turkey blocked access to several social plea organizations after they refused to remove photos of the prosecutor being held at gunpoint. for more go to our website at www.aljazeera.com. . >> intense fighting in yemen as humanitarian crisis gets worse. rolling stone retracts a controversial story about a rape at the university of virginia why an independent review called the report a failure of journalism. and closing arguments coming in for the boston marathon bombing

trial. >> a major my hane tearan crisis is being held right now. residents saying that the war is ripping their country apart. many witnesses report seeing bodies in the streets. the red cross is trying to fly in badly-needed aid to the country, but ongoing airstrikes are making that effort all but impossible. omar r asa la has more. >> after days of heavy fighting and winning battles many parts of aden have been destroyed. homes and shops lie in ruins. civilians are also being killed. houthi rebels along with fight fighters loyal to ali abdullah saleh, former president an

infiltrating the city's port. these are fighters loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >> it is very difficult to get water and food supplies power is intermittent. otherwise everything is going down hill. even the hospital. >> enemy in aden say they have been without clean water for several days and stores are cleaned out of food. abd rabbuh mansur hadi sacked the chief of staff the deputy chief of staff and commander of special forces, accused of treason, but it may have little

impact because the military is loyal to ali abdullah saleh and the houthis who are fighting in this war. the campaign against the houthis are now in its 12th day. in the capital of sanaa there is a fuel shortage and people are scared. >> i've been here since last night. our kids and the elderly are at home. they'referfied of the bombing and the vibrations. we don't have cheat and flower. it's a tough situation. >> the airstrikes are hitting houthi targets but civilians are also paying a high price. many here are searching for the bodies of their family members. this is the home of my brother. they hit his home at 2:00 a.m. it was a random bombing of civilians. we woke up to find the house reduced to republic.

>> the international red cross said that it's load two planes of urgent aid but that may provide little comfort to the yemenis caught in the cross fire. >> the aid could not come soon enough. hospitals in the country are now low on staff equipment and medicine. there is also the issue of food. yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world. even before this crisis yes then relied heavilyyemen relied heavily on imported food. the state department is condemning the deaths of aid works in yemen who were trying to move the bodies of the dead, and we now know that an american was killed. he died in a mortar strike. he was from oaklander california and he was hoping to bring miss pregnant wife bring

his mother and pregnant wife back to the usa. >> the whole objective of the exercise is to get people back to the dialogue table but it's not the houthies. people have got to understand that the man who is pulling the strings, the backseat driver is the former and previous dictator ali abdullah saleh. he is behind it. he is going to use the option for heroes, or he brings it on the head of everybody. >> russia has submitted a draft resolution in the united nations security council calling for an immediate cease-fire. not knowing when a vote could come.

the saudi government has requested for pakistani support. kamal hyder has more from pakistan. >> the parliament started it debating this issue in the morning and then had toed a journey because the prime minister was pre-occupied with the sri lankan president who is visiting. they've been talking about sending troops to saudi arabia and getting emprovide in the yemen conflict. however, they have the majority in parliament and is likely to decide in favor of support well, the army has left it to the civilian government, however the military has made close strategic links with the saudis

right now contingent of a pakistan military already involved in maneuvers which were pre-planned and coincided of course, with the events in yemen. but those maneuvers were going on. the pakistanis have been collaborating with the houthis. and so the military, of course, will take their could you from cue from the government. however, they would be favorbly placed to help the saudis basis they are a regional partner of pakistan. they have asked for neighbor support and ground support. and it may involve some of the naval assets in patrolling the

coast of yemen. it's not clear what kind of response pakistan will give. the defense minister has said that any attack on saudi arabia will invoke a strong reaction from pakistan, and on that front the turks will help pakistan. >> an attack left 150 people dead. warplanes targeted al-shabab positions in the southwest meanwhile we're getting a first look at the scene that have attack. they have been posting names and pictures of each of the students killed using the hashtag 147 not just a number. many of the messages include personal details of the lives they lived and messages of love

including you are not forgotten. greece's prime minister heads to moscow to meet with russian president vladimir putin, but the trip could be overshadowed by greece's major money problems. the country is set to settle a huge debt payment to the imf on thursday keeping western allyies happy while also reaching out to russia. we have more about that. >> randall, the message was that we're good for the money. that's the message from greece's finance minister to the imf. greece has to repay half a million dollars towards its imf loan. while the two sides haggle bitterly over the terms of the bailout. prime minister tsipras was voted

in amid living standards that have plunged. no all this makes the timing of the trip to moscow all the more interesting. the greek officials insist that tsipras is not looking for money from russian president vladimir putin, and putin does not appearing to offering any but it could be uncomfort for european governments trying to present an united front against russia over ukraine. bans on some european imports were part of tit for tat measures imposed by moscow in really tallation for restrictions. and should they lift restrictions it could be very embarrassing for the rest of europe. >> where does greece stand on

western sanctions against russia. >> tsipras has cam out and said full stop that the sanctions are that may cause a crack in the e.u. front. as oil revenues have gone down, russia has been left without revenue out of pocket and is not in good financial shape at all. >> this morningin the trial against boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev.

>> the defense trying to show older brother influence and try to show that the motive had more to do with that than terrorism. >> one expert testified that tamerlan tsarnaev's fingerprints were found on the remote control to explode the bombs. not dzhokhar tsarnaev. he could be sentenced to death. the president acknowledged israel's concerns about the iran nuclear deal. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that the deal threatens the world. >> our allies in the region will be protected. we will work with them and come to their defense. and we don't have a greater ally than israel.

in the middle east. >> the president said that he was concerned about how talks have trained u.s.-israel relations, and he takes it personally when he's accused of being anti-israel. still ahead the rolling stone retraction. the details revealed why the rape on campus story was flawed, and a potential history-making election in ferguson, missouri. the changes of the city council on the ballot.

>> on al jazeera america >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are... >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> we're finding out more this hour about what went wrong with rolling stones' reporting on an alleged rape at the university of virginia. the magazine has now retracted the story after an independent investigation shows the magazine failed to follow basic rules of reporting. the author of that review from the colombian university school of journalism said that the writer writer committed several key missteps. >> there is a selection of this

i willlous tree i illustrative narrative saying that this methodology should not ever be used but this is an example where you learn to be cautious about knowing in advance what it is that you think you're trying to illustrate. >> she said that she believed one rape victim in july. she said she was hesitant to push her source for fear of retraumatizing a victim of sexual assault. >> serena eardley wrote about sexual assault at on u.s. universities. jackie a pseudo nym said that she was raped at at a fraternity

and called for help but her story soon began to fall apart. in december, a month after the story was published rolling stone issued a policy on its webs and initiated the review from the columbia journalism school. that review was released sunday night and is sharply critical of eardley and "rolling stone." three failures of reporting stand out. they involved basic even routine journalistic practice not special investigative effort. and if these reporting pathways had been followed, rolling stone very likely would have avoided trouble. she failed to corroborate jackie's account. she failed to provide details to the phi capita si fraternity.

she failed to get the last name of the student jackie accused of leading the attack. several more students made rape allegations. uv alum said that she was raped 20 years earlier at a party at the same fraternity house. >> i truly feel that nothing has changed since 1984. when i read jackie's story i'm back in that room. it is the same place. it is the same smell. it is the same feelings of being groped. >> last month the charlottesville police department announced that investigators found no evidence to support the allegations made by jackie. adding that it doesn't mean that something terrible didn't happen to jackie. "rolling stone" says that no one will be fired for the errors in the report. vote necessary ferguson, month m are preparing to go to the polls for a vote that could change that city's leadership.

tuesday's municipal elections are the first since last summer's killing of michael brown voters could put up up to three african-americans on the city council for the first time in the city's history. diane he is easter brook has more from ferguson. >> this building is ready for demolition. >> was your business here? >> i had two units over here. i had sections b and c. >> janeice lost her antique store when rioters torched her store last november. since then she has been waiting for the own for rebuild. >> do you know how much money you possibly lost to date. >> i know from last year it was at least 30,000 i lost in sales. >> the city wouldn't tell us if it's missing targets for sales tax revenues but it did say the number of tickets issued by police dropped by 4,000 in the five months following the riots falling from 5800 to 1400. in a recent interview with

al jazeera the city's acting police chief acknowledged the financial strain. >> how are you going to deal with that? >> that's what my budget guy is for. he'll have to deal with it. >> this building used to house a beauty supply store. >> how long before tenants are able to go in there? >> we're probably looking at, worst case, three months. >> janeice andrew's building is also scheduled to be demolished and rebuilt but not soon enough for her. >> in chicago just one day left until voters there choose their next mayor incumbent rahm emmanuel is seeking a second term and forceed into a run off against jesus garcia. edward snow snowden is

defending his leaking of classified documents. in an interview that was at times funny and also confrontational. >> how many of those documents have you read? i have. >> ' evaluated all the documents in in the archive. >> you read every single one. >> well, i understand what i turned over. >> well there, is a difference between understanding what is the documents and reading in the documents. >> in my defense i've not handled anything any more. that's been passed to journalists, and they're using extraordinary security measures to report this in the most responsible way. >> but those are journalists with a lower technical skill set than. >> you that's true, but they understand how important this is to get this right. >> so "the new york times" took a slide, didn't redact it properly and in the end it was possible for people to see that something was being used in mosul on al-qaeda. >> that is a problem. >> well, that's a [bleep]

>> it is a [bleep]. and these things happen in reporting. in journalism we have to except some mistake will be made. this is a fundamental concept of liberty. >> right but you have to own that then. you're giving documents with information that you know could be armful which could get out there. >> yes. >> the interview took place in russia where snowed den has been living since fleeing the u.s. shedding light on dark matter. the machine that discovered the so-called god particle back in action after a two-year break. also how cave markings help to explain the horrors of war.

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well it's been billed as a new era in the field the world's largest particle accelerator the one that discovered the so-called god particle is back up and running today after a to-year upgrade. it's more powerful as ever. and as reported, it could she had new light on the mysterious world of dark matter. back in action and more powerful than ever. [ cheering ] over the last two years they've been busy upgrading the world's biggest particle accelerator deep under the french-swiss border. on sunday scientists fired particle beams along the circuit known as the lhc. but these are baby steps for the researchers. >> it would take us about two months six weeks to two months to establish the first stable

collision. we have to establish all the systems one by one. >> in 2012 they announced an unexpected break through. scientists finally discovered the elementary particle that gives mass to other particles earning it the nickname the god particle. in the the following year they got the nobel prize in physics. >> there would be no at tomorrows, no nuclei or no building blocks for matter, there would be no stars no galaxies no planetary systems and no earth and eventually no life on earth. >> the lhc contains a ring of super conducting magnates with as quickly ale rating

structures. soon they will be traveling at almost the speed of light and their collision could reveal planetary secrets. there could be many more discoveries over the lifetime of this underground science city. al jazeera. >> a new look at today's some history deep below the ground in france. researchers have found inscriptions sketched on cave walls placed there by world world war i soldiers. in total more than 1800 individual names have been found everied into the french walls mostly of australian, british and american soldiers. historians call it one of the highest concentrations of inscriptions found on the western front. the original manuscripts for

"american pie" will go on auction tomorrow. >> up for sale, a bees of american musical history. this is the manuscript when he wrote the song a long long time ago. he always refused to commit what "american pie" was about other than it was inspired by the death of buddy holly. some say that it has been overanalyzed because of its mysterious lyrics. how about this, "now the halftime air was sweet perfume while sergeants play a marching tune." and here is another. "as the players try to take the field, the marching band refuse

to yield. do you recall what was revealed the day the music died." whoever buys this manuscript is going to get access to unseen lyric. he wrote these words that never mate it into the final cut. join us tonight for more on the mystery of the "american pie." >> you can see the full report, and we don't think that john will be singing. now an attempt to break the record for the world's biggest easter egg hunt. >> this was at scene in sacramento. kids came to find 5,000 eggs hidden around the capital building. parents were pushing and shoving to get their hands on eggs and special prizes and the white house is marking today with this easter egg roll. they walked out with the easter

egg bunny and from there the egg hunt continued on the south lawn. that'sthe news continues next live from london. . >> millions in danger. u.n. warns the war in yemen is driving the country towards humanitarian disaster. hello there i'm felicity barr and you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up about as relatives continue to several search for their loved ones at the garrissa university disaster. and