supporters of ali abdullah saleh were delayed in djibouti. the gathering is a crucial opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> today yemen's very existence hangs in the balance. why parties are bik -- while parties are bickering yemen burns. the parties who have responsibility to end the fighting and begin a real process of peace and reconciliation. >> reporter: exphoobimeub called forcomeub called for aban ki-moon called for a be two week truce to allow the humanitarian be be organizations access. >> reporter: meaningful talks will start when the houthis arrive in geneva. for now neither the houthis nor the government seem to be willing to make concessions. >> we are not happy with this burden of taking the security matters in our hand. who is going to fill in this vacuum? this states of institutions, police and army are not able even to protect themselves. >> reporter: fighting continues across yemen. in the city of ta'izz, forces loyal to president hadi said they willpower a houthi offensive. yemen's facebook and key intern

they have been delayed in be djibouti. >> reporter: the united nations secretary-general was hoping to meet all sides of the yemen's beyemen's conflict. houthis missed, their plane was refused permission to fly to switzerland. an opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> today yemen's very existence hangs in the balance. why parties bicker, yemen burns. the responsibility to end the fighting and begin the real process of peace and reconciliation. >> ban ki-moon called for two week truce. the saudi arabia delegation blamed the houthis for the continued fighting. >> withdraw from all the be unless they stop all fighting on the ground. unless they release hostages, prisoners. >> reporter: meaningful talks will start when the houthis arrive in geneva. for now neither the houthis nor the government seeming to win to make concessions. >> translator: we are not happy with this version of taking the security matters in our hands. who is going to fill in this vacuum this state institution police and army are not able even to protect themselves. >> reporter: fighting continues acr

they were stuck in djibouti. for ban ki-moon it's an important meeting. >> while parties bik are yemen burns. the parties have a responsibility to end the fighting and begin the ream process of peace and reconciliation. >> ban ki-moon called for a two week truce to allow aid deliveries to the needy. the chairman of the yemeni government delegation, blamed the houthis for the continued fighting. >> there will be no ceasefire or pose unless houthis withdraw from all the area unless they stop all fighting on the ground unless they release all hostages prisoners. >> meaningful talks will start when the houthis arrive in good geneva. now, neither the houthis nor the government seem to be willing to make concessions. >> translator: we are not happy of this version of taking the security matters in our hands. who is going to fill in this vacuum this state institution police and army are not able even to froak protect themselves. >> fighting continues across yemen. in the city of ta'izz, forces loyal to president hadi sa

that didn't happen because all factions were stranded in djibouti. they missed the first day of the talks, because the egyptian government refused permission for their plane to fly over to switzerland. for ban ki-moon the gathering is an opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> yemen's existence hangs in the balance. yemen bonds. the parties have a responsibility to end the fighting and begin the process of peace and reconciliation. >> ban ki-moon called for a 2-week truce to allow aid delivers to the needy. the chairman of the yemeni government delegation blamed the houthis for the continuing fighting. >> there'll be no ceasefire unless houthis withdraw from all, and stop all fighting on the ground. unless they release all hostages prisoners. >> reporter: meaningful talks will start when the houthis arrive in geneva. for now, neither the houthis nor the government are willing to make concessions. >> we are not happy with this version of taking the security matters in our hands. who will fill in this vacuum this state institution, pol

because the houthis and allies of former president ali abdullah saleh were stranded in djibouti. they missed the first day of the talks in geneva because the egyptian government refused permission for their plane to fly over to switzerland. for ban ki-moon the gathering is a crucial opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> today yemen's very existence hangs in the balance. while parties bicker, yemen burns. the parties have a responsibility to end the fighting, and begin a real process of peace and reconciliation. >> reporter: ban ki-moon called or the a two week truce to allow for delivery of aid to the needy. >> unless they are stopped all fighting on the ground. unless they release all hostages prisoners. >> meaningful talks will start when the houthis arrive in geneva. for now neither the houthis nor the government seem to be willing to make concessions. >> we are not happy with this burden of taking the security matters in our hands. who is going to fill in this vacuum? this state institution police and army are not able even to protection themselves. -- to p

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they have some issues earlier today in djibouti when they were not given clearance to take off from djibouti to switzerland but united nations sources tell us they expect the houthi delegation to arrive later today and to start talks with the u.n. envoy tomorrow. the u.n. envoy is talking to members of the yemeni government about how to move forward. basically, the international community and the u.n. are hoping to see some progress. they would like to reach an agreement on a ceasefire to be implemented across yemen. if that hams, they will be confident to start talks about security arrangement and houthis pulling out from the areas they control in sanna in taiz, in abaleh and aden. they will have international monitors on the ground to assure houthis are pulling out from those areas. if that next phase is implemented, they say they would have built more momentum for serious talks about a broad political settlement of the crisis in yemen whether houthis, people loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh and current government agree on a transition period that ends with new elections and a

they eruptry are stuck in djibouti because egyptian authorities will not allow them to fly across itsountry air space. it had not received a request regarding the plane. >>> 20 people have been killed in a series of blasts in chad. witnesses say suicide-bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attack two buildings in the capital. one of the bombs went off at the police academy. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. at least eight people have been killed in two separate ex-complexes. one of the blasts was outside of an office. the other outside of a bar in the yorbi state. it's unclear who is behind the attack. the armed group boko haram has been behind attacks in the area. well a rift is growing between australia and indonesia with claims that australia bribed people smugglers to take migrants back to indonesia. the australian prime minister won't confirm if the payment took place but opposition is requiring an answer to the inquiry. >> did smuggleers received pavement to take migrants back to indonesia. prime minister abbott was asked to confirm. he refused. >> we have be

members chad, djibouti and the democratic republican of congress have allowed him to visit. >> we are live in johannesburg. what's the status at the moment? what's going to happen to him? >> we are still waiting to hear from the high court in regard to a ruling about the application put forward by civil society organizations as well as human rights watch. they of course want president omar bashir to be arrested in africa for crimes against humanity as well as again site. at the african union, we are awaiting the decision of the african heads of state as the opening ceremony, which is in open session. once that's completed that hasn't really been delayed due to several hours. once that happens, we are looking at the members here withdrawing to a closed door session to discuss conditions like the i.c.c. >> i was going to ask you about the response. we know that may be of the african union members of not keen to hand him over or any south african leader. >> they are of course are not keen. the mandate of the african union indicates that no sitting heads of state from the continent will b

the rebel houthis missed the first day, representatives strapped at djibouti because the plane carrying them didn't get clearance to take off. we have this report from geneva. >> the united nations secretary-general was hoping to meet all factions in the law. that didn't happen the houthis and allies of the former president were stranded. they missed the first day of the talks in geneva. the egyptian government refused permission for their plane to fly over to switzerland. for ban ki-moon, it is an opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> yemen's existence hangs in the balance. while parties bicker yemen burns. the parties have a responsibility to end the fighting and begin a process of peace and reconciliation. >> ban ki-moon called for a 2-week truce to allow aid delivers to the needy. the chairman blamed the houthis for fighting. >> there'll be no ceasefire or pause unless houthis withdraw from all, unless they stop all fighting on the ground. unless they release all hostages, prisoners. >> meaningful talks start when the houthis arrive in geneva. for now, neither the

. >> they had been delayed in djibouti. the u.n.retary general opened the talks on monday calling for an immediate ceasefire, our correspondent is live for us now in geneva let's cross to him. now, we have several opposing sides here that are coming together in geneva. will all of the parties meet face-to-face? >> reporter: the chances for both parties to meet face-to-face are slim because of the huge political divisions between them, but we do understand that the united nations are meeting later today with representatives of the houthi delegation which arrived today to geneva. and basically they'll try to tackle the biggest issue which is basically come to an agreement on a ceasefire to be implemented in the coming days that would pave the way for the international aid to flow in to generally. >> explain to us then, we know this is not a peace summit. it's talks to try to implement some sort of ceasefire, what would be the basis for the ceasefire. >> reporter: well, basically this is the problem that you have for the time being. th

they had briefly been delayed in djibouti. the u.n.ry general opened the talks on monday call for an immediate ceasefire, more now from geneva. >> reporter: the united nations envoy is going to have separate talks with the houthi and members of the yemeni government. we are not expecting them to have face-to-face talks because of the huge political divide. but we do understand that the united nations is willing to have a ceasefire implement ed in the coming days so that they can get aid in to yemen. then there was talk about the security arrangement and see whether the houthis will pull out not area for the international community to have mop tours on the ground. now the third phase of this whole process would be basically it start talks about how to move forward. whether all of the parties in yemen are willing to form a national unity government, draft a new constitution and shape the -- and agree on the shape of the federal state. >>> the u.n. envoy to syria is in damascus for the talks with the syrian government. now, his spokesman

brokered talks to end the war in yemen and delayed in djibouti and opened the talks on monday calling immediate ceasefire. and we are in geneva and he sends us this. >> reporter: the u.n. envoy is going to have separate talks with the houthis and members of the yemeni government and not expecting them to have face-to-face talks because of the huge political divide but we do understand the united nations is willing to have both parties agree on some sort of a ceasefire to be implemented in the coming days so that international aid can flow into yemen. then they will start talk about the secureity arrangement and see if houthis will pull out of the area for the international community to have monitors on the ground. the third phase of this whole process would be basically to start talks about how to move forward, whether all the parties in yemen are willing to form a national unity government draft a new constitution and shape and agree on the shape of the state. >>> u.n. envoy to talk to staffan de mistura and spokesman says he will tell senior officials of use of what are called barre

it was a 13 hour trip to djibouti where they then took a plane to qatar. >> it was difficult.were the only team in the world to take this gamble by boat and in difficult conditions. but banks to god we managed to leave yemen and we're now outside of yemen in the best possibly picture. >> they're now ranked 168th in the world. >> we suffer from the war that is currently going on. we suffer from it a lot. playing in your own land in front of your own supporters gives you motivation to progress further. the we can only keep our head up and we through god's help we can play in yemen again. >> rather than boats they plan to return home by plane they're not sure if they'll meet again before the qualifiers in september. >> there are 100 days to go. 20 years after the sport went professional players are stronger and faster than ever before but there answered questions in france whether illegal means had been used. we have reports from paris. >> getting their hands on the rugby world cup. whatever level its played, few sports need such a range of physical attributes from power in the s

because the houthis and allies of former president ali abdullah saleh were in djibouti. the egyptian government refused for their plane to fly over to switzerland. for ban ki-moon the gather something a crucial opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> today yemen's very existence hangs in the balance while parties have responsibility to end the fighting and begin a real process of peace and reconciliation. >> ban ki-moon called for a two-week truce to allow aid deliveries to the needy. the chairman of the yemeni government delegation blamed the houthis for the continuing fighting. >> there will be no cease-fire or aid delivery on the ground. >> talks begin with houthies arrive in geneva. for now neither the houthies nor the government seem to be willing to make concessions. fighting continues across yemen. in the city of taiz forces loyal to president hadi said that they repelled a houthi offensive. the united nations fears all out civil war talks will collapse. they do inwhile they do in the have a talks talks, but all agree that it should end. >> in sou

marine stationed in djibouti to going in to special forces and dana priest "washington post" in 2010 ran a story saying the cia knew along along -- all along the darwish was there me kill them because they primary target was a career he. i think we do need to go back and look at that but the other thing and this is utterly fascinating. there was a the seventh person in the vehicle that day who survived and he was put on trial and a yemen court. it was a military court and he was found not guilty of terrorism charges. we are actually keeping individuals on the battlefield without due process, and we are not challenging them and we are not indicting. they're not going through the criminal justice system. we always assume their guilt. i do understand the arguments that this is war and not policing but then there was a time before targeted assassination before drone strikes will be had terrorism, what did we do? again in the book i talk about the fbi was rolling up al qaeda in yemen in 2002. they were never informed that the cia was at that strike and an pakistan al qaeda have been destr

, sustain and reinforce our ongoing and vital sciewrpt partnership with djibouti, a nation sandwiched between somalia and yemen countries in chaos and facing threats from islamic terrorism. that is one example of how the state partnership program helps leverage resources of our national guard. the program has had to be reauthorized every two years so i'm happy this year both the house and senate recognized its value and decided to work together to reauthorize it in their respective national defense authorization act. however, there are a few changes that we can make that would add to making the s.p.p. more transparent, more efficient and more effective and that's what my amendment would do. first, it would allow the secretary of defense to consolidate the various funding streams for the s.p.p. which right now comes from over a half dozen different accounts scattered across d.o.d. which makes it more difficult to provide meaningful congressional oversight. this amendment would allow the defense secretary to combine these funding sources into one national guard fund to pay for personnel