message to the houthis... >> we have expedited weapons delivers increased intelligence sharing and established a joint coordination sharing cell the u.s. raises the stakes as saudi arabia battles rebels in yemen the humanitarian crisis... >> children are burnt like this the plight of people trapped by the fighting. dozens of countries rush to get their people out

sombre anniversary. >> we can't act quickly enough looking at the horror of the rwandan genocide and the failure of the community lashing out - greeks lash out as germany rejects a claim by greece for war horrors. horror at sea. the vessel may have been sinking - it may have been deliberate good evening, i'm antonio mora. we begin in yemen, where the u.s. is stepping up its involved providing weapons to the saudi arabia-led coalition. u.s. representatives spoke loud and clear about the coalition's effort to defeat the rebels. >> saudi arabia is sending a strong message to houthis and allies that they cannot overrun yemen by force. in support of that effort we

have expedited weapons delivers increased intelligence sharing and established a joint coordination and planning cell in the saudi operation center the red cross is calling for a 24 hour ceasefire to bring in medical supplies to people in need. yemeni officials point fingers at saudi arabia saying air strikes hit a school killing three students and injuring half-a-dozen more. we have the latest from yemen. some of the images are disturbing. here is hashem ahelbarra. >> reporter: saudi led air strikes in yemen claim casualties among civilians. some are treated at the main hospital in the capital sanaa. the united nations has expressed concerns over the death toll among civilians since the start of the military campaign almost two weeks ago. international aid agencies say

they are unable to reach many effected by the fighting. this person lives in an area hit. her son was injured in an attack targetting a gas tanker. >> if the children were in the position of my child, what would the response be. look how awful our situation is right now, where our children are burnt like this and we are homeless from the houses. may god punish those that displace people from their homes. >> reporter: saudi officers deny accusations they target the civilians, blaming the houthis for moving weapons to civilian areas. the coalition called on army officers loyal to the houthis, loyal to ali abdullah saleh, calling on them to defect. >> translation: we are targetting the houthis. our message to the military

commanders, you have to join and abandon the rebels >> reporter: these are ammunition deafpots and houthi positions the moment they were hit by war planes. the u.s. are speeding up weapons supply. on the diplomatic front china and russia are working on a new resolution, the move aimed at stopping violence and resuming political talks among yemen's rivals. >> translation: china is worried by the developments of the situation in yemen, we call on relevant parties to implement a ceasefire and avoid civilian casualties. china hopes that relevant sides can implement u.n. security council resolutions and g.c.c. proposals and call on them to resolve the crisis through political dialogue to restore stability and legal order.

>> reporter: on the ground the fighting continues. forces loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi say they are moving houthis from areas in aden salah and others. the saudi-led coalition says attacks will continue until the houthis pull out from the cities they control, and president abd-rabbu mansour hadi is rein stated. a demand rejected by the houthis u.n. security council is considering a call for a pause in the air strikes. two draft resolutions have been put forward allowing aid agencies to deliver vital supplies. al jazeera spoke to saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.n. to see how soon it could happen. >> you know the king in saudi arabia and coalition forces established a special cell to deal with requests for assistance. there's a supply of medicine and

food products airlifted. we have a situation, of course in which the houthi militias are conducting their activities in heavily populated areas. and causing havoc with the situation there. so we need to be conscious of that. it has nothing to do with the question of the u.n. resolutions because we are conscious of our responsibility and desire to help our brothers in yemen, irrespective of united nations resolution. more on the situation in yemen. to a developing story in u.s. a south carolina police officer is facing murder charges for the death of an unarmed black man. a witness recorded the moment when 50-year-old walter ley mar scott was shot in the back of the the officer said the suspect took his taser. if convicted of murder the officer could face life in

prison or the death penalty. the attorney for scott's family is holding a news conference. >> if it had happened with no one watch, would we be here today, or would it be just another victim. we'll have a representative from the family speak - his brother. >> i am anthony scott. from the beginning, when it happened the first day, all we wanted was the truth. i think through the process, we have sought the truth. and we can't get my brother back and the family is in deep mourning. for the process, justice has been served. i do not think all police officers are back on it. there are some bad ones out

there. and i don't want to see anyone get shot down the way my brother was shot. we have all seen the video. if there wasn't a video. would we know the truth or would we have gone with the report earlier. we do know the truth now. and i just ask that everyone just continue to pray for my family, that we get through this, because we do need prayer. because prayer changes things. it changes things and justice will be served. >> first i just want to thank everyone for coming out. i'll be brief. right now what i want to request of you is that you keep this family in your thoughts and prayers. we'll be with them every step of

the way. what is done in the dark typically comes to the light, and this is an example of what can happen when people are willing to step up and do the right thing for the right reasons, and it all goes back to the video tape. it's been pointed out time and time again. and sometimes even today, as i stand here i step back and think where would we be without that video? fortunately for the family fortunately for s l.e.d. as the investigating agency and fortunately for the solicitor's office, we don't have to ask that question any more. with that said again, keep the family in the thoughts and prayers, and we will continue to

work and make sure that justice is served. and if possible prevent this from happening to somebody else because things like this do not have to happen and they shouldn't happen. thank you very much. >> reporter: sorry, what was your name. >> i'm justin bamber. i'm with leneer&burrows in orange county south carolina and the state representative for house distribute 90 representing banbar and other counties. >> reporter: did you file a lawsuit [ unclear audio ] >> we do accept filing a lawsuit. we are investigating. i ask you - the video kind of speaks for itself. so we will see at that time. >> reporter: you say it speaks for itself. obviously [ inaudible ] shot mr scott in the back.

what else does the video say specifically that was done wrong? >> essentially, this officer gunned down an unarmed man that was not a threat to the officer or anyone else. that is what appears in the video. as far as any other questions. i'm hold back at this time. we may be available later. we have someone else that wants to address you. >> i'm elder james john on the president of the tricounty national action network. the reverend sharpton, the president. he sends his condolences to the family. we have been in this community for a long time. the policeman doesn't have a good history of policing that community, there has been a lot of racial profiling in north

charleston and a lot of shootings in north charleston. i believe in someone did not video this i believe the officer would have went free we have been listening to a news catholic church in south carolina about north charleston police officer who shot an unarmed black man in the back. video showed at the conference that without the video, they may not be there today. the law in south carolina says a police officer may not shoot a suspect fleeing, unless he feels he's in mortal danger. more on the story at 11 o'clock. back to yemen. nawaz sharif is calling on iran to get involved in a debate on security. it comes as the iranian foreign minister begins a 2-day visit to pakistan on wednesday. islamabad is deciding whether to join a campaign against the houthi rebels.

a day earlier pakistan requested planes, ships and soldiers. a pakistani naval ship arrived in karachi. 182 were on board, including citizens of pakistan great britain and other areas. they were airlifted from the ship. >> we were away from the action. the threat was - the management said it was time for the guys to come out. it was a threat a possibility of an attack another pakistani navy ship is due to arrive in djibouti. let's bring in the executive director of the san francisco chapter of the council on american relations which created the website stuckinyemen.com. good to have you with us. other countries that have lesser capabilities than the u.s. have been actively evacuating

citizens from yemen. is the u.s. not doing enough? >> thank you for having me. that's the concern and point exactly. we are working with partners at the agc and law caucus to urge the government of our country to do something to evacuate citizens. much smaller countries have been able to evacuate their citizens and advocated for safe evacuation routes. >> the u.s. has a big base across the sea from yemen. and it was able to evacuate from the military in march, and before that american diplomatic staff. why not ordinary u.s. citizens is it seen as too risky? >> they have said that it's unsafe and difficult or impossible to do. we are as unable to answer that question as the next person.

no safety argument makes sense. >> how many u.s. citizens is stuck in yemen now. is the website determined to help them. >> our website stopinyemen.com is an effort to centralize and work on the complaints. all three websites were overwhelmed by people calling in from across the country and yemen saying "i need help i'm trapped, tell me what to do." we have received 300 entries on the website. there are more poem who don't know about the website or have internet access. >> once people register with you, what happens? >> we have been doing our best to send people information that we receive about options that they have in terms of advocacy with the u.s. government, and raise the profile of this story so that fellow americans know u.s. citizens have been effectively abandoned by the

u.s. government in yemen, advocating for officials and the department to do something, and we are exploring options in remaining countries. >> the u.s. asked india for help and the u.s. embassy that is closed has a website up telling them to contact indian officials, to a group that is organising an evacuation flight. is that the best option? >> as an american i'm embarrassed that we turn to other countries to help us. we are hearing from people who say some of the phone numbers, no one is answering, they are not getting responses. the state department continues to say whatever information we provide you about evacuations, we don't endorse. they sent out information about evacuation through djibouti and they recalled it. people do not know what is safe or not the website stuckinyemen.com - good luck

with your efforts surviving the nightmare of rwanda a personal story of survival - surrounded by death kenyan students take to the streets in a show of defiance.

france declassified documents in the presidential archives relating to the 1994 rwanda genocide. the president of rwanda accused france of being complicit in the slaughter of 800,000 people beginning on this day 25 years ago. the white house pledged that never again would the world let an atrocity like this happen. roxana saberi looks apt the genocide much the following report contains graphic images. >> the images are haunted.

whole villages families wiped out. packed to pieces or blown up while hiding in churches much the vast majority of the victims in the genocide were from the ethnic tutsi minor city executed mostly by the hutu majority but also include moderate hutus trying to protect tutsi neighbours. 800,000 were dead at the end of the day. the genocide displaced 600 million rwandans, many fleeing the border to now the democratic republic of congo. the hutus and the tutsis live in the same area speak the same language and share traditions. tensions between the groups existed throughout rwanda's history. when belgium columnists arrived they gave rwandans identity

cards. under colonial rule the tutsi minority became powerful and resentment grew. rwandan gained independence but struggled through a civil war. after a power-sharing agreement, reached in 1993 the groups remarried. tensions were easing. that changed on april 6th, 1994. the president died after his plane was shot down. many hutus blamed tutsi leader for the assassination. a french judge agreed. he became rwanda's president and denied orchestrating the attack. the campaign against the tutsis began the day after the plane went down and spread from the capital to the country ids. the international community did nothing to stop the slaughter. the u.n. pulled out soldiers

after some were killed. four years later bill clinton announce america and others failed. >> we did not act quickly enough after the killing began. should not have allowed the refugee camps to be safe haven for the killers. we did not immediately call the crimes by the rightful name - genocide. >> reporter: more than 2 million fled rwanda during and after the genocide. more than 100,000 were detained for suspected roles in the killings. in the 21 years since, rwanda surged for justice and actability. more than 70 cases were brought before a rwandan tribunal. more than 1 million cases have been heard in the community courts.

they were named after the word for sitting down having a discussion. some criticized using the courts to try heinous crimes. the country struggled to clear the backlog of crime. it is hoped that the genocide can be prevented from happening again. it is part of the kerr ibulum in schools. more than two decades later it is a country struggling to heal the wounds of the past and you night in a common future we have a survivor of the rwandan genocide surviving by hiding in a bathroom tore seven months. good to have you with us. a co-worker of mine jim wootton reports from the area and described it as a hory as a standard to which all tragedies

would be measured in the future. how did you survive. ? >> i was hiding in a bathroom. thank you for having me on this special day. i was in a bathroom of a neighbour, 3 by 4 feet. they were from the hutu tribe. not everyone was killing, many hid tutsis but some were looked at. we spent three months in 3 by four feet. >> he could have been killed. where did you find the courage and strength through that ordeal. >> i found strength in prayer. i remember they send me to hide and i remember my dad said it would be three or four days. he's a good man, he would hide you. as we were there, i had the beads of the rosary i prayed

morning and night. i couldn't... >> what happened to him? >> he survived. three months later we couldn't say much about where we were hiding. and slowly people became heroes in the country. he died a few months a few years ago. he was a hero in the country. >> france as i mentioned, decided to declassify documents pertaining to the genocide. president clinton apologised for the u.s. inaction. how badly did the u.s. community fail you and the country? >> they really failed us. you know you cannot bring back what happened. they failed us. i remember when i hid in the bathroom i cried and thinking - i mean there are embassies in the country. where is the relationship start, if you are in trouble and they put away. and you are in this agony, where you feel you wish someone can

say something to defend you. it was like you know the world failed us. i hope we learn from rwanda. that's all i can say. >> it's an important point. hopefully we learn. after the genocide there was a focus on healing and reconciliation. have you managed to forgive the people that massacred so many of your fellow citizens and friend? >> yes. i did. i did. and believe me i went through a lot of anger, hatred. i remember when anger was burning my skin. you have fear and anger. it's the worse weapon to kill you. so it became a moment i realised. that you cannot compete with evil. you can do something about that. but this emotions and holding inside - it doesn't change anything more than changing me to a monster. i reached a time when i realised - let it go.

look at the people in gandhi. mandela - these people suffered. no matter what happened to them they stand up for truth and love. no matter how much they were hated. it doesn't mean that i condone the wrong or agree with the wrongs that have been done. but you can see it as evil and i realise that people are not evil. people do evil things. people can change. many people in the world have done wrong, and years later or a week later you realise what they have done and you change your mind. so i pray and especially speak and write, hoping that somebody can realise what we have done and we say we wish we have known that. i'll tell my children never to do what i have done. that's my prayer wish and hope i hope that wish comes true.

forgiveness must be hard. after such tragedy rwanda is a success story. how far has the country come. >> it's amazing. i'm so proud. i remember we had two universities in the country. we have more than 27 universities in the country, today, 20 years later. i'm proud of what the country has done and i think it's because of the good leaders that we have who care about the country, but especially because of rwandans they have suffered. when you know that you have gone through it it's not a joke any more. every rwandan, i don't think they would wish to see what we have seen. >> it's good of you to join us and share your story. thank you. >> thank you so much for having me neighbouring countries divided by regional conflict. tuckey and iran trying to find common ground on the wars in yemen and syria.

>> i'm andrew simmonds reporting from donetsk. i'll explain why families are living in these conditions underground even though there's a ceasefire.

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour - easing tensions between turkey and iran. plus rioters throwing molotov cocktails notice streets of athens, clash with police. we begin with suspects in the garissa university massacre that appeared in court, allegedly supplying guns to the men that carried out the killings. police vet a sixth suspect held in garissa. students held a vigil in honour of the victims. we have more. >> reporter: a sombre mood

engulfed freedom park. hundreds of grieving kenyans holding candles turned up for the vigil to remember the victims of last week's attack on garissa university college by al-shabab gunmen. through the final hours of a 3-day period they declared a shrine of courses and candles set up photographs of the victims displayed. the assault on the university was the deadliest in kenya by al-shabab. >> every single attack in kenya, you never know who the victims are - someone's brother, sister uncle, aunty, we want to humanize them. >> reporter: some of the survivors came to pay respects to departed friends and colleagues. a first-year student escaped being killed by a gunman by holding in a closet for eight hours.

>> i feel like crying why, what did they do wrong. what did they do good that i'm here. i feel like crying. >> reporter: she was overcome by grief. the vigil after a campaign on social media, with a hash town. it's not just a monday where kenyans told the stories of the garissa massacre but they are calling for action against insecurity. ahead of the vigil hundreds of students marched through the streets demanding tighter security at universities and campuses. shouting slogans and placards the student denounced attacks, and asked kenyans to unite against a common enemy transcending ethnic and religious divides. they hope the calls will be heeded

leaders of turkey and iran downplayed differences during a meeting in train today. the count -- tehran today. the countries are decided on syria and remmen. iran supports the houthi rebels and bashar al-assad in syria, turkey neither. bernard smith reports on the public side of the meeting, focus on shared interest. >> reporter: all smiles as turkey's president calls on his iranian counterpart. recep tayyip erdogan accused iran of trying to dominate the region with involvement in yemen, syria and iraq. on this visit he chose to focus on strong economic ties between the two countries. agreements from signed and it was left to the iranian president to talk about yemen. >> translation: both parties are of the same view, that this ability, conflict should come to

an end in this region. both think we should end the conflict in yemen, and there should be a ceasefire. the attacks from neighbouring countries should come to an end, and we should have the situation where we can provide humanitarian support. >> reporter: before flying to iran, recep tayyip erdogan met the interior minister. turkey suggested that it may offer support to saudi arabia as it carries out its military campaign against the houthis in yemen. the turkish president said nothing about yemen. he referred to the region as being in a ring of fire. if recep tayyip erdogan had anything to tell the iranians about his late-night meeting, it was not for public consumption. an assistant professor of international relations at cadd ear university joins us from istanbul. good to have you with us. after recep tayyip erdogan had an outburst a couple of weeks ago accusing iran of dominating the region of conducting proxy

wars in yemen and syria and iraq dozens of iranian legislators sent out an alert demanding an apology. it did not happen. the visit was not cancelled and they appeared cordial with each other. what is going on. >> there is a limit to how much turkish-iranian relations can work. both countries want to isolate the bilateral relations with the regional ambitions. on the one hand turkey and iran want to export gas and make money. on the other hand they have to go on pursuing this centuries old dynamic. >> recep tayyip erdogan says the visit was not about the economy. they are talking about electricling trade turkey is looking for cheaper energy wants to invest in the iranian

energy sector. is the truth that that was greatly about the economy. >> yes. turkey also wants to make films with turkey and yemen. there's a russian dimension, european, not something to be handled alone. in yemen, an egyptian saudi arabia. i think turkey and iran are talking amongst themselves, trying to fix these things - it's a tall order. let's talk about the geopolitics. both are trying to play down how they are on opposite sides. they talking about stopping the bloodshed in yemen. but said the same things when wore broke out in syria, we shaw how much good that did. >> yes. again, this is about geopolitics.

it's about, you know the balance of power in the region. there has been a significant disturbance to the balance of power. you had a widespread massacre and syria is at the northern end of what we called a shi'ite crescent spans from the gulf to northern iraq to syria and lebanon. whatever - whatever is going on in syria, is basically an extension of iranian defense policy. >> right, and recep tayyip erdogan opposes bashar al-assad and is trying to walk a fine line. he met with the saudi arabia interior ministry and is trying to keep both enemies happy. >> saudi arabia and qatar and the united arab emirates. they have been emerging investors in turkey's markets. in order to keep the economy

anote, the economy is reaching a middle income gap. to escape you need more and more investment. that's why you have to keep saudi arabia u.a.e. happy. >> turkey is in a tough situation, it helped iran skirt the international sanctions. something that has not made the turkish government popular with its n.a.t.o. allies. is turkey a reliable member of n.a.t.o.? >> yes. turkey tried to do that until 2011, 2012, before the arab spring started to encroach into syria. before that the position was that. i'm going to create a settlement. i'll start trading with iran exporting gas to the markets. when the arab spring happened when the syrian war broke out, the sectarian dynamic started playing, and turkey tried to broker a deal between turkey and

iran and stood firmly with the west. >> thank you for joining us from istanbul. >> in ukraine pro-russian rebels freed the last 16 government soldiers they were holding as prisoners of war. separatists say they captured the men at the airport. the ukrainian military is holding 100 rebel fighters as prisoners, and call on the government to release them. >> the ceasefire in eastern ukraine is threatened by fighting between pro-russian separatists and forces. people there have been living in underground shelter for months too frightened to come out. andrew simmonds reports on the rebel held city of donetsk on the struggle of orphanages and foster parents to provide for their care. psh >> reporter: children shouldn't have to live like this, an existence underground, with

little food. it's the poor who suffer the most at times of conflict. there's no exception in the self-declared republic of donetsk. places like this answer the question is there confidence in the ceasefire. families living underground in musty damp conditions. here there are 28 children trying to get by. many families refuse to give up their space, because they are convinced fighting will resume. some of the children have foster parents who can't afford to clothe and feed them. this woman used to get $100 a month allowance for fostering anton, four years old. in the breakaway republic of donetsk, there's nothing. they were advised by a welfare worker to put anton into an orphanage. >> translation: how could they say this? he is mine. he is mine. i will not give him away. never, never. do you love your mum?

>> reporter: at the nearest orphanage, rebranded with a flag of the pro-russian, self-declared republic, there's a depressed mood. ukraine should supply the families with support. along with everything else needed to care for the children. ukraine should supply the families with support. ukranian welfare payments are not sent here. the breakaway republic is not paying them other, and haven't paid staff salaries since december. institutions like these when parents couldn't cope. children were placed in the care of the state, categorized as social orphans. sometimes they develop mental health issues and go into adulthood without being given the chance of independence.

is not clear if the self-declared republic couldn't tell us when it would start making foster payments. the fear is if things get worse, more children will have to go into state care. amnesty international released a report showing lack of protection for women in afghanistan, and held a conference in kabul to unveil the finalings the secretary-general said afghanistan's female activists have been abandoned. >> the lack of protection is shocking. it's the case that once there is an attack, and a woman has suffered, there's hardly any case where there's proper investigation, prosecution or

conviction. of the 50 cases we have looked at, there was one case where a person was arrested. 49 other cases have been by and large neglected and ignored. >> the report comes after a woman was beaten to death last month by a mob sparking outrage and protests rescued at sea. a fishing crew is saved after allegedly intentionally sinking their boat. greek may look to russia for a financial handout. details next on al jazeera.

several doesen greek protesters clashed with blirks tloeling molotov -- police throwing molotov cocktails. they are demanding an end to high-security prisons, something the government promiseed

in germany they rented greece's demands for world war ii repatriations, it is claimed germany owes $300 billion to pay for property damaged through the war. germany says the assertion is "quite frankly stupid", believing the greeks are trying to influence the debt negotiations, greece having to pay $500 million on thursday. greece's president had a meeting with vladimir putin scheduled for tomorrow. there's speculation that moscow will help greece with a bail out. we have more. >> reporter: orthodoxy bonded greeks and russians for 1,000 years. the russian church in athens is a reminder that greek missionary converted. this type of week a different mission is bound for moscow.

greece needs money, and friends to face increasingly hostile creditors in europe. russia wants to prevent e.u. sanctions being renewed in june sanctions that prompted it to ban products. >> russia will attempt to ban it by offering the deals in the energy sector and perhaps a unilateral suspension of the counterembargo or sanctions on the greeks. whether they can make a tempting offer, the greece the amount that they'll need in the future - i think this is a result. a loan to greece is not the only option. russia could lift a ban for more than a billion of greek products. because greece spends 10 times that amount buying russian gas, it could lower the price. it could deal with

infrastructure that greece is privatizing. these are parts of the bilateral relationship. there's an overarching priority greece wants to remind europe of its strategic value. is it enough to break ranks with europe. >> before he became foreign minister nikos suggested that greece could win a deal in exchange for something european creditors want. >> if i was a negotiator for the greek debt the first thing i would do is a package negotiation. i would put issues that are important to my partners on the table for exchange for the issue of the debt. you can't negotiate on the issue where you are weakest. you have to use the issue where you have a strength. >> reporter: greece and russia are out of favour in europe which could push them to a deal.

russian governmentors were hurt the -- governmenters were hurt. the question is how the european front can be broken access to goods from brazil's largest port will be restricted tomorrow. brazilian firefighters are battling a chemical fire at a storage facility. the blaze has been burning for a week and it impacted truck and ship deliveries. they plan to keep the entrance closed to most trucks until friday. ecuadorian roses are prized in russia. it's not good news for roses. we explain why. >> the maple leafs are unlikable losers. >> and another season of horrible hockey is not a problem for fans of the toronto maple leafs. that story coming up on al jazeera america

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dramatic video shows a fishing vessel rolling over and sinking in the atlanta ocean off the coast of west africa. the thunder was suspected of illegally fishing for patagonian toothfish in the southern atlantic. activists on a marine conservation ship that had been following the thunder helped to rescue the crew. the conservation group believes the sinking was deliberate saying it was under suspicious circumstances when russians buy a dozen roses chances are the flowers come from ecuador. with the rouble losing value russians are not buying like they used to forcing grows to make changes. we have this report in off the raid junior. >> reporter: ecuador's high lands and this woman walk down row after row of roses. her questions that of an experienced buyer. how long do the roses last after being cut? how long are their stems? do the buds flower in the

classic style favoured by customers in moscow? plantation openers are paying attention. the russian mark for ecuadorian roses practically collapsed. >> translation: we were sending 80% of roses to russia. now we are forced to make changes because prices and sales dropped so much roses from ecuador are prised in russia. the drop in oil price and the fall in the value of the rouble made roses almost unobtainable luxuries. >> the valuation had a visible effect on the rose industry. the owners of this farm had to destroy 12% of their plantations because russian buyers were no longer showing up many grows started to plant other types of flowers suitable for other markets. some say the days are number for the ecuadorian nose but the

russians have it covered. >> translation: no crisis lasts forever. this did leave a mark on the industry because prices in russia will never be the same. once plantations diversify, it's hard for them to go back. >> reporter: this person is more hopeful. >> translation: things change now but russians love roses. i am sure the rose market will live forever in russia. >> reporter: the roses grow and the growers are optimistic and hopeful. they have started to look for new homes for their stunning product. in our global news segment we look at how news outlets are reacting to events. tehran times focused on attacks in yemen - yemen, a vietnam for the saudi arabia army. they write if the fighting continues and spreads it heralds

a crisis the international community will not end. the jakarta "globe" addresses concern over a division between shia and sunni muslims saying - years of peaceful co-existence is jeopardised by hostilities, and indonesia cannot tolerate the slightest religious conflict within its borders. the "sydney morning herald" editorial title "we must stand with ken ya as we did with paris", and writes: cl the national hockey league playoffs get under way in more than a week a team that will not take part is the toronto maple leafs. the team is the league's richest, and among the most supported by fans. for the ninth time in the past 10 years they are not in the

play offs. daniel lak strapped on his skates to fine outside why the team is so bad, but the fans don't care. psh psh >> reporter: they are sports legend, the biggest team in hockey. the toronto maple leafs. fans are loyal, that every home game is sold out years in advance. around the city the devotion is on display. this leaf-loving couple were married in the team's home arena at centre ice, and the dogs wear team colours. it's written in stone which team future children will support. >> we know there's one choice. >> there's no options for the kids. they'll be leaf fans, whether they like it or not. >> that's right. >> what they don't know is when, or if, they'll see the beloved team do this. win the stanley cup like they did in 1967. they barely have come close. this year, and for much of the decade they have not made the playoffs. [ singing ] ♪ i'm giving up on you ♪ this young singer recorded a

song of heartbreak and loss. >> in the music industry a lot of music is about heartbreak or heart-warming, right. there's maybe a little bit of in between. that's what most of it is. the leaf's song for the past 50 years has been a heart break song. >> reporter: think of manchester united or the new york yankees, the leafs have that much money and popularity in canada. they lose and players fail in toronto only to succeed in other cities. the most recent player commemorated outside the arena retired in the 1980s. sportwriter he wrote a book "leafs abomination", trying to explain why the team is dismal, likening them to the chicago cubs, who have not won a championship in a century. >> they cultivated a loveable loser, unlikable losers this

season. they are the richest tape, a team with a rich tradition, yet, as you say, 50 years since they last won it they are looking for another. >> reporter: a final irony, this is the city where the stanley cup, hockey's top trophy, is stored between championships. a popular tourist attraction. fans have to be content looking at it through glass, and wondering if the team will win it again. >> it's spring in canada, and many of the rinks are emptying out. maple leafs players are trading the hockey sticks for golf clubs. as for the die-hard fans, we say there's almost next year. that's it for this dition of the international hour i'm more thanks for watching. "america tonight" is next. first a look at day one of the marathon des sables. it's the toughest foot race on

earth. runners are required to carry everything they need to survive on their backs, during a 6 day, 150 mile trek across the sahara. the only exception, water. on "america tonight" - the muscle that rolls the crimson tide. michael oku reports. the machine is a coalition of all-right fraternities and those that rig elections. >> power is done in alabama secretly. it used to be understand white sheets, nous it's a basement of fraternity house. also, big