>> air strikes by saudi-led forces after a deadly attack by houthi fighters on a saudi border town hello, i'm jane dutton in doha also ahead - freed from boko haram - some survivors tried to start their lives over a miraculous rescue in the mediterranean for some migrants. others don't survive the journey one day away from the u.k. election. we'll take a closer look at the

top contenders there has been more than 30 air strikes in northern yemen according to local officials and residents. the saudi-led flights landed in the north-western provinces of sadr and hadda. there has been fighting in the south-west of the country in the city of tiaz. in luga in the north-east, 20 fighters were killed in fighting there. the humanitarian situation south of sanaa is worsening. hundreds protested, asking for water. on tuesday, three civilians were killed when houthi fighters fired mortar bombs and rockets at a saudi border town. the saudi military spokesman told al jazeera that the shelling is a change in houthi

tactics. >> some areas were targeted with mortar rounds and rockets. what happened today is part of an escalation by the houthi militias in targetting schools and a failed hospital in an attempt to sabotage aid relief. all options are opened to ensure the safety of security and citizens. >> the u.n. secretary of state john kerry a due on wednesday and is expected to push for a pause in the fighting in yemen to allowed aid into the country, following a gulf corporation meeting. >> reporter: yemen dominated the agenda >> reporter: yemen and france dominated the agenda at the gulf summit. it comes as a crucial moment for

the region. the war in yemen enters its sixth week without clear result. instead of being pushed out of aden and sanaa, the houthis attack a saudi border city. forcing schools to shut down and cancelling flights. the humanitarian crisis in yemen verges on utter disaster, with the numbers of civilians deaths rise, a concern leading to the arabian king to establish a center to coordinate humanitarian efforts. >> translation: we hope the united nations will participate effectively with what the center will do, including coordinating humanitarian and relief works with the yemeni people of the countries, and with the support of the gulf nations. >> reporter: the french president is the first leader to attend the summit, here to assure gulf leaders that they are a threat. you have taken courageous matters. you were able to develop the idea of a coalition of arab forces.

today france supports your operation, it's the question of ensure the stability of yemen, and you can count on france. >> reporter: apart from yemen the g.c.c. leaders discussed syria, iraq and palestine, but of importance is the iran nuclear programme and tehran's perceived interference in the arab region. >> leaders stressed the importance of reaching a final and comprehensive agreement guaranteeing the peacefulness of the iranian programme, and ensuring that the countries have the right to use peaceful nuclear energy. all according to the standards and supervision of the international atomic nuclear energy association. >> reporter: all these issues will be on the table when gcc leaders get president obama in washington next week, to convey a united stance. the leaders will persuade the u.s. that any final nuclear deal will not allow it to pursue a nuclear weapons programme or continue to allow it to

interfere in the saudi area. intensifying has prevented aid getting through to yarmouk camp for almost two years. things got worse when fighters seized the camp in april. before the war yarmouk was home to 180,000 people. the u.n. says 18,000 people remain in the area and they are in desperate need of help. >> reporter: after crossing five checkpoints u.n.i.c.e.f. was able to deliver three tucks with baby diaper kits kits for newborns and clothes for children. in the first mission earlier in the day, u.n.i.c.e.f. delivered kids to treat 3,000 cases -- kits to treat 3,000 cases of diarrhoea, midwifery kits and high energy biscuits. it's estimated 50,000 people live in three locations visited

in addition to 2,500 palestinian refugees who fled the yarmouk an afghan judge sentenced four men to death by hanging for the murder of a woman wrongly accused of burning the koran, eight have been sentenced to 16 years in prison. jennifer glasse is following the trial from the capital, kabul. talk us through the sentencing and the response. >> that's right. the judge today sentenced four men to death. eight to gaol and sent 18 free for lack of evidence in the case that really captured the attention of the nation the trial which started on saturday has been televised live. the 17-year-old was wrongly accused of burning the koran and was killed by a mob in kabul. she was beaten with sticks and

stones. dozens participated in the murder and hundreds watched. 19 men are still to be sentenced. they are police. it's an interesting part of the trial. afghan law number 354 failed to render assistance. what happens is unclear. we are in court this week, and the police said we tried to do our jobs we called for reinforcements, they did not come. video showed them standing by while she was beaten by the crowd. this is a case that rioted the afghan nation and a test of the justice system. >> i was going to ask you why this case in particular is important. we have seen a lot of violence, much levelled against women in the country do you think that it signifies a shift in policing possibly? >> i think the fact that the

trial was televised was educational for afghans, they want to trust the government. there's a lot of mistrust here and the fact that it was a public murder it happened in broad daylight 4 o'clock in the afternoon in the heart of kabul, by a shrine that many frequent. if you go across town you have to drive by this place. the street where she was murdered was renamed in her name and there's a shrine at a place where her body burnt. so many stood by and watched and videoed it on the telephone galvanised the country. there has been many videos, it's gone to court and the judge sentenced four to death. people will find it encouraging. many lawyers told me it was a fairly robust case for afghanistan, but not without its flaws. none of the defendants had defense attorneys, that will be criticized at a later point in time.

will be seen as a turning point for the afghan justice system in iraq's capital baghdad six were killed by a car bomb. police say the bomb went off in the karada area which includes restaurants, shops and a mosque. there has been a spike of bombings in baghdad as government forces fight to dislodge i.s.i.l. fighters from the north and west. they'll protect the baiji oil refinery. it's the biggest refinery, and is on the road to the i.s.i.l. stronghold. imran khan has the latest on the battle against the group. >> all across baghdad you'll see sites like these, blast walls standing as testament to the security situation. let me bring you up to date. let's start with mosul. it's in the hands of i.s.i.l.

there has been air strikes to the west trying to cut off supply lines. moving down, slightly further south there's an i.s.i.l. strong hold there's an i.s.i.l. stronghold. nil have been routed from the area. residents are not going back. then we get to baiji, that is in the hands of the iraqi security forces forces. let's get to the nitty-gritty. i.s.i.l. has several places it controls. ramadi and fallujah are key

targets for i.s.i.l. they are in the center and want to get into ramadi. people have left ramadi 140,000, according to the u.n. alone. >> the u.s. offered $20 million for information on four senior members. including the spokesman. the u.s. offered a $10 million reward for information on the leader several hundred women and children are rescued by the nigeria's military they are recovering in camps. while many are glad to be freed they are disturbed by the abuse they experienced. ahmed idris has the story. >> reporter: confused and traumatized. this little girl saw her mother hit and killed by a stray

bullet. since then she has hardly ate or slept. today a break through. her foster mother is encouraged. she is one of 275 people brought to this camp after months in boko haram captivity. the camp clinic is coping with another wave of displaced. a girl and her one week old baby here, after their horrific experience at the hands of boko haram. this woman saw her husband decapitated by the fighters. >> they slit the throat of my husband. when they discovered i was pregnant they were disappointed. >> they gave a deadline. the following day they were rescued by the military. now here we are. >> haunted by experiences of the past five months, the mother of four is worried about the future. others speak of rape and abuses by boko haram.

>> despite us being muslim and married the commander ordered us to convert to their brand of islam or become their slave. we refused. i saw them forcefully marry five girls among us. it is true there were forceful conversions, marriages and other abuses. in a rare stroke of luck, she and her five children survived five months of captivity and military activity around them. the victims may be free, but they are dealing with what happened over the last few months. there's little psychological counselling in the camp. officials are worried about the health and other challenges that victims face. >> even those on their own, it was difficult condition, not to talk of those rescued from captivity. >> for now, they are trying to

make sense of their ordeal and their freedom. another battle lies ahead. will they be accepted by their own communities now that they are free? some are hopeful they will not be stigmatized. many more are worried that their pain and sorrow is far from over. migrants continue to cross the mediterranean, new pictures emerged of a dramatic rescue operation in the mediterranean sea to try to save people crammed into a rubber dingy. stephanie dekker spoke to some survivors in catania, cystry. >> reporter: the footage shows how deadly even a rescue can be. a dingy is taking in water. people are panicking. many can't swim. we spoke to survivors brought to catania, sicily. >> they try to come closer to

the ship. they threw a rope to us. so were trying to get the rope to climb on the ship. it was not for us to climb on, it was to tie the boat and move a ladder. people were in a haste to pull the rope to climb up. many jumped inside the water. thi were wearing no life jacket. bus these people tried their best. the people in the ship they throw life jacket but people were in a haste to jump in the water. they could not swim. many of them lost their life like this. five of them lost their life inside the boat. it's hard to confirm how many died and how many bodies were recovered. what some tell us, as many as 40 people could have lost their lives in the panic. reaching the safety of the rescue boat must have taken an effort.

safely in port, they tell us they all came from libya. >> translation: libya is not easy. they have no problem killing people. there is no law over there. that's why we come here. even if we don't know what will happen at least there are laws. >> reporter: as the people wait to be processed there's continuous rescue operations at sea. what we see is constant turnover of arrivals at ports we see, and constant rescue operations at sea. we are talking about huge numbers of people, all with individual terrible stories to tell. the conflict in libya means many working there have been left with no other choice but to leave. one man told us there was no way he and others could go back home because of the violence. the only choice was to leave by sea. the footage shows us that a

rescue can be deadly. more coming up on al jazeera - an avalanche destroying a village, killing everyone. i'm andrew simmonds and i'll have more details of what happened. the rapid glassier retreat - one of new zealand's ice fields slips away dramatically changing the landscape. "hard earned". sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> part of our month long look

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strikes in northern yemen following the houthi shell of course a saudi border down. houthis fired rockets, three were killed. al jazeera spoke to some people rescued from the armed group boko haram. traumatized by their time in capacity hundreds of women and children are recovering in camps. >> pictures emerge of a drastic provision, trying to save people crammed into a rubber dinky, it is shot from a commercial vessel which came to their rescue on sunday. >> to nepal, where the official death toll is rising more than 7,500 are believed to have been killed. andrew simmonds sent us this report. >> reporter: it's a valley

leading to one of the popular places in nepal. few would want to go there now. what you see below was a large bustling village. trekkers from all over the world travelled here. local people made a good living out of their presence. now there's nothing left. one earthquake followed by an of avalance large destroyed everything. the massive glacier crashed down the mountainside, annihilating this village. no one here survived. it's a grim eerie atmosphere. for the recovery workers working day after day in this, hard to imagine what they are going through. a spanish search team has arrived to help. so far they have only found body parts. nepal's special forces have been leading the operation. >> there were 180 locals and more than 100, 200, 250 foreign tourist, foreign tourists. we found about 42 local bodies. 10 nepalese people from outside the area, and 10 foreign tourist

bodies. lined up in the gloom, only seven bodies are awaiting identification. nepalese and foreigners amongst them. foreign embassies are anxiously trying to trace missing people. an enormous, if not impossible task lies ahead - finding and identifying all of the bodies. a large number of people living here had sent their children to orphans. >> they lost their family, property, everything. it is a shock for them. it's difficult to survive. >> the only positive is the building ahead of the village, backed up against the mountainside, still standing. two elderly people and three children survived. they have left, leaving bodies and searchers behind.

the germanwings co-pilot suspected ever flying the plane into the mountainside reportedly practised on a previous flight. a report says that andreas lubitz tried the move on a flight from dusseldorf to barcelona. all 150 on the return flight died hen it crashed in march a day before the u.k. election and it's set to be the closest race in years. no single party expected to win outright. neave barker looks at the leaders of these pivotal parties. >> reporter: it's the most unpredictable election in a generation. now, for the first time in british political history we are entering an email of 5-party politics. when david cameron became prime minister five years ago he was the youngest british leader in 200 years. he took over a country struggling with the effects of

the global financial crisis and responded with billions worth of spending cuts. he's hoping improvements to the u.k. economy will be his chump card on election day. not to mention moves to shed the conservatives image as a party of privilege, even whilst difficult to shake off his own wealthy routes. he cases the labor party's ed miliband. mill band called for a united fairer country. >> it's only when working people succeed that britain succeeds. >> plans to increase taxes on big companies worried business leaders. it's figures from outside the mainstream that have been talking up british politics and influencing voters in ways inconceivable a few years ago. this is nigel farr arch leader of the u.k. independence party. he's been a thorpe in the side

of many. blasting britain's political union and the arrest of the continent. he wants a seat on the u.k. parliament. he gaped ground with -- gained ground with two policies, leaving the e.u. and cutting immigration. then there's niklas sturgeon a leader of the scottish national party and first minister of the scottish government. he's committed to ended austerity and the tritened nuclear programme. they are expected to win the vast majority of the seats. it could be this man, deputy prime minister nick clegg who the conservatives or labour could turn to to help form a kilometrition if no single party wins a majority. despite less support for the democrat lib party he may have a role to play. as the battle reaches the final

statement, it's very much a multiparty race. in brazil a former petrogas executive blamed bad politicians for scandal at the state oil company. he made the accusations in a parliamentary corruption inquiry. his testimony uncovered aelo gagss of -- allegations of contract-fixing bribery. and kickbacks. >> this happened because of the attitudes of bad politicians. petrogas didn't invent cartels. it wasn't a director that invented it nor the company to pay for the politicians. the origin, the genesis of the problem was brasilia. there was a request for 650,000 for per cent dilma rousseff's campaign yes venezuela's first lady is a tv presenter for the state

channel. she launched her own show "at home with sillia" on sunday. many see it as a bid to improve the president's approval rating. >> reporter: costa rica's airport was opened after being closed when it was covered with ash. this time lapse video shows the volcano erupt of course spewing ash into the sky. it lasted half an hour scientists in new zealand discovered one of the iconic glacier is retreating. it is retreating leaving un stable rock walls. >> reporter: glaciers are one of nature's awe-inspiring features constantly changing and in the case of the fox glacier on the west island retreating quickly.

>> there's a dramatic picture, there's dramatic changes. the sediment moving into the valley and it's happening at an incredible rate. >> reporter: a group of university scientists released a group of images taken over 10 years, and a time lapse shows how as the ice melts the valley walls become unstable and collapse. vehicles are not allowed to climb on to the glacier from the bottom. some tour operators had to adapt. >> we had to adjust our business. most of our trips fly up on to the upper ice fall. >> reporter: since the late 1800s, the fox has retreated 3 kilometres, but fluctuates. in recent times they sped up. at the top a clue as to why they are sensitive to temperature

change. >> the fox glacier has a large catchment area flowing into a steep and narrow valley. combined with snow and rainfall and changes at the top are magnified below. what we see now is not unprecedented. scientists know it was about the same size in 198 3 because of low know falls. it had a huge growth spurt. we don't know what will happen next. >> we know they retreat, advance, retreat, advance. it's possible that we will not see it readvance to the same position it readvanced last time, in about 2009. >> it's also possible it will retreat unless the volatile patterns that surround the glacier align

the german town of budsa was devastated on tuesday by a tornado. storms battered the north of the country. dozens of cars were destroyed. people were injured as trees were upturned and roofs ripped off houses. read about that only the website aljazeera.com. greece is straight to get its hands on bail out cash to pay its debt of the creditors are playing hard ball, demanding the country get the economic house in order. the country is rife are corruption, fixing it is not easy. the greek government is laying down the law. will it be enough to satisfy lenders. i went to greece for a first-hand look, and i talk to the prime minister who started greece on the odyssey with the first bail out five years ago. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money".