>> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet aa. >> ex-oceans over sanaa creating a humanitarian crisis. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >> i stand before you with profound sadness at a time of great sorrow for kenya. >> kenya's president addresses his mourning nation after al-shabab fighters kill 148 people at an university. valence in australia as

anti-islam protesters clash with rival demonstrateors. >> in china's ganzu's province going back in time on one of the country's last surviving steam trains. >> it's been mother day of conflict in yemen with the saudi-led coalition continuing to pan target notice country. aid agencies say that the fighting is threatening a humanitarian crisis, but speaking in the last hour the saudi arabian spokesman said that the coalition will find a way to get aid supplies to those most in need. >> with respect to situation in aden the popular resistence in aden and other armed forces

loyal to the lawful authority. we can assure that the situation is relatively calm some of the houthi militias and defected brigades ousted with they're stationed in locations known to us. yesterday the airstrike attacks some of the pockets in aden. their operations are limited to very small areas. we are in close contact with the popular assistance on the ground and over the coming days. these operations will be fruitful. >> i'm joined now from doha by our correspondent. we'll get to the situation on the ground. but the bulk of this press briefing had to do with humanitarian issues. the coalition apparently stunned by media suggestions that they had been hampering the

humanitarian effort. it does seem that there is something of a humanitarian crisis blowing brewing, and talking about the situation for children there. >> yes, it's very clear from the what the spokesman said just a while ago and also the call by the international red cross for a special 24 hour cruise to be able to reach those people very clear that this is a huge crisis now in yemen. thousands of people are stranded in several parts of the country. there is also the injured and it is a situation that needs a very urgent intervention by the international community. the saudi awriance through their spokesman have shown flexibility with respect not yet responded to the international red cross call. but there is every country that

needs to evacuate their nationals in yemen or need to actually bring some aid to those people who are effected by the war should call a hotline that goes straight to the riyadh, they say they're willing to do anything that they can to help anti-countries which want to bring some aid to them to facility. they want to facility it, but they said they have to control access to any areas to make sure that no weapons reach the houthi rebels at the moment. >> of course we'll have more in a short while about a draft resolution being drafted to the u.n. security council looking to humanitarian corridors. the briefing suggesting that the houthis are largely contained in and around aden and the situation there is calm, even according to reports on friday

that the houthies are in partial retreat. >> situations like this happen during the last few days. we've seen the hit-and-run. we see the houthies hitting aden leaving aden, and then crater this is a situation moving shifting. we have to give it some time. if nothing like that happened during the next couple of days, then maybe we can say yes hayden is liberated from the troops. but as i said it is a moving, visiting situation and they can return any time. also the houthis are acting on the allies of ali abdullah saleh in yemen. they have stormed a prison. they have liberated 300 prisoners. they gave them the choice between fighting along side the houthies or remaining in prison.

we understand that they have been ousted from a few days ago the houthies, but now they're back in the center of the town. also in the capital cap some linked to al-qaeda have been able to storm a jail. they've been able to take parts of the city, and there is an alliance of tribal forces that is moving into the town they have been already been able to liberate and to take the airport, and it's from the reports we have they are trying to take the town back from the houthies. it's a very chaotic situation. it seems from the reports that we'll see that it's not as easy and as simple as the spokesman the saudi alliance has been talking about. they are not contained fighting is still going on in many areas and now the alliance is bombard

bombarding sanaa including the sarif mountains and also the air base and that's a sign of presence of houthies and saleh loyalists and a sign that the war is going on just like it has from the first day. >> mohammed, thank you for bringing clarity into is what as you say is chaotic picture. >> al jazeera has seen a copy of that draft resolution, which russia has put to the security council. it calls for a pause in the saudi-led airstrikes in yemen that have been targeting houthi rebels across the country. the draft contains three key points. first the demand that the u.n. is given rapid safe and unhindered access to insure people into need of reach. the draft demands the establishment of regular and obligatory pauses to allow concerned states to evacuate their citizens and personnel from yemen.

and finally it emphasizes that any impediment constitutes evaluation of international law. tom ackerman is in washington, d.c. for us watching developments around that vote of the u.n. tom, i appreciate it's a closed-door meeting of the security council but what more do we know? do we hear anything, for instance, about a vote? >> usually when consultations begin in the security council the rule is that 24 hours must encould you before they get to the point of any kinds of votes. the russian draft that you just described, we might note is surprisingly non-commitcal when it comes to anything other than obligatory and regular humanitarian pauses that don't

forget the local population. this only relates to international concerned states and international countries to evacuate their citizens. we've heard a russian spokesman saying that two russian planes were successful in evacuating some 300 russian and other citizens of other states including those of the former soviet union. no indication of what other nationalities. that happened today, and that followed the delays and complaints that the saudi-led coalition had delayed the successful evacuation of those people on friday. also we've had reports that 600 or so indians and pakistanis have been evacuated in the last few hours. so this really doesn't relate to the ongoing fighting when it comes to providing some kind of relief to the actual local

population as far as this resolution is concerned. >> i'm sure when the russian ambassador makes an appearance, there will be questions asked by claims of the yemeni foreign minister that russian planes want to evacuate as they drop off aid to the houthies even as they call for humanitarian pause notice bombing. >> well, we've heard no response yet from the russian abouts that accusation. what is clear is that the russian position in this dispute has shifted slightly in the last few days judging from comments made by the foreign minister lavrov in the last couple of days saying that both the houthies have to stop their fighting, but that also the airstrikes by the coalition need to be ultimately stopped.

so they're taking a very careful position here not--not siding with either side publicly. and these accusations by either side that the russians or the americans are taking the side of the other that is probably some just part of the murky fog of water north war right now. we certainly don't have confirmation on the ground from yemen as to the accuracy of that report russian equipment being delivered to the houthies through these transport planes. >> i know you'll bring us the latest as soon as you hear it from new york. tom ackerman, thank you very much. >> al-shabab has warned that it is preparing to launch more attacks in kenya like the

assault on the garissa universal college where 150 have died. the group said it is avenging the killing of its fighters. one student managed to escape the attack. catherine soi went to hear her story. >> many are describing this as a miracle. she's taken to hospital. two days ago she hid on top of a wardrobe covering herself with anything that she could find. they came in to and took two of her friends. she's happy to be alive. >> they were shooting everywhere. so i just continued identifying. i got hungry i would eat some body lotion that was there. >> investigativeinvestigators

say those inside talk of a bloody end to those who from presidential palace inside. from--died. >> the gunmen had been killed and tried to build public confidence in a security force. the police say they have made some arrests. >> there are a number of arrests arrests. >> there is frustration here in garissa. it has been attacked before. there are reports of an imminent

attack at the university in the country. >> all these weapons that they're using came from where? they are not sold in garissa. these people must have passed through several areas. >> al-shabab fighters have issued a statement warning of more attacks in kenya. people hearsay they are afraid, and they don't trust government assurances to keep them safe. catherine soi. al jazeera. >> kenya president insist that the country remain united in the face of al-shabab's violence. >> you they wounded kenya

family friends and communities of the victims of the attacks. despite adversity we have been and will always be and we shall continue to build a strong, prosperous secure nation. that is the greatest testament we can offer to those precious departed we've lost. >> in syria fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have taken over more of the yarmouk refugee camp. the camp is home mainly to refugees who have been there since 1957. isil is thought to control most of the area and are being supported by th al nusra front. >> it is a fight they're losing. they have been fighting isil over the past few days and in

unusually twist there is are reports that isil is being supported by the al-qaeda-affiliated al nusra front. these two groups do not like each other, but it appears they're working together to take over yarmouk. >> it was it an agreement made between al nusra front and isil. they claimed they were neutral but in reality it is not true. nusra has several check points in yarmouk. and isil came through without any difficulties. this is with the important reason why isil was able to raid yarmouk and control it. everyone is confused how this happened. >> yarmouk has been under siege by government forces for two years. various rebel groups are based here. most of the people who remain are fully dependent on aid. conditions are extremely difficult. >> we have always said that yarmouk is a place with very

very little hope. it's a place of abject desperation. it is a place where humanity is really struggling to survive and the now lethal military mix that we see in the camp is creating an even greater vacuum where there is so little hope. so little human dignity. >> many people will tell you that yarmouk is one of the worst places to be in this war. that was before isil entered the carp. no aid has gone in since the fating began. and it is worrying for the syrian government and with isil less than ten kilometers away from damascus. >> we have more to come on al jazeera.

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warned that it is preparing more attacks. fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have taken over more of the yarmouk refugee camp just outside the damascus. isil has has control of most of the camp. shia groups have groups have been blamed of looting. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: isil may have been pushed out of tikrit but there is evident of violence on the streets. this is one neighborhood where people say they witnessed shia militias looting and burning buildings. on friday the prime minister said that the military would start arresting people if these kinds of crimes continued. >> militias have no room in any government formed in iraq. the militia is a group carrying

arms beyond the state authority and this is totally unacceptable to us. >> shia groups operating under the collective name of militias were fighting for control of tikrit. initially they backed away before a deal was made between the prime minister and u.s. of targets in the area. but the head of the group of shia militias says it wasn't his men. >> we reject any slogans and banners of a sectarian nature. those who hoist sectarian banners are infiltrators, criminal collaborators against the popular support groups against iraq and it's social fabric. we cannot give them a chance. the people gofy at thissing the walls are no less of a threat us than isil. >> isil are destroying and

looting buildings in other parts of the iraq. this shows the world heritage site of hatra a 2,000-year-old city. it withstood a roman invasion, but it may not make it through this one. iraqis have been scrambling to save the ancient part of its culture. they took this manuscript when isil was approach going we'll keep it here until the crisis is over. >> the archbishop said that the books are more than financially available. he uses them to teach the ancient language ever syriac. people are focusing on the damage to their city. under ten months of isil occupation and the fighting and loots at the and of it. >> german prosecutors say that building earmarked for asylum seekers has been deliberately

set on fire. people living were able to escape unharmed but the roof was destroyed. >> i assure you resources will be employed to find who is responsible for this crime. it's not just a question of fighting crime but democracy and our free and democratic order. principles laid out in our constitution, which we will defend. i can assure you we will not back down. >> tempers have flared in australia as anti-islam protests were held around the country. the most violent clashes were in melbourne where the police struggled to separate thousands of rival demonstrators. >> reporter: they had promised peaceful demonstration. but when confronted by people calling them racist, violence

broke out in melbourne. policemen, women and horses forcebly separating those rally rallying against islam from those condemning them as racist bigots. >> they have an issue with these people that they don't understand. they just feel them. as australians we're supposed to be a welcoming people. >> just over three months ago martin place in sydney was filled with flowers laid in memory of those who died during the siege in a nearby cafe. on saturday this. that same square was chosen as a site for that city's anti-islam protest. >> islams all around the world planning attacks. saying to islam, and you know, no to extremists here. >> 300 million extremeists muslim who is are dedicated to the takeover and down fall of

western civilization. >> sydney had expected to be the biggest protest in australia but rain kept numbers down. >> well, the terrible weather will undoubtedly have put off many, but there are still quite a few hundred people here, who have cool together in the rain, in their words to reclaim australia. >> brisbane more flags and more rhetoric. >> there are those working close at hand who wish to destroy all that is australian and our freedom. >> in each city where there was a protest counter demonstrations were almost as large. australia is not having a crisis but the protests are a sign of fear and growing discontent. andrew thomas, sydney. >> a man in the usa state of alabama has been freed after nearly 30 years on death row. convicted of the 1985 killings of two fast-food restaurant

managers but new forensic tests couldn't match the bullets to the crime scene to the gun found eight his home. his conviction was overturned last year. >> they had every intention of executing me of something that i didn't do. for all those saying that we believe in justice this is the case to start showing it. because i shouldn't have sit on death row for 30 years. all they had to do was test the gun. >> now think of the golden age of rail and there are for many it's the romantic vision of the past. but for china steam trains are not just part of history but a reality for now. it is a sound that reverberates around the mountains of southwest china. puffs of nostalgia transporting

you back to another era. the train is one of china's last surviveing steam trains. a country that was still making them until 16 years ago. it's a sight that still stirs the imagination. >> the steam locomotives have real character. it is like a live fire-breathing dragon. it's still wonderful to see that it's here in 2015. >> but it's a dragon approaching it's last gasp. the passages work in the local coal lead and zinc mine but like those mines these trains are close to extinction, and it's not clear what will finish first. >> this train will be eliminated and as for my future i think the factory will be shut

down. >> i don't see any advantages to the steam train. it's a commute. that's it. >> a cleaner alternative to trains reliant ton coal and diesel and the pollution that goes with it. there is also a more pressing issue. the days of the steam train are clearly numbered here in china. the problem is parts factories no longer make them and so retired trains like this one are often now the only source for those spare parts. the train depends on parts cannibalized from two other veterans. but once those parts have been used up it will be the beginning of the end. >> yes i will feel a bit sad. i've been working on the train for many years. it's impossible that i have no feelings. the end of china's steam age is not far off now. but given the scale of the country's modernization it is perhaps remarkable that this

train has survived this long. adrian brown al jazeera, in gansu province. >> of course, as us you can find much more on our website all the top stories including the latest from kenya. www.aljazeera.com. very few people get up in evil. what evil can i do today? >> he wrote the epic novel, a song of fire and ice, the basis for the hbo series "game of thrones" now in its fourth season, george r.r. martin is working fotin issue the series. >> there are days i wonder if i bit off more than i could chew. did it have dotcoms? >> his characters are often consumed with power struggles making them blind to the greater