and carolyn malone has the latest for us. >> reporter: watching over the province, now entirely in theol of pro-government for s forces. local resistance groups backed by a coalition of countries led by saudi arabia are recapturing parts of yemen. they fought houthi rebels to the president saleh and say they are in full control. >> translator: we managed to clean the city of malitia supporting the cities and saleh and achieved a victory. the popular resistance has saved the country from going deep into the unknown. >> reporter: the fighters are looking ahead and they say they are on their way to the capitol which the houthi rebels still control and they are fighting on behalf of the exiled president abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >> translator: if necessary and if the leaders think it's appropriate we need to go further and go beyond this because the aim is to reach sanaa. >> reporter: it's a situation repeated across yemen and led to what the president of the international community of the red cross says is a catastrophic humanitarian situation. >> yemen population is in dire need of food an

carolyn malone al jazeera. >>> chinese state media says eight people have been killed in flooding inna. flash floods hit a valley on the city on monday after they recorded the heaviest rainfall in decades and hundreds of emergency workers are scoring the area for bodies and it also washed roads away in the area. malaysia and travesty revolves around a multi million deposit and they cleared him of wrongdoing but the origins of that deposit remain unclear. now his opponents are finding themselves in the firing line so we report. >> reporter: the headquarters of the newspaper and magazine in kuala lumpur it's all quiet since the government slapped a three-month band on all publications and investigating a money trail. apparently funds from the finance ministry allegedly ended up in the bank account of the prime minister to the tune of $700 million and it stands by its article they are demanding clarification of the government's decision and they filed for a judicial rule and were unable to comment at this time. it was "the wall street journal" that initially reported it had seen documen

carolyn malone al jazeera. >>> now in hong kong two daughters donated parts of livers to create a wholeo save the life of their father as rob mcbride explains it's a medical first and uses a new surgical technique. >> reporter: thankful to be alive the patient is surrounded by the daughters who saved his life. on their own their livers were too small but together by each donating a half they were able to give their father a new one. >> translator: i was in despair because my liver was too small. so my sister agreed to return home from overseas. she was our only hope. >> reporter: double donations like this are rare but what surgeons did unique was joining the two halves of the liver before giving it to the patient. >> we are virtually implanting the liver into the recipient's body and that save as lot of time. >> reporter: it's a further breakthrough for a teen that regularly achieves medical landmarks and liver trans plants from living donors and the liver problem is a serious problem here compounded by reluctance in chinese society to donate organs and hong kong is a leader in living

seeing some of its worst flooding in decades and many regions declared natural disaster zones, carolyn malone jazeera. >>> let's speak to richard and see if there is any let up in rain across this region. >> the short answer, jane, is yes, the situation should get better. i will show you on satellite image here and this is a shower cloud moving in parts of myanmar and potential of a lot more rain to come from that and i will reroute the satellite and show you the cause, an area of low pressure which is on the bay of beeningel and drifted across india and torrential rain in myanmar and you see a big circulation in parts of india and more heavy rain here but that circulation is pulling in across the bay of bengal and showers to myanmar and those are saying this is one of the worst rainfall events in myanmar in decades there is a set up that happens in june and july and most huge and get monsoons developing and moving northwest across india and myanmar sees the effects of them and it will continue over the next few days and low pressure in india will go to the west and they will see torrential r

carolyn malone, al jazeera. >>> following opposition from senior democrat senator robert menendez. >> while i have many specific concerns about this agreement my overarching concern is it requires no dismantling of iran'iran's newark structureirad only dismantles it for ten years. >> kristin saloomey is live in new york. >> menendez is the senior democrat on the foreign relations committee. menendez says he's concerned the deal does not do anything to dismantle iran's nuclear capabilities. he says contrary to what the president has been saying it's not an all or nothing deal. he called on congress to reject the deal but not in its entirety. he encouraged the president to go back to the negotiating table and get a better agreement. a group of nonproliferation arms control experts people like hans blix, former head of the iaea, they say this is a good deal, they support it and this is tougher than other deals that the u.s. has signed. congress has until mid september. even with menendez's lack of support they have enough to pass without his support. >>> in south sudan, president salva k

carolyn malone has the latest for us. >> reporter: watching over the province now entirely in the controlpro-government forces local resistance groups backed by a coalition of countries led by saudi arabia are recapturing parts of yemen. they fought houthi rebels and forces loyal to the president abd rabbuh mansur hadi in town and say they are now in full control. >> translator: we managed to clean the city of malitia supporting saleh and achieved a victory. the popular resistance saved the country from going deep in the unknown. >> reporter: the fighters are looking ahead and say they are on their way to the capitol which the houthi rebels still control and fighting on behalf of the exiled president abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >> translator: if necessary and if the leaders think it's appropriate we need to go further and go beyond here because the aim is to reach even sanaa. >> reporter: while that continues people across the country including the capitol don't have enough food, water or basic services. land mines have been left behind by houthi fighters and some children are back playing in

carolyn malone, al jazeera. >>> five guatemala soldiers behind bars accused of brutally beating two youngs videotaped on a mobile phone and put online and it questions the military's continued role in civilian policing and david reports. >> reporter: abuse of power captured on video, guatemala soldiers viciously beat two men many a town two hours west of guatemala city and it was rumed they were delinquents and warned this is how they were trained and it went viral in guatemala with actions and others shocked by the barbarity and disregard for the law and guatemala authorities launched an investigation. on thursday the soldiers in the video were arrested and brought here to public prosecutor's office. over the coming days they will face a judge on allegations of abuse of authority and maltreatment of a minor. more than 15 years they helped with civilian policing combined patrols were set up to assist the police force created at the end of the country's civil war but police are unable to curb violent crime and guatemala's president himself a retired general ordered more soldiers on to the

carolyn malone, al jazeera. >>> let's hear now the head of the disaster and crisis management at thenational federation of the red cross and he joins us from geneva and sir thank you for being with us on al jazeera. international federation of the red cross has been in myanmar for a couple of days, tell us a little about what you found, what the situation is like there. >> indeed. the international federation maintains a presence in myanmar and work with the red crescent society responding to the floods since the middle of july when they first started to become a concern. what has changed in the last few days is that we have seen a steep increase in the flood affected areas as a result of the cyclone which was lingering off the coast and made landfall in bangladesh on the 31st of july and what we have seen like carolyn's report confirms is at least 200,000 people displaced by the flooding and critical humanitarian needs, food, clothing, shelter as a result of people having to move out of their homes into temporary accommodation. >> and how difficult has it been for you to get the aid

of its worst flooding in decades and many regions have been declared natural disaster zones, carolyn malonejazeera. >>> still on al jazeera and syrian refugees are about to get less food each month and we will tell you why. climate of change 18 months left in power and u.s. president unveils his plan to cut carbon emissions. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. again you are watching al jazeera and here is a reminder of the top stories, u.s. secretary of state meeting golf nations in ka that ar-john kerry trying to ease deals with iran and the conflicts in yemen and syria are also being discussed. heavy monsoon rain caused floods and mudslides in asia and southea

missing but in this crisis some people say they are not getting the government help they need carolyn malonejazeera. >>> more to come on al jazeera, debt, drought and now default. we will tell you about the problems plaguing puerto rico's economic. going green but dirty habits are proving hard to change. ♪ >> there's a lot of work to be done. >> they need to quite talking about what should be done and do it. >> there's clearly an issue and we have to focus on how we bridge that. >> a lot of innocent lives are still being lost. you are watching al jazeera and the top stories the corruption case against opposition leader julius has been thrown out of court. the judge said the charges took too long to be brought to court and accused of receiving $400,000 from road construction projects. anti-houthi fighters recaptured yemen's biggest military base from houthi rebels at least nine houthis killed at the operation in the southern province. the british government says improved security measures are having an effect on the migrant crisis in the channel in france and migrants made 1700 attempts to tr

carolyn malone, al jazeera. >>> police in brazil arrested the former president's chief of staff and wascustody as part of an investigation into corruption at the state oil company and he served in silva administration between 2003-2005. and reo trying to say the olympic game also be safe and they have been clearing criminals from shanty towns as brazilians call them. human rights campaigners say hundreds of young men have been killed in the cleanup as daniel reports. >> reporter: rio has promised 85,000 soldiers will be on duty to ensure safety and security for the olympic and para olympic games which begin in just over a year. they will be controlled from this nerve center which receives images at six points around the city and hundreds of police cars. >> translator: more than just plumbing or preventing situations we need to be ready for whatever happens and that is what we are doing here. >> reporter: the authorities have been employing what they call a pacification of the shanty towns and taking control of the drug gangs between last year's world cup and next year's olympic games an