. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our doha headquarters.lso coming up the germanwings crash was deliberate and not an accident. >>> and nigerians are voting in elections soon. >>> and is it time to end a sentry's-old tradition, we report from the faroe islands where whale meat is still on the menu. >>> let's begin in yemen and the latest on the saudi thf lead air strikes on houthi targets. let's bring you up to date with all of the latest. the strikes have destroyed iranian-made missile launches. egypt is sending four navy ships to the gulf to help secure the region. several other countries in the region have joined in the campaign. the strikes are to support this man, president hadi who was driven out of the capitol by the houthi force. protesters are coming out to show their support for the saudi-lead intervention. thousands of people gathered in support of the houthi rebels in the capitol sunna too. we begin our coverage with this report from mohamed vall. >> reporter: the operation started in the early hours of thursday. saudi arabia sa

. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan also coming up looking for answers, german policencover clues which could help explain why germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed a plane into the french alps. >>> the nigerian army says it has made further gains against boko haram. >>> i'm in the pass where african americans have torn down electric towers and afghan electricians are rebuilding them by hand. ♪ >>> let's start with yemen where more air strikes lead by saudi arabia have hit houthi targets including an air defense system in the north. the strikes have hit targets in yemen in and around seven cities that you can see here. together with its allies there are nearly 200 fighter jets involved. >>> this is the aftermath of a new round of saudi-lead air strikes on yemen. this is all that is left after the raid that happened on friday morning according to witnesses. they say batteries near the city southwest of sunny were destroy destroyed. for a second night the alliance said it hit military positions. these military videos from the saudi press agency appears to show some o

i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes.al protests across yemen after a saudi-lead coalition launches attacks against the houthi rebels. >>> i'm lauren taylor in london it appears the german co-pilot of the plane that

. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan also coming up looking for answers, german policecover clues which could help explain why germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed a plane into the french alps. >>> the nigerian army says it has made further gains against boko haram.

. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sami zeidan live from our doha headquarters.o coming up the germanwings crash was deliberate and not an accident. >>> and nigerians are voting in elections

i'm sami zeidan live from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes.ival protests across yemen after a saudi-lead coalition launches attacks against the houthi rebels. >>> i'm lauren taylor in london it appears the german co-pilot of the plane that crashed into the alps wanted to destroy the plane. >>> last minute talks on trying to reach a deal in iran's nuclear program. >>> nigerians are voting in an election soon but how has the fall in oil prices affected ordinary people? we'll tell you what they say. ♪ >>> we begin in yemen, and the latest on the saudi-lead air strikes on houthi targets. less's bring you up to date on the latest. the strikes have destroyed iranian made missile launchers in the capitol. egypt has confirmed it is sending four navy ships to the gulf of aden to help secure the region. several other countries in the region are joining in the campaign. the strikes are to help support this man, president hadi. he was driven out of the capitol last month by advancing rebels. and let's kick off our coverage with this report from mohamed va