a >> we are well aware of the support that iran has been giving yemen. iran's president calls for a halt in saudi-led air strikes after the u.s. warns iran over backing houthi rebels hello, you're watching al jazeera. also ahead - the irani president is stating there won't be a final nuclear deal unless economic sanctions are lifted on day one. hopes for peace in the central african republic after rival groups sign a ceasefire deal in kenya

paying back the loans - greece is due to hand over $501 million to the i.m.f. education emergency - why indonesia's report card is so bad hello, iranian president called for a halt to the saudi-led air strikes in yemen. he said countries in the region should help bring the yemenis to the negotiating table. iranian warships have arrived, iran saying it's part of an anti-piracy operation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is accusing iran of providing support to the houthi rebels. >> they have been - there are obviously supplies that have been coming from iran. there are a number of flights every week flying in. we traced the flights. we know those. we are aware of the support that iran has been giving yemen.

iran needs to recognise that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized or why people engage you know in overt warfare across lines, international boundaries in other countries so let's take a closer look at the countries that have a stake in the war in yemen. saudi arabia put together a 10 nation coalition to rescue the genuine government against the houthi revolt. including gulf nations bahrain, kuwait katter and u.a.e. and jordan sudan, egypt and morocco, and the united states is stepping up its roll by supplying intelligence and speeding the flow of arms to the alliance. saudi arabia asked its ally pakistan to help by providing combat troops warships and

fighter jets. this sparked a debate in the parliament with the opposition united against intervention. the iranian foreign minister zarif is in pakistan this week and says iran and pakistan should cooperate to solve the crisis in yemen. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> reporter: war planes strike houthi positions in the capital sanaa. the building near a tv channel owned by the houthis was hit. the saudi-led coalition stepped up the campaign preventing houthi fighters from capturing the port city of aden. street battles show no signs of stopping forces loyal to president abd-rabbu mansour hadi are trying to repel a push by the houthi fighters to control the city. the houthis, backed by army units loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh hold their ground.

the saudi-led coalition has warned military campaigns will not stop until the houthis disband. in the meantime iran 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. the ships are part of an anti-piracy campaign and diplomacy. it's the only way to yemen's crisis. >> people in yemen should not suffer from aerial bombardment. we need a political solution in yemen, leading to an inclusive government through the yemeni dialogue. we agree we need to put an end to the fighting and what is happening today in yemen. >> reporter: air strikes have now entered a third week.

it's aim, according to saudi army officers is to destroy military capabilities of the houthis and their allies. >> army commanders and units loyal to ali abdullah saleh told us they have decided to join the legitimate government. the coalition welcomes their decision. the saudis are hoping for massive action in the army to isolate the former president who is powerful in yemen. on the border crossing with saudi arabia there are people trying to escape. international aid agencies are concerned about yemen's deteriorating, the humanitarian situation. the first boat carrying medical supplies to hospitals in aden has arrived. doctors without borders says

almost two tonnes of medical supplies were delivered to local hospitals now, iran's president is warning his country will not sign a final nuclear deal with world powers unless it is accompanied by the lifting of sanctions. he made the comments during a ceremony celebrating nuclear technology date. iran and p5+1 reached a deal and will be finalised by june. >> translation: we will not sign any agreement unless all economic sanctions are lifted at once. on the first day of the implementation of the agreement after three attacks in egypt. 13 civilians and two soldiers have been killed. houses in a town bordering gaza were hit by mortar fire and sheikh zuweid.

another attack on a house, a third on a military vehicle warring groups in the central african republic has signed a piece deal brokered by kenya without the involvement of the u.n. or the government of the central african republic. >> reporter: the two agreements were signed in the kenyan capital under the watch of president uhuru kenyatta and his deputy. uhuru kenyatta finalised the deal by warping the two sides to stick to their end of the bargain and avoid being thrown off track by outside forces. >> i wish to remind you as leaders of the central african republic you must never forget and must always be guided by the fact that your principal interest is 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 seleka

and christian ballackar. the seleka overthrow the president, the president forced to leave. and rebel leader riek machar declared himself the first muslim president of the clr. he announced the dissolution of the seleka. enter a group that came to the capital to fight the seleka group and kick out of the government. a cycle of violence began, one so chaotic the united nations warned the country was at risk of spiralling into a genocide. tens of thousands of civilians were forced to nee. in 2014 there was a resignation in a move to end the violence. by then thousands of people were killed and millions displaced, and thousands of foreign peacekeepers were sent in. there are those ta questioned the ability of the warring groups to enforce the deal.

>> the problem is not only does it have buy-in from the government but it doesn't have full eption of both sides of the conflict. balaka or the ex-seleka are not unified. it represents part of them that doesn't control all the fighting forces in the field. >> for those taking part in the peace agreement, it's a step in the right direction, one that will help the central african republic form a democratic government catering to the interests of all of its people. now, greece is due to make a loan repayment of about $500 million to the international monetary fund in line with a bailout agreement. that comes hours after the greek prime minister alexis tsipras signed an economic cooperation agreement with russia. let's take a closer look at the debt problems. the country owes just under 350 billion in total. the largest amount. 141 billion is owed to the

european financial stability facility. that's the organization set up by the eurozone to help the countries hit. repayments do not start until 2023. the more immediate problem for greece is the $25 billion owed to the international monetary fund. a little over $500 million of that is due for repayment. if greece were to miss the payment. it will be unprecedented, the first time a developed country failed to meet debt obligations. barnaby phillips is live in athens. is there any doubt the money will not be paid. >> i don't think there is. as we were coming on air we heard reports that greece has made the payment. so one little hurdle overcome by athens today, but many many obstacles in the weeks to come. a series of repayments that have

to be made throughout late april/may. to the i.m.f. and the european central bank. and bigger repayments in the summer. and a feeling in athens that the greek government is living a hand to mouth existence, scraping together the money week to week worrying how to pay pensions and salaries how to pay creditors, and still no substantial agreement with european partners that would release further bailout funds that the country desperately needs. >> it seemed when alexis tsipras came to power, that things would be different once he came on to the job. it seems as though he is hampered in this with the e.u. well i think it's fair to say that there's an increasingly sour atmosphere between greece and other european countries, an

atmosphere characterised as mistrust. there was the characterisation of his trip irritation that he didn't support sanctions to russia over event in eastern ukraine. an acrimonious debate between greece and germany over whether germany owes greece money in connection with the activities of the nazi occupiers from 1941 to 1944. all of these are not creating a good atmosphere and still a substantial gulf between greece and its creditors over the best way forward to revive the economy here. >> all right. barnaby phillips live there in athens. thank you. now, the founder of a leading indian software outsourcer has been found guilty in a large fraud in the country's history.

the man and his brother and eight others were convicted. he confessed that he manipulated his company's accounts costing shareholders $2 million lots more. when we come back a window into the power yielded by kim jong un as north korea holds its first major parliamentary meeting of the year.

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al jazeera. iranian president hassan rouhani called for a halt to the saudi-led air strikes in yemen, saying countries in the region should help bring yemenis to the negotiating table. iranian warships arrive. iran saying it's part of an anti-piracy operation. iran's president warned it will not sign a final nuclear deal with world powers unless all economic sanctions are lifted. hassan rouhani's comments come a week after iran and world powers reached a framework agreement warring parties signed an agreement that could end the fighting in the central african republic. the anti-balaka rebels president, and the ex president signed the deal the surviving boston marathon bomber has been found guilty. dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted on all charges he faced,

including killing three people using weapons of mass destruction, and conspiracy. the jury has to decide if he'll face the death penalty. >> reporter: the verdict was not in doubt. lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev admitted that he was one of the boston bombers, it was him, he said. the jury delivered a verdict guilty on all 30 charms. 17 carry the death penalty. one of the victims says the jury's decision doesn't bring this to an end. . >> we are all going to move on with our lives, and get back to some sense of normalcy hopefully, when this is all done. closure, i guess, i don't think so only because it's forever a part of our life. >> reporter: the defense knew they'd never clear their client the intention to save him from the death penalty, they want the jury to see him as someone that acted under the influence of his older brother tamerlan tsarnaev. >> what the defense team has

done is allow the jury to build trust with the defense attorneys, so after this almost inevitable conclusion of guilt, the jury will be able 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. >> much of the evidence in trial has not been challenged by the defense. the prosecution's case is that dzhokhar tsarnaev was a violent deadly young man that knew what he was doing. with his brother. they killed three wounding hundreds. the jury was shown pictures of the wounded, and handled the weapons that caused the carnage and were shown letters that the men were hiding during a manhunt. a police officer was killed as was dzhokhar tsarnaev's brother. in cases like this once found guilty the jury must decide on

the sentence. some are concerned the jury waded towards a death penalty. >> if you are opposed to the death penalty and say you cannot impose it in an ace like this you are excluded from the jury. if you are looking for a jury to express the conscious of the community and two-thirds are opposed to the death penalty most of those jurors will be excused, raising a concern about whether the jury that is empanelled is capable of expressing the conscience of the community. >> reporter: also the defense may appeal that could take several years before boston can put it behind him another killing of an unarmed black men by a white police officer in the u.s. renewed debate about police and racism. prosecutors charged the officer with murder. protesters in the town of north charleston say the underlies

causes need to be 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 a familiar site. what is not familiar is this. >> it was personal between the family and us. but due to let them know that we love them. we care for them we are sorry for what has happened. >> reporter: having fired the officer that killed walter scott and charged him with murder the mayor visited kot's family. his access drew prays to those more accustomed to blaming the victims. in fact, that's what the city leadership was doing in a narrative picked up by the media, until this cell phone footage emerged.

this is not the first time that police in this state acted swiftly in response to video evidence. last september, in columbia south carolina footage emerged of a police officer shooting a man as he complied with instructions to produce a driver's licence. the officer was arrested too. [ gun fire ] >> reporter: civil rights group wonder whether the accountability 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 into whether or not there's really a systematic problem. whether there's 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 incident in columbia. >> reporter: if that is the

intention, authorities may have difficulty blaming one bad apple this time. the black lives matter movement that developed since august has specific demands here and in south carolina and across the u.s.a. >> we need new legs that will protect the citizens of the area. we need community policing. we need a citizen review board so when people complain to the police department it is vetted. and there are so many officers who think about shooting black men, women in general and haven't found the right opportunity. >> reporter: or as the protestor's slogan says this, is a movement not a moment president obama is the first u.s. president in 30 years to visit jamaica. he's meeting with the jamaican prime minister miller and other leaders. the u.s. is looking to revive influence in a region where

china has been expanding economic alliances. from here he flied a panama to join the summit of americas. he'll meat raul castro for the first time since cuba and the u.s. announced a reuniting hundreds gathered in rio de janeiro to protest police brutality. a 10-year-old boy was hit in a shoot-out between police and the drug gangs. violence between security forces and gangs is on the rise since the police started a pacification projectment british counterterrorism belief are investigating the murder of a critic of bashar al-assad. and london. he was found slumped in a car with bullet wounds in a parking lot. his community described him as a peaceful man. north korea's supreme assembly

is to hold its first meeting of 2016. kim jong un is expected to announce new members to the national defense mission. the task is to improve the budget and other decisions made by the ruling party indonesia's education minister says the school system this is facing an emergency. less than half the teachers have proper qualifications as students score the lowest in reading, mathematics and science. we go to west java to discover why. >> reporter: a few hours from jakarta, and schools are in a deplorable state. holes in the roof buildings half finished - putting children at risk. villagers in java decided to build their own school after the government refused to provide one. money ran out before they could finish it. this person dropped out of school before entering high school. she is now a teacher.

>> translation: my main problem is i don't understand it learning material. it's hard for me to explain things to the children. >> reporter: the school's principal said only once a school inspector visited the village, but no funding was provided. >> translation: why do i try, though my means are limited - i really want to help the children. they are indonesians. we have been living in an independent country for years. still children are learning and living like this. the government should pay attention. >> reporter: to reach the goal the principal walks every day two hours - a road yet to be built. the school system has been in crisis this is a reality, due to a lack of school buildings, the professional teachers the workforce, is the least educated in the region. in the past decade indonesia

managed to reduce illiteracy and increase school enrolment. a newly appointed minister admits the quality of primary and secondary education is still poor. he says he wants to train 1.7 million teachers in the next five years facing an emergency he asked 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 were going to the private sectors. we are calling for them to jump in. >> the government should do more to tackle the emergency, they say, and ask president joko widodo to step in. >> translation: our school system is facing an emergency. something needs to be done fast. the government talks about the

emergency, what steps do they have to take. >> we need a huge room to fix this it can't be done sporadically. we need a nation to hurt. >> reporter: many teachers are paid $100 to $200 a month. the government says more money is made available for the salary, but the teachers need to improve their qualities. the future of 50 million indonesian schoolchildren is in their hands. i want to tell you about breaking news coming to us about a story earlier. an indian court sentenced the founder of satiam computer services to seven years in prison after being found guilty of forging documents and falsifying accounts. it was the biggest corporate acting fraud scandal. this news reported by indian media. more reaction to that story in

the coming hours. now, thousands of patients in peru are hoping the courts will allow them access to generic drugs. they are thought to be just as effective of name brand evidence at a fraction of a cost. we have this report now from lima. >> reporter: carlos's life is on a count down. the cancer expanded to his liver. the only chance to live longer may be with a treatment. >> translation: the problem is i'm treated in a public hospital. they are telling me they can't give me the treatment because it's too expensive the 50 doses of biologic medicine costs more than 20,000. the biosimilars mainly produced in india, china and south korea cost 30% less. carlos and thousands of cancer patients like him can't get them

because many biosimilars can't be sold in peru. a group of companies that produce biologic medicine presented an injunction in court to restrict sales of some biosimilars in the market and ban the registration of new ones. >> we don't want the state to give a green light to products with no proven safety or effectiveness. >> critics say many. drugs have been certified by the u.s. food and drug administration and say the pharmaceuticals here are only protecting the patterns at the state's buyer agency tribunal. >> if we were sure that this agency was reliable not allowing itself to be pressured, then we will feel comfortable. but that is not the case. it has been proven that their decisions are bias in favour of others. >> peru's main health system is hard-hit. it buys 75% of all oncological

medicine treating 93% of all cancer patient. the high cost of biologics pushed the system to the brink of collapse. critics say for the first time here the health care is in the hands of judges and not health care experts. there are places across the planet where a lack of water is not just inconvenient, isn't just bad for your health, it's a security risk, race