in the following story. >> this is aden yemen's area. the militia made the coup. he managed to escape and is new in aden. but the people here may surprise him. shouting "no, no no aden is the cap tafl of the south, we -- capital of the south, we department need the north here. >> it's a long area of bitterness. people we talked to expressed apprehension and prust. >> there's zero trust between the north and the south. this is the first of the territory, 80% of its resources. they have refused nothing in return. they do it for the cause, if they take the decisions to address the problems. as an air of peace and calm. people hope for a better future and turn to who they perceive to be a better path. the symbol of it - it's the former people. the republic of yemen or southern yemen for short. people here tell us... they are exploited. most are the natural resources come from here. >> we accept for aden to be temporary until our brothers in the north sort out problems. >> reporter: it's believed the shifting to aden will bring trouble. >> translation: the houthis are threatening to hit the south because we ha

in september of last year shia houthi rebels stormed sanaa. they went on to control prove incidents largely unopposed. now, with two apparent centers of power, houthi-run sanaa and the president's new base in adenpolitical landscape appears to have changed begin. richard martin al jazeera. >>> returning to our other main story, nigeria's fight against boko haram. attacks by the group in the north are 40sing people to move further south to move safety. now, the demand for housing in the city of maidiguri. rents are riding by as much as 200%. >> jani has been looking for a new house for his growing family. a third child arrived two days ago. ago. he thought they deserved a better place to live in. now, he has begin up on moving out. >> i used to pay a fraction of my income as rent. now, i am asked to pay three times the amount. i have searched for an alternative, but it seems there is an increase everywhere. i will be lucky to remain here after my rent expires. >> he is not alone. many are homeless because they can't afford the increases. homeowners are eager to meet the rising demands for housing maidiguri is struggling with displaced persons. >> has made it difficult to find a place to live bec

in the last few weeks. president hadi called for government ministers to come to aden for a new government to be formed but they refused. six are still under house arrest in sanaa. yemen risks division and civil war. mohamed vall, aden aaden. >> a blatant violation of the u.n. charter. >> the cries you in ukraine dominates a meeting on peace and security of the united nations. plp primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. >> now everybody in this country can hear them. >> at 7:00, a thorough of the day's events. >> at the end of the day, we're going to give you an intelligent, context driven, take on the day's news. >> then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. >> this is a complicated situation. how significant is it? >> and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. >> they're sending their government a message. >> organizing themselves. >> people say they're finally fed up. >> weeknights, on al jazeera he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pa

. >> in yemen anti coupe leaders announce add new strategy against the houthi takeover, basing themselves in aden and calling for u.n. intervention. >> the families are 21 egyptian christians captured in libya are calling on their government to do more to secure release. concerns are high after fight i go loyal to islamic state of iraq and the levant released pictures of the men. we have the details. relatives of 21 egyptian christian workers kidnapped call for help. >> we elected our president and love him. he should not respond with negligence. >> no one is listening to us. whenever we get news, we panic. we don't know whether they're alive or dead or what's happening. >> the men were captured by fighters with links to islamic state of iraq and the levant, taken in two separate attacks in the libyan coastal city in december and january. this week, pictures of them with their hands tied behind their backs were released on social media. >> the publication of these pictures causes confusion for us. have they be killed? are these just pictures to threaten us with? >> on saturday, the egyptian forei

provinces in the country, and this hasn't been happening in the last few weeks, it began to happen like this only has the new diplomatic movements here in adenso the heard of the houthi militia is expected to give a statement on tv later today, and we understand he may be commenting on the u.n. moves, and the gcc, and on hady's escape to aden. >> thank you. >>> one person has been killed and five others wounded when five bombs exploded in cairo on thursday. three policemen were wounded when another device went off near a police station. two more bombs were found outside shops in cairo's neighborhood. the bombs left no injuries although these shops were damaged. >>> a taliban suicide attack in the afghan capitol has killed at least two people and another person was injured. it's the first known attack on a turkish target in the afghan capitol. >>> funerals are being held in afghanistan after at least 190 people died in a series of avalanches in the northeast of the country. nicole johnston reports from the capitol kabul. >> reporter: one by one, bodies are being pulled out of deep snow in the province. the number of people killed in dozens of

security council is so important because many say the struggle for power in yemen is not just an internal one. al jazerra aden. >>> new emerged of the first shooting in denmark's capital on saturday which killed one person. a second attack targeted a synagog killing a guard there. police shot dead the 22-year-old suspect after a massive manhunt. from copenhagen, nick spicer reports. >> reporter: in this video shot right after the attack a victim of the gunman lies on the ground as people run for help. it's saturday afternoon and he's just shot through the window of a cafe where a debate on free speech is underway. police arrive quickly on the scene. the gunman has fled. leaching behind shot and confused survivors. one man died. on sunday, police remained vigilant after what's described as the biggest ever operation in recent history. the prime minister thanked them that morning saying it was time for the country to come come come together. >> translator: we are not in a fight between islam and the west. this is not a battle between muslims and nonmuslims, it's a battle between ideas based on freed u individual and a d

aden but the houthis have refused that. we understand the talks have been stalled after the news of hadi's escape and rival in aden. the u.n. has not yet given -- the u.n. which is supervising these talks have not given a clear and strong response with regard to what happened. people were expecting jamal ben omar to come here to see mr. hadi but that hasn't happened. at the time, hadi is meeting with top security officials in the south with groafnls and it seems that hegovernors in thispart of the country. there 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 los

in mohamed al houthi. he'll have the power to draft a new accusation and in charge of the country's defense. jamal al shayal reports from the port city of aden. >> accusationalizeing their coup. >> atransitional council of 550 members. >> taken over sanaa last september, its fighters capturing key government buildings and state tv. forcing yemen's first democratically elected president abdel hadi to resign on december 21st. since then united nations had been attempting to broker a deal between the political powers. the gap proved to great and the u.n. special envoy departed heading to saudi arabia, and minutes later the houthis decided to go it alone declaring themselves the new rurals of yemen. >> translator: the power of the analystthenational council the revolutionary council. >> made up of entirely houthi leaders, although the audience was almost entirely made up of houthis, he was forced at gunpoint to attend. all of this turmoil will further alarm yemen's neighbors particularly saudi arabia. many will wait for what the response will be from gulf countries. >> the unilateral declaration does not meet the standards. there is a process un

aden, yemen. thank you. >> greece's new leaders have been in brussels and frankfurt meeting minute officers from the european union. alexis tsapris has won the election on anti-austerity platform. he says that talks have been moving in the right direction. >> greece is new left-wing leadership is on a sort dual-prong offensive visiting the major institutions in the e.u. alexis tsipras in brussels, and the finance minister in. >> i had the opportunity to present to him our government's unwavering determination that it can't possibly be business as usual in greece, both in terms of the reforms that we need in order to end the affliction of the greek economy and society for many years. >> what are they selling to european leaders? well they're trying to convince these institutions, greece's international lenders to help restructure its debt burden. in which greece must borrow heavily. they want to mix debt with growth-related debt that would be repaid only once greece reaches solid growth. the country wants the best of bother world to ditch the bail out program and austerity of which greece has been able to bor

in their few his messages are still ambiguous and he needs to show more resolve. al jazerra aden. >>> still to come on the program, dozens die after a firry capsizes in bangladesh raising news about the industry's safety. pakistan registers millions of prepaid mobile phone cards in a bid to prevent terrorist activities. >> next sunday, 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". next sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> again here are the top stories on al jazerra. syria rebels say they have killed 300 soldiers in the past identity weeks they captured aleppo but within a day they were over run by the rebels. >>> egypt as president abdel fattah sisi is calling for a joint arab military force to fight groups lie isil and has also defended air strikes in neighboring libya and acknowledged that sin sent people may be in egyptian jails. >>> houthi rebels in yemen have rejected a call to move u.n.-brokenned talks to aden. president hadi made the request in a tv appearance, and s

in aden in the south. that's the breaking news out of yemen in the last 10 or 15 minutes. >>> now greece faced a tough day on friday, but it was the first of many tests for the stipras government. they addressed the euro group. >> yesterday we took a decisive step leaving austerity behind, a decisive step for a new direction in the eurozone. now the negotiation enter a new decisive phase from the destructive bail out policies to the policies of growth, employment and social cohesion. >> here's the agreement in a bit of detail. greece stays signed on to its existing bailout. this is crucial, another four months because that's what germany wanted, but the greece government said it would never do that, so it conceded. they will look at tax collection and pensions, they promise to work night and day to have the reform plan ready on time, monday is the deadline set by the euro group. for now greece stays as it is, if its plan is not approved by the euro group the crisis goes on. so stipras's government needs to decide where the money to pay back its creditors will come from. greece is actually more indebted th

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 southerners were the first to demand unity. they have received nothing in return. hadi is a southerner, but he doesn't speak for the cause of the south. if he does so, if he addresses our problems, then we'll support him. >> there is an air of peace in aden despite high levels of poverty people hope for a better future. the symbol of the flag of the former people's democratic republic of yemen or southern yemen for short. since the two yemens reunited in 1990, many people tell me that the south was forgotten. despite the fact that most of the oil and natural resources come from here. >>

new horizon of stability. >> let's get the latest from aden. this has been months in the making the houthi's had control months ago but how much of yemen do they control now, they have the north and the capital what about the center and the south? >> it's really what they control rather than how much they control. they control the main political buildings and institutions, so obviously the presidential plays, the parliament, the airport, however, they do lack presence -- controls most of the countries economy the south controls 70% of the economy. they have tried to actually consolidate their power by expanding into central yemen trying to get into other cities, but so far, have been unable to do so. while they have managed to take control of the capital and essentially they have allowed them to unilaterally declare them receivers the rulers of yemen, they still lack -- what's significant that in declaration we saw today, it was done in front of almost an entirely pro houthi audience. there were houthis and shias in presence, although there was some former government

in yemen is not just an internal one. jamil, al jazeera, aden. >> still to come on the program, confronting isil an exclusive report from the front lines in iraq has a new result is prepared on isil strongholds. >> i am andrew thomas. in sydney australia where i have been watching innovative surgery to attach robotic limbs turning man in to part machine. people of our time... talk to al jazeera part of our special black history month coverage on al jazeera america >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. arch. >>> a cease-fire between government forces and pro-russian separatists appear to be holding but there has been continues us shelling reported in the contested town of debaltseve. the u.s. security council set to demand iranian backed houthi militia withdraw from government institutions. opponents are calling for international action. the u.n. has warmed yemen is collapsing. >>> shi militia have m

news now out of yemen. details are emerging of a potentially significant political deal brokered in aden. a meeting by several political parties was delayed due to an attempted bomb attack. let's go to jamal for the details. what has come out of the meeting after the threats earlier? >> well some significant statements made by political factions who gathered here in aden in the south of yemen to coordinate efforts against the houthi leaders. first and foremost they condemned the coup saying they were against it but as politicians are political figures, they considered all the capital should be transferred to aden. and consider aden as the political capital of yemen until the coup is reversed because sanaa is under the control of the houthi fighters. number two they are forming a body between all the different government and cities opposed to the coup and this would be the representative body of the yemeni state. number three, they said they welcomed a statement by the gulf council, the group of countries, who made a statement on saturday at the united nations general assembly where they n

in the south. they also have been removed to areas outside aden. the other news that we have. the president is planning to meet with party leaders coming from the forth, and has been cancelled or postponed. they have met tough restrictions. some of them try to fly via the airport. they have tried to go to aden. they arrested him 100 kilometres from aden forcing them to come back to sanaa. people here are describing it has a desperate kind of houthi failure. and at a time when abd-rabbu mansour hadi is stealing and taking it and stealing the lights here and consolidating the group. this will take a few days already those ministers and party leaders can come. i heard that they have decided to go to the air force and risk being arrested or allowed to fly to aden. >> what is it about the security situation on the ground. i know obviously a lot of people are concerned about how this will play out. what is the status on that at the moment? >> across yemen, in those regions, there has been allegiances announced to president hardy. pushing into those areas. we saw the tides in areas i

in what is seen as a unilateral move the shia rebel fighters announced the formation of a new presidential council. it will be tasked with writing the countries new constitution. let's go live to aden. this is not going down well in many parts of the country. talk us through the protests. >> there were protests even before in a announcement was made in cities across where people have been taking to the streets in recent weeks since the houthi fighters took control of the capital and forced president hadi to resign. they've already said that they considered what took place by the houthis as a coup d'etat. it seems that coup has been formalized by this announcement of the houthis. they say not only will this new interim body that they're going to form, this national council which will take the place of the former parliament, that they will be appointing it and also they will be tasked with electing or choosing, rather a presidential committee. that committee will have five different individuals in it, but all of these things have to return to what is known as the revolutionary committee. that revolutionary committee is entirely made up of houthi leaders. it is in fact the highest bod

i just found now that the governor of aden was the person who read out that statement and he said that he's one of the leading figures in this new strategy of the different politicians, members of the parliament and ministers and it appears that at least until now they do have a home for them here in aden. >> thank you very much, live from southern yemen. >> japan has reportedly offered $15 million in aid to filed armed groups in the middle east and africa, in addition to the $2 million to fight in isil controlled areas. they will go to countries including those who border syria and iraq. two japanese hostages were recently killed by isil fighters. >> isil fighters have taken control of a dam in eastern iraq. kurdish forces attacked with suicide bombers killing 14 iraqi soldiers, the government has held the area for the last 14 months. >> shia militias have made gains against isil fighters, but some have been accused of killing sunni civilians. al jazeera has been given exclusive access to one of the groups in the province as it prepares for an assault on the isil stronghold of tikrit. we have a report. >> 35 kilometers beyond t

on the part of hadi and on the part of houthies that aden will become the capitol, and those who want to see a new beginning against the houthis in the north. >> propro-russian rebels inside debaltseve. >> it's not difficult to appreciate the importance of debaltseve when you come here because the traffic between the separatist fighters. the ukrainian soldiers, went over the bridge, under way to the north. the debris of battle is everywhere burned out boots left behind presumebly by casualties and the size of an absolutely desperate struggle are everywhere. the separatest fighters are in complete control of the crossroads now. the residents and civilians who live in debaltseve town have started to emerge from their basements. but they're still bewildered, and they're unsure of what will happen next. as fighters move onto the next battle, it's not just the civilian who is are asking what is next, it's the diplomats and the international monitors who are wondering when the next fight is going to be. it doesn't seem as though debaltseve is the limit of the separatist fighters ambitions. >> while this is happening in the united state

. >> aden was where mean fear what the new status may bring. >> a sharp rise of swine flu cases cases in india has sparked a health alert. 14,000 people have contracted the illness and 800 people have died this year already. that's more than three times the total number of deaths for the whole of 2014, which saw a major drop in casualties compared to to 2013. when nearly 700 people died. al jazeera is in new delhi for us. >> government scientists are working overtime to stop the spread of the swine flu. the health ministry has established a swine flu hotline. >> our hotline numbers have been everywhere. it's working from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and some remain available throughout the night >> they insist that they're well equipped to help the sick. when we took her to the doctor, the doctor refused to admit her. they said she had pneumonia. people have died because government hospitals are ill equipped. >> there are growing concerns that the virus and the fears that could effect the economy. some companies are taking precautions where some of the highest death and infection rates have be

national peace talks taking place should move here to aden or so ash can participate in the search for solutions for yemen. >> reporting from yemen. >> the newecretary of defense made a surprise visit to afghanistan this weekend. he is trying to assess whether they are threatening afghan security. >> our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. >> is why president obama's considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghani's security strategy including possible changes to the timeline for our dra do you remember of u.s. troops. >> could mean taking another look at the timing and sequencing of base close user to ensure we have the right array of coalitions to support our partners president obama had aimed at cutting troop levels. he has been more cooperative with his predecessor and indicated he wants to see a slowdown in the u.s. troop withdrawal. optimistic about the deal to get the country out of austerity, after grease's european creditors to extend the country's rescue loans. the government says it will present reforms required as part of the deal tomorrow. >> yesterday, we won a battle but not the war.

new time. weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >>> this is al jazeera, these are the headlines. >>> yemen's former president abd-rabbu mansour hadi has left after spending weeks under house arrest. he's arrived in aden where he has a power base among sunni muslims. eurozone's foreign ministers have extended the massive bailout to greeks by four months only if they spell out reforms with respect the next 48 hours. >>> fire has gutted the top of one of the world's tallest apartment buildings. 100 people were evacuated from the tower called the torch >>> there has been shelling near the border between myanmar and china, between the army and those that want autonomy for ethnic chinese in myanmar. about 3,000 have crossed the border to safety in china. adrian brown reports from the border down. >> several times we heard the thud of artillery. the fighting on the other side of the border it tends to ebb and flow. here on the chinese side. what we don't know of course is how many civilians have been killed, caught in the crossfire. one journalist i spoke to able to get to the town says that he saw the bodies of at least 20 men and women laying in the street. we can't verify that. >> reporter: this is a cen

aden was regarded as a southern back water. although that may be about toen, many fear what problems the new status may bring. >>> at least 90 people have been killed ineries of avalanches in afghanistan. they were triggered by heavy snowfall north of kabul. the provincial governor has described the avalanches as the worst in 30 years. >> reporter: dozens of people have been killed by avalanches in the province, and emergency teams are having a really difficult time trying to get there. basically it has two large mountain ranges with a narrow valley in the middle and one road in and out of that province. so far they have only been able to clear 50 kilometers of that road. the provincial governor told us they have managed to get around 300 people together to try to help the emergency teams, but they don't have the right equipment. they are using shovels and in some cases their bare hands to try to get people out. but if of the houses that had these heavy dumps of snow on them are up in the higher mountain ranges. here in kabul there has been very heavy snow up to meter, in kabul there has been no electricity for two days, the city is running on generat

have control of most of the community, but in aden opposition is growing, with political opponents meeting to yun city their push against the group. live to new york gabriel is there. tell us about the resolution that the security council has been debating. >> it's remarkable that the security council call this meeting on a sunday. it gives you a sense. urgency that they sense the situation in yemen this is a draft of the resolution and there are 15 point. there are three key one, number one the resolution says that the houthis should step down "immediately and unconditionally and also withdrawal all of their forces from any government office including the presidential palace." number two the houthis should release government officials that are currently under house arrest. that includes the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi and prime minister behar and cabinet members. and the third key point out of the resolution is it urges the houthis, through good faith manner, through u.n. brokered peace talks as well as the golf cooperation. those are key points out of this. unanimously adopted the resolution. being frustrated at what was not. a lot of

new status may bring. al jazeera, aden. >> coming up, we'll look at india launching a public campaign on swine flu hundreds of people have died from the disease in this year alone. we are also off to eastern ukraine as the army tries to boost defenses against pro-russian rebels. we will hear from one of the biggest names in fifa about why european leagues won't be given compensation at all for the date changed at the 2022 world cup. >> dozens have died at an avalanche in northeastern afghanistan north of kabul. heavy snow buried at least 100 homes. let's go to kabul. unfortunately at this time of year, with the amount of snow that falls these instances are not rare, but a particularly high casualty count here. >> that's right. we just got off the phone for the provincial governor for that province and he says more than 90 have been killed, a couple of dozen injured. the death toll could get a lot higher. in afghanistan you do get heavy snowfalls this time of year. up until now it had been a mild winter. that's all changed in the last two days, and you can see here in kabul behind me, the city's blanketed with snow. there's been no electricity he

citizens and the voters in order to implement the transitional phase and the outcome of the national dialogue. >> the new element here is the call for government ministers to move to adench implies that aden will be a defactor capital of yes, ma'amep at the moment. but hadi's supporters are asking if he has withdrawn his nomination. it dealt a below with the houthis had agreed on a roadmap that suits goals. now talks are stalled. >> we are now talking about a president that's not legitimate. this is a president who counts on the outsiders, on the foreigners. this is a president who refused to deal with the southerners and the sescessionist movement when he was the sole president. so i don't really understand what et cetera trying to accomplish by fleeing to the south and asking them for help: he has pointed to a real issue. he has been seen as a southerner who failed to do much for the south while he head the highest office in sanaa. this means he may need to work hard to win back the hearts and minds of southerners before he can rule effectively from aden. >> it was received with enthusiam. supporters took to the streets in several areas. many political parties and po

aden to see what is at play in the south of the country. how do people feel about the fact that the government might move there. that could be the new powerhouse of the country. >> yes. abd-rabbu mansour hadi is fighting and came here trying to consolidate his grip and the loyalty of people to see how many yemenis are loyal, and how many are working with him afaps the houthis -- against the houthis, and he made progress. he has been meeting with locals. >> all right sorry. i think we should leave it. we lost the sound there. let's listen to his report though. >> reporter: this is aden yemen's de facto capital since president abd-rabbu mansour hadi arrived here. houthis had him upped house arrest in sanaa, he managed to escape and is trying to rule from aden. the reaction of people here may surprise many. shouting "no, no no aden is the capital of only the south. don't bring the north here. we want independence." it's not a secret but there is in a long history of bitterness between the north and the south. instead of being enjoyed from the shift of power from sanaa to aden people expressed fear and mistrust. >> translation: there's

aden was regarded as a southern quarter. although that may be about to end, many fear what problems the new status may bring. >>> at least 90 people have been killed ineries of avalanches in afghanistan triggered by heavy snowball. the provincial government described the avalanche as the worst in 30 years. >> reporter: dozens of people have been killed by avalanches in the province and emergency teams are having a difficult time trying to get there. pan geeia has two large mountain ranges with a narrow valley in the middle. and one road. the provincial government told us they have managed to get around 300 people together to help but they don't have the right equipment, they are using shovels and in some cases their bare hands to try to get these people out. many of these houses are are up in the higher mountain ranges. even here in kabul there has been very heavy snow. there has been no electricity for two days. the city is running on generators. there has always been heavy flooding here flooding in the east of the country and flooding around jalalabad. also the main road from southern afghanistan to the north, that road has been cut at the pass aga