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country's former dictator. ♪ ♪ hello, saudi-led forces have bombed houthi rebel positions in yemen for a sixth successive night. at least 40 people have been killed after a strike hit a camp for displaced people near the saudi arabian border. the houthis saying the saudi coalition bombed the camp killing women and children. witnesses say while the camp used to be home to hundreds of families from an earlier conflict it's now occupied by the houthis. saudi arabia is investigating the reports. elsewhere, the strikes have slit several provinces including the houthi strong hold of. also battles in aden. saudi arabia says it's now completed a blockade of yemen's ports. kim vinnell has more. >> reporter: these are the victims of what appears to be

the deadliest sawed had saudi-led air strikes so far, this was a camp in yep end's in accordance for those flying the violence that is has graped yemen for more than a deck a. houthis say women and children are among the dead. but witnesses say many killed were fighters and saudi arabia is ahead think the houthis are to blame. >> houthis have moved their weapons and fighters to areas where you have civilians and we suppress we do our best to prevents saville crane casualties. wecivilian casualties.we have to confirmation this was a refugees camp. >> reporter: audi air strikes lit up the sky. the target a military base and weapons storage facility. which belongings to the em viny republican guard. the focus isn't just on houthi strong hold is, but also on

protecting the port city of aden. it's the main base for president hadi's supporters. air strikes in the south are targeting convoys of reinforcements and what saudi describes as houthi command centers like this one. while coalition forces control the skies navel forces are moving to block yemen's ports in a boyed stop rebel fighters from rearming. teheran denies it is backing the houthis, but yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> translator: there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards that were operating before on the ground. but they are recently started operating more in the open. there are many advisers who are supported by iran. mercenaries, some even from lebanon, syria and other places. all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition says it's military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president handover their weapons

and join talks to find a political solution. kim vinnell, al jazerra. >> the political analyst spoke to us about the impact of the air strikes. >> they have been doing a lot of damage, you have to remember there are more than seven bases in sanaa alone, they are the strong base that his have most of the equipment that the houthi says and the forces have in the town. so they have been bombarding it. prince at one air bays they weren't satisfied with just bomb bombarding the air fields, they targeted the planes. even after striking the air airports, they targeted it for four nights and yesterday they destroyed eight fighters jets that we have, so far it's been quite effective. you have to remember the houthis houthis. [ inaudible ] if they call for dialogue it, will be only to buy time. that is why even though they

offer a truce coffered to go back to the negotiation tables two days arc the air be arab coalition ignored it. diplomats are working to reach an agreement. iran's foreign minister and six world pows verse been meeting in switzerland, james bay is his joining from us luzon, we are getting really close to the deadline james, what is happening there? >> reporter: 14 hours to go until the deadline which is midnight local time here to lousanne. and they started very early just after 7:00 a.m. local time a meeting of the international negotiators. the p5 plus one the five permanent members of the u.n. security council and germany. and then the iran year foreign minister joined them. they had a meeting that lasted just over 30 minutes since that

we have seen some of the foreign ministers clearly assessing the situation. john kerry out on his balcony of the hotel also the german foreign minister on his balcony too. reflecting i think on where they have got. that's what's going on here on the ground in lausanne, one foreign minister is not here in lausanne, he is represented by his political director at the talks, and that's sergei lavrov the russian foreign minister he went back to moscow, right now he's giving a news conference in moscow with his counterpart. but although he's talking about the devastation, he's also talking about the iran talks and he's talk toiled he will be comingtold us he will becoming back after he's concluded the ongoing news conference, the important thing coming out of the news conference about the talks is mr. lavrov says he sees a high chance of success before that deadline which i say is 14

hours way. >> well, let's just look at the other side of it, james, what happens then if a deal is not made? >> reporter: i think if a deal is not made they would have to do -- they really don't want to do, which is extend the process in some way. or other. remember, this was a deadline that was announced by president obama. other countries involved in this process will tell you in many ways it's a u.s. deadline. the idea was for the u.s. administration to come up with something concrete this framework document that it could show to congress when they come come back from their recess in a couple of week's time to try to stop congress introducing new sanctions. the idea would be the administration would say look, look at all the progress we are making. don't start more sanctions now because you'll destroy everything. that is why this time line is important. they want to try to get it done before congress come back. i think it is possible, although they are all saying it isn't i

think it is possible for a slight tension if they don't get a deal. some i have spoken to here say really there is so much invested in this process it really is too big to fail and they need to try to keep going. but no one but no one is talking about that yet. >> okay. james, we'll leave there for for for for youing we'll be getting regular updates from you as the day on goes our diplomatic editor james bays joining is from lausanne, james thank you. vote counting is expected to resume in just under an or he hour no nigeria's a closely-contested presidential election. early cuts showing the incumbent president goodluck jonathan is lightly behind the former army man. voting took place in 30 since states and in the capital abuja and votes have been counted in 18 of those states so far. of these, 10 states have gone to buhari while eight have voted for jonathan. even though buhari leads in

overall votes the number of votes alone doesn't settle that election. more from the capital abuja. >> reporter: well, the results from 18 other states in this presidential election are yet to be announced including nigeria's most populous state lagos which has a population 17 to 20 million people and the highest number of registered voters. once there is a clear winner in terms of the national picture one candidate getting the majority of the votes there is another phase the winner has to also 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 president candidate mohamed buhari is leading by some 2 million votes but with 18 other states still to be announced that could change. the electoral commission and the key candidates are calling on

nigeria's just to be patients and let the electoral commission do its job. >> security does remain tight as people wait for those election results. a report on how that is acting every day life in nigeria's biggest city lagos. >> reporter: grace worries about the next few days. she works at a market in the commercial capital lagos. now that voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections is over, she hopes for one thing. >> i want peace. i don't want fight. i want the election to be peace. no fighting. then we can sell our markets. that's what i want. >> reporter: people in lagos appear to be get on the ground with their lives. the streets look busy but residents tell us it's quieter than usual. the next few days are crucial. people don't know what is going to happen after final results are announced. many nigerians say they don't want the election or violence, they just want that country to

move on. there is anticipation in many parts of nigeria, most people remain calm saying they will only believe official results released from head of the electoral commission. >> all i want any of them that is going to rule us is to rule us well. and lead the nation, feel good about that. >> reporter: many know the threat of post-election violence is very real. more than 1,000 people died when the main opposition leader mohammed a bow there buhari lost to goodluck jonathan back in 2011. four years okay it's deja rue for nigerians. the same two men want to rule. now it's also the continent's largest economy. so people wait. they whim find out soon who has won. al jazerra. lagos. it's a week since the nigerian military detained two al jazerra journalists in the north, they were embedded with

the military before they were detained. they have been kept in their hotel since then, al jazerra demands their immediate release. the u.s. state department says it's been watching this case linda thomas greenfield is the secretary of state for africana fairs and hopes the two are released soon. >> the united states is committed to freedom of the president and for media access, so we would support your efforts to have your journal assists released. we don't have all the details of what is happening but i think the news that we have so far indicates that they had their credentials, they were traveling with the military and i think it's important that the government allow them to continues to do their work. as we were getting ready to come in to nigeria, we heard that some journal assists were being denied visas. and we certainly expressed our views there and welds certainly -- we are certainly disappointed that this has happened here in your

journalists. still ahead on al jazerra what investigators have revealed about the copilot suspected of deliberately crashing his plane in to the camps. plus a test of diplomatic clout between china and the u.s. the race to join beijing's alternative to the world bank.

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the yemen capital controlled bite houthis. cop tphreulgting reports on the number of those killed half a strike hit a cam top displaced people near the saudi border. vote counting is expected to restart in just under an hour in the closely contested presidential will he lex. early results show a slight bead reed for the former army man with half of nigeria yaps states counted. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said talks over iran's nuclear future has a good chance of succeeds. at this time mats are working hours before the self-imposed deadline. one of the also of the leaders was nuclear talks is to row voice limits to prevents iran for action making a nuclear bam. several sanctions have targeted the key energy and financial sectors, crippling its economy. sanction relief should come in phases, with restrictions on

imports of nuclear-related technology remaining for years. the u.s. and its european allies also want any suspended u.n. sanctions to be reinstated quickly if iran goes back on any deal. a journalist, also a commentary at the international newspaper in teheran he explained why so many people in iran want the deal. >> the people have been paying a huge cost over the past 12 years or so as you just mentioned in your report. we have been under the sanctions for such a long time and people want a way out. they all welcome the dip people is a. even the conservatives are apparently favor diplomacy because they want to say that we are siding with the people and want to sort out the problems and economy pitch behind the closed doors they didn't want to see any deal go through. but as i said it's all because of the elections elections and they want to make sure that these negotiations will fail.

people want a way out. they want it now. because they have paid too much and they are not willing to pay anymore. >> the u.n. is hoping to raise more than $8 billion for syrian refugees at a donor's conference underway in kuwait city. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is chairing the day will-long conference, could you white appears has pledged $5 million. activist million dollars syria say government air strikes have hit the northern part of idlib city killing at least 30 civilians. a coalition of rebels took the city from the army over the weekend. al jazerra has been in idlib after the take over. this report shows thousands of civilians are now leaving. >> reporter: 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 men linked to al qaeda. >> translator: we fought to two days in a row gradually took control of districts and buildings. by the help of god we have fully taken control of the province. now we are preparing to take over camps used by the regime to kill many people. >> reporter: the fighters are from different rebel groups that have combined their resources under one banner. the coalition is led by al-nusra front, an al quada affiliate. having taken a strategic city out of the government's hands the rebels are turning to local politics. >> translator: thankfully we have the city. and now our job is to protect the public institution and the civilian property. >> reporter: here a poster of the man they are trying to

unseat president bashar al-assad is being ripped off the local government building. assad meanwhile insists this war is not about land, but about within being hearts and minds. he says many syrians support him or he wouldn't have been able to hold onto power this long. >> we cannot win the heart and mind of syrians while we are killinger syrians, we are not sustain four years in that position as a government and me as president while the rest of the world most of the world the great powers, the regional powers are against me and my people are 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 on line. one opposition organization accuses syrian soldiers are carrying out revenge attacks in idlib. using chlorine gas. these are said to be the victims. >> of the people who have suffer -- >> reporter: assad says it's all a lie and part of a smear

campaign in the media when it bleeds it reads they always look for something that bleeds which is the chlorine gas. >> reporter: he's defiant as usual even though losing idlib to these rebels puts his side at a disadvantage, it's the biggest blow to assad's forces in two years. security guards at the u.s. national security agency have shot two men at fort meade in maryland killing one of them. men reportedly tried to ram through the gates with their car, they were disguised as women and local media reports say they were driving a stolen vehicle. the fbi say it doesn't believe it's a terrorism related incident. and the germanwings key pilot suspected of deliberately crashing his plane in to the french alp had his in the past been treated for suicidal tendencies. but investigators say his motive is still unclear and they are searching for more clues

including the flight data reporter. french authorities have begun building an access road to reach the remote crass site and recover bodies and plane debris. all 150 people aboard that flight were killed. dominick kane has this update from berlin. >> reporter: the news that cross prosecutors confirmed that andreas lubitz at one point suffered suicidal tendencies is confirmation of something the media has speculated about for sometime. we had known that mr. lubitz suffered a severe bought of depression in two number nine for which he did receive treatment. now we know that at that point he also was experiencing suicidal tendencies. that is important because his company germanwings and it's parents company will you have will you have lust happen is has stressed he went through mental assessment tests and passed them and they considered him to be 100 percent able to take the controls of the plane. now, of course, we know that he took controls of the plane

locked out his captain and plunged that plane in its fatal dive in to the alps which comes at a time when francois ho lands had been meeting angela merkel to talk about this issue and many others, fran what hollande was the first world leader to talk about the disaster confirm the fatalities on tuesday of lat week. and we now know also there will be a memorial to be held in germany in cologne cathedral. the city that is the base for germanwings on april 17th the channels her and the president will be in attendance to mark the memorial for the 149 innocent victims that andrea lubitz killed after he plunged the plane not alps. more than 40 countries have signed up to kind the chinese investment bank.

the initiative is seen as a challenge to existing financial institutions like the world bank and the international monetary fund in which the u.s. has a lot of influence. and those who have joined including the u.k., a close u.s. ally, as well as rising asian powers india and i indonesia. others such as brazil, russia and germany have also applied for membership. the bank is did he sign today target infrastructure projects that are not being funded by the imf and the world bank it's hoping to fill a funds being gap of $800 billion a year. but the u.s. says the initiative will fall short of international banking standards. in a moment we'll hear the view from jakarta and bay jinx, bus first tom acker ackerman in washington. >> reporter: here at world bank headquarters the chinese initiative is not being seen as a competitive threat. the american president of the bank says it's already in deep discussions about cooperating on infrastructure projects and another major institution the

imf is also sounding positive about the new lending group. >> i think that the many are sometimes the better. and there is plenty of work to be done. infrastructure needs is not in short supply. >> reporter: the u.s. officials say they are willing to look at co funding so long as they comply with high standards of transparency and concern for the environment. mean here believe that the chinese would not have been driven to set up the new bank if the u.s. congress had agreed to increase china's voting share in the imf. >> if it's up to indonesia the headquarters of asian inning from truerinfrastructure investment base should be based in gentleman car duh tanaka because it will be one of the biggest clients indonesian i can't was for invest $438 billion u.s. dollars in infrastructure in five years wanting to build

5,000-kilometers of rail rail road, 200600-kilometers of road. 2424 seaports and 48 dams, most of the money will have to come from foreign investment. interred leash a is lobbying very hard but also eyeing one of its most powerful positions the vice presidency. but many are questioning indonesian chances due to a lack of proper inning from structural toinfrastructure andspace to hold such a prestigious international constitution. >> reporter: while few countries could manage what beijing is proposing right now, in essence it's seek to go challenge washington's dominance of who the world's biggest financial ins tunings the world bank and the international monetary fund. for too long beijing says washington's voice has prevailed here and that the institutions need reform, and no longer reflect the changing shape of the global economy an economy that's increasingly dominated by china. so with the bank that china is proposing to set up it hopes to

change all of that. china, of course, also believes this bank will dovetail neatly with another project it's been touting, the revival of the silk road trade route between ca china and europe. that will involve billions of dollars of new infrastructure which it hopes will be paid for by loans from its new bank. 40 year old ago the then philippine president period nanceferdinandmarcos shipped over 100 animals from africa. his vision was to have a serengeti of asia. now the story. >> reporter: ifs dubbedit is dubbed a piece of africa in the fill teens this park is home to over 300 endangered animals and 400-hectares of reserve. a top tourist destination butt park is its least known attraction. he has been working here for

almost 40 years. he tells me the story of how former president ferdinand marcos inning individualsed it shortly after a is or i trip in africa. in 1976, over 100 animals were shipped from kenya to typhoon prone area. evicting more than 200 families in the process. the marcoses were known to have stolen billions of dollars from government coffers and this was to be their private zoo. he was eventually overthrown by a people power revolution. decades on, caretakers continues to work under limited conditions. often their salaries unpaid for many months. there are no resident animal to doctors here, no clinic and not a single working vehicle. poaching is also a problem, at least 20 animals are killed here every year and caretakers say they do not have enough park rangers to police the perimeters. still, wardens here have stayed

for decades all for the love the animal. >> my dream it "america tonight" to become a world type safari park. although i could say also that there is first a sanctuary. and will remain a safari park because that's the only thing that we can maintain. >> reporter: for marijuana years he was close woods i the go of the. but things are picking up. armed 70 visitors come here almost every day. and there are talks of a new private investor that will help improve the facilities. he and his team are happy. this may also mean the park will finally be known for its unique attractions. and not as a bitter reminder of the excessive rule by the

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