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imposes water restrictions after a four-year drought. ♪ all right. well, there are several breaking stories this hour. we will begin in kenya where there's been dramatic developments in the past few minutes in the hostage situation happening in the northeast. we know hundreds of students were being held captive in the city of garissa. that's after al-shabab fighters stormed a campus at dawn near the border with somalia. in the past few minutes kenya's interior minister says at least 79 people are now feared dead. so let's just bring you up to date once again with the breaking news that we are hearing in kenya at the moment. at least 79 people are now feared to have died in this hostage situation. the standoff taking place at that university in garissa.

that was after al-shabab fighters stormed the campus early this morning near the border with somalia. our correspondent malcolm webb is on the scene and has been speaking with witnesses who are reporting that all of the hostages have been killed. we don't have that confirmed at the moment, and we are hoping to speak to our correspondent a little later. he's trying to gather more information at the scene on this breaking news, but the interior minister himself is saying at least 79 people are feared dead in that hostage crisis. now, let's take you to switzerland where talks on iran's nuclear program appear to be making progress. officials say iran and the u.s. are close to reaching a preliminary agreement. they disagree about what can be made public. representatives from the u.s., u.k. france, germany and china, have been thrashing out a deal. in the last 30 minutes there's been a flurry of activities around the talks. our correspondent joins us.

what are you hearing, james? >> reporter: theywell, we are hearing that we will get a statement pretty soon, possibly as soon as one hour from now. journalists who have been waiting here outside the hotel where these talks have been taping -- taking place over two weeks and one resource have been bussed to a technical college on the edge of lasaunne it will come from the e.u. high representative, and the chief foreign policy person of the e.u. we are hearing after that there will probably be some questions to some of the individual foreign ministers who will also be speaking to reporters including the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. what is key is what is in this statement? what is in this announcement? is this what the u.s. was originally promising some sort of framework agreement or is it just an understanding or possibly just a statement?

we will find that out i think in the coming hour and i think that is key because what the u.s. wanted this deadline that was passed two days ago was to try to persuade congress that no more sinkions were needed. they were going to disrupt this whole process. so a real test of whatever is announced here in the coming hour or hours has to pass on capitol hill. >> yes this has taken so long, of course because are not the first talks over a possible nuclear deal and you the press corps if you like, have been stuck there for more than a week waiting for some sort of deal to be announced. >> reporter: yes. remember this has been negotiations with iran on and off for about 12 years. a fresh start to them started in 2013, and the margins of the u.n. general assembly in he september. then the interim deal that was done, the joint plan of action in november 2013. while this describes that effectively as a nuclear cease-fire where iran said it

would stop advancing its nuclear technology and there was a bit of sinkions relief from the west -- sanctions relief from the western countries. what they need is a final deal, remember final deadline is then of june but the u.s. wanted this deadline, the end of march so it could show that progress was being made to congress. that's why what they say here, what the statement says, what form the statement is, is so important and why people will be reading it so closely. >> the key players have been coming and going in the past few days. who actually is still there in lausanne? >> reporter: well, it's sometimes difficult to say because some of these foreign ministers have been sneaking out the back door. we know the u.k., phillip hammond escaped out of the building even though there were cameras at the front of the building for a few hours and no one saw he disappeared. he's back here. the german foreign minister is here. and the french foreign minister returned here. and, of course, john kerry and

the iranian foreign minister, mohammad zarif who was making it very clear when i spoke to him earlier on that what he wanted to have from this was a statement. he said, the actual deal, the date as far as iran is concerned is the end of june. >> james back to you, as soon as we know more details. thank you. let's go back to the main news the breaking news at this hour. the hostage situation the siege, standoff that was taking place at the university in northeastern kenya is now over. our correspondent malcolm webb is now at the scene in garissa and joins us on the phone line now. malcolm, what more do you know? >> reporter: good afternoon. there was gunfire coming out of the university compound and that seems to reach a climax, maybe about an hour or so ago there was an hour of fighting. and then after that he became calm. and he managed to get ahold of a couple of people on the

phone. they think all the attackers were killed and they say most of the remaining hostages were there by the time it came. most of them had been killed. this was one young woman who we spoke to, that there were a few survivors. some of you just reached the ministry check point. >> yes i mean -- >> reporter: i'm going to have to -- i'm going to have to hang up. >> i appreciate that update. we will probably come back to you a little later after you pass that checkpoint. thank you very much. now, the reporters have made yemeni city of aden.

the president had been residing in up until a week ago. well this footage is set to show clashes in a strong hold of the president's party. 9houthis rebels. the fierce fighting is said to be continuing. the capture of the presidential palace is confirmed, it would be a major blow to the saudi led coalition which was carrying out air strikes in yemen in the past week. they experienced the first tragedy since the campaign began. one of the boarder guards was killed by gunfire across the yemeni boarder. 10 other soldiers were taking place. fighters from the group have stormed a prison in the eastern city of makulaa and frees hundreds including one of their leaders.

yemen's capital is in lockdown. hundreds of people have either fled or are staying home to avoid the violence and, of course, it's forcing many businesses to close which is not helping yemen's struggling economy. jamaal al-shiha reports. >> reporter: a food store that's open for business, which has become a rare sight in a city under bombardment. the war in yemen has forced people to flee their homes in search of a safe haven but has made many businesses shut their doors, as an already battered economy is further devastated. >> there are very few people left here. everyone who has fled, those who have stayed live alone without their families. and hardly anyone comes to buy things any more. >> reporter: what makes things difficult for him is that his shop is not fair from the airport and the military air base. in yemen almost 1 million children under the age of 5 are

malnourished and while they see 13 million yemenese, on dirty water for drinking -- >> there's no doubt that this has greatly affected the yemenese, the average yemeni can no longer afford to buy most things. many families are now displayed. it's making poverty and unemployment rise drastically. >> reporter: back at his store ali finally has a customer but all he buys is a bottle of water. >> now i'm lucky if i make $20 a day. how can i pay my rent or even my electricity bills in the situation stays like this, then i'm sure i will be out of business within days. >> reporter: as the war in yemen rages on, for the everyday citizen it's a battle. we are expecting to have more on the conflict in yemen. that's when the saudi led coalition holds its daily briefing in riyadh.

now, he's won the election but nigeria's president-elect says tackling corruption are now his priorities. we report on what nigerians may be expecting. >> reporter: here is the central business district in the commercial cantle -- capital of nigeria. this is port that brings in millions of dollars. economists say most people in lagos work in the informal sector and they expect president-elect to put the needs of the boar first. >> that's our friend. that's our friend. >> reporter: nigeria is one of the largest oil producers in the world. live to riyadh where the saudi led offensive press

conference is taking place in yemen. >> the operation over the past two days was centered on two axises. as you are aware one of the coastal posts at one of the border line posts came under heavy gun fighting and one of our post border line guards has been killed. after that the field troops and the ground artillery responded to the source of fire, and they prevented some infiltrators to come into or across the border line. after that, the helicopters started to comb there earlier

and with the militia fighters who were close to the border line. co-the -- the coalition fighters continued out strikes and over the past days we talked about certain operations inside both the cities of algoda and subra. under the total control of the armed forces and the popular resistant fighters. we manage to go fight off the houthis fighters. we can say that the situation is called unstable at the outskirts of aden. with respect to the situation

inside aden, as i stated yesterday, following the houthis, the legitimate president of yemen they took control of sources the resources and the gear of yemeni armed forces. and the palace came under their attack. some of the houthis fighters were able to take stations inside the city. yesterday those fighters attempted to seize control of certain government facilities. heavy fighting erupted with the popular resistant inside aden. such incidents were restricted and anticipated by the coalition forces, simply for

the reason that the tactics and techniques erupted by healthy militias are well known to us. they are also aiming at gaining certain media victory. it was a desperate attempt by the houthis fighters yesterday who are now totally isolated inside aden in order to win media victory. they are also being hunted down and targeted at various locations within the city. we are in close contact and coordination with the popular resistance fighters. we will rid the city of those infiltrating houthis fighters. they are now targeting certain government installations and we

will continue to work on this. also yesterday the air strikes carried out all the plans as scheduled and in a few minutes i will show you some video clips with the operations carried out. they continue to target the military capabilities of the houthis fighters and the defecting brigades who are loyal to the ousted president saleh. they carried out their duties along the borderline between saudi arabia and yemen, in order to prevent any recurrence of what happened yesterday as you are aware. the terrain is very rough

rigid and harsh conditions are being faced by those troops. however, they continued to discharge the duties, also the houthis camps in sadi, and prevent harboring any houthis fighters. this shows one of the axises leading to aden. this light was cut off in order to prevent any supplies headed to houthis fighters who are bunkered inside the city. as we reiterated on a number of occasions, we are most aiming at destroying the infrastructure. this is a purely military

target in order to cut off lines of supply to the houthis fighters. we also continue to target the installations in which houthis fighters are stationed. one of the camps through yemen namely inside the province. and as i stated earlier over the past few days, houthis militants are trying to redeploy and in what we call, militarily speaking an attack to restore the positions that they had first. we prevented them from taking advantage of the weapons this is a battery that has been

targeted and directly preventing the houthis from taking -- making use of it. this is also one of the military en -- and installations of mouth. this is directly targeted and hit. one of the command centers used by houthis militias to control the operations. this was directly -- directly hit after we received precise intelligence information.

>> as you are fully aware these militias are reeling under the brunt of constant military strikes. they are now moving randomly. they are also trying to keep their military deal on the move of dealing with such militias is very difficult unlike dealing with regular armies where the lines are defined and regulated. the movements are random and as you have heard today, one of the prisons has been broken and inmates have escaped. this is a clear indication that the houthis militias are aiming

at leaking prisoners within the yemeni society in order to escalate the situation from within. history has it that these militias are like many world's countries would like -- cannot be totally i -- annihilated, as they are fighting, embracing and with the military conviction tries to impose by force a status of the yemeni people and as stated before, the entire campaign is meant to provide protection to the yemeni people and prevent those militias from wreaking havoc in the yemeni society. as stated earlier the ground troops have managed to stand up to certain infiltrators as they engage in heavy fighting.

five of the intill traitors were kill -- infiltrators were killed and one of our ground troops has fallen are through the mercy. they are trying to ensure that no more infiltrators are still in the area. we are still maintaining the sea port and the island and also to ensure that no logistic assistance or supplies are reaching the houthis militias. this is the daily brief of today, and now i open the floor for questions. [ speaking non-english ]

>> the houthis fighters have been trying to enter inside the city of aden. this would cause you to reconsider your ground operation. first, allow me to give you an idea about the situation inside the city of aden. as you may know and it is known to many that the time between the call perpetrated by the houthis is, again the legitimate government and the military campaign. during that campaign, houthis managed to take control of the yemeni sources and resources. they were also able to deploy troops from now and then inside

the city in addition, part of the yemeni armed forces defected and joined sides with the houthis. they managed to arrange the ranks before the military campaign that's -- and they fall with respect to movement inside the city of aden. one or two neighborhoods within the city are under their control. the popular resistance from honest yemeni men said they are standing up to them, engaging in fighting pore radic fighting with them from -- sporadic fighting from now and then.

and in order to provide assistance so the popular resistance inside the city, we believe the situation is relatively stable and calm and the sporadic fighting is erupting from now and then. we have done all what we can in order to ensure that calm is restored inside the city so that the militias won be able to control vital installations. and in case those militias are redeployed, what or how will you react? >> we believe that our campaign has a legal cover and we also

wish not to react and take preemptive strike and these militias are very difficult to fight, simply for the reasons that they are fighting in small groups unlike regular armies who have clear fronts and clear ranks. however, we are imposing our tactics and techniques and i can assure you that the plan and -- the plan we are -- we have laid down and embracing will be successful. >> al jazeera television. accusations are being guarded between those opposing the campaign claiming that the collateral damage is high.

there's also claims that civilians are being assaulted by the campaign, however you mentioned that the civilians are being targeted by the houthis in order to use this as a media campaign. what's your reaction to this? >> i reiterate that when the coalition forces launched the campaign not from a single -- not in a single moment was any disclosed plan. that's why we are offering you a daily press briefing, in order to inform the yemeni public the regional public and the international audience of the campaigns of objectives and targets and from day one you and other press representatives may notice that the military

strike services are clear. no one even from the media or the houthis militias can show that one of the areas inside the installation areas was hit by the coalition. the two locations reported over the past few days were clearly addressed by yesterday's briefing. i stated that the investigators deployed on the ground by the yemeni government confirmed that the two locations were hit by rockets and artillery shell from the ground, from within. it means that they were launched by the houthis militias. the investigation is still underway in order to have those responsible, libel and brought to justice whether under the

yemeni law or the international law. other measures will be also taken. and own -- and on a number of occasions we have demonstrated that we are pinpointing targets directly hitting our goals without even affecting the neighboring buildings. >> you mentioned about criminal international investigation. it will be during the campaign or after? >> the government of yemen is totally functioning. and we will provide protection to the yemeni people. >> based on the briefing of

yesterday, many analysts, experts and parties of interest are waiting for an answer. is has the coalition taken measures in order to ensure that the reality of the defecting brigades if they rejoin the armed forces -- >> we have listening no members of the saudi defense ministry. that's one of the stories we are following at this hour. dramatic events in kenya where two attackers are responsible for a deadly hostage takeover at a university. a possible deal over iran's nuclear program. a deal in switzerland is expected at any moment. >> i'm angry because prosecutors at the justice -- ♪