is. >> this is the news hour live from london. coming up. delivering aid to yemen. as saudi-led airstrikes continue. guilty on all counts. the jury returns its verdict to the boston bombing case. and make nuggets friends the greek prime minister meets the

russian president. >> we have your sports and the african cup nations finals with bids from ghana and algeria. >> "world health organization" is warning that the situation in yemen is critical, and that a lack of access into one of the country's biggest challenges that aid organizations face. the u.n. body is say that 643 people have died in more than 202 have been injured. after a week of trying to get aid, in, and supplies have made it to some of the hospital there is.

ships have arrived to the gulf of aden iran insists that the ships are only there as an anti- anti-piratecy operation. >> warplanes, strike houthi positions in the capital of sanaa. the tv channel owned by the houthies was hit. the military has stepped up its campaign in the port city of aden. battles show no sign of stopping stopping. forces loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi are trying to repel a push of houthi fighters to control the city. but the houthies loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh hold ground. the saudi-led coalition has warned its military campaign

won't stop until the houthis disband. in the meantime, iran has deployed two navy vessels near yemen. it's a move likely to create more tension no the region. saudi arabia accuses iran of delivering weapons to the houthis to destabilize the region. but the ships are part of an anti-piracy campaign and diplomacy is the only way to yemen's crisis. >> there is no doubt that yemen could not be governed by one political faction. they should form a government of unity. >> the aim according to saudi army officers is to dethrow military capabilities of houthi it's and their ally it isies.

>> army commanders and those loyal to saleh have told that's they have joined a government, their coalition welcomes their decision. >> the saudis are hoping for massive action to isolate former president saleh who remains powerful in yemen. on the board crossing with saudi arabia there are still people trying to escape. >> the situation is getting worse. >> international aid agencies separating the humanitarian operation. the first boat carrying medical supplies to hospitals in aden have arrived. doctors without borders say that almost two tons of medical supplies have been delivered to local hospitals.

>> let's talk more about the situation in yemen. we're joined in studio with a human rights activist and member of the yemeni national dialogue which works to find solutions for the country's problems. let's talk about solution for the country's problems. how does this end? is it a fight to the finish or is there a possibility of dialogue as we heard suggested by the houthis they'll talk if the saudis stop bomb? >> i think that they have conducted any sort of negotiation especially if it's u.n.-led. both parties are still holding weapons, and it's unlikely that it will stop any time soon. if they control aden, they'll control the southern provinces. saudis do believe that hadi and his loyal forces can defeat the houthis and get back the power

which is hadi as president. >> what is the west's agenda here? is it to continue counterterrorism operations against al-qaeda. >> they never stick to a certain side. they can shift sides quite easily. from the perspective the main concern is not having al-qaeda operating. whether that would be with the hadi, whether that would be perform president saleh or the houthis, it doesn't matter. the u.k. from their side, their interest is to keep an arms market apply and their ally, which is the united states. i don't think that will change any time soon. so the coming future, with interests in the country is

having any sort or shape of government to keep going on inside the country. >> help us understand the bigger picture here bus there are big forces out there waging. fighting for their interests on both sides. the houthis backed by iran, and the saudis talking about a sectarian proxy war. now we have saudi ground forces arranged along the yemeni border. is there a risk we could see countries coming into the conflict themselves against each other? >> i think it's slowly moving towards what we call a sectarian conflict. although the root of the problem is not sectarian at all. it's a way both parties can explain to their audience requests this conflict is going on. they can say shia fighting the sunni and verse is a.

the saudis are launching airstrikes in the ground. in the middle of all this we have a plain player on the ground which ali abdullah saleh the former president. he was i believe to keep his influence inside the army keep his power and his money intact. he knows both parties so he can manipulate the saudis in the future. >> yemeni expert human rights activist. thank you for joining us. one of the men behind the boston marathon bombing has been found guilty by all counts in the united states. dzhokhar tsarnaev was found guilty of killing three people and injures hundreds of others. alan fisher reports. >> the verdict was never in doubt as the trial began. lawyers admitted he was one of

the boston bombers. the intention was not to have him cleared but to save him from the death penalty. we want the jury to see him who someone who acted under the influence of his older brother tamerlan. >> what the defense has done is to allow the jury to build trust with the defense attorneys so that after this almost inevitable conclusion of guilt the jury will be able to work through the evidence and decide whether or not he is actually couple to the level that he should be given the death penalty, or whether he should be given the sentence of life instead. >> much of the evidence in the trial has not been challenged by the defense. the prosecution case was that dzhokhar tsarnaev was a deadly young man who knew what he was doing. he would kill three wounding hundreds. the jury saw graphic pictures, handled replicas of the homemade bombs that saw the carnage and

saw the pictures of the blood blood-stained road while he hid from police. the police officer was also killed in that hunt as was dzhokhar tsarnaev's brother. in cases like this, once found guilty the jury must decide on the sentence. some are concerned that the jury has weighted towards the death penalty. >> if you're opposed to the death penalty and say you cannot impose it even in a case like this, then you're automatically ex-included excluded from the jury. most of those potential jurors could be excused and that raises a concern about the jury that is impaneled is capable of expressing the conscience of the community. >> we go live now to alan fish who are is washington, d.c.

for more on this, this is an incredibly interesting story, 30 charges three of them carry the death penalty potentially. any way of knowing which way this is going to go? >> it's very difficult to judge. there are 30 counts on 17 of carry the death penalty and as the jury walked each and every one to deliver the verdict in the last few hours that he was guilty. that same jury will now have to decide whether or not he will face the death penalty. that is where the defense believe they could perhaps weave the story that dzhokhar tsarnaev was under the influence of his brother. that he was the one who looked at the jihadi websites, the one who designed the bombs coerced or took place in the bombing of the boston marathon. and if they turn one juror to believe that is the case that

may be enough to make sure that dzhokhar tsarnaev does not face the death penalty but instead spends the rest of his life in jail. remember, massachusetts does not have the death penalty. but that doesn't matter here because this is a federal case. it is the government that is prosecuting this case. and eric holder, even though personally he is opposed to the death penalty, he said as it's leading law officer of the united states he had to enforce the law to the maximum, and he has decided to seek the death penalty. >> let me ask you fairly briefly about his day in court. we heard reaction from people who witnessed him saying that he showed no remorse. what have you heard? >> there was no real reaction in court. no cheers or gasps from the people watching, and some of them were victims. he just stood with his hands in front of him and his head bowed. let me tell you as well, jonah in the past hour, "the boston

"the boston globe". a fairly influential newspaper said that dzhokhar tsarnaev should not face the death penalty. and it should be reserved in the worst criminals and in this instance tsarnaev was not the worst. they understand the pain that was there but they don't see justice would be serve by executing a man who is 21, 19 19 when this occurred two years ago. >> a plea from the west bank for more help from palestinian refugees in syria's yarmouk camp. and ahead celebrations in liberia as they are declared ebola free. plus the long road ahead. we have morocco's extreme marathon as competitors make history.

>> a white police officer in the u.s. city north charleston has been charged with the murder of a black man. an amateur video shows him shooting a man in the back as he is running away. [ protesting no justice no peace ] >> why should have should i have to be afraid of the guy that is supposed to protect me. >> responding to this amateur video that went viral on on the internet. it shows a white police officer shooting 50-year-old walter scott several times in the back as he ran away. he had been pulled over saturday for having a broken taillight. the officer stated in his report that scott had attacked him

stolen his taser and that he was in danger. but the video showed by a witness nearby shows a very different story. the officer now has been charged with murder. >> i have watched the video and i was sickened by what i saw. >> this has been a horrible tragedy within our community. there are been two families who have been harm by what occurred, both the victim's and the officer's family. >> north charleston is home to 100,000 people, nearly half are black but represent 18% of the police force. >> i don't think that all police officers are bad cops but there are some bad ones out there. i don't want to see anyone get shot done the way my brother was shot done. >> how many generations does this have to be passed on.

>> the protesters are telling their own story of intimidation by the same officer and others. >> what if there was no video. what if there was no witness or hero as i call them, to come forward. then this would not have happened. >> the shooting is one of several across the united states. the fbi and the justice department have announced their own investigation into the shooting of walter scott. >> well, we can talk now to margaret burnham professor of law of the civil rights and restore restoresive. it does not happen often where a police officer is charged with murder. what are the implications of this case?

>> well, no, as you say it's quite rare, and it's rare in south carolina where this shooting took place. news reports indicate there had been 200 police shootings in the last five years in charleston, and in very very of them, maybe one or two or three of them has some report come back that the shooting was unjustified. and many of those cases they find the shooting was justifiable. this is really very very important news. it really can mark a real turn in efforts of bringing full understanding to the american community in the past of police crime in the communities of

color. it's been going on quite some time. starting with michael brown in august in ferguson to eric garner and to bring public attention to this long-standing and very sorry relationship between police officers and people of color african-americans and hispanic citizens in the united states. >> well, there has been a huge amount hasn't it, public attention, public scrutiny of since the shooting in ferguson. you hear police enapology legal leniency. you hear from the justice department finding damning evidence of race in the police force. who is at fault here, is it the judiciary or the police force? >> well, it's all in one ball of

wax, jonah. what is new in the picture nowadays and in this picture is the fact that the justice department has stepped up to the plate. the federal government has stepped up to the plate as it never ever in the history of the united states done before and taken on police departments and study them quite seriously to determine what is going wrong in some of these smaller local and state police organizations. and so it's report on ferguson was, as you say quite damning and revealing. first of all the police use excessive force. that they are involved in stops and searches that are improper and these practices fall heavily on the african-american community in ferguson. and it's not just the police. the report for ferguson also targeted the municipal court court--the municipal court system. so it is one ball of wax.

the law enforcement family is really one familiar, and there is a lot of soul searching that needs to be done at each level of law enforcement and hopefully this will encourage reform. certainly one reform that will be more closely scrutinized is that the every police officers should be wearing a body camera. this comes out of the shooting in north charleston. clearly, had there been no video the only thing upon which we would have had to rely is the police officers story that he was acting in self defense. and so that case, too would essentially would have been grouped. it never would have come to public attention but for the iphone video of the event. had the police officer been wearing a body camera, that video would have been available to the department and the public. there is now move to use--

>> i'm so sorry. i'm going to have to stop you here. we've got to move on. point very well-made. thanks very much for your time. >> well thank you. i overspoke there a bit. thank you for having me. >> as we heard the shooting in south carolina has revived debate in the u.s. by abuse of guns by police officers and focuses how the u.s. justice system works when it comes to the police. tom ackerman reports. >> when policemen in ferguson, missouri and new york city escaped prosecution for killing unarmed black men protests broke out all over the country. the death of walter scott another death of a black man at the hands of a police officer

and the same of a 12-year-old boy carrying a toy gun. the common denominator video evidence which proves police misconduct. evidence that counters the tendency that the man with the badge over the victim. >> that's why we see officer using code words. i felt like my life was in jeopardy. i felt that i had to use the force to stop the danger. >> no more. >> in the past five years south carolina police officers have fired their weapons at 209 suspects without ever being convicted. but the policemen who shot scott eight times in the back has been charged with murder. >> somebody was watching. there was a witness that came forward with a video. and the initial reports were wrong. >> u.s. president barack obama has requested federal funding to buy body-worn video cameras for up to 50,000 officers although congress has yet to approve. but many local governments have

not waited, including the city where the latest shooting happened. >> once the cameras come in, we have to train them on the operation of the camera. but we also have to establish a policy. >> one government study found that with cameras rolling use of force by officers fell by 60% as well as decline in violence from citizens. but in other instances like this fatal police confrontation with a mentally ill homeless man, the police used the visual evidence to justify their use of deadly force. >> the murkiness should be cleared up by body cameras more often than not. but nobody should depend on cameras themselves. >> but in many cases dashboard cameras have videoed the risks police face every day. although it has been trending lower 50 officers were shot to death on the job last year. tom ackerman, al jazeera,

washington. >> to syria now and twin car bombs have killed east 50 people in syria's northern province of aleppo. the first suicide-bombing happened near a rebel base, activists have blamed isil for attacking the front. palestinian officials are trying to secure the safe passage of palestinians caught in the fighting in the yarmouk palestinian camp. it is home to 18,000 palestinians. we meet some of the families still trapped in yarmouk. >> she has been searching the internet for news out of of the yarmouk camp.

she grew up in yarmouk and still considers it her home. there have been pictures posted on websites of the badly damaged streets. >> it makes me so sad to see that the place i was born and raised look like this. i teach kindergarten here. because of the war my family and friends have had to move all over the world. now our society has been smashed as well. all we have is social media. >> aid agencies try to secure the safe passage of palestinian refugees caught in fighting that has stripped the yarmouk refugee camp. while hundreds have been able to flee many thousands more remain trapped. the plo is doing everything they can to help. >> the plo delegation is trying to reach an agreement that would

protect palestinian people in the camp. this can be achieved through opening the exits to let the refugees leave, a and also for allowing humanitarian aid enter yarmouk. >> the damage caused by days of fighting is clear to see. the intense battles only add another layer of misery to people's lives in yarmouk. with reports the syrian government has offered to provide arms to palestinian groups to fight against isil. the violence seems likely to only increase. >> they try to call a friend trapped in yarmouk but can't get through. [ phone ringing ] >> i hope the palestinian leadership stands by us. we built yarmouk. when my grandparents came, there

was nothing. >> lives scared by syria's long-running and fast-changing conflict. >> still to come in this news hour. kenya freezes the assets of dozens of individuals and organizations in it's ongoing fight against al-shabab. >> i'm tim friend in poland, where nervousness over the ukraine conflict has prompted a big increase in membership of paramilitary groups. >> and we'll tell you if spanish leaders barcelona manage to tighten their grip at the top of the la liga table. we have more coming up with jo in the sport.

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and jury in the u.s. has found dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty of the boston marathon bombing in 2013. the jury will consider if the 21-year-old will be sentenced to death. three people died and another 64 were injured in the attack. and a white police officer has been charged with murder in south carolina for shooting a black man. he was arrested after video shows him killing wall walter scott running away. >> in the sinai region of egypt three people were killed inside their homes during the strike. fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant released over 200ycy 2 yazidis that they were holding captive.

the captives thought they were being driven to their extension but instead happened over to kurdish forces near kirkuk. a palestinian man who stabbed two israeli soldiers has been shot dead in the west bank. one of the soldiers was critically hurt while the other was likely wounded while he shot the attacker. it happened near the jewish center of shiloh. after months of negotiations two warring groups of the central african public has signed a peace agreement which could bring an end to the fighting. the deal was signed in kenya, a representative of the mainly christian rebels, but the deal is not recognized by the u.n. or french mediators. >> i wish to remind you as leaders of the people of the african republic, you must never forget that your principle

interest is the well-being first and foremost of the people of the central african republic. to talk more about that i'm joined by james snyder. thank you for joining us. give me the outline of this deal. is it an effective deal? what does it do to of interim authorities at the moment. >> i'm afraid the deal is close to meaningless. it is signed without support without any a.u. or n support and evenu.n. support and they've had to distance themselves from it. not only does it not have buy-in from the government, but it does not have reputation 6 both sides of the conflict. the problem is that anti-balance anti-ballyanti-balica, it does

not represent all the forces in the field. it should be seen as elements of opposing forces. to try to assert some kind of relevance of the advance formation that is coming up in the country. if they are able to take place in july. and so it's really an attempt by some parts within the political military to make sure they're still relevant. >> in a sense rival warring parties make sugar that they have their little areas protected. >> precisely and it's warring parties within warring parties. because it's only part of the seleka. when they did that, they broke apart, and so it is very

difficult for any single leader to stand up and say i represent the significant can leader. >> if they don't take this further down the road, what is the status of the legitimate peace process? is there one? >> there is one and it's moving forward. it's a bit clunkier. it's having less big successes with ke nayata, a big african leader saying this is moving forward. this is much more about how do you dismantle small groups that have taken control over parts of the country that have set up roadblocks and how do you integrate those into the process. it's a much slower deal, it's much nessieer because it involves all the different parties. really that's the one if there is any hope about long-term peace it has to be that one that succeeds. >> thanks for putting us in the

picture there. >> the kenyan government is freezing the license of 86 companies, individuals and organizations owned by suspected associates of the group al-shabab. the central bank of kenya has written to organizations informing them of the government's decision. those affected including prominent muslim clerics and hotels. >> this is widely known here over the years somali businessmen kenyan nationals have set up businesses here here in the trading hub of the region. but the reputation as a business district has been threatened. they have revoked the licenses of 86 individuals and businessmen, most of whom are

somali and suspicious of funding the armed group al-shabab. >> they have put into place elaborate security and administrative measures on kenyan soil. these wide-ranging efforts include the freezing of all assets suspected to be linked to the mastermind of the terrorist attack. >> those include companies that operate between nairobi and the country. >> they have hit at the hub of the somali business community. now they're fearful for the future of their businesses.

people are livid. they say they have suffered because of attacks as well as the government efforts to enforce security in their area. >> when it happens we're the victims, businesses and residents and this crackdown also effect us. first it's a military crackdown and now a financial backdown. this comes after an attack on university that killed 148 people. >> doctors in high beer i can't say that an ebola treatment center has been closed because there are no more patients to treat. the last confirmed case was two weeks ago but there are more than three week before liberia

can be officially declare to be ebola free. >> reporter: these people can only hope their celebration aren't a little premature. they received certificates thanking them for their hard work over recent months. there is a name in honor of those who helped fight the disease. the monument lists those staff members who were killed by it. now there is a sense the worst here at least, may be over. >> this is very important for us. we think we have won the fight and we think now there is no need to be any more. we don't have patients, we'll go home to our families. >> the "world health organization" says that ebola has killed 10,000 hundred 60 people in the last year. the worst-hit countries of liberia beginy and sierra leone

sierra leone. almost 25,000 cases have been reported and the who say that those figures are under estimate. last august the united nations called the epidemic an international public health emergency. an ebola outbreak is declared 42 days after the last confirmed case. the last case reported in liberia was march 21st. >> we pray and hope that for the 42 days we can be declared free of ebola. we have to be extremely conscious. >> this building being used as an entrepreneurial treatment center is now closed because here at least there are no more patients to treat. despite the celebrations no one in liberia is under any illusion that ebola could not reappear, and there are still more than three weeks to go before the country is declared officially

ebola free. charles stratford. al jazeera. >> the family of a syrian born imam shot to death in broad dead light in london have been appealing for help to find his murderers. >> well, the killing has left many people mystified. we know he was found dead in his car on tuesday morning. apparently with gunshot wounds to the chest. the police have been busy fingerprinting the scene. they say they're keeping an open mind as to an possible motive for the kill. mr. arwani was a well-known critic of the assad government in syria. he had come to britain in the mid 1990s. although he continued to speak

out against the regime in damascus a prominent member of the opposition here told us he didn't believe that the killing was political. >> it is active opposition and member of the community here. he is not as active as many in london. >> mr. arwani was 48, and he had six children. until 2011 he was the imam at the mosque not far from here. he leaves behind as well his family a large number of former students and colleagues still trying to make sense of his killing. >> greek prime minister alexi tsipras is in moscow meeting with president vladimir putin. from moscow rory challands

reports. >> alexis tsipras paid his respects at the moscow tomb of the unknown soldier. knowing this is political theater. greece shows europe it has options beyond the euro zone. russia shows the e.u. that it's unity is fragile. even though a greek bailout was not on the cards assistance of other forms was discussed. >> the greek side has not addressed us with any asks for aid. we discussed cooperation including the possibility of developing major energy project. >> before coming here tsipras has been warned not to break the e.u.'s line on sanctions. russia has long complained that it's weakness following the collapse of the soviet union was exploited by the west. now that it senses fragility

within the european union it wants to use that for its own benefits. greece is one opportunity for russia but there are others. hungary's prime minister welcomed vladimir putin to budapest. there are the far right european parties like france russian bank with links to the kremlin has lent mariely pens party $10 million although the figure is rumored to be far higher. >> you can have an alliance with a right wing party like la pens in france or like tsipras in greece. the fact is these are parties that need friends need financing, need backing and they find it more easily at moscow maybe at a better interest rate than they do at home. >> europe may not like it, but russia is certainly not the only

country practicing the non-ideological arts of real politics. as russia tries to show that it's a global power once more, it's doing the logical thing making friends and influencing people. rory challands. al jazeera moscow. >> one of two russians accused of poisoning alexander letvencoic that he may have killed himself subsequently. he was i will in 2006 and said that he unwittingly handled radioactive material. authorities believe litvinenko was laced with was given tea laced with poison. the rise in recruitment is driven by conflict in eastern ukraine with many polish seeing russia as a direct military

threat. tim friend reports from warsaw. >> deep in the woods east of warsaw members of the pair military group are playing war games with weapons that to the sound of real gunfire. their weekend hobby has suddenly taken on a new significance. just four hours drive away is the ukraine border. a country in real conflict. poland's part time militia saying no one can be certain of moscow's intentions. >> we want to be prepared, so the government would not have to train people on the spot. they would have someone trained before. and if something happens we hope it wouldn't, and we hope it wouldn't then we would be do what we have to do. and if this means fighting, then we will probably fight. [music] >> concerns about ukraine and online recruiting videos like

this have prompted a sudden increase for volunteers for the paramilitaries who date back to the party's end in the second world war. it's estimated there are 120 groups like this across poland. the total membership of around 10,000. until now the government has kept its distance. but now it wants to harness this enthusiasm to help boost poland's defenses. at a convention in warsaw, the government promised the group's more equipment and cash in return for them signing up to a more coordinated effort. it's being run by this man general pa sic recentlily returned from cooperation talks in kiev. >> we do understand that maybe tomorrow. maybe tomorrow this is why people of course they are nervous if they observe what is

going on nowadays in the east. >> russia says it has no intention of aggression against poland and most military analysts agree it's extremely unlikely. but in a survey for the institute of public think tank, 76% say that russia poses a military threat. the group wear face masks because they've already been portrayed by some of the russian media as aggressors. they say they simply want to defend their homeland with their lives if necessary. tim friend, al jazeera, warsaw. >> passengers france are facing delays and cancellations as air traffic controllers have gone on a two-day strike. they're protesting over the work conditions and want to raise working age from at to 59.

police in london are investigating a gem heist worth $90 million. it happened at a safety deposit vault in the city's jewelry district over the long easter weekend. the burglars used heavy cutting equipment to cut through the wall then looting safety boxes. we have football details coming up in sport.

. >> sport now with jo. >> we start with football, and cones as host of the 2017 africa cup nations. they beat algeria and ghana for the right to hold the biggest tournament. it will be the second time that they stage the finals having co-hosted with equatorial guinea. >> we are completely up to taking on the challenge. we're ready to make sure everything is perfect. we have plans in place to make sure that it runs like clock work. >> well, gary l. smith, a football journalist in gabon and he tells us why he thinks that they're gabon won the

hosting. >> they offer logistics and even in equatorial guinea, they have a lot of events. they have the stadium and the infrastructure and they'll be using the facilities that they used in 2012. one challenge that i have after the final of the 2012, they went back to the stadium to just do a report and it looked like there was nothing there. they had used a lot of chinese labor and chinese materials materials, and it was a leg go stadium that we had seen. but this time they'll have a lot of stadium and a lot of infrastructure, that will be permanent. >> well, as well as the decision announcing the host, they held the draw for quality fighters and confirmed that morocco and tunisia will be able to compete. morocco had been banned for

refusing to host the tournament earlier this year because of fears over ebola. but morocco was reinstated following a successful appeal to the court's arbitration court of sport. >> it is normal when you defend your rights. we took the case to an international court and they were fair to us. we put an end to the disagreement. it was not really a disagreement. it was a misunderstanding. >> well, they have kept a tight hold on the lead in the race for the spanish league title. they beat win 4-0, and suarez made it 2-0 early in the second half. second place real madrid has kept up the pressure, winning 2-0. plenty of cup action across europe.

over in germany bayern munich made it to the last four. and the biggest surprise came in wednesday's other german cup match as they put aside in a penalty shoot out to reach the semifinals. in italy they reach the italian cup final beating napoli 1-0 in the semifinal to go through, 2-1 on aggregate. they'll face juventus in the final in june. liverpool with one goal in the second half enough to set up the meeting with aston villa. an nba player has been sent to hospital after being stand

outside of a nightclub. he was reportedly stabbed in the abdomen, but in stable condition. his attacker has been arrested. well on the eve of the first major of the golf season the masters. the four-time champion tiger woods thinks he's finally ready to win a 15th major title. the former number one who is ranked 111th in the world is prepared to play in his 20th masters. highways gone without a major win since 2008. the 39-year-old is ready to return to the court and he's ready for success. >> i worked my butt off. that's the easiest way to describe it. i worked hard. people would never understand how much work i put into it to come back and do this again. it was sun up to sundown and

whenever i had free time, in the kids were asleep i would still be doing it. when it was full light i would still be doing it. >> current world number one rory mcilroy is looking to be the first player to complete a career grand slam by winning his third straight major at augusta. if he succeeds he'll only be the sixth player to do so. but standing in his way will be defending champion bubba watson. >> it's amazing. when i come back and think about it, this is what i consider to be the best golf course in the world. if there is any government course i want to play, it's this one. to have the green jacket twice wrapped around me, you know, i still can't believe it. it's still an honor and a thrill. >> the thing about augusta is that for me personally is i feel like i don't have to be perfect so it relaxes me. and even though i may not have my best stuff on any given day

i still file like i can shoot in the 60s. i feel like i can meet pars and birdie some holes to shoot a decent number. it's a golf course that is difficult to pull away. >> can you imagine running for 36 hours to get to the end of a marathon stage? that's what facing runners on the longest leg of morocco's extreme race. the remaining competitors set off through the desert on wednesday. they look to finish in 91.7 kilometer stage. they've been given a day and a half to complete the leg, which is the longest in the history of the race. moroccan runner leads the men's field. and that's all the sport for now. jonah? >> i know i couldn't do. thanks jo. remember you can go to the website for all the latest www.aljazeera.com. i'm not going anywhere. i'll be back for another half hour of today's news in a short while. stay with me.

the humanitarian situation in yemen is critical. that's the latest warning from the "world health organization" as the battle for control of the country continues. hi there i'm jonah hull. this is al jazeera. also coming up, the man accused of bombing the boston marathon is found guilty on all counts. also ahead shot in the back as he ran away. a white police officer is charged with murdering an unarmed black man in south carolina. and making n