air strikes by saudi-led forces attacks by houthi fighters on a saudi border town. hello, you're watching al jazeera, i'm jane dutton in doha. also coming up an afghan judge sentences four men to death for the murder of a woman wrongly accused of burning the koran survivors talk about their ordeal after spending months in boko haram captivity, blood... >> i'm jonah hull in london in a building where modern cinema

was born. now being brought back to life the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is due in saudi arabia where he is expected to push for a pause in the fighting in yemen to allow aid into the country, 40 air strikes have been reported in the past 24 hours. the saudi-led strikes landed in sadr and hajj ja near the border. houthi fighters fired rockets. it's the first time they targeted a civilian area in the kingdom since the saudi-led air campaign in yemen. the civil defense unit says three were killed. 22 aid agencies say they'll have to stop sending aid unless routes are opened. there'll be demonstrations south of sanaa with people calling for basic amenities and demanding

that the houthi group leave the capital. mohammed val joins us from the saudi capital riyadh. let's start with the fighting in yemen. what do you hear about that? >> there is an escalation here across yemen, there's a new element. attacking rebels inside saudi arabia. we have seen them attacking soldiers killing them. that has been enough concern for the saudis. now they have targeted cities there's intensification in the areas on the north, and areas close to the border. that is the development. saudis are distracted from yemen itself and now focussing on the protection of the border. also air strikes as you mentioned are continuing inside yemen in areas and houthis are digging them up. they are not shows signs of

retreating from the surrounding areas of aden. it's bloody and there's civilians falling. >> it will be a tough job for kerry, to establish a pause in the fighting for the humanitarian effort right. >> yes, that's the situation and kerry, once a complete lull in the air strikes so that humanitarian situation can be helped in yemen, they have another idea to create safe zones in yemen for humanitarian relief to be distributed. it's a problem. in any case if they respond to the american request, it means they stop short of releasing the goals. if they create the zones they'll have to protect them and put troops on the ground. in any choice assist difficult for the saudis.

thank you for that an afghan judge sentenced four men to death for the murer of a woman -- murder of a woman wrongly accused of burning the koran, eight have been sentenced to 16 years in prison the the judge dropped charges against a further 18 people. the woman was killed by a mob in march. we have this report. >> reporter: the murder trial has been closely watched in afghanistan. the trial was 40 are on trial. the case was televised. four were given the harshest punishment. >> we have sentenced each of you to capital punishment, death. our decision on these four people is not definite. they have the right to appeal. >> the 27-year-old was wrongly accused of burning a koran, and was brutally attacked in march.

they beat, kicked her and set her body on fire. hundreds watched. some recorded it on their phones. that evidence was used in the case. the girl's family was in court. her brother told al jazeera that justice has not been served. human rights activists agree not everyone was brought to trial. >> the real criminals are free. i don't believe it was fair and free. announcing the death penalty or imprisoning or letting free most of the people was a hasty decision. a sign was put up in central kabul with the attack happened and a shrine built on the riverbank. afghan women carried her coffin at the funeral - breaking with tradition. thousands demonstrated, calling for justice. many were angry not only at the crime, but that it happened in public while the police were present.

19 policemen were on trial. some say they called for back up, but none came. their verdict and possible sentencing is due on sunday a member of the murder investigation commission, a woman's rights campaigner, joins and says despite flaws, it's an historic trial. >> actually, it's an historical case and has a big influence on the public perception. it was a case that it was taken seriously. everybody was just watch and nobody would bet brought to justice or give justice to the victim. actual it has a positive influence, but still we have objection on the procedure and some part of the justice. iraq's capital baghdad, six were killed by a car bomb in a business distribute in the center of the city. police say the bomb kenned off

in the karada area including restaurants, mosques and a shop. there has been a spike in bombings in the last few days. 16 kurdish prices were killed by a car bomb. according to the syrian observatory for human rights, the i.s.i.l. suicide bomb was part of an attack on the base. it follows attacks on the city by i.s.i.l. as well. a suicide attack was stopped. the group shelled the city with mortars. three were injured. syrian rebels say they have taken control of rebels in the damascus side. the leader of lebanon, hezbollah, says his forces will launch an offensive in the mountainous border region coalition of syrian rebels have taken more areas from the government forces. these are the mountains near the syrian lebanese border.

abutted with strategic points. the lebanese group denies the rebels are gaining ground. the leaders says an operation in the region is coming. when this operation begins, it will announce itself by imposing itself media. everyone will know the operation started. with regards to goals, limits, locations, where it's heading, that will be left for the right time. we will not declare it now. >> reporter: an alliance of fighters, including the al qaeda-affiliated al nusra front is asserting more control. tuesday a video was released of seven soldiers. in a video al jazeera decided not to air, the captive soldiers decided lebanon would pay the price of captives. inside syria government aircraft

are continuing to target rebel-held areas in homs. this is what the government denies it's doing, to use a barrel bomb. made by stuffing explosions and shrapnel in a barrel and dropped from the air activists posted thousands on the internet. they are showing what they say are helicopters that dropped the bombs. since last year 3,000 civilians have been killed amounting to a 99% casualty rate. >> the problem is barrel bomb attacks hit the same place in double tap strikes, there's a barrel bomb attack and a second barrel bomb attack 15-30 minutes later, killing those trying to rescue those killed in the first attack. >> reporter: this video, reportedly from hannah appears to show a whole family killed. the blankets are used to collect scattered body parts. arab-backed opposition groups are accused of providing a life

line to the syrian regime, as tensions rises, civilians in nearby areas will be hit the hardest the u.n. has been able to get help to palestinians, dirven out of a camp. they've been unable to reach the area because of sir gan government restrictions. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant overran the camp in april. the u.n. says it's a welcome breakthrough. 18,000 people remain in the area. they are in desperate need of help. israel's prime minister struggles to form a new government after former ally foreign minister leeberman withdraw support leaving him short of a majority. he has until wednesday to present the new coalition to the president. mike hanna has more.

>> let's look at the numbers quickly. binyamin netanyahu signed coalition agreements with the movement led by a breakaway likud member. likud has 30 seats and signs coalition agreements with the religious parties. he needs a furtherate seats to get the 61 seats, in the knesset or parliament. eight seats belong to bennett, the head of the jewish home party, which in israeli politics is viewed. negotiations with them are going down to the wire. bennett demanding a number of concessions, including the justice ministry. whether binyamin netanyahu will get an agreement is something that many are speculating about at present still ahead on the programme - i'm jennifer glasse in a camp for displaced afghans

in kabul. as the fighting continues, the number will grow we met people in south africa determined to protect migrant workers from xenophobic attacks.

hello again - the top stories on al jazeera, there has been more than 30 air strikes in northern yemen following the houthi shelling of a border town. houthi fires fired mortar bombs and rockets. the town's civil defense unit

says three were killed. israel's prime minister struggles to form a new government after a former ally foreign minister withdraw support and left him short of a majority. binyamin netanyahu has until the end of wednesday to present his new coalition to the president an afghan suj sentenced four men to death by hanging for the murder of a woman, accused of burning the koran. the 17-year-old was beaten to death by a mob in march staying with afghanistan, figures show a million are internally displaced because of the conflict. the norwegian council says the afghans are among 38 million forcibly displaced within their own country. we'll hear from the council. this were for jennifer glass in

kabul. >> this man came here after fighting. >> translation: at least it is calm here no one will bomb us, life is calm. >> reporter: he said there isn't enough work to earn enough to feed his family. a common problem. most thought it would be a temporary stop like this person who has been here five years. >> translation: i didn't think we would be here for long. i thought i would be here for a month or two. we hoped the village would be peaceful. we don't now think about going home. >> reporter: there's no school most of the children are illiterate, and for many this is the only home they know. the united nations says 850,000 afghans are displaced because of war. more afghans will flee this year. two weeks ago this woman, four daughters and two sons fled the

fighting with what they were wearing. the fighting in southern afghanistan made it too dangerous to stay, she said. at the same time in northern afghanistan hundreds of taliban fighters launched an offensive in conduce, fighting soldiers and police. the civilians are caught in the middle. >> reporter: our entire village and falling into the hands of the taliban. our houses burnt and destroyed. >> reporter: 10,500 families left their homes in a matter of weeks. there's no displaced camps. people moved in with relatives and friends. no aid has arrived yet. the united nations anticipates 150,000 more afghans will become displaced in their country this year. where there's conflict, there's displacement this is the secretary-general of the

norwegian refugee council, and he's calling for action to ease the crisis. >> it is as difficult and simple as having the armed groups and government sit down and discuss reconciliation and cooperation, it's as difficult and easy as to get the russians and the americans and the saudis and the iranians and the turkish, for example, to discuss the conflicts of the middle east. and not pull in opposite directions but in the same direction. it is to put - have people be accountable for the violations against humanitarian principles and human rights. these are women, children and men who are defenseless and still we see that these armed groups come back and back to displace. congo, south sudan - they are countries that have more than a million displaced last year

nigeria's military says it's rescued 25 women and children from boko haram strongholds. several hundred are recovering in camps. many are glad to be free they are disturbed by the time in captivity and what the future may hold. ahmed idris has been speaking to some of them. confused and traumatised. this little girl saw her mother hit and killed by a stray bullet, the day the army came to their rescue. since then she has hardly ate or slept. today a breakthrough. 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 are here, after their horrific

experience at the hands of boko haram. she saw her husband decapitated by the fighters. >> they slit the throat of my husband. when they discovered i was pregnant they were disappointed. i gave birth to my baby a night before the expiration of a deadline they gave me to deliver. the following day we 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 their 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 from captivity, but they are still 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 that were 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. people in south africa are

stepping in to protect foreigners from violence. migrant workers have been the target of attacks. shops and homes have been burned. they report from johannesburg on efforts to stop the violence. >> this man and his friends are unemployed south africans. they live in a township where there has been attacks on migrant workers and they form a volunteer protection unit. they say they are determined to stop the violence against foreigners. >> these come from africa for arab countries, they are here to make a living. they staff cheaper. i think the police are not helpful. even if we call them for a crime, they take hours to come.

there are a few criminals using the opportunity. >> we are told that the shop was attacked a couple of months ago by around 30 people, and the somali man that ran it fled for his life. there are is number of foreign shop owners that decided to stay. they are afraid of being attacked day or night and are dependent for protection on local volunteer patrols. this man came to south africa, fleeing political violence in ethiopia. he has a wife and two children back home to support. two of his friends from somalia and ethiopia, he says was murdered close to his shop. >> it was around 8 o'clock at night they said "give us something", he tried to give him the thing, he was shot on the head. he passed away and two years back they shot one of my friends on the back. they say we took the jobs. we are not taking the jobs, we are sending a community. we are not committing crimes or sending drugs it's not just african migrant workers.

this man came to south africa from bangladesh. his shop was recently attacked. the men sold his stock, cash and his clothes. >> many use gun, knife. how can i go outside. i can't go outside. >> reporter: the south african government says it's determined to stop attacks on migrant workers and is toughening asylum. police promised zero tolerance for those behind the violence. >> in this neighbourhood local men seem to be the most determined to protect their foreign friends. a former arkansas governor mike huckabee entered the race to be the republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election he is the third republican to declare his candidacy this week and ran in the nomination race

in 2008 it is a day before the u.k. election and it is said to be the closest race in years. it's no single party expected to win outright because the growing influence of smaller players. neave barker takes a look at the leaders of these pivotal parties. >> it's the most unpredictable election in a generation. for the first time in british history we are entering an era 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 roots. he faces the labor party's ed

miliband. his parents came to the country as refugees of the nazis. milliband called for a united, fairer country. >> it's only when working people succeed that britain succeeds. >> plans to increase taxes on big companies have worried business leaders. it's figures from outside the mainstream that have been shaking up british politics and influencing voters in ways inconceivable a few years ago. this is nigel farrage, leader of the u.k. independence party. he's been a thorn in the side of european politics for a decade. blasting britain's political union and the rest of the >> there are now more euro skeptics in the parliament.

blasting britain's political union and the arrest of the continent. he wants a seat on the u.k. parliament. the former trader grained ground with two policies, leaving the e.u. and cutting immigration. then there's niklas sturgeon, a new leader of the scottish national party and first minister of the scottish government. the snp is committed to ended austerity and the trident nuclear programme. >> a stronger voice for scotland. >> they are expected to win the vast majority of the scottish seats. it could be this man, deputy prime minister nick clegg who the conservatives or labour could turn to to help form a coalition if no single party wins a majority. despite plummeting support for the democrat lib party he may have a crucial role to play. as the battle for control of britain's parliament reaches the final stage, it's very much a multiparty race. the theatre known as the birthplace of birth place of british cinema is set to reopen. it's been 120 years since the screens at the regent street cinema. the film reels will role again.

jonah hull reports. >> reporter: welcome back to a bygone age of cinema. this is london's regent street cinema set to reopen after a multi-million refit. it was here in 1896 that the lumiere brother showcased a famous cinematograph at the start of a world tour. >> i imagine people might have been scared, and, i mean, it must have been extraordinary. just the darkness, and then something moving towards you. i think it must have been, you know, dreamlike and sort of beautiful, extraordinary like a spectacle circus type of feeling. >> it will show everything from silent film to restored classics and modern art house. the old building giving new audiences a taste of how it

might have felt to see that first moving image. >> it's very theatrical, magical, i think, to know that we are reopening the cinema where the first film was screened to 54 people, who were normal every day people, to have that history behind us is extraordinary. within months of the cinematograph getting the first outing in reject street, it was -- regent street, it was used to film the coronation in moscow. that was news footage appealing more widely, and so it was that the news industry went on to bring cinema to life. >> very much so. the films shown at that time were films of actuality. it was seeing news from abroad that brought people back to the cinema. >> it hosted not only the first moving image, but the first x-rated film. the theatre dubbed the

birthplace of british cinema is given new life. just remember, you can keep up to date with all of news by logging on to the website. the address - aljazeera.com. >> the saudi-led coalition launches a barrage of airstrikes into yemen after the houthis fire across the border, attacking saudi arabia. >> four afghan men sentenced to death for leading the mob that killed a woman. many call it justice but there are questions over whether the trial was fair. >> the mothers of two gunmen killed outside a controversial art show condemn their son's