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and education emergency relook at why i want neesha's report card is so bad. ♪ ♪ countries in the region she had help bring yemenis to the negotiate being table. iran i warships have arrived in the gulf of aden, iran says it's part of an anti piracy mission. john kerry is accusing iran of providing support to the houthi rebels . >> they have been and they are obviously there there are a number of flights flying in every single week and we have traced the flights and we know this. we are well ware of the support in iran has been giving to yemen and iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stands by while the region is

did he stabilized or why people engage, you know, in overt warfare across lines international boundaries and other countries. intense fighting is taking place in the port city of aden where rockets have reportedly landed on houses. the world health organization says at least 643 people have died and more than 2,200 have been injured since march 19th. the first medical surprise have start ahead driving. doctors without borders says aid has made it to some of the hospitals in aden. more now. >> reporter: war planes strike houthi positions in the capital sanaa. a building near a tv channel owned by the houthis was hit. the audi-led coalition has stepped up its military campaign to prevent houthi fighters from capturing the port city of aden. where street battles show in

signs of stopping. forces loyal to president hadi are trying to repel a push by houthi fighters to control the city. but the houthis backed by harm i units loyal to former president 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 that is likely to create more tension in the region. saudi arabia accuses iran of delivering weapons to the houthis to destabilize the region. but for iran the ships are part of an anti piracy campaign and diplomacy is the only way through solve yemen's crisis. >> the people of yemen should not suffer from aerial bombardment. we need to find eye political solution in yemen of the a against i havecomprehensive political

solution through yemeni dialogue, through doll log of people of yemen and we agree that you need to put an end to the fighting and to what is happening today in yemen. >> reporter: air strikes have now entered a third week. its aim, according to saudi army officers is to destroy military capabilities of the houthis and their allies. the. >> translator: army commanders and units loyal to former president saleh has told us they have decided to join the legitimate government. they are based in a province and the coalition welcomes their decision. >> reporter: the saudis are hoping for massive action within the army to isolate former president saleh who remains powerful in yemen. on the border crossing with saudi arabia, there are still people trying to escape.

i want national aid agencies are concerned about yemen's deteriorating humanitarian situation. the first boat careying medical surprise to hospitals in aden has arrived. doctors without borders says almost two-tons of medical surprise have been delivered to local hospitals. three attacks in egypt sinai have killed 11 civilians and two soldiers. houses in a town bordering gaza were hit by mortar fire. another missile landed on a house in another village the third attack was on a military vehicle. warring groups in the central african republic have signed a peace deal in the kenyan capital of nairobi. the deal was brokered by kenya without the involvement of either the u.n. or the government of the central african republic. >> reporter: the two agreements were signed in the kenyan

capital of the under of president kenyatta and his deposit is a. kenyatta finalized the deal by warning the two sides to stick to their end of the bargain and avoid being thrown off track by outside forces. >> i wish to reminds you as leaders of the people of the central african republic you must never forget and always be guided by the fact that your principle interest the well being, first and foremost, of the people of the central african republic. >> reporter: it's been a long road to a peace settlement between the mostly muslim and mainly christian. in 2013 the sale ca over through the government. and then president from swa was forced to leave and rebel leader declared himself the first muslim president of c.a.r. he announced a dissolution of the celica. but many fighters refuse today disband. enter the anti-group. a group widely seen as come to

this capital to fight the sale ca group and kick out the government. and a cycle of violence began. one that was so chaotic the u.n. warned the country was about to spiral in to a genocide. 10s of thousands fled the country. in 2014 he resigned in a move at ending the violence that has taken over the country but by then thousands of people were killed a million displaced and thousands of foreign peacekeepers were sent in. there are those question the ability of the warrings to enforce the deal. >> the problem is not only does it have buy in from the government but it doesn't have full reputation of both sides of the conflict. probably they are not unified forces. and so this only represents part of them that doesn't control all of the fighting forces in the feel. >> reporter: for those taking part in the signing of the peace

agreement it's seen in the 70 right directs one that will he help the central african republic form a democratic government catering to the interests of all of its people. the surviving boston marathon bomber has been found guilty. he was convicted on all of the charges he faced which includes killing three people and using weapons of mass destruction and conspiracy. now the jury will have to decide if he will face the death penalty. alan fisher reports. >> reporter: the verdict was never in doubt. as the trial began lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev admitted he was one of the boston bombers. it was him they said in opening statements. now the jury has delivered its verdict, difficulty on all 30 charges. 17 carry the death penalty. but one of the victims said the juries decision doesn't bring this to an end. >> we are all going to move on on with our lives and get back to some sense of normalcy hopefully when this is all done. so closure i guess i don't

think so only because it's forever a part of our life. >> reporter: the defense knew they would never clear their client their intention was to save him from the death penalty. they want the jury to see him as someone who acted under the influence of his older brother tamerlan. >> what the defense team has done is that it's allowed the jury to start building trust with the defense attorneys. so that after this almost inevitable conclusion of guilt the jury will then be able to work to work through the evidence and decide whether or not he's actually culpable to the level that he should be given the death penalty or whether he should be given the sentence of life in prison instead. >> reporter: much of the harrowing evidence in the trial has not been challenged by the defense. the prosecution case is joe czar tsarnaev was a violent deadly young man who knew exactly what he was doing. with his brother they bombed the 2013 boston marathon, killing three, wounds hundreds. the jury saw graphic pictures of the injuries the victims

suffered. handled replicas of the homemade bomb that his caused the carnage and saw pictures of the blood-stained note the defendant wrote while hiding from police during the manhunt for the bombers, a police officer was also killed in the hunt as was joe czar tsarnaev's brother n u.s. federal cases like this, once found gill guilty the jury was decide on death but some are worried it's already weighted towards that. >> if you say you can not impose the death penalty in a case such as this, you are automatically excludeed from a jury f you are looking to have a jury that can express the conscience of the community and i don't third of and two-thirds say they are opposed to it. most of those people are excused raising a concern about whether the jury is capable expressing the conscience of the community. >> it's inevitable that they will appeal.

alan fisher, al jazerra. another killing of an unarmed black man by eye white police officer in the u.s. has renewed debate about race relations and police tactics. this time authorities in south carolina state acted swiftly and charged the officer with murder. the protesters in north charleston say the underlying causes also need to be addressed addressed. >> reporter: the latest vigil in a u.s. town for an unarmed african american killed by the police. since the shooting of an unarmed black teenager last summer in ferguson missouri, it's become a familiar sight. what's not familiar is this. >> it was percentage between the family and us and to let them know that we love them. we care for them we are sorry for what has happened. >> reporter: having fired the officer who killed unarmed walter scott and charged him with murder the mayor of north charleston visited scott's

parents to express his condolences. his actions have drawn praise from those more a customed to officials blaming the victims of police shootings. in fact, that was precisely what the city leadership was doing. in an official narrative picked up bid media. until this cell phone video emerged. but this isn't the first time that the police in this state have acted swiftly in response to video evidence. last september in columbia south carolina. footage merged of the place shoot shooting a man as he was complying with instructions to produce a driver's license the officer was quickly arrested too. civil rights groups wonder whether this welcome accountability for individual officer has less to do with needed reform and more to do with moving on. >> that would be our concern that the resolution of this incident would put a lid on the

investigation in to whether or not there is really a systemic problem, whether there is a culture within the police department or more broadly in the state even of use of excessive force racial profiling, and so on. we saw that with the incidents in columbia. >> reporter: if that is the intention, authorities may have difficulty blaming one bad apple this time. the black lives matter movement that has developed since last august has specific demands both here in south carolina and across the usa. >> we need new legislation that protects the citizens of this area. we need community police, we need a citizen review board so that when people actually complain to the police department it is actually investigated and there are so many other officers who probably think about shooting black men and black women and black people in general and they haven't found the right opportunity. >> reporter: or as the protesters' slogan says this is a movement not a moment.

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iranian president rouhani has called for a halt for the saudi-led air strikes in generally. he said countries in the region should help bring yemenis to the negotiating table. iranian warships have arrived in the gulf of aden, iran says its part of an anti piracy operation. the surviving boston marathon bomber has been found guilty by a u.s. injury. dzhokhar tsarnaev was fountain guilty on all 30 charges he faced which included killing three people. now the jury will decide if he'll get the death penalty. warring parties have signed an agreement that could end the fight in this central african republic. they signed the deal in kenya. now barack obama has become the first u.s. president in more than 30 years to visit jamaica. he's meeting with jamaica's prime minister and other tear bean an leaders. the u.s. is looking to revive its influence in a region where

shinechina has expanded its economic alliances from hero bomb applies at that panama to attend the summit of the americas there he will meet cuban leader raul castro for the first time since they plan today normalize relations in december. there are growing signs the united states is ramping up its focus on the caribbean as venezuela scales back its oil production. our latin america editor through see anew man reports from panama city. >> reporter: for the last 10 years the united states has watch the as venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean through all generous program of oil. it's donated or at least sold oil at cut-rate prices to the tune of $50 billion through a program. but now the tables have turned. the price of oil has plummeted venezuela is deeply in debt and it has been forced to cut its shipments to the caribbean by almost one half. including to its ally cuba.

according to barclays bank and that's why president obama is visiting gentleman make arc the second largest island in the caribbean, he is the first american president to visit the islands in 33 years. and he will be discussing energy energy security the white house is keen on trying to wean away the caribbeans dependence on venezuelan oil and wants to regain its own lost clout. president obama will be meeting with the association of caribbean negotiations, who welcome the initiative, but they are really probably more keen on securing their own fuel independence. they know that depending on either the united states or venezuela comes with a high political price tag. north korea's supreme people's assembly is set to hold eights first meeting of 2015. leading kim jong un is expected to appoint new members of the national defense commission and the cabinet. the assembly with 687 mechanics

meets in the capital twice a year their man task to approve the budget and other decisions made by the ruling party. peter beck is a korean analyst with the new paradigm institute in seoul and joins us now via skype. thank you for being with us. now, whenever we look at north korea it's always a challenge isn't it, to try to glean what exactly is happening inside that country. it isn't called the hermit nation for nothing. what can we -- what should we be looking for in this particular session, do you think? >> well, there are two things, one we'll be watching on a policy level to see if any announcements are made, you know last year, the rah regime announced that it was going to be launching a series of special economic zones and also trying to attract more tourists and then they shutdown the country last fall for more months because of fears y bowl actual it will be interesting to see if they make any statements about their plans for economic -- special economic zones. and also are also on a personnel level as you mentioned in the outset will there be new

appointments to the national defense commission and in particular will kim jong un's sister have any new titles come is out of these meetings. >> this is more should be looked at in terms of kim jong un shoring up his support and putting in the people that he wants that he knows are going to have complete loyalty to him? >> that's right. this is really a rubber stamp body that's design today affirm decisions that he and his inner circle are making. we have seen in the last year a jostling between alternating at least in who he favors among his inner circle and whether one general or another will emerge. so far it looks like sole is the number two so to speak but these meetings are a way of confirming who is on top and who is out. >> and when we look at the from an international perspective obviously many of north korea's neighbors are looking at the country's continued nuclear program with some concern, there was this report this week that

they launched two missiles in to the sea after its western coast. an indication, then, that the country is continuing to pursue that in that direction despite all the calls for it to halt that program? >> that's right. now, i am not expecting any major announcements on the security front from the supreme people's assembly about but you never know the north could surprise us, but yes, we are kind of waiting to see how serious the north is about accepting foreign investment and again who kim i don't think-un is relying onto help him maintain his grip on power. >> good to get your perspective. thank you. >> thank you. the founder of a leading indian software outsourcers has been found guilty in within of the largest frauds in the country's corporate history. he and his brother and eight others were convicted by a

court. he had confessed in 2009 that he manipulated his company's accounts costing shareholders more than $2 billion. let's get more on this now live from new delhi. what more do we know about this case? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. you are looking at a case that effectively bought the india story the economic story in to disrepute to some extend. the company at the time in 2000 -- inning the outsourcing industry was showing a great deal of promise and also lurerring foreign investors at the time he admitted by writing a letter to the security exchange board of india and to shareholders that he had effectively been cooking the books to about $1 billion. it said that he and his inner circle could have made up to $300 million from this ongoing scandal. but as you have mentioned it could have cost investors about $2 billion.

it was a huge, huge hit to the industry and certainly been a case that's been watched very closely over the past six years. >> yeah and what implications then is the case going to have for india as a place for global business going forward? >> reporter: well, certainly if we put it in to context it had a huge impact thousand nine, this was a time when foreign investors given the kind of conditions we were seeing in western markets were turn to go emerging countrys like india to put their moneyses for growth. the tech sector was proving town one it, made foreign investors certainly more sus suspicious of the way business was done in india particularly the way accounting was taking play, going forward given that this case has gone on for six years the security exchange in india has put in place further regulations and accounting processes. we might not see a huge impact but it's certainly a decision

that will be womaned closely keeping in mind they are still waiting for his sentencing here and we hear it could be as early as next few hours. >> indeed. for the moment, thank you for joining us live from new delhi thank you. now, british counter terrorism police are investigateth murder of a syrian born man in london. he was a well known critic of president bashar al-assad. the father of six was found lumped in a car with bullet wound in a parking lot. his community has described him as a peaceful man. in mexico, family and friends of 15 police officers murdered on monday have gathered to remember them. the officers were ambushed by armed men. investigators suspect members of a drug cartel known as the new generation are responsible. the attack came only days after police arrested several of the cartel suspected members. in brazil, hundreds of people have gathered in rio de janeiro to protest police brutality. demonstrators blame officers for the death of a 10-year-old boy

who was hit in a shootout between police and drug traffickers last week. violence between security forces and gangs has been on the rise since the government started its pass is a if iit's pass is a if i indication process in poor areas,. the united nations has released a new report on the state of education around the world. it evaluates goals set 15 years ago to achieve primary education for all think suck saharan africa is one of the success stories 84% of its children are expected to be enrolled in school by the end of the year, as many as 58 million children around the world are still being kept out of the classroom. new education targets are now being set for the year 2030. unesco says an extra $22 billion a year will be needed to achieve those targets. indonesia's education minister

says they are facing an emergency less than half of the teachers have proper qualify indications and stuart score among the lowest in the world in reading, math and sciences. step vaessen within there to discover why. >> reporter: a few howers from the capital jakarta and schools are in a deplorable state. holes in the roof. buildings half finished. putting children at rick. first java decided to build their own school after the government refuse today provide within. money ran out before they could even finish it. many are out of school before entering high school. now she is one of the school's teachers. >> my main problem is that i don't really understand the learning material. it's very hard for me to explain things to the children. >> reporter: the school's principal says only once a school inspector visited the village but never any funding was provided.

>> why do i keep trying although my means are very limited? the reason is i really want to help these children. they are also indonesians. we have been living in an independent country for many years. but still children are learning and living like this. the government should really pay attention. >> reporter: to reach this goal the principal -- school the principal walks two hours every day a road has net object are to be built think the school system has been in cries face many years and this is the reality due to the lack of buildings and professional teachers i indonesian's a workforce is among the least educateed in the region, in the past decade indonesia has successfully managed to reduce ill literacy and increase school enrollment but the newly appointed education minister agrees it's still very poor. he says he wants to train 1.7 million teachers in the next five years. facing what he calls an

emergency he asks parents and business leaders to help. >> i would like to call upon the business community to jump in and help us. the business community is the recipients of our education product. the graduates of our schools gore he going to the private sectors so we are calling the private sectors to jump in. >> reporter: education activists say the government should do more to tackle this emergency. they are asking the president to step in. >> translator: our school system is facing an emergency and something needs to be done fast. so if the government talks about an emergency what concrete steps do they want to take? we need a huge emergency room to fix this. it can't be done sporadically anymore. we need a nationwide effort. >> reporter: many teachers are paid only 100 to $200 a month like this teacher in west java. the government says more money has been made available for

their salaries but teachers need tomorrow prove their qualities too. the future of 50 million i understand near an school children is in their hands. step vaessen, al jazerra west java. and a reminer that you can keep up-to-date with all the news on our website aljazerra.com. >> about the fact that human beings could heal themselves. >> offering insights about coping with fear and anxiety. >> stress is the perception. i like to think of stress like waves on the ocean. if you're a skillful surfer then