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coming up we'll speak to others who say the ban is killing their livelihood. ♪ ♪ thanks for being with us, there is a report from yemen more civilians have been killed in air strikes by the saudi-will he coalition. they are considering a russia proposal to allow a pause to allow in humanitarian aid. more than 500 people have been killed since the bombing campaign began. >> reporter: explosions lit the sky of sanaa. of the saudi-led co since strikes resumed on saturday night. the targets included a military base and other locations controlled by houthi rebels and troops loyal to former president saleh on the is al jazerra jay sent mountains. >> translator: we have continued to give lodge justice identical assistance to popular resistence in aden and local authorities. we can say the situation is

relatively calm. >> reporter: but as fighting considers around the city of aden in the south the number of civilian casual adveritise continues to rise. hundreds have been killed or wounded so far thousands more caught in the cross fire in parts of aden. most foreign nationals are still unable to leave the count are you. wishing either to sends aid or to evacuate the nationals from em vinnie. international red cross called for a 24 hour ceasefire for that purpose. russia has proposed a number of mesh nurse a draft resolution at the security council. first that's u.n. is given rapid and unhindered access to assure people in need are reached. the draft also cause for regular posesposes in the air strikes to allow country and international organizations evacuate their citizen and personnel from

yemen. the u.n. security council held meetings on saturday night to discuss the russian proposal and another one by the gcc group aiming to a political conclusion. >> we should not forget the root causes that led to the currents grave situation and humanitarian situation in yemen is due to the failure of the implementation of resolution 2201 by the houthis. >> reporter: but as diplomatic efforts increase, there is no lull in the fighting across yemen. on saturday, the houthis managed to regain some positions they lost earlier in in central yemen. they freed some 300 inmates from the city's central prison. and saleh's loyalist took control of the city cap taft region in the south. all sign on his the ground of a military solution to the conflict is still far from certain. mohamed, al jazerra.

>> at least seven people killed and many injured in an attack in nigeria's river state. armed gunmen have been shooting in the town and in the neighboring individual. the home of a politician was also set on fire. kenya is saying they will find those responsible for 148 being killed at the university. people held a candle lit vigil for those that died. one candle lit for each life lost at garissa college. three days of morning have been declared. emotions scenes as students that survived the massacre have been reunited with their families the government provided bus to his take them to a makeshift disaster center, they have been given first hand accounts of the attack. catherine soi spoke to one student who hid in a wardrobe. >> reporter: an unbelievable moment. a survivors has just been

rescued. many are describing this as a miracle. she is taken to hospital. two days ago cynthia hid on top of a wardrobe and covered herself with anyone that she could find. she heard the gunmen shouting. opportunitying their victims shooting. at one point they came in to her hostile and took two of her friends. she is just happy to be alive. >> translator: they were shooting everywhere. so i just continued hiding and when i got hungry i would eat some body lotion that was there. >> reporter: forensic investigators, including u.s. personnel, have been at the university. those who have been inside talk of a violent and bloody end to those who died. the government was keen to show journalists and others who turned up at this mortuary the charred remains of the four gunmen the pictures are too gruesome for us show show. the government decided to display the body to his prove to kenyans that the gunmen had been

killed and try to build public confidence in the security forces. the president has addressed the nation for a second time since the attack happened. and declared three days of mourning. he said that al-shabab's founders organizers and recruiters are mostly kentucky januaries thekenyansthe government was pursuing them. he calls for patience and religious tolerance. >> i call to every kenyan, church and local leader to speak of unity and insure that our justified anger does not spill over and lead to the victimization of anyone. this would only play in the hands of the terrorists. lets us remain in unity as we safeguard our peace and stability. >> reporter: but there is frustration here in garissa. which has been attacks before. there were intelligence reports about an imminent attack on a university in the country. >> all of these. [ inaudible ] all of this weapon

that his they are using came from where? it is not sold in garissa. these people must have passed several barriers that have been controlled by the police. >> reporter: al-shabab fighters have issued a statement warning of more attacks in kenya. people here say they are afraid and don't trust government assurances to keep them safe. catherine soi. al jazerra garissa. iraq's mime perimeter says the us almost i can state of iraq and the levant can't be defeat first degree it continues to use radicalized foreign fighters. he is calling for government to his protect their young people from being recruited to join the armed group. he says the capture of tikrit from isil is encouraging but says the armed group is still a serious threat. meanwhile, almost all shia militias have left ca treat after reports of violence and looting of the militias that helped the iraqi army capture the city from isil. one politician says hundreds of

shops and homes have been broken in to or set on fire since wednesday. shia militias have been blamed for the damage. hundreds of people in gaza have held rally to his support palestinians in syria's refugees camp. the protest have his been organizes by hamas. it's calling on the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees to do more to help the people there. isil fighters have taken control of most of the camp. thousands of people are trapped. most of them are palestinian. it is just a few kilometers from the zooer vinnie capital damascus. the u.n. has described the situation there as a source of universal shame. stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: it's a fight that they are losing of the palestinian group has been fighting isil over the last few days in the ref gentlemen camp. and isil now controls most of it. in an unusual twist there are reports at that isil fighters are being supported by the al-qaeda affiliated al-nusra front.

these two groups don't like each other but it appears they are working together to try to take control in area mike. >> there was an agreement made under the table between nusra front and isil. many people were shocked. news was has several checkpoints inside there. and isil came through it without any difficulties. this is the most important reason isil was able to raid it and control it. >> reporter: area mike has been we siege today years. around 18,000 people remain out of 160,000. most are dependent on aid. conditions are extremely difficult. >> we have always said that yarmouk is a place with very little hope. it's i place of abject desperation, it's 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, there is so little human dignity. >> reporter: many people will sell 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 also worrying development for the syrian government and people living in damascus with isil now less than 10-kilometer as way. stefanie dekker, al jazerra beirut. the indonesian government is taking legal action against a thai company accused of forcing fishermen in to slavery. more than 300 of them have been rescued but officials say hundreds more are trapped in similar conditions. al jazerra's step vaessen is in the island where some of the rescued men have been taken. >> reporter: a rescue operation this region has never seen

before. a convoy of six fishing vessels protected by the indonesian navy brought 315 315 fishermen to safety. men, mostly there myanmar, who were smuggled to indonesia and say they were forced to work without a salary. many also say they were abused. the company allegedly changed their identities by giving them tay names and documents. indonesian officials are now registering them under their real names and checking their health beforehanding them over to the authorities in myanmar and cambodia. the government in thailand has denied the allegations says of slavery. indonesia says it will present all the effort 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. >> reporter: these people are only a small part of the thousands of fishermen still stuck in indonesia.

finally, they are free after such a long time. where they wanted to go home so desperately. they are now finally safe. but there are only a few of all those others who are still out there and nobody 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 him who was brought to indonesia 15 years ago. seven years after after enduring hardship and abuse at sea he escaped. now he and his friends free from myanmar are working as illegal loggers in the forest. >> translator: i don't know if my mother and father are still alive. all the of us wanting to home. every day i think about how i can get home. if it was possible to walk from indonesia to me an market, even if there were mountains, we would all have done that. even if would have taken us months. >> reporter: first time in 15

years his hope would become reality. although he and his friends are not part of the government's rescue operation they hope by registering their names they too can leave soon. and that they will be able to celebrate their return home just like these rescued men. step vaessen, al jazerra end near iindonesia. stay with us here in al jazerra, still addison anti-islam frost that was supposed to be peaceful descends in to chaos in australia. and we meet some of nepal's former girl soldiers, finding new ways to survive and flourish after the war.

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♪ ♪ welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra. the international committee of the red cross wants a 24-hour ceasefire in yemen. it says hospitals in the country are overwhelmed. saudi arabia and its allies have been bombing rebel targets for the past 10 days. students who survived the university attack by al-shabab in kenya have been reunited with their families. the president has vowed retaliation against the group. iraq's prime minister says the islamic state of eye lack and the levant can't be defeated if it continues to use radicalized foreign fighters. and calling for government to his protect their young people from being recruit today join the armed group. there have been fights in

australia over protesters holding a series of anti-islam rallies. there have been scuffles in the second largest city melbourne police have struggled to separate thousands of rival demonstrators. andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: they had promised peaceful demonstration. but when confronted by people calling them racist, violence broke out in melbourne. policemen, well, and horses forcibly separating those rallying against islam from those condemning them as racist bigots. >> they have an issue with these people that they don't even understand they just fear them as australians we are supposed to be a welcoming people. >> reporter: just over three months ago martin place in sydney was filled with flowers laid in memory of those who died during the siege in the nearby cafe. on saturday, this. that same square was chosen as the site for that city's

anti-islam protests. >> just the muslims around the world plan ago tacks like what happened here at martin place on december last year. saying no to islam. and and no to extremists here. >> 300 million extremist muslims who are debts indicate today the take over and down fall of western civilization. >> reporter: sydney's had been expected to be the biggest protest in australia. but rain kept the numbers down. the terrible weather will undoubtedly have put off many. but there are still quite a few hundred people here. they have come together in the rain to, in their words reclaim australia. in prison ban more flags and more rhetoric. >> there are those working close at hand to wish to destroy all that is australians and our freedom. >> reporter: in each city where there was a frost 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, al jazerra sydney. french investigators have ended their search for bodies in the alps where a german passenger plane crashed last month. german co lie andreas lubitz intentionally flew the plane in to the mountains all 150 people aboard were killed. investigators will now analyze dna samples found at the site to identify the victims' mains. people in one of india's largest states say a ban on the slaughter of bulls is threatening their livelihoods. last month they banned the killing of bulls which are used for meat and leather. al jazerra's faiz jamil reports from mumbai. >> reporter: these are the last animal hides to be produced at this tan are you. the leather is used mainly in products for export and provides jobs across the country. but he says the recent state ban on the slaughter of bulls has

put that all at risk. >> translator: the leather from this state was sent for finishing in other parts of the country, then came back to make jackets, shoes and bags. a lot of people have lost their jobs and now can't feed their family. has this government come to help us or ruin us? >> reporter: many in mumbai's leather industry say the ban has hurt them. here only three of the 10sewing stations are being used and those may soon shutdown as well as surprise run out. the ban is hurting not only people in the leather industry, but also poor people who eat beef. those objecting to the ban say it unfairly targets minorities and lower hindu who his rely on beef as an affordable source of protein. the law has already made the price of some meats to go up by 10%, but the authorities say it protects the animals from abuse. this religious group meets every sunday at the cow shelter.

some of the cows are fed and cared for. volunteers support the new ban. >> translator: leather can be made from other sources too. these workers who say they are going to become beggars are not telling the truth. there are so many other jobs. they don't have to only work in the leapter leather industry it's absolutely unaccept to hindu to his kill a cow. >> reporter: others think it's not fair little these unemployed workers meet in this empty leather tan are you to share their frustration with the ban. most say they have spent their lives working in the leather and meat business. and can't find work elsewhere. >> translator: we are so angry but we can't get it if with show anger the police come after us. we force young people to sit and control their emotions if they raise their voice they will be in trouble. we are playing the government will see what we are going through. >> reporter: these empty slaughterhouses are slowly come back to life as buffaloes are being brought in to replace the bulls.

though their meat and lethaller is not the same quality. making things worse for some, the national government is planning a country-wide ban on cow slaughter, that suggests that relief to workers in the meat and leather business not a government priority. faiz jamil, al jazerra mumbai. women that used to fight in nepal's army say they are now facing a different battle. since the civil war ended many say they have been shunned by their villages and forgotten boo i their party but as we report, some are finding new ways to survive and flourish. >> reporter: a decade ago she never thought she would become a farmer and live outside the valley. she was a member of nepal's army and had dreams of a revolutionary change. but almost a decade after the war ended she can't return home. >> translator: 12 years is a long time and society has changed during this time and so have we. after rejecting patriot or cal views of our city to go back and

live is there is difficult. >> reporter: 12 households of former fighters have started a farming cooperative here in the village. the woman managed to use the mon they were given when they were did he mobilizeed in 2012. 3800 women were former soldiers, just over 100 eventually joined the army. most of the rest have been unable to return home and are living in clusters across the country. she was one of the highest ranking well, she says that most women have run out of the $5,000 given to them as a demobilization package. now she has establishs an ng on. to help her former colleagues. >> women's participation in the war as fighters have proved the strengths of women. yet those women are in a difficult situation today. they need help and that's why we started an ngo.

>> reporter: the u.n. security council has adopted a resolution on well, peace and security. and the u.n. was a major player in nepal's transition to peace. nepal has an action plan for this transition which analysts say looks good on paper but has major problems. >> the whole focus was to get them out of the. [ inaudible ] that was. [ inaudible ] so basically the counseling part, basic needs part and the economic security part was entirely ignored. >> reporter: these once powerful women now snubbed both by the state and their own party hope that through an ng on. they can build a life for themselves. al jazerra kathmandu. hundredses of people in i indianapolis in the u.s. have rally against the new religious

freedom law. it caused controversy because it didn't prevent business owners from discriminating against homosexuals. it was modified on thursday and that provision was added but demonstrators say the changes don't go far enough. the u.s. supreme court will take up the issue you this month. the former cuban leader fidel castro has appeared in public for the first naming in more than a year. pictures were released. he left office in 2006 for health reasons and he's kept a low profile ever since. three rhinos were poached in south africa every day last year. but a female team of rangers have cut poaching in one national park by 75%. that's big success at a time when the black market for horn is his booming. erica wood reports from the greater national park. >> reporter: they are called the black mambas after africa's

fastest and most dangerous snake. and like the reptile. these women are striking fear in to the hearts of poachers of one of the world's most endangered ma'ammammals. >> in the next generation to come there won't be no rhinos anymore. so we want the generation to see the rhinos. >> reporter: they sweep for traps and snares and patrol along the boarder fences. the game park's first line of descension and defense are them. >> nothing now at the moment. >> reporter: and this is what the black mambas are a trying protect. there are only around 20,000 of these white rhinos left in existence in the wild and most of their population is here in south africa. the game park is privately owned and lies on the western edge of the greater kruger national park between 2012 and 2013, it lost 12 rhinos. much of the poaching is done by foreigners, but some of it is carry out by locals.

the park's warden decided part of the solution to the problem had to come from within the community. >> some places poachers are almost as dangerous here, they are bringing money in to the local communities and social upliftment program like this, hopefully will change that around. >> reporter: so far so good in the two years since the black mambas started patrols poaching has been cut by 75%. >> because they know that they are dangerous. black mambas. >> reporter: but they also serve as environmental ambassadors. spreading the anti-poaching message. >> they try to change the the attitude of the local community that his poaching is a bad thing, you know. and we don't want that happening here. and i think it is working: before becoming black mambas these ladies were unemployed. helping save rhinos has given them independence and confidence. >> the poachers have guns, but we are not afraid of them. we are waiting for them. if they want to visit us, we are

here for that. >> reporter: there are plans to recruit an extra 12 well, so soon there will be even more of the black mambas to fear and hopefully in time more rhinos roaming the park. >> be careful. >> reporter: erica wood, al jazerra, the greater kruger national park, south africa. >> thank you. sky gazeers around the world have been treat today a rare lunary clippings. it they only happen around every 2 1/2 years but as kim have nell explains this, one has been special for another reason. on the banks of the river ganges thousands of devout hindus watch and wait. devotees offer prayers. and then it's time for a holy dip. traditional says the moon is being gobbled up by a demon. and when it returns it means worshipers have been let off the hook. >> translator: as per our mythology, bathing in the ganges

during the lunar eclipse gives huge positive outcomes for life. you can gain god's blessing i urge all to sprinkle the ganges water on them and take a basket and surely gain god's blessings. no matter your it take on the is len tal event. if you wanted to a blips you had to be quick this was the fastest eclipse in a century. complete with out of this world soundtrack nasa broadcast the eclipse live from the griffith observe tore any los angeles. the time lapse shows the moon turning a supernatural shade of red. >> imagine yourself stands on the ground a dusty lunar play plain looking up at the sky. >> reporter: nasa says picture yourself watching it from the surface of the moon. >> you are seeing every sunrise and every sunset in the world all of them, all at once. >> reporter: it might be a while

before we are snapping pictures from that angle but even from down here these admirers say this view is more than enough. kim vinnell, al jazerra. and a reminder that you can keep up-to-date with all of the news on our website aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. one of our guests says that's what's happening in florida and when he wouldn't remove offending language, he was suspended. we'll also be joined by a guest who is keeping tabs on where politics may trump science across the country. it's the inside story.