>> sawed war planes bomb shia houthi tarts in yemen for the second night. the houthi response is absolute defiance. >> welcome to hour headquarters in doha. police search the homes of the german pilot to deliberately crashed the germanwings plane. >> the presidential election looms in nigeria. we look at the issue of

education. plus: >> i have the story of how war in ukraine did great things for fish farming here in the faroe islands. >> we begin in yemen where more airstrikes led by saudi arabia hit houthi targets including an air defense system in the north. the strikes have hit targets across yemen in and around at least seven towns and cities seen here dotted throughout the country. 100 fighters jets are assigned to the mission. together with allies, there are nearly 200 fighter jets involved. >> these pilots are part of the saudi led coalition against the shia houthi rebels and their supporters in yemen. for a second night they hit sanna, and taiz.

as the operation continues saudi officials say there is no plan to send troops for now. >> our forces are 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. >> so far the flights have targeted yemen's air force controlled by the houthis. the houthis remain defiant. >> what do they expect us to do, surrender, announce our defeat? act like cowards? what do they expect, collapse overnight, walk away? absolutely not. >> the houthis say there have been civilian casualties, showing pictures of houthi supporters out in the streets

which has been under the group's control since last september. they're not the only ones on the streets. this crowd in the city of taiz was in favor of the strikes. >> we are about to start preparing for the upcoming conference in riyadh. as far as we are concerned, the door is still open for dialogue. all that is happening now is before a dialogue of equals. >> yemen has been unstable for years. the houthis with the support of iran have been expanding their territory outside their traditional base in the north. they force said the government out of the capitol sanna then last week, bombings in sanna killing houthi leaders. isil claimed responsibility for the attack, and the houthis responded, attacking aden at the south, a city where the overthrown government was trying

to regroup. president adou rabbo mansour hadi is now in saudi arabia. the alliance has been endorsed by arab league nations, now proposing a regional force to face growing threats >> there are concerns the situation in yemen may have an impact on the nuclear talks being held between iran and world powers. the u.s. secretary of state has been holding meetings with his iranian counterpart ahead of a deadline for a deal on tuesday. those talks are happening in iran. there is no getting away from yemen, is there? how is it playing out there? >> well, over the last few hours, there have been more

negotiations. they are getting to a very crucial stage in the hotel behind me in these negotiations. we think they met for about an hour and a half this morning the iranian delegation held by the foreign minister and the u.s. delegation headed by john kerry. i asked about the talks and the situation in yemen: >> things are going. tough. it's been tough. it's taken a long time and we're trying to move forward. we are doing our best and we hope for the best. >> can you give us your reaction to the on going airstrikes in yemen. >> they have to stop and everybody has to encourage dialogue and national reconciliation in yemen, rather than making it more difficult for the yemenis to come together.

>> have you discussed it with secretary kerry. >> this is the hot issue of the day. any two diplomats sitting in a place would discuss that issue. it doesn't mean we negotiated about it. our negotiations are confined to the nuclear issue. >> they're getting quite good as catching him on those walks. what did he he say if there is no deal reached by the deadline? >> i think that's a big question. i think the only thing they will be able to do then is to try and get another extension but i think they know that the way things are playing out particularly in congress that is going to be very, very difficult, because the critics of this nuclear negotiation are circling. we are getting some quite important news on where the negotiations are and that's not because they're telling us exactly what is being discussed around the table. that's been a rule from the start, but they don't give us a running commentary on the negotiations, but we are hearing

that other important players are very likely on their way to law san. we're hearing the russian foreign minister maybe here in the coming hours. the french foreign minister is in new york, where he's presiding over the u.n. security council. we believe he, then will be flying to lausanne and we're getting word from london that the u.k. foreign secretary will be coming here. it's looking like they're all going to be here this weekend and when all of here from the seven delegations, that's when you get to the final very tough stage of these negotiations. >> james bays, thank you. >> investigators have searched the family home of the co pilot from the germanwings flight who is believed to have deliberately crashed the plane trying to find clues to his motive. according to the flies voice recorder, he took control of the

plane before the crash. the pilot could be heard knocking frontically on the door trying to get in. >> there's a growing sense of disbelief that one of their own might have been responsible for such a disaster that killed 149 people, as well as the 27-year-old co pilot of germanwings flight 9545. the german government expressed incomplex such a thing could happen. those were the words of angela merkel yesterday to reporters. there's also a sense in the german media today in the biggest he newspaper talking about this mass murderer, and the fact that so many people were killed in this incident. the police are looking into reports of him having suffered severe depression at different times during his life. lufthansa that said there were incidents and he received treatment and they considered him to be 100% fit to be at the

controls of the aircraft. it is worth pointing out that he'd only had 630 flying hours relative to the more than 6,000 that his colleague the captain of the aircraft, the captain of the aircraft who i refused to allow back into the cock pit when he took the decision to play that plane into the french alps. >> prime iraq special forces aided by air strikes have been advancing on central tikrit. they are trying to retake the city from isil. >> the syrian president bashar al assad said he is open that to dialogue with the united states. he said there must be no threat to syria's sovereignty. >> in principle, in syria, we can say that every dialogue is a positive thing and we're going to be open to any dialogue with

anyone including the united states regarding anything based on mutual respect. >> those comments come just days after u.s. secretary of state john kerry indicated that he wants to reignite negotiations with assad saying assad's comments aren't new. >> the syrian president bashar al assad has been suggesting dialogue or seeking dialogue for quite a while and there's frankly nothing new in that. the real question is whether there's anything new in the american position, and i think that there isn't anything new there, either. john kerry's remarks were taken somewhat out of context. although he he's quoted as having said something about negotiation, what wasn't really reported was that his next sentence placed any negotiations in the framework of the geneva

one communique of 2012, which specifically has been unthey were resided by the u.s. ever since as implying that assad would have to leave power because he could only remain there by mutual consent and that is something that the syrian opposition and his supporters do not agree to. >> the united nations meanwhile has more than doubled its estimates of syrians 11ing in besieged areas. the new number is close to 44,000 people. the earlier estimate of 212,000 was said to be far too low. >> korea's formula one circuit trying to figure out a future without formula one.

>> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> you're watching al jazeera. saudi arabia and its allies targeted houthi in western yemen. anti air defense systems in northern yemen ever also been hit, part of a second round of airstrikes against the shia group. the houthi-controlled health ministry said 39 have been killed in the past 24 hours. >> >> german police searched the family home and apartment of the germanwings co he pilot believed

to have deliberately crashed germanwings. all 150 onboard were killed. >> syria's president is open to dialogue with the united states. bashar al assad mailed the comment in a television interview, but said no pressure should be put on syria's sovereignty. >> campaigning is winding down ahead of nigeria's presidential election leading candidates now delivering final messages before saturday's vote. opposition leader is challenging good luck jonathan for the leadership of africa's most populace country. he called on nigeria's to come out en masse and vote the incompetent government from office. access to quality education will be the key issue. people demand the government provide free schooling across the country. we report where the government's

been trying to improve the education system. >> meet this 10-year-old, the brightest in her class. she has big dreams. >> i want to be a doctor so that i can be able to treat people. >> these children attend a government school. the governor is the man largely credited for trying to improve the education system in this oil rich state. >> we started building new schools and started training our teachers, because a certain number of teachers were not retrained for several years. we he started training our teachers. >> education is free and compulsory. officials say textbooks and school uniforms are provided by the government at no cost. >> the concept is simple,

children wear the same school uniform. it doesn't matter whether you're from a rich or poor family, here in the classroom you're equal. >> facilities in self facilities, even here, aren't good. activists accuse politicians of having double standards. >> but they're children are being educated abroad with our money, with our resources because they are in political power. that is most unfair and yet the children of other people, ordinary people, the voters, are not able to attend those schools. >> at a private school, the 16-year-old said the government run school can't give her the opportunityopportunity to get ahead. >> the labs are well equipped.

>> it seems poorer schools are catching up. the fashion sits at this government school are better than most. the challenge for politicians is making sure every child has access to the best. >> myanmar's mill carry commander will support successful elections in november but warned that the army will not tolerate instability or threats. he was speaking to the military parade on the seventh affairs of armed forces day. this year's election will be the first held by the government that swept to power after 2010. >> turkey's parliament passed a new security law to give police new search and arrest powers. the president still needs to ratify it. the government says it's needed to prevent violent protests. critics fear turkish police already known for heavy handledness will abuse their

authority. we report from istanbul. >> this police officer was suspended after he screamed at a colleague to spray tear gas at protestors. in another incident, four police officers were jailed for up to 10 years for beating up this protestor. critics say they are examples of police heavy handedness. the government said it proofs abuses of power are punished. the victim of the beating was this 19-year-old. he fell into a coma and died a month later in july, 2013. >> the day i heard the sentence read at the court i felt the same pain as the day i lost hum. we were extremely disappointed. we thought that there was still a shred of justice that even a tiny built of conscience existed, but there was not one. >> the government says it was prompted to give police enhanced

powers following riots in kurdish parts of the country last october when more than 50 people were killed. >> our government acted immediately as measures were needed to be taken against the vandals who destroyed cities and set them on fire did the october 6 and 7 incidents. >> the security bill will allow police to detain people for 48 hours by citing what they describe at serious threats to public order. they have also been given broader powers to use firearms to prevent attacks on buildings vehicles or people in public places. they can now search people and vehicles without prior approval from a prosecutor or court. human rights watch said it's concerned by what it sees as increasing police powers without appropriate safeguards. particularly a alarming it says

are plans to sideline the supervisory powers that the joshry and prosecutors have over the police. there are thousands of protests in turkey every year, most noisy, but peaceful like this one opposing the security bill. the government says there's no threat to the constitutional right to freedom of assembly enjoyed by turks now. bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >> north korea said it's arrested two south careens for spying. state media said the two were working for seoul's national intelligence service from the chinese city, accused of slandering the country. seoul denies the claim and demands their release. >> thousands in mexico are marking six months since the disappearance of 43 students. they don't accept the government's version that the students were killed by a drug gang.

>> thousands of people are marching here in mexico city six months after 43 students went missing in the western state of guerrero. the people marching aren't just marching for justice they're calling for suspension of the elections set to be held on june 7. they say if anything, those elections will just produce a continued corrupt political class, packed with people with ties to organized crime. they say the city is a narco state, a state run by drug trafficking organizations. it's unlikely that this federal election commission will support this proposal because that would be a tacit admission that democracy doesn't truly exist in much of mexico and that is something that the president is unlikely to want his government to be admitting. here's what people had to say about why there shouldn't be elections. >> i don't think elections right now would do any good, but we're also trapped.

we don't want to overthrow institutions in a coup. >> democracy is sick here. we have to revive it. we can't let it die. >> six months on, more than 100 people have been arrested in this case. nearly 50 of those are police in the state of guerrero, but people marches and millions across mexico don't believe that the attorney general's office has conducted an caughtist and transparent investigation and that's why they continue to march and call for justice for those students. >> at least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured after stampedes during a hundred do ritual. the holy site attracts people from a bangladesh, india and nepal. >> a three day lockdown aimed at

stopping the end of ebola in sierra leone the president order said everyone to stay indoors from friday morning to sunday night. volunteers will go door to door to educate people about ebola. sierra leone has been battling the virus that's killed more than 10,000 people in west africa. >> go to a restaurant on the for row islands and you'll likely see he salmon. it is massively increasing exports to russia. when russia banned certain imports from the european union in response to sanctions over ukraine. the salmon farming faroe islands found itself with a near monopoly on salmon sales to

russias. >> we are not a part of the e.u. >> in 2013, brussels banned for row islands mackerel over agreements about fishing quote at as. the prime minister was only too happy to take his business elsewhere. >> we are doing business with russia and we were boycotted just before out of e.u. if you are boycotted from e.u., where should you go? if e.u. is locking their harbor for us because we are not reaching an agreement we need other markets and we are doing business as usual. >> the faroes upped production and price. by year end fresh salmon sales to russia increased 700% and the nation was happy to exercise its trade independence from the e.u.

>> we are not allowed to sell for e.u. so we looked for new market and there was russia. >> no one should tell us where we shall sell the salmon. if we decide to sell to russia, i believe that's best for us to do. >> we will not help the farrow island people through e.u. >> the farmed salmon thrive in perfect north atlantic conditions. >> our company is producing the salmon to the very high end consumer market around the whole world. we are looking for the sushi high end cushy restaurants all over the world and between is moscow, also an interesting market for us. >> since september last year, russia has received almost all of its fresh salmon from these waters in the faroe islands and

140 million russians eat a lot of fresh salmon. >> that's a market they have captured in the choppy waters of the new cold war. al jazeera, in the faroe islands. >> in south korea debate is intense filing over the cost of the winter olympics. the 2018 games carries a price tag of more than $12 billion. after the expense of previous sporting investments, some ask if it's worth it. >> it is the world class circuit that was supposed to put south korea on the formula one racing map. after just four grand pres, the racing world has largely forget that it is here. unable to generate the local support or the revenue needed to keep formula one here, the racetrack operators have been looking for other events. still, the operators insist the circuit should not be viewed

simply in dollars and cents. >> a facility like this should be seen as a social investment instead of a business that has to earn revenue. the motor sports are not yet as popular and the government does not feel it is obliged to sponsor us. >> at the root of the problem is planning. it is located in the relatively remote south of a country that has limited interest in motor sports. critics say a lack of foresight seems to be a national failing. >> when it comes to planning, we have to look at how to make venues or the surrounding towns as a preferred or favorite destination places as opposed to a single venue but i'm not sure if we've done a good job of planning that way. >> south korea's third city certainly has enough people, but such was the scale of the 2014

asian games it hosted last september. it is still tackling the problem of finding new uses for the facilities. it is deeply in debt. >> there are high hopes even the main stage will find a new use. it could take years. the whole country is watching as south korea prepares for its next sporting feat. >> construction is well advanced for the 2018 winter olympics. so is the debate over its cost and future use of the sided. at least that is happening now rather than after the event. >> the biggest lesson from those past events, i think is an opportunity for everybody to get involved in the planning stage and at least a dialogue has begun. >> the operators say the olympics, like formula one will encourage the growth of interests to fill these facilities, a strategy of if you build it, they will come.

but experience that shown, they might be a long time in coming. al jazeera, south korea. >> those stories and a whole lot more can be found on our website, the address if you fancy going there is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. the public shoving match between president obama and israel's prime minister. it might make for good theatre but as the war of word buildings over whether the israeli leader wants a palestine fact alongside. the israeli minister apologised to its citizens, the obama administration is not done with its criticism. is this what the countries have to look forward to until one