>> saudi arabia said that it's campaign against yemen houthi are over because their military objective have been achieved. >> now they've launched a new price. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up up the tap tan of a capsized trip in which 800 migrants died is arrested on his arrival in italy. egypt's18 years for egypt's

former president mohammed morsi. and a man goes on trial at the age of 93. >> hello in one hour the saudi-led coalition said that it will end its airstrikes against houthi fight necessary yemen after 27ers iny iny men in yemen. the saudi force also still continue to target the movements of houthi fighters inside yemen. this was how a spokesman announced the end of the decisive campaign. today the goal of the campaign

has been achieved and sovereignty has been protected. the yemeni citizen is no longer subject to dangerous of houthi militias and they've lost a large part of their capability capabilities. then the operation will begin with the government which has to rebuild yemen in a safe and security manner. >> the coalition would retain the rights to intervening yemen if necessary. >> we'll continue to target the houthis. we'll also continuing the support of the help with the evacuation of humanitarian support. there will be some military action when deemed necessary. >> coming up we'll have reaction

from washington and the united states. mohammed we now have operation newell hope where does that go? >> i yes i think everybody should wait for tomorrow to see what happens in the next few hours of the morning tomorrow whether we'll see the outies announcing this as a victim along with the allyies. whether we'll see the houthis maintaining their positions everything will hinge on the action of the houthis. if they don't continue to fight this means that there is a deal behind the scenes. we've seen in a the saudis

saying that the outings should retreat. we have seen letters and envoys saying there must be a political solution and two days ago the general congress party announced that it's welcome the united nations security council resolution they were saying that they are beginning a new phase. >> the saudis have said that they're stopping the bottoming campaign against the houthis. they also said that they would continue to target the movement of the houthi fighters. do we know what they mean by that? how would they target them?

>> if the houthis tomorrow try to announce this victory the saudis will continue to strike in their position. if they stop there will be a phase of diplomatic talks. >> it clear in the near future if the houthi continue to

destabilize the region there may be some small scale operation or providing assistance for president hadi, the houthis are still active. they operate in saada and even in the port city of aden. i think now they will basically try to bring all of the political factions into negotiating a political settlement to put an end to decades of instability in yemen. >> the saudis are very keen to stress that they have ended operation decisive storm at the request of president hadi, but many are saying this signals the

end of president hadi and. >> yes they want him to go and move on to bahah. activists seem to be willing to work with him but this is someone who needs the backing of top military commanders powerful tribesmen willing to come together and pull the nation from a brink of chaos and come to a settlement. now he has to overcome obstacles

such as houthies' political implications reaching out to factions and stemming al-qaeda in the center of the country. a mammoth task for bahah. >> al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations in new york, and iran an important player here not as authority directly involves in the crisis in yemen but it's opinion and what it does matters. i think the announcement is important. perhaps even more important explaining what may be going on behind the scenes the fact that some hours now the dip foreign minister predicted that there is going to be a cease-fire as

described in yemen. that's certainly not what the saudis have announced. but it suggests to me that perhaps there is some connection. there are some talks behind the scenes that have been taking place. we know of some meetings that have been taking place. we know that ban ki-moon met with the ambassadors and had a discussion with them. and we know that the u.n. security council has been discussing the wider implications in the middle east. when the president of that security council meeting the jordanian foreign minister met with the press i asked him about the announcement. and he said there is an important timeline with the u.n. security resolution passed last week. that resolution has a ten-day reporting unit in it.

and ban ki-moon has to say every ten days how the compliance to the resolution is going. and the resolution says that houthis need to withdraw from all the territory they've taken. that's sport to report on friday. it's more likely that they'll call the security double meeting on monday. so a clear timeline for all of this. you heard hashim talking about new figures coming involved. until a couple of months ago he was ambassador bahah. i think there is another important thing that will likely play a part of this, and that is the man that ban ki-moon is thought to be about to "point his newto appoint to yemen. the man who is currently leading the fight against ebola is now

been suggested for the job. he has not named yet. in the coming days we reach another moment of opportunity for the presidency. >> james thanks so much. the yemen niece journalist stranded in the u.k. while on holiday when the fighting broke out in her home country. thank you for being here in al jazeera. i know you've been speaking with relatives both in sanaa and aden and what they think about the operation that is now over. >> they want to be hopeful as much as possible. they want to hold on to any sort of hope that they will not be living under attacks or sleepless nights and bombings, but at the same time they're very confused on how things are going to go on the ground.

in the past two years we've had the dialogue and peace and partnership agreement as well. and on the ground we show invasions and things which were different so we hear about all of these peaceful initiations by government and international entities. but on the ground people see something different. i'm really hoping that the end of decisive storm is really the end, and of course there is a cease-fire. this is very important. at the same time stopping the houthis from invading more, and doing any.

>> humanitarian perspective aden in particular many have suffered hugely during the last 27 days. of how are the aid ship, going to get in? there are humanitarian organizations who are desperate to get the aid to those who need it. but how? if they're not allowed into the ports. >> there should be something here they should do it faster, especially at the ports. they want to check the ships and planes that are coming and make sugar that it's only humanitarian aids, and no arms or weapons. but they should do it fast. there should be some sort of resolution that makes them come in those doctors and surgeons and those who can help. yemen has live thud 26 days with no civilian flights in or out

there are thousands of yemen knees who are stuck abroad. there are many who are stuck with no money. and most of them were out of the country for medical treatments, and they can't go back. they need a way to go home. and in addition in the thousands who are in the country and they're suffering. there should be some how an in and out way for yemen niece inside and outside. >> basically ending the isolation. thank you for your time. >> let's go to washington, d.c. has there been any official reaction to the saudi announcement? ros?

>> reporters did shout questions at secretary of state john kerry. the secretary of state did not comment. however, the pentagon has released a very brief statement saying they welcome the saudi coalition decision to stop its air war against the houthi rebels and that they continue to work both with the saudi coalition and with the legitimate government, the government of president abd rabbuh mansur hadi as the day goes forward. it does involve a lot of questions. did the u.s. government get a heads up that the saudis and their partners were planning to stop this air war. and if so, have the saudis and the rest of the coalition briefed the americans how they're going to carry out this next phase of the operation. >> there is a lot of talking that's been going on behind the scenes especially when you consider the fact that u.s. has

just dispatched its aircraft carrier. >> they have been deployed in what is known as the fifth area where they're stationed in the greater middle east waters for the past two weeks and it's going to be deployed there for several more months to come. they were there just in case but they weren't there to try to intercept that is delivered to the houthis. >> thanks, ros. >> to other news now more than

400 asylum seekers off the post of italy. it is the latest in a series of distressing stores of trying to cross the mediterranean. a captain has been captured and charged with manslaughter charges. the ship smasheds intoeds off the coast of rhodes. three beam died--three people died. >> barnaby phillips has the the

latest from catania. >> still they keep on come nothing matter how dangerous the journey. 446 people with their wooden boat leaking. all they could do is appeal for help. they were lucky an atoolan fishing boat found them just in time. in sicily, meanwhile the authorities are helping a few men the initial stories that have disaster have turned out to be horribly accurate. >> we have interviewed most of the survivors. according to them the boat departed from tripoli saturday morning. it has some 850 people on board. many of these were children. among those on board were some

350 from several countries. >> italian prosecutors say this man a tunisian month ham mall lick was captain of the boat. he has been charged with homicide and causing a shipwreck. another member of the crew has been listed. he's from lib y accused of assisting illegal immigration. and more details are emerging as to how so many people died. >> migrants were crushed inside the fishing boat. a few hundred migrants were forced into the hull at the lowest level. they were prevented from coming out. another several hundred were close to the second level while on top undercover there were another 100 migrants. >> here in sicily and across europe there are lots of sympathy for the victims of this

disaster and the widespread outrage at the activities of the ruthless smuggleing gangs. they have been discussing for years how to keep the smuggle from happening on sea. and the problem goes far beyond italian waters. further west off the coast of spain 44 africans rescued by coast guards that have come from morocco on a wooden boat. some too exhausted to walk onshore. some so young they may not remember how they arrived here to start a new life in a new continent. barnaby phillips, al jazeera. catania in sicily. >> more breaking news reaching us on the situation of yemen. senior houthi leaders say that there has been a political deal to end the conflict has almost been reached.

that comes after the news earlier that they would end the bombing campaign against houthies in 40 minutes from now. it has been suspected there was a deal in the offering, and a political deal to enthe conflict in yemen has almost been reached. we'll bring you an update on that as soon as we get more details. in the meantime, egypt deposing mohamed morsi has been sensed to 20 years in prison. he was the country's first democratically elected president, but was toppleed in 2013. he still faces several more trials. >> mohamed morsi escaped the death penalty. he was sentenced to 20 years in prison without possibility of

parole for what prosecution says for his role in the protesters in front of the presidential palace. three protesters were killed. he he can still appeal this sentence 6 but he still faces charges. he's accused of conspiring to commit terrorist acts in egypt with hamas. leaking state secrets and endangers national security. fraud in connection with the muslim brotherhood's economic and social program. he's also charged with insulting the judiciary. several ours defendants were also sentenced to 20 years. it's a long road to yikes democracy. hosni mubarak was kicked out of office. then in a decisive election

in 2012 morsi became the first democratically elected president. but the celebrations wouldn't last long. he angered many egyptians by issuing an order that prevent any court from overturning his decisions. that led to violence on the streets with opponents denouncing morsi as a dictator and new pharaoh. it escalated a power struggle between the military and the president. >> i think a decision has been taken by the military before running these elections the first democratically elect elections. at some point the military will intervene and take over. >> on june 30, 2013 millions of people rallied calling for morsi's resignation. three days later the man who morsi appointed as defense

minister led a coup that led him to power. this sentence is seen as a big blow to muslim brotherhood. >> in the northern city of be beigi, the oil fields continue to be fought over. >> onon the outskirts of the refinery the war is not over. the target are aisles fighters. plumes of smoke arise in the distance as the fighting continues.

this is part of government reinforcements after isil attacked the refineries last week. on the western front these men need to clear the surrounding areas. while hitting isil positions. >> we're in the front of the beiji refinery. we've been attacked but our forces are advancing. >> security courses in the area suggest that there are armed isil fighters still inside of the refinery. the u.s.-led coalitions say that isil are now in control of the refinery and are fort flying defense positions. they describe islamic state's latest infiltration as an attempt to boost it's online propaganda but proves that the group is still capable of advancing and attack

attacking despite weeks of airstrikes. this shows fighters storming the western entrance. many parts of the refinery have been destroyed. the u.s.-led coalition jets have carried out 47 airstrikes in and around the refinery in the last ten days. in baghdad prime minister hyder al abadi led a funeral for the commander who was killed last week. >> the fight for iraq's oil refinery has proven to be a tough bun. gains made by any side could change momentarily. the challenge for the government is to reopen the refinery and resume production.

the battle for the refinery is proving to be hard and costly. neither side is able to fully control and declare victory. production of 175,000 barrels of oil a day has stopped and the refinery has been shut down since june of last year. al jazeera baghdad. >> oscar groening was responsible for sorting money taken from those who were killed in auschwitz. gleaves accused to being an

access car accessory to the murder of 300,000 people. groning told the court he acknowledged his moral guilt but said it was for the judges to decide whether he should be convicted. auschwitz was the single most murderous camp that nazis ran in the final solution of the jewish question. >> oskar groning was at the camp between 1942 and 1944. his role was to sport the belongings of those who were murdered. he had particular responsibility for the foreign currency found among the possessions. one of the jewish children who

survived being experimented on at auschwitz was in court to hear oskar groning. eva's parents and sisters died in auschwitz. she spoke about what seeing groning being on trial meant for her. >> i'm sure emotionally and physically an i think in one respect who is functioning at that level he's doing his very best. >> in previous interviews ten days ago oskar groning chose to speak about auschwitz to those who deny that deaths that the

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