>> airstrikes led by saudi arabia continue to target shia houthi rebels. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, it's deadline day in switzerland at diplomatics search for a last minute agreement on ires nuclear future. >> tensions rise in nigeria as the election results are

interruptedinterrupted. >> why doesn't the united states think e-cigarettes are a good idea? >> hello saudi led forces bombed houthi rebel positions in yemen for a sixth successive night. twenty people have been killed after a strike hit a camp for displaced people near the saudi bored herb. the houthis say the coalition bombed the camp killing women and children but witnesses say while the camp used to be home he to hundreds of families from an earlier conflict it's now occupied by houthi fighters. so you had rain is investigating the reports. elsewhere, the strikes have hit several provinces include be saada and there have been running battles in aid deny

between the houthi and government forces. there is a blockade of yemen's ports. we have more. >> these are the victims of what appears to be the deadliest saudi-led airstrikes so far. this was a camp in yemen's north for those fleeing the violence which has grimed yemen for a decade. the houthis say women and children are among the dead but witnesses say many killed were fighters and saudi arabia are animate the houthis are to blame. >> they have moved their weapons and fighters to areas where you have civilians. we do our best to prevent civilian casualties. we reply to a source of fire. we have no confirmation this was a refugee camp. >> airstrikes have hit nine provinces, including sanna. the target is a military base

and weapons storage facility which belong to the yemen republicken guard. the focus is on houthi strongholds and protecting the port. saudi describes houthi command centers like this one. coalition forces control the skies, naval forces moving to block yemen's ports in a bid to stop rebel fighters from rearming. tehran denies it is backing the houthis but yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards that were operating before on the ground. they recently started operating more in the open. there are many advisors supported by iran, mercenaries some from lebanon syria and other places all operating under the guidance of iran. >> the coalition says its

military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh join talks to oh find political situation. >> just a moment ago or couple of minutes ago i spoke to pablo marco with doctor without borders. the air strike he confirmed at a camp so lets just listen to what he said and then we'll talk about it. >> we don't have any sufficient staff but we have what the victims have told us and authorities in the different camps are telling us, that it was an air strike. up to now, we have received 34

wounded people in the hospital and 29 people or bodies that arrived to hospital. >> you've been to this camp. tell us why it would be a target. >> it became under the control of the houthis when they overran the capitol sanna in september and started expanding in north and west. the camp was formed during the time of the fighting between government forces apartment houthis in 2009. then thousands of refugees were forced to leave their own areas and move to that camp. more people followed after the saudi's lost airstrikes against the houthis in 2009. it's an air that is controlled by the houthis there are hills and then you have the saudi border. the spokesperson of the saudi army said basically the following, he said that they came under fire from that

particular location and that they had not option but to return fire and that the authorities inside saudi arabia are investigating. the houthis on the other handled said there were civilians at the time, it was an air strike and discriminate attack against civilians. for the time being, we have conflicting reports. this is really dangerous in this area. traveling there is a dangerous trip because of violence over the last few years. that's why you're not going to see independent international observers move into that area for further clarification of what happened. >> not only this area, but across yemen the provision of any sort of medical or humanitarian aid was already quite a difficult situation so now with the latest sort of military developments and what's going on on the ground, how does that factor into the humanitarian situation? >> absolutely. adversity would be more

pronounced now. this is the poorest nation in the arab world half the population below the poverty line. 5 million people rely on handouts from ate agencies. it's been affected by the violence over the last few months. it's a very delicate situation for the country. >> finally, let me just ask you about these reports coming in that the yemeni foreign minister is calling for an arab ground invasion in the country as soon as possible, according to him. what do you know about that. >> what is sure for the time being is the decision to commit troops on the ground will be made by the saudis under the context of what's going on on the ground. for the time being it's phase one. they mean destroy military capabilities and batteries long-range missiles and artillery. i don't think they're committing boots on the ground will happen anytime soon.

>> ok, thank you. >> diplomatics are working hard to reach an agreement on iran's nuclear future just hours before a self imposed deadline. ires foreign minister and six world powers have been meeting in switzerland. our diplomatic editor is also in switzerland, james bays joining us from lausanne to tell us where the talks stand as of now james. >> well, the talks stand 11 hours out now from that deadline midnight lausanne time, and constant meetings are continuing, trying to come up with some sort of deal before that deadline. they've been meeting in various configurations all of the foreign ministers here have at times been meeting. one foreign minister's not been present here in lausanne because 24 hours ago, sergey lavrov decided to leave and go back to moscow. he said he'd come back here when he he thought there was a realistic chance of an

agreement, now he in moscow a few hours ago said that he is on his way back and he is optimistic. >> i'm plan to go return to the talks and take part in the final session. i would say this round of negotiations that a good chance of success if the participants don't bring forward any new demands which may change the balance that now exists. >> sergey lavrov there his view on where we are. he's pretty optimistic. i have to say that's not necessarily what we're getting from some of the other did he dell allegations here. president obama had talked about a framework agreement. in recent days, we've heard about an understanding we're now possibly hearing just about a statement. will that be enough to satisfactory the critics of all this particularly those in

congress who are threatening fresh sanctions. it will be interesting to see exactly what is released, if something is released in the coming hours. as i say, 11 hours to go and intense negotiations continue. >> james we'll cross over to you throughout the day, for the time being, james bays, thank you. >> scuffles have broken out in nigeria where results of its closely contested presidential election were being read out. a man saying he was from the ruling people's democratic party grabbed the microphone saying he he refused to accept the votes outcome. early results show the former military ruler muhammedu buhari has outedged president goodluck jonathan. tell us exactly what happened

during those scuffles and whether that affected the counting. >> things have calmed down now but i've never witnessed anything like what i just saw a few minutes ago. as the electoral commission boss was reading out the results a man went up to the podium and identified himself as a party agent of the ruling people's democratic party. that's the party of president goodluck jonathan. we now know that it was a former government minister. he grabbed the mic and started screaming, accusing the independent international independent commission of not taking onboard complaints by the ruling party about results that were issued yesterday. things got louder and when security agents approached him to try to take the mic away from him, a scuffle broke out for quite a number of minutes about 15 minutes results announcement was suspended because it was

impossible for the electoral commission officials here to start announcing results because the foreign minister would not leave the stage. he sat down on the steps of the stage and started demanding that the chairman of the commission be removed. he said nigerians would not take these results that there would be no peace in nigeria extremely worrying language from him. in the end he was calmed down. i think now he may have been escorted from the auditorium, because results are now being announced. everybody is just trying to regain their composure. it's a worrying sign, because clearly there's a process going on here and the truth of the matter is, it's not looking good for the incumbent president goodluck jonathan. the electoral commission has just announced that lagos has been one by the main opposition presidential candidate

muhammedu buhari who is now leading in this poll by over 2.2 million votes. >> ok, we'll leave it there for now and cross over to you when we do get the final results. reporting from nigeria just breaking the news that according to the count the most popular state in nigeria has been won by the opposition candidate muhammedu buhari. thank you. >> it's been a week evens the nigerian military detained two al jazeera journalists in the north, embedded with the military before they were detained. they've been kept in their hotel since then. al jazeera is demanding their immediate release. >> the u.s. state department says it's been watching this particular case of linda thomas green field the assistant secretary of state for african affairs and said she hopes the two are released soon. >> the united states is committed to freedom of the

press and for media access, so we would support your efforts to have your journalists 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 it's important that the government allow them to continue to do their work. as we were getting ready to come into nigeria, we heard that some journalists were being denied visas, and we certainly expressed our views there and we would certainly -- we are certainly disappointed that this has happened here to your journalists. >> the germanwings disaster, why was the co pilot allowed to fly after he'd been treated for suicidal tendencies? >> a story from the philippines all the way from africa.

>> pakistan hasn't sent fighter jets oh yet but behind the scenes it's deeply concerned. al jazeera islamabad. >> isil fighters in northern iraq have again been targeted by war planes from a coalition leally the united states. more than 20 targets were attacked in tikrit early on tuesday. following the air attacks the iraqi army recaptured tikrit hospital from isil's control. the army has been on that a four day offensive to retake all of the city and isil booby traps and suicide attacks have slowed their advance. >> electricity supplies are slowly being restored in turkey

after the worst power blackouts for 15 years. turkey's biggest city and the capitol were among the areas hit and public transportation systems shut down. earlier reports suggest the fault was a transmission line. >> a senior prosecutor in uganda has been shot dead in what police say could be a targeted assassination. shot dead late on monday, she was leading the prosecution against those accused of organizing two bombings there in 2010. 79 people were killed in the attack on screenings of the soccer world cup final. the trial has been postponed. >> the co pilot suspected of deliberately crashing 150 passengers and crew into the french alps had been treated for suicidal tendencies. he was in soak co therapy.

investigators say his motive is still unclear and are searching for more clues. they are building an access road to reach the remote crash site. >> the head of the french forensic team said it will take time to identify the crash victims. there is a huge amount of analysis to do. it takes time to get it done. families must give samples to compare with the victims d.n.a. fingerprint comparisons take time because the conditions of bad. the samples and pieces of body are not in a condition that would allow an immediate interpretation. i will remain cautious towards families. i will under no circumstances announce that we will be able to identify everybody. we hope, of course, because handing back a corpse, giving back a victim to the family allows them to start the mourning process which is very important to move forward in life but i guarantee absolutely nothing, as long as all the

analysis operations are not over. >> the french and italian presidents encourage libya's rival governments to form a unity government. they met in paris. the united nations is trying to work out a peace deal in morocco. >> electronic cigarettes are marketed as a less harmful alternative to tobacco and a possible way to help smokers kick their habit. the u.s. centers for disease control warn they could be just as harmful and launched a new anti smoking campaign. we report from washington. >> for 30 years sean rob pin son used to smoke up to a back of cigarettes a day that is until he discovered e-cigarettes. >> i was like wow. i just quit smoking. i don't think my mom even still believes i have quit smoking i

mean i've smoked that long. >> e-cigarettes have been touted as an anti smoking tool, allowing them to control and decrease the amount of nicotine they're taking in, eventually kicking the habit. u.s. centers for disease control for the first time is now including e-cigarettes in their anti smoking campaign arguing the alternative to tobacco is just as deadly. >> many adults think they're going to get off cigarettes are continuing to smoke when perhaps they would have quit if they hadn't taken up the e-cigarettes. >> most smokers who us e-cigarettes as a quit smoking tool continue to smoke. it is feared the fruity flavors may attract children. >> i'm not surprised but i'm sad. >> robinson disagrees with the c.d.c. argument. he's convinced e cigarettes reduce nicotine dependence, so

much so, he he's opened a business dedicated to helping customers quit and of its clients to display their final pack of traditional cigarettes. >> i'm in the business of getting people off cigarettes. the way i quit was e-cigarettes. i'm proof that they do everybody good. >> despite u.s. government warnings and now advertisement to the contrary. >> you wouldn't normally expect to see a family of giraffes out for a stroll in the philippines but there are a few on the island along with many other animals from africa. we have the story. >> it is dubbed a piece of africa in the philippines. this safari park is home to 300 endangered animals in 4,000 hectares of natural preserve. it is a top tourist destination but the park is the least known

attraction. working here for almost 40 years, this man tells me the story of how president former ferdinand marcos envisioned this park after a trip to africa. in 1976, over 100 animals were shipped here, evicting more than 200 families in the process. the mark occasion's were known to have stolen billions of dollars from the government and this was to be their private zoo. he was overthrown by a people power revolution. decades on, caretakers continue to work under limited conditions. often their salaries aren't paid for months. there are no resident animal 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 their love of the animals. >> my dream is to become a world type safari park, although i could say also that this is a is a tarry park, because that is the only thing we could maintain through its income the project. >> for many years, it was closed off from the public, neglected by the national government, though things are starting to pick up again. seventy visitors come here now almost every day. 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 be known for its unique

attractions and not as a bitter reminder of the excessive rule by the marcoss. >> al jazeera western philippines. >> you can keep up to date with all the news on our website aljazeera.com. >> deadline day the clock winds down for a long term nuclear deal with iran. its program and global security hang in the against. >> an election that could tip the balance of power in africa, nigeria's capitol where voters wait to hear who won a presidential vote. >> facing the fallout indiana's governor mike pens defend