the government renewing its efforts to stay and help develop the region, kim vinnell reports from erbilorter: with the governor in town exhibit tours at the international oil and gas fair put their best feet forward. it's a chance to network. and take stock of what has been a rocky few months. there is the fight against isil, plummeting oil prices and an ongoing budget dispute between erbil and baghdad. but kurdish authorities wants to make clear northern iraq and it's oil fields are open for business. >> there is agreement in baghdad and also development monthly because the capacity of the region for exporting the oil will be increasing. >> reporter: but in reality things aren't running quite so smoothly. in december, erbil agreed to produce 550,000-barrels of oil a day. in order to receive its lotted share of the national budget from baghdad about a billion dollars a month. but the kurdistan regional government is falling slightly short on its oil promises. the regional government says it's not yet meeting its oil. [ inaudible ] because of technical problems and pipeline capacity prob

kim vinnell, al jazerra erbil. >>> lots more still to come on al jazerra.se female activists detained by the government for a month speaks to al jazerra. >>> and we find out the true worth of one of the world's greatest resources. stay with us. >> fall of saigon, forty years later. >> we have no idea how many were killed. >> unanswered questions, a botched withdrawal lives lost. examining the impact that still resonates today. a special report starts tuesday, 10:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. >>> quick reminder of the top stories al jazerra. european leaders are to hold an emergency sum knit brussels over the crisis in the mediterranean sea. more than a thousand people have arrived in italian ports over the past 24 hours many on rickety overcrowded boats. >>> saudi coalition planes have launched new strikes in yemen. there is fierce fighting in the cities of aidan and taiz. u.s. is concerned that iranian ships may be carrying weapons for the houthi. 140,000 have fled their homes in rah made. after fighting between security forces and isil. aid agencies

kim vinnell has more. >> reporter: a huge crowd pours over a sea of mangled steel in sanaa. this is no long air i search for survivors. this is body recovery. for the most part the work is all by hand. the saudi-led coalition says they are only targeting areas with houthis but they are now hiding with civilians. it's further south in aden that the heaviest fighting now taking place. houthi rebels, along with fighters loyal to former president saleh are infiltrating districts near the city's port. aden is the last strong hold of fighters loyal to president mansour hadi. and they are putting up a fierce fight. the city has become a battle ground. the locals are being caught in the middle. >> many have now become traped in their homes because of fighting. there is bodies in the streets. we cannot get close because there are houthi snipers on the roof top. anything that gets near this people they shoot them immediately. >> reporter: fa aden residents even the basics are now hard to come by. clean water is scarce, power is intermittent and people fear things are only going to get

kim vinnell al jazeera, northern iraq. >> israel has greed to pay $500 million in tax revenues to the palestinian authority. the money was put on hold as punishment for palestine's decision to join the icc a pathway for israel to be charged with war crimes. israel collects the tax on behalf of the palestinians and transfers the sum to the pa. >>> millions of dollars are still missing after the revolution of tunisia. with tunisia's economy in crisis, many believe not enough is done to track down the much-needed assets. >> reporter: the private school is on primary property. relatives of the former president wanted to build a shopping center here. the school's principal kept it open despite financial pressure and threats of impress imprisonment. he said that benali himself asked for for a chunk of the profits. >> i told him there is a big demand for pharmacy studies university. but the my repeated requests were rejected about. then he said okay, it has to be split 50/50. >> nobody really knows how much the former ruling family got away with. estimates range between 2 and $11 billion. tu

kim vinnell, al jazerra. >>> and a reminder that you can keep up-to-date with all of the news on our website aljazerra.com. that's aljazerra.com. >>> one of our guests says that's what's happening in florida and when he wouldn't remove offending language, he was suspended. we'll also be joined by a guest who is keeping tabs on where politics may trump science across the country. it's the inside story. >>> welcome to inside story. 2014 it was warmest year ever measured. granted, that's not thousands of years, but the readings we have line up well with the worldwide migration of the industrial revolution. through the decades of more and more intense use of fossil fuels by people in every corner of the globe. all this month on al jazeera america, we'll be producing programs and news reports entitled fragile planet. tonight we are taking an inside look at the politics around climate change. a lot of scientists say they're convinced by the gathering trends backed up by the data. a lot of politicians say they are not. but in the united states, the biggest economy and the biggest burner of

kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: with the governor in town exhibitors at the oil and gas put their best feet forward. it's a chance to network. and take stock of what has been a rocky few months. there's the fight against i.s.i.l. plummeting oil prices and an ongoing budget dispute between erbil and baghdad. kurdish authorities want to make clear that northern iraq and its oil fields are open for business. >> the cape abilitiy for exporting oil is happening >>> it's not so smooth. erbil promise to receive 550,000 barrels a day, to receive a share from baghdad, a billion a month. the kurdistan government is falling short on the oil promises. the kurdistan regional government is not yet meting quotas because of technical problems and pipeline capacity problems on the iraqi side. critics suggest the region wants to keep some to met local demand. compounding matters, money from baghdad is coming in fits and starts. it's having a follow-on effect for the fighters on the front line. >> because of the economic crisis because of the issue of oil. we are in april. we received the money for febru

kim vinnell reports from near mosul. >> reporter: in step with each other, and now with the iraqi army too. these volunteer fighters have, for the first time, pledged to take orders from baghdad. part of the government'sest to unify countless militias. this group is diverse, sunni arabs, kurds and christians from mosul, occupied by i.s.i.l. all are eager to go back. >> translation: one of my sons is here. he was a soldiers. the other will come in the next in take. i have 10 children and came to be a volunteer not for money or benefit, but to get my city back. >> reporter: they call themselves the national guard, a force which officially doesn't exist. it's the name haider al-abadi wants to give to a new force of sunni tribesman, forces and other volunteers. it's an uneasy union, one these men don't trust, but say they'll answer to haider al-abadi himself. mosul is on the other side of this hill. the front line is protected by kurdish, peshmerga forces. there has been about 11,000 soldiers through this camp in the past three months. commanders admit they are under prepared and under res

kim vinnell reports from a refugee camp >>> the hours can seem endless the the youngest hind ways to pass the time. there are children who no longer want to play. their innocence stolen in the most brutal way. 17-year-old charean doesn't want to be identified and we are not using her real name. in august last year i.s.i.l. fighters went to her home town forcing everyone to buses. shunted between schools, fighters came to choose the girls they wanted. her name was called eventually. >> translation: i said to my mother i want to kill myself. i was given the permission to go to the toilet. i wanted to do it then. my mother convinced me not to. >> reporter: separated from her mother she was taken and for four months was kept as a sex slave. >> translation: i was so afraid all the time. i didn't know when he would rape me again. i believed in myself, knew that i would escape. using a cell phone, shaheen made it happen. hidden by a burka, she made it happen. she took a taxi and made to a friend or relative. her story is common. i.s.i.l. is targetting yazidi. many fear their people will nev

let's get more from kim vinnell who is in erbil. >> reporter: the car bomb went off at about 5:45 localime near the u.s. consulate. we were very close to the explosion when it happened. at least three were killed possibly more at least eight people have been injured including two americans and one turkish national. this is very unusual for erbil. meanwhile in baghdad at least 27 people were killed on friday in a wave of bomb blasts. u.s. officials and kurdish officials and iraqi officials have in recent days applauded the gains that have been made against the islamic state of iraq and the levant here in iraq but i think it's clear to say that with these latest attacks, it's too early to say that the today has been turned. >> reporter: iraq's outlawed party is denying reports that one of its high profile members has been killed. he is the former deputy of saddam hussein. on friday afternoon, an iraqi governor told reporters he had been killed in a military operation north of the capitol baghdad. he was also the king of clubs in the famous pack of cards the u.s. issued for members of sadd

kim vinnell has more. >> reporter: this map generated from 400,000 images is the most detailed researchers have had. those green dots are the places where forests have been wiped out. you can see canada and russia are lighting up. between 2011 and 2013 the two countries accounted for more than a third of tree cover loss the world over. most due to forest fires. canada and russia lost a combined average of 6.8 million hectares of forest. to put it into perspective, that's an area the size of ireland. globally in 2013, forest cover was lost. more than 18 million hectares. global forest watch says the lost forest contains carbon loss >>> for viewers in the united states on al jazeera america - "inside story" is up next for you. wherever you are, there's more on the website. aljazeera.com. get the latest on all the stories we are following there. aljazeera.com. zeera.com. >>> one of our guests says that's what's happening in florida and when he wouldn't remove offending language, he was suspended. we'll also be joined by a guest who is keeping tabs on where politics may trump science across th

and they blame the government for that as kim vinnell reports from near mosul. >> reporter: in step with now with the iraqi army too. these volunteer fighters have for the first time pledge today take orders from baghdad. part of the government's effort to unify countless militias. this group is diverse. sunni arabs kurds and christians from mosul which has been occupied by isil. all of tell are eager to go back. >> translator: one of my sons is here. he was a soldier and the other one will come in the next intake. i have 10 children. and i came to be a volunteer. not for money not for any benefit just to get nigh city back as soon as possible. >> reporter: they call themselves the national guard. a force which officially doesn't yet exist. it's the name the prime minister wants to give to a new force the sunni tribeses men the mostly shia popular mobilization forces and other volunteers. it's an uneasy union. and one these men don't fully trust. but say they'll answer to the prime minister himself. >> reporter: mosul is on the other side of this hill. it's about 12-kilometer as way. and

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let's get more from kim vinnell who is in erbil.l us about the attack and the claim of responsibility there. >> reporter: well we were very close to where this bomb blast happened. it .had at about 5:45 this evening, rush hour traffic, of course although it is a friday. we understand the car t got right up to the u.s. consulate, in fact to one of the main gates on the western part of the complex. isil has claimed responsibility for this attack. this is unusual in erbil. it's very rare that we see these sorts of attacks here. the last attack of this kind was in november last year four people were killed in that attack, and isil claimed responsible for that as well. but before that it had been a year before there was an attack of this kind. the peshmerga is defending more than 100 kilometers of the front line with isil fighters to the west. and i think it's fair to say the peshmerga have been seen as one of the most competent forces in this fight against isil so far. >> and kim tell us more about the attacks in baghdad. i think we los

let's talk to kim vinnell who is there. kim what do you know so far?: we were very close to the area when the explosion happened. we have confirmed from officials that indeed it was a car bomb. we have unconfirmed reports of casualties. it happened in a predominately christian neighborhood and also home to the american consulate, that is right next to the police station. security has now sealed the location, and we are working to get more information about these casualties. remember these sorts of attacks are very rare in erbil. the last attack was in november last year and isil claimed responsibility for that attack. but that attack was the first one -- there hadn't been one for more than a year before that. usually this region in erbil is very very secure. but isil has recently made attacks in the past. >> so you have gotten word that there are casualties you don't know how many and this is not an area where things like this happen often. it was back in november the last time this happened. and before then a year ago, so a relatively safe area and ag

kim vinnell has more on the latest fighting. >> reporter: a huge crowd pores over a mangled field. this is no longer a search for survivors. this is body recovery. for the most part the work is by hand. the saudi arabia led coalition said it targeted areas controlled by the houthis, and that rebels are fired among the civilians. it's further south of aden that the heavy fighting is taking place. houthi rebels with fighters loyal to the president are infiltrating districts near the city's port. aden is the last stronghold to fighters loyal to the president, and they are putting up a fears fight. the city has become a fierce battle ground. and locals are caught in the middle. >> many are trapped in their homes because of fighting. we cannot get clarks the houthi snipers are on the rooftop. anything that is near the people. they shove them in >>> for aden residents the basics are hard to come by. clean water is scarce power is intermittent and people fear things will get worse. >> translation: we have been without water for five days. >>> the saudi-led coalition has agreed to give the

kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: in step with each other, and now with the iraqi army too.er fighters have for the first time pledged to take orders from baghdad. part of the government's effort to unify countless militias. this group is diverse. all of them are eager to go back. >> translator: one of my sons is here. he was a soldier, and the other will come in the next intake. i have ten children and i came to be a volunteer, not for money, not for any benefit, just to get my city back as soon as possible. >> reporter: they call themselves the national guard, a force which officially doesn't yet exist. it's the name prime minister wants to give to a new force of sunni tribesmen the mostly shia mobilization forces and other volunteers. it's a an uneasy union, and one these men don't fully trust, but say they will answer to abadi himself. mosul is on the other side of this hill about 12 kilometers away, and the front line is being protected by kurdish peshmerga forces. there has been about 11,000 solders through this camp in the past three months but even the commanders adm