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>> explosions over sanaa as worries grow for the victims of yemen. hello, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, happy to be alive, the survivor who spent two days hiding on a wardrobe after the attack on a kenyan university. the 300 fishermen kept as slave labor and companies prosecuteed.
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>> windows. >> 40 years on the birthday of microsoft celebrating a very different online landscape. >> hello the united nations security council has met to discuss mounting alarm over the humanitarian situation in yemen. the southern city of aden is the area suffering the worst fighting. 185 people is said to have been killed and 1200 injured during days of clashes and airstrikes. the bombs fall over the capital of sanaa aid agencies are warning of humanitarian crisis in the country. but the saudi-led coalition spokesman said that they'll figure out how to get aid to those most in need. >> we continue to give logistical assistance in aden and other armed forces loyal to local authorities. we can say that in a situation is relatively calm. we are aware of the locations of
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some houthi militia and forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh. the operations are limited to very small areas in this city. we will contact the resistence on the ground, and hopefully over the coming days these operations will be fruitful. >> jordan's ambassador said that they want to find a lasting political solution to the crisis in yemen. >> as you know, they have been engaged for some time on a draft resolution that deals with the political situation in yemen. we'll continue our efforts to reach a consensus on that. we should not forget that the root causes and conditions that led to the current situation and humanitarian situation in yemen is due to the failure of the implementation of resolution 2201 by the houthies. >> well, the war in yemen is
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driving thousands of foreign nationals out of the country. along them 300 people who were airlifted from sanaa by two russian aircraft, but now the yemeni foreign minister accuse moscow of supplying houthi with weapons. >> they were carrying manically equipment, spare parts and technology that would help in fixing some of the missiles batteries and other weapons that are still under houthi control. these weapons don't require a complicated technology to make them operational. we ask that any plane that lands is checked before heading there. >> to discuss this further i'm joined live from new york manwar bashara, how likely is it that the saudis will agree to give the u.n. access to those most in need perhaps in houthi
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strongholds those most in need of aid and consider any kind of halt in hostilities to make way as this draft resolution is calling for. >> what we've heard from the saudi spokesman whatever aid is going to come from the country is going to be coordinated first and foremost with the coalition forces with saudi arabia. for a days now the saudis have been saying that they're in total control of the yemeni skies, hence, no one is going to be able to go in or out without that kind of coordination needed with the coalition. now, whether the russians will be able to get that u.n. security council resolution in coordination with the gulf state, and hence whatever comes in will be agreed upon. meaning for the time being the saudis are saying that with we're not going to have this aid going to the houthi fighters while they say the aid is going
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to go to everyone. i think that bit of point remains a sticking point between the two. >> the u.n. draft resolution has really concentrated on ways to get more aid into the country manwar. we know that there are more talk from the p 5 plus 1 when they talk about moving forward on the political front. >> is certainly yemen that is spiraling out of control, it's really descending to total civil war. it needs more than humanitarian pause. and certainly the u.n. sector should do more than evacuating diplomats or sending some aid
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through the red cross to some yemenis. there is major differences between the russians and saudis at this point. if you remember just a few days ago when the saudi foreign minister answered the russian president's letter to the arab summit his response was not exactly kind of accusing russia of double standards in syria ukraine, and that did not earn many friends from russia. and hence i don't really see a friendly coordination, if you will here in new york between the saudis and the russians. that's why certainly for the time being we're not going to have that dined of resolution that puts an end to any arms shipments to yemen. >> all right, thank you very much. >> now kenya's president is promising a severe response to
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the attack on garissa university college in which 150 people died. al-shabab has warned it is planning to launch further attacks and said it's avenging fighters killed by soldiers. >> an unbelievable moment. a survivor just has been rescued. many are describing it as a miracle. she's taken to hospital. two days ago she hid on top of a wardrobe and covered herself in anything she could find. she heard the gunmen shouting, taunting their victims shooting. at one point they came in and took two of her friends. she was just happy to be alive. >> they were shooting everywhere so i continued hiding. when i got hungry i would eat some body lotion that was there.
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>> forensic investigators including u.s. personnel have been at the university. those who have been inside talk about the violence and bloody end to those who died. the government was keen to show journalists and others who turned up to this mortuary the charred remains of the four gunmen. the pictures are too gruesome for us to show. it is to prove to kenyans that the gunmen indeed, had been killed and to provide public confidence in the security force. president kenyatta has addressed the nation. he declared three days of mourning. he said al-shabab was mainly kenyans and they were pursuing them. he urged for religious tolerance tolerance. >> i urge every kenyan, everyone churchevery church, every local leader to speak up for unity and
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make sure that our justified anger does not spill over and lead to the victimization of anyone. this will only play into the hands of the terrorists. let us remain in unity as we safeguard our peace and stability. >> but the situation here in garissa, which has been attacked before there were intelligence report. an imminent attack on an university in the country. >> all these guns, all these weapons that they're using came from where? it is not from garissa. these people must have passed several barriers that are being controlled by the police. >> al-shabab fighters have issued a statement warning of more attacks in kenya people hearsay that they're afraid, and that they don't trust government assurances to keep them safe. catherine soi al jazeera, garissa. >> the u.s. and it's allies have carried out 15 airstrikes against fighters from isil in
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iraq and syria in the past 24 hours. isil targets in various cities from hit in nine air attacks. and in syria five airstrikes were carried out near the northern border town of kobane as well as hasaka. fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have taken over more of the yarmouk camp just outside of damascus. the camp is home mainly to palestinian refugees who have been there since 1957. isil is thought to now control the majority of the area, and reportedly are being supported by fighters from the rival armed group al nusra front. stephanie dekker has more. >> reporter: it is a fight they're losing. the group has been fighting isil over the last few days in the yarmouk refugee camp and isil now controls most of it. in an unusual twist there are reports that isil fighters are being supported by the al-qaeda-affiliated al nusra front. these two groups do not like each other but it appears
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they're trying to take control in yarmouk. >> i was in an agreement made under the table between al nusra front and isil. many people people were shot. al nusra front released a statement claiming they were neutral, but that is not true. isil came through check points without difficulties, and this is the important reason why isil was able to raid yarmouk and control it. everybody is confused how this deal happened. [ gunfire ] >> yarmouk has been be sieged for two years. various rebel groups are based here. 18,000 remain out of 160,000 and most most of them are dependent on aid. >> we have always said that yarmouk is a place of very little hope. it's a place of abject desperation. it's a place where humanity is
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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 dickty. >> many people will tell that you yarmouk is one of the worst places to be in this war. that was before isil entered the camp. no aid has gone in since the fighting began. and it's worrying development for the syrian government and people living in damascus with isil now less than ten kilometers away. stephanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> shia militaries have started leaving the iraqi city of tikrit after reaching a deal with officials. shia groups have been blamed for several days of looting and arrest season, which has seen several buildings targeted. iraqi government claimed victory over isil in tikrit. much more still to come only al jazeeracome on al jazeera.
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>> al jazeera america international news. shining a light on the untold stories. >> believe in yourself and you'll get there. >> making the connections to the bigger picture. >> shouldn't you have been tougher? >> get the international news you need to know. al jazeera america. >> welcome back. let's take you to the top story now. the u.n. security council has met to discuss the humanitarian situation in yemen. there have been continued airstrikes in the southern city of aden. nine people killed and dozens injured on saturday. kenya's president has pledged a
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response to the attack on garisa university college. 150 people have been killed. al-shabab has warned of further attacks. shiasheisil has taken over the carr camp. other stories we're following indonesia government will prosecute a thai fishing company for using slave labor. 300 fishermen mostly from myanmar were sold to work on shishing fishing vessels. they said they were tasered and kept in cages. >> a rescue operation this region has not seen before. a convoy of six fishing vessels protected by the indonesia navy brought 315 fishermen to safety.
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men mostly from myanmar, who were smuggled to indonesia and said they were forced to work without a salary. many also say they were abused. the company allegedly changed their identities by giving them thai names and documents. indonesian officials are now registering them under their real names and checking their health before handing them over to the authorities in myanmar and cambodia. the government in thailand has denied allegations of slavery. indonesia said it will present all the evidence soon. >> all the evidence will be studied by our judicial team. the minister has put a special team on this case, dealing with all the legal facts. this will tell us what criminal acts have been committed. >> these people are only a small part of the thousands of fishermen still stuck in indonesia. finally they're free after such a long time, they wanteding to home so desperately they're now
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finally safe. but there are only a few of all those others who are still out there, and no one knows where they are. many are still working on the boats. others have managed to escape. they survived with the help of local communities in remote parts of the country. some for a very long time like this man who was brought to indonesia 15 years ago. seven years after enduring hardship and abuse at sea he escaped. now he and his friends from myanmar are working illegally in forests. >> i don't know if my mother and father are still alive. all of us want to go home. every day i think about how i can get home. if it was possible to walk from indonesia to myanmar even if there were mountains we would all have done that. even if it would have taken us months. >> the for the first time in 15 years their hope could become reality. even though he and his friends are not part of the rescue operation they hope by
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registering their names they, too, can leave soon. and the that they'll be able to celebrate their return home just like these rescued men. al jazeera tuol, east indonesia. >> myanmar's opposition leader suu kyi said she's thinking about boycotting this year's presidential election. she has accused its president about not being sincere about reform. >> the playing field is not level, and the administration is engageing in acts discriminatory so we can't say that it's fair. so far i don't think we can guarantee fair elections. >> well, former egyptian president hosni mubarak and his
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two sons have been in court on corruption charges. they're accused of embezzling $18 million for the renovation of their palaces. mubarak's sons still face other trials for stock manipulation. with two explosions in the did i of giza. the bombs went off in front of a school. the police cordoned off the area and are looking for more bombs nearby. a man in alabama has been released after sending spending 30 years on death row. his conviction was overturned last year. >> they had every intention of executing me for something i
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didn't do, for all those who say they believe in justice this is the case to start showing it. because i shouldn't have sit on death row 30 years. all they had to do was test the gun. >> tempers have flared in australia as anti-islam protests were held around the country. the most violent crashes were in the second largest city of melbourne where police struggled to separate 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 rallying against islam from those condemning them as racist bigots. >> they have an issue with the people that they don't even understand. they just fear them. as australians we're supposed to be a welcoming people. >> just over three months ago participant place in sydney was
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filled with flowers laid in member of those who died in a siege at a nearby cafe. on saturday, this, that same square was chosen as a site for that city's anti-islam protest. >> muslims all around the world planning attacks like what happened here at martin place last year, saying no to islam. no to extremists here. >> 300 million extremist muslims who are dedicated to the take over and down fall of western civilization. >> sydney had expected to be the biggest protest in australia but rain kept numbers down. the weather undoubtedly turned off many but there are still hundreds of people here who gathered in the rain, in their words, to reclaim australia. >> in brisbane more flags and
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more rhetoric. >> there are those 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 afghani a having a crisis, but it is a sign of growing fear and discontent. >> three ukrainian soldiers have died in a mine explosion in a separatist held area of the country. violent skirmishes have continued around donetsk and mariupol. a bill set for building set for asylum seekers have been burned down. the people who were living there
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escaped unharmed but the roofs with destroyed. >> i can assure you that all resources will be employed to get to the bottom of this crime. for us this is not just a question of fighting crime but a question of democracy about free and order which we will defend. i can assure you we will not back down. the battle to save the rhino from poachers has been long and difficult. in south africa last year on average three animals were killed every single day. the crimes driven by the big money offered on the black market for the horns. >> reporter: they're called the black mambas after africa's most dangerous snake. and like the reptile these women
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are striking fear into the poachers of the endangered rhinos. >> we want the next generation to see the rhinos. >> they seek for poacher's traps and snares and check perimeters. they are the first line of defense. >> this is what the black mambas are trying to protect. there are only 20,000 of these white rhinos left in existence around the world. most of their population is here in south africa. >> this park lies on the western edge of the greater krueger national park. they've lost 12 rhinos in 2012 to 2013.
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>> some poachers are seen almost as heroes as they bring money into the local communities. a social unliftment program like this will hopefully change that around. >> so far so good. in the two years since the black mamba started to patrol, coaching has been cut by 75%. >> we're dangerous. black mamb as. >> but they also serve as ambassador spreading the anti-poaching message. >> poach something a bad thing here and we don't want that to happen here. i think it is working. >> before becoming black mambas these ladies were unemployed. helping to save rhinos has given them independence and confidence. >> we're not afraid of them. we're waiting for them. if they want to visit us, we're here for them. >> there are plans to recruit an extra 12 women so soon there
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will be even more of the black mambas to fear, and hopefully in time more rhinos roaming the park. >> be careful. >> al jazeera, the greater krueger national park, south africa. >> now exactly 40 years ago two childhood friends started a small company they named microsoft. bill gates is now one of the world's richest men. gerald tan looks back. >> what is technology? >> the simple answer is that we just don't know because the boundaries seem limitless. few could predict the connectivity and productivity we could enjoy from today's computers. microsoft's co-founder probably had a vision. >> i'm bill gates, chairman of
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microsoft. in this video you're going see the future: windows. >> windows will become the cornerstone of the microsoft empire. released in 1985 it was an user-friendly interface. then came microsoft office, a package with of programs with every day use. today it's estimated microsoft run on nearly 90% of all computers. >> when microsoft was founded in 1975 it consists of two men bill gates and paul allen. in 1979 when it moved to its present-day headquarters in washington, it had 28 employees and revenue of $2 million.
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today a revenue of $86 billion and 123,000 employees. >> but it has not been an easy ride. microsoft has been the target of numerous lawsuits. at home in the united states it was accused of becoming a monopoly. the e.u. finded fined the company for anti-competitive practices. >> we're the most respected software company. >> there has since been a reversal of those ruthless tactics. in the face of competition microsoft has had to adapt its products allowing them to run on devices that use competing operating systems. with a host of other profitable products including surface the x-box and skype, microsoft seems ever determined to remain relevant and to show that life really begins at 40. gerald tan, al jazeera.
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>> people on the west coast of north america saw a lunar eclipse on saturday. it was visible for more than three hours. for several minutes the moon was completely blocked by the earth's shadow causing it to glow red. for more go to our website. the address for that is www.aljazeera.com. >> every day across america military-style raids are taking place. local police dressed like soldiers break down doors in the hunt for drugs. >> this is not what we think of as police in a democratic society.
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