let's bring in our guests in new york we have al qaida solomon he's the director of the foreign affairs office of the southern transitional council in london elizabeth kandel senior research fellow of pembroke college at the university of oxford and in singapore our booed he's a visiting professor for the middle east institute at the national university of singapore thank you all for joining us elizabeth if i can start with you why has this declaration come now do things. well bernard i think the timing is significant now of course it's true that the grievances of the south scope back decades and the concept of yemen as a single country is actually very awkward yes it united not until 990 but already within 4 years it was a war so the grievances go back a long way but i do think that picking this moment to announce self administration is significant because all eyes were on the cease fire that saudi was trying to broker with the between the government and the who sees at the same time of course the world's attention is on fighting a virus and what devastation that might cause in yemen a

ahead with the vote despite the kidnapping of an opposition leader and threats from fighters like al qaida but there are $147.00 seats up for grabs in the national assembly nicholas haq is following developments from neighboring dhaka. the prime minister has come out and said that he was happy that the mountains took part in this election and yet there's only been 8 percent of the electorate according to the election commission that has come out to vote even worse than the 1st round of this election where there is a historical of 10 percent of the voters that came out clearly people are scared of 2 things the global pandemic the coronavirus that's also affecting mali but also the threat of armed groups such as the al qaeda affiliates jemaah islamiya loosely mean and the state in the greater so hard to groups that have called on this election to be boycotted and so what we've seen is that a few people came out to vote and that has gone in the hands of the ruling party who has claimed victory in key areas including the north of the country were armed groups are active at the heart of this is

with the vote despite the kidnapping of an opposition leader and threats from fighters linked to al qaida libya's even recognise government forces say they've resumed their military operation towards to huna after successfully completing stage one they're battling to recapture the stronghold of warlord khalifa haftar those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's what i want east me and maher on trial do stay with us for. villages but into the ground. hundreds of thousands displaced. mass murder. that is compelling evidence of genocide and genocide and get. the gambia has taken to the international court of justice accusing its government of orchestrating a campaign of destruction against the rocking of people there will be no tolerance of human rights violations and the kind. of the nudity and but now we have evidence showing that for many rohingya got the nightmare continues on what they want not what the world. as the world awaits a verdict when no one east has been given access to years of secret videos. and we travel to me and must recal

around 11 degrees celsius credential japan generally dry few showers that's more than honshu into al qaida as well these will gradually fade and ease away as we go on through friday 18 celsius in tokyo at that stage but there is that west of weather pushing across into where western areas of china central parts to hand where the top temperature around 80 degrees as it begins to cloud over sunshine the showers meanwhile across much of southeast asia the heaviest showers will again be across a good part of indonesia seasonal rains of course here we will see want to see showers making their way towards the philippines but will sunshine than showers and the chance of some showers a little further north to into southern parts of vietnam maybe into cambodia may even catch your chad just creeping across the southern areas of thailand southern parts of india are also seeing some showers at the moment so the cherry rain will continue to drive its way across carol are pushing across into tamil nadu one of 2 showers there up towards the northeast. but. perception is validation clearly what you see bu

been attacked by forces loyal to or khalifa haftar are several projectiles hit the grounds of the al qaida hospital in tripoli as are the headlines keep it here we wind is next. hello and welcome to rewind this way where rewinding to 2011 and an episode of want to one atheist which had secured unique access to north korea's elite screen academy a school where young actors were trained in how best to.

with the vote despite the kidnapping of of an opposition leader and threats from fighters linked to al qaida. forces working for libya's u.n. recognize government say they've resumed their military operation towards tarhouni up after successfully completing stage one they are battling to recapture the stronghold of walled khalifa haftar government forces say they killed $10000.00 fighters and captured dozens of heavy floods in kenya have killed 3 people and left 20 missing including police officers who were on a rescue mission in west. the current has been strong enough to uproot trees and sweep them along in a fast moving tides schools homes and a market under water. turkey has overtaken iran as the country with the highest recorded number of covert 19 cases in the middle east the latest figures push it up to 8 thyristor in the world just off to china coronavirus in turkey has also killed nearly 1900 people more than 82000 infections have been confirmed and nearly 3800 of those cases were diagnosed in the past 24 hours a lockdown has been extended for 15 days prohibiting travel between 30 o

is looking to ease the suffering of the people all right al qaida sentiment in its statement the s.t.c. . maids a number of accusations against the saudi led coalition which is fighting against the whole thing in yemen but the enemy iraqis the main backers of the s.t.c. are also part of this coalition so i was just curious to know what they make of this decision by the s.t.c. to assume control of the southern areas are they fully behind you so. in the end it's tedious to see is stands by the people and it will do whatever it needs to do to protect you haven't responded much my my my question is whether you're getting support from the iraqis right so. whether they're supporting they have been supporting the fight on terrorism they've been supporting the fights on the iranian backed through these and this is these are not just southern issues these are regional in its traditional 2060 the d.m. iraqis have provided military and financial backing to the security around the s.e.c. dominated by military group which you know is part of the s.t.c. again i just want to know whether the iraqis a

decoration of self governance they say now from al qaida superman who represents the s.t.c. the southern transitional council in new york and he explains why that declaration is happening now this is not a an event just sprung out of nowhere this is actually a pileup. mis management misgovernance in specially in south yemen south yemen has been with the lists for going on 3 years or 4 years now. unfortunately things have deteriorated as far as the humanitarian wise the situation as far as basic services are not. minimal or basic services are not being delivered. little to no services at all this is not something that just happened but the recent events the recent that sparked it. was the 1st of all call with 19 played a role in as far as in a health risk that the government needs to take a better approach cautions there has to be a very strong governance over there that has to be. we have to be able to deliver or to even. withstand something of that. that big of a tragedy and the recent flash floods also that happened in aden that were not met with any type of 8 any deliveri

central intelligence made a spectacular bombshell presentation we have just learned from a high level al qaida operative under interrogation about significant contacts between baghdad's mukoko rot and al qaeda. this was devastating. here's the director of central intelligence telling the secretary of state that he has interrogated evidence well the secretary turned to me and said put it back in. al qaeda continues to have a deep interest in acquiring weapons of mass destruction as with the story of the car and his network i can trace the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how iraq provided training in these weapons to al qaeda later i learned that that was shakeout would be that had to happen just instantly happened it happened months before they'd been water boarded in egypt when he did this no u.s. personnel were present and he had recanted within a couple of weeks and we never were told about that every statement i make today is backed up by sources solid sources these are not assertions we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence we were indisputable w

. 15 was only supposed to last a few weeks and western countries fear the threat of attacks from al qaida and i still affiliates based in yemen catherine shocked him as head of the yemen department next century foundation it's a peace building think tank in london and she says the declaration of self rule is a reflection of the political reality. this south yemen has. for independence for decades now. and i think that it's actually becoming about just now only because. of the situation and the war in yemen since 2015 so they were able to realize their political ambition and so for example determination and i think the main issue. may have at this moment has to do with the fact that in fact. whatever they did he may have had some point and we need to remember that we believe educationally that he ever had was in fact that different by the international community because there was an understanding that if he wasn't actually supported by the international community then defacto sovereignty would fall on chewed her see movement and so had he was propped up and kept in power even though it was

with the vote despite the kidnapping of an opposition leader and threats from fighters linked to al qaida there are 147 seats up for grabs in the national assembly formerly is a consulting fellow with the africa program a chance and house joins me now on skype from maidstone in the united kingdom good to have you on the program increased conflict at polling stations attacked and the global pandemic sort of the hands of the public staying at home in fear i mean one does wonder how a free and fair election could ever have been achieved. there are certainly a lot of questions about whether a really worthwhile free and fair election can take place and particularly in the level of participation because obviously many voters are the will of chosen to stay at home or in many cases it wasn't safe to go and vote because of insecurity but the money in government face to real die lemma the term of the outgoing parliament actually should have ended in december 28th in january 2900 and so this parliament has been this old parliament's been continuing for 15 months on a sort of provisional basis and so

a 2nd round of the country's election they'll have to brave the threat of armed groups linked to al qaida and. positioning their was kidnapped for the 1st round an unknown group demanding millions of dollars for his release nicholas hoc reports wanting to bring change to mali is what brought 1st time parliamentary candidate how to politics fear is what is preventing him from campaigning in his constituency in the central region where al qaeda affiliates are telling people not to vote because brother is in the moment was abducted days before the 1st round awarding to those taking part in these elections. i am scared i had to hide to visit my own constituency. because there is nobody to see him scared because if they have abducted our opposition for more than 21 days now they could even abduct a president they can take anyone they want. the government's mediator was kidnapped while negotiating for the release of opposition leaders from my list and see who was abducted while campaigning in the country's north it's unclear which group is behind the kidnapping but they're demanding around some

only supposed to last a matter of weeks and western countries feared the threat of attacks from al qaida and i still affiliates based in yemen catherine shocked them is head of the yemen department of the next century foundation it's a peace building think tank and she's joining us now from london let's talk about this latest move in southern yemen 1st of all how does that change the power dynamic in yemen. i don't think it's changed to make chris so i think it's more of a reflection of the political reality in yemen. this south yemen has ate for independence for decades now. and i think that it's actually coming about just now only because of the situation in the yemen since 2015 so they were able to realize their political ambition and so critical determination and i think that mean to. may have at this moment has to do with the fact that in fact. government heidi is in reality hoss lost whatever legitimacy you may have had at some point and we need to remember that the only legit immunity that he ever had was in fact that were given by the international community because there was an

with the vote despite the kidnapping of an opposition leader and threats from fighters linked to al qaida there are $147.00 seats up for grabs in the national assembly on the close hackett's following developments for us from dakar in neighboring senegal and there are still a few hours left before the polling booths close nicholas' what are you hearing about the way the vote is going. well according to the prime minister he congratulated the people of mali him for coming out and taking part in this election while the election commission has come out with official numbers of the number of people that have come out and voted saying only 8 per cent sorry and we're just going to. go straight to london where governor williamson the education secretary is taking questions from of stress let's listen to him says an enormous effort is a national effort but it's also an international effort to secure p p right around the globe but we've seen so many brilliant british businesses repurpose themselves in order to be able to providers and we've seen many educational settings also been able to do it bu

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