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plus. >> i'm andrew simmons reporting from a orphanage in ukraine. >> and i'm zoe cummings. a suspension of action in the wake of a bus attack. >> hello. the u.n. children's agency, unicef is warning that the war in yemen is driving an already impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster. putting millions in danger. it's 12 days since the saudi led coalition began targeting houthi rebels there and the death toll from fighting continues to mount. in the past 24 hours dozens of people have been reported to be killed in clashes in aden.

street fighting in clashes between rebels and force he loyal to former president saleh. aid workers are still waiting for permission to reach aden by boat. human rights groups say the houthis have attacked and detained at least 400 politicians, activists and journalists across the country in the past 24 hours. accused the houthi fighters of targeting civilians in aden. >> translator: is operations there in aden are hit and run operations as the militias are doing aggressive things against the citizens of the city and today, the media the different media outlets have mentioned things regarding the buildings and the people inside the

buildings that are being targeted by these militias. >> pakistan's parliament has been debating whether the country should get involved in the campaign in yemen. saudi arabia has asked islamabad for military help including air ships war ships and soldiers. pakistan has nearly 1.5 million active soldiers and reserves although nearly 1 million are tied up on the afghan border. the red cross says it's sending 48 tons of humanitarian supplies to yemen. but 63% of people in yemen need some kind of humanitarian assistance, that is 15 million people. 58,000 have been internally displaced. water supplies are cut and food supplies remain critically low.

omar alz saleh al saleh has the story. >> in the capital sanaa there is a rush to buy food. people are panicking and are preparing for worst. this long queue is to secure a sack of wheat. the price has almost doubled since the conflict started. >> translator: the sack of wheat is almost $40 so the poor people can't afford to eat anymore. >> i've been trying to buy a sack for the last two days. >> reporter: the fighting and air strikes have led to fuel shortages too and the people are scared. >> translator: i've been here since last night. our kids and the elderly are at home. they are terrified of the bombing and the vibrations. we don't have wheat and flour. it's a tough situation. >> reporter: the air strikes are hurting houthi targets but they are also killing sifnlings.

many here are searching for bodies of their family members. >> this is the home of my brother hamid. they hid his home at 2:00 a.m. it was a random bombing of civilians. we woke up to find the house reduced to rubble. >> reporter: in the south the humanitarian situation isn't any better. people say they have been without clean water for five days no electricity and stores are being cleared out of food. the international red cross says it's preparing two planes loaded with urgent aid. >> the most urgent needs in yemen are in the hospitals where there are dozens of wounded people arriving every hour and the hospital he do not have capacity to provide treatment. that is why our most urgent needs are providing humanitarian aid for people in yemen.

>> millions of yemens caught if the cross fire omar al saleh al jazeera. thanks for being on al jazeera, we are now on the 12th day of the saudi led strikes against yemen. how effective do you think those air strikes are being? seems to me the houthis are putting up quite a bit of resistance. >> of course, the houthis are putting up a resistance. but the attacks are devastating. and in fact we have seen pictures for the first time in the past two weeks where tremendous damage is being done to the infrastructure. naturally, there is a lot of damage, in the country and people are suffering. unfortunately, it looks like this is going to go on for a while and i don't see any end in sight which means more devastation, more fighting and a lot more casualties and desperate situation. >> the humanitarian situation is dire. the international aid

organizations are warning that it could be humanitarian disaster in yemen. the international red cross itself is asked for a because of pause in the fighting and air strikes. how likely is that to happen do you think? >> well, there could be a pause to allow some ships to dock at har brs and planes to fly in emergency need. i don't think we should fool ourselves, i think the members are fairly certain to secure a surrender by the houthis. that means they might torgt a ceasefiretolerate aceasefire here, ceasefire there. but classic strategy such as the war against kuwait in 1990 and the war in iraq. therefore i anticipate more

fighting. although there could be some ceasefire periods windows of opportunity if you would like, to rush in aid. but that is tip of the iceberg not satisfactory for millions of individuals who will be suffering in the future. >> saudi arabia has asked pakistan for some military help. do you foresee pakistan giving that help and other countries being asked to join in? >> pakistan has already committed to put in any kind of assistance that saudi arabia requests. i think that negotiations behind the scenes right now are ongoing to figure out what kind of boots on the ground are going to be placed. after a period of air campaign, potentially i can see not only pakistan but several other countries led by egypt perhaps by others to actually put boots on the ground. i think that at the end of the

day, the houthis because of the fighting that they are engaged in, the houthis are not going to surrender and the saudis in the coalition are not going to accept anything but complete surrender, which means that we're in this for the long haul, which means that we're going to see the war expand with a land campaign before long. >> we really appreciate your analysis on the situation. thank you for joining us from beirut. >> thank you. >> well, many yemenis are turning to social media to talk about what's happening in their country. semi for some people, social media is the only way they can speak out about what is happening in yemen. >> we have so much response right now from our online community in yemen. let me show you a couple of the hashtags we are actually

following now. #our yes ma'am and the other one -- #our yemenand #war impact of the saudi-led air strikes on yemen right now. if you want to be partly of that conversation it's easy to do, tweet us @ajstream. still being able to send us information and be part of that conversation. let me share a tweet with you. this comes from the information minister in yemen. and her name is nadia she says the more i deeg into dig into why yemen is miserable, the sadder i become. we are going to be digging into yemen and the saudi-led air

strikes. 1932 gmt see you then, thursday. >> thank you femi, looking forward to the relaunch of the stream. excavating the sites of 12 unmarked graves, it is believed they could searching from the bodies of camp spiker a former u.s. base from tikrit. gunned down by the hundreds last june and videos of their executions were posted online. so far 20 bodies have been exhumed. iraq's prime minister says he will work with the kurdish. masud barzani abadi did not lay out a program for the plan which

woulding being driven out of tikrit by iraqi forces. 300 kurdish men have reportedly been kidnapped in northern syria taken on sunday evening as they were traveling by bus to aleppo from damascus, al nusra front has been blamed for the kidnapping but has yet admitted it. i.s.i.l. stormed yarmouk camp in damascus many, last week and controls now 60% of it. around 16,000 palestinian refugees are still trapped there. stefanie dekker reports. >> they speak of incredible fear. these are some of the people that managed to get out of yarmouk. the syrian national news agency

aired these pictures. >> translator: in a matter of 30 minutes they could have executed all people you see in this school because i.s.i.l. called from the mosques dpm we catch one if wecatch one of you they will cut our heads off. they have no mercy. >> reporter: for first time video of i.s.i.l. has been posted online showing the snide of the palestinian refugee camp. they have been fighting palestinian groups and others here for the past six days. this camp has been besieged for more than two years from the syrian government because rebel groups are also housed here. no running water and no electricity. now i.s.i.l.'s presence and syrian bombardment in what used to be a densely populated camp is making a dangerous situation worse. even though many have made it out, most of the 18,000 people who tried to survive here are

trapped. >> translator: we cannot pay for anything. we are not on nern's anyone's side. we want the whole camp to be safe. >> reporter: the palestine liberation organization, told by activists inside that the lack of provisions inside. fighting doesn't stop. stefanie dekker, al jazeera beirut. >> and we'll have more from syria later in this newshour as the assad government is accused of attacking residential areas of the idlib province. city of ferguson whether upcoming elections could lead to real change there. and arguably, golf's two famous faces gets ready at augusta.

femmi is here later with sports. the first kenyan military jets have targeted al shabaab territory in smal following last week's attack at garrissa university. al shabaab says the bombs fell on farmland. threatening carrying out more attacks unless al shabaab withdraws. more troops deployed. >> we are against withdrawal of kds. we support their deployment and their presence until they achieve the desired goal and objectives. but we further recommend that the kenya government engages international community and the army in deploying kdf in all

the sectors along the kenya-somalia border. >> inside the garrissa yurvet compound thereuniversity there is evidence of the horrific attack. catherine soy reports. >> bullet holes pepper the walls, three soldiers were killed here and behind this door around 100 people, mostly students were shot dead in the courtyard. this dormitory is where it all happened and they still have a very strong smell of blood. it's difficult to imagine how horrified those who died here were. bloodstains are everywhere. some of those who planned and carried out the attack are said to be kenyans who joined al

shabaab. we spoke to rebecca and during the attack acknowledge she hid in one of the cubicles. >> they were asking, do you agree with uhuru kenyatta's government? they responded away they thought the people wanted to hear. they got killed anyway. >> hoping about any words amos was a member of his church. >> they can't find him in any of the list of survivors. injured or dead. >> reporter: this is the new garrissa county commissioner in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks has killed close to 100 people in an area along the kenyan coast. >> if we contain that, i'm sure even that enemy is going to be

contained. i am very confident. i don't think it's insurmountable. i think not. >> many of the students we talked to said, they never want to come back. catherine coy, al jazeera garrissa. we're joined on the phone line by the kenyan spokesman thanks for your time, thanks for talking to al jazeera. why did the military target these particular areas in somalia? al shabaab said it was only farmland that was destroyed in those air strikes. >> this out of reliable that now target who are done before the camps were taken out.

>> you say it was reliable intelligence. you do periodically carry out attacks, air assaults on what you say are training camps in somalia. how effective though are these air strikes on camps? it does appear to be the fact that al shabaab fighters can and do cross the border between somalia and kenya at will. >> what i'd like to say that the rest of the somalia sector, through sector 2 by some troops, yet there is an area that is open, it is responsibility of sector 3. and it's in sector 3 and therefore it is an open area, where because of lack of troops, we have, therefore kenya has to protect our borders by cares

out preemptive strikes. >> do you think you need more troops guarding that border, stretched along this border? >> not concession of troops but between amazon troops and kdf on our side of the border to be able to police that border. if it's left it's a long stretch it will definitely stretch our troops. however, we are able to at the moment take care of this area until our deployment. >> colonel david duboyna, thank you so much for yoing us on al jazeera. now ukraine's president petro poroshenko has lifted his

objection to a potential referendum in the east of the country. expressed anger when polls were held then went on to create their own state. the separatists who are still in control of parts of eastern ukraine have dismissed poroshenko's statement. there are almost daily violations by both the pro-russian separatists. 7.9 million children live in ukraine. in the past year, more than 100 have been killed in fighting in the east. 140,000 have been forced to flee their homes. that figure includes some of the 95,000 children who now live in orphanages and residential homes. as andrew simmons explains, those in state care are at the

center of the crisis. >> in ukraine a country in conflict, there's even a fight over children who don't have a home. they're aged from under five to teens and all under the care of the state. but they're from a self-declared country of donetsk yet living sings last july under the control of the government. after they say of separatists said you are going to go whether you want to or not you have to go. >> translator: we told them we wouldn't they used obscene words, didn't care we were children. when we said we are not going they said just trying saying.

we'll chute you and shoot you and your teacher. >> the ukrainian government making the first move. >> translator: threatening children is not acceptable in any situation by any side. it shouldn't have happened. but these kids were threatened. >> reporter: and the donetsk break away republic trying to use an as i. accusing ukrainianaccusing ukrainians from stealing their children. >> this is a real crime and there will be a time when someone will face justice. >> reporter: the majorities of these children have been living in institutions like this most of their lives. now they find them themselves in a tug of war. some feel cut off from i.t. all. that is the sat reality these

have been abandoned by their own parents. all of them have familiar dacts have contacts in donetsk. >> we need border passes, it's as if it's another country. my relatives can't visit me and it's bad very bad. it's been a year since i've seen them, i miss them. >> reporter: it is questionable as to whether the new ukraine or the separatists donetsk people's approximate are republic. >> let's get more on the story speak to a representative of ukraine's commissioner, thanks for being with us on the

program. many of the separatists say that ukraine itself has literally stolen is children busy taking them out of eastern ukraine. what is your response to that? >> well, first of all according to a u.n. convention, ukraine as a state is in charge of the future of the children and has to take care about these children. children are ukrainian citizens and that's why ukrainian state has taken those children to the safe ukrainian state. otherwise they will have no chance for education and for a good future. >> do any of those children though still have parents still have family in the eastern part of ukraine? >> some of them probably. but most of them are abandoned children and orphans. and some of them, some of those parents were left of parent

annal care around that's why we say the children do not have their own future. but according to the program of desecularrization of fans, we hope those parents who have their new children, in the safe territory ever ukraine. >> how difficult would it be to reunite those families. >> yes definitely, it is a problem that children are only hostages. that is the problem for all ukrainian. to reunite families, to make it possible for children not to be hostages of this situation. >> just how trauma traumatized are these children? >> sorry could you repeat? >> i was saying these children have seen many horrific things during the fighting. i was just asking how upset how traumatized have then been since

they been from seeing what they have seen? >> you can imagine those children cannot even sleep normally becausesleepnormally. any distortion, they start crying. some of the children on the save territories of ukraine when armed people forced them to go to the area of russian federation, we did our best to return those children back, some were eight months old two years old, some have severe diseases. you can imagine how they have at this time. >> joining us from kiev, thank you.

in his second report on that impact on andrew simmons reports. >> i'll be going underground why children are suffering in basements even though there's a ceasefire in place. >> still to come. more cases of dengue fever are found. >> concern that rain is going to put a down draft on, and sports is coming a little later.

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country to humanitarian disaster. a red cross plane has landed in sanaa. a palestineian organization says the camp at yarmouk is under siege of i.s.i.l. al shabaab territory in somalia. let's return to our top news story, the crisis in yemen. there have been some developments at the united nations in the past half hour. more from our diplomatic editor james bays. james what's happening? >> there are a lot of conversations going on behind the scenes about what the security council will do next on yemen. you remember there was a meeting on saturday which was called by russia, russia proposed a influence resolution, a draft resolution which came up which focused on trying to get humanitarian access, particularly trying to get a

pause to stop any bombing and fighting while foreign nationals were evacuated. well, that was the russian draft, the way the russians would like to see things go. now the countries of the gulf have come up with their own draft resolution. this is their draft resolution that they've come up with and is now being circulated to the city security council. this is a very different focus. this is a focus of action against the houthis. let me tell you some of the key points demands the houthis end the use of violence, demands the houthis withdraw their forces from areas they seized, demands they relinquish areas assess cease all access and provocation or threats to neighboring states and it demands they safely release the minister of defense. says all parties including the houthis should go to a peace conference which should be held

in re riyadh. i don't think they will respond to that in a positive thing because riyadh is leading the coalition against houthis. in terms of sanctions defense specific individuals there are sanctions right now against a former president ali abdullah saleh and two houthi leaders but in this new draft resolution which the gulf countries are proposing in their annex they add two namings. they add the name of ali abdullah saleh ahmed ali abdullah saleh and abdel mallek al houthi, a draft that shows the draft resolution, there is that russian draft and as tends to happen in the united nations there will be discussions to try to come up with some unified text.

the other countries will look and see if there is something that everyone can agree on. >> and if we can quickly move to events in syria i know the u.n. consistently has been holding a closed door meeting specifically to discuss the yarmouk camp in damascus. >> yes they are discuss great also concerned. in closed session it listened to a briefing by the commissioner general of unrwa part of the u.n. that deals with the palestinians and with palestinian refugees. he's described the situation there as quite appalling the bloodshed, he says it's beyond inhuman that there are 18,000 people trapped, at the mercy of armed groups among them i.s.i.l he's demanding that there should be human taken access humanitarian access to the people in yarmouk. no indication, how they hoped to

get that humanitarian access. >> all right james with the latest there from the u.n, thank you. and can i tell that you palestinians have also been protesting in front of the u.n. headquarters in gaza city over the plight of people in yarmouk. they want the u.n. to do more about people trapped there. some slogans we want a camp free of weapons and militants. syrian government has targeted idlib air strikes intensified across a number of other provinces in recent days as caroline malone reports. >> an air strike by the syrian air force on one of its own cities. a scene that's become familiar with any of the fighting over the last four years. that doesn't make any hit any less destructive for any person affected. this is altabet district, many

are inconsolable over what's happened. >> translator: we're innocent people, it's wrong the regime should directs its rockets not to unarmed people. >> reporter: there is no heavy machinery to rescue people, just a will to get victims out of the rubles. there is a shortage of rubble but people do what they can to put out the fires before the red crescent turns up with a water truck. and the situation is the same north of the capital rebels are in charge, access to it has been blocked to government forces for two years, food and medical products are in short supply. air strikes have become more frequent here in the last few days. civilians are often hit in these attacks and this video from activists in darra show us the victims are often children. rebels have been fighting for

more control of the idlib country side as well. the army has camps in the area from where they direct operations in the wider region. >> translator: alta laer camp is the head of the snake. we will cut this head. >> reporter: they're using some weapons taken from the army tanks and rocket propelled grenades. that doesn't help the swoifnls had have come undercivilianswho have come under attack in their own homes. security forces stormed the office where gunmen had taken hostage. turkey then blocked access to severely jead organization he after they refused to remove photos of that prosecutor being held at gunpoint. images were taken hours before

e-was killed. german city of dresden support for pegd. pegida. pegida post office immigrants who fail to integrate. >> still no word on two other member kidnapped on the same attack. >> a formatter police academy in sierra leone is being renovated on part of ongoing measures to quarantine those infected by the virus. families have somewhere to stay,

until it's safe to return home. brazil is fighting an outbreak of dengue fever in the heavily populated state of sao paulo. cases have shot up 162% so far this year. the disease is transmitted by infected mosquitos. >> just an hour's drive from the state capital of sao paulo known for its strong economy but now residents have found themselves on the front line of a health crisis. >> i have a fever headache, dizziness and low blood pressure. i went to work but didn't feel well so they asked me to come here. >> brazil is a hot spot for dengue fever a mosquito born tropical virus.

since january officials have reported more than a quarter of a million new cases 10,000 of them have been registered here, stretching health system to the limit. >> translator: i came here last night but it was really bad. there were so many people, i finally gave up waiting. >> reporter: the local government set up a field hospital to help diagnose the most severe cases. treating the virus in the early stages is essential. >> the main treatment we give is hydration. we need to help the body get stronger so it can tackle the disease. >> government agencies are working to stop the spread of the disease by spraying in areas where mosquitoes reproduce. but they've got their work cut out for them. a record drought and high temperatures followed by seasonal rains means that areas where people throw their trash are now breeding grounds for dengue.

but it's not all bad news for brazil. the country's a pioneer in the development of a vaccine to combat the virus. >> translator: our research shows that 30 days after a person's been vaccinated we have an immunological response but we don't know how long the test can help people. >> it's hoped the institutes will soon be producing 60 million doses of the vaccine per year offering hope for people in brazil and around the world. david mercer, al jazeera. >> jury is hearing the closing arguments in the boston marathon bomber trial dzhokhartsarnaev. 21 year old's role in the attack was admitted. focusing on whether tsarnaev

deserves to die for his crimes. the city of ferguson missouri has become a symbol of racial tension in the united states. some of the demonstrators who took to the streets to call for police reforms are turning their attention oupcoming municipal elections. christian saloomeycin tin saloomeykristin saloomey has the story. >> sustainable real change right here in ferguson. >> change is exactly what many of ferguson's residents have been demanding ever since a white police officer shot mike

brown, an unarmed black teen. racist policing in the city and its courts. it will fall to the next city council to make the reformation demanded by the u.s. justice department. adrian hawkins is a federal worker and the single mother of two. >> when i saw the riots i said somebody has to run and i decided to be the change i wanted to see. >> about two-thirds of ferguson's residents are black but the city council are white. shifted to predominantly black overwhelmingly, the leadership in those communities haitian kept pace with the sweeping changes in demographics. brian fletcher the former mayor of ferguson is now running for city council. a part time job that pays just $250 a month. >> it's about participation

unfortunately our african americans don't participate in the level as others do in the community. >> whites at 17% weren't much better. patricia vines is working hard to change that. >> i'm very hopeful i'm seeing and incredible amount of interest. people are getting the message if they want change they're going to have to get involved and take the reins and lead it. >> but it will take more than new candidates. angry residents will have to make their voices heard, in the voting booths as well as on the streets. kristin saloomey, al jazeera. rejecting appeals from australian drug traffickers. jakarta's high court rejected their appeal.

widodo. organizing a plot to smug heroin from indonesia to australia among several drug smugglers facing execution by firing squad. india has launched an air pollution index to track air quality levels in 10 major cities. 13 of the world's most polluted cities are in india. estimate 620,000 people die prematurely every year because of dirty air. prime minister narendra modi says the pollution is a result of the country's changing lifestyle. in india's administers kashmir, the tulip season is close. dlutdliddy dutt has this report.

>> this is the best time of the year, the tulips he's been tending are in bloom. these bright hues have transformed a sprawling plane at the foothills of the mountains into a scene straight out of a bollywood film. >> these tulips are even more precious to us than our children. we do everything we can to protect them. i'm very proud of them. >> reporter: monday marks the start of the month long tulip festival, often described as asia's largest. one of the state's most promising tourist attractions comes after a month of unexpected rain. this year more than 1 million tulips will bloom in this garden. but it's not the flours they're worried about but how many tourists will come to see them. one of the few tourists to come,

because of flooding concerns. on the list for more than 30 years and this time bad weather wasn't going to get in their way. >> there were a lot of empty seats on the plane. is everybody else doing the right thing and we doing the wrong thing? being here i'm so glad that we came. we're having a lovely time. >> houseboat owners rely on tourists like the mccastkells to eastern living. >> if the tourists will not come here we'll be finished, no food, no money and we can't do any other businesses. >> the tourism industry is so critical to the state's economy that the chief minister oversees it. those working to improve it say exaggerated media reports are far from helpful. >> we get a lot of tourists from

southeast asia and we are focusing on that area and also the middle east is a good market. so once there's news like this negative news it impacts the industry. >> reporter: that's why the region that markets itself as the switzerland of india is counting on tourists to look behind the headlines because more visitors means a brighter outlook for its economy. liddy dutt. al jazeera. >> a costly miss, find out why this golfer is kicking himself.

>> hello, welcome back. as promised, sports. >> thank you. suspended, attack occurred when the league leaders were traveling to the airport on saturday near the northern city of transom. earlier had beaten team 5-1 no players were injured though the bus drivers were taken to hospital for treatment. current turkish champions. >> i would like to stress that the watch a game the plairgs not willing to appear on the pitch and member clubs agree to extend their support. >> translator: the natures of this incident is obvious.

this is an attempt to kill 41 people on a bus including 19 players. there is no other explanation for it. this is an assassination attempt against benabache. >> earlier we spoke to bernard smith, he says it's been an eventful few days. >> turkey's football federation, a spengs suspension of the league for one week, has suspended itself for two weeks that because its players it says remain in shock. its chairman says he's not going to be provoked by anybody. he wants the full police investigation, wants the law to come down hard on whoever is found guilty of this attack. the club says though it will not be provoked. the police say so far they have found the weapon, it was

oshotgun a hunting rifle and it was in a riverbed, near a bridge that the bridge swerved over, prevented from doing that by a security guard on the bus who took control of the wheel as the driver was hit by the bullet. the police say they will dust that weapon for fingerprints but no arrests so far. >> joining me is ahmed, thank you very much for joining us, what do you think suspending the league will achieve? >> let me check the turkish football federation's statement. we can say that this is just a wait and see period. and if the criminals will be caught or not, if the criminals cause in this period in the suspended period, then

everything is going to be all right, or everything is going to be much more better. but if don't waiting for turkish fbl they football, they will not play any football until the criminals are caught. let's see if the criminals will be caught by police. >> how much of a risk you think there is, if throwing their weight around? >> this is hard to answer but there is a big fight between them. it is about 40 years or something like that. so -- but in the last couple of years, it is much more -- it is much more a hard fight. and the sports site has been

much more active in this period, from now on, also can be act amount as i said before, if the criminals isn't been caught, cannot be caught, the cost will be a much more active, can also be active. >> well, thanks very much from istanbul for joining us. major league baseball might be suffering from declining crowds and a sharp drop in younger viewers but this hasn't affected wagers, instead there's been a -- wages instead there's been a marked increase in salaries. a record $270 million. and the average league salary is now a record $4.2 million. that's an increase of 15% over two years.

but how does that compare to the other major u.s. leagues? it's more than double the nfl salary of just over $2 million though their scores are very large. the average salaries toot at $2.8 million but the highest in forms offing salary is the nba where they earn a massive $5 million a season. those figures could be skewed by the size of the nba squad. sunday the san antonio spurs, against the warriors, got seven steals and matched his career high by 26 points. the spurs went on to win 107 to 92. it's their seventh straight victory. the count down is on to golf's first major.

golf elite has already arrived at augusta. one major title that has alluded him so far. aremarkable achievement considering he started there achievement from 18th. came from six shots behind, then went on to beat johnson wagner which handed him his fourth title. and that's the sports for now. >> zoe thanks very much indeed for that. and that is just about it from me felicity barr and the news, that's the website you can always click on that aljazeera.com. don't go away because david

foster will be here with more of the day's news. news. can[ explosions ]

>> the united nations says millions of yemenis are in danger, the country is in humanitarian disaster. good to have you with us, i'm david foster, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up a plane packed with aid landing in the yemeni capital.