at least five people have been killed in the yemeni capital sana'a when a government security forces is opened fire on a demonstration. anti-government activists were protesting against s againstaleh and beat -- against president saleh and in the city that was granted him. and portugal, a general strike being held in protest of austerity measures being introduced. public transport, schools, and hospitals are among the areas expected to be affected during the 24-hour stoppage. japanese researchers developed a substance that makes cancer cells low -- glow in minutes. they hope to be the to identify tumors that are the call to detect. the research team believes that if the agent is sprayed during surgery, more cancer becomes visible. the disaster forced hundreds of factories to close, creating havoc in the manufacturing sector and that the disrupting global supply chains. of the water is receding but maybe sometime before thailand's businesses can recover. rachel harvey reports from bangkok. >> the big clean up begins. piles of grant said robinson left behind as the water receded. lairs

about what might have a good rule do our best and we're already in our team is in sana'a inside our in hadn't been able to run through the difference here if i'm not mistaken with as a journalist a feel they're the worst the worst humanitarian situation that we have a witness that these in my lifetime and was the situation around well if it's true do you think that we can see something similar to what happened in rwanda that in the twenty first century were the personal community can stop things like that does have the leverage to stop. i'm shared you know on one side on my side with a never ever again but i thought before ninety four but we would never seen what we saw in rhonda's so when i saw what happened in london. i was so shocked so surprised i would quit my calling the world now with my colleagues where they're trying to treat people in the midst of the genocide now let's hope and i do think the world is changing and i think maybe what is changing is you and maybe not as journalists and media being interviewed really people outside looking at us they have not go by phone there