congress votes to limit u.s. involvement in the yemen war in a rebuke to president trump for his alliance with saudi arabia. barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program at least twenty seven reported dead in iran after a suicide bombing targeting a bus carrying members of the revolutionary guard this says the u.s. stages a conference the israeli prime minister says will focus on the common interest of war with iraq. haiti's capital after almost

a week of protests urging the president to resign which have left several people dead and spain's government is on the brink after capital and separatist parties pulled their support during a crucial budget. in a direct challenge to president donald trump support for saudi arabia the u.s. house of representatives has voted in just the last half hour to limit involvement in the saudi led war in yemen now let's get more on this town see in washington d.c. she had as we mentioned the news just broke in the past half hour or so what more can you tell us. this is a hugely important moments in congressional oversight of a president's ability to wage war just as as when just as one in the senate voted

to invoke the war powers act last year and say that the u.s. had to stop its involvement in the yemen war they the this is this is unprecedented because the senate had never done anything like that before the house has never done anything like that before but now it has and this is all been catalyzed with saudi arabia in part because of the killing of jamal khashoggi that there is that sense that members of congress are simply fed up with the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia with the constant toll with the humanitarian toll of the yemeni war but also the fact that the u.s. is the trumpet ministration of seeming to support a crown prince whom many members of congress say the intelligence agencies of the u.s. was involved directly with the killing of jamal khashoggi so a major historical moment this one has to go back to the senate for a vote we understand that the white house is already pressuring individual senators you may have voted for this last time around not to do so this time but still the

sponsors of the bill in the senate are confident it will pass in the senate but it is unlikely to pass with the truth a majority in the senate it didn't pass with a two thirds majority in the house so don't trump can veto this bill if it comes comes to his desk the white house has already signaled he will veto it but still it's very symbolic very important especially since it really did seem last year that the drug administration was hoping this would all blow over the by twenty nineteen a new congress new imperatives new you priorities the congress would live up to its pledges last year to follow up on the mud of jamal khashoggi follow up on that concern about the yemen war but so far capitol hill is living up to those promises hubert can see with the latest on that from washington thank you. at least twenty seven members of iran's revolutionary guards have been killed and several others injured in a suicide bombing the fars news agency says. sunni group operating in southeast

iran has claimed responsibility for the attack that happened on the road between the cities of the had done in kashmir the pakistan border an area where armed groups and drug smugglers frequently operate the four said in a statement that a suicide bomber in a vehicle laden with explosives drove into a bus that was carrying members of the gods while the editor in chief of the far as news agency. says the system by new just on provinces often under attack from armed groups including ones in neighboring pakistan iran is you know has warned pakistan and various occasions that these terrorist groups are you know they are center in southwestern pakistan and they are free to do you know to reorganize them restructure themselves and operate and they cross border attacks in iraq and skate into pakistan iran has at least on three separate occasions warn pakistan that if

they don't deal with this problem they could you know stage an attack or the attack came as a u.s. sponsored two day conference is getting underway in poland on the security situation in the middle east and the threat posed by iran israel's prime minister immediately caused controversy with his explanation of the conference's purpose because. we've got this meeting is not in secret this is an open meeting with representatives of leading arab countries that is sitting down together with israel in order to advance the common interest with iran. well not all the nation states represented there agreed with him representatives from sixty nations are actually at the talks including the u.s. secretary of state and the vice president but russia is not attending in the european union has only sent low level delegates and the french foreign minister who wasn't there chose the first day of the conference to reveal that paris is close to exchanging ambassadors with tehran after

a recent intension. reports from warsaw. representatives from sixty nations but almost no head of state the much anticipated u.s. led conference to promote peace and security in the middle east convened on wednesday evening in the polish capital warsaw with a little clarity as to what it's in to achieve initially washington had said the conference was being organized to confront what it described as the iranian threat that didn't sit well with several european countries forcing president donald trump's administration should rename the meeting. despite this a small yet well funded the iranian government's protest was held in warsaw addressed by one of america's most ardent pro israel politicians former new york mayor rudy giuliani well i believe there has to be complete change or i have a change of regime there has to be a democratic. regime that respects human rights that for a non-nuclear iran that's for a peaceful around and then we can solve the problem the middle east the absence of

world leaders and the trumpet ministrations perceived pro israeli bias when it comes to dealing with the middle east is proof the iranians say that the meeting will fail on the course of war so conference i believe it's dead on arrival or dead before arrival i don't think it would do any think it's another attempt by this stage to pursue an obsession with iran that is not well founded and i think the fact that. they're not even aiming to produce any agreed text rather they're just attempting to make a statement by themselves on behalf of everybody in the case to you they don't even believe it to c.d.'s or for palestinian leaders to have been critical of the meeting urging federal arab nations to downgrade their representation at the conference they remain angered that the u.s. is decision to move its embassy to illegally occupied jerusalem and are questioning its ability to act as a mediator for peace secretary of states mark pompei or has said participants will

also focus on discussing the wars in yemen and syria and combating. groups like isis but when it comes to those conflicts too there is a lack of diversity in representation with russia and the forces for example not attending for all the high expectations held by the us for the war so summit there is just as much cynicism being expressed by countries who continue to refuse us his role in the middle east and destabilizing rather than positive now the trumpet ministration will point to the fact that the israeli prime minister will be meeting with representatives of our bridgie him in public but that will have little impact on the daily reality of the millions of arabs who continue to live either under illegal compression or trying to survive death and destruction demolish the yellow al-jazeera wurtzel. in six people have now died in almost

a week of anti-government demonstrations dozens of inmates have also broken out of a jail as protesters prevented police from reaching the prison people are angry about rising costs economic stagnation and corruption that will strangers want president. to step down laura burdon monley has more. a man shot dead by police his body lying near the presidential palace as angry crowds gather in protest hundreds have a ride from haiti slums to the capital porter plants with a message for president just to step down. out of the belly everyone in haiti is asking for jordan to leave but he refuses we ask ourselves does he want to die in power or does he want people to put the country down like the globe. i'm in this situation because a president juvenal was a come go to school he's a thief and he must go if not will burn down the whole country where in the streets

until he leaves. haiti suffering from a failing economy and skyrocketing inflation president moyes is being accused of systematic corruption an official order to report in january implicated him in the best moment of. it also accuse former ministers of a possible misuse of development money by venezuela. the government makes the budget just for them this is not how you provide change the government took their money and spent it on themselves people who don't deserve it. during his election campaign is a promise food on every plate a money in every pocket my little. we went to elections a part of the population voted i am president i am ready to speak to all my brothers and sisters over the difficulties the country is facing to my brothers and

sisters in the opposition the doors open so as to reach a solution you know. since moises inauguration two years ago inflation has risen to fifteen percent. bakeries have closed people can't get a loaf of bread. many people are calling the protest food riots saying they can no longer live without the basics the u.s. has recalled all non-emergency personnel and the u.n. brazil and western nations a calling on the government to engage in talks so far the president has remained silent but the protesters say they will not stop until they get help says. spain's opposition is urging prime minister pedro sanchez to call an early election after his government's budget was the head in a key parliamentary vote the bill failed after parties from the catalonia to back it their support was conditional on having direct talks with hundred about

self-determination for catalonia they have a change of reports now from the trade. oh it was an emphatic defeat for the socialist prime minister petra sanchez wasted little time in leaving the parliament where one hundred ninety one of the three hundred fifty mph voted against his budget an early election is now looming but his cabinet will decide when they meet on friday all of them are aware of the dangers ahead. of this we are seeing the rise of the far right parties in the rest of the european union xenophobic racist sexist homophobic parties which still believe in the values of freedom and we gaining ground in europe the minister was referring to one particular party in spain called fox they gain seats in the region assembly. fear for the first time helping to break a thirty six year grip on power by the socialists in the south but it was the vote of the catalonians separatists members of parliament it will help break the grip of

the federal sanchez on the parliament of the trade. canal is going to tell you he refused to talk about independence just autonomy. in a bottle and in the alec although he spoke about dialogue a limit was put on this dialogue it's not that we have abandoned the socialists but they have decided last week to change their focus for the rest of the term the budget vote defeat came twenty four hours after the start of what's being described as the trial of the century twelve catalan separatists faced twenty five years in jail if convicted of rebellion as additions to the televised trial in the supreme court here richard is expected to last three months by that time a new right wing government could have gained power with no intention of any compromises of catalonia which would probably leave an open wound in spanish politics for years to come david chaytor al jazeera madrid still ahead in this half

hour how mexico is reacting to the conviction of drug lord the heir chapal after a trial which captured the world's. experts are helping iraqis protect what's left of their heritage from the ruins left by. the lack of rain in a tropical a straight or gay. means the sun is actually quite strong and temp is higher than they should be in the tropics a variation of a couple degrees is quite significant but that's the case all the same up to thirty seven the after. she is nearer thirty one orthodox jews are almost in record values here where this cool down for the sass this is the line of plaid swept through camera sydney and brisbane taking temperatures back below the average for in the

low twenty's in melbourne outlay that's rather more pleasant as a person last couple of days and we're quite worn purrs for us a very tropical quite well i think yes coming in from the woman waters new justices circulation their geo screen that's a tropical started of the top of vanuatu it's not particularly strong but it is fairly slow moving now it's possible that the wind will take the dust the haze does no case right across the sea towards south island of new zealand this is a cold front that's just come to australia but i think you might know it is maybe to be orange in the sky or yellow in the sky but more likely there is the rain is just edging into science and now ahead of this the winds quite like this which is high twenty's for auckland low twenty's for winds of example and the rain stays in the south. recruited. exploited to on the battlefield the new regime

different on our feet from where. we should be ashamed. for all concrete. over to people in power investigates the plight of imperial britain african troops. the forgotten heroes of empire. welcome back is of a mind of the top stories on al-jazeera in a direct challenge to president donald trump's support for saudi arabia the house of representatives has voted to limit u.s.

involvement in the saudi led war in at least twenty seven revolutionary guards have been killed and several others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a bus in southeast around the fars news agency reports that a sunni group. says it was behind the attack and a u.s. sponsored conference has opened in poland on the security situation in the middle east and what's termed the threat posed by iran israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it will focus on what he calls common interest in a war with iraq. the democratic chairman of the u.s. house foreign affairs committee has ruled out any u.s. military intervention in venezuela he dismissed such suggestions from president trump at a hearing on the crisis in the country. i do worry about the president saber rattling his hands that the u.s. military intervention remains an option i want to make clear to our witnesses in to

everyone else watching us military intervention is not an option congress decides when we are now the u.s. military is usually around the world in congress would not support military intervention in venezuela venezuela's neighbors feel the same way a white house correspondent kimberly how kate has more u.s. president donald trump is continuing to signal that all options are on the table when asked about military intervention by the united states in venezuela and as well of course borders on the colombian president was meeting with donald trump in the oval office donald trump saying that the united states has many plans and there is a lot happening that people don't know about the colombian president even do k. is also meeting with prominent members of congress and he is also going to meet with representatives of the world bank while he is in washington he says he is focused on continuing to build support in the western hemisphere to pressure the

venezuelan leader nicolas maduro to step down saying the western hemisphere will give one why though the opposition leader the support that he needs to lead the transition that the obstruction of aid currently is a crime against humanity donald trump also stating that he believes that nicolas maduro is making a terrible mistake by not letting the food aid in well he will not telegraph next steps he continues to say that all options when it comes to u.s. intervention is on the table. on tuesday the mexican drug lord known as end chapel was convicted on all ten counts faced in a drug trafficking trialing york which captured the world's attention back home in mexico though things already saw. as whole an average ports. in the u.s. the outcome of the el chapo trial was headline news but the verdict on the man who

for a decade symbolized organized crime in mexico there because the ripple in his homeland . some newspapers found space for him on their front pages but the president's daily press conference was an hour read before anyone trouble to bring him up the response was a little more than a morality tale is still knowledge young it's a lesson that's real happiness isn't money or material things cheap luxury and fame real happiness is being at peace with your conscience and with your neighbor. even the juicy troll testimony alleging that quacking guzman slipped to mexico's ex-president one hundred million dollars bribe couldn't make him bite simply because to get it right is it possible of better we can punish past errors but the best thing to do is to avoid future crimes i'm a believer in looking forward and starting a new era. this in a low a cartel of which working guzman was a prominent leader seems a big believer in that too after his little it's simply good old with its lucrative

business of processing and shipping vast amounts of drugs in spite of mel topples arrest and conviction really organized crime is as was in mexico before so what we need to understand is that cartels are cartels do not function as top down vertical organizations which can be eradicated by eradicating the guy on top they are more to understood as alliances complex alliances of different groups different clans different interests and if you take out one guy doesn't mean that the whole structure will crumble. that's perhaps why the new president has said his perch he won't be to go off to king pins in his time walking guzman was undoubtedly the most famous of the he escaped prison twice and went from poverty to the foods rich list it brought him respect to some he was an outlaw hero but that's just part of his legacy the other is his involvement in a brutal drug scene hundreds of thousands of men to

a many others don't unidentified in mass graves across the country i'm nuts what many grieving families here are more likely to remember him for john home and. mexico city. that year is election commission is promising that side of this presidential vote will go ahead this fight another fire one of its offices is heard blaze of its kind within the last two weeks the story of thousands of voting machines in anambra state president. is running for a second term he's facing businessman and former vice president. and around seventy other candidates several people were killed in a stampede at one of these rallies on tuesday witnesses say the rush up and after the president had finished addressing the crowd in the southern port city of port harcourt. workers in south africa have marched in cities

nationwide to demand an end to all job cuts the protesting against what trade union leaders are calling a jobs bloodbath especially in state one in the strings the allies of the ruling a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption poverty and creating a record of employment join the march in johannesburg. hundreds marched into central johannesburg to demand an end to job cuts and the prosecution of corrupt officials and business leaders part of a nationwide strike by the congress of south african trade unions it has nearly two million members the president has said a lot about corruption but people are sick and tired of the promises and commitments they want to see action and union leaders say childes in state run industries and in the private sector must be protected efficient unemployment rate twenty seven percent.

a way to. make money. i think it demonstrates his riposte to a and restructuring at the state and electricity company. employees nearly fifty thousand people. say the government's plan to lead to privatization and job cuts. the organizers said fifteen thousand people would come with probably about a tenth of that the congress the south african trade union supporters dwindled over many one of the reasons a little bit members think the leaders haven't been very effective being the government of the african national congress to actually pass legislation that help . workers. the a.n.c. needs the support of the trade unions in general elections in may but president's

iran opposes research trying to please big business and foreign investors to i want to start off in his state of the nation address last week he promised economic growth and jobs. of the republic you cater to different constituencies. then serialize is that as much as they can claim to be leftist. they do need business and i think everyone realizes and then see that the majority of new jobs that have to be created created by the private sector. would be tough for the a.n.c. to please investors and keep the unions onside khamees election is expected to win fewer votes than ever before is even a chance italy's power the first time since apartheid ended in one thousand nine hundred four so support of the unions is critical. malcolm webb al-jazeera johannesburg south africa isis fighters were finally driven out of iraq at the end

of two thousand and seven leaving behind an enormous human and the material cost as well as the massive loss of life and the struction of cities many of iraq's most important archeological sites were left in ruins either deliberately destroyed for ideological reasons or sold to pay for arms now conservation experts from europe are helping iraq is protect what's left of their heritage charles stratford reports from baghdad this is all that's left of nimrod the ancient the syrian city founded three thousand years ago i shall fight has seized the areas of territory in western iraq five years ago. destroying historical sites and artifacts they regard it as islamic. this was nimrod before eisel arrived considered one of the world's great archaeological treasures once home to an assyrian king guarded by

giant stone carvings a winged beasts known as la. slew of the smashing many of the artifacts using sledgehammers and power tools ice will detonate barrel bombs to blow up the city. the explosion felt like an earthquake according to people and sure it was two years ago precisely i was in the middle of it was just ten days after the site was a great it so i discovered what it means a site which has just been taken back from isis so we have course discovered the magnitude of their the majesty but we saw also the diversity of what we can define as a crime scene. the conservationist says it's been a challenge for the iraqi army to clear mines and improvised explosive devices from the area without causing even more destruction had a lot of people accessing the sites which was not found so you have

a individuals who are needed to every policeman everybody and moving out of it so it's difficult to fathom the shocking level of destruction committed by ice or not only on iraq soccer logical heritage but on archaeological sites across the region now in recent years a lot of artefacts have been stolen and it's believed many of them about themselves in private collections intelligence services here and now saying that they believe a lot of the money is going towards funding terrorism. security experts from the european union advisory mission and iraq want to build a database to help track missing artifacts and return them to iraq when we arrived here to his house in seventy nine i already got the task from europe from brussels to do something on the protection of cultural heritage because the culture of this country is also the culture of europe it's the start of the civilization so we are

very keen to help the iraqis protect after decades of war thousands of years of iraqi history lies in ruins in a region often called the cradle of civilization the challenge now is to save what's left to chance trumpet al jazeera baghdad. it's the end of an iraq in mars exploration nasa has just formally announced that the minds of its longest running rover on the red planet after a remarkable fifteen years the opportunity rover landed on mars back in two thousand and four with a projected mission of just three months but nasa obviously built it well as powered by its solar panels opportunity was still going strong until communication finally ceased in a massive dust storm last june. they lasted so long in part because we built the hardware ok and if you want to accuse us of overengineering i would plead guilty as

charged. another thing was that we got lucky with the weather i mean ultimately it was the weather the killed opportunity but before that for years and years and years we would have these gusts of wind that we clean dust off of the rover solar rays much more on the web site al jazeera dot com. now a reminder of our main stories in a challenge to president donald trump support for saudi arabia the u.s. house of representatives as voted to limit involvement in the saudi led war in yemen the bill is the result of a long running debate between congress and the executive branch over war making authority and will pressure the republican controlled senate to respond. at least twenty seven members of iran's revolutionary guards have been killed and several others injured in a suicide bombing the far as news agency says. a sunni group operating in southeast

iran has claimed responsibility for the attack it happened on the road between the cities of kashmir the pakistan border an area where armed groups and drug smugglers frequently operate a suicide bomber in a vehicle laden with explosives drove into a bus that was carrying members of the guards meanwhile in poland a u.s. sponsored conference is getting underway on the security situation in the middle east and the threat posed by iran representatives from more than sixty nations are there including the u.s. secretary of state and vice president israel's prime minister immediately calls controversy with his explanation of the conference's purpose because. we've got. this is an open meeting with representatives of leading arab countries that is sitting down together with israel to advance the common interest with iran. spain's

opposition is urging prime minister pedro sanchez to call an early election after his government's budget was the featured in a key parliamentary vote the bill failed after parties from the catalonia region refused to support it sanchez is expected to make an announcement on friday at the chairing a cabinet meeting. today in parliament. more precisely it marks the end of petro some cases the government's leader of at least six people have died in nearly a week long anti-government protests in haiti the demonstrators are calling on president of anon maurice to step down they're angry about rising costs economic stagnation and corruption say without the zero next it's people in power the forgotten heroes of empire. a team of chinese scientists embark on a daring deep sea mission searching for rare resources and new species one of the

nice reveals china's underwater hunt. on al-jazeera. during world war two the british empire recruited hundreds of thousands of african soldiers to fight in africa asia and the middle east when peace came the survivalist faced discrimination and neglect many being abandoned to poverty and the shaming act of killer new disregard now we've been to investigate the plight of britain's african veterans the forgotten heroes of a temple.