>> being defeated before the european union. and other large blocks. when an arab leader goes to any or stands before this or any organization, he should address them on behalf of the whole arab nation. at the end we hope that this summit will be culminated handing down all the resolutions, expressing my gratitude to you're tentative listening, commending the efforts of egypt hosting and organizing this summit, and secretary new general for the

efforts made to make this summit a success. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. president mahmood abbas president of palestine, i give applause to president of tunis to address the gathering. >> in the name of allah the most merciful, your excellency el-sisi your royal highnesses, your excellencies, the secretary

of general ladies and gentlemen, with thanks and appreciation to my fellow president, president el-sisi. >> we just heard from the palestinian president mahmood abbas, we're watching the arab league summit, live coverage here on al jazeera. moments ago the statement and words by mahmood abbas saying that israel is no long arrest partner in peace and also a call to support and reendorse the project for an arab joint defense force. that's something that has come up a little bit in the discussions and speeches by arab leaders. certainly the situation in yemen. strong calls to endorse

operation decisive storm from several leaders casting the blame on the part of the houthi it's as rebels undermineing legitimate authority, not listen together voice of reason, as several leaders put it, and continue to go undermine the elected and legitimate president of yemen. i think we can now bring in al jazeera's senior political analyst. although a lot of leaders did stress the palestinian issue remains the focal issue attention has been paid not only the houthies but the perceived threat of iran. >> yes, it seems that every is focused on all freshest of the crisis in the region.

from morocco through iraq, into yemen, and then the entire arab world is living through hell, basically. and the reason is yemen and most of the arabs are focused on what some call regional or foreign intervention. of course all of them mean iran. there is no misunderstanding, if you will, about that. the amir of qatar did mention that he would welcome a brotherly or good neighborly relations with iran if it stops interveneing in internal affairs. but since everyone is united on the question of yemen, of course they were united on the question that iran must stop intervening in yemen. >> i love that unity. what resurgence are we seeing in the arab unity, especially with

projects being pushed of an unified arab force. >> we have to be a bit realistic about all of this. the arab world these days is living the summit of instability, division, and violence. so it is normal for the arab league summit to be calling for dialogue unity and stability. but instability is what we witness in the arab world. division is what we witnessed between arab countries and within the arab countries. so here in this annual gathering of arab leaders it was to be expected that their priorities are not democracy. their priority is not economic progress that their priority is fighting terrorism and stability. in the gathering there whatever trace would have come out of the arab spring is no longer there.

so what you have there is an attempt to return to the old order, and an attempt to emphasize stability and foreign threats. an attempt to emphasize unity and perhaps an united sort of military force of sort. but we also know from the past is that the arabs do have a common defense treaty, but it's only gathering dust on the shelves of the arab league. >> indeed. we only heard from the president and his call for to continue until the houthi surrender. what extent is there military operation on those dimensions? >> something really quite important happened over the last 48 hours. whether it was a gamble or a

calculated step remains to be seen. certainly the saudi move to intervene in yemen militarily along with other gulf countries and in coalition with a good number of very important divisional powers like turkey, pakistan egypt. so on, so forth and supported by the united states and the west. that has been a turning point in the region over the last year or so. certainly since the houthies took over sanaa back in last september. so in a sense what we've at least for the present time the saudis did turn the table through their air force superiority by destroying the good number of the military bases, controlled by the houthies. their defense systems and so on, so forth. the time being iran and their clients have been on the offensive for several months now for even a year or two suddenly

on the defensive. and saudi arabia, that has been on the defensive for a good amount of time now has "s" suddenly on the offensive and it's almost leading and there are a good number of countries who are supporting saudi leadership on the subject of yemen. it will be interesting to see what happens next, how the houthies will respond. how iran will respond. how the united states will respond for a long time. for the time being we've seen a turning point in the region, and i think for the time being this is a surprising change of events. >> it is, indeed, a very fluid situation in a very fluid region. i'm sure we'll come back to you to shed more good days' events. we're watching live coverage from the arab league summit that is being held there. >> all right let's see where

we're going to go now. all right now we're going to go--we'll take to you yemen where we understand that dozens of people have been killed in an attack. details of which we brought a few hours ago. there was an attack at an arms depo. that was in aden. i understand that we can join somebody in yemen. hello. >> yes hi. >> i apologize sir can we get a name? >> i think we have the editor of theof a newspaper.

can you tell us what details you have on the offensive going on in yemen naden in particular. i understand there has been an explosion at an arms depot. can you tell us more about that? >> well, along this afternoon the largest arms depo in aden. itit was explodeed. there are several dead and 27 injured so far.

the reason behind the explosion as we're told by some security officials with the initial explosion outside of the depo carried on outside of the depo. >> right, can you confirm reports, which have been circulating in some of the different media in "washington post," they have been talking about how the houthies have been making advances in aiden and in another town not far. can you confirm that with all of these strikes? >> yes, they have airstrikes

they're moving on the road to aden. we know that 15 tanks have been destroyed in that airstrike. around aden there is a fight controlled which is now the remaining unharmed, undamaged area of the country. in aden itself they're fighting. and they gain the upper hand. >> all right, thank you so much

for bringing us the information you have. the deputy editor in chief at the al ayyam newspaper. given the developments we're hearing occurring on the ground, this conflict is going to go on. it's going to be a very tough fight, indeed, to try to push back the houthies into their northern enclave if that is, indeed, the end game of this. >> well, unfortunately, this might be the case. although there is a shorter path to going back to the dial dialogue. it presumably has gone on, but the houthies did not respect. there is a chance today without really agonizing yemenis any further for the houthies to go back to the dialogue table and find a resolution and question of yemen.

the conflicts--the situation in yemen is quite complex. thethey'll learn sooner than later unlike how they contained the situation in bahrain that yemen is far more complicated far more armed and a far more violent place. this would be quite a journey and it's going to be chaotic. if we just go over some of these armed groups there. we have the houthis. we have al-qaeda. we have the tribesmen that are and you have the separatists in the south. all of these are you know, as the tribes of yemen. some reports talk about 20,000 pieces of arms in the country. all of that combined create a mow mosaic of a violent place

and total destruction of the country unless the sober wiser minds would prevail and push everyone back to some sort of a dialogue to reach an inclusion to the questions of yemen. >> all right senior political analyst, thank you for that. saudi arabia's king said strikes on houthi rebels in yemen will not stop until the country is safe and stable. they would make the comments at the acre league summit. leaders across the arab world has descended against the backdrop. multiple conflict notice region. they described the houthies as a grave set of security across the arab region. >> these houthi militias supported by foreign forces were able to subvert the government and take control of the state and institution turning a blind eye to the calls of the leaders

of the region. >> yemen's president abd rabbuh mansur hadi was also at the summit. he called for the houthies to surrender their weapons and their leaders to turn themselves in. >> i myself, have been besieged for more than two months. i, with the cooperation of honest men of yemen i was able to exit sanaa and rest in aden, exercising my authority as yemeni president to steer my country away from a civil war. then we decided to shift the capital to the economic capital of aden in order to exercise state authority and functions. i'm adamant to continue to exercise my authorities as

president. i call on all yemeni people to continue to back and support the legitimate authority of yemen and the state constitution, and to join forces to stand up against those militias, to take to the streets and peacefully demonstrate in expressing their free will. >> well, let's take you back to that arab league summit being held. we understand that the iraqi president is speaking, a country that is also seen its share of conflict. let's listen to what he's saying saying. >> as certain provinces are housing 2 million iraqi displaced and syrian refugees. this international conference theto be dedicated to remedying

the plight of the refugees and displaced. despite all these hardships iraq is keen on completing and finalizing the national reconciliation, which has become a compelling societal national lead to include iraqi components and fabric and exclude the terroristsing the terrorists. it is a society societal requirement that would enable the state to exit the current crisis and sit in on advancement and prosperity.

your royal highness, ladies and gentlemen, escalations in yemen and the grave to steal the country away from falling under the threat of a civil war and prevent further exacerbation, which will widen the gap among the yemeni people, and bring about grave repercussions among the entire region. iraq calls on all the players and international community to work swiftly and bring all parties to the table with the aim to reach a diplomatic solution maintaining the integrity of yemen. any convince will not be to the risk of the yemeni people.

yet to further deepen the resists. we resist--the rifts. we all hope that the yemeni people will exit the current crisis with dignity and honor with the similar hope that the syrian people will break through their plight, and all the efforts of the syrian people will come together to reach a peaceful diplomatic solution restoring stability security, and democracy to the country and the entire region. similarly we hope that the libyan people will be successful in restoreing stability reconciliation and security. tension will breed radicalism. tension will breed terrorism. a divider that sees no country

or borderline of which evil no country can remain safe. here with our solidarity with the palestinian people in their just lawful struggle to restore the rights and have their state independent state established also support the struggle by the arab people in the face of the perils challenges, and their fight against terrorism. also their efforts of development and social advancement. >> your royal highnesses, your

excellencies. we lack forward to this summit in order to have mechanism resolutions and cooperation between iraq and it's brotherly and arab state being materialized whereby diplomatic reputation be supported providing assistance to our country in terms of security and intelligence and economy. in order to be able to meet the challenges resulting from the sharp decline of oil prices, cooperation with the arab official circles can for drying out the sources of terrorism is of great significance. the relations between iraq, the

arab countries, and iran will no doubt play a big role in defeating terrorism which no doubt will be to the best interest and the benefit of our respective countries in the face of the current perils. to conclude i would like to reiterate that iraq recognizes that this summit that comes following 70 years of action has special significance as we have cemented our strategic operation so that this summit will no doubt be extraordinary to put an effective all-inclusive strategy fighting terrorism and addressing the religious narrative educational red rick

so that the social justice and prosperity. thank you very much. >> thank you the president of iraq, now i give the floor to his excellency mohammed the president of the republic of mortani. >> we heard the president of iraq where he emphasized the challenge of defeating terrorism, calling for a strategy to fight terrorism and address religious education narrative that needs to be set straight, as he sees it. we have more details on the

saudi airstrikes in yemen. just outside the at the mountains. >> airstrikes against houthi rebels and this is the aerial view of the receiving end. this video posted on youtube by an activist shows fighter jets in the early hours of saturday. the coalition said that it's target included weapons belonging to the area west of the capital of sanaa. they hit the aviation academy and air defense sites also attacked were missile brigades and special forces headquarters.

the air base and the international airport all in or near the capital of sanaa. >> now the air base is under control of the yemeni army. we'll continue to target their movement, their concentration of forces until we clarify all the areas they're controlling now. >> the houthies remain defiance, but their main president has called for negotiations. >> we propose the following initiative. the first thing is to immediately stop the campaign, that should coincide with the halt of military operations by the out movement and honest return to negotiating table under the u.n. the dialogue should be moved to the u.a.e. or any other location. >> they say that political dialogue is still an option, but

only under conditions. >> we insisted on the importance of dialogue. we always asked for it and still do. but it has to be on equal grounds, where we wouldn't have one side dominate the other. it has to be under the legality of the president and the state not under the leaguivity of the coup. militias must give everything. >> the dialogue seems to be a far-off opportunity at the moment. and people of yemen can only expect more of this. >> to syria now where fighters say they have made significant gains against government forces in idlib. now idlib has been in government hands for most of the conflict. let's go to stephanie dekker.

stephanie, first off has this city actually fallen to the opposition at this point? >> well, what we're hearing now from all sides really, is that it has fallen. this is hugely significant fall ton this new coalition which was formed last week. but it's under the command of the al nusra front the al-qaeda affiliate in syria. the fighting took four days for the syrian army to move out of the city. many people are quite surprised that it took so little time. this is the second provincial capital to force the opposition. the first one is under the islamic state in iraq and the levant and it's also hugely significant in terms of geography. to the north you've got turkey, and to the west it lies on a highway to hama to the south to aleppo. it gives access to that whole area. hugely significance. the people asking, we're seeing

videos of civilians fleeing. idlib has been a relatively safe haven throughout this four-year war. we're now seeing airstrikes taking place. so now we know this fight will be taken back to idlib and many people are fleeing that city as well. >> what does this mean for the fight? for the other key cities like hama. >> that's right. well what people will tell you is that it offer as way in. it offers more access. supply routes have been cut for the army. it could be that this new coalition under the command of of al nusra could move further south. aleppo has been a divided city between east and west. the rebels on the east, the government on the west.

people think this gives them a bigger stronghold. there are pockets that the government still hold, but military strategy, where they'll go from here exactly, i can't tell you but it does make it easier for them to move south. to move east, to move north. they have access to turkey and that border, it was the main city in government hands along that northern border in syria. people will tell you that they're incredibly surprised that it only took four days. >> stephanie dekker updating us on developments going on in syria. >> now polling station has been attacked in nigeria as people try to cast their ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections. someone shot at people waiting outside of a polling station. two people have reportedly been killed. security has been one of the major concerns in the whether up

build up to the elections. it's expected to be a tight race keen incumbent, goodluck jonathan and his rival. we look at the development so far in the capital of abuja. >> reporter: there were some confusion in abuja where hundreds of people showed up to vote. electorate workers were unsure how to organize everything, and some election materials did not arrive. not far away from the provincial office things were a lot smoother. hundreds stood in the sweltering heat in line. >> corruption is everywhere. if we can fix corruption, fix health, fix education. fix unemployment. we fix power. if there is power every system

of the economy will work. >> cards have been used to identify voters before they can cast their ballot. this is the fifth election since the end of military rule in 1999. close to 60 million people are expected to vote. civil society organizations say that everything is going smoothly so far despite concerns about security. >> we set get one report of patrolled explosion in southeast of nigeria but we've been told this is not a major concern and we do not have an area of high security concern. we've heard reports from areas where we're told police officers have been restricting the number of people who can come out to vote this is not allowed. >> these voters are not too worried, but they may be here

for a long time. the identification process is taking longer than expected. these voters could be here until nightfall. they will be here until the last person in the queue cast their ballot. >> corruption is big issues in the election. >> people are handing in their voter cards when all that is cleared, you make sure that your hand is free from sweat and you put your thumb print on the card reader. if it's all cleared, they will vote. they hope for improvement in the economy, for example. theythey want economy situations to improve in the face of falling oil prices. they want

to tackle corruption not just at the high level but on the ground as well. >> across my nigeria covering this important election. al jazeera journalists are supposed to be reporting from maiduguri, but they're being detained in their hotel. they've been confined to their hotel since tuesday. they're accused of loitering and reporting without accreditation. al jazeera is demanding their immediate release. >> now we're joined from london by an independent researcher on war and conflict study. good to have you with us.

we'll start first with the latest reports we've had on attacks in polling stations. do these bode ill for the chances of the peaceful election? up. >> well, it does not look like a major problem. these are just a few isolated problems with the shooting. it does not look like something that would go out of proportion to cause the election to be inlone cluesive. the same thing applies to the explosion and minor issues that you cannot rule out in these kinds of election. i do not see that to be a major problem at the moment. >> all right perhaps not a major problem. but security has been a major problem in nigeria over the last few years and it is an issue in this election in the campaigning, and certainly the voting. can an election change the security situation and fix

security problems, even a change in president? >> well, definitely security has been a major of issue and everyone is aware of how the president government has handled that security issue until the last six weeks where it would lack to get the election shifted. a lot of people are saying why is it now that this government is trying to take care of this problem? a lot of people have made up this mind that they want a government who will come in and mix security problems. many lives have been lost. over 1 million people have been displaced from their homes it is

a major issue. and the fact that boko haram has been take over part of the nigerian military until external forces came in to support them means that the government has not asked for help until recently. it is a major issue. >> let's look at another major issue, corruption. how big of a point has it been in the president's campaign, and how much of it has been campaign for the opposition candidate to take ground in this election? >> of course corruption is a big problem. if nigeria does not kill corruption corruption will kill nigeria. a lot of all the problems we have are boiled down to corruption. if top brass of the military

have not been acting as contractors, seeing the war as a way for them. they would have been providing soldiers. even the boko haram problems boils down to corruption. if you look at the root of the problem, it has to do with poverty, and things have not been handleed properly. every other problem evolves around corruption. and unless corruption is not tackled, it will go on. that's what they're telling the voters if you want corruption resolved vote me in. i see it as a major way to win voters. >> thank you so much for your thoughts on that. >> french foreigner minister has arrived in lausanne, switzerland

to talk over iran's nuclear program. james bays, you've been talking with us for days, telling us to watch out for when the french foreign minister arrives in town. i understand his germany counterpart, too. what is going on? >> well, we've had a whole week last week where it was the u.s. and the iranians the last three days. it was the u.s. secretary of state and iranian foreign minister, now more of the international community is arriving. that means we're getting i think, closer to the deadline gets closer to the last part of these negotiations. the germanstill, the negotiation s are are at the very hardest

point. >> iran absolutely has a right to nuclear power for civilian purposes, but as for a nuclear bomb, it's a no. the discussions have been long and difficult, but they're pressing ahead nonetheless. what is important obviously is the content of the agreement. but i also insist on the transparency of the mechanism as well as control so any agreement made is respected. >> we've been at this point before hasn't we, james. is the timeline' merging. >> certainly we know other foreign ministers are on their way. the chinese are on their way. they can't get a deal until everyone is here.

we're at this stage where we're very close to the deadline. i think you're going see talks in the hotel behind me going on all day and all night. in fact, in the first meeting of the day when secretary of state john kerry sat down with his opposite number where he was asked if they were expecting a good day. i think they're going to keep going and try to get this deal. but as you heard the last part of the negotiation like this is the toughest part, the deadline the end of the month. >> thank you so much, james bays there. the united nations security couple has voted to keep in place the ban on sales in libya. the u.n. is concerned that there is no way to control the flow of weapons into libya and who

purchases them. they're also concerned the growing presence of isil fighters there. somali troops have taken control of the hotel of fighters. the armed men killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more. >> fighters will hold up for 1 hours in this hotel. they blasted their way in and sprayed bullets at anyone in their way. witnesses say some people jumped out of windows to escape, and loud explosions were heard. >> a suicide car bomb went off in the rear entrance of the hotel. and then gunmen attacked. that caused more casualties. i saw injured people being taken to the mogadishu hospital. >> an unit engaged the attackers that lasted until saturday morning. the african union mission in somalia also joined the

operation to ask you rescue hostages. many officials were caught in the seen. >> the group it is further proof of the threat and instability in somalia. al jazeera. >> the state of indiana is dealing with a sudden h.i.v. epidemic. they have declared a public health emergency.

john hedron went there to find out why. >> in rural indiana they say an hiv epidemic caught them off guard. >> the health department is shocked that this has happened. we have to do something drastic to stop the spread. >> but some locals say this rustic slice of the midwest say it's long been part of the slums. >> i do get threats all the time about going back inside not letting them do their deals on the corner or in front of my house, but you're not going to run drugs in front of my house. this is my home. you want to do it? take it elsewhere. >> confirming five cases of hiv in a year. so far in 2015 it has seen 79 and counting. all have been linked to intervene thousand drug use with users sharing hiv-tainted needles. >> when it was first reported it

was 26 cases of hiv. now it's 79 cases of hiv. the governor has said we have an epidemic. and he does have an epidemic. until they have a public house response, it will continue to grow. >> governor mike pens has ordered a needle exchange giving free needles to drug addicts. >> i do not support needle exchange anti-drug policy, but this is a public health emergency. >> it's not clear why it's happening in rural county but there are high rates of unemployment, teen pregnancy and high school drop out. they don't think the outbreak is over. they expect to find more cases. some residents say they're not entirely surprised. >> a little while after we moved here the neighbors across the street told us that there were prostitutes in the area. i thought, oh my gosh, you got to be kidding me.

there was an used needle laying next to one of our bushes. i was like, oh my gosh. >> the outbreak has a conservative community reconsidering its time-worn approach taking on a growing drug epidemic. al jazeera, end. >> let's go to richard and the strange case of flooding in the world's dryest desert. tell us more about that. >> yes, thank you very much, sammy. as a meteorologist you look at day-to-day issues, but sometimes you see situations lake this. flooding in the world's dryest desert. we have some fatalities, and you think how can this happen? on the face of it, there is no reason why we should see significant rain in the the desert. yes, we haveal we have al mean i

can't at the moment. we saw temperatures recorded of 17.5 celsius, warm enough to go sun bathing at the esperanza base. and then it is part of a trend. we've seen the temperature rise in the last 50 years more than two degrees above the rest of the world. so certainly across this region climate change and global warm something very much here to stay sammy. >> well, stay with us here on the news hour. still to come. >> i'm harry fawcett reporting on china's all-out effort to secure another international prison prestigious event the

2022 winter olympics.

>> let's catch up with some sports news with sana. >> we'll start with formula one. the raping world champion qualified--the reigning world leader qualified for poll position. pole position. >> it's always difficult because you go out and none of us have driven this weekend in the wet

so the first lap is always just the unknown. and it's--you don't want to take too much risks so you don't get the lap but my lap was feeling pretty good. so i was pushing. the next one was up at one stage, and just lost a little bit on the lap and did a fantastic job. >> they have announced that they will require one-day internationals. clark missed australia's opening match after a string of hamstring injuries. he has struggled to hit top form averaging 29 at the tournament. they will continue, but first he'll lead the country to the fifth world cup. >> i think it's the right time for me and the cricket team. i was fortunate four years ago to get the opportunity and that

was good preparation for me leading up to this world cup. i think the next captain deserves the same opportunity. i don't think it will be realistic that i'll be here, fit and healthy to play in the next world cup so i believe it's the right time. >> new zealand fans have start descending hoping to see the first-ever world cup. >> it's been a great ride so far. but this is the ultimate game for us to be able to play. and tomorrow is going to be a special day. >> qualifying for next year's

european championships will continue on friday. otherwise a good night of football was overshadowed by violence in the game between russia and montenegro. a player was hit in the back of the head by a player. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. luckily he did suffered no injuries. al jazeera easily we willings has more. >> well, the first thing that uefa will have to do is get the report frommel referee and delegate in montenegro. when they've done that it's likely they'll that it was politically motivated. there was trouble in the crowd between the players on the pitch. the culmination the game was

awarded to serbia. but then the points were taken away from serbia. so serbia-albania ended up with nothing. serbia having to play two matches behind closed doors. they may take a similar approach to this, but you wonder when it will get to the stage uefa will look further. there is clearly an issue in the balkans region with crowd trouble. taking away points is one thing. matches behind closed doors is another thing. they'll have to look at expelling a nation, a team from the tournament to try to address this issue and they've been talking about dark forces in european football, they're absolutely right and uefa will have to step up their action. >> fewer and fewer countries seem to want or be prepared to pay for. the bid for the winter olympics is down to two contenders. after four other nations pulled

out. for vine china it represents another chance to host another international event. >> beautiful day. if china has its way this will be one of the main venues for the 2022 winter olympics. >> people are happy and economic growth is at at the top of the world. when the country is rich they want to develop sports. >> if we win more people will become interested in skiing. >> this week the inspectors are in china to evaluate progress. only two bids with this one. both pledging to abide by newly instituted rules on human rights and freedom of expression. >> we have long discussed and

we have the reassurance that they would live up to the expectations. >> after the excesses of the 2014 games in sochi for which russia spent an extra $50 billion beijing has been careful to keep it's budget down to $3 billion. it's promising to reuse indoor venues created in the 2008 games and make the most of already-built mountain facilities. >> thethey would make good use of the 2008 olympic venues. >> they have no shortage of three existing ski areas this is where the snowboard cross country and freestyle skiing events will take place.

what it lacks lacks long enough slopes. >> down hill and slalom will be held in the mountains where mountains are steep enough, but missing one ingredient. there is no snow on the slopes. just five centimeters falls here every year. so china will build a resort relying on artificial snow at a time when the environment is under scrutiny. the lack of snow did not keep sochi, russia, being named the games. and those enjoying the artificial stuff, a brand new ski field close for beijing would go down just fine. harvey faucet, al jazeera, chongli, china. >> the atlanta hawks have secured the eastern conference top seed head of the playoffs.

they did most of the damage for the hawks grabbing five rebounds. they would go on to win 99-86. tennis news now the miami masters. nadal has booked his place in the third round. he was up against his compatriot compatriot the second was more one sided with nadennal going on for the 6-4 6-2 win. that's your sport from me. we'll have more for you later on. >> thanks, so much. well, stay with us here on al jazeera. this brings us to the end of this news hour but we have another full bulletin of news coming up from our london broadcast center in a couple of minutes. and www.aljazeera.com will keep you posted with all the

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>> no backing down. saudi arabia said its military action in yemen will continue until it's goals were achieveed. watching al jazeera live from london. idlib falls to syrian rebels after five days of heavy fighting. the election day in nigeria millions head to the polls to choose their next leader. plus-- >> one viking long boat, thousands of hours of work, a