presents... kids behind bars: a soledad o'brien special report only on al jazeera america three saudi soldiers are killed in fighting with houthi rebels in yemen. hello you're watching al jazeera, i'm sammy zaidan. live in nairobi. also coming up in the show, kenya gives the u.n. the direction to remove a refugee camp housing somalis. the u.s. and cuba hold the

first meeting in almost 50 years. >> i'm wayne hawaii, hay one of the most innovative art galleries is about to be opened in new york. three of saudi soldiers were killed. the saudi defense minister is blaming the houthis for the attack. more than 500 houthi fighters have been killed in border fighting in nijan and nazran. strikes against houthis, this is a picture of an attack against houthi rebels near sanaa.

hospitals are struggling. a second red cross plane has landed in the yemeni capital. the u.n. has asked for a pause in fighting every day so the red cross can deliver supplies. a spokes mawfnman for the saudi led coalition. >> the beginning there were about 50 a day. then we moved to 80 when we started targeting the coalition forces and blocking that are supplies. we are on the ground and continue to chase all the enemy convoys who are supplying all the equipment and help. >> well, let's get more on this from hamad quovathi can joins us here in the studio. do the killings of the saudi border guards increase the

possibility of a ground operation. >> the statement nearly 500 houthis killed, it looks like confrontation on the border will perhaps happen. but that will put the houthis on a corner then. >> the fight further south in aden? >> perhaps on the border, special forces coming down you know to aden to help the resistance that is another possibility. a possibility further in the north and then further in the south. >> there seems to be some sort of turkish pakistani mediation. >> i think the people are very much under pressure, the former president saleh has now again tried to get some help. he has sent delegations to russia and to oman looking for

some pressure but not getting back to the former united nations security council going back to negotiating table. >> you're not optimistic this being resolved between the two parties, seeing common grounds they want talks but different preconditions haven't they? >> yes sammy now they're on the run, why don't they accept going back to the negotiating table and agreeing to implementing the former agreements they said they have signed. >> we'll have to leave it there thanks so much mohamed kobathi thanks for that. now, u.s. president barack obama excess his meeting with cuba president raul cast trow, after half a century of hostile relations, al jazeera's latin

american editor lucia newman reports from panama city. >> it was the summit of profound symbolisms. the more than half century of divide between cuba and the united states began to heal. >> we continue to make progress towards fulfilling our commitments, and i've called on congress to begin working to lift the embargo that's been in place for decades. >> reporter: immediately after cuba's president recalled u.s. attempts to overthrow his government for the first time since the 1959 cuban revolution. >> translator: forgive me but passion flows from my pours when i think of a revolution. i apologize to president obama. how many were there ten?

in my opinion obama is an honest man. >> reporter: then there were other firsts, a one hour meeting between obama and castro. this summit is about much more than just cuba. it is an unprecedented attempt to reset relations between 33 latin american and caribbean nations and the united states, for more than a century have been scarred with u.s. military interventions, the most recent here in panama. that's why president obama's statement that the days are over when the united states could meddle in the hemisphere with impunity resonated strongly but did not convince his left wing peers. >> translator: the legal u.s. interventions continue. just weeks ago the state department asked congress to

finance free press in states nicaragua. >> cuba's return to the fold, hemisphere that represents 40% of the world's gdp. clearly the differences between the united states and cuba have not disappeared, only perhaps the method that they will use from now on to confront them. lucia newman, al jazeera panama city panama. in kenya several students at the university of nairobi have been injured after a stampede, it happened when a transformer exploded. malcolm webb joins us on the phone from nairobi. what more details are emerging about this incident? >> it happened about 4:00 in the morning local time, a transformer exploded, it happens from time to time in nairobi

because of electricity e-electrical situations, which followed protests by students, following the attack in garrissa. calling for more security at university saying universities were vulnerable and likely to be attacked. so initially this has been something on many people's minds and when this transformer exploded we understand dozens and dozens of students stampeded and dozens were injured in the resulting stampede. >> this shows how much more work the government needs to do in order to calm people's nerves in cnkenkenya. >> they saw what happened in

garrissa. campuses say they could be overcome in the event of another attack. they've asked for forces to be stepped up everywhere and it would be substantial visible presence to assure everyone that the government is in control of the situation if that begins happening again. >> all right malcolm webb, thanks for that. after al shabaab's attack in garrissa the kenyan government has given the united nations three months to close the dadab camp. paul brennan has more. >> the camps at dadab were first constructed in the 1990s. cover 55 square kilometers. with more than half omillion people living there dadab was

considered the largest in the world. a tripartite agreement between kenya somalia and u.n. hcr repatriation back to somalia. kenyan forces have been taking action against somali issues. during kenya's westgate shopping mall in 2013. and the attack at garrissa. a comparison to the 9/11 attacks in new york. kenya's government has now issued this eviction notice giving the u.n. just 12 weeks to

shift the dadab camp from kenya to somalia it's. if the camp conditions are not met it will start dismantling the camp itself. ned parker and two colleagues had written a report detailing human rights conditions in tikrit. still to come on al jazeera. >> hillary clinton! >> the clinton campaign begins. hillary starts her long awaited second run for white house. >> and i'm ml fisher.

racked by allegations of corruption, it's time to go. o.

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shabaab, the armed group killed at least 148 students at the university of garrissa ten days ago. president obama's meeting with raul castro was a historic moments. the two leaders met at the summit of the americas in panama yesterday. the u.s. capitol was briefly under lock down after a man shot himself at the entrance of the building. area is crowded with tourists at this time of year for the annual cherry blossom festival. it's been one of the worst kept secrets in washington d.c and now hillary clinton is expected to launch her campaign for presidency of the united states. patty culhane has more from

washington. >> hillary clinton has spent most of her adult life in the public eye. first as the wife of the president, then as senator from new york state then secretary of state. >> although we weren't fast enough to shatter that glass ceiling, thanks to you it's got about 18 million cracks in it. >> she also can't distance is herself too much from president obama. >> she needs to communicate to a lot of constituencies that are very close to president barack obama, she can't distance herself too much from the president, she uses progressivism and ethnic voters

but she needs to have independence. >> she could have another issue her name. there are enough complaints about team dynasties. >> the presidency of the united states is not some crown to be passed between two families. it is an awesome and sacred trust to be earned. >> she heads into the campaign already facing a controversy she used a private e-mail account as secretary of state and admits she deleted tens of thousands of e-mails. republicans claim she is covering something up but she is by far the strongest democratic candidate and best positioned to raise the millions of dollars a presidential campaign needs. the other thing she's going for is in the fact that she's helping, the fourth time is the charm. >> i found my own voice.

>> patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> ville >> vilma rousseffdilma rousseff,. >> batman's goth ham city gotham city is a violent place. rejects voyages and decides to fight for justice so this inspired me. >> it's just six months since

dilma rousseff won asecond term, it was a tightly contested battle. now, inflation taxation, the cost of basic goods they're all up. brazil is on the verge of recession. there will be progovernment protests on the streets but dwarfed by millions who come to place he like this and tell the president, it's time to go. demonstrations last month saw people in the streets in more than 50 cities across the country. billion dollar corruption scandal at the state run oil company, petrobras, although there's no suggestion the president was involved. runs his own company he will join the protests saying enough is enough. >> as a father i'm leading the

movement called upset online, in order to offer a bright future to my kid my grandchildren and my great grandchildren. >> president rousseff has taken some steps oon issues raised in the protest. this will not be a silent signal. there won't be any disguising the message that they want her to go. allen fisher, al jazeera sao paulo. >> violence saw nine people killed. this was the scene at saturday in port harcourt, the capital of river state. protesters were angry because voting terms hadn't arrived.

basheer is running for another campaign. >> politics doesn't seem to be on anyone's mind. it was hard to find someone planning to vote. >> i want the election is to be fair and we want our ruler to be somebody new because frankly we are fed up with basheer. >> basheer seized power in a military coup in 1989. he is the only sitting president wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes in darfur. as we saw in this presidential

rally he is a charismatic man backed by many especially women. they are said to be his biggest supporters. >> we are here to provide a better way of living for citizens and help the weak and the poor. we don't want anyone to be hungry. >> reporter: there are ten men and one woman running against basheer but you wouldn't know anything by watching television. >> i don't see anybody on tv except basheer. >> many here say the economy is the most pressing issue facing facing sudan. the official unemployment rate is 18%. and the inflation rate is 30%. >> if the government is finding difficult to edit with the miserable economy. cut corruption.

>> five more years of the same,ful sudannies expect as they expect change. natasha guinane, al jazeera khartoum. opposition handing as dacca central jail. backlash from his supporters. parents in australia who refuse to vaccinate their children, could be denied up to $2,000 in payments under a government policy. andrew thomas, from sydney. >> no jab no pain, if they refuse to have therapy children

vaccinated. australia actually has a high level of vaccination 97% but there are pockets where the is vaccination is much much lower and things like whooping cough are making a come back. 40,000 conscientious objectors 40,000 children whose parents have said they have either a religious or a medical or a conscientious reason not to allow their child to be vaccinated. they continue to get benefits even though their children haven't been vaccinated. the only way you'll be able to receive these benefits as an australian parent and not have your child vaccinated is if you have a strong religious or medical reason not to. just being a conscientious objector is no longer enough. >> for many greeks, this weekend

is the highlight of the year as orthodox christians celebrate easter. many are scaling back on their holiday purchases. barnaby phillips reports from athens. >> it's the most important religions holiday inreligious holiday in greece. they celebrate the miraculous body of christ. easter means are roast lamb, the intestines the special parts but habits have changed over years. >> nowadays, people buy no more than they need. they used to buy so much meat they couldn't eat all of it.

waste is bad for people and for our planet. >> reporter: at the port of pireaus, it's a scramble. easter means an exodus to athens. as people rush home to their home towns or their islands to be with their families. for those who have stayed in the capital, there are free lessons in ceramics. this week, they make easter eggs and reflect on how the crisis has changed the economy. >> translator: there are certainly cases of people who can't afford what they need, the lamb and the other food. it's a difficult situation for everyone but it also creates unity. we hope each other and we hope like christ, our economy will

resurrect. >> it is time of the year when people head to cemeteries to be close to dead relatives. faith and economy both strong, a face of comfort in hard times. barb biphillips, al jazeera athens. >> it's not all doom and gloom on the easter islands the parishioners of the two village churches launching rockets in a mock war. people from all over come to witness the display. the prestigious metropolitan museum of art is set to host collections from museums all around the world. auckland new zealand museum.

>> even the building that houses the most killer extension collection of art won the world architecture festival in 2013. auckland art gallery has been invited to new york. >> it was a complete surprise and it was wonderful when i had to lead the letter a few times to understand quite what the enormity of what it was. >> representatives of just 15 facilities have been invited to the metropolitan museum of art's so-called global leaders colloquium geared to keep museums relevant, particularly in the digital age. something this museum prides itself on. >> all about 99.98% of our collection is online, but wees havewehave no offerings as far as

a digital arrangement. i know the met has an example that way. >> on display at the gallery at the moment are the works of new zealand artist billy eckel who in the 1960s collaborated with the likes of andy warhol. despite being 80, billy apple is up with the digital way. he believes it is a way to connect with one's audience. >> once a year if you're lucky you might get a show or a group show or something like that. it's very traditional i think we've gone way past all that. >> auckland's gallery considers itself in a way to evolve and

adapt, and why it's about to join a very select group in new york. wayne hay, al jazeera auckland. >> if you want to keep up with the news, head over to aljazeera.com. you can see our front page with our lead story. ry. wild fire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight "techknow" investigates climate change. >> i can really feel it vibrating now. >> it's science versus politics. >> do you know what this is?