>> attacks on the houthis intensify as the saudi led coalition air drops weapons for fighters in southern yemen. hello i'm rob mathison live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. defense looms in the congress over tentative nuclear deal.

>> and in myanmar a veiled threat from opposition leader annannansahnsuchi. >> thank you for being with us now first to yemen. the u.n. security council will meet on saturday, according to the oven, at least 519 people have been killed in yemen since strikes started on march the 26th. there are no signs the strikes will end soon. air dropping weapons that has helped to push back houthi fighters. we understand a houthi held island has also been a target. saudi and egyptian war ships

have been sent to the strait there. kim vanel reports. >> the streets of aden have become a battle ground and those who call this port city home are watching it all play out. with the center of the city smoldering those loyal to abd rabbu mansour hadi were scrulg to cope. >> we are the southern youth resistance in aden and we are confronting the houthis. strikes from the air and sea won't be enough. there must be forces on the ground. the people here are under bombardment. there are deaths and feaxtion remainfamiliesremain under siege. we can't get to them. >> on friday, the there battle

was met not by more ground troops but by supplies. a barrage of hadi supporter by houthi fighters. >> translator: we thank kingdom of saudi arabia and all the gulf countries as well as our brothers in arab countries for dropping supplies. we'll be victorious to carry on as heroes. >> taking off from a military base in southern saudi arabia, coalition force he continue to bomb houthi forces and their allies. a number of air strikes forcing the rebels loyal to ali abdullah saleh to leave the presidential palace just 24 hours after they captured it. forces loyal to president hadi may be increasingly well equipped but those loyal to former president sallyh remain strong too. -- saleh really strong too the

battle for all of yemen could be a long one. >> here at the medical compound there was an air strike led 50 houthis, we went to save our brothers and the houthis attacked us too. why are they bombing us? these people are not muslims. >> along the coast,ing foors force he now control most of the city. after storming the jail on thursday they have also taken the port and omilitary base. as the saudi led coalition continues, taking the country further into chaos kim vanel al jazeera. the white house says it's confident the nuclear deals with iran will be hammered out. a framework deal is in place. nows there's anow there's a june dead line looming.

patty culhane reports. >> the reception home could not have been more different. jubilant celebrations in iran as these people openly hope for a successful agreement. u.s. secretary of state john kerry a more subdued welcome. he didn't find people celebrating in the streets but instead hundreds of angry members of congress. >> there's a list of dangerous concessions that's going to put iran on the path to a nuclear weapon. >> they don't like that iran will be able to do research and development and that all of iran's facilities will remain open. and that the u.s. agreed to too much sanction relief. that proved to the a talking point for president hassan rouhani. >> lifted on the same day the final agreement is implemented. >> the white house is on the

defensive insisting this is best deal they could get and that it will be effective. >> what we did with this deal is achieve our objective which is to make sure that iran cannot pursue a nuclear weapon and they will not be able to do so under this deal because it imposes very strict limitations on the type of nuclear activity that can be conducted on iranian soil. >> many in congress say that the u.s. president can't make this deal on his own and they are promising to pass a deal that will give house and senate final approval. the white house is going to have to work hard to prevent members of his own party to turn against him and strip the deal. the president is going to argue if they kill this deal it's very likely the u.s. ends up in another war in the middle east. the republicans say if they put all sanctions on iran they will

give up all their capability eventually. they have to convince that their side is right. who americans side with could be the factor. patty culhane, al jazeera. >> i.s.i.l. now controls 70% of the area, video posted online has said to show members of the palestinian armed group battling i.s.i.l. but the footage can't be independently verified. in iran, the head of tikrit's governing council says hundreds of homes have been burnt there in the past few days. shia militia are also looting in the country. took control earlier this week, iraq answer prime minister has ordered his forces to arrest and prosecute any abusers.

when tikrit was retain cialgfaisil al abadi. >> begin to sphet the impression that with the defeat of i.s.i.l. also comes some measure and perhaps a large measure of ethnic cleansing that will obviously complicate the issue to use perhaps an insolicitous phrase from the vietnam war we'll hardly win the hearts and minds of the locals and they will absolutely be needed to be on the right side in the fight against a barbaric and common enemy. >> the death toll in the al shabaab attack in the university in kenya have govern up to 148

it's likely to rise even more. survivors give giver grim details. christians were singled out and killed on the spot. katherine soy is on the ground. >> reporter: families in mourning. their loved ones were unexpectedly taken away. these trucks have been used all day to take bodies from the university. some like these students with gash of wounds. christine is packed and ready to be evacuated. she had everything. >> they were telling the ladies to move out and those who failed that so people had been banned and you know what, they moved

out. they were just surrendering, cutting up their hands. >> reporter: the men were treated more harshly. >> they said, don't kill me don't do this, they were just slaughtering them. >> reporter: this is the last time she hopes she sees gair garrissa. >> the siege ended as fast as it had started. political leaders and security chiefs have arrived in the town and are promising security will be improved. >> we want to make sure their plan does not fall into place. in order to do that we have to recognize that it is no business as usual. >> but those who have lived here

have had all this before. >> the scripture is the same, we are resured of reassured of security. security will be beefed up. and then they go back. all of this to happen a few days later. >> reporter: al shabaab fighters have been promising another unsecured situation. katherine soy, al jazeera northern kenya. no one knows what will happen to them. plus. >> i'm adrian brown in what is one of the last fifing steam

trains. trains. last surviving steamtrains. trains.

welcome backriyadh says, the houthi rebels have been forced out of aden, where there has been fears fighting. the death toll from the kenyan attack is 148 and may be more. a framework nuclear deal is

struck with iran with six world powers. any agreement must now however get past congress. nigeria's new president elect says boko haram ising its biggest problem. muhammadu buhari says it's difficult to get over. rorlgtreporting from abuja. >> when president elect muhammadu buhari gave his speech in abuja on the siem day chad's army says its forces had killed hundreds of boko haram. normer soldiers who was on the

front line fighting boko haram in december of last year, he says the military does not provide soldiers with weapons the military says he failed to follow orders and did not perform military duties. >> i think those are the instruments, those are the weapons that the military are using. if you whichever you means for them they will be huge. >> and there are other problems buhari will have to tackle. more than 50 are charged for mutiny and over a dozen senior soldiers are facing crumtion charges. facing corruption charges. many think buhari's back ground as military will help.

>> the tendency to want to use the same iron handedness that existed at that time, to deal with this insurgency, we believe it will be counterproductive. >> reporter: buhari says he will stop by taking efforts to fight geneticth security. meanwhile, nigerians in affected places wait. yvonne ndege, al jazeera abuja. from one of rio de janeiro's biggest slums angry over the death of a ten-year-old boy. shot and killed by police during an operation targeting drug traffickers on thursday. investigation is underway. mexico's circuses with will

no longer be able to use live animals, and this means thousands of tigers and lions and elephants will be left homeless. john holman has the story. >> the undisputed stars of the show a ban on animals in circus acts are about to go into effect. >> i'm going to be out of work along with many other trainers. our families have done this for generations. we are in shock. what are we going to do? >> this is where his tigers live. small cages are common in mexican circuses and part of the reason for the ban which was pushed through congress by the green party. they've released a slew of videos depicting animal cruelty.

>> i think circus has to evolve. for a long time they have centered their show on dressed unapril malls. they say it will mean job losses but i think it will actually mean new and more people with better acts. >> mexico's circus workers organization, their animals are in limbo kept in ranches like this one with more and more arriving. the circus paying for upkeep, that can't last forever. the question is what's going to happen to them when the ban goes into full effect. >> they're going to die. who's going to maintain them, unfortunately the circus people don't have enough money to keep them. >> the government says it will look to zoos and sanctuaries to take on the animals but many don't have the money to keep the

animals. >> many are mutilated toothless, sanctuaries don't have the infrastructure to care for them. >> reporter: the future remains unclear for both these animals and for the circuses who will shortly be without their chief attractions. john holman, al jazeera mexico city. >> a huge cleanup is underway in northern chile killed 23 people. 57 people are still missing as the heaviest rain in 80 years. more than 5,000 are now living in shelters. an unseasonal makes it easier for big developers to acquire their land. liddy dutt reports. >> this harvest season is full of discontent. last month storms destroyed 70%

of his wheat crop. and he says what's left will be just enough to feed his family. >> our situation has gotten worse but what can we do? we farmers don't have anyone to turn to and we don't have any faith in the government. we have to survive on our own the best way we can. >> reporter: according to india's weather bureau last march was the wettest in years. states like deli and rajistan have been damaged. across the area farmers are counting their losses and for many there unseasonal weather is one other challenge in increasingly challenging times. neighbors think they have lost

nearly 100,000 worth of crops. they say the damage caused by unpredictable weather or what unions describe is eans. >> in the government tries to take our land it will lose our support. >> prime minister modi is facing crit sixg for trying to change land laws to make land like this easier for development. the united progressive loins or upa coalition who governed indian last year, has done little now. >> not just a concern with the modi government. it goes back to the prior government. the small difference is the

prior gaston at least paid lip service to those issues, whereas there government seems to be not even interested no that. a land ordinance is a very serious example of that. >> e- >> reporter: he want it to better appreciate what his land means to the economy because ultimately he says it will feed a growing and prosperous india. liddy dutt, al jazeera. >> no guarantee of free and fair elections. she said she might not take parts if the military banned accusation isn't yore turned. >> the playing field is not level. and the administration is engaging in acts which are

discriminatory against the nlb. so we can't say that it's fair, so far. i don't think we can guarantee fair elections. when you consider the fact that they are not interested in negotiations or in amending the constitution or in thinking of the will of the people, then how would you describe when you can hardly say they're moderates? >> the united states would say they have pressed the government for form, but on the other hand they have congratulated them on what they've done. because they want to encourage them furthers in the direction. i would ask whether it actually encourages them to do more, it simply makes them complacent and stops them from doing more. >> hundreds of fishermen have

been rescued from an area of myanmar where they have been kept as slaves. step vaessen reports. >> remote corner of dmeech indonesia. until the office came to investigate claims of fishing and slavery. they were forced to work without pay. >> you can call this slave riz indeed. for example when they are killed by the captain and given electric shocks and tortured. yes. they were treated inhumane lee. yes this is savory. >> prosmsed them a job in a restaurant instead they ended up far from home.

they managed to escape and are now hiding. >> maybe some people on the boats wanted to be there but not me and not many others. they told me to accept my situation but i couldn't. i wanted to go home so badly. >> the fishing company used the sell to regularly lock up their fishermen. if there's a way in there should be a way out. after listening to their testimonies, government investigators decide to take them to a safer place. >> this shows where they are. more than 280 and more are still coming. they are living a life they recall full of fear and horror.

most importantly they are going home. these victims of human trafficking are only a small group of fishermen stuck in indonesia. and while kiak is excited to finally go home after four years, the fate of many others hangs in the mountains. new trains are going to be introduced to cult down pollution and boost efficiency, but china is also one of the few countries where steam trains still operate but automotive car is one of the a few of its kind. >> it's a sound that reverberates in the mountains of southeast china. puffs of smoke transporting you

to another era. it is one of china's last surviving steam trains. a company that was still making them until 16 years ago. it is a sight that still stirs the imagination. >> it is like a live fire-breathing dragon and it's nice to see it's still here in 2015. >> approaching its last gasp. the farmers work in the local coal zinc and zinc mine. >> this train will be sleamed but i think it. >> that's it, a dam commute.

>> modernity is on the fast track in china. coal and dees many there is also something going along with it. judge the days of steam train is numbered here in now the only source for those spare parts. >> the train refers to cannibalized parts. when those are used up -- >> it's impossible that i have no feelings. >> the ends of china's teem age is not far off now but given the scale of the company's moderrization, it is regardable

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