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♪ pro-government troops recaptured the largest military base in the southern province has been used by the u.s. to launch drone strikes against al-qaeda targets in yemen and gerald tan reports. >> reporter: a major offensive and victory and pro-government forces recapture the biggest military base in yemen and advance with tanks and military vehicles providing air cover. backed by loyalists hadi faced resistance from houthi rebels with the former president saleh and resulted in multiple casualties on both sides. >> translator: the take over of

the base will tightness and cut supply lies to the provinces and control of the base is a great victory for the resistance and a big defeat for the malitia and saleh forces. >> reporter: spread over 40 kilometers it houses a military airport, a war college and arms deposition poe and previously used by forces as intelligence hub and attacks on al-qaeda and yemen and rebels have been in control of the strategic base since march. >> for the first time since the saudi-led military operation began you see the houthis on the defensive rather than offensive and there is a widespread belief that the tide is turning even if the end to the war is no where in sight. >> reporter: it is not nearly a symbolic win, it is on the road to thai after the recapture of

aiden and military says controlling this will help push delivery ties in the southern provinces, al jazeera. pakistan executed a man on death row for murder despite appeals from the national human rights group and shafqat hussain was hanged in karachi jail of killing of a child in 2004 and family says he was just 13 when he was arrested and was tortured to confessing to the murder but an investigation determined that shafqat hussain was an adult at the time of the crime and earlier my colleague jane spoke with a human rights activist in islamabad and said this execution raises some serious questions questions. >> our legal system is based on the old system which says even if there is a shadow of reasonable doubt the hanging must not, the execution must not be carried out and in this case there is not just a shadow there is a huge question mark.

let me give you an example, just last year in 2014 the government national database registration party issued shafqat hussain computerized national identity card, he was 24 last year when the identity and showed as being 14 at the time the murder was committed which he was 24 now. if that computerized national card was issued by a government agency and if it was a fake and a fraud identity card showing a fake date of birth then my question to the government of pakistan is why has the official who issued him a fake cnic card not been arrested and charged with fraud? >> not only that there is proof he was tortured. >> indeed there is proof on his body there was proof on his body he was tortured when he was

a child at 14 years of age and cigarette burns on his chest remain to this day. another thing when he was arrested and taken first to the police station and subsequently to the jail the s hchl o -- sho the station wrote down his age as one age. the warden at the jail put down another figure for his age and when he was medically examined which is the rule when you are taken to jail you have to be examined by a doctor the doctor wrote down a third, a different age. why are there three different assessments of his age at the time of his arrest? >> suggests about how juveniles are treated for the system and what is going on in the country at the moment? >> there exists something called the juvenile justice system since the year 2000 and lays down stringent conditions. for example juvenile must not be

housed with adult criminals and adult convicts but shafqat hussain has been there for ten years or more and the maximum imprisonment for murder after the conviction for murder is 14 years in jail. but shafqat hussain has already served more than 14 years and then he was executed this morning so he has served a double sentence an entire life sentence for murder and executed for murder. i do not think that justice has been served. i do not think we are beyond a reasonable shadow of doubt. >> reporter: the head of the taliban's political office in qatar resigned over the group's new leader masour and they criticized the process largely conducted in pakistan as the leader was appointed outside the

country this is a great historical mistake. the leader of the islamic emirate had to be appointed in the presence of the dean and in strongholds inside afghanistan. he said the new leader monsour was appointed on friday following the death of the taliban's founder. kurdish separatist attacked a military vehicle killing two soldiers and local media say p.k.k. fighters designated a roadside bomb before open fire on forces and two others were injured in the attack, the province is close to the iraqi border where turkish air raids are attacking kurdish p.k.k. targets. british police will be investigated of allegations that detectives didn't follow-up accusations that a former prime minister abused children. and the police force has launched a public appeal for

anyone who believes they may have been a victim. the former conservative leader edward heath to come forward and heath who died ten years ago served as prime minister in the early 1970s. >> this is about pulling forward witnesses and victims, perhaps the place will do effectively, with absolute privacy for those that come forward and i urge people who have victim or victims of crime to come forward today. >> reporter: united kingdom has new measures to crack down on undocumented people and could face five years in prison. the government has been forced to act by the french board of cali and french police say there were 1700 attempts to breakthrough the fence of the channel tunnel on monday alone. figures from french police suggested 70% of migrants in cali eventually succeed in reaching the united kingdom and

phillip hammond says greater security is now having effect. >> we have a grid on the crisis and saw a peak last week when the number of illegal migrants has tailed off. we have taken a number of measures in collaboration with authorities and the tunnel already having an effect and over the next day or two would expect to have an even greater effect. >> more from al jazeera charles stratford who is in cali. >> reporter: wants us to hide his identity with a wife and children in afghanistan and taken months to go through europe and is determined to make it to the u.k. >> we want asylum in u.k. to make our life easily to bring our family and if the situation is good for example if the situation is bitter so we are

wanting to go back to our country. >> reporter: many of the people living in this camp seem to be genuine asylum seekers fleeing persecution and conflict in their prospective countries and the reason they want to live in the u.k. is they want to be in an english language speaking country where getting refugee status is either than britain and france because they are accused of not addressing real asylum claims. >> the u.k. needs to look closely at who wants to ask for asylum and we take those people in england, look at their request, if they don't fit the bill then, yes, send them back to wherever i don't know make a decision and france needs to do the same thing. if today you decide to ask for asylum in france because you are tired of trying and not succeeding to go to the u.k. your first appointment for your asylum request is in november.

>> of course there are many people here wanting a better job and life in the u.k. so called economic migrants and say it's easy to find work in the u.k. than france. u.k. government offered france help with the security and says all of europe should help find a solution and local officials in cali totally disagree. >> translator: this is totally a british problem. what they don't understand is that everyone in europe sees it as their problem and can't keep sending people to france and we are not england and we never will be. >> reporter: near the tunnel entrance the fence is being repaired yet again. it had been cut by a man prepared to try to grab and a passing train prepared to risk their lives for a life in britain britain. he says he will do the same. charles stratford, al jazeera,

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>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazeera, anti-houthi fighters in yemen have retaken the biggest military base from rebels and dozens of fighters were killed in the operation. pakistan has executed a man on

death row for murder despite appeals from international rights groups and shafqat hussain was hanged in karachi for killing a child in 2004 and family says he was 14 when he was arrested and tortured to confess to the kram. france announced new measures for 100 guards at the channel site as well as new immigration checks in the u.k. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is now in singapore promoting the world's largest trade deal and the trans partnership had snags last week and he asked to overcome differences and it's a central part of president obama's efforts to increase u.s. influence in asia and counter the economic power of china. the u.s. says it will push the issue of disputed islands in the

south china see in a summit in malaysia and u.s. and china have been invited to the summit, the associate of southeast nations and china says it's unhappy with disputes being raised and it wants the summit to focus on cooperation. as they gather in malaysia the government is graspingly with a $700 million corruption scandal and let's go to kuala-lumpora and what is this all about, sir? >> it's a scandal that has been following the government and certainly the prime minister for several months when $700 million appeared in his bank account. now the story was revealed by the media and the government didn't like it here and clamping down on the media or anyone who wants to report what was going on and the government crying

foul and saying it's a conspiracy and they want clarification from the prime minister who isn't speaking and some opposition politicians who have been critical of the government have been stopped from traveling so it's a really big mess as far as the governments are concerned. one that is certainly bringing a great deal of intrigue of suspicion and various theories in the public domain and so much so certain publications have been shut down and wouldn't be open for business for sometime. the headquarters of the newspaper and magazine in kuala-lumpur and it's quiet since there has been a three-month band on publications and investigating a money trail, apparently funds from the finance minute industry ended up in the prime minister to the tune of $700 million and they stand by the article and demanding clarification of the government's decision and filed for judicial review and are unable to comment at this time. it was "the wall street journal"

that initially reported it seen documents implicated the prime minister. h he has been fire fighting the accusations levelled at him but when questioned by deputy and the attorney general he decided to fire them both last tuesday in a major cabinet reshuffle and tony such moves are drawing national concern. his criticism of the government's handling of this investigation has him now barred from leaving the country. >> i have not been charged and not requested to assist in any of this investigation. it clearly points to an act of desperation in an attempt to intimidate the big critics against the prime minister and his handling of relations. >> reporter: actions of the government like the 1980s when several newspapers were shut down for a period. >> i think it's a serious indication engaged in the

healthy democratic wing between the state and the citizens. >> reporter: the government is making their position clear. >> because of the nature of allegations made by d.h. could very well under mine the security of the nation and the stability of the economy. we believe that a temporary suspension of the publication is the best way to go pending investigation both by the thai government and also by domestic investigation and authorities in malaysia. >> reporter: resent elections seen a steady and slow move of votes and opinion towards opposition candidates. more issues like this will only reenforce opinion that the party that ruled since independent can no longer be trusted. malaysia anticorruption cleared the prime minister saying the money in his account came from

donors. the larger question is opposition politicians are asking to two donors where did the money come from and why is it in the prime minister's account when if it's a donation it is not in a political party bank account. to add to the whole story both politicians in r parliament that were part of the committee investigating all this were subsequently promoted to the cabinet which meant they couldn't investigate any more and the investigation starts back at zero and the story has not gone away for sometime to come. >> reporter: thanks from kuala-lumpar myanmar is asking for aid to help tens of thousands of people whose homes have flooded and at least 47 people died in the floods and large areas of farmland are under water and roads damaged and aid agencies there are trying to deliver supplies to remote areas that have been hit now by weeks of heavy monsoon

rains and barack obama has an ambitious national plan to tackle climate change and the u.s. president announced tougher cuts for emissions from power plants and patty says it's not clear when the restrictions will come into force. >> no challenge poses a greater threat to our future. >> reporter: part science lesson and part pep talk and president obama trying to convince that climate change is real and rally the country we can change it. >> we can solve this thing but we have to get going. >> reporter: his warning the current drought, warnings floods and fire season will get worse unless the rules change and that is exactly what he is doing. it calls for coal-fire plants to reduce carbon emissions by a third in 15 years and critics say many plants will be like this one, shut down. there will be negative consequences for the economy.

>> failed to ship goods oversees and reliable sources of energy to meet demand. >> reporter: white house disputes claims and hoping this new plan will have other countries take steps to a u.n. climate path. >> if we don't do it nobody will. the reason that china is looking about getting serious of emissions is because they saw we were going to do it too. when the world faces its toughest challenges america leads the way forward. that's what this plan is about. [applause] experts say it could take years before the new rules are actually implemented if at all. >> there are some people who believe another supreme court case is in the offering here because there are fundamental disagreements about the way the underlying law was written that may need to get tested at sort of the highest level of the court system. >> reporter: most cases take four to five years to take the supreme court. >> thank you everybody, god

bless you. >> reporter: if the president sees this as key part of his legacy he likely won't know if it is until long after he is out of office patty with al jazeera in washington. the head of lion and big game from africa are not welcome on a u.s. airline, delta ban hunters from flying animals they killed after the out cry of cecil the lion in zimbabwe and will not fly elephant or rhino or buffalo remains. two people wounded in a shooting outside a hip-hop concert and this in new jersey is another example of what police chiefs say is rising violent crime nationwide and holding an emergency summit in washington and ms. kimberly reports. >> reporter: another violent weekend in baltimore. in a period of just a few hours one man was shot dead eight others injured, the violence follows a record number of deaths for the city in july.

45 people were killed. the city's deadliest night in decades. >> we have seen a surge in violence and the current surge in violence mirrors the surge that is happening across our country. >> reporter: in st. louis and new orleans the number of murders this year has risen more than 33%, chicago, washington and other major u.s. cities have also seen dramatic rise in violent crime. >> it's a huge issue. we have not seen what we are seeing right now in decades. >> reporter: so police chiefs and mayors for more than 30 u.s. cities convened for an emergency meeting in washington and the problem is the group couldn't identify why crime is up or offer solutions. police blame some of the shootings on illegal venue, gang violence and proliferation of synthetic drugs causing erratic behavior on u.s. streets and lack of support to assist those

incarcerated once released. >> quality education, job training housing, reentry program aimed at enhancing the socio economic opportunities in our community so people will be living a more productive life instead of a life of crime. >> reporter: but as federal, state and local governments grapple with increasingly tighter budgets residents have little hope the violence will cease. >> it makes my heart heavy, it makes my heart sad to know us as a people are just killing each other and i'm sorry that they are but i don't know if there is any resolution at the moment now. >> reporter: or hope. as police have few strategies to stop the crime plaguing u.s. city streets. kimberly al jazeera, washington. the mayor of mexico city says no expense will be spared and no line of investigation ignored in the hunt for killers and journalists and funeral

service held in the capitol and he fled there two months ago after receiving threats where he worked and his tortured body was one of five found on friday human rights groups say 90% of the murders of journalists in mexico have gone unpunished in the past 20 years. part rico has defaulted in its debt for the first time in history and missed a $58 million repayment due on monday and the economy is in recession and many people have left to work for work abroad. >> it's not a surprise when you think at the end of june talked about a financial death spiral and said they simply don't have money to pay the debts and missed a $58 million debt but when you put that in perspective they owe something like $72 billion, that was just a drop in the ocean. >> reporter: farmers are

helping lead the way to major changes underway in cuba. diplomatic relations restored with the united states and things are different on land too as on the island too rather as chan reports. >> reporter: this is the first wholesale market in cuba where formers sell their goods on the open market where buyers haggle over prices, you might call it capitalism with a cuban touch. >> translator: it's an experiment, something new and we are still in the process of organizing the market. yes, we can say this is a free market. it's available for anyone, for sellers and buyers. >> reporter: when castro had reforms a few years ago agriculture was a top priority and insufficiencies racked the industry and fruit and vegetables would rot because people picking up crops failed

to distribute them in time. not all cubans can afford to shop here and fruit may cost wages with state salaries of just $20 a month and market prices remain available but often those places run out of food. this time of year you have mango and pineapples and plaintain and farmers and different organizations have registered to sell at this market here. [ [rooster crowing] farmers own or lease land for profit. >> translator: when we heard the news farmers felt great joy, any change would be improvement, it was excellent. it was freedom. >> reporter: farming remains a tough enterprise. the machines farmers use are far

past their expiration date and often break down and to buy spare parts they have to wait and the government has complete control over imports and monopoly of selling new merchandise. once upon a time cuba exported sugar and tobacco and now they import their food a situation the government wants to change. the transition will take years and while some farmers may benefit it's not clear whether the industry as a whole will come out strong. melissa chan cuba. take a look at this it's not often you get to be this close to magnificent wildlife a whale is a tourist attraction and hundreds of people watching it surface in a marine in buenos aires and it shouldn't be there but it's having trouble getting

back to where it should be and they are hoping to lure it closer to the river so it can swim back out to the atlantic ocean. there is much more real news from al jazeera at our new look website. if you have not taken a look please do loads of stuff there of analysis and video at al jazeera.com. ♪ night. distrust and animosity between israel and iran are nothing new. and the pending nuclear deal with iran stoked the flames, as the obama administration tries to sell the deal do congress and the world, israeli fears have not subsided. is the deal a threat to israel's existence, or could it make israel safer in the long run. nuclear pressure