saudi arabia says it shot down a skud missile fired into its territory by houthi fighters. i'm jutan, live from the -- jane dutton, live from the al jazeera headquarters. i.s.i.l. hits the command center where iraqi troops are planning to retake the city of ramadi. pope francis takes a message of peace and reconciliation to bosnia, a country divided after the end of the civil war. plus an estimated 20 million

nigerians suffer mental illness, a special report on attempts to help them. we begin with the war in yemen. saudi sir defenses are reported to have shot down a missile fired into the kingdom. state tv says it was fired by houthi rebels from their strong hold in sanaa province coming hours after three saudi soldiers and a border gard were killed in an attack by houthis in jazan and jaj ran. this is what houthi tv described as a destroyed outpost. they say they took control of this area. the saudi military says it defended the attack. dozens were involved in the

battle. renegade soldiers allied to former president ali abdullah saleh and houthis were involved. for weeks there has been squirmishes on the 15km border with yemen. saudi arabia said the air defense system shot down a scud missile, and they believe the target was an air base in the south-western city. >> the houthis - surprisingly, we didn't expect a saudi invasion. but for the houthis to invade 60 to 70km inside, and continue. this is a serious issue. saudi arabia they must deal with it seriously before it gets out of hand. >> reporter: the saudi-led coalition began its invasion. since the air strikes have been hitting houthi positions in several areas. the houthis and ali abdullah saleh loyalists are trying to take territory from tribes loyal to the government in exile.

residents in tiaz say their homes are hit by heavy weapons, and pro-government forces are resisting advances, but there are hopes to bring all sides to a settlement amid intense fighting. the u.n. says the houthis, and the president ali abdullah saleh's government agrees to send representatives to a meeting in june in geneva. >> it's looking hopeful, and the international community hopes that they'll go to geneva, and resolve it. if the last two months showed the world anything, it showed us by bombing the yemeni people, it will not solve the problems. there has to be negotiations between the various parties. >> reporter: more than 2,000 died, and over a million displaced in the fighting. for now, all yemenis can do is hope for an end to the fighting. >> afghan security forces are said to be trying to retake

control of the north-eastern yangan district, it's been hit by fighters after launching an sought in a province. saying they attacked the districts on all sides of badakhshan. nicole johnson is on the phone. what do you know about the battle that is under way. . >> they are in the stages of planning on how to re take this district. taliban that attacked them - it was high. the afghan security forces many were in that district but they were overwhelmeded, forced to retreat to the mountain. seven police have been killed three hostage, that's the information from a member of parliament from the province, it has not been confirmed by the afghan security forces. people are calling for

reinforcement and backup. a certain series of attacks that took place. >> why do you think we are seeing this sort of activity in that part of the country. what does it suggest about the status of the taliban, if you will. >> well as you said. ordinarily they are cop sen trait on the south in this time of year. so it's a surprise to see them in the north, in kond use province. it's been easier for the taliban to carry up attacks and get close to the provincial capitals. the other reason in badakhshan is up there there's large

criminal gangs involving areas like illegal mining. the power has weakened the control of the government there. so it created a power vacuum and it seems that the taliban has been able to step into that. that is why right now over the last six weeks there'll be fighting in the north of the country. 22 iraqi sold jers and she ha militias were killed after i.s.i.l. fired artillery shells at a military air base in the center of the country. it happened east of ramadi. the iraqi army retreated to this base after i.s.i.l. took control of the city last month it's now the forward operating base for their attempt to retake the city. the u.s.-led coalition conducted 15 air strikes in iraq, and four in syria targetting i.s.i.l. positions in both countries. in syria, the cities of hasaka and delazore were hit.

the attacks were mainly in the anbar and salhudene provinces. more than 65 i.s.i.l. fighters were killed. meanwhile, the u.s. state department spokesman john kirby told al jazeera he doesn't expect a change in the u.s. strategy against i.s.i.l. in iraq, despite advances by the a group. >> we know that the most important boots on the ground in iraq will be iraqi boots on the ground. prime minister haider al-abadi made that clear, that that is the army with which he wants the fight with isil. our president, our commander in chief, made clear that there is not going to be u.s. troops on the ground in a combat role. it doesn't mean we don't have troops there, as you well know. there's 3,000 troops, advisors and trainers helping the iraqi security forces go after the enemy. i do not foresee that changing. we'll be monitoring the strategy as we execute it. every single day. i see no change in that at all

from our perspective. >> i think it's important that we don't confuse tactical issues with a strategic purpose. that is what may be happening here. nobody is trying to understate what happened in ramadi. and no one is happy about what happened there. it was a tactical defeat by the iraqi security forces. we understand that. prime minister haider al-abadi spoke about that. that's far from saying that the strategy is unsound. or that it's not working. in truth, if you look at the last nine or 10 months that we operate against the group as a coalition, we make solid progress. >> to syria, where the army says it is now in full control of the town on the road in the province of idlib. meanwhile, government planes hit the rebel controlled town in northern aleppo. at least three people were killed in the attacks.

there's ongoing fighting between rebel and i.s.i.l. in the east, with the rebels saying they killed 30 i.s.i.l. fighters. the laider of the world's catholics, pope francis healed a mass in sarajevo, urging bosnian serb croat and muslim communities to leave their troubled past behind. comes at the end of the bosnian war. laurence lee joins us live. from sarajevo. what else did he say. >> it's a record of reconciliation the idea that he wants peaceful reconciliation. the mass finished as you can see, and the stadium is clearing. the main events today really were this. and the meeting that the pontiff

had with bosnia's three presidents remember the roet ailing presidency and the serb and the croat and bosnian muslim president sharing power. in that address the pope said that he saw what what is accomplished is sarajevo as a model for europe and the rest of the world in terms of reconciliation. i think it's slightly overstated. there are pretty difficult ethnic issues not the least the tripart system which critics say re-ipp forces the differences that there are much there are problems in the education system with divided and segregated cools. schools. some want greater autonomy. for the majority of the population on a human level, the idea that there could be a greater sense of reconciliation will have been well received.

i'll stop for a second, i lost communications once again with you. just to add, that this will be the first of a series of pretty big event in bosnia throughout 2010 because it's 20 years since the end of the world. former president clinton will be here to mark the 21st century of the horrors, and in vebin itsa 20 years since the peace acards. it's one of those years since it was accomplished over that time. >> let's leave it there. i'm happy to say we didn't lose you, laurence lee, live in sarajevo an egyptian appeals court threw out a decision that put the group hamas on the terrorist list. the court ruled the armed wing is a terrorist organization and extended it against the group later. hamas is an offshoot of the

egypt brotherhood. hamas accused the group of carrying out attacks. they say the ruling could be a step forward. >> hamas never committed an action or crime against egyptians. i think this may open the gate between a new era of egyptian authorities. i hope we can move norwood in order to areasoning the relationship. all the time that the situation, it's not helping. it's a decision of the court in egypt. i think this will open the eyes of the leaders, in order to deal with hamas different reply, in order to understand that hamas is not the enemy hamas is not

the - it's not looking into egypt. and lays open hamas and egyptian authorities, and help the politicians to push the reconciliation forward. and help gaza to be open to the world, and be open. i expect that something positively happen. >> stay with us on al jazeera. still ahead, an israeli human rights organization warns there's no justice for most victims of settler violence in the west bank. and why politicians in trinidad and tobago stand behind jack warner the former f.i.f.a. any accused of taking bribes.

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"inside story". only on al jazeera america. hello again, these are the top stories on al jazeera. three soldiers and a border guard from saudi arabia are said to have been killed by an attack by houthis in border areas. and saudi air defenses shot down a missile fired into the kingdom by houthi rebels. afghan security forces are said to have retaken control of the yank gan district. taliban fighters seized it the leader of the world's catholics, pope francis, held a mass in bosnia urging the community of the country to leave their troubled past behind it is a final day of

election campaigning in tuckey ahead of a vote widely seen as a performance test for the ak party. the ruling party seeking a fourth firm in office and faces a myriad of challenges. jamal takes a closer look. >> reporter: there are now more than 2 million syrian refugees living in turkey. e camps like this are symbolic of the devastating war raging there. these images are a stark reminder of the toll the war is having here in turkey. syrians fleeing the violence seek refuge in cities, like those in the capital, ankara. to date it's crossed the turkish government 10 billion to host them. critics say it's support for the syrian opposition and the refusal to do business with bashar al-assad's regime worsened the crisis. and suggests that this is not the ak party's only diplomatic misstep. months before the uprising turkey enjoyed relations with

damascus. so much so that both governments held a joint cabinet meeting and agreed to scrap visa restrictions, and the cosy relations with egypt have soured after turkey voiced opposition to the 2013 military coup. and ankara has all but cut off ties with tel aviv following the 2008 war in gaza, and attacks killing turks later. this is a professor of international relations, and is critical of the turkey foreign policy. >> turkey is not an immediate power. turkey cannot take behaviour. you cannot take party for one side, and try to change the situation in one country. >> this man moved from the foreign ministry to become prime minister. he rejects accusations that the party interests are at the heart of the government's diplomacy. >> we have proposed a proactive foreign policy, and based on certain venues, rather than

interests, values like democracy like supporting human dignity turkey's foreign policy not only helped to define the rule of the ak party over the past decade, but created new realities in world politics. the bid to become a regional power won turkey support and criticism. this man says that the criticism is not warranted. >> many actors blame turkey and turkish leadership for changing foreign policy orientation. this is not the case. when we look at the regional environment in which turkey is located, we see that the other sides of the relationship, other actors were changed dramatically. >> there's no doubt turkey's roll changed when the ak party came to power

that is why these elections extend beyond its borders. 396 died in the capsizing of a chinese cruise ship making it the biggest boat disaster in a decade. more bodies were found friday and saturday. many are missing. the eastern star sank in the yangtze river on monday. 14 people survived. it overturned the boat. the captain and the first engineer are in police custody. they arrived in bangladesh on the first official visit. they are due to sign a land pact with the prime minister. it would allow thousands living on the border to choose their nationally. they have been stateless for decades living in enclaves, and citizens of another.

they are expected to sign trade and transport deals. south korea detected nine cases of middle east respiratory syndrome. 50 people have the virus the health ministry traced the cases to the first patient much returning with the infection last night. his wife recovered and was discharged from hospital. japanese prom shinzo abe made a stop in ukraine on his way it the g7 summit and is holding talks with president petro porashenko and the prime minister. he paid tribute to victims of a soviet era, killing millions of ukrainians. this is the first time the japanese prime minister is visiting ukraine according to an israeli group, 85% of all cases against

palestinians and occupied settlements are closed. we have this report. >> this person says he lives in constant agony. he said he was attacked by a group of men that live not from his home in the occupied west bank. he showed be x-rays for 14 fractures for his leg and two to his arm. >> i was harvesting olive when around 20 settlers threw stones at us. i tried to run away. i fell. six beat me with a rod. israeli soldiers saw me no one has been arrested or charmed. >> reporter: according to human rights group 85% of police investigations are close because israeli investigators fail to find suspects or enough evidence to lay the charges.

of cases investigated 7% lead to an indictment and a third of those lead to a full or partial conviction. >> this is with the organization behind the research. she says the reason crimes against palestinians by israeli citizens who live in settlements is unpunished is because some officials appear to condone it. >> translation: it starts from above. there's no will by some commanders so see the perpetrators as outlaws. there are those that believe the motivation serves the country by expanding israel's control over territory. >> settler violence in the occupied west bank is well documented. according to the u.n. office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in 2014 there were 399 assaults. al jazeera requested an interview with israeli police officials to comment on the

findings of the latest report but they declined. this man says he's not surprised police officials are unwilling to talk about the fact settlers are rarely punished for attacking palestinians or the frequency of which violence occurs. after a year of pain he says he's certain his attackers will never be brought to justice. police in burundi shot dead a protestor during a demonstration against the president pierre nkurunziza. activists say more than 30 people have been killed by security forces since the protest began last month. they want the president to abandon his plans to come to re-election. an estimated 20 million nigerians suffer from mental illness. many go without help. there are only 130 psychiatrists in nigeria which has a population of 174 million.

the world health organisation estimates only around 3% of the health budget goes to mental health. psychiatric treatments are expensive. many patients have no joys but to turn to traditional healers. >> this person was hearing voices telling her to harm herself. her family brought her here to a traditional doctor just outside of abuja. she believes that she is demonized, and is using herbs, leaves and other natural ingredients to treat her. >> when people come and tell me they have a problem with their head. i pray. god tells me the cause of the problems. god shows me that these are the issues.

through that i know what herbs and leafs, god drains them of the problem. >> reporter: most nigerians suffering mental disorders, like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia go to traditional doctors. that's because there's no treatment available for 90% of patients in conventional hospitals. some are referred here. it's a long way to travel for people in rural areas, and most nigerians live and expensive to get here. >> less than 10% of people with mental health living in nigeria ever get to see personnel. and i'm talking in terms of whether they see a doctor, psychologist. psychiatrist. according to health officials, there are only 130 psychiatrists in nigeran and more than 20 million people suffering from various types of mental illnesses. >> to close the treatment gap, doctors in nigeria, kenya, garner are starting a trial combining conventional treatment.

it's funded by the national institute of mental health. they believe the trial will improve the services of traditional doctors. >> people believe in them. that's why they go to them. they cannot be ignored. at the same time we need to improve what they do. we can't say we are going to wait for a psychologist or social workers. >> reporter: during the trial conventional doctors, nurses and health workers will visit patients in medical facilities. if successful, it's rolled out in as many places as possible. there's worries the programme may be too expensive. in honurous thousands rally against corruption in the capital. oo they want the resignation of the president after he admitted his election campaign took money from people linked to

embezzlement. he denied personall involvement. forma f.i.f.a. executive jack warner defended himself again. he is accused of receiving $10 million in bribes in return to give the 2010 world cup to south africa. jonathan betz reports. >> reporter: can you respond to the accusations. >> jack warner avoiding questions, but not the controversy. f.i.f.a.'s disgraced former executive, and one of trinidad and tobago's famous politicians, one of 14 indicted in the world soccer corruption scandal. he still is a member of the parliament here. appearing at meetings but avoiding us. mr warner a couple of words? >> this is parliament. please respect my parliament please. >> reporter: authorities say he showed no respect for the law,

collecting millions in bribes. he's widely supported at home, credited for helping to build trinidad's legacy. >> there's a lot of people in trinidad and tobago. >> now he's on the defensive, defending himself. and threatening to bring down more even that trinidad influenced the for example in 2010. he has not offered proof publicly. >> a lot of claims have been made over the years by mr warner, that have not been substantiated. the prime minister denied wrongdoing saying as warner falls, he'll drag down who he can. >> do not take down this country to whatever place you are going to. >> jack warner was urged to cooperate with authorities.

>> reporter: now if you can't get enough of the f.i.f.a. news there's a new film out dealing with f.i.f.a. and the history of f.i.f.a. as you can imagine, it's causing controversy. that's the end of this bulletin another full bulletin in the next couple of minutes. thanks for watching. "talk to al jazeera", legendry music composer david foster . >> so mid '070, i guess i seriously. david foster has been nicknamed the hitman, a violent for many records collaborating with many big names in the industry. there's one talent, however, he says stands out.