body is discovered in a car park. also tonight... >> what happens to a neighbourhood when you close