remember, check us out 4 hours ahead the saudi-led coalition agrees to a humanitarian pause in the fighting in yemen. ♪ hello. and welcome to al jazerra live from our doha head quarters. coming up. turkey continues its aerial bombardment of the p.k.k. in iraq and isil targets in syria. >> so i feel like my given african name to be truly blessed. >> a con sill terry tone from u.s. president obama after a day

of tough talk with kenya. >> reporter: reporting from hong kong on why the territory's press freedom has deteriorated soso drastically over the past few years. first, the saudi-led coalition has announce aids human terrien pause to the fighting in yemen but aid workers say they don't know how it will help to he had did aid to the people that need it and the fighting on the ground hasn't stopped either a warning that some viewers may find the images in this report disturbing. >> reporter: saudi-led coalition's military planes or driving in aden after four months of fighting airport is now you remembered control of the pro-government fighters. it's after take this is that team i can southern city from hugyhuge houthi held that his they announced a pause in the aerial campaign, saying the truce comes at the press of the president hadi to allow in humanitarian

aid. but saudi arabia warns it will responsibility to any houthi attacks. >> translator: the goal of the new tuesday is to help the cities and reach areas with much-needed humanitarian aid. it is also another opportunity for the houthis. >> reporter: the houthis say the saudi-backed government is out of touch with the reality on the ground and saudi strikes are killing many civilians coalition strikes hit several positions on friday but the rebels say a residential area was hit including a shelter for internally displaced people. dozens were killed. houthi activists up loaded this video which appears to show bodies of women and children al jazerra cannot independently verifies the pictures. fresh battles in it. i'm z. mean very little aid has made it through. roads have either been dals are being --damaged or being held by

fighters. they say they have held off houthi advances and are fortifying positions. >> translator: our goal to liberate it. a side. and help those displaced to go back too their homes, we want to build a modern civil state to us and our children. >> reporter: back in a done the destruction from months of fighterring is everywhere. since pro-happened i forces took control. journalists are trying to document the damage. aid agencies have welcomed pause are calling for a lasting ceasefire to reach those who desperately needing a. >> the situation is extremely dire. we are talking about more than 20 million people in need of you are general humanitarian assistance cutting across all sectors, healthcare, water food shelter and you'll the rest. so we dez desperately need a resolution to the con flint. whichever side prevails will be left with a yemen that's tattered and exhausted.

the united nations has declared yemen a level three humanitarian emergency the highest on its scale. a court to this u.n. nearly 1700 civilians have been killed since saudi-led air strikes began in march. the aerial bombardment and fighting on the ground has left 1 million people displaced an estimated 21 million people, now that's roughly 80% of the population, are dire need of food and aid. more than 20 million people have no access to clean water and uncief is warning that half a million children under the age of five are at risk of development severe malnutrition within a year. yemeni political analyst says she doesn't think the a humanitarian pause will last the full five days. >> i think it's very unlikely, considering the past two ceasefires the first one held for five days and then at the end of the fifth day the yemen witnessed a lot of air strikes and bombardment and the

secondary strike was supposed to take place after the geneva talks with the houthi rebels and it seems that that air strike was actually -- the ceasefire was announce today kind of catch the houthis off guard and to kind of capture the city of aden. in the fast few weeks the saudi-led coalition has made a lot of advancements in yemen managed to free aden through operation golden arrow and seems that yesterday there was a very terrible attack that took place a place in taiz and bombed an electricity station unfortunately they hit the residential city next to it that had technicians living there with their families and so there are reports of 35 to 100 people being dead there with newspaper raws other injuries ranging in the hundreds. and so it seems that the ceasefire is a way to kind of calm the media down and to kind of distract away from the attack that was directly aimed at civilians women and children.

strategically speaking, i cannot see the coalition taking this step. turkey has carried out more air strikes aimed at the separatist kurdistan parker on are p.k.k. in northern iraq, they have also targeted isil. syrian observatory human rights says villages north of aleppo have so far been targeted. it says the border town was also struck. northern iraq airstrikes hit the headquarters of the p.k.k. in the mountains. from turkey zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: tuck i is at war on two front. its jets are now hitting tagger he's cross the border in iraq and syria. a day after beginning an air campaign against isil in syria turkish jets for the first time in years began hitting p.k.k. or kurdistan workers party positions in iraq's mountains. the p.k.k. immediately declared the already strained 2013

ceasefire with turk at dead. turkish officials are not fazed and talk about a long-term fight. >> translator: whenever we see a decrease in or the fan irving of the threat, then, of course, we will make a reassess think. the third wave of operations are a part of this. >> reporter: this is a major shift in policy. for turkey, isil declared war when it bombed a cull tar center in the border town on monday. but many here believe turkey's decision to actively engage in the fight against 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 strong hold in aleppo province. it is also worried about what it sees as the growing strength of syria's kurds. syria's a kurds or the w.p.g. that's link today the p.k.k. controls half the border with

turkey. turkey says it would be a 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 a deal with united states addresses turkey's concerns. >> translator: turkey doesn't want the y.p.g. to take more territory. the ors supported the cured now it withdrew its support but will not last forever. but now the u.s. and turkey are working to are together to clear isil from aleppo. >> reporter: turkey's fear is that syrian kurds or isil could drive out syrian opposition groupsgroups from aleppo and control the important border crossing. it is no coincidence that turkish jets targeted isil close not frontlines with turkey-backed syrian rebels. it seems turkey is hoping its long time demand for a humanitarian safe zone inside syria will merge. >> translator: our aim is on get rid of the isil threat in syria and even in iraq after that, the

safe zones will be formed naturally. >> reporter: but this may come at a price. the peace process to stop a decades-long conflict with the p.k.k. separatist movement seems to have officially ended. and turkish police have recently conducted raids against hundreds of suspected approximate. p.k.k. and isil sympathizers the government believes there could be attempts to did he stabilize turkey from within. >> demonstrators marched through the northern iraqi city of you are bill chanting anti-turkey slogans. they arrived at the turkish consolate where riot police was station today prevent them from entering the building. two suicide bombers attacks a crowded pool in iraq killing at least 12 people. it happened 185-kilometers north

of the capital baghdad think 45 people were also injured no group has claimed respond for the attacks. the u.s. president has urged african leaders to invest in the youth for insure sustainable development on the continent. barack obama has speaking at a state done are in nairobi. earlier in the dade he met with local an entrepreneurs to discuss investment opportunities kathryn soi has the report. >> reporter: this time it's about young entrepreneurs 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 in creating the transparency and the rule of law law. and the ease of doing business. and the anti-corruption agenda that creates a platform for people to succeed. >> reporter: this u.s.-driven initiative comes at a time when china is heavily investing in

africa. trade between china and the continent has been rising swiftly. and is now 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 west. as for kenya we are aligned to neither. we are firmly and irreversible aligned to progress. >> reporter: here it's all about networking and political. the presence of president obama is an endorse think of kenya to the business world and all this is not lost on add kenyans. many kenyans outside the business summit are proud that he is here. and they too have expectations. this man hopes for economic growth. >> truly the u.s. is with our

country and therefore they will help us in solving our country's problems. >> reporter: president obama and held talks on fighting arms grouped and good governance, but he had a word of caution to the government which has been accused of targeting muslim communities in its effort to his fight terrorism. >> if you paints any particular community with too broad a brush, if in reaction to terrorism you are restricting legitimate organizations, then that can have the inning or vent tent effect of actually increasing the pool of recruits for terrorism. >> reporter: the two leaderses talked of strengthening ties between their country. but they say it's more about rebuilding a strained relationship after president kenyatta and his deputy were indicted by the international criminal court for crimes

against humanity. this followed kenya's 2007 post election violence where about 1,000 people were killed. kenyatta's charges have since been dropped. catherine soi, al jazerra nairobi. plenty more still to come on al jazerra. serving up high wages fast food workers in new york are one step closer to getting a pay raise, and how turn to go new technology is helping save the lives of mothers and their babies in the developing world.

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you are watching al jazerra. reminders now of our top stories. eye five-day humanitarian pause in fighting has been announced in yemen to allow the delivery of aid but the saudi-led coalition says it will not hesitate to resume strikes against the rebel fist they attack. turkey has launched more a irrelevant strikes aimed at the separatist kurdistan party in northern iraq. its fighters jets have targeted isil in syria. and the u.s. president barack obama has urged african leaders to invest in young people in order to insure sustainable development on the continent. mr. obama met local entrepreneurs to discuss investment opportunities with the united states. okay, we have just got some news coming in from cameroon, the northern parts of cameroon where it's been reported that at least 14 people died on saturday night after a bar was targeted in the town there. this is the main town in the far

north the cameroon it's something of a regional capital. death toll currently at 14 dead and the nation's military has said that they have deployed something military to the area in the fight against boko haram. now, republican presidential contender donald trump has gone on the attack at his democratic rival the billionaire criticized hillary clinton over the use of her personal e-mail account at a campaign stop in iowa. >> with hillary, she is supposed to be running and she's favored to win not against me she's not favored i'll tell you that. but she's favored to win. so -- [cheering and applause] >> look, if the prosecutors are honorable, and they may be, if they are fair, if they are just, sadly bad stuff has to happen because what she did is very

criminal and very serious. and it's too bad. it's too bad. [applause] >> and i don't -- i don't know how a person with that cloud over their head can actually be running for the office of president, wouldn't think so we'll see what happens it will be very interesting. well, speaking to reporters hillary clinton is said that she denies doing anything wrong. >> there is so much confusion around this that i understand why reporters and the public are asking questions, but the facts are pretty clear. i did not send nor receive anything that was classified at the time. now, new york's fast food workers are one step closer to receiving a pay rise, on wednesday the state's wage board vote ed in favor of raising the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour that number could become the benchmark across the united states. but asthma his a chan now reports, many say it's still not enough on live on. >> i move that we recommend that the minimum wage be raised for

$15 for fast food employees. all in favor. >> reporter: in new york, and across the country in los angeles. >> a higher wage in this county in the unincorporated areas like the city will attract the best workers in the hardest working the least training the best cost savings for our businesses. cities are upping the minimum wage far i don't understand the national minimum of $7.25 sent an hour in, california where the state minimum is $9, los angeles now joins san francisco, in raising the minimum to 15. also this past week, the university of california school system the third largest employer in the state will match that number. fifteen dollars an hour has suddenly become that magic target. jump started in the seattle tacoma suburb that first set what was then a new national high more than a year ago.

many rallies over the past year have been led by fast food workers. in addition to minimum wage, many of them also want to unionize. >> you have to pay rent. [ inaudible ] sometimes i can't even make it there to work because i don't have enough money for transportation. >> it's important that annually the workers get raises it's not enough money to live on the wage, it's expense i have to live here especially if you have family to support 67 the united states is heading in to unfamiliar waters and the economists paint a very mixed picture. >> best interest says it increases earnings examine decreases turnover for those employees. and they may damp down the number of those kind of jobs that are there because they become more expensive to employers. >> reporter: criticses have been looking at recent numbers out of seattle that might suggest that employers have indeed, opt to the hire fewer workers in order to save money.

but proponents of increasing the minimum wage say it's simple too early to tell it looks like the momentum is building for the 15-dollar minimum wage a is who the country rich. melissa chan, al jazerra, san francisco. greek bailout negotiations have been pushed back by a couple of days due to logistical issues like the location of the talks and security. the meetings with international creditors was supposed to start on monday it's hopes they will be wrapped up for a bailout to be approved in parliament by august 20th. rights activists believe press freedoms in hong kong have sunk to their lowest level. but now a group of journalists have come together to try to revive an independent voice in the city. divya reports. >> simulate attack other taiwan's presidential office. >> reporter: setting the agenda the daily editorial meeting for

hahn congress' youngest online newspaper. these journalists say they are trying to provide an alternative voice in news. the project gained traction during last year's pro-democracy frosts which brought 10s of thousands of people for the streets. it broke records in its online fundraising campaign reflecting he meant public interest but already it's facing hurdles. >> not surprisingly there is not any direct support from the government. but we have been hindered somewhat in that we have not been allowed access to the government information system. >> reporter: accord to this hong kong journalist association it's a problem that is becoming more common. the occupied protest last year explored the government's reluctance to engage the media and proved to be a risky time for journalists. >> not only that journalists are blocked from their news sources cannot get information but they were physically attacked, lie threatening attacks. >> reporter: clement so helped the journalist association press

freedom i want deck compilation. the results minute ored the findings of international monitors. freedom of expression is protected by law but that doesn't stop the territory's press freedom from deteriorating particularly over the past few years, international watch dog reporters without borders say hong kong had his a knew low. hong kong was among the world's top 20 for press freedom third years ago. hong kong's media is in turmoil. this month alone thinks at least three strong standing chinese publications are shutting down due to online competition and funding issues. hong kong's oldest television station still stop broadcasting next year and next media territory's only pro-democracy outlet is close be some pub cautionpublications after losing advertising revenue from businesses wary of angrying beijing. >> there are real economic pressures and they have to find a way to survive.

the internet is eating everybody's lunch but nobody knows thousand get the internet to make lunch. >> reporter: the editors of hong kong free press say they are still finding their voice, but to survive the site will have to resonate with the public and soon. it only has enough funds to go operate until the he could of next year. divya, al jazerra, hong kong. floods across pakistan have killed at least 36 people and forced 250,000 from their homes the prime minister has been visiting one of the areas worst affected in the district. more rain has been forecast across pakistan. now, three months after april's earthquake in nepal 10s of thousands of people are still living in desperate conditions. one of the major challenges for nepal's government has been providing medical care to the rural population. faiz jamil reports. >> reporter: he considers

himself lucky, he injured his leg during april's earthquake and was treated in the capital. he only returned to his village two weeks ago but then his leg became infected. >> translator: i was having problems with my leg. this mobile health team came and said to go to the district headquarters immediately for treatment. they said there were foreign doctorses there and it was closer than going all wait to kathmandu. >> reporter: but getting there wasn't easy. his family had to care him for hours until they imagine today get a vehicle to bring him the rest of the way. with the district hospital still damaged, these tents operated by the red cross provide basic and even surgical medical care for people near and far. >> we had one woman that she walked for two full days from sunrise to sunset. >> reporter: the team leader here says they are still seeing some earthquake-related cases but the number of patients that come from distant areas depends on the weatherser. >> when it rains heavily we experience here that less people

are coming. on sunny days like this, there is quite a huge peak inpatients coming. a few days ago we had a peak of almost 160 patients coming in to the hospital in one day. >> reporter: that is because i don't understand the district headquarters proper medical care is hard to come by, even harder to travel to. these winding and uneven roads are difficult to navigate for vehicles and pima like. and now mudslides caused by the monsoon rains have add today the obstacles for people to get to district headquarters for treatment or for medical aid to get to them. roads here aren't well maintained, and the mud only adds to the travel time it takes getting to and from runs of remote villages. hours later we came to this village. earth square damage visible. this medical post stands but a quick looks shows why it's not

visible. forcing patients and the only doctor here to use donated tents but medical care is limited. >> translator: it's not safe in the hospital so we sues the tent we refer most case to his the direct headquarters the upside since the earthquake is we have been getting more medicine send to us. >> reporter: the goal is to rebuild 60 of the 80 district health posts damaged by the everything quake but many of the rural districts across the country are in a similar state. and like here, health care is just one of many things that need rebuilding. faiz jamil, al jazerra nepal. researchers in the united states are trying to come up with a new technology to reduce the rate of infant mortal at this in the developing world. tom ackerman reports on the progress so far. >> reporter: this suitcase sized machine is carl pharma check it's purpose to give healthcare workers in the remotest areas a quick on the spot test to assure

that mothers and their newborn don't die from contaminated or bogus drugs. >> because people are dieing and bad drugs are there and hospitals are inundated with these problems they want a solution that stops it in its track. >> reporter: his product is more than one of 80 approaches almost granted funding in a program aimed at preventing the deaths of mothers and babies in the most dangerous period the first 48 hours after birth. >> in the rule after the hardest to reach parts of communities really the last mile and so that is where we need to make sure some of the best innovations best ideas with actually reach them and the save the lives. >> reporter: for the fifth year aid agencies from the u.s., u.k. canada, norway, and south korea, are sponsoring competitions to fund more innovations that promise the greatest improvement in health outcomes. this year 53 final assists were chosen out of more than 750 applications.

to pitch their ware to his investors. both private and nonprofit. some of these products have already proven to be effective in the field but their true test is how easily and cheaply they are applied on a large scale. this machine provides oxygen to babies struggling with a leading cause of child mortal at this, acute respiratory infections. once manufactured in a small volume is casts $160, compared to the standard 6,000-dollar model. >> we have made a much less expensive device that provides the same their tuesday i can flow and pressure as devices that are used in high resource settings and we have been able to disseminate it country wide throughthroughout. >> reporter: up fant and mortality rates have fallen sharply in recent years but with 287,000 mothers dieing and more than 5 million neonatal deaths and stillbirths stillbirths

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