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into europe a pablo picasso masterpiece seating a new record at auction. psh psh we begin with yemen where a ceasefire proposed by saudi arabia is due to start later on tuesday. there's no end to the fighting and saudis attack from across the boarder. state media is reporting that a strike force has been sent to the area. reirn forcements were sent after the houthis attacked with military shells. two were killed in the area. air strikes continued across the area in sanaa, taiz and aden. we are more from riyadh.

>> all indications point to escalation, not de-escalation. the truce is only about 24 hours away from this time when we speak. there are doubts whether it will happen. on both sides efforts are increased to show that if any truce happens, it will not be out of weakness, it will be because we are defeated, or because we want to have a truce. as i said, there are doubts. the houthis managed to strike inside saudi arabia. wounded four, and renewed that shelling this morning, and they also struck at the province of jizan to the south-west on the border. killing a saudi citizen. and wounding four others. this is a dangerous escalation a red line and we have seen during the last four days that whenever there's a strike by the houthis, the saudis intensify their attacks,

particularly towards the area or the province, the stronghold of the houthis, destroying many government buildings there, and places they can see the army depots, targetting houthi commanders there. >> more than 1400 people died in yemen since the saudi-led air strikes in march. tens of thousands are suffering because of a shortage of food, water and fuel. the u.n. is urging all sides to stick to a proposed ceasefire on tuesday, to give people the help they need. erica wood has more. >> much-needed supplies distributed to displaced families at a camp in central yemen. they abandoned their homes and we started to distribute aid to to seek safety. >> we started to distribute aid. when we managed to get to all the families we will complete and distribute more aid

the handouts are oil and bags of wheat, tea and sugar. >> translation: before we arrived here we were engaged in fierce battles, we this had to take the families. the families are afraid of houthis. we left everything behind . now we are suffering from a water shorting. >> further south in the port city of aden, people begged for help and lined up for a daily ration of drinking water. >> oh people of good faith, people of the world, we live houthis. no water, no electricity, the sewerage is overing. bellies are overswan. we have nothing. we hope that our brothers in charge of relief rush to aid the citizens in relief. >> the constant bombardment of sanaa left many homeless, that

this man and his family have been living in a sewer drain since his home was destroyed two years ago. >> translation: it's underground, the environment is bad. it's safer to stay here than on the ground. >> yemen was one of the world's most impoverished nations. after six weeks of fighting people are more desperate, and will hope the proposed 5-day humanitarian ceasefire will hold long enough to get them the help they need. the international organization for migration called on south-east asian governments to find and rescue migrants stranded at sea. monday, thousand were detained, including dozens of children. 2,000 reached malaysia in the

past two days and indonesia, after thailand announced a crackdown on smuggling routes. they were rescued from boats after being stranded at sea. >> reporter: i'm standing outside a shooting range. this is where the 1,000-odd migrants and rohyngha bangladeshis are kept. we are not allowed beyond this point. we managed to speak to the police chief, and he confirmed for us that 1,138 people are held here. the vast majority of them were bangladeshis, 672. there are rohingya migrants from myanmar, 486, and among them are women and children. over 100 women and 60 children, they were in a poor state when they arrived on the shores. they suffered dehydration and hunger. we were told they had been given access to medical aid, food and water.

now, the police say they are investigating currently the circumstances of how these people arrived, what they can tell us is that they believe the captain of the three boats the migrants were on as well as other traffickers had managed to escape on another vessel, and had left the migrants to their own devices to make it to shore. the police say they have handed over responsibility for the people to the immigration department, and they have not been able to confirm for us what they planned to do with them. the myanmar government says it's responsible for those migrants that come from the country, not bangladesh. the president's office told al jazeera the government will take responsibility only if it's proven that the migrants are from myanmar. we'll talk to a spokesperson from the international organization for migration.

the u.n.h.c.r. says 25,000 migrants boarded government boats from myanmar to bangladesh in the first three months of myanmar alone. what is your sense of the scale. how big is it? >> we are looking at the situation. there may be up to 8,000 people at sea at the moment. we know from intelligence that there is - there are no nor leaving myanmar, but there may be up to 8,000 at sea at the moment. they may have been at see since early march. there are fears for the safety of their health. we expect going by what we see, 2% of them to have berry, berry. a deficiency disease. they'll need vitamin b injections to save their lives. there'll be acute malnutrition.

people have been at sea on part diet. there has been deaths and burials at sea, we are concerned about the effects and we want the governments in the region to facilitate disembarkation so they can receive humanitarian aid. >> you pointed out the condition they are in. who exactly are the migrants and where are they coming from? >> they are coming from bangladesh, and myanmar. they are the ones we registered in bangladesh. >> what should the regional governments do at the source of the people smuggling operations and the destination countries like malaysia? >> there's a long running problem. it's been happening for - the reason people are leaving is people are decades old. they are sailing on the route for a long time. what we need now is for the

states in the region to facilitate disembarkation to let people land and get treatment. >> what about the puking letters themselves. themselves. -- people smugglers themselves. these are people making vast sums of money from misery of people. >> it seems they have stopped operating at the moment. there's no more sailings leaving the bay of bengal. there are boats waiting to leave, we believe. what happened can stop them it's difficult. it's a profitable business and they will keep changing the mo the modus operandi, so they can keep on with their inhumane evil and criminal trade. thank you for talking to al jazeera. meanwhile the european union appealed to the u.n. to deal with his problem of people smuggling, seeking a mandate allowing military action to

destroy smugglers' votes. tens of thousand have crossed already this year. it's been admitted that europe is slow to act. >> 2015 looks worse than the previous year. and considering in 2014, 3,300 migrants died trying to enter by sea. three out of four people perished, crossing a border and died in the mediterranean sea. three out of four. this tells us that our first priority is to save lives, and prevent further loss of life at sea. we believe in the european union that this is a responsibility we all share, not some as europeans, but globally kristen saloomey has more from u.n. headquarters in new york. >> fedor eena out lined the plan to address the migrant crisis

which includes allowing legal pathways for migrants and dealing with the root causes of the problems. poverty and conflict that are driving people away from the homelands. the main issue they had before the u.n. security council is winning support for a military component to the e.u.'s plan. that is being able to search, stop and destroy boats that are coming from libya, and this could include working in libya's territorial waters and on the coastline of libya, something that libya says it is not on board with. now, the foreign policy chief made her case knowing that she had to have a comprehensive plan to win the support of the security council. russia said for example, that destroying vessels in libya may be a step too far. there are many issues that need to be worked out. the consensus is that something needs to be done on the part of

the international community to address the crisis and they are working on a resolution they hope to circulate in the coming days. still to come two weeks till a cash crisis the warning from athens. >> francis hollande is on an historic visit to cuba. i'm lucia newman in havana.

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reminder of the top stories. saudi arabia moved tank and vehicles towards the southern border with yemen. reinforcements were send after two were killed, including a saudi national. a saudi proposed ceasefire was due to start on tuesday. the international organization has been asked to find migrants stranded at sea, at risk of death. thousand were detained in bang including dozens of children the european union asked for help to tack the smuggling. they demand military action to destroy votes. >> greaseece's government will face a cash crisis. the finance minister are meeting in brussels to complete the cries chris.

>> it promises to be smalla long, tense summer in greece, the protests are small now, they could grow bigger if the left-wing government is forced by lenders to compromise on austerity, in return for a much-needed bail out. the european central bank and i.m.f. are not progressing to unlock aid, but there is skepticism about a plan offered by athens. >> reporter: some important issues have been discussed in depth. more time is needed to bridge the gaps. we have joint interests with authorities, there's time and liquidity constraint. hopefully we reach to dreamt. greece must wait longer and try harder to get their hands on a solid slice of aid. there isn't much time.

the bailout program expires at the end of june. in the meantime, with a few other sources of revenue. salaries, pensions and billions in loan repayments that fall due over the next few months. greece is under immense pressure. >> the red lines are such that it is common ground. >> what is the time line? >> the next few days. >> the government insists it will take to the red line, no cuts, no plan b. that's the promise made. the problem is keeping that could cost the government. bankruptcy and an exit from the euro the u.s. says saudi arabia's king expressed regret for not

attending a high profile summit at the gulf summit hosted by the u.s. his son will attend instead. the white house dismissed suggestions that it was a diplomatic snub. >> there has been no concern raised by our saudi partners either before or after related to the agenda at camp david. i know there has been speculation that this change in travel plans is an attempt to send a message to the united states. so that message is not received. all the feed back that we received from the saudis has been positive. >> this is unusual. the white house never announces that people will attend a sup it or met with the president unless they are confident they'll show up. the white house great to an

announcement on friday that she'd have one on one time with the president. so what changed? saudi officials say the king decided to stay because it was to happen during the humanitarian pause. this is a snub. the white house press secretary was asked so many questions, that snub was the word of the day. white house is downplaying a spat, saying that the might people would be at the table the white house rejected claims that pakistan was sheltering former al qaeda leader and knew in advance about the raid to kill him. seymour hersch said osama bin laden was cap toured and used as leverage against al qaeda. if pakistan agreed to return to the us and give him up for aid. cuba announced an oil

expiration deal with france during an historic trip to havana. he's the first western leader to visit the country. he and his counterpart called on the u.s. to lift the trade embargo. lucia newman reports. >> reporter: untying the ideological knot. 12 years since the european union froze ties with communist cuba, in response to dissident. the french president is here to declare bygones be bygones. >> translation: this visit is taking place in a context in which, at last, it's possible for cuba to have necessary conditions to interact with the rest of the world. france has been in favour of the lifting the embargo that hinders cuba. speaking at the university, francis hollande made it clear that france wants to take a leadership role. it has made latin america a foreign policy priority.

it's not just political. france and holland are key to possession themselves, lifting an embargo to cuba. american investment lawyer says it's about capturing american business. this american vestment lawyer says it's about cap during american business. >> where are the americans going to go to now. cuba is going to open up. americas will be here. i don't want a dutch hotel taking care of the americans. that's what you're saying. >> reporter: francis hollande was accompanied by representatives by top firms including a liquor giant, which handles the sales of cuba's rum. hopefully soon, to the u.s. the french president did not allude publicly to the thorny issues of human right leading to the e.u. freeze.

instead, he offers to make france a faithful allay of cuba, this time without conditions u.n. human rights experts criticized paraguay's government over its treatment of a 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion. experts say the decision is agrave violation of right to health life and violation. the stepfather was arrested over the weekend, accused of rape. abortion in paraguay is illegal except where it endangers a mother's life mexico suspended vaccinations after two babies died. 29 babies have fallen ill. adam raney has more from mexico

city. >> reporter: public health officials are continuing to vac inate in the capital and the rest of the country. vaccinations have been suspended where 31 young children were taken ill after being vaccinated. two of those young infants, less than a month old died after receiving the vaccine sayings. 21 were hospitalized. many were in serious condition. it could have a big impact in mexico. if the government is unable to find out what went wrong with the batch of vaccinations. there's upcoming vaccinations where it's urged to personalities of children take them to get the vaccines. they may find public faith lacking and finding a problem in children coming out it's known as deflate-gate, the cheating scandal that hit

american football this year. one of the most successful commonwealth bank in the sport's history is being punished with a suspension and the team management handed a fine. rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: in january officials noticed something odd about the balls suicide during the new england patriot's victory this the semifinal game on the road to the super bowl. they were found to be under-inflated which may have made them equal to quarterback's tom brady to combat. last week a month-long investigation concluded that patriot staff members deliberately let the air out of the bowls, and that grady knew all about it. much of the evidence stems from methods, in which employees discussed altering the balls. on monday the national football league and announced that brady

denied that his balls from tampered with would be suspended without pay. saying that he was guilty of kulent detrimental to the lead. brady's contract is worth $27 million. the patriots will be fined $1 million. the league noted patriots' coaches have been caught cheating in the past and brady was uncooperative refusing to hand over texts and emails to investigators. his ate called the punishment reidic use louse and said he would appeal. patriots won the super bowl and there's no plans to take the championship away from them a 1955 masterpiece from

pablo picasso hit a record. the price $179.4 million. john terrett reports in new york on the growing demand for high-end art. >> welcome to this evening's looking forward to the past christy's house. the much-talked about painting women of algiers, part of a unique sale, combining impressionism. post war and public art. the bidding is fast and furious, and not one for the record books. >> most of the young collectors who who become billionaires are not collectors in the traditional sense. these collectors tend to be more impulse shopping. >> what is that by the way. >> is that a woman. >> it could be a woman, it could be a bird.

there's nothing like teasing an arts dealer. a private arts dealer. he remembers a different time. >> most of my people are doctors, lawyers, we didn't have hedge funds in 1980. today's buyers are not collectors in the traditional sense, but young billionaires from silicon valley russia china and the middle east seeking a good reason on investments. >> when you have people worth a billion or more. whether they pay $1 million, $5 million or $10 million, it's not a major part of the investors. multiple works of art seouled for millions. sotheby's had key art as well. isn't it a blue square on a

yellow background. that's like the who is thinking who is this phil sign. >> it is a 1954 monumental candidate. an ab instruction artist. >> because top buyers are seeking an invest. doesn't mean they don't appreciate the art. >> you can do both. a lot of hart has asset potential. buyer be bare if you are seeking toup your portfolio. >> we saw what happened in 2007 and 2008. if there's a melt down. works of art will go down. >> reporter: no sign of that yet. >> selling at christie's $160 million extraordinary stuff. as john was saying the pablo picasso was not the only big sale, a bronze statue by alberto

sold for 141 million. man pointing set a record for the world's most expensive sculpture sold at auction. a reminder, keep up to date with the news on the website. there is the address aljazeera.com. i'm ali velshi. on target tonight, good sense or censorship, the provocative ads that . that. >> good sense if the greek economy collapses. greasegreece is on the brink of financial ruin. after decades of terribly mismanaged funds, i'll take you to athens, for people who living