the governor of the yemen city of aden is killed after his car was attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade. this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead on the program a significant break through libya's political rival signs an agreement. rumors that the afghan taliban

releases a message from the group's leader to prove he is still alive. breaking news coming from us out of yemen of the the governor of the port city of aden has been killed. his convoy was attacked by a grenade. five of his bodyguards were also killed in this incident. the yemen political analyst joining us now. we very much appreciate your time. what is the security situation in aden compared to the rest of the country?

over many cases. yesterday also the chief of the military police was assassinated in aden. there have been a string of these happening. there's a general lack of security in aden having said that, what knowledge do you have of how the governor moved about through the city?

role for a short time. what is your understanding of what his goals were, what he wanted to try to accomplish?

security situation, the city with the highest assassination rate. so it puts the government and the coalition in a very embarrassing situation thank you so much for your perspective on this u.n. backed peace talks to end the conflict in yemen are said to take place next week. the president mass reportedly agreed to attend after meeting the u.n. envoy in aden on saturday. now the u.n. envoy to add aid inis going to meet with houthi rebels and the former president. gerald tan reports. >> reporter: on the outskirts here battles are raging. houthi fighters and those loyal to former president still hold their ground in yemen's third largest city, but pro-government forces are undeterred. >> translation: we will

continue our march. all that is left of the rebels here are snipers and land mines. >> reporter: similar scenes are being played out to the east. rebels who want former president to come to power. there are no easy victories. eight and a half months of war is taking a punishing toll on civilians. yemen was already a difficult area to access food. half of the population is on the brink of familiar inand-- famine and ask asking for funding >> we need funding for the coming year. of course, we received the support of all-- need the support of all parties to give us the freedom of movement to reach out to the people that are in absolute crisis at the moment. >> reporter: planned u.n. brokered talks in geneva have

hit hurdles and delays. both sides say they're open to negotiate, but they have terms the other can't or won't accept libya's political rivals have signed a new deal aimed at resolving the country's political crisis. they've agreed to hold elections within two years. it is hoped the agreement will end the violence and chaos that has been present since the former leader was ousted in 2011. >> reporter: a libyan initiative for the first time in the country's long running political crisis an initial agreement to work together. these are representatives of the two rival parliaments. the deal calls for the two sides to form a ten-member committee to hell choose a government of national reconciliation. the u.n. has welcomed the agreement. it says i.s.i.l. linked fighters have taken advantage of the power vacuum in libya and the

country needs to unite before the ideology spreads. >> you have the threat of d.a.e.s.h. and the scourge of terrorism is expanding every day. the international compends are also fighting against d.a.e.s.h. in syria and that means fighters in syria comes to where the security vacuum is in libya. >> reporter: violence and rival riese have polarized libya. it has fallen into the up rising since 2011. the general national congress is one of two rival administrations the. the other is the u.n. recognised government in tobruk. former libyan general took charge of a growing army which eventually allied itself with the tobruk government. the chaos has been made worse by

militia who don't follow the main political groups. some have claimed allegiance to i.s.i.l., stepping into an already crowded battleground. analysts say this agreement won't change the security situation on the ground straightaway, but it is a positive step forward in the peace process >> i don't see anything changing immediately, but what i hope would happen would be you could have militias working with some pro moderate elements fighting i.s.i.s. that operational cooperation is something that is unlikely to happen immediately, but could down the road if we get lucky materialise. >> reporter: under the agreement elections will be held within two years. an interim president and a deputy are expected to be named within weeks. a sign of unity ahead of u.n. brokered peace talks ahead of rome this month a top adviser to iran supreme leader has called the fate of syria's president a red

red line forte ran. it says bashar al-assad is a leader and his future can only be determined by the people. >> translation: we will not leave president bashar al-assad into battle field or when it comes to the politics. bashar al-assad is considered to be a red line for iran because he was collected by the syrian people and they should decide his future. nobody else should be able to make a decision u.s. secretary of state john kerry has announced more talks aimed at ending the war in syria. the meetings will take place in new york later this month. >> our goal is to facilitate a transition that all parties have stated that they support. a unified syria, a non-sectarian syria, a syria which will choose its own leadership in the future by an election which they have agreed will be supervised by the u.n. under the highest standards

of international law of elections with fair, full transparency and accountability in order for even the dispora to be able to vote for future leadership kerry has been warning israel about the dangers of a possible collapse of the palestinian authority. he said it will lead to a situation that will threatenen the security of both sides >> if there is a risk, and it is in the country's interest for it to, in fact, survive, as the prime minister suggested, should more, therefore, not be done to help sustain it? the one state solution is no solution at all for a secure jewish democratic israel living in peace. it is simply not a viable option stephanie decker is live for us.

what exactly prompted these particular remarks? >> reporter: well, i think frustration. they were very frank remarks we heard from the u.s. secretary of state. he has been extremely involved in the peace process here leading the 2013/2014 peace negotiations that failed. so he had very frank things to say to both sides. we heard that there. he said it would cost israel billions of dollars to monitor, to control the west bank if the palestinian authority, which is the one that controls parts of the west bank, would collapse, but he also said he aimed words at the palestinian president. he said he had to do less to incite the street. he said he had to condemn the wave of attacks that we've seen recently and also said that the unilateral moves of the u.n. were not conducive. he turned his attention to the israeli prime minister saying that the expansion gave them

that they tried to get the west bank and called into question a commitment of this government to establish a palestinian state and he also said because secretary of state was here two weeks ago speaking to both sides. he lamped empty-handed and said he this never seen the destruct at this level between the two sides. he said the stress that was conveyed to him was the worst ever seen. i don't think that comes as a surprise here. we have seen a tense and violent situation on the ground. there is no option on the table for resumption of negotiations. the white house said there will be no two state solution under this admin strayings. a-- did administration. a dire out come. this is very difficult coming up in the program the legacy of flavour lives on 150

years after it was officially abolished in the u.s. plus. >> one of the most popular places in india for sir gate mothers. i will tell you about a ban the government says protects these women from being exploited but others say ends up hurting them.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. welcome back. the top stories. the governor out of the port city of aden has been killed. major general's convoy was

attacked by a rocket propelled grin aid. five of his bodyguards were also killed. libya's rival groups have signed a break through deal to solve the political try says. the general national con aggression in the government in tobruk have agreed to hold elections within two years. u.s. secretary of state has warned israel about the dangers of a possible collapse of the palestinian authority. kerry said it would lead to a solution that would threaten the security of both sides. iraq is demanding that turkey should withdraw its troops from the area of mosul in the countries's north. the ministry has tar curbed the ambassador in baghdad calling it a hostile act. it insists its soldiers are carrying out training for local

sunni volunteers >> translation: around two thousand volunteer fighters from mosul have been training there for the past year supporting them in their fight against d.a.e.s.h. this training has been launched upon the request of the governor of mosul. it has been coordinated by the iraqi defense ministry turkey has released three of four russian ships it held in the black sea port. the vessels were stopped for maritime safety violations. relations between the two countries have been tense since the turkish air force shot down a russian fighter jet close to the syrian border last month. >> reporter: russia, of course, has been making things very difficult for turkish trade for several days now. it has been blocking turkish produce at ports and stopping going through various customs clearance posts and that sort of thick. there are going to be formalized

sanctions coming in on january 1. turkey can make things difficult for russian shipping too. turkey controls the main straight that links the black sea and the mediterranean seas. under a treaty that was signed in sitser land in-- sits switzerland. perhaps what turkey is doing at the moment is a gen tell reminder to russia that it does control shipping in the black sea and the mediterranean more, perhaps, than russia would like and it's a reminder that russia might not have everything its own way turkey's president erdogan says his country will remain patient with russia even as the two sides continue their war of

words. >> translation: we have never approved of russia's efforts in escalating the crisis. we can speaking the language of diplomacy and being patient afghan taliban has released and audio message said to be from the group's leader denying claims he has been killed. reports last week said mullah akhtar mansoor was seriously wounded and possibly killed in a shoot out with his own commanders in pakistan. the new audio recording describes the reports as rumors and propaganda. >> reporter: the taliban say the 16 minute recording was made by mullah akhtar mansoor to prove that he is alive. there were on rumors that he had been killed. he called on his followers to not listen. he hadn't even been in the

village where he was supposed to have been killed in several years. this recording had reference to an incident that happened recently. the taliban right now very much divided. mullah akhtar mansoor was the successor of the founder of the taliban. in july it emerged that the founder had been dead for two years before the taliban went public with the announcement forced only because taliban peace talks were meant to go into a second round at the end of the july. it makes it difficult for taliban peace talks to go ahead. the taliban very much divided now. a separate faction named its own leader last month who had a meeting showing several thousand of his followers, so that divide in the taliban making it difficult for the president and

his government to know who to negotiate with if they want to go forward with peace talks with the taliban. of course, pakistan, china also trying to help with those peace talks but right now a divided taliban making things very difficult a billion dollar servicing market in india may be under threat. the government is considering be that as it maying couples from using local women as surrogates. some women say they may lose the only source of income they have. >> reporter: these people are meeting their baby daughter for the first time. a joyous occasion especially for couples who can't have children on their own. she is from new zealand and her husband is american. this is their second child born in india through a surrogate mother. the government wants to stop

local women having children for foreign couples. >> i really feel so passionate about the fact. -- passionate. >> reporter: it helps surrogate women improve their lives. these surrogate mothers say the money helps pay debts, send their children to school and even build houses. this woman who is a surrogate for the second time says she could never earn this much money with any other job. >> translation: it's not that they take the baby and that's it. they keep a relationship with us, calling us when my own children have a birthday sending them gifts and they are there. i prefer the foreign couple any day. >> reporter: surrogates here say without foreigners, they won't have the same opportunity to prosper. these women say the generosity of foreign couples also helps tear families back in their home

villages. here several shops, hotels and businesses profit from the business. they say they will suffer under the ban as well. >> reporter: dr patel who has one of the well-known fertility clinics. >> this could be regulated. there could be laws in place that there could be penalties and punishment in place, a place where they can go and complain if something is wrong >> reporter: the government and some women's group say regulation won't prevent exploitation >> you will never find a woman offering to be a surrogate. it is totally commercial. >> reporter: a law banning foreign couples are regulating them is being drafted.

these mothers say with no other opportunities to earn this much money, they fear they will be on the losing end of whatever is decided 150 years after slavery was officially abolished in the u.s., the descendants of slave are waiting for compensation. congress have issued formal apologies but refuse to pay compensation. >> reporter: these were the faces of slavery in america, a phenomenon deeply entwined with the nation's history. a century and and a half ago some freed slaves were offered land and it was withdrawn. >> when we come to washington and this complain, we're-- campaign, we're coming to get our check. >> reporter: they see

reparations as a moral imperative. >> do not believe in reparations. just believe in ethnic cleansing. >> reporter: recent opinion surveys show that white americans overwhelmingly reject the idea of financial restitution. while support among black americans has fallen. >> we are conditioned to say it's in the past, let's get over it. i have to say that that is changing. indeed, for the reparation struggle to be successful, we do have to believe in it ourselves. >> reporter: daniels and other say the government and businesses that benefited from slavery should provide land and money to black institutions, but not to individuals. >> reporter: here at the u.s. capital which was built with slave labor, both houses of con aggression have issued apologies. but reparations have never gone anywhere

>> reporter: a demand was rejected by prime minister david cameron during to his visit to jam aica. >> i do hope that you have gone through so much together through those darkest of times, we can move on from this painful legacy and continue to build for the future. >> reporter: and visiting haiti, the only country where slaves freed themselves by rising up against france, francois hollande spoke only of settling a moral debt, but not money. haiti's president had to concede the point. >> translation: what haiti wants today is to offer france a new relationship, not a rich country supporting a poor country. >> reporter: the best answers offered was for kvelling haiti's 77 million dollar threat. the own rap registrations to france for 150 million gold

francs that they were forced to pay slave owners for the loss of property. that will not be given back > columbia says it has discovered the wreckage of a long lost spanish ship filled with treasure. it was sunk more than 300 years ago >> reporter: it had been called the holy grail of ship wrecks and it has been found. these are the first images of the gallion. 1708. one of the largest amount of valuables to have been lost at sea. gold and precious stones value you had between four and 17 billion dollars. >> translation: it constitutes one of the greatest if not the biggest finds in the history of mankind. the government will continue its

investigative process of exploring and protecting subemergencied cultural find. >> reporter: it was found after years of complex investigations conducted by an international team led by the colombian institute of anthropology with the column bee an nation. >> translation: it has been a reality, a real triumph. >> reporter: the investigators were able to find the wreck that matched details, like these bronze canyons unique to the ship with dolphins carved on them. the discovery won't end a bitter dispute over its ownership. sea search says it found the wreck site in 1981 and had a deal with the government to share the proceeds. >> translation: the discovery of the gallion confirms.

we had it at the time. there is a ruling that says these types of treasurer you're-- treasure should be shared by both. >> reporter: it is said that the rights are defined by a supreme court justice ruling of 2007 and they referred to specific coordinates which do not correspond to the real ones of the discovery. the coordinates are a secret. the president says he wants to build a museum to house the huge hold they expect to find, but the task ahead is to bring it back to the surface n.a.s.a. has photographs taken due afully by of the plato

planet. it shows a wide variety of terrains. the images are ten times the resolution of those previously taken of pluto and it gives a look at the geology of the planet. you can visit our website, aljazeera.com wildlife poaching is big dlife poaching is big and growing. the slaughter is being fueled by