>> saudi-led forces declare they'll stop bombing houthi rebels for five days to allow for aid delivery. hello, we're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up turkey's double offensive, more strikes against isil and syria and on kurdish positions in iraq. >> today we reaffirm and stand in united in the face of terrorism.

>> three months on how tens of thousands of nepalese still live in desperate conditions following the devastating earthquake. saudi-led coalition bombing houthi rebels in yemen said that it will stop for five days to allow for aid to be delivered for millions of people. the saudis say it will begin just before midnight local time on sunday. but they warn that the coalition will still respond to any houthi' aggression during the cease-fire. well they say the cease-fire is good but what everyone really needs is lasting possess. >> we need a peter better process in terms of all the stake holders sitting at the table. we're seeing different efforts

and of course, in terms of bringing everyone together, i think we're missing one where everyone is there. and agreeing to something. i think everyone on the ground is exhausted. civilian population, as i said, is an extremely dire situation. we have several colleagues from during without borders who are supporting health facilities all across the country. but it is extremely difficult to work under the current circumstances. as i said that it makes aid into the country extremely difficult. there is very little fuel available for transportation, and then of course the most acutely hit areas like taiz, like aden, like saada are often limits often due to the heavy ground combat and airstrikes that happen. we're looking at an extremely difficult situation. there has been a lot of casualties in terms of

collateral damage. we've seen many civilian infrastructure damage, water electricity, utilities have been damaged in most of the major cities. there are a lot of remote locations. we talk about the cities, where we shouldn't forget about all the villages all across the country. these villages are difficult to reach even in the best of times. right now some of these areas are not accessible easily, and then like i mentioned a few shortage in country which makes it very difficult to reach--to reach these areas and we have to prioritize. so we have to go for some areas over others. right now it's impossible to envision a scenario where we reach all the 20 million people. this is only possible if there is had a lasting cease-fire and if the blockade is stopped. we can't emphasize this enough. >> well, moving to another top story, turkey has launched more airstrikes against the islamic state in iraq and the levant in syria and against kurdish

fighters in iraq. the air raids are the lightest that began early on friday after a suicide-bombing at a rally in southern turkey earlier in the week. it's put an end to the fragile cease-fire raising renewed fear of violence in turkey. 6 occura day after beginning a air campaign with isil and syria, turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting pkk party positions. the pkk immediately declared the already strained 2013 cease-fire with turkey dead. turkish officials are not phased

and talk about a long-term fight. >> whenever we see a decrease or the vanishing of the threat, then of course we will make a reassessment. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> this is a major shift in policy. >> for turkey isil declared war when it bombed a cultural center in the border town of suruc on monday. but many people here believe that turkey's decision to fight in the armed group has a lot to do with the battlefield in northern syria. the government here is concerned about isil threatening syrian opposition groups in their strongholds in aleppo below vince. it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. >> syria's kurds or the ypg now controls more than half of the 800 kilometer border with turkey. turkey said it would an red line if kurds create a state in

northern syria. officials even blamed u.s. airstrikes for helping the kurds gain ground from isil. now there are those who believe that a deal with the united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> turkey does not want the ypg to take mortar tore. the u.s. supported the kurds. now it withdrew the support but it won't has forever. but now the u.s. and turkey are working together to clear aleppo from isil. >> turkey's fear that syrian kurds or isil could drive out syrian opposition groups from aleppo and control the important border crossing of kilis. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted isil close to the border lines. >> our aim is to get rid of the isil threat, syria and in iraq. after that the safe zones will be formed naturally.

>> but this may come at a prize. the peace agreement seems to have officially ended. and police have conducted raids against hundreds of suspected pkk and isil sympathizers it believed that the government believes there may be attempts to destabilize turkey from within. >> we have this update. >> a major shift in turkish military strategy, now turkey going after isil targets in syria and pkk targets in northern iraq. turkey today effectively lumping isil and the pkk together officials here today saying that most those groups comprise a huge terror threat against turkey. now the prime minister gave a call to the president of iraqi kurdistan, in which the prime minister said that so long as

pkk kept attacking turkey, the turkey would take any measures necessary to protect itself from that threat. this is a huge shift in strategy. for a long time turkey has resisted getting. further involved in the ron flicks in the region. especially when it comes to syria. now turkey finds itself involved in a two-prong attack, in iraq against pkk and in syria against isil at a time with when this region is fruit with so much tension between the kurdish community and the turkish government. they continue to say that they believe that turkey's government is more insistent upon countering the advances of kurdish fighters in this region than they are in countering the advances of isil fighters. of course, turkey's government has adamantly denied that. they call those claims nefarious lies. now pkk officials said that the unilateral actions in bombing

meant that the peace process the truce was over. turkey not nearly as definitive. turkey officials have suggested that peace process could perhaps continue. now people that we're speaking with especially members of the kurdish community in this region on the border of syria very worried about what lies ahead in the days to come. >> elsewhere isil fighters say that they set off two trunk bombs in the border town. these picture show smoke after the attacks. the u.k.-based observatory four human rights said that people were killed but has not said how many. kurdish forces recaptured parts from isil, which used it to funnel supplies to its territory territories. now iraqi police say that suicide-bombers killed four people and injured 14 more at a swimming pool in a town. the attack took place where the suicide-bomber blew himself up and then a motorbike parked

outside of the pool also detonated. the iraqi army said that 77 soldiers and militiamen were killed in anbar province. medical workers say four civilians were also killed by army airstrikes and shelling. caroline malone has the latest. [ gunfire ] >> the iraqi army is on the attack in anbar province. it's fighting along side shia militias known as the popular mobilization force to push isil out. soldiers are on the outskirts of the city of fallujah and have suffered significant casualties in the last few days. isil fighters are used suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit them northeast of the city. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said that the army killed a number of isil fighters and evacuated houses safely detonating 70 bombs. two years since isil emerged in

the region the armed group controls most of anbar province and iraq's second biggest city of mosul. a few days ago 3,000 iraqi soldiers joined an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army said that coalition airstrikes deliberately hit cards to detonate improvise explosions they had hid inside. they'll continue to talk forces to help the iraqi forces operations and to protect civilian it's. >> now syria's president bashar al-assad has issued an amnesty for deserters from his army. it effects those who have runaway either within syria or abroad. assad has announced similar amnesties in the past, recently a year ago. imposeing the death penalty for people convicted of terror

terrorist crimes. that follows an attack in tunisia that killed 37 tourists. that followed an attack in march that left many dead. coming up we take a look at the asia pacific region and aid agencies come together to find new ways of saving the lives of mothers and their newborn babies.

>> welcome back. here on al jazeera let's take you through our top stories. saudi coalition forces have announced a five-day suspension of their military campaign in yemen to allow aid delivery. airstrikes against isil fight necessary syria and kurdish pkk positions in northern iraq, the pkk said that the government has ended the two-year-old cease-fire. iraqi police say that a suicide attack has injured 14 people. the bomber blue himself up and then a motorbike parked outside of the pool was also detonated. no. other stories we're following the u.s. president president and his kenyan counterpart have wrapped up a day of security agreements with a show of unity. thefrom my nairobi catherine soi

reports. >> business start ups and how to make it easier for american companies to invest in kenya. >> in order to create successful entrepreneurs the government has a role of creating transparency and rule of law and the easy of doing business, and the anti-corruption agenda that creates a platform for people to succeed. >> the u.s. driven initiative comes at a time when china is heavily investing in africa. trade between china and the continent have been rising swiftly and is said to be three times the amount of trade between the u.s. and africa. >> in this new paradigm we cannot afford the luxury of the old language of east versus west. as for kenya we are aligned to

neither. we are firmly aligned to progress. >> here it's all about networking. >> all is not lost on ordinary kenyans. >> many kenyans are proud that he's here, and they, too, have expectations. this man hopes for economic growth. >> they will help us. >> they held talks on corruption governors and obama had a word of caution to the

government. it has been accused of reaction to minority communities. >> they talked about strengthening ties between the countries but they say it's more about building a strained relationship after president kenyatta and his deputy were indicted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. this came after post election violence where 1,000 people were killed. kenyatta's charges have been dropped. >> it's been three months since the nepal disaster, and the country is struggling to emerge from the republic. 9,000 people were killed and 22,000 others were your the. homes and businesses were flattened while more than 4,000

schools were damaged or destroyed leaving children without access to education. so far about $3.8 billion has been pledged to help the nepalese children help re and helprebuild their country. >> he considered himself lucky. he returned to his village two weeks ago but then his leg became infected. >> i was having problems with my leg. they said to go to headquarters immediately for treatment. they said there were foreign doctors there and it was closer than going all the way to kathmandu. >> but getting there was not

easy. with the district hospital still damaged these tents provided by the red cross to provide basic and even surgical medical care for people near and far. >> we had one woman who walked for two full days. >> the team leader said that they're still seeing earthquake-relateed cases but the people who come from distant areas depends on the whether. >> when it's rainy less people are coming. and when it's sunny there is a huge peak in patients coming. a few days ago we had a peak of 150 patients coming in one day. >> these winding and uneven roads are difficult to navigate. now mudslides have added to the

on stall ksl--obstacles for people to get to treatment. this local medical post still stands. medical care is still limited. >> it's not save for the hospital, so we just use the tents. we refer most cases to the headquarters. the upside of the earthquake is that we've been getting more medicine sent to us. >> the goal is to rebuild the medical posts that were damaged by the earthquake, but many are in a similar state and like here healthcare is just one of

many things that need rebuilding. al jazeera. nepal. >> during the past five years monitoring organization freedom house said it's the only part 69 world to show improvement during that time. the reports from hong kong about how the media operates there. >> setting the agenda the daily editorial meeting for hong kong's online newspaper. they say they're trying to provide an alternative voice in news. it broke records and brought in immense interest, but already it's facing hurdles.

>> the protest last year exposed the government's reluctance to engage the media and proved to be a risky time for journalists. >> not only journalists, they were physically attacked. a life threatening attacks. >> helping to compile the press freedom index. the results mirrored the findings of international monitors. freedom of expression is protected by law, but that doesn't didn't stop its press freedom from deteriorating. the index launched 13 years ago hong kong was among the top 20

countries for press freedom. hong kong's media is in turmoil. this month alone three long-standing publications are shutting down due to online competition and funding issues. hong kong's oldest television media will stop broadcasting next year. >> the real economic pressures and somebody has to try to find a way to survive. the internet is eating everyone's lunch but no one knows how to get the internet to make lunch. >> it only has enough funding to operate until the end of next year. al jazeera, hong kong. >> aid agencies from five countries band together to save lives of mothers and newborn

children in developing worlds. they will use the new techniques to save the lives of deaths. >> this suit case-sized machine is called pharma check. it's purpose is to give healthcare workers a quick on the spot test to assure that mothers and their newborn do not die from contaminated or bogus drugs. >> because people are dying because bad drugs are there and because hospitals are inundated with this problem they want a solution that stops it in its track. >> one of 80 approaches already granted funding in a program aimed to prevent the deaths of mothers and their babies in the first 48 hours after birth. >> the last mile that's where

we need to make sure that the best ideas can reach them and saves save lives. >> sponsoring competitions to fund more innovations that promise the greatest improvement in health outcomes. this year 53 finalists were chosen out of more than 750 applications to pitch their wears to investors both private and non-profit. some of these products have proven to be effective in the field, but their true test is how easily and cheaply they're applied on a large scale. this machine provides oxygen for babies struggling with the leading cause of child mortality mortality. once manufactured at a small volume it costs $160 compared to the $6,000 model. >> this machine is less expensive device that provides the same therapeutic flow and

pressure. and we've been able to disseminate it countrywide. >> with 287,000 mothers dying and more than 5 million neonatal deaths and still births each year the need is still pressing. >> superbugs are drug resistant bacteria blamed for 250,000 deaths in the u.s. each year. it's estimated this number could raise to 10 million by 2050. one solution could be new drugs but there have been no new antibiotics on the market for almost 30 years. >> the united states has a big problem. multi drug resistant bacteria superbug that is have learned to sugar off the antibiotics we use

to kill them. >> teague organisms can be spread. they can live on the skin, and they can live on the surfaces of a desk, bed or stethoscope. >> the trouble is that it takes days to identify specifics about the resistant bacteria. dr. lee rilery has just received a grant to identify the drug. >> if you know what kind of bacteria the patient has before leaving the office, then you can give them the right drug without building the resistence. >> drug companies are not making new antibiotics because it's too expensive and too hard. they've tapped out the organisms they can cultivate in a lab setting. in handful of dirt contains

countless lines of organisms. but it's only out here that they will thrive. >> the tiny organisms that grow in a petry gish. >> the gap is humongous. this is the planet. this dot is how much we have cultivated. >> epstein's team developed a device the ichip that will allow organisms to grow in dirt. >> it provides the growth. and then once it forms a colony we can explore this colony and it's ability to produce new antibiotic. >> the hope is a new crop of antibiotics used on bacteria specifically identified could slow deadly infections around the world infections that our

food and our hospitals seem to have help create. jacob ward, al jazeera, berkeley california. >> remember you can find more on everything we're covering right here www.aljazeera.com.