let's hear from laurence lee where the latest curfew was lifted to allow kurdish new year celebrations to take place. >> the collapse of the cease-fire and this is what it looks like. every single person is checked on the district for explosive belts. up and down the main comparable street almost every side alley is blocked by armed police. the turkish police followed us. nothing to jeopardize their control. there is no trace left of the pkk flags that were used to fly over sur. the decision by the pkk to fight turkey here left kurdish civilians with desperate choices. >> i've never seen anything like it. i had to leave home in these clothes and i've worn them for the last four months. i don't have a wife. my son and his wife went to stay with ol' relatives. i live with my friends. i won't come back here. >> we never left here. it was very difficult. i have my family with me, six children. we've been waiting for it to end. we had some food and water and we managed to survive. before the cease-fire ended, the area had been getting back on its feet with the help of state money. now the r

laurence lee, al jazeera, southern turkey. >> government forces in yemen say they've recaptured parts of taiz which has been under siege by houthi rebels for almost a year. the city lies south of sanaa, which is also under houthi control. they managed to take control of key areas south and west of the city with the backing of saudi coalition strikes. hashem ahelbarra reports now. >> troops loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi break through houthi lines in taiz, partially breaking a seize on the yemen's third largest city. they can now send in humanitarian aid, and for the government the latest gain is the latest development in the push to capture the capital of sanaa. >> the siege of taiz was broken. this is a big issue. the wheels have started to roll. it might seem slow but efforts are huge. >> but the fight to control taiz is far from over. these are houthi fighters trying to hold ground in the stronghold in eastern taiz. but despite the heavy fighting and gains made by government forces, the houthis remain defianc defiant. >> we will destroy them and we'll win the fight. >> t

laurence lee, al jazeera, kilis, southern turkey. >> along the so called balkan root security forces maintaining noticeably tighter restrictions on the board he should only commercial trains are allowed to pass. macedonia, low seen i can't, croatia and serbia abruptly stopped all travel by migrants, e.u. leaders will meet again next week to stem the illegal flow of migrants through greece. the greek government stepped up its effort to row locate thousands a think although the board we are macedonia. in two days the army set up this cam top 3,000 people. it has showers with hot water, toilets, pay phones and three doctors. the government says it's trying to stop the spread of infection. this week two people in border camps were diagnosed with hepatitis h.a. in just the past 24 hours 649 people arrived in the greek islands from turkey. 41,000 are stuck in greece, among them thousands of children, and al jazeera reports, new restrictions are making the path towards europe even harder for afghan children. >> reporter: it's a moment of life otherwise filled with hardship, loniless and unc

laurence lee, al jazeera, southern turkey. >>> well in, other developments in definite curfews in twons in turkey have prompted large numbers of residents to flee. authorities have a ups nod restrictions. ahead of a tax against kurdish armed fighters in those areas. a ceasefire between the turkey and the kurdish p.k.k. broke down last year. the authorities have imposed several curfews in splash point in the southeast of the country. >>> let's bring you an update now on the attack in a beach resort in the ivory coast. joining me on the line from there is journalist roberto, we spoke a little earlier and you told me that you were just 20 minutes outside of grant-bassa in. and i understand you are now next to the hotel where the first attack occurred, can you tell me what you are seeing and what's happening in the area. >> reporter: yes, correct. inning in the small lagoon on the other side of the breach the first attacks were held. just opened the way to the other side of the bridge, in a bit of an unclear way i can see people run back and forth so it's not exactly -- you can probably h

from kilis, laurence lee sent this report. >> on the hillsover looking the tuish border you can see refugee camps inside syria glimpsing in the sun. just a few kilometers to the north is kilis, a town that can show what can be done to help outside of syria if the will is there. the 95,000 who live here have been joined by 120,000 syrians. they have set up businesses and work with their hosts. just outside of the center these women were making firewood with their children. they've been here for four years. not an easy life, but, said this woman, they've been welcomed. she said she had no intention of attempting the journey across turkey and into greece. that's likely because kilis has opened its front doors to the syrians. so kilis has been nominated for the nobel peace prize. they believe their efforts so deserving they've invited the european leader they admire the most, germany's angela merkel, to come and visit. turkey has been written off for leamed human rights violations and so on. but the contrast in the way turkey is managing the syrian refugee crisis and the chaos in the european u

laurence lee, al jazeera, kilis, southern turkey. >> meanwhile, refugees stuck on the greece side of the macedonian am border have carried out a sit-down protest on the international train track there. n [ protesting ] >> there are at least 12,000 refugees stranded at the makeshift camp. another 30,000 refugees are currently stuck in transit increase. authorities say by next week it hopes to have built capacity to house 50,000 people. well, the refugee crisis will be a major issue in regional elections taking place in germany on sunday. angela merkel has led a final campaign rally in badden. they will be selecting a new parliament, but the massive influx of refugees has led to a surge of popularity of right wing parties. >>> now north korea said that it's military is ready for a preemptive attack against the south. the announcement has been made as joint naval exercises are held between south carolina, u.s. and australia. rob mcbride has more. >> this is a show of force intended to impress. one of the set peace drills of the annual exercises involving thousands of troops from south k

here is laurence lee. >> people pay a lot of money to go on holidays to places like this. but in decades gone by the world's nuclear powers use these beautiful atolls to test their capacity for global destruction. >> the united states government now wants to turn this great destructive power into something for the benefit of mankind. >> for one, the u.s. went to these islands to try to persuade the locals that their nuclear tests would be for the greater good. in the 12 years to 1958 there were 67 nuclear tests along the chain of islands. the marshall islanders for generations past and present have suffered the effects. >> i can just go down the list of my wife's family. i mean, you don't even have to go very far and almost every marshall islander can do this. my wife's mother died of cancer. my wife's uncle died from thyroid cancer. >> marshall islands versus ind india. >> now it's international court in the hague has to decide if they have to answer to the islanders. they brought a case against the three nuclear powers which recognized the icc that's the u.k. india and p

laurence lee, al jazeera, southern turkey. >>> leaders from the eu and turkey are meeting to finalize deal to stem the flow of refugees into the eu. they want to send new migrants arriving in greece back to turkey. for each migrant returned one syrian asylum seeker will be resettled in the eu. in turn turkey wants the eu to double the amount of aid to $6.7 billi billion. turkey want visa-free travel to be brought in sooner than planned. it also wants negotiations for its own membership at the eu to be restarted. martin schultz criticized countries along the balkan route taken by refugees for making the problem worse by closing their borders. >> what we are facing is 20 to 22 member states are refusing to stick to what they agreed, the relocation scheme, 160,000. we imagine we would distribute now 160,000 refugees. we have no problem. i find this relatively hypocrite that some of the member states did not stick to the own agreements are criticizing the negotiation with turkey. >> live to talks in brussels and we're there. it's incredibly difficult, isn't it, to finalize this deal? >> i

well, let's now go to where laurence lee is, and get the view there from southeastern turkey. >> certainly the authorities in places like istanbul and ankara had been extremely concerned that the pkk, the kurdistan workers' party might use the kurdish new year sunday into monday as an excuse to launch attacks on turkish citizens. even in istanbul they have announced before the suicide-bomb that there would be no new celebrations and it was effectively banned. even though the authorities failed to accurately predict this suicide attack the idea that it might an reason was obviously there. here in the south, the authorities have said that they would allow them to go ahead and announced because of the security concerns they were telling people that they would have to go to a field way outside of the edge of town in order to hold their celebrations. the same air of violence is certainly very evident here. friday the police discovered a car ladened with 150 kilograms of explosives outside of the governor's office. if that had gone off that would have caused carnage. they have already killed 300

laurence lee reports from turkey on the changes face of the syrian revolution and the growing divisions between the armed groups. >> something is happened in northwestern syria which could alter the balance of power in the war. nusra get out chant the women in the town. protests like serve to undermine the view that nusra has an unshakeable grip over the areas inside idlib province. it seems to grow by the week. here protesters make the equation between the tyranny of the set and armed religious groups chanting the syrian people are warned. >> translator: we starred this demonstration for those attacked by the gangs of nusra. we're here to support them. >> reporter: their confidence is growing. this crowd turns on nusra supporters who have tried to get inside a demonstration in support of the free syrian army. the protesters were clearly more interesting in the flag of revolution than that of nusra. what's so streiking is the ideas had been shouted down by those groups like nusra and isil across parts of northern and eastern syria. yet now this group which is considered moderate in the

laurence lee reports. >> it's the first kurdish new year's since the collapse the cease-fire and this is what it looks like. every single person is checked on the district's for explosive belts. up and down the main commercial street almost every side alley is blocked by armed police. the turkish police followed us while we filmed and checked every shot. no faces, nothing to jeopardize their control. there is no trace left of the pkk flags that used to fly. the military operation against the kurdistan workers party has been going on for nearly four months. the decision by the pkk to fight turkey here left kurdish civilians with desperate choic choices. >> i've never seen anything like it. i had to leave home in these clothes. i've worn them for four months. i don't have a wife. my son and his wife have gone to live with other relatives. i'll never come back here. >> i if never left here. i have my family with me, six children. we've been waiting for it to end. we had some food and water and we have managed to survive. >> before the cease-fire ended the area had been getting on its fee

laurence lee reports. >> people pay a lot of money to go on holiday to places like this, but in decades gone by the world's nuclear powers use these beautiful atolls to test their capacity for global destruction. >> the united states government now wants to turn this great destructive power for something of a benefit for mankind. >> for one, the u.s. went to the island to persuade the locals that the tests would be for the global good. for nine years it was 67 nuclear tests. along the chain of islands. the marshallese islanders from past and present suffer the effects. >> i can go down the list of my wife's family. you don't have to go very far. and almost every marshall islander can do this. my wife' mother died from cancer. my wife's uncle died from thyroid cancer. >> and now it seems that national criminal court in the hague has to decide whether the nuclea international powers have to answer. on the argument that they've breached a legal duty to disarm. similar logic is being used intense the u.s. russia and china. essentially what they're asking is what the nuclear arms states are

kilis, a city which borders syria is home to more syrian refugees than locals, al jazeera's laurence leels. >> reporter: on the hills overlooking the turkish border you can see refugee camps inside syria glinting in the sun. just few kilometer to his the north is the turkish town of kilis which serves as an example of what can be done to help outside syria if the will is there. 90,000 to live here have been joined by 120,000 syrians. turkey has refuse today turn its back on. they, in turn, have set up businesses and worked together with their hosts. just outside the se the center e women were making firewood with their children, they have been here for four yards. not an easy life, but said this woman, they have been welcomed. she said she had no intention of attempting the journey across turkey and in to greece. that's likely to be because kilis has opened its front doors to the syrians. so kilis has been nominated for the nobel peace prize for all of them they believe their effort sews deserving they have even invited the european leader they admire the most, germany's angela merkel to

laurence lee has more from the turkey/syria border. >> reporter: the syrian border town ckobani was also taken untl they fought them off. in hindsight it was crucial in the proposal for the area with the political win of control which would stretch to iraq. on the turkish side of the border there's support, and in the poverty-stricken conditions just as much backing. >> translator: i support this initiative. kurds are also people. they deserve to have a home. nobody recognizes us. they hit us wherever we are. >> reporter: now the kurds across the border have stolen the initiative. it's the timing of this that is so extraordinary. not only on just day three of geneva have the kurds even though they weren't invited manage to insert nemsz back into the talks. the announcement comes a tu days before kurdish new year on march 21st. it could be that the kurds want to appear nounce oughton my in syria as part of the new year's celebrations. there's opposition from many sides. in aleppo many said partitions off the kurdish area went against the aims of the revolution being one syria for all irre