>> the war in yemen seeps heavy fighting in aden as houthi fighters are reportedly pushed back. >> both sides of the iran nuclear deal go home and try to seem the plan. >> send i can't some of the critically wounded oh any ruby after one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history. >> forced to work for nothing on a remote indonesian island.

>> we begin in yemen where the saudi-led coalition is bombard be houthi around aden, including the airport. houthi fighters have withdrawn from an important hill top complex after strikes overnight. aid that is a strategically important port city in the south. they are being supplied in weapons and airstrikes carried out by the saudi air force. in an expansion of the united states role, the pentagon agreed to give refueling support. turkey is willing to provide logistical support to the mission and china says that it's helped 225 people from 10 countries to leave yemen.

that's the first time beijing has evacuated foreign nationals from an international crisis. >> there are not diplomatic negotiations taking operation to the ousted president saleh for his group. it's not any type of communication with them, as they have waged war against all the yemeni people. i believe with recent developments, everyone has come to realize it is gravely dangerous to involve any of those parties in any political settlement or the future of yemen. >> the editor in chief of the yemen post said that the continued airstrikes could create resentment to saudi

arabia in yemen. >> right now if we don't sit together and discuss this on the table, no side, whoever it is is involved can stop this war. yemenese are very, very worried now, because last week when this war first started, it was only in sanna. right now it's spread through the country the majority of the provinces. in the first four days, 42 civilians were killed. as of today, 124 civilians were killed. this is gradually going in the way of saudi arabia or hatred toward saudi arabia because of increasing death toll especially toward civilians. >> let's get another view on that now. joining me now an advisor to the past three yemeni prime ministers. what do you think there that the saudi-led airstrikes, civilians caught up in the

violence will cause resentment? >> i don't think it will. if there was no intervention, yemen would have gone towards disintegration and civil war. on the contrary, i think people are asking for the intervention to be much oh more effective especially in aden where there are a lot of civilians who could be harmed as part of collateral damage. >> right back to basics for a moment here. trying to make head or tail of what's going on, how have the houthis manage to do what they've did you from their stronghold in the north they're the minority, they took over the capitol sanna and despite air raised by the sawed coalition still managed to get into aden. >> correct it looks like an enigma. behind these people stands the

former dictator sale.h. two years ago when they were in the strong hold, it took six months to beat 300 fighters, but only wheal saleh came and they took off their uniforms and bake houthi rebels, they came from sanna to aden. it's the former people who were part of the former system, security forces, dispersed. >> the former army. >> yes professional fighters. among them are the fighters who had been trained by special forces by the americans, and the british to fatal side and terrorism, whichal saleh used as

his biggest fundraiser. he was growing the terrorists to get money. this explains what's happening now. they in fill traded inside aden suddenly appeared. >> the aerial bombardment by the saudis will that be enough to push them back and get them to leave the capitol sanna. >> in aden, if they manage to secure the airport and the accept a port, then we might need some sort of very, you know specialized forces, which in hundreds, only, to help the yemenis. they could fight back. the southern army was diminished across all north yemen but these people have been caught wrong footed so will need help on the ground to coordinate efforts of resistance with the efforts of the allied forces and

especially to coordinate how they are going to work in full harmony with the operation itself through control by the control and the, you know, center itself back in the d.c.c. >> good to talk to you as always. >> u.s. president barack obama said a deal for iran's nuclear program will make the world a safer place. all of iran's nuclear facilities will be subject to regular inspections. the number of centrifuges will be reduced by two thirds and the nuclear facilities of iraq will be redesigned so that it can no longer produce weapons-grade plutonium. some u.n. sanctions will be lifted in phasing but it's not binding. these can be brought back if iran doesn't comply with the terms of the deal. this agreement is the first step. the aim is to come up with a

comprehensive nuclear plan by the end of june. iran's foreign minister is now back in iran to celebrating crowds. president obama said the agreement will make the world safer. >> patty joins us from washington d.c. nothing's binding yet, and the president has to sell it to congress. >> well, he definitely does. congress is out of town, they won't be back until april 14. we've gotten paper statements from them and to encourage the white house some democrats said we're going to wait and see what's in the deal, we want to be briefed. the republicans put out blistering statements about this deal parodying criticism from israel. one conservative commentator said the ultimate goal bluntly is to kill this deal.

one of the biggest criticisms seems to be the u.s. can't trust iran. this is how president obama is trying to address that concern. >> the international community has agreed to provide iran with relief from certain sanctions. other own sanctions and international sanctions imposed by the united nations security council. this relief will be phased as iran takes steps to adhere to the deal. if iran vitals the deal, sanctions can be snapped back into place. >> what that is next? how does the president persuade congress that their suspicion is misplaced? >> a lot of arm twisting and trying to rally the american public opinion on his side. he lard that that going for him. the majority of americans want a diplomatic solution and want to see a deal. i think that's why you saw the president come out right after the announcement was made and he wanted to sort of put his imprint and send his mental on the deal. he needs to get the american

public sort of riled up. he needs them to call members of congress because they're hearing it from lobbyists on the other side. he needs to up the ante of concern among the american public. he is saying to those critics if you don't want this deal, give me another option. the way he sees another option is a military one. that is something the american public don't want, another war in the middle east. >> thanks so much live from washington d.c. >> kenya says it won't be intimidated after al shabab attacked a university. gunman from the somali based armed group attacked a university. many students were wounded. the government has now imposed to curfew in the region. lets go live now to garissa. what's the situation there today, malcolm? >> we're just outside the entrance to the compound of the

university college at garissa. this is where it all started yesterday morning about sunrise. the attackers killed two armed guards before attacking the student buildings where hundreds were still asleep or some were operating. the siege went on many hours until after sunset and a firefight came to an end. today we've seen vehicles going in and out soldiers taken in a few family to say try to identify the bodies are their loved once. we've just seen a few of the surviving students coming out. they were back in to collect possessions and to leave again. we understand that they're going to be taken away. the minister of education said that they'll continue their studies in other institutions in other parts of the country. meanwhile, people here say that this is something that could have been prevented. we heard from reliable sources that the government was explicitly warned about the

threat of the vulnerability of this institution. people thought this was vulnerable for attack and it proved yesterday to be very vulnerable. >> the president said he's going to crack down on this sort of violence. how is he going to do that? >> well, people here would say that something should have been done before the attack, that it should have been done. in the future, it's having more armed guards and soldiers. northeast in kenya it does seem that al shabab fighters are fairly free to move in and out of pour rouse borders. the most security and most vulnerable spot would certainly be a more plausible way of going about it, rather than manage to

go completely close off and complete this very long and fairly remote border. >> many thanks. malcolm webb, live in garissa. >> still to come, going home at last after years of being forced to work at fishermen without pay. >> i'm tim friend in what's been described as the most desperate town in poland, where the best prosecutors spect for many is the road out of town.

>> there's been intense street fighting in aden, at least 12 houthi fighters have been killed in an attack on aden's airport. earlier, saudi-led airstrikes forts houthis to retreat from a strategic hill top in the city. >> a deal over iran's nuclear program is said to be a win-win. barack obama says the deal will make the world safer. >> the u.n. wants swift justice for those behind an al shabab attack on a university in kenya that killed 147 people. penalty kenyatta said he will crack down on terrorism in the country. >> five killed in an explosion in northeastern nigeria happened outside a bus station. a representative from the driver's union said the blast was caused by an explosive

device left beside a bus. 15 others were injured. >> nigeria's president elect said boko haram is the country's biggest problem many hope muhammedu buhari's background as an army general will help the government defeat the armed group. we report from nine. >> when president elect muhammedu buhari gave his victory acceptance speech, he reiterated one of his top election campaign pledges eliminate boko haram and tackle insecurity. on the same day chad's army said its forces had killed hundred was boko haram fighters. it was a reminder to the incoming approximate the that

the group may still be a problem. this man should know, he's a former soldier who was on the front line fighting boko haram in december last year. he says the military did not provide soldiers with weapons. the military say he disobeyed orders and failed to perform his military duties. >> first and foremost, you need to boost the morale of the soldiers because i think those are the instruments those are the weapons that the militaries are using. if you're human resources are -- >> there are other problems muhammedu buhari will have to tackle. >> hundreds was soldiers have been sacked, more than 50 face charges of mutiny when fighting boko haram and a dozen senior soldiers face corruption charges. >> many think muhammedu buhari's background as an army general

will help. some think he make that not be the right man for the job. >> while he was in office 30 years ago, it was a repressive regime and we're concerned that in dealing with the boko haram insurgency the tendency to want to use the same iron handedness that existed at that time to deem with the urgency we believe will be counter productive. >> muhammedu buhari said he'll start by taking stock of all the efforts to fight insecurity and understand why some are not working before revealing his plan. nigerians wait for greater safety. al jazeera nigeria. >> al jazeera has taken legal action to declare the detention of two staff by nigerian military as illegal and unconstitutional. the two were embedded with the military when they were arrested for allegedly reporting on boko haram without clearance.

they've been held in a hotel in the northeastern city since last tuesday. the head of the africa desk of reporters without borders said that journalists in nigeria work under very difficult conditions. >> when they're trained to report on security, which seems to be a very sensitive subject journalists have been prevented from covering trial of boko haram members, they have been as you said arrested while covering military operation and more generally, the army has issued an official warning against journalists going into the northern part of the country and trying to cover military operations against boko haram. this is the case in nigeria. it's also the case in other countries where you see that security through occupations have had a chilling effect on the journalists ability to cover conflict and to cover wars and

different types of conflict throughout the continent. >> china laid charges against its former security chief. he is accused of bribery abuse of power and leaking state secrets. he's the most high ranking communist party official to be charged in 35 years. >> indonesia announced hundreds of fishermen forced to fish without pay will be allowed to go home. an investigation found the men were held against their will on an island. some were kept in cages. we have an update. >> excitement here in the far east of indonesia. it seems that the indonesian government announced to all these people from cambodia, thailand and laos that they can go home. the stories they have been telling are horrific.

they are talking about abuse about very bad labor conditions. they've been working on these ships for many, many hours for many many days without hardly any rest, food and even worse hardly any pay. there was no salary. they just got some handouts, so now they are really, really excited to go home. when they heard they were going to go home, immediately they went to the boat and this is what they took from the bolt. this is what they've been living off for the last years some have been here for 10 years five years and wanting to go home. when they were sent to indonesia, they had no idea they were going to work here. they were applying for jobs in myanmar. they thought they were going to thailand. they contacted an agent and they were sent here for this fishery company here in indonesia. the government says after speaking to them was clear that they were used as slaves for labor.

this group is here from cambodia and they also are going home. from thailand, laos. 4,000 of them are estimated to be in this area of indonesia. in this particular part, this particular company there's a few hundred. the government is going to take as many as they can to another port closer and then they will hand them over to the government of myanmar cambodia and all the countries that they are coming from. >> greece said it will be able to make a crucial payment of $489 million to the i.m.f. on time. the deadline for the installment is wednesday following a recent warning from the government that it was weeks away from running out of cash. the ruling is a recent does a party said the government can

still make social security payments on april 14. >> continue knicks in ukraine lack medical supplies. more than 5,000 people have been killed since the conflict began a year ago. >> the uponlationion of some polish cities are reducing at an alarming rate. the dwindling birth rates immigration and lack of jobs are having an devastating impact on eastern europe. tim friend reports from one of those places, the southern polish town. >> it's an emotional scene that's played out daily at the bus station. another young worker is leaving town, one of thousands who have said goodbye. the town has shrunk by 50,000

people over the last 20 years. in tears the 23-year-old samantha is on her way to london and a job in a hotel. >> sad to leave your friends? >> yes i leave my friends. terrible for me. >> it's very hard. >> i may cry, maybe. >> quite tough. >> yes. >> some of samantha says friends say they plan to follow her soon. >> as she sets off for london, she's among thousands of young polish people who are flooding out of the country, and the politicians don't seem to be able to do anything to stop the flow. >> as a result, the birth rate is plummeting, the children playgrounds are often empty. a short distance away is another reason the area is dying. there used to be six coal mines

here now one is just left to compete against cheaper far east he were competition. local scavenge for scraps of coal and the old miner settlements are in disrepair. church congregations like the town are aging. more are dying here than being born so who will care for the elderly. this family is typical the daughter in germany with her husband. they are only back for a short visit. >> it's becoming a town of pensioners. if the young keep leaving there will be an abyss. >> the european union just announced a massive aid package for the region of more than $100 million. the hope is to attract more high tech industry, but if that fails, it could lose another 60,000 people in the coming beck cased. >> the situation is very

difficult. all we can do is slow down the negative trends, but we cannot stop them. >> in the meantime, there will be more goodbyes at the bus station, and more polls contributing to our country's economies, but not their own. tim friend, al jazeera poland. >> the auto industry is on the cusp of a car driven by a computer. one made a trip across the u.s. you won't see driverless cars on the road yet. >> the idea of a self-driving car isn't new. >> look at all this, it looks like darth vader's bathroom. >> it is closer to reality than ever before. this very ordinary looking audi just completed the first coast-to-coast road trip in the united states by an automated vehicle. a driver with the ability to override the system was always

at the wheel but 99% of the driving was done by computer. >> the human element in the driving equation is the weakest link. 90% of accidents are caused by human error. >> the auto flyer that equipped the vehicle for the trip may be celebrating, but many car enthusiasts are not quite ready to give up control of the wheel. >> you don't like the idea of the car taking -- >> no! >> why? >> i trust just myself with my life. >> enjoyment of a car is really driving it. >> only five states have laws on the books dealing with driverless cars. sceptics say insurance and liability issues have to be worked out. >> they still have many, many things that they cannot do. they can't drive in heavy rain and snow. they have trouble if i hold my hand up and try to give directions if i'm a traffic cop stop this kind of thing they can't do it. >> the days of self driving cars may be close but they're not here yet.

you won't find models that are ready for rush hour here at the new york international auto show. we are seeing lots of driver-assistance features, like this volvo which has pedestrian detection cameras to alert drivers when pedestrians get too close. >> from vehicle that is warn drivers when they begin to veer out of their lane. >> we've included the radar sensors which happen to be here. >> to those that park themselves self driving technologies are making it into the mainstream. >> our approach by doing a stepped introduction to get people comfortable is what's going to allow us to the time water shed moment for a fully autonomous car. >> the auto industry is heading that direction just don't count on clever conversation with your car just yet. >> surely he doesn't plan to ram us. >> france passed a new law banning fashion models who are too thin.

modeling agents and houses that employ them could be jailed and find. a similar measure in 2008 filed to get final approval in the french legislature. >> we have an updated website at aljazeera.com. >> celebrations in the streets of iran at news which the framework for a long term nuclear deal, but the plan faces challenges here in the u.s. and abroad. >> new evidence of the co pilot's actions in the downing of a germanwings plane. the revelation on the jet's flight data recorder. >> the religious freedom fight indiana and arkansas reverse controversial laws and try