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protest as trial gets under way. and german noble laureate has died at age 87. >> let's go to yemen where there have been strikes on the south of the country where houthi rebels are advancing. it is because of proximity to the red sea and the gulf of aden's key shipping routes. the provincial capital of the province.

he explained the situation on the ground. >> they are still sends forces. up until now we haven't seen any action on the ground against houthi and saleh's forces. >> airstrikes alone won't achieve the coalition's aims. >> it's not entirely clear whose fighting for whom right now, and i'm sure on the ground, too there are factions that aren't entirely clear who they're fighting against because it's a very confused situation on the ground. some of these people are fight forgive survival. they're fighting for their own ground. we minute forget this is a two-horse race here. this is not houthis versus the rest. there are extremists or i.s. forces al-qaeda forces, and others who are just fighting to survive.

al-qaeda draws its members from various tribes. usually people who have been disaffected from the tribes. there are people who support al-qaeda. sometimes because they brief in al-qaeda. sometimes it's the best option for them given the other options they have been ranged against. yes, there will be al-qaeda connections with these tribesmen, and again it's unclear to what extent these people are affiliated. it is confused not only as observers but as far as on the grounding it it will remain that way until we get ground forces in. this is the problem that saudi coalitions are facing. they don't want to use ground forces but they can't make any

meaningful change from the air alone. we've learned this in the last decade. i'm afraid the middle eastern forces forces are just beginning to confront those different forces. >> speaking about the country's role in the yemen. war. he wanted to clarify the resolution on that parliament operation. >> we are in touch with other g gcc countries to assure them that their disappointment was based on an apparent misinterpretation parliament resolution. we do not abandon friends especially at a time when their security is under threat. >> former regions said that pakistan was specifically asked for military support by

saudi arabia. >> they asked for troops. they asked for the army troops and air force supporting them in this situation against yemen. and pakistan was supposed to deliberate and their demand to the parliament and by the will of the people p decision was made by them. it was deliberated upon and the decision calm out. the only thing we have refused is we don't want boots to be on the ground. any yemen fighting along side the coalition forces has yet to go inside. we don't think there is anything wrong with that front. we're defending the saudis if they are threatened by foreign

forces or yemenis or anyone coming across. also too insure the territorial integrity from any foreign force. >> to sudan where people are voteing in parliamentary elections. the 71-year-old is expected to win with a landslide. catherine soi is in khartoum. >> in the past the president said he would not seek re-election, but now it is almost certain that he will win this election. a 25-year-old university student. most of his family has been displaced by the conflict there.

he blames the president for failing the keep the peace. >> he always makes promises in campaigns, but after he wins he doesn't keep them. his government continues to kill people. 's liar. >> president bashir is indited in international criminal court. in the mountains he took up arms against the government and many have been killed and many displaced from those regions. sudan's economy has suffered for years. it's one of the most corruption countries in the world. the ruling party officials say that bashir's achievements are many. at the top of the list, the creation of south sudan. >> i challenge anyone to come and talk to me. talk about what they have done

since the time what bashir did in education health, in--in industry in the social system. >> in his campaigns the president has promised to deal with the security problem for national dialogue. and spearhead the process of rewriting the institution. >> when you walk around khartoum. you seat campaign of. omar al-bashir. he is the only one who is campaigning. and his government has silenced dissenting voices with arrests. but for many it doesn't matter who is at the top. her concern is how her life will improve. >> there will be no difference between the old and new government. i just want my business to be

good for my children and. >> i they tell me that even they if they were registered voters they would not vote. there is simply none to vote for. catherine soi al jazeera. khartoum. >> anti-government protesters in the capital opposition politicians had called for protests because the elections have been postponed. five people were injured and have been taken to hospital. in turkey 45 people are standing trial over the biggest mine disaster in the country's history. 301 miners died last year. bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> for the relatives of the 301 miners killed in the disaster, this was an emotional day. they had come to see the start of the trial of 45 people accused of being responsible for what happened hundreds of meters underground last may. the defendants include eight former managers charged with

murder. >> we cannot express our pain. i have another son. he still works underground. every day he goes there and i wonder when the news will come. >> the disaster happened when a pit was enduffled by flames and carbon monoxide gas. 800 miners were trapped. an investigation found a long list of faults including lack of gas detecters lack of gas masks and poor ventilation. there is an investigation going on into the inspectors who gave the mine an operatingness. >> if the minister dos not grant the mission to launch the probe against the civil servant whose wrong doings were confirmed with the report, it's against justice and means the government avoids

putting officers on trial and it means that it protects them. >> prosecutors demanding 25 year jail sentences for every one of the 301 victories. among the disaster's turkey's parliament pushed through legislation aimed a improveing labor safety. but this country still has the worse record in europe when it comes to work-related deaths and so far this year 350 people have been killed for worker health and safety. bernard smith al jazeera, istanbul. >> more to come, why sunni muslim from the iraqi province say they're still friened even though isil has fled. millions of dollars pledged but only a quarter of the money has shown up. we report on the struggle to rebuild gaza.

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in turkey's history. many died from carbon monoxide poisoning after an explosion in the mine. no. south baghdad ten people have been called. a parked car exploded in an industrial complex adjacent to restaurants. 28 people are reported injured. in diyala, they have driven isil from the area. >> this fame lives in a camp, the hometown was under isil's control since june. but plea months ago army forces recaptured it. they are sunni and they say they are scared to return.

>> we are afraid of the militias. we're afraid they might kill us and our families. >> we don't have weapons to defend ourselves. we would be dead just like the victims of the master. >> thousands of shia fighters and some government troops started the campaign against isil. now the supreme leader and it's spread assessor'sits predecessors are every why weather. this border crossing was closed for 30 years now it's wide open. popular mobilization force and shia militias are the real power here. some analysts feel that the victory over isil may have strengthened the shia fighters. >> after the liberation we

witnessed the increase of attacks on sunnies. this is tearing apart the unity of the iraqi people. it's also changing the demography of the province. there is sectarian and ethnic strife taking place in diyala. but they say that the fighters are only defending their country. he denies any wrongdoing. >> the talk of changing the demography is not true. we felt the danger of isil. >> iraq's fight against isil is not over. and there are growing fears of more reprisal attacks. president al abadi took over the force to curb the criminal activities of a few members, but he warns against the demonizing

the force, which is now the main power fighting against isil. >> teams in iraq are exhuming the bodies of 146 people thought to be massacred. some of the bodies have been removed from four mass graves in tikrit. it was thought they were recruits from a nearby military camp killed by isil last year. more dna is needed to confirm their identity. nigeria's election has declared the winner of the elections. voting was extended into sunday in oil rich rivers after irregularities of polling stations. ballot boxes were stolen and voting materials were not delivered. tuesday marks one year since 200 school girls were abducted in nigeria. despite the global campaign to

free them, most are still missing. many hope nigeria's new government will finally bring them home. we have reports from abuja. >> this boy is three years old. all he seems to understand is that school girls were kidnapped by boko haram a long time ago. his parents aren't far. they've been meeting almost every day for a year. along with other concerned nigerians. they don't want the girls forgotten. it's not okay. something terrible happened in nigeria, and we should denight and demand the rescue of those girls. as long as those children are out there, our children need to know we are here. >> boko haram abducted more than 200 school girls. their family says every girl taken wanted to achieve something in life. that's why they went to school even though boko haram leaders

for bid western education. the attack led to a global campaign to free the girls with the hashtag #bring back our girls trending around the world. president buhari will begin his presidency in may. many are hopeful that he'll do more to find the girls. many are skeptical. ment. >> a year is a long time. slowly reality is sinking in for some families. even if some of the girls are found alive their parents don't know what condition they'll be in, how many of them are pregnant or already have children. or how many of them are sick. president goodluck jonathan's outgoing administration kept telling nigerians that the girls would be rescued soon.

but for this father, mother, sisters, weeks turned into months and now 365 days. >> many in nigeria have not given up hope in finding all of them alive and they're asking the world to keep up the pressure and not and the school girls. al jazeera. abuja. >> the three men who gang raped and left for dead a kenyan school girl have been sentenced to prison. she was attacked returning from her grandfather's funeral in 2013. the sexual assault was so violent it left her in a wheelchair. she identified some of her attackers. the police caught them but released them.

the pursuit for justice has been supported by 2 million people globally. 46 humanitarian groups have issued a report saying that reconstruction of gaza has barely gun since the war ended eight months ago. the report says only a quarter of the funding has been released and urges the international community to immediately end the blockade on gaza. we have more from west jerusalem jerusalem. >> reporter: it's been six months since the international community pledged $735 billion to reconstruct the gaza strip and the home is one of 19,000 destroyed homes in the war that have yet to be rebuilt. he's living in a makeshift shelter near his destroyed home which is israel heavily bombarded last summer. without the most basic necessities staying warm is hard work. he searches for wood in the piles of republic around him to make a fire.

>> i blame all sides. i cannot blame one party. all parties have to agree on how to carry the reconstruction. if they don't agree we'll be the victims. >> 46 humanitarian organizations have reported that only a quarter of the money pledged to reconstruct gaza has so far been released. 100,000 people are still homeless here after israel's third and those destructive war in six years. >> both hamas and fattah are using us for afraid in the international community. we either invite israel to finish us off or explode in our government's face. we don't know what to choose. >> the report calls on the for israel to lift the block aid on

gaza. it described the crisis in gaza as a manmade one while some donors have refrained from releasing funds due to the political rift between the authorities in the west bank, but by doing so donors and israel are entrenching the political split. the report found that most donaries are accepting ways to work around it. >> what we really need is a change to how the international community addresses the blockade which is making sure there are consequences and accountability for its staying in place. >> the aid groups that put the report together say unless world leaders implement a new approach that addresses the root causes of the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza, another war may be inevitable. the report suggests the

international community should use the u.n. arms trade treaty to pressure israel to lift the blockade on gaza. it obliges is transfers that are used on attacks against civilians. the question is whether the international community will respond to this recommendation. >> four former u.s. security guards are due to be sentence ford kill 14 iraqis. a court convicted the guards of the shooting death which happened in 2007. at the time they were all employees of the firm blackwater providing security for state department officials in iraq. bangladesh's booming garment industry has taken a hit because of transport. blockades have been imposed by the opposition and it's allies to force early elections but it's delaying deliveries and buyers have canceled thousands of orders. we have more from central

bangladesh. >> here at the giant group factory thousands of garment workers hurry to fill an order. it's what it has to do to survive. but these days once an order is finished instead of being delivered the clothes could sit around in storage. that's because of violence like this. [ gunfire ] bangladesh's opposition wants elections. and they have called for transportation blockade to press their point. that's led to violence that's killed more than 100 people this year. buses and trucks have been burned. the government blames the opposition who deny their involvement. many of those deaths are the drivers of these buses and trucks. >> my vehicle is insured. but so what. if i get killed on the road then will the insurance bring me back? the insurance can buy a new car but it can't bring me back to my wife. it won't stop my children from

becoming orphans. >> where drivers are afraid to work the garment industry has suffered. >> if the shipment is late what is the buyer supposed to do? the clothing industry is a seasonal business. if the order does not reach the market on time then they're no longer of value. >> many brand name companies are getting set up as bangladesh enters a third year of violent political instability. >> we're trying to not take more risk so they're putting orders in different countries. they don't want to put all their eggs in one basket. >> plenty of businesses have been affected by the blockade, but none are as significant as the garment industry and accounts for 80% of bangladesh's export with awful these boxes sitting here waiting for shipped out. that's valuable foreign exchange that's not coming into the

country. >> this is especially bad news for the millions of people who see the industry as a path out of poverty. while the world is finally paying attention to their often dangerous working conditions they are not having to contend with the new threat to their livelihoods. al jazeera. bangladesh. >> the german novelist poet and nobel prize winner has died at age 87. he passed away at a clinic. simon mcgregor wood describes a man who call the conference of germany. he confronted his nazi past while for many years concealing his own membership of the ss. thethe "tin drum" propelled him to international fame. in 1999 his work was rewarded

with the nobel prize for lit future. he was an outspoken and ultimately divisive figure. he campaign ford disarm and social change but was against german reunification. he was critical of the cartoons that depicted mohammed. in 2012 he road wrote the poem "what must be said." but his role as the moral conscience in modern germany was damaged in 2006 in his auto biography he revealed his membership of the ss as a 16-year-old in the last months of the war. something he had never admitted before. it brought condemnation for the writer who had a urged his countrymen to confront their past. for while spending so many years hiding his own.

it tarnished his literary and artistic career. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera. >> you can reward more about him and all the other stories we've been covering by logging into our website. the address at the bomb of your screen www.aljazeera.com. >> a police camera captures the fatal shooting of an african-american man. the deputy who pulled the trigger said he thought he pulled out his taser. not the gun. students cheating on tests. and hillary clinton's presidential campaign is off and running heading to iowa just one day after announcing her second