emma hayward reports. >> in the back of the truck there was relief, women and children released by the cameroon yarian military. released in several places along the border between cameroon and nigeria. cameroon said a senior member of the group was killed during the two day operation which also left 100 fighters dead. >> translator: among the enemies neutralized we can count alage rvetion gana, led several attacks against our territory, large amounts of weapons and ammunition as well as propaganda material, such as jihadist flags. >> boko haram roughly translates as western education is forbidden. earlier this year, it allied itself with i.s.i.l. and has been operating beyond nigeria's borders. carrying out several cross-border attacks in cameroon over the past few months. >> it's not quite possible at the moment to put an exact estimate on the amount of fighters on the boko haram side now. but one thing we know for certain is that they obviously are lacking in manpower at the moment. in comparison to the numbers on the side of the more international joint task force. >> it is unclear

emma hayward has more in london. >> reporter: it is perhaps the toughest political decision, whether to vote for military action or not. no surprise then that the chamber was packed. mps waiting to hear the british prime minister's argument or the striking i.s.i.l. in syria. >> these terrorists are plotting to kill us and to radicalize our children right now. they attack us because of who bee are. not because of -- we are not because of what we do. >> com ron's refusal to apologize for branding terrorist sympathizers, fueled the fire inside westminster. >> it is untrue. >> this is a debate which has divided opinion inside and outside the house. no one here doubts the dangers posed by i.s.i.l. and something needs to be done but how to do it has caused eruptions within british politics. >> whether it is the absence of credible ground troops, the failure to engage the impact of the terrorist 30th or the civilian casualties, it is becoming increasingly clear that the prime minister's proposal for military action simply do not stack up. >> reporter: many in parliament wanted to know about

well, emma hayward is live at westminster.he debate has continued on, are we getting any sense of how it's going? the force of a couple more hours to go still? >> well, it has been a rowdy debate and a lively one. 157 mps apply to speak, and we are now more than halfway through the debate. we'll know the results in just a few hour's time. and mps being asked whether airstrikes should be extended to syria. the message very clear is the people inside the house, the mps inside the house are unified. but some say needs to be done to try to tackle isil. but there are divisions on how to do it. >> perhaps the toughest political decision. the chamber was packed. mps waiting to hear the british prime minister's argument for striking isil. >> these terrorists are plotting to kill us and radicalize our children right now. they attack us because of who we are not because of what we do. >> refusing to apologizing for branding terrorists. >> not only is that offensive, it is dangerous and it is untrue. >> this is a debate which has divided

emma hayward, al jazeera. >> now then, nepali government has decided to amend the new constitution.he decision comes after months of protest by a meantime community. they have been demanding a better representation and an amendment to the plan that divides their ancestral land. the demonstrations have led to a blockade at nepal's border with india. supplies and fuel and medicine have been in short supply. >>> india's supreme court has upheld the release of the youngest convict of a murder rape and murder. after widespread protest the government proposed changes to the law but the bill has yet to clear the upper house of parliament. we have more now from new delhi. >> a crowd of media and police are following the victims' mother of the 2012 gang rape attacks. now she has come here once again to protest and raise her voice when it comes to justice in the case of the youngest convict in the 2012 gang rape case. the supreme court threw out the youngest conviction saying the convict has served his maximum sentence. despite this there is anger on the streets of india. there is growing con

emma hayward, al jazeera. >> in the past hour, i spoke with political analyst in the capitol.told me the fate of sanaa would be determined by fighting on the ground rather than peace talks anywhere else. >> there is general panic in the past 48 hours. a lot of people trying to get out of the cities, go to the villages because is a different scenario in the capitol of sanaa. a lot of people tried to push a scenario similar to aden where there was local resistens backed by coalition forces. they managed to push the howe's out. in sanaa, it's going to be a different scenarios many residents are houthis. they enjoy a lot of popularity in the city so if you want to take a city from its own residents it's fog to be a bloodbath. residents realize that. this is why there is a lot of panic and amount of people trying to escape the city and go to the outskirts of the villages. >> so many people are trying to escape but as you say, you have a fairly sizeable number of houthis there in sanaii, itself. so this could be a very bloody battle. >> yes, it is when you take areas like the old ci

emma hayward, al jazeera, london. >> white house says iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi has welcomed additional help. secretary of state john kerry says the government was fully briefed on the plan. say no to more u.s. soldiers, some iraqis think a greater u.s. presence, 200 or so special operations troops will be followed by a much larger deployment. tom rogan joins us from washington, d.c, tonight, columnist from national review. tom good to see you. today was a reminder how much more colorful debates were in parliament than in coming. his argument that it was necessary to attack them before they attacked britain seemed to carry the vote with big numbers. >> good to be with you. there were lot of passionate talks on display in parliament. hilary ben senior member of the labor party, made ospeech outlining why he thought the government was right, and jeremy corbin leader of the lab-our appeared, against the strikes. why you saw approval for air strikes into syria today were the attacks in france and that perception that just across the channel, the english channel, there is a grave

emma hayward is live for us. very strongly held views in this debate so far. how has the debate been going? >> we're now seven hours in. more than halfway. 157 mps wanted to pose a question. so we're more than halfway, three hours to go until we know about the results. there has been a sense of unity in mps saying they want to battle isil for divisions on how they should do it. >> it is perhaps the toughest political decision whether to vote for military action or not. no surprise then that the chamber was packed. mps waiting to hear the british prime minister's argument in fighting isil. >> they'll attack us because of who we are, not because of what we do. >> cameron's refusal to apologize for branding opponents of military action terrorist sympathizers fueling the fire. >> not only is that offensive, it is dangerous and it is untrue. >> this is a debate which has divided opinion inside and outside of the house. no one here doubts the dangers posed by isil and that something needs to be done. but how to do it has caused disruptions within british politics. >

emma hayward reports. >> reporter: he may be in self impressed exile but seldom misses an opportunityiticize president putin. >> translator: no matter what the kremlin propaganda and p.r. wanted to show us, putin is no superman and he will surely not go down in history as a hero. >> reporter: on tuesday, russian police raided the offices of a pro-democracy movement founded and funded by mikhail. >> translator: when we all made a decision to work with organization and him we did understand our risks and that's why it's not become an unexpected event for us. especially taking in to consideration the fact that activists have opened russia were jailed and searched before. >> reporter: on wednesday came the international arrest warrant accusing mikhail of organizing a contract killing in the '90s. >> translator: due to the president of evidence of the accused mikhail's involvement in homicide and attempted homicide the investigation has did he side request his arrest in absentia and as you know the court had granted the petition. >> reporter: the kremlin's most outspoken critic and once ru

emma hayward now reports. >> reporter: after nearly nine months of conflict this is what a ceasefireyemen. fating on the streets of the besieged city of taiz. each side has accused the other of violating tuesday's truce. negotiated at united nations talks in splits lands the meeting there finished with no deal to end the war. only a agreement to meet again in january. >> translator: we have agreed on extending the ceasefire and i announce this on past of president hadi and the government of yemen. we have informed the united nations and we have informed the members of the alliance about the extension of the ceasefire, but this also depends on who hugy's committee abiding by the ceasefire. >> reporter: in recent days forces loyal to yemen's president hadi have been making gains against the rebels known as the houthis. mo government forces say they are advancing towards the capital sanaa. >> translator: we preached the city center and this is evidence the houthi have no popular support. >> reporter: hadi lost control of sanaa last september after the houthis who were backed by iran, ad

emma hayward, al jazeera. >> the new route to cuba and the united states is no longer through florida straits. now cubans are making their way through central america and mexico, but certain central americans are making that more difficult. many meticulous are stuck in costa rica when nicaragua closed the border. >> cuban migrants have found shelter in this house in the border town in costa rica. >> helped us so much taking us in, trusting us without nolg who we were. we are just trying to give back. we are like family now. >> reporter: almost 6,000 cubans have been stuck here since neighboring nicaragua shut down the border stopping them on their way to the u.s. she was moved by the harrowing story that's why she took them in. >> they were assaulted in colombia but they are lovely people and hard workers. >> shelters have popped up across the center with migrants anxiously waiting for a way out. central american countries have seen a spike in the number of cubans since the island renewed relations with the u.s. for weeks costa rica has failed to broker a safe passage for them, new tr

al jazeera's emma hayward now reports. >> in the back of a packed truck there was relief and desperatidesperation, exhaustion, too, when women and children were freed during an operation led by the cameroon military. now they are in need of food and water. in this group there were hostages held by boko haram along the border of cameroon and nigeria. two were killed in the operation, which also left 100 fighters dead. >> i don't think the enemies neutralized we can count the head of operations for boko haram, he led several attacks in our territory. large amounts of weapons and ammunition were confiscated during these operations. >> boko haram roughly translates as western education is forbidden. the campaign in northern nigeria has left thousands dead during the last six years. earlier this year it allied itself with isil and has been operating beyond nigeria's borders carrying several across-board attacks in cameroon over the past few months. >> it's not quite possible at the moment to put an exact estimate on the amount of fighters on the boko haram side now. but one thing we know fo

here is emma hayward. >> reporter: in the back of a packed truck there was relief and december per rationustion too. among women and children freed lead by an operation leaded by the cameroon military. this group was among 900 hostages who were being held by boko haram fighters in several different places. cameroon says a senior member of the group was killed during the two-day operation, which also left 100 fighters dead. >> among the enemies neutralized we can count the head of operations of boko haram in the area. he lead several attacks against our territory. large amounts of weapons and in addition, as well as propaganda material were confiscated during these operations. >> reporter: boko haram roughly translates as western education is forbidden. it's armed campaign in northern nigeria has left thousands dead during the last six years. earlier this year, itt allied itself with isil, and carried out several cross-border attacks in cameroon in the last few months. it's unclear whether any of the women and girls freed this week were some of the more than 200 kidnapped earlier this year

emma hayward reports. >> after nearly nine months of conflict, this is what a ceasefire looks like on the ground in yemen. fighting on the streets of the besieged city of taiz. each side has accused the other of violating tuesday's truce, negotiated in switzerland. the meeting ended with no end to the war, only an agreement to meet in january in ethiopia. >> we are far from a ceasefire. what happened is very, very worry for me. i am hopeful that we will achieve a ceasefire. >> in recent days, forces loyal to yemen's president hadi have been making gains against the houthis. pro-government forces say they're also advancing toward sanna. >> we entered the province from every direction and every side and we reached the city center. this is evidence the houthis have no popular support. >> hadi lost control of sanna last september, after the houthis backed by iran advanced on the port city of aden. yemen's neighbor, saudi arabia, formed a coalition to carry out airstrikes to target the group and its supporters. the cost of this war to ordinary yemenese already weary after years of conflict