host: a call for international help from human as fears of a civil war growth. and delaying the international museum of tunis of last week's deadly terrorist attack that left 20 one people dead. in the greek prime minister is in berlin. alexis tsipras trying to reach a deal with lenders. those are the top stories is our. thanks for joining us. first, growing concerns of an outbreak of civil war in human, forcing out the government. they are now advancing toward the southern port city of aydin

where the embattled president and his ministers have set up a base. president hadi asked new the united nations to impose a no-fly zone while accusing iran of being behind the unrest. reporter: dangerously close to the edge of civil war, that is how a you and a special advisor describes the situation in yemen , as malicious square off against loyalist troops. the president has called the gulf arab state to intervene. the foreign minister confirmed. >> the violence continues to escalate, and a carry on seizing territory. we will ask or foreign intervention, even military intervention. reporter: a call that saudi arabia has responded to with a pledge of support. >> if the sovereignty of yemen is threatened, then we will call

for the application of charter 51 of the un security council. reporter: the charter allows interventions for peacekeeping purposes. thousands of yemenis took two bc -- took to the streets on sunday to show their opposition to the advance of the rebels. the fight now controls part of the city and its airport and are pushing to seize even more territory across yemen. this is a strategic entry point to the south of the country, and there are reports that rebels are close to the city. having fled the capital last month. molly: authorities in morocco say they have broken the creation of his islamic terrorist state cell. the suspects used the spanish enclave of melia to smuggle arms

and ammunition into north africa. they have been watching the group for over five months but it is not yet clear if there were any links to cells in europe. now, tunisia has delayed the reopening of the bardo museum in tunis. 21 people died there in last week's deadly shooting. it was the country's worst terror attack in years. the ceremony is scheduled to take place later today. for more on this story, we can cross now to sandra, who is standing by. bring us up to speed. there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not the museum will indeed open later on today, but one thing is sure, that a ceremony will take place. sandro: good morning. indeed there is confusion between the authorities and the ministry in terrier. they said they did not know the reopening was proposed but i talked to the head curator of the museum, and he assured me that the museum is not set to --

is now set to reopen to the public on sunday. is apparently a last-minute decision at the museum listed security reasons that they would not be able to work on a big crowd today. there will be an official ceremony at the museum today. they called it a symbolic reopening, and the way it will happen if the minister for tourism and a minister of culture will speak this afternoon at the museum in the presence of just a selected few and that will be followed by their symphonic orchestra. after the attack, it looked like a battlefield. it seems they did not try to make the museum look exactly like it was. they might leave them as they are indefinitely. molly: sandro, tell us -- of course this attack shook tunisia to its core. the worst terror attack there in years. what is the latest with the investigation, though?

sandro: the government already has puffed up security. there is more army presence in the security, throughout the country, more presents on the roads. remember, the third man was on the road. a photo was published on the internet. if you and organizer, even maybe the head of the terrorist cell? at this stage, we are waiting for more information. we do know that several houses happen raided. we do not know the identity of the third suspect, and the ministry wants to keep things as wyatt as possible for the sake of the investigation. molly: sandro lutyens reporting from the tunisian capital, thank you. ashraf ghani replaced karzai as the afghan leader last year. he is scheduled to meet with president barack obama. it is expected that ghani will

ask washington for flexibly on the pace of troop recall in afghanistan. reporter: a new tactic in the often troubled relationship. the afghans of the president 's message to the united states -- president ghani: we are not going to be a burden. we do not now ask what the united states can do for us, if i can play a president entity. we want to understand what it will do for itself and for the world. -- if i can play on president kennedy. we want to understand what it will do for itself and for the world. reporter: he spent monday talking with the secretaries of state and defense at camp david. on the agenda -- a new cooperation scheme. ghani wants the u.s. to slow down pullout of troops from afghanistan. obama is expected to respond. they are excited to keep more soldiers than playing while

reducing troops to 1000 by the end of 2016 full stop it is also provided the afghan military with billions of dollars to help keep the necessary troop levels. finally, the eight has strings attached. the u.s. will markup to $800 million if the government meets its reform obligations including giving more power to women, fighting poverty, and improving girls' education. conditions have changed things in part to a much smoother relationship washington enjoys with ghani who replaced karzai. karzai's views toward the president hardened after he was appointed president. he often accuses western allies of interfering and raise concerns by protesting iran and china. molly: an assault on a highway in the east of the country, the attack on a passenger bus came

in the district where the taliban have a strong presence. for now, no group has claimed responsibility for that attack. fallout from israel's electoral campaign continues. the israeli prime minister has now apologized for remarks made during the heated electoral race. benjamin netanyahu now says he regrets saying arab citizens were voting in droves. it was only one of several recent comments that have angered washington. catherine reports. catherine: benjamin netanyahu finding himself having to backpedal from comments he made during the israeli elections. prime minister netanyahu: i know that my comments last week offended some israeli citizens and offended citizens of the israeli-arab community. this was never my intention. i apologize for this. catherine: on election day,

netanyahu accused left wing groups of busing arab voters to in droves to vote against him. the primary party has rejected netanyahu's apology, calling it "insincere." >> netanyahu apologizes because there is international criticism, but we demand a real apology on the ground, meaning the quality -- apology to the arab population. the prime minister is doing the upset of that. catherine: during the campaign, netanyahu also announced he opposed the creation of a palestinian state, another remark he has since backed away from. his comments have widened a growing rift with washington with the white house now saying it is reevaluated its approach to the israeli-palace any and peace process -- the israeli-palestinian peace process.

>> for many in israel unless such contradictory comments call into question his commitment to a two-state solution. we cannot pretend these comments have never been made. catherine: washington has reaffirmed its opposition to continued settlement building. molly: break prime minister is lexus -- greek prime minister alexis tsipras met with german leader angela merkel. they're looking for ways to help athens reach a deal with bailout creditors. naomi lloyd reports. >> [chanting] naomi: a flash mob in berlin may have declared a love for germany and vice versa, but the sentiment was less clear. improving relations but not a

new deal on greece's debt. >>angela merkel: the reform progress will be assessed by the three institutions and in the eurogroup will decide. naomi: a spokesperson for the greek government said they had discussed reforms in general but not detail. the meeting was overshadowed by concerns that greece could run out of liquidity in a couple of weeks. presenting a new list of reforms to unlock the next round of loans, which is as it will do by monday at the latest step according to the german press more taxes for the very rich and freezing privatizations, retirement at 67 years old, and further measures to fight corruption and tax evasion. the premise or acknowledged some responses -- the prime minister acknowledged responsibly for some of the crisis.

prime minister tsipras: it would be far too easy to say that all of our problems are caused by foreigners. yes, there were some internal problems. naomi: meanwhile, the european central bank says it is ready to start accepting greek bonds again as collateral for lending once a deal is in sight. molly: now they spend most of their time high up in australia's native gum trees feasting on native eucalyptus trees. wallace are not always easy to spot and technology has now -- koaloas are not always easy to spot, now technology has come to help. reporter: researchers in australia will be using the heatseeking drones to monitor the koaola population. it helps distinguish them from other animals. >> before the images come through, before, the koala are

very distinct. reporter: koala numbers have always been monitored from the ground. after all, they are not known for their speed. this new technology will lighten the workload. >> it will greatly increase the area that can be covered. reporter: researchers say the data can be used to study other aspects of koala management such as reintegration and health. australia's koala population is dwindling, sodas hoping that the drum -- so they are hoping that the drones can help. molly: you are watching "france 24." ♪ reporter: spanish prosecutors

have requested a prison sentence of more than two years for barcelona president -- and seven years for tax evasion. they are also calling for a fine of over 22 million you euros for club mismanagement. concealing the real cost of name eymar's signing. the annual meeting for congress will meet today, though they will represent the 54 member nations, the 79-year-old is refusing to play part in a television debate with rivals in vienna as he comes face-to-face with some of his harshest critics. >> he has made it clear he is not complaining because he does not need to, so he will speak at the beginning of the congress as the fee for president, and that is how it is.

now, sky and bbc have proposed this tv debate which is going to be a good thing. from what i have read, three were in favor, the fourth was against, so it will not take place. well everyone can again make its own judgment about it. reporter: he may have refused to debate in public or detail his presidential term, but he is expected to win on the 29th of may despite stiff competition. >> he said four years ago this will be his final term of office, but he has changed his mind. he has signed again for reelection and michael from prague, prince ali, whom i know very well. i believe it is a democracies. there are 209 associations, and at the end of the day, they have the right to go to jury on the 29th of may when my term is

over, and obviously it is up to them to decide who they wish to be president of the five for the next four years. reporter: the hazards of the election business. they reelected their own president, michele who was unopposed. -- has won the opening stage, a 191 kilometer route. -- they've built up a lead of nine minutes over the distance. no one tried to escape. into the last kilometer, too far behind the first to attack, but he went too soon, he seemed to time's move but her, snatching the lead in the final meters. however, he was a medially tracked by the polish rider, who fought like a lion.

with that he takes the white jersey to become the first leader of this year's tour of catalonia. he was delighted about his day's work in the saddle. >> yeah, i tried to get away in the break. we did pretty well. i did not think there would be so much dust -- so much different. a force at the end, we did well. we managed to get there. reporter: some distance behind him two minutes and 40 seconds it was a day in a stage when fortune really does favor the french. czech car manufacturers coda is a new sponsor of the tour de france green jersey placing longtime partner pmu. they unveiled the new deal but refused the him and it lead to does -- vehemently to discuss

disgrace cycleist lance armstrong. >> it is not the same thing. reporter: armstrong does have backing for the charity race from 1997 until it went to honor stephen roach. >> for me, he is paying, and he will pay the rest of his life, for this. i think that is important to note, but i think it sometime he must also remember all the people, the young kids come all the people that were very ill, armstrong was an inspiration for them. a were in a very dark moment. if this guy can do it, i can do it. reporter: former english football player jeff thomas invited him to raise $1.5 million. thomas wants to ride the day before the professional race. reporter: hello there.

welcome to the web news with our pick of the stories making the online headlines. coming up on today's show, web users a tribute to leak onee kuan yew. and a scene from "the matrix" movies revisited in legos. web users in singapore have been paying tribute to see their former and first prime minister lee kuan yew, who died monday morning at the age of 91. a steady stream of people have been visiting for the past month to leave messages for the city state's father and mourn his passing. his son, who is the current premature, has posted a series of facebook -- of messages to facebook updating his father's health and his turn for the

worse. as people of singapore waited news with bated breath, it was a way to get the real news, a week before, a note has said he already die, generating a lot of issues on social media. he was criticized by others for his authoritarian tactics, but many have hailed his 31 years leading the country, putting in and to british rule, and leading the country to independence and 1965. for taking singapore from colonial out for -- oh -- colonial outpost to -- a 20-year-old artist wrote lee kuan yew's name over 80,000 times to paint a portrait to show what the prime minister did for singapore.

in this video made by an australian engineer, has been viewed over 3,300,000 times since he uploaded it to youtube early march. it shows with the britney spears hit "oops i did it again," if there was no backing soundtrack and just her squeaky red outfit. this is a new phenomenon that is sweeping social media. the trend began back in september 2012 with a play on "gangnam style" by korean musician psy. the clip produced proved massively popular with the world over. over 22 million hits and counting.

it has also's parked countless copycat videos. youtuber house of halo has been uploading video spoofs over the last few months. he has a spoof of the mark ronson hit "uptown funk." >> ♪ take a sip, sign a check ♪ reporter: this carly rae jepsen video featuring tom hanks is rather unnerving. listening to the nifty sound all the way through on the videos without music youtube channel. british web users have been posting under the #givebena job, for ben smoltz, who has

down syndrome. it started after his mother started tweeting on march 13. people started retreating the message. restaurant wilson's kitchen got wind of the job, and he started working as a kitchen assistant last saturday. if there was a virus that transforms humans into zombies how long would it be until the entire u.s. population was affected? this interactive map explores that very -- lb at unusual -- questions, put together from two students from the prestigious cornell university and he states, shows an epidemic of this kind with the america overrun with zombies in just a few days. american acrobat jacob and william set off on a mission to celebrate their marriage across the world.

they traveled across 12 different countries and 83 days renewing their wedding vows no less than 38 times. they shared their nuptials as web users by uploading photos to their facebook accounts along the way. ♪ in this video, we see one of the legendary fight scenes from the matrix movies reproduced in leg os. it makes for gripping doing indeed, and you can take a closer look at the youtube channel. snooperking. >> phrase! -- >> freeze! >> man's best friend. in tokyo, if you are in need of

some four-legged companionship it is possible to rent a dog by the hour. this little girl waited a long time to go to canine cuddle for a pooch. >> the dog cannot talk, but he makes me happy when he comes to recognize me and comes to watch me. >> my daughter loves dogs, but our house is not suitable for a pet. when i found this place, i thought it was great. now she wants to come every week. reporter: living space in tokyo is at a premium, and many people just have no room for a dog. demand has seen many of these shops opening up with clients playing up to $27 u.s. for an hour of dog walking. >> of course people come here with their children, but we also see couples and single people. there are also a lot of old

people coming here who feel they may be cannot handle a dog at their age. reporter: some animal rights groups say exposing docs to a large number of people will stress and lead to depression. yokiko