>> much needed aid finally arrives in yemen where saudi led air strikes are targeting houthi fighters. hello you are watching al jazeera, i'm sammy zaidan. also coming up in the show, a new chapter of relations strained for over 50 years and a historic election in is nigeria. plus.

>> i'm veronica pedrosa once again in the spotlight for is slave labor despite government promises. >> now the saudi led coalition has tetched up its stepped up its targets in yemen, this coalition received blow on tri. friday. pakistan voted to stay out of the conflict offering to peed 88th. many carried banners condemning the offensive as an acts of congregation what they called saudi, american and dye you zionist

interference. >> two planes landed at the yemeni capital friday, containing enough mill equipment to help a thousand people. >> arrived now full of 16 tons of medical assistance very needed our in yemen. we expect another plane tomorrow. >> another plane arrived into the southern city of aden by boat. but are distributing the aid could be difficult. boats are being prevented from leaving many ports. >> i would like to share with

you again that the human situation in yemen getting worse by the hour. conflict is now reflecting 15 out of the 22 governments in the country. the situation is extremely extremely preoccupying if not catastrophic. >> at least founder have been killed so far in the war and there is concern about the humanitarian population. >> we expect there to be an upsurge in the cung being that there is a conflict or not. because people's revenues are going down. cost of government services weakened if not falling poorts. >> reporter: and this aattack

on grain silos near aten could have a major impact on bread supplies. forces l'oeil to theforce loyal yemen was one of the world's most of impoverished nation and facts are likely to get worse erica woods, al jazeera. a draft u.n. position could be prevented next week. the same sanctions would also be imposed on the eldest son on the former president, ali abdullah

saleh. requirement to inspect shipments headed to yemen. america's meeting with cuba in panama,. >> arriving for a summit he hopes can be changed forever with the government of raul castro four months ago. a cell phone camera caught the moment when the two chatted briefly and shook hands. but a talk between two countries will begin tomorrow. >> as the united states begins a

new chapter in our relationship with cuba we hope it will improve the lives of the people. >> historic change in the relations in the region. but there is one significant cloud over the horizon. these individuals are angry over a sanction president obama conducted on being venezuela. >> i well speak about justice and how to reach justice. the united states has to ask for forgivenessforgiveness.

>> it's clear the leftist tradition of latin american politics is still live. these from the presidentivo morales. >> now that they can't dominate us away do they do? when they don't that they try to divide us pickup. >> clearly some nations if the region are still very wary of the united states. you but if that meeting between president obama and president castro are removed from the list of state sponsored terrorism, then things will pay. james bays, al jazeera.

others have gathered, members of cuban organizations chanted slogans against those we call mercenaries. in nrnlg nigeria cxg voters are returning to the polls i've beengetting getting information that there's some gun fire going on, why is that? >> reporter: that's right sammy, i'm at a place where lebltion materials are supposed to be distributed.

what the voters are telling us who have just shown up is none of the electoral materials are here. there has been quite a bit of close, people are incredibly angry. in the last minute or so, policemen was surrounded by the voters. they accuse him of some type of conclusion by the people's democratic party. the police car was stoned by the police. the police started firing live gun fire into the air the vehicles he be sped off what voters here are telling us is that this is some sort of attempt by the rulings party to try to rig this election in river state.

>> perhaps underscoring the reason why people are so be agitated. these issues dealing with the budgets for some of the most crucial sectors at a touch people's lives correct? >> absolutely. this is the key battle grounds in this leblghts for the ruling party who is stairving off the allstave be off theothering off of. river state has at the ep officer of preelection violence at which more than 50 people have been killed. >> vincent ogw afersbu an

opposition position allege nine people were killed when supporters of the ruling party were killed. >> no worse places than the people's democratic party. all i have done in my life, you can see that i have loveness approximately. >> vin cents bleaches the attack was played to stop him from voting in the election. according to nigeria's human rights commission, at least 50 people have been killed in similar attacks. people here are atrade there could be more violence. river state is the richest oil producing states each year,

giving the party massive national political clout. but are voters have is always voted for the pdp their presidential candidate, goodluck jonathan was chosen ore muhammadu buhari. open six party. >> pdp is only solution, those that they cannot, in river state acknowledge win election. they cannot, therefore they must go all out to makings sure that election does not hold. >> reporter: opposition supporters are already protesting the elections and

they are promising more marches if saturday's vote is not free and tear. a curfew on vehicle moomplet owner haws beentraffic isbeing imposed. center where electrical tools are being distributed working with the ruling party to try to make sure that people in this state don't get to vote. we'll have to see how the rest of the day pans out. we intend to move on to various polling stations to see what's going on. >> yvonne ndege there. still more to come.

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among the locations being hit on friday leaders be from cuba and united states are expected to meet at the summit in parch panama. phase just comes two weeks after goodluck jonathan lost to muhammadu buhari. attackers overpowered eight security guards and shot sleeping workers at the site of a construction dam in province. baluc hfersistan province has seen several attacks by separatists. asis primeprime minister haider al-abadi.

>> thousands of shia militia took control of the city of tikrit. a sunni muslim from that city, despite the government saying he can go home he's too afraid. >> i can't go back to tikrit because of what we saw the shia militia do. the destruction done on tikrit. they looted and burned and pretended sieferl did i.s.i.l. did it. it is this grup that some

unsunni accuse of burning homes and ransacking buildings. many sunni muz lisms complete is muslims fled with their families. >> we see on television that the shia militia has a negative impact as the system not associated with any party we hesitate to go back. >> congratulate his troops for their victory in tirkts. breaking the law on areas under government control the military says it will begin to work with the shia militia after pushing into other areas anbar province.

charles stratford, al jazeera. negotiabling over the price of the rafalnegotiating over the priceof fighter jets sale from france to india. police don't know what cause ed the explosion. more than 500 men and women have been released,ing in thailand's fishing industry acknowledging being corruption is rife.

>> reporter: few of the survivors have made it back to thailand pray with the monks. they ask we not show their faces because their families have been attacked. stranded on remote indonesian islands. workers rights defended in thailand says the priority now is to get the men home safely but they need help from the government. >> the government is too worried about international sector, they are more worried about that image than soferlg is problem. thieferld fishing industry was

worth 8.8 billion in 2012, but estimates 17% of the workers in the sector arings forced labor. recruited and sold on by brokers to fishing boat captains. it is also where seafood often tainted by slave labor is brought to be distributed nationally and globally. exposed labor abuse in thailand's fishing industry. >> now we're changing the whole system. it's not just announcing it, putting it into regulation, and checking the boats. >> even though they are now free workers are haunted by their experience,ings trapped for threang years afternoon

indonesia beings government. >> i want the deposit to help us. >> the future looks uncertain for workers like these who have been rescued let alone for those still stranded in indonesia or trapped in the systematic abuse. veronica pedrosa near bangkok thailand. >> three businessmen suspected to be involved in the oil scheme of petrobras. the irish government is accused of subject subjecting, many without their consent. the procedure cuts through

cartilage and ligaments of the pelvic joint to allow the baby to be delivered more easily. lawrence lee reports. >> this is the result of a synph synpha pisiotomoy. pisiotomomoomy. >> after all any woman who accepts compensation also signs away her right to take any other legal action against well, anyone in ireland down from the state itself to any doctor or

religious institution that looks a lot like protecting the abusers. >> women'swomen in their 70s and 80s accepted by a retired judge have been offered money. >> this is the retired judge hired to make decisions on the women's claims. maureen harding clark has been given an office at the building. >> she doesn't brief most of the women, when you have women crying about sexual dysfunction and not bonding to their children. >> she said she wouldn't put much store by personal

statements of the women. they throws back the claims saying she wants proof. the department of health said judge clark handy raised the issue acknowledge she says she couldn't speak to us while assessing the claim. what this boils down to, true enough all these hamed in the happened in the 20th 03 but if ireland is going to move ahead the perpetrators should be held did thible. >> 50,000 euros for women who spent a life time decades of pain agony acknowledge life disruption is quite shocking. >> so as it stands acknowledge protected from having to explain why hundreds of women had this done to them in childbirth. for women in the final chapters of their lives that can hardly

feel like justice. lawrence lee, al jazeera london. spain's first hole gram protest is being held acknowledge activists say the new antiprotest gives more powers to police. strikes against the government's unplan austerity program. while e books are becoming plan in many countries their sale is being outpaced by real books only account of 1% of real books, fez jamil tells us why. >> for college students e-books aring the future. >> basically, i find they very convenient. you don't carry a heavy weight

with you. >> but kumar's opinion appears to be in the minority. that's because most people of all ages still prefer traditional books. a preference shared by millions across india. they sell, yet ep e-books are not preferred. books are shipping to more places thanks oonline seams. people had to order their books through the mail at taking weeks or months, to arrive. >> rite now we get our pavement immediately. it's done like magic. >> a magic that has increased book sales while e-books continue to fall behind. e-books have risen in india but no match for real books

relatively cheap. there is prestige of owning a book that only happens when they are holding it in their hand. economic growth means more people can afford books which is why sales are up. >> in india the book as an object is considered sacred. >> reporter: jit says he and his fellow writers prefer traditional books but the debate over e-books the process of reading and writing remain the same. >> all that has changed is the way the book is delivered from author to reared and that is going to take change. >> reporter: no one is sure whether the younger generation will eventually shift their loyalty to e books or not. but nothing beats a book.

fez jamil, al jazeera new del delhi. >> lless astronauts have completed two space walks to prepare the is is the for the first commercial trip capable of transporting astronauts. astronauts. >> there are new accusations that a texas man executed for killing his own kids may have been innocent. tonight an exclusive al jazeera interview reveals the testimony that turned out to be a lie. >> everybody says i'm a snitch. i didn't snitch on anybody. straight up like john jackson told me to. >> plus kids behind bars soledad o'brien goes into a juvenile detention center with a new way to help juveniles from