airport and also have been street battles in aiden's neighborhood. more on the migrant crisis in the mediterranean and for asylum seekers to get across life can be tough and we met a man in rome who made the journey from libya narrowly escaping death. >> for the migrants crossing the mediterranean sea it's a journey that represents a new life a new start. and joseph got that new life five years ago. >> they say you enter italian water. >> reporter: joseph had to get out of ghanna made his way to libya where people smuggers put him on a boat for a price, destination lampadusa. >> the first time i was lucky and first time they promise me joe, you are moving today. i went there and they didn't take me. they say that the boat is full so i have to go. about one or two days then i see the boat sink on the sea. all of the people died. >> so you had a narrow escape. >> yes, the people, there were about 125 passengers, people all of them dead all of them sink with the boat. >> reporter: the boat he did board also got into trouble and had to be rescued and jos

now the majority of aiden and they have already infiltrated into all parts of aiden and that is why it'shard right now for saudi arabia to conduct air strikes inside aiden because the houthis are not as a group any more and are inside the city and inside residential areas hiding secretly so to ensure they cannot be attacked by the air. so it wouldn't matter if they evacuated from the palace or not if it's not under the opposing side of control. >> warfare is incredibly difficult, isn't it and dangerous and the amount of innocent people killed will certainly increase. do you think it will make a difference that turkey says it cannot get involved in a certain level? >> very complicated. right now if both sides don't sit together and discuss it on the table no side, whoever it is, who is involved can stop this war in yemen. yemen people are very worried because last week when this first started it was only in sanaa and now it spread through the country, the majority of the provinces in the first days of the war 42 civilians were killed and next four days until today 124 civilians were kille

general was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirts of aiden.bahah became prime minister in october and his appointment was backed by houthis who was under house arrest and now he is expected to unite yemen people and create stability for the country, al jazeera. >>> al jazeera understands the u.n. has lined up a new special envoy to yemen, and has been chosen to succeed the former envoy jamal and resigned on wednesday among criticism of failure to broker an end to the crisis the u.n. must now endorse him for the job and worked for 28 years with the organization in africa and the middle east. and spoke to yemen ambassador to u.s. and said the yemen government is willing to work with the houthis if they start acting as part of the solution. >> they should stop their war against aiden, the killing and the butchering of the population in aiden and they should stop their operations and ties against the people and should stop their operations against them and pull out of the cities return the arms that they took by force from the government instituti

an important gain for houthis in yemen as they seize the presidential palace in aiden. restrictions across california as the government orders a 25% cut in water use. ♪ well at least iran and six world powers reach what they say is an understanding which they hope will lead to a comprehensive nuclear agreement within three months, as part of the future deal the nuclear enrichment will be to one side only and iran agreed to reduce its low enriched uraniam stockpile from 10,000 kilos to 300 and 95% cut and centrefuge from 19,000 to 6,000 and the u.n. and u.s. will gradually lift nuclear-related sanctions after inspections by the international atomic agency and an aim for a new deal to be concluded by june the 30th and that will include a u.n. security council endorsement. let's hear from james where the talks took place. >> reporter: after round the clock make or break negotiations, these world leaders were celebrating what they hope will be a historic moment. the eu high representative made the announcement with the iran foreign minister details how iran's nuclear progra

food program says it will need to distribute food for over 100,000 displaced people in the city of aidenthe next few days. before the fighting began in yemen, the wfp recommended 10 million people were short of food and now says the escalating violence has left more than 12 million yemen people in need of help. ♪ well, we have a senior spokesperson for the middle east division of the world food program and says yemen air space and sea ports need to be opened up to allow aid to get in. >> we saw this coming so we have positioned food in different parts of the country so our warehouses have some food that is ready to be distributed immediately to many parts of the country. however, it's not going to last for so long. we appeal to all the parties to the conflict to start, you know opening the air space and the seas and the ports so we can replenish food stocks, in addition the fuel that we have inside the country is just allowing us to move food to a very small number of people so it's going to be an extreme challenge. yesterday and actually over the last two days we started the distributio

most people have fled and only a few are left in aiden. shelled our homes and robbed the people. >> reporter: but a houthi spokesman denies allegations of targeting civilians and torture. >> translator: our opponents accused us of killing a demonstrator in sanaa and we asked them to help with the investigation and move him to the hospital but they refused and burned him. >> reporter: aiden is a port city in the south. its location is important because it's near the gulf of aiden and offers easy access to the red sea. it became a base of operations for president hadi after he was forced to leave the capitol earlier this year. despite weeks of air strikes the houthis still control large parts of yemen and they are well armed. the government says iran and hezbollah are partnering with the rebels something the houthis deny. >> translator: let me tell you that the yemen minister of defense has been kidnapped an operation led by iran. >> reporter: according to the u.n. more than 1,000 people have died since the war began in late march. about 12

they regained control of the complex in the southern port city of aiden from houthi fighters and theiance said it destroyed most of the air defense capabilities and cannot be used by the houthis. >> translator: the operation of the houthi groups is becoming more isolated and cannot contact each other across different areas because we targeted communications infrastructure and equipment especially near the saudi border. >> reporter: meanwhile oxfan is criticized the coalition after a warehouse in the region was hit by an air strike and the organization said it shared detailed information about the location of its facilities and that the warehouse had no military value. grant is the head of the advocacy section and is live on the line from onman and good to have you with us the general line from saudi authorities is that they do not target any civilian targets. can you exclude the possibility that this attack occurred as a result of houthi fire or fire by some other groups in other words, how sure are you this was the result of the saudi-led coalition? >> the answer to that is fairly s

let's take a closer look at the situation on the ground in the southern port city of aiden and it hasthe scene of some of the heaviest fighting and humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating and we report. >> reporter: aiden is one of many battle grounds in yemen, for weeks the southern port city has been witnessing fierce fighting these men are loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi and say they have made advances against houthi fighters and forces loyal to former president saleh and they seized important buildings in aiden and with the saudi-led coalition air strikes they managed to expand their control. >> translator: they came and invaded our territory and humiliated us and they took our money and came with weapons, so many women have become widows and so many children are now orphans. >> reporter: humanitarian situation is only worsening, there is a lack of fuel as well as essentials like food and water, efforts to find a political solution failed and u.n. is hoping the warring sides would agree to a ceasefire but the leader of houthis rejected the call and showed no sign of

general was captured by houthi fighters on the outskirts of aiden.bahah became prime minister in october, his appointment was backed by the houthis who later put him under house arrest, now he is expected to unite yemen people and create stability for the country. i'm with al jazeera. >>> diplomatic sources telling al jazeera that the united nations has lined up a new special envoy to yemen and ismael ould cheikh ahmed from mauritania worked with the middle east and will succeed the one to broker the fighter. graphic pictures of suspected chlorine gas attacks in syria and firsthand accounts from syrian doctors many are children and they will try to identify and prosecute attackers, a warning that this report by james base contains disturbing images. >> reporter: this shocking video was after a chemical attack in syria last year. the pictures of doctors trying to revive young children was shown to security council ambassadors. they were shocked, many were moved to tears. >> the video in particular of the attempts to resuscitate the children, i mean if

but there are only three government hospitals open to treat the scores of injured in aiden and hospitalalready full it's very difficult to reach some injured people stuck in the violence medical workers say ambulances have been stolen and medics targeted in the fighting. >> translator: we are receiving between 5-20 people everyday. some people are slightly injured. others in a serious condition. some people have died when they could have been saved. the ambulance couldn't reach them in time because roads are blocked by this. >> reporter: the red cross says the situation is already very bad in aiden. and civilians who are paying the price. carolyn malone al jazeera. >>> still to come on al jazeera this half hour why afghans feel the government is not doing enough to protect them from a new threat. plus criminals or political force, members of greece's third largest party are on trial. ♪ just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fa

air strikes, gunfire and heavy bombardment means aiden streets are practically empty. for fighters on both sides and rubbish piling up everywhere because there are no government seriouss and some are risking their lives to clean the streets themselves to ensure they it is not added to the long list of challenges that yemen people have to endure. i'm with al jazeera. >>> we've got a lot more to come on the al jazeera news hour including. >> not a dry eye in the room and i didn't see it. >> reporter: find out what drove top diplomates at the u.n. to tears. u.s. troops arrive to get ukraine a helping hand in the fight against pro-russia rebels and in sport we will hear what the formula one world champion has to say about his rival who also happens to be his teammate. ♪ now italy appealing for help to cope with an unprecedented flood of new arrives as migrants go across the mediterranean and hundreds arrived on friday and think hundreds drown after a boat they were on capsized and over the past week or so more than 7,000 people most from africa and the middle east have bra

intense ground fighting moved in the sport city of aiden.cession group has helped take over the city's international airport and the surrounding area. the succession are one of groups fighting the houthis on the ground. each has its own agenda. the players include forces loyal to president haidi and various tribes. saudi foreign minister says regaining control of yemen will not come easily but the region stability depends on it. >> translator: we are not war mongers but when they beat the drums of war we are ready and security is part of icc and arab national security. >> reporter: in the meantime those who can are getting out of yemen, 350 indian citizens left aboard an indian navy ship overnight and all those who remain there are growing concerns of a humanitarian crisis and no sign of a ceasefire any time soon. natasha, al jazeera. >>> nigeria new president says it's time for the country to feel heal its wounds and celebrations across the nation after they officially claimed muhammadu buhari as the winner of the closely fought election an

shelling by houthi rebels destroyed a number of mosques, stores and residences in the district of aidenrces loyal to president hadi and tribal fighters surrounded the military camp and trying to secure it to stop a houthi advance and this was the scene in aiden where there have been demonstrations against the houthi movement. and jamal is the editor in chief of arab news channel in riyhad and good to have you with us and we are hearing from saudi officials that the border between yemen and saudi arabia has been secured, give us an idea of exactly what has been achieved. >> it is secured and monitored. the houthi attempted to do a cross over. they want some television live operation where they can claim success but they did not give them a chance. the area if there is movement of the houthi but no operation in the north. most of the operations are still there and that is what is important today because that is what eventually will make the popular forces of yemen move up to sanaa and that is the strategy is hitting riyad. >> are strategies giving us a sense of a timeline here when they f

. >> reporter: fighters loyal to yemen's president in exile hadi are on the offensive in aiden.y support the saudi arabia-led campaign to restore hadi to power and battling houthi rebels and forces loyal to the former president saleh. >> translator: we urge you to continue operation because it is what kicked out the houthis and we in the south we salute you. >> translator: we hope it to calm down and aiden to become safe and for the houthi militants to leave aiden and go back to their areas. >> reporter: three days ago saudi arabia indicated the aerial bombing was over but air strikes have continued. in the city coalition planes launched 12 attacks after houthi fighters gained ground and capital sanaa has been badly damaged, this is a city with a historic center and outside would sanaa cars have been hit and houses are in pieces. >> translator: what is happening here is humanitarian crisis and homes destroyed and victims as a result of what the politicians did to yemen. >> reporter: could end the conflict seem a long way off. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present

. ♪ hello, yemen's new vice president urged houthi rebels to end of offensive on the port city of aiden good will gesture to open the door to peace initiatives and called for army units for the government in exile instead of houthi rebels. u.n. envoy to yemen resigned monday criticism of failure to broken an end to the crisis. and heavy fighting has broken out in and around the central city of ti opening up a new front for the houthis, they and allies are battling an army brigade and tribesmen and we have more details. ♪ this is the man likely to be yemen's next president. khaled bahah is currently vice president and prime minister. his task is to pull together a nation on the brink of civil war. khaled bahah says he is willing to work with his houthi opponents and forces loyal to the former president but only if they disarm. >> translator: we must give them a chance and united behind our project for a civil state and to achieve that malitia loyal to houthis and implement go to yemen and stop destroying the country. >> reporter: yemen's biggest challenge is deteriorating humanitarian si

aiden has become the center of this war.arts of the city have now been without water or electricity for two days. there are fears of a growing humanitarian crisis. >> we have random shells by houthis on homes, and i will like the humanitarian crisis in aiden is getting worse by the hour. so we really wish that there are cooperations between the houthi did so that we can pass by with medical supplies. >> despite the 11th day of air raids by the saudi-led coalition, the houthi did, along with their allies are fighting back. they are well armed. the port of aden is on their list of targets. the coalition has air dropped more more weapons and equipment for fighters battling the houthis in aden, but so far, it's not been enough. in sanaa, coalition jets carried out more airstrikes lighting up the sky of the capital. the targets include a military base and other locations controlled by the houthi rebels and fighters loyal to former president. for this village near the capital city sanaa was also hit. four rockets came down on our

this is where people are going to aiden.e have targeted them two times because they were moving there with their fathers and the workmen they are carrying. regarding the ground operations as we have said the ground forces, the coastal guards are doing their job properly and dealing with anyone coming near the borders and yesterday, i have said that they were trying to find for themselves a base to start. we hit them with artillery. not allowed to get near the saudi borders. we will prevent them from having trenches to keep everyone safe. aimed at preventing any movements from the airport and will follow them up. we work according to the plans and the progress is okay and we are achieving successes. god willing, we will be victorious and we will achieve that success, and we will restore stability to yemen. now, the questions if you want. >> from sky news arabia: you have urged more than one time the malitians of the houthis. you urged them to come back is there any mechanism for those who want to come back and this might be a

army camps. >> translator: we have to increase pressure on houthis in the south and every point and aidenolunteers like us in other places. >> reporter: the fighters move off to protect another section of their front line but there are fears any escalation on violence here could damage vital oil and gas supply lines pushing yemen even closer to economic collapse. alexia ryan al jazeera. >>> police say ten people have been killed in two separate car bomb attacks in the iraqi capitol, one went off near to a hospital in baghdad, the other exploded in the neighborhood. police say another 18 people were wounded. and 8 iraqi soldiers killed trying to clear boobie trapped houses in a village and dangers like roadside bombs slowed advantage of the army backing i.s.i.l. fighters. and security forces trying to take back territory from i.s.i.l. and both sides claiming they have made gains in the area. and we are following developments from baghdad so what are you hearing, who is making the gains in lombar? >> reporter: well sammy, the iraqi government forces are facing tough resistance from i.s.i.l.

that are loyal to ali abdullah saleh going to a district northwest of aiden and we have that report. rounds of artillery target houthi fighters on the coast from the south and north. in aiden fighters from popular resistance committees loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi trying to prevent the port city falling under houthi control, these men never had military training for some it's the first time they are using a weapon. >> translator: most of the men here have nothing but this gun. they have never had any kind of training but thank god the resilience has been heros and keeping the houthis from controlling aiden. >> reporter: on the outskirts of aiden battles continued and control and south of sanaa and local resistance fighters were able to push back houthis and west of the capitol army units and local resistance fighters attacked other houthi positions. >> translator: we call on them on joining us to come ahead and do it. this is for yemen. >> reporter: [gunfire] fighters loyal toll president abd rabbuh mansur hadi have been offensive the last few days and pushing forward in sanaa and

intense ground fighting moved in the port city of aiden.roup says it has helped take over the city's international airport and the surrounding area. they are one of a number of groups now fighting the houthis on the ground. each has its own agenda the players include forces loyal to president haidi and various tribes and says regaining control of yemen will not come easily but the region stable depends on it. >> translator: we are not war mongers but with the grounds of war we are ready. yemen security is part of icc and arab national security. >> reporter: in the meantime those who can are getting out of yemen. about 350 indian citizens left for here left in a ship overnight and those who remain there are growing concerns of a humanitarian crisis and no sign of a ceasefire any time soon. natasha, al jazeera. >>> joining me now is correspondent who has reported extensively on yemen and we are now a week long into this campaign, just give us a sense of where things are right now inside yemen. >> well, the latest developments on the ground ba

intense ground fighting moved into the port city of aiden.roup says it has helped take over the city's international airport and the surrounding area. the people are one of a number of groups now fighting the houthis on the ground. each has its own agenda. the players include forces loyal to president haidi and various tribes. the saudi foreign minister says regaining control of yemen will not come easy but the region stability depends on it. >> translator: we are not war mongers but with the ground of war we are ready and national security is part of the arab national security. >> reporter: in the meantime those who can are getting out of yemen. about 350 indian citizens left aboard an indian navy ship overnight, for those who remain there are growing concerns of a humanitarian crisis and no sign of a ceasefire any time soon. natasha, al jazeera. >>> joining me now is correspondent who has reported extensively in yemen and here we are a week now into this saudi-led campaign. what sort of effect is it having on the houthis and their control o

watching al jazeera and next on the show pressure grows for a ceasefire in yemen as fighting rages in aiden ties. italian coast guard said it rescued another 400 migrants from the mediterranean sea and blink and you will miss it japan's train breaks the world speed record. ♪ now egypt's former president mohamed morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. morsi was egypt's first democratically elected president and toppled in a military coup in 2013. his sentence relates to the deaths of demonstrators in 2012 and acquitted of inciting murder but instead was convicted of ordering the arrest and torture of protesters. 12 muslim brotherhood members also got 20 years. and we go to the university in new york and in the studio and good to have you with us, looking at what happened what do you expect the reverberations to be to the sentence? >> nobody can predict the kind of reaction about that verdict. of course i believe that the supporters of president, former president morsi and the sympathizers and members of the brotherhood, they are not very happy with this verdict, although i'm sure tha

one of the key places that the houthis are taking over is the port city of aiden.eeing an increase in fighting. special forces loyal to the houthis, loyal to the former president here landed in a part of aiden where there hadn't been fighting until now and have taken their fight into the heart of the old city. this is an important area. so that instability in aiden itself is becoming worse and of course this is a town that -- this is a town that the saudi air force is trying to keep in the hands of the southern separatists, in the hands of the pro hati internationally recognized government carol. >> nic robertson. >> robert menendez expected in federal court to face federal corruption charges. he accepted a gift and campaign donation of almost $1 million. prosecutors don't know the difference between friendship and corruption. he vows to stay in office so let's head to our justice reporter evan perez. he's in newark new jersey this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: evan can you hear me? i don't think evan can hear me. i don't think evan can -- we're goi

the port of aiden is under siege by rebels but cnn managed to get in for a firsthand look on thursday. our o correspondent has our exclusive report. report this was not purely a military hospital but because of the way the front lines chris crossed aiden into no-go zones, it has now become the major hospital for civilians. i spoke to one of the doctors and he said to me we've lot count p.m. we simply don't know how many dead, dying and wounded we've today take in. when we were there, 5-year-old boy had been brought in to be treated for shrapnel wounds for his stomach. hit inside his friend's home. a little girl had a minor operation. her stitches were split. her family hid for three days unable to go the hospital while she de she bled. so many caught in the crossfire. that's what is horrifying about the conflict. it is street by street. very few to find front lines. we were lucky because we were able to go to one of the small are ports but past a few streets in, you start coming across streets that are completely deserted because of snipers. streets that no one can go down buzz they d

[indiscernible] when aiden lurched, if you will, to the left. only americans allowed to live and work then, but there has been no other -- government in the middle east, in the islamic world, like there was -- [indiscernible] then to the east of aiden the area of -- these are tribal, small villages. with the typical yemeni architecture. they are all quite different in terms of what drives -- [indiscernible] and immediately to the east of them is the -- . [indiscernible] has produced around 10 million yemenis within the last 20 years. [indiscernible] from this part of yemen. quite a large number of yemenis merchant, who live in these areas of the region. and the just east is the -- state. it is quite different. it is from the state here that we are talking about -- which the soviet navy had his eyes on at one time. this is why obama, until now, was not in the coalition because we are talking about a neighbor state here. and a lot of policy will be driven by its neighbor. the numbers fluctuate up and down. in saudi arabia, at times, has been into

have been killed and as al-is a -- al-shabab storms a campus and they storm a presidential palace in aiden>>> i'm lee weldings with the sport and morocco back from the futbol wilderness and the two tournament ban is overturned. ♪ at last iran and six world powers have reached an understanding which it hoped will lead to a comprehensive nuclear agreement within three months as part of the future deal iran nuclear enrichment is limited to one side only and iran agreed to reduce the low enriched uranium from 10,000 kilos to just 300 and to cut the centrafuge from 19 to 6,000 the u.n. and u.s. will gradually lift nuclear-related sanctions after inspections by the nuclear atomic agency and a new deal to be concluded by june the 30th it will include a u.n. security council endorsement. and it will include significant economic and financial sanctions relief for iran the country's foreign minister welcoming the agreement to end all u.n. security council resolution against his country. >> it will be an end of security council resolutions that have been adopted against iran and now there will be cer

some of the worst fighting has taken place in the port of aiden. here is our report. >> we took to open seas to reach yemen. this was our only way in. after a voyage of 21 hours, we approached the southern port of aiden. the now and accept president stairs down over -- stares down over the harbor. what happens here could decide the future of yemen. we are now finally coming ashore. we have been told there were air strikes just a few hours before we arrived. we have always been warned not to stay any longer than is necessary because there is always a risk of kidnap by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> around the port, stars of the recent conflict, and locals desperate for help. >> we lost everything. no food. no water. no electricity. no life. no life here. >> the streets look like a battlefield. few here venture out if they can avoid it. apart from local fighters loyal to the president, many still in their teens, they say they will stop the rebel advance. this group was manning the door at a local hospital. inside some new arrivals. on average,

and to the south in aiden forces loyalty to yemen's self-exiled president now control more than half.ity. but food, water and medical supplies are running out. >>> as you can see, thousands of houthi sympathizers marched in sanaa friday in support of the rebels. the groups are desperately trying to deliver medical supplies. two aid flights each carrying 16 tons of medical equipment landed friday. but experts say street fighting and road blocks are prevents rescuers from reaching many of those wounded. in just about 20 minutes we'll take you live to sanaa for that story. >>> meantime, the presidential election is a year and a half. i want to tell you, 18 months, still that far away. but a familiar face now is expected on the campaign trail for 2016. a source tells cnn hillary clinton plans to release a message on sunday to announce her bid. then the former secretary of state and first lady will head to two key early voting states to begin campaigning. brianna keilar has more. >> don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states? >> reporter: sweep ago side months, e

saudi-led planes intensifying raids on houthi rebel targets in the southern city of aiden.lims from iraqi providence say they are frightened of shia malitias and accuse them of looting, kidnapping and attacks and we have more. >> reporter: this family lives in a camp on the outskirts of the city. their hometown was under i.s.i.l. control since june three months ago iraqi forces backed by shia malitia recaptured it and they are sunni and scared to return. >> translator: we are afraid of the malitias. we are afraid they may kill us and our families. >> translator: we don't have weapons to defend ourselves, if there is malitia would storm our home we would be dead just like the victims of the massacres. >> reporter: thousands of fighters started a campaign to capture from i.s.i.l. and the leader and predecessor are everywhere. the providence is on the border with iran and the influence is evident. this border crossing was closed for 30 years and now it's wide open. [applause] the popular mobilization force and shia malitias are the real power here. some analysts feel the victo

meanwhile saudi-led planes intensifying raids on houthi rebel targets in the southern city of aiden forond straight day and targeted the presidential palace there. and we have a journalist in the capitol there and explained the situation on the ground. >> the tribes are sending forces and especially ground offensive but until now we have not seen anything and in control for almost four days. >> reporter: mohamed reports from the saudi/yemen border. >> reporter: families in the border city mourning the death of loved ones, the body of one of three soldiers killed by houthi shells on friday is about to be buried. the government is here to convey the condolence. among the objectives of the air strikes is to stop conflict in yemen spilling over into saudi arabia. now there are fears the kingdom may be forced to order a ground invasion. yemen and saudi arabia share a 1800 kilometer border control over the vast territory has never been easy. hundreds of refugees are heading north. this latest wave includes dozens of yemen, somalis and ethiopians and here in the custody of the saudi border gua

the most intense fighting is around the town of aiden.is are losing ground by most accounts. they're in there helping bring in communications equipment, weapons, trying to organize the sort of southern separatists there to counter the houthi's efforts. this is what's causing a great deal of concern for the international committee for the red cross. they're calling for a pause, humanitarian pause, if only, they say, so the people in aiden who are experiencing the worst of the fight can get out of their homes for a while, get some food, get some water. the red cross are also saying they are they've got a plane on stand by with 48 tons of medical equipment ready to fly in. that could help between 2 to 3,000 people with medical supplies for a number of days. they say they're concerned about the lack of medical supplies and equipment that are getting to the various hospitals in the country. they say civilians are suffering. so far the u.n. says more than 500 people have been killed, more than 1700 injured. so this is really adding to the human

and the popular resistance is now in control of a coastline in aiden.roup has recaptured a house owned by hadi. speaking at a news conference in sanaa the leader of houthis criticized the u.s. for the role in the war in yemen. >> translator: america is behind every detail in the aggression in yemen. this is clear and openly announced by the americans and the saudis. today the children in yemen are being killed by american made bombs and planes, the americans are the ones who are determining the targets that are being shelled by the saudi regime. the saudis are not -- >> breaking in there to take you straight to ryiad and the coalition briefing and let's listen in. >> translator: of course the decisive storm continues opposition today as we stated before that is the air strike. that has been achieving objectives. the objective which we have mentioned before and most of it has been realized and some of it is in the process concerning the main and principal objectives. there was some big work by the coalition and the other forces who are participating and

by saudi-led coalition and forces loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi gained control of large parts of aidenen foreign minister says no peace until houthis surrender and 1,000 people killed in fighting since last month and 115 of them children and we have more. >> reporter: ♪ there is a semblance of law an order here despite no clear governance in yemen, a bomb disposal unit has come to work. not far from here is a military base that was hit in an air strike this week. spent ammunition liters the streets. >> translator: the area is not free of chemical substances we have examined the whole area with detectors. we have collected the remains of explosives and now they are being moved to be disarmed somewhere else. >> reporter: residents say it was the largest blast they heard since the saudi-led campaign began. look around and you get a sense of hundreds of lost man hours. jobs on hold and the thousands of dollars that will be needed for reconstruction. although none of this is of urgent as caring for the hundreds of people hurt in that one bombing. a 20-minute drive away is the largest hospit

the president abd rabbuh mansur hadi regained control over large parts of the southern port city of aiden the foreign minister says there will be no peace until the houthis surrender. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the houthis and the malitias of ali abdullah saleh continue the crime against the many people and until they put their weapons aside and surrender. >> reporter: according to the u.n. agencies more than a thousand people have been killed in fighting in yemen since last month and 115 of them were children, as we report the resources are now being stretched to the limit. ♪ there is a semblance of law an order here despite no clear governance in yemen a bomb disposal unit has come to work, close by is a military base hit by an air strike earlier in the week and spent ammunition liters the streets and have been lying around for days. >> translator: the area is full of chemical substances and we examined the whole area with detectors, we have collected the remains of explosives and now they are being moves to be disarmed somewhere else. >> report

iran is in turn responding setting a flotilla to the gulf of aiden. last week on social media, iran's supreme leader attacked saudi arabia and the defense minister tweeting the youths have taken over the affairs of the state and are replacing dignity with bar bare ti. as members of congress, we are often asked by our constituents why the u.s. should be involved and what goes on in the middle east. they tell us years of conflict will not be solved by u.s. intervention. yes, ma'am sen a clear example of what is in our national interest. question not allow groups like al qaeda which try to attack the united states in 2009 and 2011 and in 2012 to take advantage of chaos in yemen. we need the yemeni government that is going to be a partner in our counter-terrorism and regional security efforts. finally, the people of yemen have suffered long -- have long suffered under dire economic conditions. the population is more than quadrupled in the past 30 years. conflict is only making humanitarian situation worse. saudi arabia is delivering medical and humanitari

forces loyal yemen's president are gaining some ground in aiden and other areas of the south. here on the western entrance into aiden the vehicles speed away carrying people with the fighting traveling in the opposite direction ambulances can't get very far. >> there are injured people over there, but the ruth he's are targeting our vehicles. >> the hospitals have been badly hit. some, like this one have no electricity. airstrikes continue to target the houthi positions in sada, their strongholds, and some of the best trained army units. the coalition is ramping up its campaign to force the houthis and their allies to disarm and join political talks to solve yemen's crisis. they said they will not hold talks if the airstrikes continue. aljazeera. >> oil prices are up, but the number of oil jobs are down. ali velshi is here with more details, and what's going on here? >> well, it was inevitable, tony, we have been hanging around the $2.50 point for a while. $56.39 a barrel. and traders are reacting to the lower than expected inventory. everybody has been pumping and drilling a

camps. >> translator: we need to increase pressure on the houthi in the south and every point and aidenhere are volunteers like us there and other places. >> reporter: the fighters move on to protect another section of their front line but there are fears any escalation in violence here can damage vital oil and gas supply lines pushing yemen even closer to economic collapse i'm with al jazeera. >>> on that we have a retired jordan airforce general and joins us from london and we are deep in the air campaign what has it achieved so far? >> it really without the air campaign the houthis could control the whole yemen but the campaign did stop them from progress and cutting their supply line their military infrastructure, so they are keeping the pressure on them so that, you know you can't do it from the air, it's very difficult, you need other elements like operation and troops on the ground to do that. the problem in the system in yemen, it's a tribal country and fight for the sake of their tribes and their country and national side of this. so it's very messy and difficult situation, ver

it's a very dangerous situation there because the gulf of aiden is a very interesting waterway there the international traffic of oil and goods. with regards to any signs of an immediate ceasefire, as i said, there is nothing that shows that that ceasefire is pretty soon. >> all right, we will keep watching this as i'm sure you will. thanks for that. captain of the ship that sank off the coast of libya with 800 on board is charged with reckless multiple homicide and let's go live now to paul brennan in the sicily port city and tell us more about these charges, paul. >> reporter: yeah details appear to be that the tunisia captain with the ship's mate from that boat which went down late on saturday night, the ship's mate we understand is syrian, that they have been charged with facilitating or promoting illegal immigration. i think the word is favoring but the closest translation we can get is facilitating. essentially shorthand that is people trafficking but the more serious charge is a charge of reckless multiple homicide as you say. it's clear authorities here particularly given the

arabia because they were short of the expected with regard to pushing the houthis to withdraw from aiden and from sanaa. and we have seen others players far away from the region like china asking all the sides to come to the negotiation tail. we learnt of a phone call between president obama and the kingston man about this. there is a lot of work going on on the diplomatic front to try to bring the parties to this war to the negotiating table. either via the u.n. or saudi arabia. saudi arabia said it was the goal of negotiation. they want everyone to come to riyadh. we understand of the difficulties. the houthis and ali abdullah saleh loyalists are locked in the war and need someone to help them out of the mess. >>> the human cost of the war in yemen is visible in its hospitals, three government facility facilities are overrun with the injuries. we have this report. >> reporter: these are some of the victims in war in what that is been a desperate situation in aden. most of the injured are civilians, including children. some are seriously injured, but are grateful to have survived. >> i'

yemen and the gulf of aiden is becoming a magnet for ships. you don't pull aircraft carriers out of the iranian gulf and send it down there if you are not intending to have the dominant force in that particular area. we can say whatever we want but this is pressing against the laws of unintended consequences. if we see something happen if the iranians are dumb enough to try to actually run weapons resupply ships into one of the ports in yemen, and we don't do anything about it we might as well pack up everything from the middle east and go home if we can't stop that one little thing, what are we doing? >> marie harp was clearly trying to say this is not what it appears to be. we are not in this situation. >> pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. >> i know chuck. when you look at the fact this other news crossed the wire the saudis and allies are saying they are going to stop the air strike campaign that is over. what does that tell you is going on behind the scenes here? >> i think the saudis got blinked back by pressure from the uni

. >>> a 20-year-old student is in aiden in yemen and joins me now.hanks very much indeed for joining us. can you give us a picture as to what life is like for you at the moment? >> caller: well life is now -- the chaos is growing more big. everything food supplies are getting more less. the houthi's when they invade they have a policy to bomb everything. they have no morals. they have been killing civilians, women, children they have blew up lots of residential buildings. they have no -- they bombed lots of -- people who are injured already, we cannot just take them to the hospital because we are totally not safe anymore. >> do you know of a safe place to put yourself and your friends and others to avoid the attacks? >> caller: well, only for this now -- for me i have evacuated my house, which was near the airport because of the air strikes from saudi arabia. almost all areas invaded by houthis. we are under the control -- these local defendants are the youth. happening to the city and now against the houthis -- >> a dreadful stage of affairs. thank

this is some of the latest fighting in the southern port of aiden.s group of yemen fishermen fled in their own boat. the air strikes made them refugees. most told us they were the them to continue. yes, yes, yes, they said. mohammed told us the saudis should keep bombing the rebels so peace can be restored to yemen. some fear the air strikes could spark a wider conflict across the water bringing new dangers to the region. bbc news. >>> kenyan students are preparing to march in nairobi, demanding greater security after the attack on the university of al shabaab gunmen. 147 people were killed. religious leaders are organizing a rally to condemn the attack. kenyan warplanes bombed camps after the president warned of a severe response. we can show live pictures now. the march has begun. there has been some doubt over whether the organizers have authority to stage this. it's a march, but also a protest and demonstration. everything seems to be very peaceful. >> that's right. many, many activities have been planned in memory of 147 students who were killed

with the local assistance groups so this aid could be distributed in the very much needed city of aiden. >> we'll leave it there for now. thank you so much. >>> now final state elections in nigeria will begin in just a few hours. people are angry in some areas of the country because voting materials have not arrived. police fire life ammunition to control the crowd. two weeks after presidential elections voters return to the polls to elect 36 36 governors and other state representatives. yvonne ndege is covering the polling stations for us. tell us how smoothly things are moving for you right now yvonne. >> well, back to that incident where we herds we heard gunfire. it was an attempt by security in this case and the independent international in favor of the ruling party the people's democratic party. shots were fired to see what was going on at this direction centers. we wanted to stay there but we were told for our safe and security it was better to leave. we do see many people when are heavily. officials from the independent commission have not been up here. there are supposed to be

presence in the gulf of aiden and would send a clear signal about our continued insin tense about the free flow of commerce and the freedom of movement in the region. >> iran flexed its muscle with high profile, sometimes provocative exercises at sea. a confrontation with iran such as board an iranian ship would be extraordinary. moving additional war ships to the region provides additional option to assist the saudi led coalition if necessary. >> they want to send a message and also be able to keep an eye on what the vessel dos and if the vessels are allowed to dock what is unloaded and where those supplies go. >> it is the rapid deterioration on the ground in yemen that the u.s. is most concerned with. recent air strikes in the houthi controlled capital have killed 25 and wounded more than 400. all this as the u.s. tries to finalize a nuclear deal with the iranians and urge the release of u.s. citizens held in iran. among them, washington post journalist who is facing four charges including spying and aiding a hostile government. today, saudi arabia ended its air campaign there. jus

. >> reporter: on our way out of aiden. yemen's second largest city is too dangerous to overnight in. on the journey in we've been warned we must leave before dark. we weren't the only ones trying to get out. for these people desperate to leave, this besieged city our ship was an unexpected lifeline. too scared to sleep at home many were living on the streets outside the port. >> just bombs all the time. gunshots. people are running down the street. >> reporter: she is from buffalo in upstate new york. she was visiting her sick father when the war erupted around her. >> i called the riyadh embassy and asked them to help us interest was about 75 families waiting. my family has been -- >> at the port? >> my family has been waiting there two weeks. we ran out of money, we ran out of food we ran out of shelter. we were just sitting there waiting for someone to come and say okay where's the americans, let's pick them up. >> reporter: that didn't happen. and she and her family had to pay $3,000 to port officials just to be aloud

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yemen and forces loyal to the president abd rabbuh mansur hadi gained control over large pardons of aidenng them back and said houthis most surrender before the peace process can begin. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the houthis and the malitias of ali abdullah saleh continue the crime against many people and until they put weapons aside and surrender. >> reporter: u.n. has invited the syrian government and opposition groups to separate peace talks in geneva next month and opposition fighters lawn frp frped launched attack west of the city and we have the latest. >> reporter: a great view from a plane in northwest hama, this vast area overlooks village to the north and south. once a peaceful countryside, it's now become a battlefield. government forces have been using it as an attack position against opposition fighters. >> translator: this area was one of the first to revolt against the regime and badly bombed and targeted now it's time to counter attack. >> reporter: opposition fighters launched the attacks by firing artillery, captured three main g

meanwhile saudi-led planes intensifying raids on houthi rebel targets in southern city of aiden.lls opened for presidential and parliamentary elections, almost all opposition parties are boycotting the vote long time leader bashir expected to hold on to power for another five-year term. 45 people are standing trial over the biggest mine disaster in turkey history, over 300 people died last year from carbon monoxide poison after an explosion in the coal mine and more on elections in sudan and we have professor of politics at center of study of democracy at the university of westminster and is live from cambridge and good to have you with us and human rights groups documented a serious of abuses and political oppressions and how is the environment right now for the free and fair election? >> well i think this is one case where the government could have had more legitimacy before election than after it because nobody other than they have the genuine election and no offer on the table for the president to stay in power with the consent of the opposition and the blessing of african un