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the coalition says it has also intensified pressure on the houthis. we have start add new phase which is mainly from

preventing houthiss from reorganizing and making use of military camps. that's why we have carried out so many operations. >> mohamed has been on the saudi boarder. it is not willing to take any chances in this war they want to protect their order because to them one of the main objectives of the campaign is to make sure that saudi arabia is not effected by the conflict, of course, aside from helping the president return to power so they showed us the artillery unit, they showed us the heavy machinery, but they are still amassing across the border, remember, this is 1,800-kilometer border, it is a tough task, it is a big challenge for them to protect

this border. even more than two weeks after the beginning of the air strikes. those striked are supposed to have destroyed all of their infrastructure, and their capability of attack. we have seen incidents in which saudi soldiers where are killed. >> now u.s. president barack obama has promised an extra $205 million worth of humanitarian aid to iraq. the announcement comes as the country's prime minister visited the white house he has been asked more military support, patty coulhane joins us live. >> i have to tell you the story is taking quite a strange twist, the white house press secretary is briefing reporters and although we were told pi the iraqi side they had a long list of requests

according to the white house none of that happened they didn't have any direct asks they didn't have an invoice but a spokesman in baghdad said in essence that those missions are stalled because they need the equipment and he said they were going to be asking for drones and helicopters, the president himself was asked about this in the meeting the question was shouted out and they asked the president about what about the f 16s what about the helicopters here is how he went around answering the question. >> any foreign assistance that is helping to defeat isil, has to do through the iraqi government that's how you respect iraqi sovereignty. that's how you recognize the democratic government that was hard earned. >> that was not the right soundbite that i wanted to throw to, basically what he said that's why we have these meetings so we can discuss that there's a disconnect

between -- what washington thought they were getting out of it, but the president did make that point, he said any foreign assistance has to go directly to the iraqi government, he says that shows that their sovereignty is protected in essence saying they are not a proxy for iran, and also he said that that would require that the iraqi government have accountability that they would be held responsibility for any war crimes conducted with that equipment. >> all right, thank you very much. live for us there in washington, d.c. meanwhile, iran's foreign minister says sanctions on his country need to be removed before world powers reach a final nuclear deal. so as far as the agreement goes whatever happens inside the u.s., and however they want to spin it all the sanctions economic and financial sanctions that have been imposed by the u.n., by the e.u., and by the united states must go in the first state.

his request comes as john kerry tries to buy more negotiation time. the u.s. senate committee has freed on legislation which if passed could prevent the white house from lifting seances on iran. the latest from capitol hill, and what is the likelihood of this being passed? well it does come down to what happens in the committee hearing before the senate foreign relations committee which starts in about 30 minutes time. they just pushed that meeting time back, to give senators a chance to come back from their weekly meetings. now, the compromise that apparently has been reached with essentially cut the amount of days that would prevent the obama administration from lifting sanctions from 60 days to 30 days there would be 22 days

added if this is voted on by the senator then voted on by the house. that would give time, for the president to exercise his veto and to give members of congress a chance to try to override it. basically tying their hands and not allow the obama administration to ease up on some of the sanctions which it says would need to be done if this deal is in fact concluded in negotiations by june 30th. there's a lot of ifs and buts but it does appear very likely that when the senator foreign relations meets. they thatly have discussion and they will pass this measure on. rosalyn joe dan, thank you. >> by italy's coast guard.

>> the safe return of 200 nigerian school girls kidnapped by boko haram a year ago. and with a semifinal place at stake, we will have the latest. at least 20 iraqi civilians have been killed in a series of car bombs. at least five explosions in total. these pictures show the after math of a blast at a hospital, which killed at least four. seven others died when another car ex-prokedded outside a bakery as people cued up to buy bread. in syria there's been more fightingfighting in the city of aleppo. opposition forces have been trying to take the government intelligent center, while jets have been carrying out bombing raids.

fieldn't hows held by the opposition are struggling to cope with the rising number of the wounded. all of the wounded were civilians, there were no fighters among them, there are women and children who are still under the rubble. >> people there say the syrian government has increased barrel bomb attacks on this and other parts in witness aleppo. people say when these bombs dropped entire families disappeared and rescuers dig for days to pull out the bodies. >> why are you doing this? we are supposed to be your people. the fighters of the f.s.a. could bomb the areas under the regime control but they won't do it as a matter of revenge. we are muslims. and take into consideration there are women and children here.

faders ring the alarm when a fighter is spotted. based in the u.k. says overnight bombardment has intensified in areas in and around aleppo. activists say the situation has worsened and more than 135 schools and markets have been closed in rebel held areas of the city. but barrel bombs aren't the only threat. fighting between multiple groups has also intensified. the syrian observatory says forces are on the northern part of aleppo. they face resistence from the group limpinged to al quaida. in the country side, the military airport is held by isil trying to capture more territory. >> this is not just allow pressure poe, there are no more classes at this school. it's become a shelter per people whose homes who have been destroyed. even here, she is vugling to provide for her children. this part is remains under a

siege by regime forces. >> we were displaced. and i don't even know what happened to my husband, i have three children. my son was killed while he was working. i don't even know where he was buried. >> as the war drags on, there is no end in sight for the suffering. human rights watch says it has evidence that strongly sup effort pros forces used toxic chemicals during an attack. rescue workers between the 16th of march and the thirty-first of march which killed at least 30 people including three children, and effected more than 200 others. the group says eyewitness accounts and video footage indicate the use of a chemical agent. possibly chlorine. the renewed fighting following the death of a man on pond who

was shot in protest. although the government denied the police fired on protestors. frighters have killed at least ten people in an attack on government buildings. the gunman set off two bombs that housed the ministry of petroleum and minerals. two soldiers and eight civilians were killed along with seven gunman. hundreds of school girls have marched through the streets of the capitol to mark a year since more than 200 school girls were kidnapped. fighters from the armed group took them from the secondary state in the northeast. the girls have still not been found. >> is one of the 219 girls still missing a year after

being taken by boko haram from her school. the mass abduction called global protests against the failure of the outgoing government of president good luck jonathon to find the girls and deal with the group. the government has failed them. i have failed them. they have not done enough. >> hundreds of school girls marched to mark the anniversary. they have brought the march to demand fresh government action a unique number and a # never to be forgotten. some of them are as young as seven and eight years old. the minister of education is not available to meet them.

it's been nine months since the previous government said it now where the girls were. they were last seen in this video. >> the country will not give up. no one is going to rest. >> peter hopes with the new government of the president election coming in on may 29th the girls might be found. >> i feel it is going to be make a little bit of difference. >> but the new government is not making any u.p.s. pros. al jazeera nigeria. >> well the latest edition of the stream is focusing on the conversations online, let's go to washington to tell us a bit more about what we can expect. >> we just did an edition of the stream which is focusing on the school girls. what we want to do is give you a sense of what is happening with the #win back our girls.

a few weeks later after concerning citizens in nigeria were saying what has happened to these school girls. our producer right here on the stream what's trending today as far as # is there's a lot of conversation about this, so over the past 24 hours there's been three big #s associated with this. the first one is bring back our girls and that's still the most actively views. it is followed by two more actively ies never to be forgot and 365 days on. >> there is something about this story that has galvanized people around the # around the campaign let me give you an idea of where we have seen protests. there's been a sign of protests i want to take you up further north and take you towards paris. another commemorative protest

marking the one year anniversary and yes i am leaving you, they are at the mother pole, the first nigerians to make it to the north pole, and they are taking this opportunity to share with you their protests. their marking of the school girls one year anniversary. >> they are also marking it online. take a look at this, how active the #has been. and not just in nigeria here where it trended but across the world. it hasn't always been that strong and at times these people may have forgotten about the girls. so they were kidnapped on april the 14th. and we started to gain momentum at the end of the month. in may it had more than 4 million mentions. now in 2015, it is nowhere

near where it was with only 25,000 uses in the first week of april. >> one of the reasons they are talking about bring back our girls is because of an actual strategic campaign. but campaigners right here on my laptop. how many days has it been since any knews. this is one image from christmas day let me bring you up to date on how they are conning to tweet. we try to make sure that we don't forget these school girls are still missing. it is incredible story of a very powerful campaign, and a # but as you pointed out as we are putting together this report. >> the school girls are still missing. >> so there is a limit to how powerful a # can be.

now the italian coast guards says almost 8.000 people have been rescued since friday. many of those being picked up as they try to reach europe, are thought to be from syria. at least 480 have dies trying to make the crosses since january, ten times the number of people that lost their lives in the same period last year. well, nine people are now known to have died after one of the migrant boats founded off the coast but it is feared a large number of people are still missing. and what more can you tell us. >> the latest we are hearing is there may be as many as 400 miss from a ship wreck. now the reports come from people that were rescued 145 that were taken. save the children, says they have seen talking to some of these people that said when

they actually left libya there were 550 onboard. i also spoke to the coast guard, they have been unable to confirm this, they can only confirm the nine bodies that were found. they say they are continuing their search missions in the area where those nine bodies were recovered but they cannot confirm that 400 have gone missing because they have not recovered any more. >> we are also hearing that some 500 people have now gone missing any more information on that? these are the same 400 that have to do with this ship wreck. what needs to be clear here is that the situation is really out of control pause more than 2,800 people already rescued. yesterday more than 5,600 over

the weekend. the coast guard has been involved in more than 20 rescue operations yesterday. what is expected to happen tomorrow is that at least seven arrivals are expected the wear conditionals are very very good, and this, of course, is making a lot of people leave and traffic is using the good war conditions. >> well, thank you very much. in sicily. >> in china the relatively sluggish economy is making life hard for college graduates. many of those scanning the list of vacancies are students.

they don't have the qualifications employers are looking for. >> the communications. my fellow classmates very few of them found jobs at the stations so most have to get jobbed in other industries. therefore, i think there is not enough jobs in the markets. how is looking for a job but the recruiter says it is unrealistic expectation. >> which is why the premier

has announce add plan to create 10 million new jobs before the end of the year. >> one solution is to encouraging new students to consider learning a trade. >> this vocational college has more than 10,000 students. who are being trained in the a range of skills. >> mechanical jobs have a good prospect. that's why my parents want me to come here, to think i will have a better opportunity. >> . >> want to increase the number -- by almost 10 million over the next five years. by convincing young people, that they have a presidenter chance of securing a job if they do. adrian brown, al jazeera beijing. >> coming up later in the news hour a peace deal for the central african republic, but do some say it is meaningless plus. >> in a state sanctioned camp

for migrants trying to reach the u.k. find out why the authorities are sending them here, and why the migrants say these conditions are worse than inhumane. later in the program. >> we will tell you why this former tennis champion now that she is reare tired. details are coming up in sports.

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>> emmy award-winning investigative series. water for coal. monday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet ♪ ♪. >> a reminder of the top stories now. two united nations security council is voted to impose an arms embragger go in yemen. the rebels are also ordered to withdraw from territory they seized. al quaida and the peninsula say it aspirer call leader has been killed in a drone attack, the u.s. has posted a $5 million reward for the capture. president barack obama has pledged an additional 200 million-dollars in humanitarian aid to iraq, to help those displaced by isil fighters. he made the promise during talk whose is in washington. well the first visit to the

white house since taking office that he is there to ask for more help in the fight against isil, around 3,000 american military personnel have been sent back to iraq to advise and train the army, as it tries to counter the threat. training air strikes and support is costing the u.s. about $300,000 an hour. but he is looking for billions more. the cost of reconstruction the iraqi military, police and justice systems since the war has been vast. by the time combat forces were pulled out in 2012, let's look at the detail of that, training the military cost around $1.3 billion. renovating and building bases another $4 billion. supplying tanks aircraft and other military vehicles nearly $3.5 billion logistical and maintenance support more than $2.5 billion. joining us live from washington d.c., is brigadier general, former presidential

military advisor under george w bush, good to have you with us, i am sure you will be more familiar than pose, but $26 billion spent by the u.s. is staggering figure, this according to their own report. when you look at the state of the iraqi justice system, the military the police, how far is that money really gone? what difference has it made? at that point they became more of a check point than 1 could maneuver. and i think we saw that last june the army simply wasn't ready, it hadn't trained or maintained this need, to be able to stand up to the onslaught. >> but can you say that that

is exclusively down to the fact that the u.s. left in 2011 and stopped training? even after all these billions were parenties the country? i think any time you have military that stops training the people lead, new people come in, they don't get trained i think that would happen in any army whether it is in iraq or quite frankly whether it was in the united states. if you stop training you won't p ready. well what we are doing at present, is the united states is providing $1.6 billion to be the seed corn for the iraqi train and equip program. the intent is to train up and the ore coalition working side-by-side with forces that are now attempting to maintain a level of redness that are capable

of going on a counter attack seems to be the near term strategy that's being employed this is his first trip to washington and etch if he doesn't get the military that he is looking for it's unlikely he will stop asking for billions more as the threat is still very much there. is -- what is the u.s. likely to do? because obviously there are a budget constraints on barack obama, but yet at the same time it's -- he is portrayed all this as being very much in the national security interest of the united states to back the army, is it a good idea for the u.s. to put that kind of military and financial investment assistance to iraq when we have seen there's no guarantee where that weaponry can be directed?

or indeed into whose hans it can fall? well, first of all, it is a very long question. a couple of points. number one the support from the united states doesn't simply have to be military. one of the major problems problems is lack of accommodation between the sunnies the curds the shia. they can be a force for good in bringing those parties together. the president also committed 200 million-dollars in humanitarian assistance. not military today to help rebuild those communities that have been most effected but yes, the united states and the 60 coalition partners that are working alongside the united states, can provide the impetus to retrain the military and rather than walk out the door when isil is out of the country can maintain a relationship with the army the way we maintain relationships with armies around the world so that we can bebehind the scenes helping them maintain

their red season their modern forces and maintain their weapons. so to my mind part of an contributing factor to the recent armies and the shape that it is in, when the international community walks away in 2011, it frankly wasn't ready at that time to go on it's own. i think the presence of international assistance over the long period of time much much lower rates may be the best solution in the long run mark, thank you very much. >> sure. >> now rival groups in the central african republic have signed a peace deal former president -- and the man who ousts him. there are concerns at the legis massey of this agreement.

just a a week ago the two main fighting factions signed an agreement here put absent throughout the talks here has been the central african republic current interim government. critics say that means wayhad happened here is meaningless but the media says because they got the main fighting factions and the two ex-presidents to the table, it is still a step forward thank you for speaking to us. i think the united nations has rejected the process but never the less, give more your thoughts on this deal that has been reached? thank you.

indeed the united nations just supported the position of the central african organization. you would remember that during the summit, which took place in p the margins of the african union reminded all the stake holders that the only process was the one that was lounged and everybody wanted to be inside this process. never the less, we feel that what is absolutely key is the reaction of the central african reaction of the population. because for them, any process which purpose is to reconcile should take place on their own soil. so this is one of the reaction as. initially this agreement that was brokered in nairobi was

not very good in terms of fighting impunity. this is an important element if you want lasting peace in this country so all and all at the end of the day what is key to the east to focus on the forum and we feel that if they are supportive of the forum, fine, but what is absolutely vital is that this forum is inclusive that this forum is focused on rebuilding the foundation of this population does this mean the psych almost continue, what can be done to bring these communities to some sort of reconciliation? this cycle of violence, as decreased. since.

you look into the violence, we like it, but there is less in the country. it is because of this operation that the local consultation took place countries wide. if you want to change the game you need to invest and to support which is going to trig derek conciliation, though it is a long process, low pressure we start having at the local level this truce that the evening of the community, the population is going to stop.

we are very confident that the progressing that has been met is going to continue because we have this additional force because there are this momentum that we expect the forum to create that will turn i would say the violence between the communities into commitment to the political process now migrants in the french port have describe add new camp that has been forced to live in as inhumane. phil is there and sent this report. >> from before dawn, they are out looking.

hoping to find to sneak on to, bound for britain. first light brings the first attempt of the day, some will get through. most fail and return to camp, but they will be back tomorrow. >> the dream is to smuggle himself to the u.k., he has tried five times this week, be uh to achieve it he has to contend with the nightmare that is this new camp. there are no other option os. >> just like africa, and the jungles the life of the jungle. >> it is not a normal human being eating like this. we cook here, everything going in our dishes we don't have

enough water to wash our bodies. i wash my body after one week. >> this was the jungle as the migrants who used to camp here called it. it is deserted now, -- bringing them together in one place. though not under one roof, only the luckier ones have those. welcome to what they now call the new jungle. same people, same goal, same problems. >> this is flanked by a busy motor way. you can describe it as that no basic immunities. around about a kilometer away, what they do have is the knowledge that they will be left relatively alone by the authorities because they have been told to come here specifically to stay. this is to all intents and

purposes a state sanctioned absolutely. >> down the road a day center provides food, they seek health in the shadow of a world war ii bunker, the cruel irony here, it was war at home that brought many here makeshift mosques and deliveries of bread bring a community to a group of people from manager nations with the same aim to cross the channel. whatever it takes.

>> a nightmare left behind, they have nothing to lose trying. they don't want to cuddle this cat. the mission against farrell felines. there's something about the rowing events set to take place.

in australia wild life activists are calling for a call of wildcats. the fum pers are out of

control. andrew thomas reports from tasmania. >> this wildcat is considered a dangerous vermont. assisting electronic cats. >> twice as many cats as there are people. for farmers it is the disease they spread.

makes pregnant sheep lose their lambs. >> it is also an economic issue for the farmer losing a larger portion of that first year. >> they are also cluing their way through other species. cats eat small lizards and insects. >> one thing out of that linkage, you get severe effects. >> australia has the worst history of extinctions. >> why so many cats in tasmania in particular, a lack of these tasmaniaen devils is part of the answer. as cat numbers have gone up. the number of devils has plummeted down. the devils are no longer

eating the cats. called the devils because of their piercing cry are in trouble gross ugly tumor on the face and the mouth and the head. the fewer do less savages there's more and the devils and the numbers they once did either. joe here is with all the sport. >> we begin on a big night where else at the quarter finals the first leg kicked off a short time ago the huge match in madrid.

real madrid athletic madrid, a repeat of last season. they are looking to bounce back from a shot defeat to bankrupt the club and they decide have yet made the break through. the quarter final takes place and barcelona. they have already beaten barcelona this season. manager lauren says he once again has a plan for his teammates. >> . >> barcelona has not only one great player, they have many. we need toking thatle them collectively we need to play properly and take our chances when we get them, just like we did in the group stage. we proved we can inflict pain just as other spanish teams have done with quick count ever attacks.

with 2022 host who are off the bottom of the world rankings. group d sees true with iran. singapore has been placed in group e. group h features north korea the group's winners and four best runners up will advance to the final round and ultimaticly get a ticket to the 2019 asian cup finals. and one that can make an

impact here. disappointed there the results of the last world cup was a very young team, but we are growing since then, and that's why the first international games will be price less for the us. >> thousands of dead fish were found washed up which will host canoeing events. they are investigating the cause which believes to be a combination of strong rain. will host hailing events also criticized for heavy pollution levels. your rowing and you start to feel sick, nauseous, so you have to stop straining and do and rest, in terms of rowing the fish get in the way because they block the ores.

and french open in may the the world top players will have a bigger price on this year this year will see an increase of more than $3.2 million. with a comfortable win in the second round of the monte carlo masters. of spain 6-1 6-4 the french open is the one grand slam event djokovic has never won. the 2011 won't benefit from the increase prize money now that she has retired. one of sick women nominated. to be given out on shanghai. she is happy to be prepared for a new chapter of her life. my life now is the same as everybody here. but to be honest, my life

after retirement is more busy than i expected. when i decided i would retire, i had time to arrange my own life but i still have a lot of work to do. the successful change in my role from. >> after a terrible time in the cup more on their return to the test game in the west indies after a century england with 399 all out on the second day, england's ball the west indies now 84-2, and that is all the sport for now. >> thank you very much. that's it for me, remember you can get much more on our website, a full bulletin of news coming up in a few minutes time. stay with al jazeera.

>> says it aspirer call leader has been killed in a drone strike. iraq's fight against isil the minister goes to washington to seek more help in the battle. a year on from the disappearance or more than 200 school children.