>> hundreds killed and thousands forced to flee as saudi jets continue to pound yemen. i'm fauziah ibrahim and you're watching al jazeera. coming up in the next hour. president vows to stop xenophonic attacks. and more help for migrants. and we report on the desperate

plight of malaysia's flood victims six months on. yemen is facing a humanitarian crisis. days of street to street fighting has left hundreds dead. aid agencies have had difficulty getting help into the country. 731 people have been killed since the strikes began. 2,754 have been injured and 150,000 have been forced to flee their homes in the weeks between march and april. >> these are just some of the victims of war in what's become an increasingly desperate situation in aden. most of the injured are

civilians including children's. they are just grateful to have survived. >> translator: i'm injured. thank god. i've only had two operations. i'm still waiting for another one. >> reporter: there's a massive shortage of food water and medical aid. a lot of people have left the city to try to escape the strikes. exiled of government has led saudi arabia to take care of air space and territorial waters to get eighth in. but there are only three hospitals. hospital beds are already full. it's difficult to reach some of the injured people stuck in the violence. ambulances have been stolen and medics targeted in the fighting. >> translator: we're receiving between five to 20 people every day. some are slightly injured others in serious condition. some people have died when they

could have been saved. the ambulance couldn't reach them in time. the roads are blocked by the fighting. >> reporter: the red cross says the situation is already very bad in aden and that civilians are paying the price. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> to iraq now where thousands are fleeing fighting in ramadi. the military is trying to drive out the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the group has captured two villages 200 kilometers west of baghdad. captured two villages near the northern city of kirkuk. azarea and ashton communities have been used to push back i.s.i.l. the united nations envoy to

libya said that at least three people were killed in violence including a young girl. libyan envoice are trying to find a solution to the conflict in the country. planning an i.s.i.l.-inspired attack. five teens were arrested on saturday over an alleged attempt to conduct an i.s.i.l. type attack. the anniversary of the galipoli landings during world war i. >> this is simply evil. we stand united stronger and better than this attack. than to attack the things that make us uniquely victorian and uniquely australian. we feel uniquely.

>> wave of attacks in the past week. police have fired rubber coated steel bullets against antigovernment protesters in johannesburg. charles stratford has more. >> come to inspect what's left of his shop. he came to south africa six years ago to try to earn money for his family in ethiopia. >> lost it. >> reporter: he says his shop was attacked by people who accuse migrant workers workers stealing

their jobs. >> i don't know, these people coming taking the stuff in the fridge money this somebody put everything they take. i have children, i have wife, through my people, why kill me? you kill me, you don't kill me jesus i tell you no fighting. >> reporter: the south african landlord says he's ashamed of what happened. >> criminality. >> reporter: it is very obvious the level of poverty in this neighborhood in johannesburg. grievance with the government in terms of lack of jobs and the services here. seems like diala was the victim of criminal elements, he decides to stay and try to earn more money before he trowrns returns to

ethiopia. there are other migrants who have decided to leave. south africa's president visited a camp in durban. >> those who want to go home they must know that when we arrange everything, we'll stop violence. they are still welcomed as they came. >> reporter: these people are heading back to malawi by bus. zuma's words mean little to them now. >> we are frightened. so how i must stay here? i can't manage to stay in this country. >> diala says he has no choice but to take this risk. he says he cannot go back to his family in ethiopia empty handed. charles stratford, al jazeera

south africa. (f). >> 3 million zim bab zimbabwens. >> can never be good to anyone . >> standing in as cuba's municipal accidents the first time since 1959. independent journalist and lawyer and eulia lopez are a member of the outlawed little party. >> pope francis has called for more international action to help migrants. he warned that the world is in danger of losing its humanity.

11,000 have been rescued in the mediterranean from overcrowded boats in the last eight days. the italian coast guard says the number of people trying to reach europe this year is unprecedented. paul brennan has more from catania. >> on saturday, a boat pulled into polermo bringing 17 men 19 women one of them pregnant. the situation is one of compassion for the migrants. it's certainly being expressed here. the fishermen for example in the port much catania says it's horrible when they sometime pull up the corpse could of a deg mieg

dead migrant in their fishing nets. there is a glimmer of hope, however, in the past 24 hours the coast guard has told us they're not having any distress calls or maydays. and no migrants in on boats not that they know of anyway. that would appear to be a brief welcome respite. will it continue? probably not. there will be probably oaforts setting to sea in the next few days but a welcome space for the overpressured, overstretched authorities here on sicily. >> the plight of migrants is also making way in mexico protesters are demanding better treatment for migrants. defense a new government program stopping people crossing

illegally into the u.s. migrants are accusing the u.s. immigration offices of human rights abuses. stay with us. bucking the trends against local violence. also ahead. >> i'm jonah hull, inside france's newest museum, a monument to cave art 36,000 years old. years old.

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yemen is facing a humanitarian crisis. days of street oto street fighting in the port city of aden have left hundreds dead and thousands injured. saudi led coalition. president jacob zuma has vowed to stop fighting against migrants. steel coated rubber bullets in the latest unrest. pope francis has called on the international community to do more to help italy cope with the rapidly rising number captured off its coast. a group linked to i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in afghanistan. in total at least 35 people are known to have died. among the targets was a bank in inial laljalalabad.

>> must stand in the line of afghans. therefore i call on the taliban and say today is your time choose. come and stand with your government. >> staying with afghanistan women who are struggling against violence, while there is a legal framework in place for such cases it only provides limited options. the limited experiences of 110 afghan women sought justice over a six month period. only 5% of the cases resulted in criminal prosecution. in pakistan, many still rely on local councils known as jirgas. in some cases victims have to give their daughters away, as compensation. even local leaders say this

practice should be scrapped. >> reporter: manor is paying the price for her father's crime. when she was five he killed a man in their village during a disubt. dispute. a meeting known as a jurga agreed that she would be handed over as compensation for the crime. >> i was struggling with my husband, was it your fault you killed someone not her. i told him you should go. >> in the end the council kept his daughter. >> translator: there was tremendous pressure from my wife and my daughter was just a child. i realized this was brutality against her. >> reporter: she is still afraid the victim's family will still try to kidnap or kill her. supports the tribal councils as long as they don't violate the

rights of girls. >> people don't want to admit that a girl who is ultimately going to go to an enemy's home to pay the price of her father's crime on her brother or her uncle she's going to be mistreated. she's going to be treated like a slave for the rest of her life. >> reporter: the culture of giving daughters away as compensation for murder is slowly changing. many communities no ploarng supportlongersupport it and it's not acceptable. but many families are doing it in private they don't want the government to find out. >> using girls for compensation became illegal in pakistan, since then, families have been arrested and jailed. >> it has been legitimated beyond certain proportion he. only resolving the issues through swara.

something very rare. >> these men say the tribal councils are changing with the times. >> what do you think of this system of swara. >> it's very bad very bad. >> reporter: they say they no longer give girls away permanently. >> translator: now we symbolically present the girl to the family. it's agreed they will return her with honor and respect. >> she was a little girl when the council promised her to another family. now she says she wants to study law and make the tradition of swara, a thing of the past. nicole johnston, al jazeera pakistan. floods hitting malaysia last december were the worst in decades. as sahil rahil raman reports people

still don't have a place to call home. >> reporter: building in the ruins of their home, these workers are helping rebuild. many don't own the properties they're building on. his renovated home is unsafe now. everything they owned were either ruined or floated away. >> translator: i'm worried because i don't have a house. my wife is pregnant and due in september. we want to be settled quickly but we don't see any hope. >> reporter: there are dozens of tented villages like this. aid agencies are dealing with people displaced like this area ghost villages, swept off their stilts, all that's left is

the steps to a house. >> we hope to move all the communities to temporary shelters by the rainy season. >> these shelters house people waiting for their own homes. safe and secure, the communities are kept otogether. the government has promised to rehouse these many can't rebuild because it occupied government land illegally. and will have to be relocated. it is estimated that up to 160,000 can use safe secure accommodation that can away and withstand the elements. >> we do not know the real issue because we leave it to the federal government to shut it out. we are focusing only on our side. >> reporter: while state and central governments decide what

their responsibilities are it's left to charities to build permanent homes like this. it is a slow process identifying land that is safe and legal to build on. very badly damaged infrastructure is being prepared and life is slowly getting back to normal. many hope that the work can be completed within six months, before the next monsoon. sahil raman al jazeera malaysia. greener transport options in a city which has 3 million registered vehicles. protest took place ahead of earth day celebrated on april 22nd which aims to promote awareness and protection of the environment. staying with the philippines a province this is notorious for its gun culture and it is slowly undergoing an image makeover.

masvati is hoping to use an annual cattle festival to change its image. jamila baswata has more. >> home to beautiful pastures like this one its land perfect for cattle ranchers and riders from many generations. but that's not only reason why it's called the wild wild west of philippines. also has a long history of political violence. for decades it had some of the highest number of election related killings. but the province is slowly changing and it's all because of this. the festival began in the early '90s to promote the province following a decline in its cattle population. it is the only known rodeo in asia and something seen as a

benefit from the people there as uniquely theirs, despite its western origin. the game is raw and violent much like the political landscape but the festival helps to rebuild the image. thousands come to participate in the festival which is said to be the largest festivals in the country. >> for us cowboys, it is nice to have a rodeo festival that at least we can appreciate. >> its popularity has grown significantly over the last few years. it has also helped boost the economy of the region. >> mesbates is only known for two things, its disruption and

the calton cattle industry. tends to unify politicians and the people of mesbate. >> still politicians don't shy away. hardly 9/11 here earns seats unless they participate. this is what kept the province together the rodeo, long needed to keep the economy together. electronic waste the u.s. and china are contributing the most and that discarded items include gold and silver components worth a staggering

$52 billion. >> it may sound like science fiction are now a reality. complex organs like the heart and the liver can be created in the near future. andy gallagher is in the northwest american state of north carolina. >> here at the wake forest institute for regenerative medicine bioprints which are being used to build human organs. it takes about five hours for this machine to manufacture a human ear. >> this is made out of polycapalactone or pcl. >> a technique the institute is

using to build bladders heart valves and even muscle. much of the work is done by u.s. department of defense. but funding is always on researchers minds. >> everything we do here will eventually move towards human trials and hopefully enhance their life. through the work that we're doing. >> luke marsala is one that benefits from early research. he was given a bleard more than a decadebladder ten yearsago and now lives a healthy life. it is the human impact of the research done here that keeps scientists pushing and breaking new barriers. in the future it is hoped that the work here will pioneer work

on complex organs like the heart, lungs and kidneys. >> you're never really fully satisfied with what's being done because you know there's also so much ahead that needs to be done so many more patients can benefit from these technologies. >> reporter: but the strides being made here by a staff from more than 50 countries have already changed lives and are bringing hope to many more, andy gallagher, al jazeera winston salem, north carolina. is a museum is opening in southern france, the chauvet cave museum hosts hosts an exact replica of the caves. the public will be able to see reproductions for themselves. jonah hull reports.

>> to enter the cave in the french ardeche is to take a journey into prehistory. >> this is a way to approach, to come closer to our -- to your ancestors. >> on these limestone walls 36,000 years ago early man drew animals. some like cartoons in motion. using charcoal and red ocher. this remarkable replica is a modern masterpiece accurate to a millimeter. >> translator: we created a 3d model of the cave with hundreds of thousands of points across all axes. ,. >> here are the footprints of cave bears the bones of animals

long ex tint extinct. >> it was closed to the public when it was discovered in 1994. inside the original, the structures the artworks are so dell can they can be altered by a simple touch or destroyed completely over time by human breath or bacteria. now the public can come face to face with a near perfects rendition of the oldest prehistoric paintings and drawings ever discovered. the waiting list for tickets is six months long. >> for our ancestors 36,000 years ago this cave was a sanctuary. when they entered it, it was to decorate the walls and to leave symbols. these symbols were a system of beliefs. this was spirituality.

our ancestors had spirituality like us. >> it is easy to forget you are inside something artificial. jonah hull, point dark, southern france. france. doing it in an unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight "tech know" journeys into the jungle, this is one of the iconic animals of costa-rica with post cards of this thing. a beautiful and fragile place on the planet is under attack.