are falsely claim those who did not make the weapon a weapon of the army, but destroyed the cities and residential neighborhoods, and used it against the people and this was to humiliate them and cause concern everyone who fought for their country and for their leadership to build a national army and modern establishment, to be the yemen army for all of yemen to the

yemeni people, to the islamic concern over yemen did not come suddenly yemen belong to islamic arab and it's effected by and effected and the world has become with mutual interests yemen was never isolateed. we only decide to ask for help from our brothers after we got to such a dangerous state we hope to get something new and would under the leadership of saudi arabia who had a lead role in helping us navigate politics and the other nebraska

states who are arabic and islamic. in an agreement to what yemen has signed on. in my name, and to the yemeni people in thanks and gratitude to our friends who have helped us and help supported our sovereignty and our legitimacy i am now--hey also helped to protect the yemeni interests with the strong resolve that has now started the second stage which is the renewed hope, and all the loyal forces who stood with the people and it's strife

and also under the leadership of king salman, who helped support us and achieve our ambitions and from here we confirm that we shall apply all of the provisions under the seventh chapter of the security council 216, that has yemen appeal to the world united and has a just cause and this resolution handles as many opportunities to all yemenis and establishes positive dialogue after we have overcome the descension and the political process.

and for immediate execution of the resolution. i think all for the political efforts to support and adopt this resolution that has been generated by our brethren. to all in our precious we shall be victorious because we are right. we shall be after this crisis and i would give hope to our brothers and sisters we shall heal the wounds and compensate the people of all the tragedies that affect them. and recordless of where they come from, and what tribes they belong to.

we shall only go for peace and peacefulness and build stability. i will adopt the provisions of the security council resolution, and shall push all those who look down at the yemeni people to the garbage of history. we will never retreat and we will take our people out of this crisis and we will achieve political independence once we rid our people and our country from the political corruption. and should they continue to fight, we, the yemeni, and those who support us willover come

them. may god preserve yemen and it's people and we pray for the martyrs and heal the wounded. i give you my greatest with regards of peace be upon you and god's blessings. >> well, the yemeni president holding a press conference, but it's not really, it's just a statement to television. he started by saying that the houthis have killed people and destroyed property and said that

the houthis must surrender their weapons and go back to the political process. he praise those who have been fighting against the houthi rebels. he also praised vice president bahah, describes him as a valuable asset to the government. well the independent yes then analyst joins us now from washington, d.c. and i gather you've been listening to that press conference in arabic, so you probably have a better idea exactly what the president has been saying. what is your take on what he said tonight? >> well, he didn't say a lot that's new except that he's looking forward to creating a national military. given that the airstrikes completely destroyed the infrastructure of yemen's military it's going to be a spark to build something new from zero. he's saying that he guarantees that the next military will be a lot stronger and better than any military before, and it will be very national. while that's very nice to hear, the realities on the ground, especially after the airstrikes

going on for four weeks now the reality on the ground is that there is a huge rift monk the yemeni people. people are fighting over whether they're sunni or shia and where they're from, a and all of that turmoil is happening on the ground. for him to talk about a national military without giving the specifics it seems very scary. we know that the realities on the ground in yemen have always moved a lot quicker than what we talked about here. so political rhetoric is always a lot slower than that. i hope that he realizes that in tournament of implementation, that they're able to keep up with the realities on the ground. as we mentioned earlier they're still fighting in aden. the outy militia group are fighting with people there. and it seems that it's going to be really hard to curb the houthis. and he saluted a lot of the militias and army forces and everybody who stood on the side

of the airstrikes or against the houthi militias. it seems that he's thanking the coalition for stepping in and assisting him or respond together demands and of course he's speaking on behalf of the yemeni people. i guarantee that in yemen the yemeni people are going right to their eyebrows and wondering why are you thanking them yet because the operation is not complete yet. it seems that targeted airstrikes are going to continue. the bombings won't be 24 hours but they will be happening nonetheless. it was interesting to hear him speak, i'm sure he has a lot more to reveal but so far the national military is the point he has touched on. >> he has been speaking a lot about the arm. did you hear anything at all about his speech, talking about a possible political settlement,

a way forward for yemen? >> the way he talked about was the process only ruined because of the people who revolted begins the transition process. but if we are to look very closely at the national dialogue conference, the failures of this transition the failures of the national dialogue conference is actually what gave the houthis some legitimacy on the ground to expand. as a matter of fact, president hadi was to step down february 2, 2014, if the transitional process was going to go according to its schedule and it's agenda. but it slowed down the achievements and the national dialogue never translated on the ground and ended up in a creation of a large document that created several points never implemented on the ground. the failures of the national

dialogue conference gave some room and space for these spoiler toss step in and take advantage of the political vacuum, and of the lack of implementation. moving forward i hope to hear president hadi speak about national reconciliation and transitional justice. the people of yemen are angry at each other and i think it's very important to mediate between ourselves and to kind of listen and to some sort of conflict resolution or peace settlement amongst the people so they can proceed and move forward. >> we appreciate your time and your thoughts. thank you for joining us from washington, d.c. visiting fellow from the european council of foreign relations. he is also a yemeni specialist. he is also here with me in london. i don't know how to put this, but there wasn't anything drastically new in this particular speech, although i thought it was quite interestingly that he singed out vice president bahah as being a

significant asset to the government. >> i it's iranic. many would like to see vice president bahah to replace hadi. but hadi was showing that he had more popular people on his side. i agree generally i think this is a speech--i was going to say that yemenis were expecting more but i think yemenis have given up expecting dramatic speeches from hadi. >> he has had the saudis come up and say we're going to stop the bombing campaign. and we've had houthi leaders say we're coming close to a settlement. >> yes and we have not really gotten anything--there was really no knock-out punch. there was nothing significant out of there. the language about the national military and specifically the language about the militias in the south, i think there is a sign of a worry there

suggesting that perhaps this conflict is not as over as some people have said. unnotably some of the language is very strong in terms of sending people to the dust pin of history. that suggests that maybe despite the calls for a political settlement that may suggest that reconciliation is further away than many people hoped. but when it comes down to it, we came into this speech very confused about where yemen was heading and we're left equally if not more confused. >> obviously he started out by saying that the yemenis have killed all these people, we're for yemen not sounding as if he has got any idea of reconciliation in his mind. but realistically he must know that a yemen that doesn't involve the out houthis in some way doesn't happen, and the yemens--the houthis are part of yemen and have to be part of the

political future. >> i hope so. i think excluding the houthis from the political process is a recipe for continuing political turmoil in yemen. >> what would be interesting to know is that what the saudis have said about that. >> yes and it's unclear. the saudis have sent mixed notes in terms of houthis. but the most important thing he is not giving this from sanaa. he's giving this from riyadh. in that sense there is still this question, the question that hung over us in the beginning of prayers desigh stiff storm where hadi had fled to riyadh, and you know, the question at first was supporting hadi's legitimacy. and how legitimate can this president be when he's still outside of the country at the end of this operation? so really, i think that watching this, it just really reiterates a lot of questions in the backs of our minds. >> adam baron thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> let's go down to roslind jordan at the state department

in washington, d.c. and certainly the u.s. government has been watching very carefully the events over the last couple of hours. >> that's right. and only the pentagon have been the ones to speak so far. they are very much supportive both of the saudi coalition's efforts in operation restore hope, i believe it's called, as well as the efforts of president hadi moving forward. but not much more detail than that. certainly the u.s. was providing a support role to the saudi coalition during the 27 days of the airstrikes against houthi targets inside yemen. but they have been very very clear that they were not interested in taking part in this situation because they said

it was involved yemen and it's neighbors. >> but 24 hours ago we were discussing the fact that an u.s. aircraft carrier had been sent to the yemeni waters. >> that's right. the uss theodore roosevelt has been in the region on a six- to nine-month deployment. and two of the vessels the roosevelt and the normandy were deployed to get closer to the yemeni coast line just in case, as pentagon officials describe it. they were also, however still taking part in the air war against isil targets in syria and in iraq. so they were essentially wearing two hats. but this is a matter of the u.s. wanting to show it's ongoing support for the hadi government,

with whom they've been able to carry out many of the controversial drone strikes against members of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap. this was a complicated situation, and the u.s. was trying to make sure that it wasn't in the middle of it. >> all right al jazeera's roslind jordan reporting from washington. thank you. well hadi made that speech an hour after saudi arabia said that it would cease targeting houthi in yemen. >> reporter: saudi-led airstrikes in yemen are over. co-list forces say they have achieved their military goals and the houthis are no longer a threat to yemen and the region. but saudi army officers warned that any future attempt by the houthies to destabilize yemen would be met with force.

the airstrikes may be over but the campaign may be moving into a new as of yet unclear phase. >> we will continue to give support and help with evacuations and the humanitarian support. the operations will continue regarding the three goals. though they could be smaller scale. there will be military action whenever they command. >> international aid agencies have been concerned over the rising number of civilian casualties. the "world health organization" said that 944 people were killed and nearly 4,000 were injured since the start of the military campaign almost four weeks ago. >> the bombing alone would never achieve its objectives, and i

think the saudis realize they have done everything they can. and the best thing you can have is an negotiated solution, and this was a face-saving way out for them. >> the airstrikes have come to an end. but peace may be a long way off. houthi fighters backed by troops loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh are still active across the country. the shia rebels reject the presidency of abd rabbuh mansur hadi who is likely to be replaced by khaled bahah. he was in the past backed by the houthis. now he faces the delicate task of uniting yemenis and putting an end to the haze of instability. al jazeera.

>> more than 400 asylum seekers have been rescued off the coast of sicily. they were found in a fishing boat and the captain has been arrested in italy on manslaughter charges after a ship carrying 800 people sank off the libyan coast on sunday. al jazeera's barnaby phillips has the latest from catania on the southern island of sicily. >> and still they keep on coming no matter how dangerous the journey. 446 people, their wooden boat leaking. all they can do is appeal for help in the sea south of ca labria. they were lucky an italian fishing boat found them just in time. in sicily the authorities are helping the few frightened men who survived the sinking of an overcrowded boat off the libyan coast in the early hours of sunday morning. the initial stories of the scale of that disaster have turned out to be horribly accurate.

>> they have now interviewed most of the survivors in the mediterranean according to them the boat departed from tripoli and libya on saturday morning and it had some 850 people on board. many of these were children among those on board were some 350 air transas well as people from syria somalia sir are a leone, gambian ivory coast and ethiopia. >> they say this man a tunisian was the captain of the boat. he's been taken into custody charged with reckless homicide and causing a shipwreck. another suspected member of the crew has also been arrested. accused of assisting illegal immigration. and more details are emerging as to how so many people died. >> migrants were crushed inside

the fishing boat that was not small. 300 migrants were forced in the hull at the lowest level. and they were locked and prevented from coming out. another several hundred from president hadi closed in on the second level while on top under a cover there was 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 smuggling gains. but european governments have disagreed for years on ways to prevent these disasters at sea and on ways to prevent more people from risking the perilous journey across the mediterranean. and the problem goes far beyond italian waters 37 further west off the coast of spain 44 africans rescued by coast guards that come from morocco on a wooden boat. some too exhausted to walk onshore. some so young that they may not remember how they arrived here

to start a new life in a new continent. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, catania in sicily. >> egypt's deposed leader mohamed morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. he was the country's third democratically elected president but was toppled in a military coup. he also faced many other trials. >> mohammed horsy escaped the death pent. he has been sentenced to 20 years in prison without the possibility of parole for what the prosecution says was his role in the arrest and torture of protesters at the presidential palace in 2012. three protesters were killed: he can still appeal this conviction but he also faces several other charges including, an attempt at a prison break in 2011 where some prison officers were killed, a verdict on this is expected next

month. spying. he's accused of conspiring to commit terrorist acts in egypt with hamas. leaking state secrets and endangering egypt's national security. fraud in connection with the muslim brotherhood's economic and social program. he's also charged with insulting the judiciary. muslim brotherhood leader along with several other defendants were also sentenced to 20 years. it was a long road to egyptian democracy. in 2011 hosni mubarak was kicked out of office in an revolution against his rule. then in a decisive election in in 2012 morsi became the first democratically elected president, but it would not last long. he angered many egyptians by issuing an order preventing any court from overturning his decisions. that led to violence on the streets denouncing morsi as a dictator and new pharaoh. morsi escalateing a power

struggle between the military and the president. >> i guess a decision has been taken by the military before running this election, the first democratic election that at a certain point the military would intervene and then take over. on june 30, 2013 millions of people rallied across egypt's calling for his resignation. three days later the man who morsi appointed as defense minister led a coup that led him from power. although the defendants in this first trial were acquitted with attempt to murder, any sentence against egypt's first democratically elected president is seen as a big blow to the muslim brotherhood and it's supporters. al jazeera. >> and we've been getting reports of an attack by the police in the egyptian capital. reporting that two policemen

have been killed by unidentified gunmen in cairo. more on that as we get it. iraqi forces are engaged in heavy battles with fighters against the islamic state in iraq and the levant in anbar province. troops say that they are now in control of the ramadi children's hospital captured ten days ago by fighters. the u.n. said that more than 90,000 people have fled the fighting in anbar province over the past two weeks. at least three people have been killed and 19 injured in an explosion in iraq's northern city of kirkuk. the happened during the funeral of the fighters from the popular mobilization force. the injured are receiving treatment in hospital. at least 11 people have been killed by a car bomb in sow ma i can't's--somalia's capitol where several were hurt. somali soldiers are among the dead. the blast happened near the city center hotel which was stormed by the group al-shabab two months ago.

20 people were killed in that attack. south africa has announced it is sending troops to durban and johannesburg after a series of attacks against immigrants. malawi's government has gone so far to provide buses for its citizens that need to be repatriated. south africa's government has been criticized for not doing more to protect them. the greek finance minister said he's confident that a deal between athens and finance ministers have been reached just last week. >> there will an deal. there will be complete stability. the convergence is clear. even the institutions acknowledge it. it does not necessarily mean there will be a solution on friday. you can tell from the fact that this euro group is more formal. no euro group makes great

decisions in such is short amount of time but it will be a significant step in negotiations and hope very soon we'll talk specifically about the reforms that will form the backbone of the new program. >> the eastern australian state of new south wales has been hit by fiercest storms in a decade. heavy rain and wind has led to flash flooding. >> even for a country used to extreme weather the severity of these storms took australia's southeast by surprise. more than 30-centimeter was rain dumped on new south wales in less than 24 hours leading to flash floods and little time to get away. >> we had to swim for it. we're getting sucked towards the toilets and we hung on and we were there for quite awhile.

>> even telephone poles struggle to resist high winds. trees also toppled. leading to just narrow escapes. >> it looks like a smaller tree than that one has deflected it just enough so that we could come through. >> at sydney's famous beach the waves were much less welcoming than normals damaging properties along it's coast line. with i understand higher than it's usual level some were warned they might have to evacuate. >> this is a serious storm event, once in a ten-year event. it's more severe than anticipated, so clearly the consequences are quite significant across new south wales, and it is clear that the elements present challenging weather. >> more than 200,000 homes were left without power.

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