[ explosion ] a camp for displaced yemenis hit in a fifth day of saudi arabia-led strikes in yemen hello, welcome to al jazeera, i'm richelle carey. also coming up on the programme - iran's nuclear programme. negotiators press for a deal ahead of tuesday's deadline on a knife's edge - vote counting suspended for the night in nigeria's presidential election. investigators say the co-pilot suspected of crashing a plane into the alps was once

treated for suicidal tendency. saudi arabia-led forces bombed houthi positions in yemen for a sixth night. 40 were killed after a strike hit a camp near the saudi arabia border. the saudi-led coalition killed the men, women and children, say the houthis. the camp used to be home to families, it is occupied by houthi fighters. saudi arabia is investigating the report. and elsewhere the strikes hit several provinces, including the stronghold of sanaa. there has been battles in aden between the houthis and pro-government forces. saudi arabia has completed a blockade of sport. kim vinnell reports. >> these are the victims of what appears to be the deadliest saudi arabia-led air strikes so far. this was a camp in the north,

for those fleeing the violence that gripped yemen for a decade. women and children are among the dead. witnesses say many killed were fighters and saudi arabia is adamant that houthis were to blame. >> houthis moved to areas where there are civilians, we do our best to prevent civilian casualties, we reply to fire. we have no confirmation this was a refugee camp. saudi arabia-led air strikes hit nine of yemen's province including the capital sanaa. air strikes lit up the sky. the target was a military base and weapons storage facility. it belonged to the yemeni guard. the focus is not just on the houthi strongholds, but protecting the port city of

aden the main base for supporters of abd-rabbu mansour hadi. saudis described they targeted houthi command centers like this. coalition forces controlled the skies. naval forces are moving to block the ports in a bid to stop rebel fighters rearming. train denies backing the houthis, yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards operating before on the ground. they started operating more in the open. there are many advisors who are supported by iran mercenaries, some from lebanon, syria and other places operating under the guidance of iran. >> the coalition says the military campaign continues until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to the president ali abdullah saleh hand over weapons, and join talks to find a political solution.

>> a yemeni journalist says there could be fall out on the saudi-led coalition on the camp. >> i think it will be damage especially in the north of yemen, like where the attack was, and where the houthis control, as they show in the report, where there's numerous attacks on air strikes tonight. other parts of yemen, the south and central yemen which is more accepting. we might see not as much in terms of anger at the attacks, and perhaps they'll point to the houthis and blame them for the attacks. >> the houthis showed a place of anti-aircraft weapons and military equipment in civilian areas, and the problem is that in these big cities in these populated areas there's a lot of military bases, a lot of security bases which have been attacked, and, for example, again the attack in sanaa was in

a place which is heavily populated. densely populator. the images spread and people feeling the affect of the attack. people are scared of the attacks, of houthis being present in areas that they live in. i am sure the saudis want to expand the coalition and show that it's not just saudi arabia that are leading the attack in yemen, they have support from other countries. this is dominated by the saudis perhaps the egyptians will play a bigger role should there be ground forces. >> i wanted to raise the point - when we talk about strikes from the see, yemen is blockaded from the sea. from the air, the yemeni airlines announced they are not having flights. people cannot get out of the country. people are - they want to escape. they are trapped. there's nothing they can do

about it. in the north now, having invited the souties and for -- saudis and foreign forces to attack. is pretty low. in the south, many southerners are secessionists, and despite him being a southerner someone that supports unity, he doesn't have much credibility in the south, and now the military is decimated, he will not have the military to return to. what forces will he have on the ground. apart from the forces that are weak and unreliable. >> the secretary of state john kerry told al jazeera foreign ministers are working hard to reach a deal with iran on its nuclear firt. they have been holding a last full day of talks with the foreign minister in switzerland. sources say iran is refusing to bundle on key issues. diplomatic editor james bays reports from lausanne. >> the talks are in the last

most difficult leg. is it going approximately, secretary of state john kerry. >> we are working hard. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has spent most of the past two weeks in lausanne trying to hammer out a deal with his iranian opposite number. kerry, and his opposite foreign minister zaharie ahmed shah have been joined by the p5+1 countries - china, u.k. france germany and russia. it was an important meeting but it shows there's no deal to be signed yet. >> russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov, who arrived in lausanne 24 hours earlier decided to leave. he may be back close to the deadline on tuesday. a break from negotiations in the middle of the day. chinese foreign minister wang ye wept for a jug. are the talks going well. >> very well. >> reporter: later he told reporters positions are narrowing, i'm cautiously

optimistic we can reach a deal. >> in the high security of the lakeside hotel the other foreign ministers, apart from mr sergey lavrov are left to reach a deal with a matter of hours before the deadline. secretary of state john kerry and the u.k. foreign secretary philip hammond took a walk presumably discussing the remaining sticking points. >> in negotiations of such complexity and high stakes it's not nrl for brinksmanship to go on until the last minute. it is hoped they'll budge at the last minute. i think the negotiators understand clearly that they are running out of time and the process is no longer sustainable. >> talks continue on the main problem areas, the future of iran's nuclear research and development, and the lifting of international sanctions, but time ahead of the deadline is fast running out the talks in lausanne follow

a decade of tense negotiations about iran's nuclear programme. look at the time line. in 2003, the international atomic energy agency calls on iran to suspend iranian enrichment and suspend activity talks with iran france and germany led to the 2004 agreement under which iran suspended enrichment. the talks were broken off after iran began to produce iranian hexafluoride. they were referred to the u.n. security council. relations worsened iran announced in 2006 it enriched uranium for the first time at a plant it has. the u.n. security council began to impose sanctions. the u.s. political relations changed after talks with p5+1. the talks ground to a halt until

the political climate change in iran. president hassan rouhani's government presented new proposals in 2013 weeks after the inauguration. in november of that year agreement was released. iran halted enrichment in return for sanctions, talks began on a comprehensive agreement. joining us live is a journalist and commentator at the international newspaper. we appreciate your time. how badly does iran want a deal? >> well how badly the government wants, because not - because the camp wants any part of these negotiations. they are not happy because they were not there, calling the shots. they want to make history. >> could you explain the different factions. that's a better way of putting it. i shouldn't have lump the country together. explain how different groups in the country feel about this? >> yes, because as i said, they

are not happy. they are not calling the shots. we have the parliamentary elections and the presidential race. the conservative parliament is so desperate to win. these two races they are desperate to win. they can only do so if the negotiations now fade. if the negotiations fail government of president hassan rouhani is not going to win the next round of elections. he's the one that two years ago promised during the campaign that he will sort out and resolve the dispute between iran and the west with regard to the programme. if he doesn't deliver on the promises he is a lame duck president and he will lose and we'll have a conservative government within two years time. if that happens, there'll be no negotiations with the programme. so the stakes are high for conservatives. >> there are high political

consequences as you said. what would the consequences be for the people of iran if an agreement is not reached? >> that's a very very important question. the people have been paying a huge cost over the past 12 years or so as mentioned in the report. we have been under sanctions for a long time and people want a way out. they all welcome diplomacy. conservatives, apparently, favour diplomacy. they want to say we are siding with the people and we want to sort out their problems and the economy. behind the closed doors they don't want to see a deal go through. as i said it's all because of the elections, and they want to make sure that the negotiations will fail. people want a way out. they want it now. they have paid too much and they are not willing to pay any more. remember and remember this is not just about iran and the p5+1, we have the french and the

israelis. they are not wanting the negotiations to go through. it explains why there's a last-minute spoiler from the french. >> what are your thoughts on the deadline. i know you have thoughts on that? >> it's a big mistake. we are talking about the deadline are making a big mistake. these are sensitive issues. we have other players, like united arab emirates. these countries have the stakes and a say. they have every right to have concerns. if it doesn't - we don't see a deal on the table, no one should be surprised. it's a deal that will go on for 10 years.

it will go on for a long time. we'll have more discussions. we'll have to follow - to have a follow up with regard to the commitments to the incentives to the lifting of the sanctions regime bit by bit. if you are talking about today or tomorrow you don't know anything about diplomacy. it doesn't have a - you know an expiry date. it could go on for at least 10 years. so we will have these discussions in the coming months if not years. >> a long road to go basically. thank you so much for your time. still to come... [ gunfire ] ..~ opposition fighters in syria sell grate the capture of the -- celebrate the capture of idlib plus a slice of africa at an unlikely location.

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closely contested presidential election. early results show incumbent president is slightly behind former army man muhammadu buhari. voting took place in 46 states and in aye buja. votes have been counted in 18 states. of these 10 have gone to muhammadu buhari, eight for goodluck jonathan. muhammadu buhari leads overall, the numbers of votes alone does not settle the election. ynonne ndedge has more from abuja. >> the results from 18 other states in this presidential election are yet to be announced, including nigeria's popular state lagos, with a population of 17-20 million people, and the highest number of registered voters. once there's a clear winner in terms. national picture, one candidate getting the majority of the votes, there's another phase, that the winner of the election has to get 25% of the votes in

two-thirds of nigeria's 36 states. we know from the release of data so far from the electoral commission that the main opposition presidential candidate muhammadu buhari is leading by some 2 million votes. with 18 other states to be announced that could change. the electoral commission and candidates are calling on nigerians to be patient and let the commission do its job it's been a week since the nigerian military detained two al jazeera journalists. ahmed idris and ali mustafa were embedded with the military and have been kept in their hotel since tuesday. al jazeera is demanding their release. the u.s. state department in nigeria has been watching the case. linda thomas greenfield the assistant secretary of state for african favors hopes the two will be released soon. >> we were surprised and

concerned as well. the u.s. is committed to freedom of the press and free media, and they played an important role in reporting on the election and your reporters were part of that process. it is our hope that the nigerian government will release them soon the germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane into the french alps has been treated for suicidal tendencies in the past. he was in therapy up until the crash. the motive is unclear. they are certainlying for more clues and have begun to build an access road. all 150 people on board were killed in that crash. dominik kane has the update from berlin. >> the news that prosecutors in dusseldorf confirmed at one

point in his career andreas lubitz suffered suicidal tendencies is confirmation that the media had speculated about it for some time. we had known that he suffered depression in 2009. at this point he was experiencing suicidal tendencies. that is important because his company, germanwings, and its parent company, looust -- lufthansa stressed that mr andreas lubitz went through mental and fizz achal tests and -- physical tests and they considered him 100%able to take control of the plane. we know he took control of the plane, locked out the captain and we know about the fatal dive into the alps. it comes at a time when francis hollande will meet german chancellor angela merkel in berlin to talk about this mission. francis hollande was the first world leader to talk about the

disaster confirming there were fatalities on the day of the accident on tuesday of last week. we know also that there'll be a memorial in cologne, the city that is the base for germanwings, on april 17th. the german chancellor angela merkel and the president of germany will be in attendance to mark the memorial for the 149 innocent victims that andreas lubitz took to their deaths on the day he plunged the aircraft into seyne-les-alpes. >> the syrian government sent a top military commander to recapture the city of idlib, a coalition of factions took the city over the weekend. al jazeera went to see what has become of idlib since the take over. thousands are leaving people aren't waiting to find out what is coming next. until last week their city was thought to be one of the safer

places in syria, because it was under government control. but the army lost idlib to these me linked to al qaeda. >> we fought for two days in a row and took control of districts and buildings. by the help of god we have taken control of the province now we are preparing to take over camps controlled by the regime. >> reporter: fighters are from different rebel groups that combined resources under a banner. the coalition is led by al nusra front, an al qaeda affiliate. having taken a strategic city out of the government's hands, the rebels are trning to local -- turning to local politics. >> translation: thankfully we have the city and our job is to protect the public institutions and civilian poverty. >> reporter: here a poster of the man they are trying to

unseat. president bashar al-assad is being ripped off the building. bashar al-assad insists the war is not about land but winning hearts and minds, and says many syrian support him, or he wouldn't have been able to hold on to power this long. >> we can not win the heart of minds killing syrians, or sustain four years in that position as a government and he as president while the rest of the world, most of the world, the great and regional powers are against me and my people against me. >> reporter: after four violent years many in syria and abroad will find it difficult to know who to believe. especially when videos like this are posted online. an opposition organization accuses soldiers of carrying out revenge attacks in idlib, using chlorine gas. these are said to be the victims. >> oft people. >> bashar al-assad says it's all

a lie, part of a smear campaign. >> in the media, when it bleeds it bleeds. they go for something that bleeds. >> he is defiant as usual. even though losing idlib to the rebels puts the side at a disadvantage. it's the biggest blow to bashar al-assad's forces in two years. activists say at least 10 people have been killed in syria after a car bomb exploded. it happened in front of a restaurant in a popular markets. militia assist loyal to the government are accused of being behind the attack. five have been killed in car bomb attacks. two police officers are among the dead. the blast happened near the entrance to the shia neighbourhood. 13 others were wounded. the countdown to a hotly contested election begun. david cameron announced a disillusions of parliament

before the general election on may 7th. cameron and dill band came out -- ed-miliband came out bumping. >> you can choose an economy that grows, creates jobs enshores a funded and improving health service, a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people and a country that is safe and secure. >> david cameron used to say he'd campaign to keep britain in europe. now he won't rule out leaving. he used to say he'd negotiate treaty change. now he's quiet about that too. >> prosecutors in the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev wound up on monday. they described the damage that home-made bombs caused. the defense starred to present their case it's not clear if dzhokhar tsarnaev will testify.

he'll face life in custody or the death sentence. >> people in mexico have been warned to be ready for an evacuation. the former president of the philippines fehredanes marcos imported thousands of islands. we have the story of how this sarengetthi is faring in an unlikely location. >> it is dubbed a piece of africa in the philippines. this park is home to 300 endangered animals, and 4,000 hectares of natural reserve. the island is a fop tourist destination, but the park is its least known attractions. they have been working here for 40 years. he tells me the story of how the former president marcos envisaged it after a safari

trip. in 1976 over 100 animals were shipped from kenya to a typhoon prone area affecting more than 200 families in the process. they were known to have stolen billions from the coffers, and this was to be a private zoo. he was overthrown by a people power resolution. decades on care workers worked under limited conditions, often salaries unpaid. there's no resident doctors here, no clinics, and not a single working vehicle. >> h poaching is a problem. 20 animals are killed every year and caretakers say they do not have enough park ranges to police the perimeters. wardens stayed for decades, all for the love of the animals.

>> my dream is to become a world type safari farm. i could say this is a safari park - it's the only thing to maintained through its income in the project. >> for many years it was negotiated by the government. they are starting to pick up again. 70 visitors come here every day. there are talks of a private investor that would help to improve facilities. >> for him and his team they are happy. this may mean the park will finally be known for its unique attractions, and not as a reminder of the excessive rule by the marcoses

a reminder that you can keep up to date with the news stories on the website. visit aljazeera.com. that is aljazeera.com. all eyes are on iran's nuclear program as a contentious negotiation is going down to the wire. optimism is waning that a deal will be created in the final hours but this is chess not checkers. who can forget these scenes? more than 3 decades later, americans held hostage in iran are still seeking justice.