in the area the yemeni army is now blocking the road between her day the province and the capital sana'a in an effort to cut rebel supply lines. reports thank you. setback for the rebels. there fighters are we treating him for one of their strongholds and this is why. these are forces loyal to president. the moment they took over the city is port but it's saudi arabia and the u.a.e. warplanes that's made the difference they have intensified over the last few days to break rebel defense lines. with any enemies using the population as a human shield these are putting their tanks in populated areas and shelling the airport we target military positions and we have void civilian targets at the same time you money terry an aide will start arriving to her data but the fight is far from over the truth is still control the city and the seaport yemen's imports including food and aid and it's all exports all go through. the coalition has long accused iran of smuggling weapons into yemen through the seaport accusations rejected by the who are theists and to harass as fighting gets closer to the city

data has so far claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands of yemenis to escape to the capital sana'a and the saudi capital is come under attack again from hooty missiles two were intercepted obree out on sunday. the hooty said they were in retaliation to saudi strikes including one that killed nine people on monday. the u.n. world food program says three ships followed in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring. fast there are continuous rises in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data. who the leaders have indicated that be willing to hand over management of the ports to the un the saudis number are being urged to accept the deal and the un says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could tip the millions into starvation. the u.n. secretary general antonio as has urged all parties in yemen to work with the u.n. on a peace plan yemen is suffering a prolonged and devastating conflict with

also in sana'a one identifying factor here is the accents of the people who are doing the torturing the accents apparently come from the u.a.e. are you convinced that that is factually correct that's the. information that we received a couple of months. go that these private prisons of secret prisons are being run by a coalition forces led by the u.a.e. but also with the with the knowledge of the us government as well but the torture has been taking place by the u.a.e. forces and its allies. but again this is information that we received a couple of months ago from reliable sources or military sources sources who are close to the u.a.e. forces in aden. these are still claims and allegations the international recognized government of president hadi needs to investigate these cases sadly their government is weak in aden and don't have any or much authority there but these claims are serious they need to be taken seriously and independent investigators must be allowed to visit these prisoners in order to see if these claims are true or not sometimes even if the government does investigate

touched down in the rebel held city of sana'a hoping to broker a ceasefire hundreds full ready died since wednesday when saudi backed forces launched an offensive to retake the strategic thought from the rebels. match say three of the world cup kicked off in the second game of the day so argentina take on iceland in group c. now the two time world cup winners took the lead against the minnows three a sad joke a grade zero in nineteen minutes but i stand back just minutes later with their first ever watch go alfred phoebus and we can equalize of that the final school one who as i stand close who's quite the opposite. all match day three of the world cup with russia another day of drama with me in the studio to talk through it all is empty of auschwitz from d.w. sports and many iceland against argentina it sounded like a predictable fairly simple match up didn't it and it wasn't an iceland continues their fairy tale isn't this the best story ever great by some had such a great run at the euros two thousand and sixteen and coincidentally they played one want to get support for goal who later

data has so far claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands of yemenis to escape to the capital sana'a and the saudi capital has come under attack again from hooty missiles two were intercepted obree out on sunday. the hooty said they were in retaliation to saudi strikes including one that killed nine people on monday. the u.n. world food program says three ships are loaded in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring. but there are continuous rises in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data who the leaders have indicated they be willing to hand over management of the port to the u.n. the saudis and being urged to accept the deal and the u.n. says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could tip the millions into starvation. manly. the u.n. secretary general and turning to terrorists has urged all parties in yemen to work with the u.n. all a peace plan yemen is suffering a prolonged and devast

data has so far claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands of yemenis to escape to the capital sana'a and the saudi capital is come under attack again from hooty missiles two were intercepted obree out on sunday. the hooty said they were in retaliation to saudi's strikes including one that killed nine people on monday. the u.n. world food program says three ships are loaded in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring . but there are continues to rise in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data who the leaders have indicated they be willing to hand over management of the port to the u.n. the saudis and being urged to accept the deal and the u.n. says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could tip the millions into starvation. the u.n. secretary general intended to terrorists has urged all parties in yemen to agree to the un's peace plan yemen is suffering a prolonged and devastating conflict

hearing the yemeni army is cutting off the road between the province and the the houthi stronghold of sana'ayou know i think it's the latest in a long line of significant symbolic battles that are obviously going to culminate in the battle for son we've seen that this this this coalition is gradually crushing all of the who thing rebels in its way and so i think it's just a matter of time before her data falls the question is how many lives will this battle cost. or a good to get your thoughts and analysis on that one. now the israeli military says it's hit at least twenty five targets in gaza linked to hamas it says the strikes followed around forty five rockets fired from the strip towards israel several of the rockets were intercepted while three landed tensions have been high in the area since late march when palestinians began protesting at the gaza israeli border fence israeli troops have shot and killed one hundred thirty two palestinian protesters. for souter's more from west jerusalem. israeli army says that more than forty five rockets and mortars were fired from gaza and territory

felt like is care is yemen assistant country director and she joins us now with from that capital sana'a a misspells vika i mean it's very difficult for us to imagine how much worse things can possibly get for the people of yemen can you tell us what the situation is at the moment in who data. and the moment the fastest it's been programmed about an hour go because it's ramadan a thousand people fast until sundown and i think this is also the scary time because it means that people get energy and we expect the fighting to intensify when we when the when it was announced that the attack on the whole day that the offensive mufti voided that it was going to go ahead we have three days to prepare and this is really. i mean it's not enough time or date already very vulnerable it already knows the highest military should rank in the country and if you can imagine as big a ground offensive air offensive maybe he'll fences will only make a complete pass if you train him and i just take you we know six hundred thousand people and we're expecting two hundred fifty thousand or so who does everythin

continues in the area the enemy army is now blocking the road between a day the province and the capital sana'a israeli military says it's hit at least twenty five targets in gaza linked to hamas says the strikes follow around forty five rockets fired from the strip towards israel many rockets were intercepted tensions been highs since palestinians began protesting near the border israeli troops have shot and killed one hundred thirty two palestinians. the headlines it's the stream now stay with us. china's one she province has become famous for its large number of elderly many aged one hundred or older one when used investigates in the region hold the secrets to a long and healthy life. on al-jazeera. hello and welcome to news stream live on al-jazeera and you tube it's the o.p.'s new prime minister has worked at a rapid pace since being sworn in eleven weeks ago now at the met is aiming to mend relations with wartime fellow eritrea i really could be and i'm not much of a dean today we'll discuss just how strong prospects are for lasting peace between the two countries and consider how you can

special envoy for yemen has just left the capital sana'a after three days of meetings with the rebels have a data sent us this update from the other side of the red sea in djibouti from where much of the aid bound for yemen is routed. heavy fighting is still going on inside the despite claims by the soda good solution that they have taken control of the albert residents of the city say the coalition troops off so far take him the main program where my mouth fighting for control of the possum the tunnels as well as the flight control tower who the fighters still holed up in the airport are said to be putting up stiff resistance the doormats hawk number four started with airstrikes on who positions before the coalition troops and militias allied to them calmed the ports from at least three different fronts now there was panic in neighborhoods surrounding the airport once the but argue a missile started hitting the airport making many people leave their homes in search of shelter from the falling missiles it was the same case on monday when a talk helped hope to special targeted. snipers

who three leaders have so far failed to reach an agreement martin griffiths arrived in the capital sana'a on saturday for the discussions to resolve fighting in hard data he now wants to meet with the head of the who things to try and advance the talks as the saudi led coalition continues to launch air strikes on the port city of hyundai the nearly five thousand families have been forced to leave their homes due to escalating violence. or to come here on al-jazeera including two years old and separated from her family of the border the image that tells the tale of the u.s. government's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy. and the bangladesh factory where cigarettes are rolled by children rights groups want action but families say they need the money. welcome back look at weather conditions around the events in western parts of asia across some eastern areas we've got a few showers across kansas stan as becky stan but jenny weather conditions aren't looking too bad fine around the southern side to the caspian sea thirty five degrees celsius in meissen in tehran we have got some

let's go to her chemo must be also in sana'a one identifying factor here is the accents of the people who are doing the torturing the accents apparently come from the u.a.e. are you convinced that that is factually correct that's the details that the information that we received a couple of months ago that these private prisons are secret prisons are being run by a coalition forces led by the u.a.e. but also with the with the knowledge of the u.s. government has well but the torture has been taking place by the u.a.e. forces and its allies. but again this is information that we received a couple of months ago from reliable sources or military sources sources who are close to the u.a.e. forces in aden. these are still claims and allegations the international recognized government of president hadi needs to investigate these cases sadly their government is weak in aden and don't have any or much authority there are these claims are serious they need to be taken seriously and independent investigators must be allowed to visit these prisoners in order to see if these claims are true or no

running the country whether in the in the north on the south whether in aden and thais or also in sana'a when you have a police government that's very rare do you see people condemn or go against the rule of of those in charge so violations do happen whether in the north and the south but the what what you want right now is that this is very serious a big difference between normal torture and rape. it's unbelievable that this is happening in yemen. and while the international community is basically staying quiet because this coalition has the umbrella of the u.n. so these allegations must be taken seriously over the last couple of months it's been witness that the u.a.e. has been trying to polish its image and in yemen especially in the south of yemen after the previous claims but this comes as a big blow and again these are just allegations right now and claims. we need to create a investigative committee to investigate this is of the plan right now yes how this government is weak and because of this weakness it cannot do that it needs international pressure on you. and pollution leader

the rebels from the city the army is now blocking the road between a data province and the capital sana'aan effort to cut rebel supply lines for seven former detainees of prisons run by the united arab emirates in yemen have described what they call systematic sexual torture that told the associated press they were raped and abused by yemeni god's working under u.n. offices but the u.a.e. denies managing or running prisons in the country than the korean reports a window into what's being described as a world of rampant sexual torture impunity these drawings were smuggled out of iraq to run prisons in yemen made on plastic plates with ink detainees held without charge or trial described humiliation to the associated press news agency one caption in arabic says it's real terrorism and another drawing prisoners being transported in a pickup truck are naked blindfolded and handcuffed. seven former detainee spoke to reporters about what they've witnessed they say rape electrocution and beatings took place at five detention centers including at the iraqi forces headquarters in the country the u

they've released images of another in the city of north of the capital sana'a a news agency says twenty four civilians most of them women and children were killed in the attack and meanwhile the warring sides have exchanged prisoners in southern. and southern province of. the spokesman says seventy four of their faces were released and exchanged for forty five from the coalition environmental organizations are often pressure on the un to investigate what they describe as a strain is failure to protect the great barrier reef and to the un as the unesco world heritage committee meets in bahrain global warming is seen as a major factor in the death of large parts of the reef but environmentalists also accuse a strain is government of adding to the problem this agricultural and mining policies . with all the headlines talk to al-jazeera next african heads of state and government gather in mauritania for the thirty first assembly of the african union ongoing conflicts in the fight against corruption will take center stage al-jazeera will bring you extensive coverage of the summit and its out

the un's special envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital, sana'a, in a bid to persuade rebels to giverces — backed by saudi arabia — have been fighting to take hodeidah from iran—backed militias. most of yemen's aid passes through the port, and aid agencies have warned that a prolonged battle could worsen an already critical situation. spain's government says it has accepted an offer from france to take in some of the migrants from the aquarius rescue ship. the vessel is currently en route to spain, with more than 600 people onboard, who were picked up off the libyan coast. last weekend, the boat was denied permission to dock in sicily, after italy's new government promised a tough stance on immigration. people aged over the age of a0 in england are set to receive health advice on how to reduce the risk of dementia. it will be included as part of the nhs health check, after a successful pilot. james shippam reports. almost seven million people in england have had what is known as an nhs health check during the past five years. it is offered to people between the ages of a0 and 7a and,

envoy to yemen is in the capital sana'a for talks to stop fighting over the port city of days and run back to. control of the airport dismissing claims by government forces supported by the saudi an. alliance. has killed at least eight people raising the death toll since anti-government protests began two months ago to more than one hundred and seventy people the violence broke a short lived truce between president daniel take his government and protesters among those killed six members of the same family including two toddlers. and reports. police a group of hooded men through fire bombed into this house. a family of six killed in the fire included two children medics failed to resuscitate me. my two cousins survived one was burned and the other was launched. the balcony she was thrown and glass toward my body my hands my head as we got out of here he got out by four his. neighbors assisted firefighters and dousing the blaze while helping survivors escape from the balcony they say police surrounded the house and burned it after the owner refused to let them place a sniper on the roof

the un's special envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital sana'a in a bid to persuade rebels to giveed by saudi arabia have been fighting to take hodeidah from iran—backed militias. most of yemen's aid passes through the port, and aid agencies have warned that a prolonged battle could worsen an already critical situation. spain's government says it has accepted an offer from france to take in some of the migrants from the aquarius rescue ship. the vessel is currently en route to spain, with more than 600 people onboard, who were picked up off the libyan coast. last weekend the boat was denied permission to dock in sicily after italy's new government promised a tough stance on immigration. the prime minister says she's disappointed after one of her own mps blocked plans to make upskirting a criminal offence. the new law would have seen offenders who secretly take photos up victim's clothes sentenced to up to two years in jail. but tory mp sir christopher chope was able to block the legislation by shouting "object". 0ur politcal correspondent iain watson reports. i was at a festival wi

they sounded like coalition battles to retake it for thirty rebels most are heading to the capital sana'a the post has been bombed for the last twelve days victoria gate and the reports. on the road they hope to safety families escape the fighting in her data and head to woodson that despite the un's also to take away the control of her day to court the warring sides haven't agreed to the proposal these yemenis like thousands of others have decided they've waited long enough for any ceasefire to be agreement so there was skating with a few possessions they've managed to pack. we have been displaced because of aggression and war we have lived houses and all families in hard data we have escaped. an estimated thirty thousand people have left her data in the last three weeks including this mother and her ten children they've just arrived in santa. clara and we lift our home because it came under attack from warplanes guns and tanks my children couldn't sleep because of the fear of shrapnel now we have a question in camps we have nothing but the most likely end up staying in places like this

zero zero zero these are top stories the un envoy to yemen is in the capital sana'a after talks to stop fighting over the port city of data iran back to the fighters say they're still in control of the airport dismissing claims by government forces supported by the saudi and alliance. a car bomb attack has marred celebrations of a temporary ceasefire between the afghan government and the taliban at least twenty six people were killed in the suicide blast in the eastern province of. eisel has claimed responsibility. the greek government has survived a no confidence vote in parliament over a deal to change the name of its northern neighbor macedonia. press had been accused of making too many concessions for the accord which will be signed on sunday at least four people have died and nineteen have been arrested in southern turkey after election campaigning erupted into violence that hashes began when its politician from present reject ones ruling party campaigned in a kurdish town near the syrian border opposition groups say the politicians security opened fire after he received a hostile

actually that this city which is said only dispute that it's on the hands of the government in the in sana'a. the that there is claims that bad things that come through why not make unit and internationally and minister that port since it is so vital for the civilian population what we can at. we must at all costs avoid is war in one day that not only because of the hundreds of thousands of people who would come in crossfire but also because the park would be destroyed and the lifeline would be destroyed spain's new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez has been sworn in a day off to ousting conservative may on a holy and a vote of confidence and he's already facing his first big test the region of catalonia also got a new government on saturday and being seven months of direct rule by madrid and immediately pledged to seek independence for the region conference council reports spain's new and old leadership side by side mariano rajoy six and a half years in office came to an end in friday's no confidence vote led by the socialist who ousted him petra sanchez. oh my god what we got here for

special envoy to yemen hasn't succeeded so far martin griffiths has been in the capital sana'a and is due to brief the u.n. security council later on monday the united arab emirates which is leading the coalition against who the fight is along with saudi arabia says precautions are being taken to protect civilians now. we are careful not to hit surrounding residential areas so as not to hurt the people there the current fight for the airport suits us for two reasons the first is it gives us an opportunity to advance and avoid as much as we can the civilians secondly it gives the international envoy a chance to have his say before leaving sana. on monday the management of her data port said it was operating normally. commercial shipments arriving at the port shipments that are arriving from well known ports the claims made by the coalition that shipment of arms have arrived at the port and avoid the current military campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities at all and is not involved at all in any arms shipment since

on the job streets of yemen's capital sana'a even busy as vehicles piled high with mattresses and furniture crowded the car besides many of the people in them have driven south from their homes in her data trying to find safety in places like this high school. i came from her data to sanaa because of the airstrikes i used to live in all wrapped up close to the airport they told us there is no organization where we can register as refugees over here but god knows. i used to live next to the airport feds but when we saw all these random airstrikes that shaken scared the people we try to move to a safe city. this is what they're running from convoys of fighters said to be heading towards the data to support this idea of a right a coalition as it tries to seize control of the city and its port from who through the rebels the coalition says iran has been smuggling weapons through hot into to the rebels iran and the who feeds say that's not true. the coalition also says it's held her data airport for several days but on thursday rebels released this video claiming to show their fighters still hav

also in sana'a one identifying factor here is the accents of the people who are doing the torturing the accents apparently come from the u.a.e. are you convinced that that is factually correct that's the. information that we received a couple of months. go that these private prisons of secret prisons are being run by a coalition forces led by the u.a.e. but also with the with the knowledge of the us government as well but the torture has been taking place by the u.a.e. forces and its allies. but again this is information that we received a couple of months ago from reliable sources or military sources sources who are close to the u.a.e. forces in aden. these are still claims and allegations the international recognized government of president hadi needs to investigate these cases sadly their government is weak in aden and don't have any or much authority there but these claims are serious they need to be taken seriously and independent investigators must be allowed to visit these prisoners in order to see if these claims are true or not sometimes even if the government does investigate

data has so far claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands of yemenis to escape to the capital sana'a and the saudi capital is come under attack again from hooty missiles two were intercepted obree out on sunday. the hooty said they were in retaliation to saudi's strikes including one that killed nine people on monday the u.n. world food program says three ships followed in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring. fast there continues to rise in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data. who the leaders have indicated their be willing to hand over management to the port to the un the saudis number being urged to accept the deal and the un says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could in millions into starvation. laura manly. now the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has urged all parties in yemen to work with the u.n. on a peace plan yemen is suffering a prolonged and devastating con

and i strike by saudi embassy coalition forces has killed at least nine people near yemen's capital sana'a the victims include women and children. and died when their home was destroyed in the city of unrun twenty others were hurt in the attack four other strikes hit a nearby military camp and police station. iran's president says that he won't give in to u.s. pressure over nuclear developments some rouhani says the iranian government is able to withstand the economic burden of new sanctions they're planned after donald trump withdrew from nuclear the nuclear deal signed by world powers three years ago rouhani says that trump has hurt america's global reputation by appalling and illegal actions. the navy divers have reacted a flooded cave in northern thailand to search for a missing football team twelve boys and their coach had gone to exploring on saturday when rising water from a heavy rainstorm blocked the only exit rescuers are confident that they're still alive because the cave is several kilometers long and they're able to take refuge it prayer rituals are being held for a safe retur

in the capital sana'a thousands of people protested against the saudi a morality campaign the protesters are calling on the international community to do more to stop the conflict demonstrations are planned in south korea against the number of yemenis arriving there to seek asylum more than five hundred yemenis have flown to judge you island since december friday the government held an emergency meeting to deal with the crisis regulus and travel to jeju to meet the refugees. the kitchen is the last place adnan imagines himself working. didn't choose this job but i'm in the immigration and they own of this place because me and it turned out that it was a restaurant so. a qualified health and safety officer he worked for a petroleum company in yemen but was forced to flee the war after he was threatened and tortured by sympathizers of the rebels and then fled to malaysia on a tourist visa but soon ran out of money. in december opened a new route to jeju island offering adnan and other yemenis the chance to intercept the career through the island's visa free status the sudden influx of yeme

moved closer to the city center forcing even more residents to leave most are heading for the capital sana'a hoping to find safety there the port has been bombed for the past twelve days in the saudi and emirate he led coalition campaign to oust the rebels his victoria and we. are on the road they hope to safety families escape the fighting in who data and head to would send them despite the un's also to take away the control of payday deport the warring sides haven't agreed to the proposal these yemenis like thousands of others have decided they've waited long enough for any ceasefire to be agreement so they're escaping with the few possessions they've managed to pack. in them but we have been displaced because of the gratian and war we have left our houses and our families in her data we have escaped. an estimated thirty thousand people have left her data in the last three weeks including this mother and her ten children they just arrived in santa fe then it was up there and we lift our home because it came under attack from warplanes guns and tanks my children couldn't sleep because of th

data has so far claimed dozens of lives and forced thousands of yemenis to escape to the capital sana'a and the saudi capital is come under attack again from hooty missiles two were intercepted obree out on sunday the hooty said they were in retaliation to saudi's strikes including one that killed nine people on monday the u.n. world food program says three ships unloaded in her data in the last few days with food for six million people for one month despite that food prices are soaring. there are continuous rises in food prices especially in basic materials it's got worse in the last few days with the beginning of fighting in her data. who the leaders have indicated that be willing to hand over management of the port to the un the saudis a number are being urged to accept the deal and the un says fighting will exacerbate what's already the world's worst humanitarian crisis and could tip the millions into salvation. out of fear the world's chemical weapons watchdog is about to open a special conference at the hague the meeting was requested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a fo

the uniteded nations e envoy to yemen martin griffitiths has ben in the capital sana'a working towardsotiating the withdrawal of houthi rebels from hodeidah, leaving the port under the admiministrative control of the u.n. he is due to report to the u.n. security council later today . meanwhile, the united nations says nearly 8.5 million yemenis are on the verge of f famine, wh deaths setet to rise if shipmens of food and medicine t through e port come to a halt. more than 70% of humanitarian supplies and 90% of commercial supplies to all of yemen pass through ththis port city of hodeidah. the inteternational l committeef the red cross is calling for humanitarian assisistance in the region. >> today we're at the point where catastrophic is becoming an understatement. what we need to do today is to open the art at ast for the humanitarian reasons, for ththe people who need to evacuae who are sick and wounded to be able to o leave. we can no longer afford to close this country so much for the yemenis. we cannot keep the yemenis hostage. amy: the conflict has already killed 15,000 civilian

actually that this city which is certainly disputed it's on the hands of the government in the in sana'a. the there is claims that bad things that come through why not making it and internationally and minister that port since it is so vital for the civilian population what we can at. we must at all costs avoid is war in one day that not only because of the hundreds of thousands of people who would come in crossfire but also because the park would be destroyed and the lifeline would be destroyed syria's foreign minister says the government wants to make a deal with the rebels in the areas south of damascus is giving fighters the choice to accept state rule or leave tens of thousands of syrians in that are province are bracing themselves for an offensive by the government that would break a three year ceasefire there are concerns it could lead to an escalation of fighting in the region as the area borders jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights what the news headlines who are the syrian armed forces dropped leaflets calling on armed groups to either hand in their weapons and remain

fears of a humanitarian catastrophe thousands of people are fleeing to safety mostly to the capital sana'a the saudi led coalition launched a campaign to take a key strategic port from the rebels twelve days ago the toy a gate and b. reports. on the road they hope to safety families escape the fighting in her data and head to would send that despite the un's also to take away the control of her day to court the warring sides haven't agreed to the proposal these yemenis like thousands of others have decided they've waited long enough for any ceasefire to be agreement so there was skating with the few possessions they've managed to pack. in and we have been displaced because of aggression and war we have left our houses and all families in hard data we have escaped. an estimated thirty thousand people have left her data in the last three weeks including this mother and her ten children they just arrived in santa. clara and we lift our home because it came under attack from warplanes guns and tanks my children couldn't sleep because of the fear of shrapnel now we haven't gotten in camps we ha

of the jammed streets of yemen's capital sana'a even busier as vehicles piled high with mattresses and furniture the car besides many of the people in them have driven south from their homes in her data trying to find safety in places like this high school. and i came from her data to sanaa because of the airstrikes i used to live in a raptor close to the airport they told us there is no organization where we can register as refugees over here but god knows. i used to live next to the airport feds but when we saw all these random airstrikes that shook and scared the people we try to move to a safe city. this is what they're running from convoys of fighters said to be heading towards her data to support this idea of a right a coalition as it tries to seize control of the city and its point from who threw the rebels the coalition says iran has been smuggling weapons through hard into to the rebels iran and the who say that's not true. the coalition also says it's held her data airport for several days but on thursday rebels released this video claiming to show their fighters still have a

can the civilians secondly it gives the international envoy a chance to have his say before leaving sana'a today we think rationally and we always behave in a responsible way putting in mind all the circumstances in london for us now but he is a former member of yemen's national dialogue between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen and but i thank you for joining us we'll talk more about the idea of dialogue in a moment first tell me about your thoughts on this offensive is it just a case of the saudis and the emirates is in their coalition using absolute brute force to take back the city. i mean quite honestly i think it was quite naive from the un to think that the coalition backed forces and the yemeni government that they're going to who have been out by the way residing like they were in the southern part of part of the data that they were just going to stay the just going to stay there forever we as yemenis have been anticipating and expecting this for a long time so these attempts by the u.n. envoy and the warnings to it of a much much earlier and he should have secured a better deal f

nadine drummond from save the children who is in sana'a, the capital of yemen where she has been workingty, an expert in arabic poetry, who has spent much of her life working in yemen. madine, as faras madine, as far as you know, can you tell us about conditions in the port in terms of getting aid to people who live in the area? to our knowledge, the port is still open. it appears to be functioning well. but the question isn't really if it's open now, it is how long it will stay open for. aid is a really important component of the exports that come in through the port but that's not the only issue and nobody seems to be talking about that. 90% of yemenis reliant on exports from outside and 70% of those exports come from the port of houdayda. if those are restricted, or those are stopped, it will have immense consequences on people in the north and centre of the country. two thirds of the yemeni population are absolutely reliant on anything that comes through the port of houdayda, including fuel. food and fuel. elizabeth kendall, what is your view on what is happening in pace right now? t