remain the only chance to prevent the long drawn-out conflict. it is my hope that at this league of arab state meeting arab leaders will lay down clear guidelines to peacefully resolved crisis in yemen. assist crucial that we continue to encourage dialogue among the libyan people. facilitating talks between libyan actors continuing among multiple track, facilitating special representative. libya's unity and territorial integrity is potential. in iraq i encourage leaders to continue in reconciliation

efforts. i appreciate the league's support to the people and government of iraq in their fight against d.a.e.s.h. this also benefits regional stability. as for somali - i urge all partners to support the progress in the country. while stepping up efforts to stablilize the areas, recover from al-shabab control. national dialogue is critical in sudan, and i urge that the process take place in a credible and conducive environment. peace in darfur providing a good framework towards the route causes of conflict. implementation efforts must continue. in closing.

i am pleased by the ever strengthening cooperation between the united nations and the league of arab states. this must be a year of global action for sustainable development and community. we will reach the target date for the millennium development goals and conduct a new generation of sustainable development goals in september and a meaningful climate change agreement in december in paris. next month the president of the united nations general assembly and leaders from different faith communities for special events to promote mutual understanding. the united nations counterterrorism center brings

the summit to the general assembly in september, a comprehensive plan of action extremism and terrorism. i thank his majesty the king of saudi arabia for generous support. excellenceies, your majesties and ladies and gentlemen, as we advance on the post 2015 agenda and work for peaceful resolutions for conflict let us strengthen our ponds for the people of this region. and security overour people. let us work together to make this world together for those where human dignity is respected. thank you very much. [ clapping ] final words by the u.n.

secretary ban ki-moon. he's been addressing the arab league summit in sharm elshake. before him. the egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi, saudi arabia king. the yemeni president outspoken about the ongoing events in his country, the saudi arabian air strikes. he seemed to put out a call for the military intervention to continue until there's a resolution in his country. let's bring in the professor of middle east at qatar university and joins us live. we didn't expect yemen do dominate, but they eventually got there. seems they are united in condemning what happened in the country. what stood out for you. >> i have heard basically a different priority from each

leader. if we start with abdul fatah al-sisi, that he was pushing towards a suggestion of having an arab force and pushing to that. if we look at the speech we focus on what is being done now. this is internationally supported and will continue. abd-rabbu mansour hadi was clear. he sent three clear messages. one is about what happened, based on what houthis had done. it's justified and yemenis were waiting to see that houthis prevented that and he was saying that you know, he was pushed to take that decision and ask for support. it was a strong message. the second message were prime minister abd-rabbu mansour hadi, to the military to the - you know to the military in yemen,

that you have to go back and play your role. you were in a way negative in the last few months you should come back and the third message was to the public of yemen, and he was saying this is my platform to speak to the yemeni people saying that you are to fight with those supporting legitimate president, those houthis, that was, i think, benefitting from the platform that he is in. looking at the speech of emir of kuwait, he was repeating the same topics however, what actually was interesting to me was the description about arab spring and how it brought instability. that was a strong statement that, you know - if you link this with who abdul fatah

al-sisi was staying, it tells you the priorities. the priorities in the summit is going back to the traditional tools, which is military sol tarian way of governing, rather than promoting democracy, and the term spreading after the arab spring, it hijacked by the phobia of extremism and terrorism which we saw a lot of focus on abdul fatah al-sisi and other leaders basically, because he see it as a threat to security of all countries in the renal job, of course iran was not mentioned by name but there was a strong message that what happened would not happen with outsiders. they said this is the time you know, that they have and to have strong action.

>> let's pib -- pick up on what the yemeni president said. >> i have been besieged for two months. i with the combination of honest men of yemen, i was able to exit sanaa and rest in aden exercising local authority as president to steer our country away from a civil war. then we decided to shift the capital into the economic capital of aden in order to exercise the state authority and functions. i am adamant to continue to exercise my authorities as the president. i call on call the yemeni people to back and support the legitimate authority of yemen, and the states and institutions

and to join forces to stand up to those militia to take to the streets and peacefully demonstrate at suppressing free will. >> we know that saudi arabia said that riyadh will open the door to yemen for all parties to try to bring some sort of resolution. >> yes. i think there is a roadmap for the security council in the last two days. ban ki-moon mentioned that there is a solution now. it will be discussed now by monday. they are clear that they would have the - would go back to the g.c.c. initiative and try to have a direct dialogue about what is the future of yemen. with all yemenis, including houthis. that is clear. >> what also was interesting the politics at play at the summit. and who was there. the mayor of qatar.

obviously ... >> i think it was an opportunity for egypt to present itself as the leader of - i think that was the speech of abdul fatah al-sisi was directed formally in that giving advice the egyptian leadership does well. it represents or reduces as the leader of the arab world. >> good to have you here. thank you for that. we'll stay with yemen. saudi special forces are evacuating arab documents, houthi fighters are advancing to the city. despite a third night of air strikes targetting positions. saudi arabia-led positions are hitting areas in sanaa. the u.n. is evacuating staff. missile brigades in the capital

have been targeted and a special forces headquarters. and military air pace near the international air base. and outside sanaa. it has reportedly been destroyed. they have been fighting near the stronghold. >> for a third night, the saudi arabia-led collision strikes targets. >> the hit list on friday was diverse. air base missile launches and supply routes. it's an attack by the coalition. now the air base is under control of the yemeni army. we continue to target the movement their concentration of forces until we clarify the area that the arabs are controlling

now. >> reporter: this the meantime yemen's president abd-rabbu mansour hadi arrived in egypt to attend the arab summit. abd-rabbu mansour hadi is recognised as yemen's legitimate leader. he had called for intervention and would seek military support from arab leaders to end the houthi takeover of his country. the shia houthis swept through the capital in september. they stormed the presidential palace. he resigned in protest and was put under house arrest. he escaped to aden. the houthis want to form a transitional presidential body and hold elections. they have powerful friend. the houthis have support from iran and have an alliance with the long-term president. abd-rabbu mansour hadi has influence over the -- salah has influence obvious the military

and tribes. salah is considered as the main orchestrator, but he is calling for dialogue and released a statement though an aid. >> we propose the following initiative. first, stop the saudi-led campaign coinciding with the military operations by the houthi movements and a return to the negotiating table under the u.n. the dialogue should be moved to the u.a.e. that call could be a little late. they signed a u.n.-backed peace and partnership on the same day. many accused the group of backtracking on the deals they have signed. the houthis showing many signs of being open to dialogue. houthi controlled television is showing pictures celebrating

coalition downings. they are defiant. >> translation: we tell the gulf nation asks their agents that we'll come after them. god willing we'lla advantage death. >> president abd-rabbu mansour hadi and allies could be open for dialogue. not before recognising the group and abd-rabbu mansour hadi's presidency the united nations security council voted to keep in place a ban on armed sales to libya. the resolution will allow the security council to consider individual requests for weapons purchased. the u.n. is concerned there's no way to control the flow of weapons into libya, and who purchased them. there was a concern, the growing preps of i.s.i.l. nigerians are heading to the polls to choose a president and assembly leaders. jonathan goodluck is facing a challenge. after months of campaigning

polls suggest the race is a dead heat. an explosion on election day has voters on high alert. it happened at a primary school in the south-east state. police diffused two bombs an hour later. no injuries have been reported. ynonne ndedge is in the capital. >> i'm at a polling station in national national provincial agency. hundreds have turned up to cast ballots. men and women have been asked to stand in separate lines. this is an important moment for nigeria's democracy, it's 16 years since the end of military rule. there's so many changes facing the nigerian people. they feel having the right leaders is the key to answering the issues that the country is facing. we lined up voters to speak to and find out what they are

aspecting. you are live on al jazeera. what are you expecting from your next. >> i'm expecting two things. first, security. in the south, these people they are doing everything. they need to protect the borders. that's the main thing. many are guilty in nigeria. we want the issue looked at. that is the issue i want looked into. >> reporter: let's speak to some ladies. you have been here for hours. >> yes. >> reporter: you are keen to cast your ballot.

what are the major challenges facing the next leader? >> one of the challenges is corruption. our system is so corrupt. he has to be able to stand his photo against corruption. a newborn child in nige your nose corruption. it's bad. the next that's what he face corruption. he has to stand against corruption. if he don't do that everything is in place. eel face the issue of corruption - it is everything, the power, and jobs. there's corruption you breathe corruption. that's one. challenges i find. >> thank you so much. we wish you well. you heard directly there. security, unemployment corruption, these are the major problems, and they want to

choose a leader that will deal with them. the main opposition president and incumbent are promising to deal with the issues. voters are waiting to be accredited to take part in the poll and polling stations will stay open until the last in the queue has a chance to vote. >> al jazeera has teams across nigeria. we are in abuja, lagos the commercial hub, a northern city and maiduguri, in the north-east. that that been attacked by boko haram. al jazeera journalist idris and mustafa are supposed to be reports by maiduguri. but have been detained at the hotel by the military. they had equipment confiscated. they are accused of loitering and operating without accreditation, despite being embedded in the military prior to the incident.

al jazeera is demanding their release. the french foreign minister francis hollande arrived in lausanne for talks on the nuclear programme. negotiators are scrambling to meet a deadline. james bays is in lausanne. is there any idea what direction they'll take. they are not really seeing eye to eye as far as the talks are going, as is the case in the past. >> well we know that the french have throughout this whole lodge period of negotiations been the most hawkish. so the fact that lauren fabrics is the first of many to arrive, we had the iranians and u.s. here i think is significant. that they'll talk out the issues and looking at the parameters of a possible deal. remember the deadline is

ticking. the deadline on tuesday, the end of the month to get a framework deal. it is important that now we are other foreign ministers arriving. we believe the german foreign minister will be ask and by the end of the weekend all of the p5+1 foreign ministers will be hear in lausanne. the foreign minister of france spoke to reporters the moment he arrived here. >> iran absolutely has a right to nuclear power for civilian purposes. as for a nuclear bomb it's a no. discussions have been long and difficult. they are pressing ahead. what is important, obviously is the content of the agreement. i also insist on the transparency of the mechanism and controls so that any agreement made is reported. >> what is at stake, and what needs to be overcome.

>> well there are a number of sticking points we believe to be overcome. the issue of sanctions relief and how that plays as many of the sanctions released as quickly as possible so it can trade like any nation. they want to make sure there's a monitoring and inspection. it is clear that we are coming to the end phase certainly of this round. interesting that when in a meeting a short time ago the iranian foreign minister was sitting down with the u.s. secretary of state. they were asked about their mood. are you expecting a good day? secretary of state john kerry replied we are expecting an evening today. and foreign minister zarif said evening, night, midnight morning. we are getting to the stage where they'll be working all hours to get the deal.

a final point worth raising, it may seem a small point the the dead line comes up at the end. what we normally get with these things is going through the night of the deadline there's a problem, they go past 1 april. it's a problem that it's known as april fools day. any deal done on 1 april may be attacked by those in congress and those in israel as a fool's deal, so an effort to get in earlier. a good point james bays thank you: . >> somali troops have taken control in a hotel after fighters stormed it. the armed men killing 20 people and wounding dozens more. we have the latest. >> al-shabab fighters holed up for more than 12 hours inside the hotel. they blasted their way in spraying bullets at anyone in

their way. some jumped out of window to escape, and the loud explosions were heard. a suicide car bomber wept off at the rare entrance to the hotel. gunmen attacked. that caused casualties. i saw injured being taken to the hospital. >> a unit of somali special forces engaged attackers in a fire fight lasting until saturday morning. the african munion mission joined the operation. among those killed was those that helped out in geneva. many government officials caught in the siege. the hotel was popular among diplomats. just a day earlier somali's governor announced the capture, and a series of u.s. drone strikes have not managed to stamp out al-shabab.

the group launches attacks in government and foreign targets, killing civilians, and the latest siege is prove of its threat to stability and somali. >> we'll bring you news out of nigeria. there are reports of a drive-by shooting attack on a line of people waiting to vote in the nufada district. two people are reported dead. the u.s. state of indiana is dealing with an h.i.v. epidemic. the government declared a public health emergency. john hendren went to scott county where the number of infections has gone up. >> in rural indiana, an h.i.v. epidemic caught them off guard. the health department is shocked that this happened. we have to do something shocking to stop the spread. we have to do something.

>> this part of the midwest gaved areas associate with slum. this woman has a gun. >> i get threats about going back inside not letting them do deals on the corner of my house. this is my home my kids home. we are not going to tolerate this. >> reporter: scott county confirms five cases of h.i.v. in 2015 it saw 79 and counting allinged, with users -- all linked with drug use. >> it was originally 76 cases of h.i.v., now it's -- originally it was 26 cases, now it's 79. it's an epidemic. until there's a public health response it will grow

the governor urged a needle programme that this state and he himself opposed, giving free needles to drug addicts. >> i do not support needle exchanges. this is a public health emergency. >> it's not clear why the surge is happening. scott county has high rates of unemployment teen pregnancy and school drop outs. correlating with high rates of h.i.v. authorities say they don't think the outbreak is over. they expect to find more cases. >> some residents are not surprised. >> a while after we moved here neighbours told us there were profit tutes. they were like oh my -- prostitutes. they were like oh my gosh. >> there was a used needle next to the bush. >> reporter: the outbreak has a conservative community reconsidering its time-worn approach to taking on a drug epidemic in the faroe islands

building boats is not only an art form it's a tradition. there are if you skilled people that can build a boat alone and by hand. jonah hull caught up with one man living on the archipelago, drinking to stop the draft dying out. >> translation: my father learnt it from my grandfather, after my great-grandfather passed it on. i am the fourth generation of my family to build the boats. >> the farro islands rowing boats has its history in the viking ships that explored the oceans. ky is one of a few building them alone and buy hand. >> translation: it's the urge that keep me going. when i wake at 7 o'clock in the morning. it's not because i have to go to

work. but i have an urge to create something. it gives me pleasure to create and see it turn into something useful. it's beautiful in the sea. it means a hot. people are happy with what i have done. >> i heard that people dent understand how you -- don't understand how you do something like this without perhaps or designs. the suction is that you have a magical ability. >> i don't think so as such. i grew up with it as a small boy and i was allowed to participate and play in the workshop. that annoyed the adults but we saw how tippings were made. >> do you worry that there aren't more people like you and that perhaps this is a dying

art. >> i worry. maybe that it will die out. it will not be done in the old way. the process is changing. now they make a lot of things with machines. that never happened before. before we used an axe to create plaques of different thickness. we hacked it with an axe. that craft is dying out. >> reporter: and wh it generations of traditions among a people so closely connected to the sea two russian cosmonauts and a u.s. astronaut boarded the international space station. >> they are the two one-year crew members saying hello to crew mates and home for the next 12 months in space. the two will spend a year there to find out how the human body reacts to long periods in

space. the trip is a first attempt at a one year space flight. russia however, has sent four people to space for a year or more. i am sure we'll keep track of them and other stories making the news on the website. updated 24 hours a day. the address is aljazeera.com. >> now that we know the crash of the germanwings jet was no coincidence, later on america's paper money, it features presidents, war heroes buildings, historical events what have we left out, just half of the population.