the gcc issue is awful. -- over. i think it is history now. >> i have written positively about qatar essentially hosting groups that the united states often has trouble talking to like a taliban office, like the office of hamas and others because it is useful to go somewhere to be able to talk to the other side, but you have had a lot of criticism for supporting the muslim brotherhood and hamas and places like that from places like the president of egypt, from the saudi's, from the uae. so, how do you bring them over to understand that role? or are you not bringing them over? >> let me set the record straight for once and for ever. we do not support any groups. in egypt, we supported egypt since the 25th of january. if you follow what has happened in egypt with the egyptian people, we work with them since the 25th of january. we continued until the present leader of egypt supporting egypt. so we do not support a particular group. again, in palestine, hamas is an element. we support the palestinian people. what we are

yesterday the president received the gcc secretary general and six gcc ambassadors who expressed theirport. today the u.n. envoy to yemen arrived here. and had a couple of meetings with hadi and say they have agreed on major points. >>> still to come here on al jazeera. destruction in eastern ukraine. we're at donetsk airport where even identifying the dead is difficult >> and funerals are held for the victims of avalanches in this afghanistan. more than 200 people are reported dead. stay with us. >> a flawed investigation... >> do you feel that the police has been as fair? >> and a missing child. >> i hope that the person that has her just bring her home. >> now, "america tonight" investigates the search for relisha. tomorrow, 10:00 east ♪ >>> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. in iraq isil has reportedly secured a crucial bridge that connects the towns of baghdadi and haditha. iraqi troops have been trying to take baghdadi back from the group. the town is close to an air force base which was also attacked by a suicide bomber on thursday. >>> gulf co

i see this as a turning point for the middle east and for the gcc countries, and, you know egypt has a heck of a military and i think one of the things you do -- what you do is sit back support them where need be especially if we're going to eradicate isis. >> know question this would be welcomed very much by the united states and the western allies. it's been the line we've been hearing over and over we need our allies on the ground to do their part as well. this isn't just an american war against terror if you will. here's the question. who leads this? you've got really strong intelligence in jordan. you've got strong military force in turkey as cnn reese just sid, a strong military force in egypt. who leads the way here? >> well as colonel reese said the best military in this are the egyptians, large military, well did not minded they could go in the battlefield as they are in the sinai right now. if it was an international decision it will be the egyptian military. 9 gcc mass an iffy military but the jordanians are good. it's just a matter of uniting these forces together includi

they showed support, and they showed that the gcc is behind hadi and asked the yemenese to be behindm. some of them have followed their words are actions and at least saudi arabia has taken the decision to move its embassy here to aden. also the u.n. is joining. the u.n. envoy to yemen has arrived here today and has a meeting with president hady. after that meeting he gave us this statement. >> i discussed with the president the current situation. we discussed where the negotiations are heading. we discussed even the venue for the negotiations but the one thing we all agreed on is there can be no solution other than a peaceful negotiated solution. there is no other way, other than finding a peaceful solution through dialogue that involves all stakeholders in yemen. >> reporter: elsewhere in yemen, we see the rallies continuing in support of the president, and in rejection of the houthis. they have picked up in this terms of momentum. we have seen that in many cities and provinces in the country, and this hasn't been happening in the last few weeks, it began to happen like this only h

dollar has given to some change in gcc currencies.audi arabia sits in an incredibly comfort will. we have been a cumulative foreign currency reserves for years and they are now in a position. they're exiting saudi arabia the central bank can pay for that and still have $250 billion left. that means saudi arabia can do whatever it wishes with its currency. they will not be forced into action. it is the occasion of them in willing to make a change or not. their results on keeping the paid has been strong historically -- peg has been strong historically. the numbers are giving rise to expectations that there are moves in the foreign markets. >> thanks you for joining us. marios, there. >> we have mark carney speaking with the finance ministers and central bank governors for a two day summit. they will also be speaking with the brazilian central bank governor. he is saying there is no simple answer to a sustainable debt pass in greek. the u.k. private sector exposure to greek has been modest. >> quickly, 30 seconds each. >> i have chosen

we've worked very closely with the gcc. we've put in place different capabilities that strengthen their ability to deal with problems. we are working with the gcc as an entity. in fact, one of the things that we did in terms of arms, the supply of arms and weapons, they can be treated as an entity for the purpose of acquiring arms from the united states. so all of that will continue as long as the activities that iran is pursuing continues. let me just add two things without exaggerating. first of all, inherently, the biggest threat to stability in the region would be iran armed with a nuclear weapon. so to the extent the agreement takes that off the table, that is profoundly in the interests not only of the united states but also of countries in the region. second, i think that there are some elements in iran that are trying to approach their policies around the world in a somewhat more pragmatic fashion. not because they are necessarily good guys or like us, but because they see it as in iran's interests. to the extent th

we've worked very closely with the gcc. we've put in place different capabilities that strengthen their ability to deal with problems. we are working with the gcc as an entity. in fact, one of the things that we did in terms of arms, the supply of arms and weapons, they can be treated as an entity for the purpose of acquiring arms from the united states. so all of that will continue as long as the activities that iran is pursuing continues. let me just add two things without exaggerating. first of all, inherently, the biggest threat to stability in the region would be iran armed with a nuclear weapon. so to the extent the agreement takes that off the table, that is profoundly in the interests not only of the united states , but also of countries in the region. second, i think that there are some elements in iran that are trying to approach their policies around the world in a somewhat more pragmatic fashion. not because they are necessarily good guys or like us, but because they see it as in iran's interests. to the extent

are talks in yemen and in sanaa itself supporting hadi and there is also -- there are calls from the gcc today a statement that for the first time support from the outside the gcc has said that the yes ma'amis have toyes,yemenis have torally behind hadi. they have tried to force the government which last resigned to return to their posts most of them have refused. those who have refused have been threatened by the houthis to be taken to court and to be accused as traitors. that means the houthis are resorting to tough action, in a kind of reaction to what's happened. it is very, very clear that they are losing some of the momentum that they had before hadi's escape to aden. >> mohamed, many thanks, mohamed val lirvetionl in aden. >>> more than 100,000 employees of the department of homeland security will be cut unless the congress funds the agency. allen fisher, give us some background. >> remember that barack obama took some executive action to impose what he said was a halt to the end of the deportation of some people in the country illegally. now just so happens the department of hoam

gcc countries?ppening here? >>deuce overestimate the role? -- do we overestimate the role? >> this is the normal economy growth roughly double. obviously, that is because of the gradual decline in the price of oil, but also because there is the real difference in growth in those economies which is now coming out of the nonoil sectors, and that is part of the diversification drive. it is a good thing. now, would this be sustainable if prices continue to hover around $48, the $50 price range? it would be difficult, because it is a virtual circle created in those economies by oil. they are not yet on their own two feet with respect to a nonoil economy. >> saudi arabia as a new king, of course, florence, and many thought that the arrangements for the succession -- they are calling it the succession question -- had been resolved when he died, but now there are some doubts. what is going on with the succession question? >> i do not think there are doubts. i think there are questions about how rapidly the

the gcc, the gulf council countries, they already have a force called peninsula shield 40,000 folks. so strategically it's a great idea and it's great for us in the u.s. to get the arab forces out in front. however tactically is whether you start to run into problems and commanding and controlling. a few years ago the u.s. helped bolster the command and control by setting up a joint command headquarters to help the aspects which egypt is not part of. again what i like to see is at least we're talking about it and maybe we can help get some mo men full to make this an arab fight. >> the gcc, gulf cooperation council, including the uae in saudi arabia other countries in that area. what do you think, bob baer? is this possible to form this kind of coalition that the president is talking about? >> well, wolf, it's an uphill road. i think we've advanced since 1967 but remember that's the joint last arab force and they got whipped by the israelis in 60 days. in '73 you have syria and egypt fighting on the same sides. same effect. i've never seen the arabs cooperate especially in an offensi

favor of that and its causing alarm and concern, that's why we've seen these strong words from the gcc. the question is not only how much iran supports the houthies. but how much the allies are willing to get involved. they have been at odds with saudi arabia because of the muslim brotherhood or the socialist party that aren't as let's say instrumental in yemeni politics as they once were. they lack a lot of solid support from gulf copies. unless they're given equal support, it's difficult to see how some sort of rebalance can occur in the political system. >> we'll take you live now to yemen. in fact, the houthi heart lapped in the north of the country where the houthi leader is making a televised address on yemeni television. let listen to what he has to say. >> at this historiccal moment, where our revolting yemeni people have taken a gypped step forward in their march towards freedom, dignity and dependence dependence and to break the shackles of injust and corruption. at this defining moment of our history with congratulate the yemeni people for their defiance and sense of respons

this is going to cause a lot of alarm with gcc countries particularly saudi arabia, but yemen has to host some of this blame arab spring essentially he and his people were allies with the houthis qatar bahrain and others who have been at odds with iran or not so comfortable with them, hear statements with what's taking place. >> all right jamal speemg to speaks speaking to us from aden. >> angela merkel and francois hollande riefned arrived in russia to have a ultimate with vladimir putin. rory challenge has the outcome. >> five hours of discussions between angela merkel, francois hollande and vladimir putin. all we know what went on in that room is contained in as tight-lipped a statement, what happens next is a document which takes in all of the suggestions and that will be forwarded on to the different parties in this conflict. the negotiations themselves will be picked up again on sunday. in a phone call that is going to be conducted in the normandy format. that means it will involve all the people who are here in moscow this afternoon and it will also include petro poroshenko th

have seen thousands moving going out in the streets and having--showing posters with his picture, the gcc has announced it's support foragedcy and asked for legitimacy. and they're making some effort, some success to move the base of power to where it is now in aden aden. >> many thanks, indeed. live from aden. al jazeera has obtain what had appears to be the recording of a meeting with about cracking down on protesters. ibrahim said there will will never be another revolution without the backing of the police. he has discussed ways of shooting protesters without turning them into martyrs. al jazeera senior analysts has listened to that audio recording. he's with me live in the studio. what do you make of it? >> they're quite confident comfortable, and also complicit in what is going none egypt nowadays. there is a sense that in a certain order certain chaos and they've been telling the story about the sniper speaking comically about the police and interior services. all in all they're in it for the long hall. they know that there are measures they could take. they're saying that more and

we have to address this one through all the security council and gcc initiatives. >> sunday saw another day of anti-group protests across the country. the largest of them by far was in tais, where thousands took to the street. people in the south and east say they will continue to protest until the government being proposed by the coup leaders is toppled. >> forensic investigators of aferght, has been working to identify what is believed to be the students' remains. but they say they found nsa samples matching other people unrelated to the case. the students have been missing since the 26th of september. >>> an ecuadorian vessel ran ground in january and leaked more than 160,000 gallons of oil. the island is famous for giant or thetortoises and rare species of birds and other animals. spoke to us about the cleanup efforts. >> this is a timeless place that serves the welfare of the entire earth community. these islands belong to all humanity. the galapagos marine reserve is one of the largest protected areas in the world a unesco world heritage site, it's been an ecuador national park si

and clearly a lot of naval gazing to the gcc about the next step. you ask a good question that at this point i don't think there's an answer. >> no. it will be interesting to see if this is perhaps a turning point as you mentioned. king abdul willa back in jordan -- abdullah back in jordan in three years. presumably the people will hear from their king and perhaps hear more on what sort of response is to come next. becky anderson live from abu dhabi. many thank as always. >>> at least 12 people dead after a transasia airways plane crashed into the river. we can show this -- absolutely stunning dashcam video which shows apparently the plane slamming into the bridge before it hit the water thm happened shortly after takeoff in taipei. keep in mind as you watch that some 58 people were on board. most passenger are accounted for, but dozens at this hour are still missing. incredible to see that. >> unbelievable. and aviation officials say the plane hit a bridge before crashing into the river and also flattened a taxi. that rescue operation still underwa

a week, he was able to muster the support of some interesting powers such as the gulf countries the gcce since their secretary general here on wednesday. they u.p.s. proked more support, whom they considered the president of the country the same came from the u.n., the u.n. has sent the special envoy, to aid and he met with the president. a number of issues. for yemen. the houthies understandably are not happy the leader of the american houthis gave them an address this evening. he also accused saudi arabia, and yemen as one of subjugation. >> the crisis in on ukraine now, and both pro russian separatists and ukrainian forces appear to be showing signs of retreat. >> out of the city while troops have also been spotted on the move the developments come a day after a fragville cease fire earlier this month. appear to finally be taken hold. >> at the airport which is come under heavy shelling in recent months. paul brennen has our report which contains images that some viewers may find distressing. the battlefields are bleak and killing places. the druggive path leave as stark impression.

in this regard, we have been consulting and coordinations closely with the gcc and other internationaltners. >> all right. so what we were just listening to was -- that's the u.n. special advisor on yemen. and he was briefing the u.n. security council effectively on the situation in yemen. one of the most important things he said is that yemen is at a cross roads. it can either descend into civil war or the country and the political leaders need to find a way to put the transition back on track. crossing over to new york and bringing in kristen saloomey. kristen, listening in to what he has been saying as well as the u.n. security council listening intently and general -- the secretary general ban ki-moon himself has made some comments. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well he painted a very grim picture of the situation in yemen. he's just back from a trip to the region where we consulted with many countries who are very concerned about the instability in yemen. he described the country as being on the brink of collapse. we're also hearing about the efforts to bring all of the pa

be loyal to the former president or houthis and support from the outside world from the powers that gcced support and asked them to rally behind them and those are positive signs for him and we also understand some of the diplomatic nations may be thinking of shifting to aiden and that is more signs as i said of hadi probably being successful in his efforts to make a fresh start from yemen and aiden. >> reporter: president of indonesia says execution of 11 drug traffickers will not be delayed and the comments coincide with an indonesia charges rejection of an appeal by two australians against their execution. and also warned foreign countries not to interfere with indonesia capitol punishment laws. district in sierra leone capitol free town is in lock down after new cases of ebola emerge. the national ebola response center says the neighborhood will be under quarantine for 21 days and 6 cases discovered there last week sierra leone has been hit hard by the outbreak, more than 10,000 cases have been reported in the country. now buying a car in nigeria is a lot more expensive and governme

yesterday he received the gcc secretary general and six ambassadors who expressed their support.ay the u.n. envoy arrived higher and had a couple of meetings with the president. and he said they have agreed on major points and on the continuation of dialogue in search for solutions in yemen. >>> one person was killed and five others wounded when five bombs exploded in cairo on thursday. a bomb exploded killing one and wounding two. three policemen were wounded when another device went off near a police station. two more bombs were found outside of offices in a cairo neighborhood. the bombs left no injuries although the shops were damaged. >>> a taliban, suicide attack in the afghan capitol has killed at least two people. another was injured. police say the attacker targeted a vehicle from the kurdish embassy in kabul. it's the first attack on a turkish target in the afghan capitol. >>> funerals are being held after at least 190 people died in an avalanche in afghanistan. >> reporter: one by one bodies are being pulled out of deep snow. the number of people killed in dozens of ava

we forked very closely with the gcc. we've put in place different capabilities that strengthen their ability to deal with problems. we are working with the gcc as an entity. in fact, one of the things that we did in terms of arms, the supply of arms and weapons, they can be treated as an entity for the purpose of acquiring arms from the united states. so all of that will continue as long as the activities that iran is pursuing continues. let me just add two things without exaggerating. first of all, inherently, the biggest threat to stability in the region would be iran armed with a nuclear weapon. so to the extent the agreement takes that off the table, that is profoundly in the interests not only of the united states but also of countries in the region. second i think that there are some elements in iran that are trying to approach their policies around the world in a somewhat more pragmatic fashion. not because they are necessarily good guys or like us, but because they see it as in iran's interests. to the extent tha

brokered peace talks as well as the gulf cooperation council talks the gcc talks as well. so those are really three key points that come out of the emergency meeting. >> gabriel elizondo at the u.n. pressing for military force against the houthis illegal seizure of power. the most dangerous branch of al qaeda based in yemen could use terror as their weapon. >> more than a week to power protests again them continue across the country. the houthis may be in control of the capital sanaa but there are many places that remain out of their reach. among them aden, where political leaders met to discuss the takeover. together with parliamentarians and dproafns agreed to a 16 point plan which affairs of the areas which are not under the houthis' control. welcoming calls by the gulf cooperation council for u.n. to allow for military are intervention and sanctions against the coup leaders and change yemen's capital from sanaa to the gulf city of aden. evenaden. protests on sunday against politicians. they say they don't want the problems of the north brought here. they're not interes

the gcc is happy for his excellency's escape. >> some yemenis fear that hadi's move to aden could move a broader shift of power from the capitol to the south and that could lead to more instability. >> this is aden, yemen's de facto capitol. the houthi militia made the call a few weeks ago and put him under house arrest. but he managed to escape. now he's trying to rule from aiden. but the reaction of people here may surprise many. >> we want opinions. >> people we talk to express apprehension and mistrust. >> there is zero trust between the north and the south. the southerners were the first to demand unity. they contributed 70% of the country's territory and 80% of the country's resources. but they've received nothing in return. hadi is a southerner, but he does not speak for the causes of the south. if he do so and he addresses our problems, then we'll support him. >> there is an air of peace and calm in aden. people here hope for a better future and a return to what they perceive to be a better path. people here tell us that the south was let down, forgotten and exploit: despite th

mike: what that said to me was gcc ground troops in yemen.he fight is being played out between iran and the gulf arab states. i think they are prepared to put troops into yemen to fight that fight. i think they should also be prepared to put troops into iraq to fight that fight as well. charlie: and you think they will? are they closer to it than before? mike: yes, and i think we should be encouraging them. charlie: because they are on the front line of that. mike: they understand that better than anybody. back to iran. charlie: iran today has great influence in iraq, has great influence in syria, has great influence in lebanon. mike: and yemen. charlie: huge influence. the most powerful influence in those countries from an outside source. mike: yes. that is part of the struggle that is going on. absolutely. let me just go back through the things that bother us about what the iranians are doing. their desire to be the most powerful country in the middle east, not in our interest. it is iranian policy. it is iranian policy for israel to know l

the gcc leaders are happy for his excellency's escape. >> life out of aden, mohammed, what is the latest? >> we see a growing number in size. saa september. as a result of what has happened here the last few days. they gave protest to the outies. the outies have used live ammunition and cut down before on protests. the houthis are trying to really control the army. yesterday we have seen they have taken one of the most strategic. after several hours of fighting they were able to control the and this is happening at the same time when hadi is trying to create a new party for himself in the south and the support is not very obvious as you can see in the following report. >> this is aden, the de facto capitol since president hadi arrived here. he was under house arrest for several weeks in sanaa. now he's trying to rule from ha fromaden. >> they're shouting, no, no aden is the capitol only of the south. we want independence. >> it is not a secret that there is a long history people we talk to express apprehension and mistrust. >> there is zero trust between the north and the south. the sout

milestone by receiving the first visitor from outside of the country the secretary general from the gcc the gulf corporation council. he said he discussed with him the ways iny yemen in which yemen can prevent the base of terrorism. >> we look at the army's offensive against boko haram. >>> the boss bosses of the world's largest bank apologize for tax-dodging scandal. >>> and fifa refuse to compensate leagues needs 37 we'll hear from its secretary general. >> but first in the democratic republic of congo the government has launch admit assault against rebel forces. it's taking on a group called the democratic forces of the liberation of rwanda commonly referred to as the fdlr. and the armies are acting without help from the u.n. mission there. what is the fdlr? it's members include hutus two took part in the 1994 genocide. there are areas around a lake which has huge natural gas reserves. fighters have been accused of human rights abuses of murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers. >> many people have been doubting whether the congolese government and other countries involved actually

entourage and last week he musted support of interesting regional powers such as the gulf countries, the gccas sent their secretary-general here on wednesday, met with hadi and showed support and promised more support for hadi whom they considered the legitimate president of the country, the same came from the u.n. the u.n. sent a special envoy to omar to aiden here and met with president hadi and agreed on a number of issues including the resumption of the diplomatic efforts and political efforts to find a solution for yemen. the houthis understandably are not happy with these developments. their leader houthi gave a televised address this evening and attacked the brotherhood party accusing it being behind resent developments and accused saudi arabia the closest neighbor to yemen describing the relationship between saudi arabia and yemen throughout history of one of subrogation. >> translator: regional and international forces want to implement the libyan example in yemen and want to create division and a separate government in yemen but this will not work. the saudis and americans are supp

that they were encouraged by the statements of the gulf corporation council and the efforts that the gcc is making through the united nations to put pressure, international pressure on the houthis including the possibility to call for international military intervention and sanctions. that was the main point of the statement, but the statement called for the release of political prisoners and other things like that. >> as we know and said, southern separatists were opposed to this meeting in aden. you also have the houthis who were firmly in control of not just sanna the capitol of yemen, but other areas in the country, as well, so how likely is it that this anti-coup strategy that these people have come up with is going to work at all. >> i think really, it depends on two things. on the ground, they are out muscled in terms of the weaponry that the houthis have, because large parts of the yemeni have colluded with or are under the control of the houthis. it depends whether the international community will support this strategy, so if they manage to get some sort of recognition or acknow

i'll be attending a gcc meeting this friday. i think it's friday in london. and we will7tt be discussing all of this with our friends. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. secretary, based on some recent press reports which i have found on more than one occasion on this issue seems to have more meat than not i often learn more about it through them, i want to share my deep concerns about where we appear to be headed in our negotiations with iran, if those reports are true. the essence that i gleaned from reading various of them is that one variation being discussed with the a irans would place a ten-year regime of strict controls on iran's uranium enrichment, but if iran complied, the restrictions would be gradually lifted over the final five years. the core idea would be to reward iran for good behavior over the last years of any agreement gradually lifting constraints on both uranium enrichment and easing more economic sanctions, which in essence in my mind doesn't make it a ten-year deal. really makes it a five-year deal if you're going to ease up on the ability

i'll be attending a gcc meeting this friday. i think it's friday in london. and we will be discussing all of this with our friends. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, based on some recent press reports, which i have found on more than one occasionon this issue seems to have more meat than not, i often learn more about it through them, i want to share my deep concerns about where we appear to be headed in our negotiations with iran, if those reports are true. the essence that i gleaned from reading various of them is that one variation being discussed with the a irans would place a ten-year regime of strict controls on iran's uranium enrichment, but if iran complied, the restrictions would be gradually lifted over the final five years. the core idea would be to reward iran for good behavior over the last years of any agreement, gradually lifting constraints on both uranium enrichment and easing more economic sanctions which in essence in my mind doesn't make it a ten-year deal. really makes it a five-year deal if you're going to ease up on the ability

say that this was a video likely aimed primarily at the arab population in jordan and indeed these gcc allies who play a crucial part in this u.s.-led coalition. this is another brutal act by isis. this time really striking at the heart of jordanian society. citizens had rallied around moath al kasasbeh's cause. he was the first active member of this u.s.-led coalition fighting against isis to be captured by the militant group. he came from a very important tribe in jordan. it seems by killing him, especially in what is this brutal group, isis wants to put pressure on the jordanian government and other governments around here and make it more difficult to remain in this coalition, targeting the group. but remember jordan is a very tribal society. and king abdullah needs the support of those tribes such as the one that the lieutenant came from. a tribe that forms the backbone of the security forces. he needs them to continue this fight against isis. that is absolutely crucial when we look at the nuance of what is going on here. that strategy seems to have backfired on isis seeing their

through all the security council and gcc initiatives. >> at least 40 people have died in egypt aftersupporters of a soccer team clashed with police during a game. the egyptian government has indefinitely suspended the egyptian premier league in response. nigeria has postponed this week's presidential election until late march amidst a wave of violence from the militant group boko haram. the chair of nigeria's independent national electoral commission said security concerns prompted the move. >> this is limited not just to the areas in northeast parts of nigeria [indiscernible] calling people to exercise the democratic rights in the situation [indiscernible] >> nigerian president goodluck jonathan faces a tight race against former military ruler muhammadu buhari of the all progressives congress. the delay could stoke unrest in opposition strongholds. in the capital abuja, dozens of protesters rallied against the postponement. >> i am very, very angry. i'm not even angry at the government alone [indiscernible] the impunity, doing nothing, but expecting to be a change. where are we? >>

the gulf counsel or gcc has also con testimonied the take over calling it a coup that cannot be acceptedn. an say who has been work to go find a revolution is said he was disappointed with the moved. he said in a statement that he deeply regrets the ube unilateral statement by the houthis and calls by for all parties to find a way forward through dialogue and consensus. the coup by the shia houthi group is being watched carefully by other countries in the middle east spheurpbls saudi arabia and it's a he sunni leaders. a senior columnist for the saudi gazette. he blames iran for the coup. >> we have to look first who is behind the houthis. iran is behind the houthis. they are behind hezbollah and the shia ma militias in iraq and syria. and that's what worries us, because iran trying to surround us with their agents. they are trying to fried en us in to going down this and accepting their turns. >>> al jazerra gin assists have now spent 406 days behind bars in egypt. this along with our colleague peter guest were were accused of reporting false news and supporting the outlawed muslim brot

isis but also the other members of the coalition, not least the uae, saudi, for example, and other gcc members. if the group thinks that this latest evil will cause the regional players to crack in the short term in their support, i think their actions have seemingly backfired. let's start with jordan who have vowed "punishment and reverchl" for his death, the death of the pilot. the king describing isis as a deviant criminal group. as we've been reporting, the government has already executed the would-be suicide bomber held on death row for nearly a decade now, that isis had tried to get freed recently. so no backing down there. and take a look at one of the message from the region. the uae's foreign minister here saying this heinous and obscene act represents a brutal escalation by the terrorist group. he says it is the defining moment. hold that thought from she canikh abdullah for a moment. this from the former prime minister "denunciation and condemnation are no longer enough to respond to the terrible terrorist crimes." so what is it that he's alluding to when he says more needs

special envoy to yemen he stated that the gcc deal which had a time limit of two years is only end inging. that's what brought us here. what are the mistakes that the international community committed in yemen they wanted to keep a key ally because they were able to combat terrorism on the ground. and, of course, they didn't extend an official process. and then they also had no plan "b." so in yemen they had the national dialogue conference and that was the only kind of tribal negotiations or on the ground work didn't take place. everything was interested in the u.n.'s hands and everything poured in that direction. that's a very big mistake. the realities on the ground were very separate from what was taken on from behind closed doors in a very elite hotel. so looking at yemen, what now, what can we do? first of all what's happening now, the u.s., uk france and a bunch of other governments decided to shut down their diplomatic missions on the ground and pull them out. saudi is very upset there's a shia mission in their borders. it would also probably strengthen al qaeda and the arabian pe

to be built, new relationships that have to be formed, new institutions in the gulf, for example -- gcc does not have an institution like nato. they never will as an institution like nato, but there has to be more of a common defense capability developed in the gulf area. we are building relationships -- we talk about the pivot to asia, and i think most people would agree that use of pivot was ill-informed, i think, because it suggested we are shifting our focus to asia, where we had been since world war ii. what we are doing is building relationships, strengthening them with australia, a democracy -- with singapore, with the philippines, with japan, with south korea, with india -- so, we are building these relationships to say that we want to promote the rule of law, so we are investing, economically, politically, militarily. we will have to see how that works in relationship to our relations with china. china sees that effort as trying to contain them, and the truth of the matter is we cannot contain china. it is too big, too strong. it is not our goal to try and contain china, but ra