natasha gname has more blind volts were faced on the at that time ute at dhaka university. it's meant to be a simymbol of lib rather of roy, protesters are protesting what they call an assault on freedom of expression on bangladesh. they paid their respects to the 42-year-old writer who frequently criticized region lunchous extremism. roy and his wife were attacked by men with machetes after they left a book fair in dhaka on thursday evening. roy's wife was seriously injured. police recovered the machetes but have yet to make arrests. the armed group has claimed responsibility. roy's family and friends sad received death threats in the past. he was a long time target of the fund mistist group. organizations. monday him. >> since roy's death, there has been reaction from across the globe the u.n. spokesman says it's imports that the space for freedom of expression be reported. reporters without borders ranked the country at the bottom of the 20% when it comes to press freedom. he is the third writer to be killed by armed groups in bangladesh in the last eleven years. natasha

as natasha gname, the u.s.led forces out of an air base in southern yemen. >> people gather to protest against the arrival of pro-houthi forces in their city. thing i want to drag us in to war and we refuse. >>> a helicopter flying over a military convoy below was a sign that pro-houthi courses might be closer to a collision course. hadi has been in aden since he was forced to flee the capital. the editor in chief says it puts them on the path to least resistance to aden and the president. >> there are those who oppose them but they are not armed. they are not quayle. they protest against the houthis but they will not fight the houthis. >> as people grappled with the bomb bombings, president hadi and on television. he said the bombings were an attempt to push the country in to a sectarian war and he needs to ensure the computer of yemenis. >> security -- the security of yemen yemenis. my job is to invite the political powers and components including those who carried out the coup. does e tete to agree on things

natasha gname reports tore gas, gunshots and anger on the streets of taiz.rotesters are angry about pro-houthi forces arriving in their city: we refused, reject and denounce these malitias. will surround the police barracks with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthis overtook the camtal of sanaa, forcing the president to flee to addeng. now they have moving toward the president. aden is a short distance away from taiz. the president has been trying to hold on to power. >> i stress the following: firstly, evacuation of all armed malitias from the industry. secondly withdrawal from other cities. >> that sdifsh seem likely. the united states seems to agree. it should down its embassy and pulled troops from an air force base in the south of the country. now, the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution before things did the ear ate into a full-blown war in yemen. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> houthi leader has viewed to pursue isil fighters who claimed responsibility for the sanaa suicide attacks. he said yemen was dessending into libya-style st

natasha gname, al jazeera. >> the former advisor to the last three indian ministers joins me now.nk you for coming in. sir, if the houthis were able to take taiz so easily are they close to moving on to aden? >> no. it would be a different game completely but it's worrying. they have bridged the former line between north and south yemen. it looks like it would be moved easily but we are not surprised because of the coordination, complete coordination between the remains of the army which is controlled by the former dictator and the houthis while the malitian have been given at a time addresses of the army. the stability in the city is threatened as well in taiz, itself. it's a very big sort of turning point now arrested it's quite worrying because this might take us down a sliding steep slope towards confrontation and who knows? knows? civil war and the disilitigration of yemen. >> that's the plan of the former president and the dictator and houthi, to control the looks. i don't think they will be moving south. they want to get the old north yemen into their hands and pushing and

natasha gname, al jazeera. >> voters elected a new government. votes are being counted.he election pits thomas tobani against his deputy. the election was held two years ahead of schedule after last summer's political cries when he fled the country after what he claimed was an attempted coup. robert mugabe zim zim's president sell braid his 91st birthday. he threw a million dollars party the opposition called obscene. he has led zimbabwe since 1980. the u.s. and european union have imposed sanctions for human rights abuses and violations of democracy. zimbabwe was once considered the bread basket of africa now the economy is in ruins. it's a deep freeze causing problems in america. ice and snow are blamed for the collapse of a roof on a skating rink in canton massachusetts, this morning. a youth hockey team inside escaped injuries. the crash happened at 7 in the morning. the fire chief said if it happened two hours later, more than 200 people would have been inside that building. >> a storm in dallas turned a short one hour flight to oklahoma city inp into a 10-hour or d

natasha gname, argues. >> time for a short break when we come back here on al jazeera.e but not cute enough. why some people in china don't want a second child even though the one-child policy has been relaxed. the graffiti artist on the latest mark that divide gaza from the rest of the world. in sport, we will tell you about a big setback for manchester city. more on that. stay with us. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. a reminder the top stories, arriving in the city of samaraa to oversee the military operation against is isil on saturday, the group's target struck targets did he have. ♪net is going to the u.s. to deliver a controversial plan, splen planning to speak out with a deal being negotiated with other world powers. thousands of protesters in russia's capital have marched in memory of bo

natasha gname reports. >> reporter: tear gas, gunshots and anger on the streets of taiz. protesters say the houthi forces surrounded the barracks of execute forces. >> we refuse deject and denounce these malitias. we will surround the barracks with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthis overtook sanaa, forcing the president to flee to aden. now, they are moving towards the president. aden is the a short distance away from taiz. the president has been trying to hold on to power. >> i stress the following. firstly, the evacuation of all armed malitias from the industries. secondly, the withdrawal of all gunmen from sanaa and other cities. >> that doesn't seem likely. the united states seems to agree. it shut down its embassy and pulled its troops from airn air force base in the south of the country. now, the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution before things deteriorate into a full-blown war in yemen. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> in a life televised appealed the leader vowed to pursue those behind the mosque attacks f houthi says he mobilized fighters

natasha gname reports. >> reporter: there is a power vacuum in yemen and iran appears to be capitalizing on it. since the shiite houthis forced to flee the capital. iran has found a willing partner. a houthi aid has an economic aid package. a houthi spokesman says iran is pledging to help build power plants and provide yemen with enough oil to last a year. the houthis say the pledge of support will boost the economy and bilateral negotiations. a spokesman for the exiled government says the only ones getting a boost from this deal are the houthis. >> the iranian interference is merely about military support, some malitias. they have never supported any country economically. the most important point here is the yemeni daily $8 million connellsumption of oil. i think iran can't afford to offer that kind of money. >> the agreement forms the recent announcement of direct flights between the two countries for the first time. the inaugural flight from tehran brought aid workers and supplies. the yemeni government fears future flights will also bring more weapons to arm the houthis. yemenis prot

natasha gname, al jazeera. egypt has carried out its first execution linked to riot did in 2013.e make sured ramadan, who was convicted of murder was hanged for an incident where two people were thrown from a building. it took place during protests against the overthrow of the mohamed morsi. last month, egypt's high court upheld the death sentence. >>> authorities in hong kong are preparing for another day of clashes between local protesters and visitors from mainland china. local groups are increasingly angry at cross border traders buying up vast stocks of everything from baby milk powder to detergevent. rob mcbride has more from hong kong. >> reporter: it is becoming a regular weekend occurrence always rowdy and increasingly violent. protests by hong kong groups against mainland chinese traders with the police trying to keep parallel traders. >> hong kong people would reject violence a survey by one of the main political parties has found 70% are in favor of measures to control visitor numbers. >> there is no measures taken, i guess the situation will go even worse. you can se

natasha gname reports.orter: >> reporter: this is the yemeni defense minister arriving in the southern port city of aden after escaping from a hostile capitol under the dark of night. his rivals the shia howthies were on his trail looting his house after discovering he was already gone. then ambushing the defense minister's execute guards who were following behind him and injuring two. what next for major general and his ally is unclear. aden is now the center of operations for president hadi also forced to flee the capital sinaa last month. the capital is under control of the howthyuthis. they are attempting to run the capital in plates of the government. as manyyemenis are outraged. thousands protested in the city of id south of the capitol, shouting slogans blasting the armed group. in the absence of a sentence tral government yemen has become a dangerous place. there are concerns the country is slipping towards anarchy. howtis howtis, have yet to release a statement. hopes for a truce between the two ar

>> reporter: with talks on hold and the houthis, natasha gname, al jazeera. >> iona craig based in the country's capital for four years, it looks as though the security situation has deteriorated further. we had those attacks on friday. now, the u.s. withdrawing their military people. what will do you make of what's going on at the moment? >> it now seems to be spreading closer and closer to aden. but the houthis and supporters seem to be mobilizing further towards the old border that was there before 1990. so you have seen fighting that appears to be a presence of houthis and on the border with the old north/south board boarder. so in the meantime in the speech today, did anything it? >> surprising by what you referred to that spread to it? >> yes. i think it's very different because we have been trying for the malitias to support him. you are looking at the issue of the success and last night and today, they were fighting and so more elements in this conflict. >> how significant is the presence of isil? because they claimed responsibility for those attacks on friday but it's not clea

natasha gname reports. >> tear gas, gunshots and anger on the streets of taiz.roceed toasters are angry about pro-houthi forces arriving in their city. the protesters say the houthi forces surrounding the barracks of the local security forces. >> we refuse reject and dennous these in malitias. we will surround until they leave. >> first, the houthis overtook the capital of sanaa, forcing the president to flee to. president monsur hadi has been trying to hold on to power. i stress the following, the evacwage of all armed militia. >> doesn't seem likely. the united states seems to agree it shuts down it's forcesments. the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution until things deteriorate in yemen. al jazeera. >> a full blown war, is that something we are edging toward? >> god forbid you know the regional powers as well, the global are, our global partners. if they don't put their foot real on the ground things could easily slide to that sort of confrontation. >> you mentioned the u.n. security council meeting about this at 1900. >> yes. >> what do you think t

natasha gname reports. >> reporter: this is the yemeni defense minister arriving in the southern port city of aden after esc saming from a capitol under the dark of night. his r i have a ls, the houthis were on his trail looking his house after discovering he was already gone. them ambushing the defense minister's security guards who were following behind him and injuring two. what happens next for major general mac mood al sabadi and his ally is unclear. aden is now the center of operations for president hadi who was also forced to flee the capital sanaa last month after the houthis put him under house arrest. the capitol is now under control of the houthis. they are attempting to run the country in place of the elected government. as many yemenis are outraged on saturday thousands of people protested in the city of ib south of the capitol. they shouted slogans blasting the armed shiite group. in the absence of a central government, yemen has become a dangerous place. there are concerns the country is slipping towards anarchy. sne head a meeting to discuss the defense minister financ