>> houthi rebels accept the saudi proposal to stop the fighting and let the humanitarian aid come in. the migrant deaths, failing to reach europe. and armed group in

macedonia. how copy cat clothes are hitting ghana's textile workers. hello. in yemen. houthi rebels have welcomed a five day ceasefire for humanitarian reasons provided it is genuine. the former form sued led coalition of breaching international law by launching what it calls indiscriminant attacks. mohamed val, first of all what you have heard about the truce

that was accepted by the houthi rebels and what confidence that it will continue after it it starts? >> reporter: general congress party, the houthis, in the name of the military spokesman who was appointed by them, sharaf rahmann, will accept this on the basis that some friendly nations have been trying to mediate it, humanitarian truce there will be no cessation ever any part, any violation in part they will respond in kind. also, houthi foreign affairs official on his website say

they will accept the condition air strikes stopped completely and also that the saudis will allow humanitarian supplies coming from any side, via he is a, via air to reach. we know that they have prevented iranian ships and aircraft from bringing in supplies. also former president saleh party we say it is very important because it may lead to a longer ceasefire and yemen is in need of a ceasefire at the moment. >> speaking of the former president saleh what are you

hearing on his house being targeted last night and the situation on the ground? >> we have that report, talking about an attack on his house or air raid on his house. this isn't the first time. ali abdullah saleh has a lot of bases across yemen i'm not sure they know where he ask exactly but this is a. ment that they announced during the last several weeks to respond to the truce also, their escalation of attack on aden. first time since yesterday the coalition spokesman said we will go against individuals we were only before going against groups, but on the people of yemen, several faims that several names that have been targeted, and they

mentioned ali abdullah saleh for the first time i guess. they have not really been focusing on him as a target but now they have mentioned him. that follows the statement yesterday that now they will punish individuals because they mastermind and plan attacks on individuals and on saudis. >> mohamed val speaking. we are getting breaking news out of switzerland. they are saying several people have been killed in a town in northern switzerland police say they found several people dead in a town in switland, switzerland.

in germany military ships have rescued 200 more migrants found adrift in the mediterranean sea. most of them from somalia and eritrea. defense ministers from five european countries have to stop the flow of migrants from north africa. meanwhile, rah acres ra rahim rebashi is cms just a warning some of the are images are disturbing. >> some call the crossing of the mediterranean the journey of death, still thousands and thousands are willing to take the chance. he tells me there was people

were shouting and people fell into the water. he doesn't know what happened next, he was thinking of himself. he was rescued by the libyan coast guard. often, the people fall in the sea and they float back to libya. he is an ambulance driver, he sees all kinds of wounds snrp it is horrifying. therethere is a horrible smell some were eaten by fish, others bloated and dissolved by salt. they find the corpses and bring them back. >> reporter: look at how they keep the fridge closed, it is not cold enough, the smell of

rotting bodies is overwhelming. nobody knows for how long they have been floating in the sea before they are washed ashore. there is even the body of a child and by the looks of it he was between three and four years old. they have been found in january. so far they have been decomposing. somewhere, their families are wondering what happened to them. >> no one asks about them, the fridge that preserves the bodies it does not freeze them. they stay here for months, sometimes six or seven. they suffer in death as well. it is really painful. >> reporter: they are given a number only the location of where they are found is registered. but it can take a long time to bury them. in a country at war dead

migrants is not a priority. they will eventually end up here in this cemetery. it was once for gadhafi's uprisers. those at the morgue will join them one day. this story will go unnoticed any one of them runs the very real risk of ending his journey here in this misrata's nameless cemetery. hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera. three guards killed as well as all three attackers. voters in poland are choosing a new president. opinion polls put the current

president in the lead and he is allied with the ruling civic platform party. the main challenger is anndres dudev. if no one wins more than 50% there will be a runoff in late may. in macedonia five have been killed and 30 injured happened in a northern city near kosovo. much erica wood has more. began in the early morning in the suburb of kumanovo, 30 kilometers north of the capital. it is an area that saw ethnic fighting in 2001. gun fire could be heard throughout morning and at least one explosion. the mainly albanian neighborhood

was sealed off and residents evacuated. >> you can see it's be terrible, terrible. >> the government said attackers entered from an unnamed neighboring country. unclear how many casualties there were on the side of the armed group they were fighting. >> translator: this morning macedonian forces began the action of finding and eliminating the armed group which according to our intelligence, is aiming to attack government institutions. >> reporter: government is facing opposition allegations of wiretapping. >> the most significant thing now is to help the population and to guarantee their security. this dark scenario will not succeed. >> in the past weem there week there

have been street protests demanding the president's president step down. they won greater rights after a peace deal but frustrations often flare because implementation has been slow. erica woods, al jazeera. >> protesters in guatemala have been celebrating after the president step down. as david mercer reports. >> thousands of people were back on the streets of guatemala city a day after the country's vice president stepped down. resignation was the culmination of weeks of protests but while quawftguatemalans are celebrating,

the work is far from hoafer. >> translator: the politicians and public servants, must not serve themselves from the resources of the public. we ask each and every one of them to resign. >> her resignation was announced by the president. he said it was a brave position. >> i reiterate courageously made the decision to present her resignation. what i think is that everything has its time. there are processes here which i insist should be followed. there are processes established by law and processes which all guatemalans should respect. >> former second is alleged to be the ringleader of a scam to lower customs duties. investigators issued an arrest

warrant for his arrest, when he was on a trip to south korea. she held a press conference to deny any wrongdoing but the supreme court called for her to resign, paving the way for legal action against her. other senior officials have been implicated in the bribery ring including the head ever guatemala's tax authority. otto molina was elected last year on the platform that he would eliminate corruption. but damage to molina's ruling party has been done. its potential candidate has withdrawn from the race and some are calling for molina to

resign too. david mercer, al jazeera guatemala. africa's main opposition party plus the snp have won a crushing victory in scotland. we ask if independence the inevitable.

>> hello again, you're with al jazeera. here's a reminder of the headlines. yemen's houthi rebels have agreed to a five day

humanitarian ceasefire on the condition it is real and serious. the pause in fighting is scheduled to begin on tuesday. police say several people have been killed in a town in switzerland called argo. police heard shots on saturday night. five killed and 30 injured on a fight with armed group the town saw ethnic insurgency in 2001. there is word that air power could be contributed by jordan, but jordan fears the issue. >> the government has been silently training and arming

what it calls secular rebels from the free syrian army. the rebels most recent gain seizing a vital border crossing between jordan and syria but jordan was alarmed to find out that the forces had joined al qaeda. the threat of terrorism is lurking around jordan's border and that it might take action inside syria if its internal security is threatened. >> today's friends are tomorrow's strange bed fellows and so we are trying to adjust to the very situation. you can't be all trusting, you cannot be all confident that everybody is walking the line as you would like him to do. so.

>> syrian rebels have gamed grounden in the last month. the border between jordan and syria is strategic that's because it's only 100 kilometers away from assad's seat of power in damascus. close to the dmaskts highway would constitute a real threat to the syrian government. there have been talks about arab countries providing possibly antiaircraft missiles to rebles. for the rebles a no fly zone has been a long standing demand but not something. >> we promised that the regime will not last longer than a month, these are no more than media reports.

>> with saudi arabia's attention diverted to the coffin flict conflict in yemen, afternoon intervention in syria is a remote possibility. >> the scottish national party made huge gains in this week's general election in the u.k. the separatist party won 56 of the 59 scottish seats in westminster. but not celebrated by all in the town of fallkirk as barb biphillips reports. >> reporter: here they are more than 50 of them, many no doubt amazed by the scale of their victory. scottish mps gathering for a team photo before traveling to westminster. yet their election doesn't tell

the full story. in the town of fallkirk this town voted no to independence, yet it has just elected a nationalist mp. the scale of their support is distorted by the british voting system. they won 95% of scottish seats with only 50% of the votes and that he leaves the other half with very little representation. >> this pensioner voted conservative. >> i'm very much for a united kingdom rather than a separatist one. there is a lot of people out here i may be wrong but i think there are a lot of people there who say if we just wave the flag that will be okay.

but i don't think that's all right to do. >> this man voted for nationalists for the first time in his life, but he doesn't want independence. >> i voted for snp that's reason i voted for it, if it came down to another referendum i wonder vote for it. >> this is fullkirk rail, the nationalists believe the tide of history is now turning in their direction. even dennis canavan now supports the snp and would welcome another vote on independence. >> i guess it will come possibly within the next five years certainly within the next ten years. and my bet is that it will be a resounding yes victory in that second referendum.

>> scottish politics have changed so fast that anything seems possible. the election results don't mean that the union is doomed but they do suggest that any british government will have to be very skillful to save it. barnaby phillips, al jazeera fallkirk. >> the president has ended the spring of coca plants. the colombian government will look at other means to destroy the coca plants. four people have been killed during a shootout between rival gans in rio de janeiro brazil. violence is frequent in shanty towns around rio. police have been pushing them out of their old neighborhoods to improve security for the 2016

olympic gamings. in the philippines thousands of people have been evacuated before the arrival of a typhoon emergency workers are preparing relief packages and they've designated buildings as emergency shelters. forecasters telling people to brace for heavy rain and strong winds. south africa's main opposition party is about to elect its first black leader. as haru mutasa reports shake off the image of being dominated 50 white minority. >> reporter: south africans know politically things are changing. the democratic alliance will have a black leader and how do voters feel about that? >> south african people are scared of being led by a white person. but i don't think it would actually even make a difference. >> reporter: the outgoing

leader has been praised for bringing more black people into the democratic alliance and for diversifying the leadership. the departure ushers in a new time of black leaders seasoned veteran willmont james but not all are convinced that the alliance is truly transforming. means more black south africans will vote for the party. some disagree, they say the democratic alliance still has to change the perception that it still represents the white opposition. >> these white people behind, that might i'm not so sure that's how i see it. so i really wouldn't vote for them. not now not in this lifetime.

not in the next coming life sometime hey? >> reporter: suspicions aside some political analysts say it's a -- >> potential winner of government they're going to need a black candidate to front their campaign for that significant proportion of search votes. >> reporter: some say the political terrain in south africa is getting more interesting but many years before any party removes the ruling black african nationalist party. haru mutasa, al jazeera. encouraging to buy local

fabrics but it's hard to figure out what's genuine. when you shop for fabric in west africa it's the beginning of a creative journey. the tradition is you find a tailor or seam stress to make an outfit. but local garment producers say there is inferior quality. so badly affected they're now producing just a quarter of the amount compared to five years ago. >> we don't mean cheap textiles coming into ghana and into the markets in west africa but we object very strongly when people are copying our brands, putting tickets on their goods saying made in ghana when we know very well they are not. and copying our designs which is an investment we've made. >> many people like to shop in

the market because they think they can get a bargain. when you look at these two, it is impossible to know. this is a label on the fake and a label on the real. you must check the number on the fabric to see if it matches the original, but it doesn't. when ghanans are encouraged to come to work in traditional fabrics on friday. >> i think we should wear africa wear and on friday wear the western wear. when you go to the west, nobody wears the ones made here. >> it's supposed to show how a person is feeling. they all have individual neams. especially for funeral wear,

there's a tradition. hold onto it and support local industry. al jazeera ah accra. >> just a reminder, can you keep up to date on our website aljazeera.com.