following events in south sudan extensively joins me now in the studio how surprised are you at this latest decision per to the fact that it actually wasn't part of the original agreement that was signed just one few days ago when let's remember first of all that since the conflict started in twenty thirty every year the president has been issuing amnesty to rebel leaders so that they can come back into the government and form some kind of transitional coalition government or to try to end the conflict so the fact that he issued an amnesty is not new but what he should have been doing and what was part of the agreement that was signed in july in the capital in sudanese capital khartoum was to lease all political prisoners not just from the government side but from the opposition side as well and that hasn't happened yet so while an amnesty to all rebel leaders and rebel figures as as including rick much are is a good step in terms of are forming a power sharing government or a coal coalition government or a transitional government as he calls it it is not the final step for both of both sides and including other very various other opposition figures have political detainees that have been arrested throughout the course of this conflict it has

been going on for nearly five years as you have said and they need to be released as per the agreement that was actually signed and that hasn't happened yet we've seen agreements and failed signed collapsed over the five years as you say here one gets the impression there is a huge trust deficit in the politics of south sudan. do you envisage anything happening that could allow these various sides to actually meet halfway find a common point of interest for the sake of the people well that remains to be seen they have eight months out like you said earlier to form a transitional government so this is plenty of time for them to come to get together to meet to try to solve their differences and talk about what their grievances are against each other and remember twenty fifteen peace deal that was signed between president care and opposition leader very much are was just between the two of them and a few other opposition figures now we have more opposition figures that came out after they had twenty fifteen p.c. of collapse in the capital juba so we have more people that have to deal with the government we have more. opposition that are against the government and they've got

more mistrust to see them coming together is quite hard because let's remember that twenty fifteen when my char came back he and the president rarely met they had a hard time coming together in one room to discuss the future of the country so to say no we're talking about not just machar and president taylor we talk about others as well only the fried chicken tell us whether they would actually be able to work together and overcome this mistrust that they have indeed we'll have to see what happens in the coming months thank you. still ahead here on al-jazeera all at sea the ship load of soybeans are circling in the pacific as china and the u.s. trade tariffs also. support for the woman known as the lady of the ivory coast their stories after the break.

hallowed has been the philippines in laos to get wettest in the last two or three days you might get a clue from the satellite picture that's the whitest top players but there's a good streak of cloud to the south of that through borneo and until sumatra three seen gradually coming so i say the last week or so so shows exist in the forecast now maybe you saw south jakarta or soloway sea but they are not back construct this dear mother more of a rare event but equally you could get something in singapore you still like to get something in padang it's still humid and cloudy picture which is light to bring rain it's been very wet recently let me just about the way in western australia and that is a windy front as it went through pursed case and decent rain being followed by showers the whole lot is going to sweep east across the bite and bring some rain just to this side of south australia and maybe if you're lucky some parts victoria new south wales but it still doesn't look particularly likely it will grow through the south it will bring rain to melbourne looking very warm eleven or twelve

degrees to bring rain to tasmania as well and eventually will make its way across the tasman sea but i think for the next two days wherever you are in new zealand you like to have a fine couple of days off maybe a slightly chilly night but who's going to complain. to train and equip the opposition in syria so they can help push back these terrorists people in power investigates how the us supplies soviet style weapons to its allies through private companies. wash their hands and say well we didn't know where it was so a weapon that was supplied by the us government may well end up being pointed at us soldiers we pick it up less than two months off in the professional america's secret pipeline to syria on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching out as a reminder of our top stories this hour politicians in argentina her voted against legalizing elective abortion after months of national debate and a mouth and session in the senate violence broke out between pleas and angry pro abortion rights protesters following the vote. israel has launched dozens of strikes and shelling across the gaza strip three palestinians including a pregnant mother and her child are being killed israel says it's in response to rockets fired from garza. the u.s. is also imposing new sanctions on moscow over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter in britain the state department is

accusing russia of using a nerve agent of a truck to poison the russian is denying its involvement and is threatening retaliatory measures. breaking news coming out of the arabian gulf dozens have been killed after a saudi or r.t. led airstrike hit a school bus in yemen now it seems to appeared inside the province or hoofy stronghold in the north the red cross say the bus carrying children came under attack as it was driving near a crowded market the link to media say a majority of those children those killed were children who say the as a yemeni journalist he joins me now on the phone from southern this typical r.t. hopefully you can hear me can you tell me what you know about this attack on a school bus. the school bus that was cut is that children. that. are you know the internet for

a day on friday. we kids today would say she didn't. just post. the market. a.t.m. card that. coalition. force. killing now is thirty nine civilians were killed mostly children from the process and more than fifty were also injured tell us a little bit about the emergency services and how the medical facilities are in that area to take the injured to hospital because we know that there are huge problems in medical facilities and supplies across yemen at the moment. i just lay there specially in. provence and hijab other than most of the hospitals

or clinics in that area has been destroyed or badly damaged and i know that the only. way to the hospital inside as this time is and to more easily was prevented there is another hospital that's run by without both as we call it images so just imagine the amount and amount of injured people that they were most of the molotov in space in pieces. because i don't think that. those people that are still working inside the tent takes this number tell us a little bit about the scenario in terms of security or identification of school buses or buses painted in any particular color are they identified in any way to make sure that they can be identified as a school bus and nothing else. to be honest with you the.

money like it needs. to be used for us to get this close it was like as you call it. by the buses. actually identify it because it was its life force i mean i think in a democracy everybody can see through the window i was here with us all the hundred percent permits and so i thought before. it was good for the. insider market i mean it sincerely can against. russia loads easier if there is any places in the market for the device is illegal for such. a boy to be here in this post exactly as it entered. the market as a result you have going to die. many civilians like these are filed suits

by the military only to like to kill them. some assume most children. with force they were taken to if you can see it because they are both sons they lost their fathers or mothers anything anywhere in the southeast asia so i had to before in. egypt a few weeks because we're actually seeing pictures of what we believe are the survivors from the time those children being taken to a local clinic let's just talk about saudi led coalition strikes in the area. that you're talking about how intense or how life have they been in recent weeks how would you describe the the the conflict zone as it is at the moment. and i thought that was actually the most. i'm just going to

sleuth to the so people that are really like it so far since for our ability. to live side. by side so do i slice into side i guess you could imagine one of the main street side that. we do have all the sort of all the markets i'm most interested in seeing it gets three times insist on budget so did exclusive or the government building was destroyed and just took my does it because why would you know that's something that's one of the house budget twice to the house floor to hospitals in two hundred eighty five there was a. process to leave my house i never said that the purpose of the hospital was even to the saudi money side to just to show you this that the attack on me i'm interested not only as a safe to assume that i thought would be just a price

a price to the human eye which is the only force that if you have an attack like this in a crowded area obviously that make civilians very nervous about staying in populated locations if they are worried about this attack and they want to leave where could they go to be safe. byrne there is no way. to do that in yemen we have seen many. times the before the displaced people has attacked israel over the villages and hard to be on. the other side of the. field again in the heart of city and killing seven civilians mostly women and children for three hours of that are that they targeted this area again given our five still though. i did not like what was what strike it's going to if they like each state subsidized alley like space

or time you. can just go to provide consulting with because we know most of the businesses already are partially to the so-called smart weapons using this is the sixty united states and you can actually take it from even posting this word to july just a whistle blowing this all seems like a bit out of the wisest only not conducted at that time of the month. which is shown to. many people actually as the disorder the actually will get confirmed as we've seen many many many sunday seems more lady in saudi if they have . been to work before the war. itself the obvious is the word is it's only added you can follow just because you are saying you can you go into my office but you only abducted yemeni civilians and you are you i mean if you will

a woman and children are. strong it's ok you can again if you see your father or mother kill repeated people can enjoy them. because you just stay with this for a moment i just want to allow international viewers to come up to speed with what's going on with the pictures that they can see on the screen at the moment there's you joining us here on al-jazeera english the pictures you are. seeing all of dozens of individuals that are being killed after a saudi and their r.t. led strike has apparently the school bus in yemen it happened in the southern province a stronghold of the who these in the north now the red cross say the bus was carrying children as it came under attack driving near a crowded market hooty linked to media says the majority of those killed on were children speaking to. our guest on the phone as a journalist he also tells us that the injured have been taken over to bury clinic most of the medical facilities in that area badly damaged and the clinic is

actually operated by doctors without borders and they will be treating the injured the bus itself with those children are apparently all friends according to our guest. who joins us on the phone line from southern let's just talk about this isn't. this is what this is one of many attacks we've seen in yemen by the saudi led coalition and civilians are always the forefront the initial victims of such attacks. the situation across the country has been volatile in recent weeks the un various charities have been talking about another cholera epidemic sadly in across the country this is a very serious time for the country when there is ongoing conflict and a lack of supply being able to get to crucial areas.

yeah i mean no human actually has the full density of the focus on the war. and is about safety so does one of the largest put it i. mean. the water at the county. many the less most of the deeper hospitals are your electricity as the fuel supplies out into hundreds or so disquisition i mean are we not be clear. a lot of cool that's good you should group a hot sun let me if you would you do lead toward a test in convert lasted two to three pages and now just yesterday i was the one who was taken from it the i couldn't find. a difficulty station that spoke to the house if you did it just imagine the hospital leaf you. almost most of human empathy just been destroyed by the southie. i'm going to cite that

a few weeks ago or between some underling i'm sorry that they were all destroyed when you haven't even had a as you have now come up close to one hate you have to once a day or two i think that now is that i ask any people who believe to be brutes they will not be able to produce little without a cup because nobody did. know for life so some are to any other theory at least trying to cook a quid in a group case. and the united nations meetup you doing anything to help the enemy and civilians i mean this already can continue through or potentially stop watch the. show like if i'm getting like an agent. or a couple just open some photos taken as they did before with a computer phone flies or chips but i love. to leap to reach the stars will be able to reach. i want to watch. out.

did we are still waiting for comment from the led coalition as to their response to the accusations being made here they're behind this attack and until we get that obviously we're in the realms of supposition and hypotheticals but we also as you say have to have facts on the ground that. coalition has destroyed much of the infrastructure of yemen joining these past years during this war with the who these one wonders what is the role of the diplomats you talked about the united nations that they have to try and come in they have been trying to come in and talk to both sides is there is there law emphasis required right now in the light of these quite graphic pictures that we're getting out of southern area.

i think it's just to picture what. they need to do because of the sort of. monsoon it's got a four hundred mark it was spotted by the saudi the school itself three hundred ninety. four percent doesn't of course. and they like a sense of the light and it's like a few they actually will not do anything because united nations could be going to school it's all by the united states u.k. for us i'm just going to be are actually. the floor why do they focus on the well because what they think about it to keep you only did this will. they can actually keep selling what they do so i would be out if you are likely to out of him or are not is not only would. actually have many people in the school not only. that it's a different case we have not why just process in the southeast asia at

a conference like out of like our ability to make you feel we decide that. they need to close and i'll try to fight the divide i make it seem yesterday that they have a good southeast coalition anything nice anything and i think i just excuse to really hold you tight stop just a leash inside i'm sure it's a human actually a is is it all type of force it's a collection that you can see all around the world this color that i'm fit only of course not just look at the country a man who pays for the sex of a repeat on the only thing that i've tried to i just for the moment we will leave it there mr because he has to know because to the journalists on the phone giving us some more insight into what's been going on in light of the pictures that you're seeing here on al-jazeera of injured children being taken to a local clinic in southern the north of the country after an attack apparently by the saudi lead. coalition let's join hubbard today he's

a correspondent that's covered the evan crisis for many years in depth he's on the line now from neighboring to bt in the light of these attacks it's no surprise that the finger of blame is pointed towards the saudi led coalition they would perhaps be the only ones that would have the firepower the range. to hit such a target. last month. feeling of the moment i'm only in the sunni you are in corner you shouldn't actually controls the yemeni airspace and no way. to talk like this would happen without their knowledge talk of course on the school blast cutting dozens of children far to mind killed. for syria others wanted we saw pictures of civilians cutting injured. children to.

the dead and also injured children to local clinics probably much dini is the outgoing regional commissioner for the international red cross has just saying it's high time for these the last thing tragedies to stop in yemen no one should allow putting children in harm's way and making them pay an acceptable price for. and of course so. i mean this is definitely going to add on to the anger and outrage that people are feeling about the targeting of civilians and civilian areas by the u.s. so to call it the deed of course home as you know in the time that we've been reporting the tragedy that yemen is when you actually have pictures to accompany such a sudden story the impact of what is going on in yemen hits people pardon

will hit politicians and the duas around the world who make the decisions about how to deal with yemen so much more. immediate and this is perhaps just the reality of what's being going on in yemen over the years it's been a hidden war a forgotten war is often described. yes indeed what's been very common about this wall is pointing your fingers that each other whenever something like the start is going to cause a lot of public outrage happens this bill would be you you coalition can deny and the whole feast. pointing fingers the whole thing is that there's also you know say the so in that coalition does that we just saw there talking on the last week in which many people were killed targeting a fish market people had tried to take advantage of a window of opportunity

a lull in the fighting and a promise by both sides to cease hostilities in the. outside it sells well and then rules means while all mortals whatever they want are getting those people who come to get fresh supply of fish just outside the main hospital including the port so these are just all too common but then. it's quite rare for the parties involved to take responsibility for that how do you think that this is going to play out in terms the fact that we're waiting for assad to that coalition statement to be made but also waiting for the who thiis to react as well officially we're talking also about the state of the country at the moment when you heard our previous guest has to know because the the infrastructure of the country is destroyed hospitals and medical facilities have inadequate supplies and or their adequate supply line one wonders and quite can see quite clearly from the

pictures that we're seeing of these young children being taken to a clinic for treatment that the facilities and what's available is scarce and this has perhaps not got through to the international community about how great the situation yemen really years when we talk about cholera and famine. indeed and those were not told the hard to handle and. someone was pointing out a diploma course pointing out the other day that we don't actually know how the death toll in yemen and this is what do you usually take is international attention on international action and we don't even know how many people have died the seagulls and thousand people was given to ages ago one was not been updated up to now the infrastructure have largely been destroyed the water and sanitation specialist something that has already led to the outbreak of call it off twice before but now the un this warning is the possibility of out thinking has been

asking for some period of cease fire as the session period of this fire to allow the world health organization stuff in itself and yemen to. more than half a million people get bugs in it today against the disease so. i mean this is a war but is largely being fault you know outside the glare of the media and the so little information trickling out of it so one you see it's only when you see pictures and incidents like these with pictures coming out that's when you see a tension but then there's so many of the talk about the going on. you know i'm many people don't know about and of course you know we hear about the attacks we get a fishel death toll given to us through various press offices through charity organizations

about how bad the health scenario is increasing and generally getting worse across yemen where does that sort of leave the do go she ations the diplomats you know they keep flying in and out or even sailing into the country to try and find a solution to try and find common ground will this only end with a victory for one side or another because it doesn't look like it's getting to a negotiating table in any shape or form. well the u.n. special envoy has been tying so much in the past one month to try and get the groups to agree or not to swear particularly in and outside the city of her which is a port city that is crucial to the humanitarian. situation in the country seventy percent of aid coming into yemen come through the port and any

disruption the u.n. feel is going to cause massive consequences and almost a catastrophe. these has been happening but after a month long shot in between the government's side and so delayed so do you recall you should let those who fired the only thing they've been able to agree on is to meet on the sixth of september in geneva and even there are times they're not going to talk about substantial issues there will be about there will be talks about talks breaking about agreeing on of framework for talks so i mean a solution or even a cease fire is still a long way off but. just stay with us there on the phone from djibouti let's just bring our viewers up to speed of what's going on because we're also getting comments now internationally the outgoing director of the international committee of the red cross robert martini has just tweeted as you mentioned reaction to this

attack and in it he says it is high time for all these we lancing tragedies to stop in yemen no one should allow putting children in harm's way and making them pay such an unacceptable price we're joined now on the phone by your lena desert acting country director of care international in yemen she's on the phone for us from saddam good to have you with us on al-jazeera could you just tell us what you know about this particular attack and about perhaps your respective medical colleagues at doctors without borders who might be treating these injured children. i don't fly what we've got in the us now are five very intense air guys in a highly densely populated area out on the coast are one we are expecting even more damage and these are more to happen because. the pains are still circling in the

skies the reason expecting more air strikes i mean what's happening today and also what happened to us five dollars thirty maybe we condemned this because i mean it's day time yesterday and we're taping saga and most of the students were killed. and i'm very appreciative of our calls exposed to that word until our responding to that to who did not. i mean we need to stop that there's also no way that we can. even we can continue with our work with air strikes and especially now that it's doing highly residential area upon. every. well thank you of course to staying on the line we know it's broken a lot but very important story for example vs trying to get a hold of well sort of problems do you face as a charitable organization trying to treat people at the moment when medical

supplies also difficult to get into the country well. i think. i ever tell. you the work that outside help help. the damage. especially. quatrains. the parts of iraq i mean that's one of the main out of the more than ten. i think we will just have to leave shirley young which we just lost her phone signal from sort of obviously a very dangerous scenario that people are facing at the moment with aircraft in the sky according to jolene she several kilometers away from where this incident that you're seeing on your screens right now seems to have happened in the. area north of the capital of course the injured have been taken to barry clinic where doctors

without borders are apparently treating them there let's go back to our correspondent who's covered he had been extensively and is joining us on the phone from the neighboring country of djibouti broken phone line there too a doctor spokes person of care into care international. and she was just saying that she could hear aircraft in the sky this is a long going scenario for those on the ground for the civilians is it not the had they had the aircraft from the saudi led coalition there twenty four hours a day. yes it did not only to cut it out of the park the policy of implementing the multiplier. lies meaning we include things one to. call. on one man on the phone to buy. so just pulling charge. because they are

riled by. the part. by the by this clearly not much higher than a. college. in which is not very far away from the front line if we use the fire we get the longer there are five that just belonging to the u.a.e. m.-o. school loans and our county out of pa. mission in various parts of yemen so. of course there by and by to be a park and probably why they thought that the parks in the model of seventy two hours to be to give the chill. but it may get through months people again call it on the most of the conflict so. i mean this is this is only going to continue because. nothing.

but financial agreement between you and i. only when all stocks big news really well. you know whether there might be a bill or not. but let's just talk about the day of course that's been the focus of much of the international media spotlight certainly for the last few weeks a crucial port city for getting supplies medical supplies into and food of course. it is incredibly important today is at least open for what we can loosely say business because it needs to get those supplies in to help victims as we're seeing of the screen children to get the better supplies to scenarios like that that we're seeing day in day out. and it.

really. going to. many. more than.