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could affect your health. >> to yemen first fighting is intensifying and the humanitarian crisis is growing. militias loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi is laying siege to an air base considered mucial to the u.s. drone programme, targetting al qaeda fighters, trying to take back a rebel base, who took control after u.s. advisors pulled out. the saudi-led campaign is pounding houthi targets, across a country. tiaz and aden the focus of strikes. most of the country live in the west. the fighting is having a catastrophic effect on the civilian population struggling through live in one of the region's poorest countries. 731 people have been killed

since air strikes. many civilians. 150,000 forced to leave their homes. more on the humanitarian situation. let's go jizan, where our correspondent mohammed val violence us live. what do you here about the fighting on the ground. >> fighting is going on in aden there has been heavy bombardment and air tricks on locations and fogses of loyalists and around the city of tiaz. it's an important city it's a populated city. it is again the brigade. brigade 35 that has shifted loyalty to president hardy. his loyalists are making momentum, gapes. the popular resistance in tiaz

organised itself in a better way now. the houthis done up yoigs inside the city. there's fighting dreet by treat. in at ep not far from the -- aden not far from the presidential palace there's reports of casualties 35km away from it. the air base is important, and it has shifted several times, changed hands several times during the last couple of months. it is occupied by the houthis, and the supporters of president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, the popular committees are besieged and trying to take it. this base was important and used as a base by americans for their drone strikes in yemen, about 100 advisors were there, withdrawing in march. after theest callation there.

in other areas, fighting it going on there. we have reports of heavy air tricks by the saudis and its allies trying to defeat the houthis, it's year from what is going on across yemen, that the war is not about to end soon. >> what about bringing peace, we know the yemeni government rejected the iranian peace plan what is on the table? >> there's a lot of table. saudi arabia is suspicious about iran and russia who have tabled plans. they are seen as a country that interferes, that has been supporting the houthi militia to stage the coup and oust the government of abd-rabbu mansour hadi. those two proposals were rejected. we have calls from china, malaysia for renewal of peace

talks. saudi arabia said no peace talks can begin until the houthis withdraw from aden. the yemeni government is located, and needs to shift to yemen, where it can gain legitimacy. they are trying to push the houthis militarily or diplomaticsly to withdraw from aden so the government can shift there. >> thank you for that. now, the human cost of the war on yemen is visible in the hospital. three government facilities are over run with injured people. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: these are some of the victims of war in a desperate situation? aden. most of the injured are civilians, including children. some are seriously injured, but

are grateful to have survived. >> i'm injured. i think, thank god, i've had two operations, i'm waiting for another one. >> there's a massive shortage of food, water and medical supplies across aden, despite aid. a lot of people left of the city to escape the air strikes. the saudi coalition is targetting houthi positions. the exiled government allowed saudi arabia has been allowed to take control of air space and territorial waters to get aid in. there are only three government hospitals open to treat the injured in aden. hospital beds are full. it's difficult to reach some of those stuck in the violence and injured. medical workers say ambulances have been stolen and medics targeted in the fighting. >> translation: we are receiving between five and 20 people every day. some are injured. others in a serious condition. some died when they could have

been saved. the ambulance couldn't reach them in time. because the roads are blocked. >> the red cross says the situation is very bad in aden. it's the civilians paying the price. as many as 700 people are feared dead in the mediterranean sea after the boat they were on capsized. it's thought that the boat went down about 200km south of the island of lampedusa. the italian and maltese coast guards are conducting a major search and rescue. 28 have been rescued. 24 bodies recovered. port brennan is in catania and joins us live. i wonder if anyone else has been rescued. >> well we are trying to get the latest figures from the coast guard. it is a sunday night the the only figures we have is a couple

of years old. the latest figures was 28 confirmed rescued. and the estimation between those on board is between 700 and 800. there are hundreds of people unaccounted for. there's a flotilla of vessels out there. what we understand is the boat which set off from libya, was spotted by a port fees vessel. when migrants saw the portuguese vessel they crowded to one side of their boat destabilizing it causing it to capsize. the portuguese vessel was a merchant vessel is not set up for rescue operation you cap imagine the chaos that ensued as a result. there was 18 ships, naval and

merchant vessels in the area. 70 miles north of the coast, they are scouring the sea for survive judges, and indeed, i'm afraid, for corpses. the other thing to say is they've been using an aircraft and a couple of search and rescue helicopters as part of the operation. it's a major operation and looking bleak. >> what is the feeling now that the pope spoke out about if, saying the international community needs to do more and needs to stop. what are they suggesting? >> there's a snowball of pressure over the recent days, it's not just the numbers making it here. 11,000 have been rescued and brought to europe mainly to italy as a result of search and rescue. it's the number of dead. 500 were estimated to have decide trying to make the

crossing. last week 400, and now potentially as many as 700 died. we are well into 1500 people, 1600 losing their lives trying to make the crossing. that is cause for international concern. as you say, the pope has weighed into the debate entering into politics. what he said is he's expressed his gratitude because of his commitment. he went on to say the proportion involves much wider involvement. we must not tire in urging a broader commitment at a european and international level in tackling the crisis. >> to iraq where the u.n. says more than 90 thoz fled fighting. they are trying to get into baghdad. many are not allowed in. we are joined live from baghdad. tell us about the fighting and why people are fleeing.

>> well i was speaking to a senior officer at the iraqi ministry of defense, and he says that the army air jets have been hitting targets in ramadi for the last 24 hours, and said there was several u.s.-led coalition air tricks on a number of targets in the north and the north-east of the city. the spokesman payments a bleak picture, saying the situation is coming and they are making a slow advance because i.s.i.l. littered the streets with roadside bombs. sources from ramadi paints an opposite picture saying most of the city lies under the control of i.s.i.l. and the city is largely deserted there's no water, electricity and thousands of people and families fled to neighbouring ors, including

entering bag today. als we know some have not been allowed to enter. what is going on there. >> tens of thousands left. not everywhere was welcome. hundreds were allowed in, only after getting a sponsor. now the security forces say they are scared that i.s.i.l. may have infiltrated the crowds and authorities are scared they could carry out attacks against a number of targets in the capital. there's an outcry among sunni politicians, religious leaders to be quick in lifting the restrictions, the parliament calling on the government. sunni mosques and others in baghdad opened the doors to those allowed in. >> thank you for that. that report live from baghdad still ahead on al jazeera. the price for her father's trial. why this girl's family went

against a traditional form of justice in pakistan. >> a violent part of the philippines is getting o smoother ride towards peace.

you're watching al jazeera, here is a reminder of the top stories. militia loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi are laying siege to an air base considered crucial to the u.s. drone programme. starting the al qaeda fighters. the humanitarian situation is worsening. 731 have been killed since fighting began, many civilians.

28 people have been rescued after the boat they were travelling on cap sized in the mediterranean. 24 bodies have been recovered. up to 700 were on board the vessel when it went down south of lampedusa 94,000 fled fighting. the military driving out the islamic state of iraq and levant. fighters from the provincial capital. many fleeing are trying to get into baghdad. many are stopped from entering the capital. afghanistan's president said a group linked to i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks. in total 35 people are to have decide. among them a bank paying salaries to civil servants the justice system failed women who are victims of violence in afghanistan.

a report says while there's illegal framework in place for such case it provide limited options and details individual cases of 110 afghans who were victims and sought justice. 5% of the cases resulted in criminal prosecution. >> in pakistan many rely on local councils known as jirgas to rule on dispute. in some cases they have to give their daughter away. some local leaders say it should be scrapped. >> reporter: this girl is paying the price for her father's crime. when she was five he killed a man in their village during a dispute. a meeting of tribal leaders, known as a jurga agreed she'd be handed over as compensation for

the crime to the victim's family >> translation: i was struggling with my husband, was it her fault. you killed someone, not her, i told him you should go. >> reporter: in the end, the father defied the council's order and kept his daughter. >> there was tremendous pressure from my wife. my daughter was a child. i realised it was brutality towards her. >> reporter: she is afraid the victim's family will try to kidnap or kill her. this campaigner says she 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 or her brother or her uncle - she's going 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 longer support it, it is not acceptable. when it does happens, families do it in private, they don't want the police to find out. four years ago using girls as compensation became illegal in pakistan to use girls as compensation. since then hundreds of tribal elders and families have been arrested and charged. >> it has been exaggerated. people thing jirgas are resolving issues in this way. it is rare. >> reporter: these men say the tribal councils are changing with the times. >> what do you think of this system? >> it's very bad. >> reporter: they say they now no longer give girls away permanently. >> now we symbolically present the girl. behind the scenes it's agreed they'll return her with honour and respect.

>> reporter: this was a little girl when the council promised her to another family, now she says she wants to study law and make the tradition a thing of the past a commander from iran's republican guard says inspectorors will be barred from military sites under a deal between tehran and western powers. giving access to military sites would amount to occupation, he says. iran and six world powers have reached a framework deal to tehran's nuclear programme. iran questioned the language in the deal saying it would have to give the nuclear agency access to suspicion sites an egyptian court sentenced 11 to death for involvement in a riot. people were killed after violence started between rival football fans at the stadium.

fans invaded a pitch after a football match. a sentence must be approved by the highest religious authority in egypt president jacob zuma is promising to end violence against migrants. he cancelled a state visit to indonesia to deal with ataftengs police fired rubber-coated steal bullets at anti-immigrant protesters. charles stratford travelled to johannesburg and met a man who moved to south africa and is living in fear. >> reporter: this man came to inspect what is left of his shop. he came to south africa six years ago to earn money for his family in ethiopia. >> they take everything, money. it's tough. yes. lost it.

>> he says his shop was attacked by people who accused migrant workers of taking their jobs. he says they stole everything he has, including all his savings. >> i don't know, these people is coming. they take the stuff, and in the fridge, money, clothes, shoes this put - everything is took. i have children. i have wife. through my people i support me. why kill me? you kill me, you kill jesus, i kill you. no fighting. >> reporter: the other south african landlord says he's ashamed about what happened. >> criminality. nothing else but that happened. >> it's very obvious the level of poverty in this neighbourhood. and people have real needs in terms of lack of jobs and the services here.

that man was the victim of opportunists and criminal elements but he has decided to stay and save more money before returning to ethiopia. there are more migrant workers in south africa that have decided to leave. south africa's president visited a camp in durban where migrant workers are getting ready to return to their home countries. >> those who want to go home. they must know that when we've arrange everything, when they stop violence they are welcome as they came. >> these people are heading back to malawi by bus. zuma's words mean little to them now. >> we are feeling good. down here we frightened for these people. they want to kill us. how i stay here. i can't manage to stay in this

country. >> reporter: he says he has no choice but to take the risk. he can't go back to his family in ethiopia empty-handed the u.n. condemned a deadly attack on civilians in north-eastern democratic republic of congo. threat 30 unarmed civilians were reportedly killed when gunmen attacked a village on wednesday. the assailants were suspected rebels from the ugandan base allied democratic forces group let's get more on the top story, the capsize of a boat in the mediterranean. it's believed something like 700 people were on the boat. we are joined by malta's prime minister. thank you for joining us. i know you have people involved in the rescue operation. can you talk us through what is happening at the moment.

>> it's basically the situation that we have been called in to help our italian college in this rescue operation that is trying to pick up the pieces650-700 migrants capsized. as soon as the migrants saw a merchant ship approaching to rescue them something happened - the boat capsized. we are informed that around not more than 50 people have survived. that is a number that we cannot confirm 100% at this point in time. but we are pretty unfortunately, it's evident that there are few survivors. it could be as few as 28 as many as 50

well that's a lot of people that possibly lost their lives. can you tell us what will happen to those that have been rescued. >> our top priority is to make sure the operation takes place. literally people will be talking the ports and they are checking to see who is alive and who is not. as an equation for it taking placement. after that we'll pick up also the bodies of people who we can reach at this point in time. they'll be taken to italy or else where. i think that's the least of issues. >> sadly, as you know because it happens so close to where you are, we have seen a dramatic

increase this year. what do you think should be done in order to put a stop to it. >> the number one point that has to be addressed is libya. unless libya is secure itized the tragedy that we witness today will not be the last. we will see more of this. and anyone turning a blind eye to the situation, europe turning the blind eye to the situation. the community turning a blind eye to the situation. we'll be judged in the same way that history judged those that turned a blind eye to the genocide that took place over the decade. the first point is getting libya back together. making sure it's not a failed state.

and then making sure that there are security arrangements to help a government of national or national immunity in libya, to secure its borders, and making sure that the criminals, it's nothing short of criminals who managed migrant shows at this point in time. >> sorry to ask you about the criminals. as you say, you need to deal with the source of problem, the problems in libya. what about those that are behind this. how much are they encouraged by the money, and those feeling that they can be rescued. there's absolutely no security arrangement here. if there are no security forces.

criminals are beheaded. development aid and all the rest we told things will be different in four years. now there's a sad situation. we have a state which is almost a failed state. there needs to be a consensus among libyans allowing the international community to intervene in the way the libyans would want, to make sure that the borders are secure and take out the criminals. they are nothing less than criminals. all right. it was good to have you on the show to talk us though what is happening in iran. and the rescue operation that you are involved in. telling us that what you are hearing is 50 people possibly have been saved. so a big loss of life if that is, indeed, true that 700

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