on many different fronts, secret contacts, open political dialogue, the saudi's will -- the saudis will try to find the pieces were coalition. katty: thank you for coming in. the former egyptian president mohamed morsi was sentenced to 20 years in jail with hard labor in the connection during the detention of protesters during his time in office. it is the first of the cases brought against him since the military disposed him in 2013. the british authorities arrested navinder singh sarao the charges at the request of the u.s. over allegations he manipulated the u.s. stock market, including an event in may known as the flash crash when the main index fell 600 point in five minutes. the army in south africa is deploying in areas hit by a wave of violence against immigrants from elsewhere in africa. soldiers are patrolling part of the provinces, including the ball is -- including the township of alexandria in johannesburg. a boat capsized off the coast of greece and they are telling halloween stories of their time at sea in the hand of people smugglers. sergeants are trying to crack down o

pakistan did say it would come to the saudi arabia in case there was a threat to saudi arabia. there's no eminent threat to saab saudi arabia. it was a strong signal of support for the saudis but also a decision that pakistan will not send its forces into the yemeni conflict. >> all right. live from islamabad. thank you. >>> staying in the region india's prime minister has arrived in paris in the first leg of his three-nation tour. talks over the next three days are expected to focus on a fighter aircraft deal and a nuclear power project that has been going on now for more than a year. he will then travel to germany and canada to discuss india's defense, nuclear and infrastructure development. >>> iran has questioned the details of a nuclear framework agreement made with world powers last month. ianian president rouhani demanded that all sanctions be lifted on the first day of the implementation. that wasn't agreed to in the talks in switzerland. they would a gradual reduction of sanctions instead, and it's hoped that a deal can be finalized by june 30th. the united states stat

arabia -- i wonder if you hear anything from any sources within saudi arabia about how the saudi peoplel? that many people to whom they feel particularly close because a lot of them have family in yemen are getting hurt and caught up in the conflict but there's not of their making. >> well, we didn't hear specifically any citizens or any civillen yeahs talking about this particular point but we know the history of the conflicts between yemen and the houthis. in 19 -- in 2009. war broke out between the two sides saudi arabia bombarded the areas the strong hold of the houthiss and the houthis decided to retaliate by infiltrated inside the territory, and they have attacked quite a number ofville are ladies and gentlemens there and now these villages are ghost towns because they were completely -- not completely, but extensively destroyed. we have seen that damage, and we have filmed it, these villages are are still empty now brads they have been able to hurt the civilians there. so is there are fearses even if the people don't talk about them. there are fears that it will probably mean rep

you sell an f-15 to saudi arabia, there is a saudi arabia pilot, but there is a u.s. work being done on the maintenance of the. there's a u.s. refueling and rearmament. u.s. training of the pilot. when saudi pilots went down just a few days ago there was a u.s. search and rescue operation to assist. so there's a lot we are doing behind the scenes. the administration is not hiding this fact. the white house issued a statement on the day the operation decisive storm began blaming the houthis for causing the crises in yemen, recognizing president hadi's legitimate leader of yemen and president obama authorized the provisions of support to gcc led military operations. the administration claimed that while u.s. forces are not taking direct military action in yemen in support of this effort where established a joint planning in so doing to coordinate military and intelligence support. so that's one aspect of the policy and certainly one that is being played out in public. now, privately we can sort of speculate that yes, we are definitely in support of what's going on but t

other saudi. every right a saudi citizen has irrespective of what their ethnicity is or what their sect is. so this is not something that we want to -- the path we wanted to go down the road to. the iranians and hezbollah have tried to stroke the sectarian fires in order to generate conflict in the middle east. you see it in the speeches. you see it in the actions they take. we on the other hand and our allies in the gulf have tried to avoid this so we don't look at it from a perspective of sunni versus shi'ia but look at it from the perspective of good versus evil. there are those who want to build and those who want to bring countries together. there are those who want to create a better future for their people and there are those who want to do the opposite and so for us, any person or any leader or government that wants to improve the love of its people and take its -- the lot of its people and take its country forward is a government we're happy to work with irrespective of what their sector

saudi arabia has a huge border. yemen is one of the most poor countries in the world and now even poorer and devastated and the saudis have held them back for decades. it's not one group. they are trying to make this a sectarian issue but the reality and everyone knows the reality in yemen that the people of yemen are opposed to the yemen. in the south there are even more grievances than in the north because of the southern movement. they have faced saudi aggression for decades and they're making a grave mistake. >> all right. i'm afraid we're going to have to stop there. thank you very much for joining us from at the ran. >> thank you >>> we have a lot more to come here at al jazeera including christians in iraq racing to save some of their religion's oldest and most sacred artifacts. plus zimbabwe marks 35 years of independence. independence. >>> welcome back to al jazeera. the king of saudi arabia is ordering humanitarian aid be sent to yemen. they've pledged $274 million for people affected by the three-week lon

this is despite political differences that the turks and the saudis have notably over saudi arabia's support for the coup ending in the removal of president mursi in egypt. >> so what extent is all of this the event in yemen straining relations between the two countries? >> the two countries need each other. turkey needs iranian gas and iran turkey's foreign exchange. there are apparent political strains, particularly over yemen, the two are tied economically. there's no suggestion that there'll be a risk affecting the economic ties. >> at the moment bernard smith live from istanbul. thank you >>> let's talk more about all this now from tehran. joining us live is a journalist for an international and political analyst. thank you for being with us. i am sure you heard what the correspondent was saying there. i want to ask you about this economic relationship between turkey and iran and how much is at stake here and the need to repair these relations, given how important their trade is together. >> well, turkey is the second largest trade partner of iran in the middle east after dubai.

as both the announcements from the saudi right saudi-led coalition. >> there hadn't been either reaction either from the white house or from the state department but in the past hour we did hear from the pentagon, which said in a statement that it welcomes the saudi coalition decision to end its current mission, and it stands and will support the coalition as well as the government of the current president abd rabbuh mansur hadi hadi. the statement does not say however, whether the u.s. government was alerted ahead of time, that the saudi coalition was going to end the air campaign against the houthis and whether or not the u.s. is going to be changing its assistance role in any way to the saudi coalition. of course, as our viewers know, felicity. that is included in providing intelligence, air surveillance, that's also included refueling support for the fighters jets that have been carry out these airstrikes. >> it was dispatching an air cars carrier to yemeni waters. >> that's right. that's because the theodore rose set, the uss theodore roosevelt which is in the waters off the coast o

the saudi leadership expressed undeserved support for saudi arabia integrity and expressed the hope that pakistan would join the coalition. by contributing aircraft vessels and ground troops. >> the political parties are decided over ha to do. the opposition is against getting involved. >> we are one of the biggest islamic countries and we are a nuclear state. our leadership tried to be neutral and we should act as a neutral. >> the parliamentary debate ended without decision or the level of what pakistan's involvement should be. many say that pakistan thu defend saudi arabia but if it isn't, islamabad should act as a mediator to defend the conflict. saudi arabia and pakistan are close allies. they are carrying out a joint military exercise. pakistan's army is stretched. it has thousands of soldiers on the border with india and is fighting against pakistani, and others on the african boarder. as for saudi arabia there are around 800 soldiers from pakistan already there. as well as military advisors. analysts say saudi has today by pakistan when times were tough. >> when the entire world

and to the great saudi people. and to give respects to his majesty who passed - and we hope god will put him in his heavens. i'm pleased today to welcome the foreign minister of france our ally mr laurent fabius and his delegate in the kingdom of saudi arabia, and to welcome you in this conference. our cooperation we have discussed with the minister this morning. with an interview, a servant of the holy site. many issues that are of importance to both countries, and the discussion with the minister with the servant of the holy site was important and critical. the minister's visit reinforces the relations between the two countries and the continued coordination over a variety of regional and international issues that are common to us country. naturally one of the common reasons for the visit, and receiving a letter from the french president - today we held a discussion an expanded discussion, and i will classify them as fruitful and construct constructive and it covers the development in the bilateral relationships

saudi arabia.y were picked up by scurry forces after they managed to snuckal themselves across the boarder. >> translator: if i could have entered legally i would. >> translator: i am simply trying to escape the war in yemen. >> i came to find a job to feedly family. the war has destroyed everything in yemen. >> reporter: these border guards are secondary to the army and report to the saudi ministry of entire i can't. but their job is crucial. >> translator: we are considered the second line of defense after the border guards. our taft is to prevent any smuggling activity. >> reporter: the unit has been around since the establishment of saudi arabia. many of its personnel now follow in the footsteps of their forefathers. >> translator: you can track a smuggler by monitoring their footprints they are usually deeper and more spaced out. >> reporter: so far there hasn't been an exodus of yemenis trying to escape in to israel but if the war continues they could find their december dealing with an influ

. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm sammy live from doha headquarters and also coming up, saudirabia says after 26 days of air strikes they succeeded in making their border with yemen safer. china's president is on his first official visit to pakistan with 46 dollars of investments and flying high in the capitol of the world where hundreds gather for a once banned sport. ♪ the italian prime minister is leaving calls for an emergency response to europe's deepening migration crisis and talks with ministers in luxonburg and they are still bringing the bodies ashore from the latest tragedy north of libya and happened when an overloaded vessel capsized on sunday with hundreds of people on board and survivors have been taken to the italian island of sicily and being cared for the u.n. for refugees. >> first of this little group of the survivors has been brought to the hospital here in catania and i talked to the director of the hospital and says that this guy from bangladesh a very young guy, is pretty well now and he is reporting that they were really many, many persons including chi

saudi forces on the ground.remely impressive. the saudis play the groundwork for international coalition which sent a decisive message to both the houthis and iranians. most importantly as jeremy mentioned perhaps as a quid pro quo for acquiescence and the iran deal and the saudis secured the active cooperation of the united states and the u.s. agreed to provide intelligence and logistic support and presumably this means that the help in identifying and picking targets and then assessing of the target after each strike which is exactly what was lacking in 2009. this could also mean rapid resupply of f-15 parts as well as a precision-guided munitions and the scarce arset et assets will not used effectively because of enhanced targeting and they'll be replaced rapidly and they extended sunday to the rescue of two saudi pilots who were downed at sea and that is extremely important. as the air campaign grinds on, however, its effectiveness will decrease not arithmetically, but exponentially. high payoff targets such

i -- i remembered tom and his rule about not dating any saudis or meeting any saudis. that he had lived in the uk. he was educated. so then i just thought, well, you know, it should be safe enough. it should be okay. >> oh, hey. >> hi. >> he was a typical saudi man. i wouldn't say i was overly taken by him, you know, the way i had been with fred. but i just wanted to go and meet somebody and talk to them and, you know, i was really lonely. if i had known then what i know now, i would never have done it. i met him the next day. we went to the coffee shop. he was very westernized. he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. >> how do you do? nice to meet you. have a seat. >> he spoke about how he wanted to leave saudi arabia and live in the west, that you had a much better life there. he could be who he was. so, you know, from that i didn't feel that i was in any danger whatsoever from him. after coffee, we went back to my compound. had sex, and he left after two hours. i was never going to have a relationship with him, you know. i didn't want a relationship with him. and, you k

what message is saudi arabia accepting sending by pledging in aid money. >> yes saudi arabia wanted to send a message that it is there in yemen not just to defeat the houthis and loyalist has are against saudi arabia. it is there to help the people of yemen. the two countries are historic neighbors, and they influence each other in many ways. there is over a million yemenis living in saudi arabia and working there as well. on the other hand, saudi arabia also wants to respond to this emergency, this call by the united nations to give this amount of money and it is very difficult to tell to what extend extent this is going to help the yemenis in need. and how quickly. they need this aid today not tomorrow. millions have been affected by this war hundreds of thousands probably displaced and we have seen hundreds have left already the country. the situation there and the relief being talked about is easier said than done because the president obama is how to reach those people. the problem is how to put on the ground some structures that will help do that in view of the security across th

well, the saudi military spokesman has said that the saudi targets are depots, missiles, installations, then vehicles, and then rebel lines of communication. and unfortunately, a rebel line of communication is what you and i would call a road. so the target set is already fairly broad. what you'll see happen is some forms of precision guided munitions will run out relatively quickly because there's just not a lot of stocks of them and they're difficult to replace. we don't know for sure what's been used, but based on what they've bought i assume paveway and brimstone which are both british produced and only used by britain and saudi arabia. so if those -- the production lines are relatively small, it is incapable of surging. they'll probably run out of that very quickly and what you'll see is typhoon and tornado will have to move back up to the north. the jdams the former mcdonald douglas snap ons to dumb bombs that are allowed to beg ps guided, those are very cheap there is a lot of them and they're easy to move around. those will probably become the target. the paradox is the saudi s

saudi king stop the beheadings. the editorial suggests there is little to differentiate between beheadings by saudi arabia or by i.s.i.l. and that, quote the money in saudi arabia makes many people forget about its human rights abuses. >> dubai's kalish times the paper writes the vietnam's victory, washington remains trigger happy and the u.s. ignores the lessons of vietnam at its peril. >>> and finally the irish independent takes aim at its own government. the paper criticizes the irish government, giving only a million euros to the nepal relief effort. a million euros is a drop in the bucket. >> pope francis is standing up to demand a woman's right the demand equal pay for equal work. today the pontiff described wage disparity as, quote pure scandal. he urged all to adhere to christian principles. the world has no place for chawfnists. chauvinism. >> let's not make the bad mistake that adam did. >> church rules forbid women to be i don't remember ordained. >> only if governments cannot find ways to protect blood r

amy: after saudi arabia declared an end to its military operation, the saudi led coalition continues to bomb yemeni cities as listed civilian -- as the civilian death toll mounts. we will speak with saudi expert toby jones of rutgers university. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. warplanes from the saudi led coalition struck the yemeni cities as aden early today despite a previous claim by the odd it had ended its nearly month-long operation. saudi officials said wednesday it will limit their military role but continue to respond to houthi attacks. human rights watch says they have appellate deliberately bombed near that contains supplies to facilitate access to clean water for thousands of families. international committee of the red cross has warned the humanitarian situation in yemen is catastrophic. we will have more later in the broadcast. in the european country of malta, 24 and identified migrants who died in the worst migrant boat disaster in the mediterranean have been held in european country

here in saudi arabia we know how to protect our country. and we are able to do so and we do not give any credence to such propaganda, our goal is to help yemen become stabilized and security. and that the world has now realized that the situation in yemen can be a threat to world stability and past, and the resolution 2216 was voted in by a majority. congratulation the commanders of the coalition and to -- and the success of -- and for you brigadier, my question is that you have now declared -- you have declared that the national guard was participated in a eare solve. and now you have concluded the operations and the operation of. >> almost four weeks into operation decisive storm we see as of 1 1/2 hours from now the beginning of operation restoration of hope the bombing of numerous sites will end, the saudi led coalition says it will now deny militia control of all sorts of ground space, air space already denied to them it and he begin to help people we evacuations from difficult areas and to restore security and deal in counter terroris

saudis have said their military campaign won't stop until houthis disband. in the meantime u saudi arabia accuses iran of delivering weapons to the houthis to destabilize the region. but for tehran, the ships are part of an anti-piracy campaign and diplomacy is the only way through yemen's crisis. >> there is no doubt that yemen could not be governed by one political faction. they should stand together to form a government of national unity. >> airstrikes have now entered a third week. it's aim according to saudi army officers is to destroy middle capabilities of the houthis and their allyies. >> army commanders and units loyal to former president saleh have told us they decided to join the legitimate government. they're based in the province and the coalition welcomes their decision. >> the saudis are hoping for massive action within the army to isolate former president saleh who remains powerful in yemen. the board crossing with saudi arabia, there are still people trying to escape. >> the situation is getting worse. there is already the company advice. >>

saudi arabia sees the control controlling as a proxy war. everyone sees it like that that's why the sunni counties in the gulf coming to the help of saudi arabia. >> thank you for that >>> the saudi-led coalition continues an air strike in yemen. the headquarters of the president in sanaa was targeted. abdullah alchamois has more. >> it's been a similar story every day. on friday columns of spoke rose over a depot, targeted by war planes east of sanaa. the facility belonged to the republican guard, which remained loyal to ali abdullah saleh. strikes have targeted presidential palace, as well as military camps and other cities. >> we are the sons. we reject the houthis. we will not leave here except victorious. we are willing to sacrifice our belongings. amid the violence are civilians paying the price. the united nations say 150,000 people have been driven from their homes, and more than 750 people have been killed. across the country, 50 deals have been destroyed. eight hospitals have been hit and educational institutions have been destroye

>> reporter: well, as far as support for saudi arabia is concerned. government has already said that the red line will be any intrusion in to saudi sovereign territory. so pakistan has made its position clear. but what is proving to be a bigger controversy here is the fact that some opposition parties don't want pakistan to sends its troops in to yemen because they say it's a quagmire. parliament will be debating a joint session of parliament is right now underway, you can see behind me. and they will now be deliberating on whether the government's decision needs support. we have been told behind the scenes from certain sources that the government has already made a key decision, that saudi arabia is a strategic partner of pakistan and that pakistan cannot say no. so it will be interesting to see what happens over the next few days as parliament debates whether to sends or not to send any ground troops to saudi arabia as help. >> what about pakistani public opinion at this point? how are they viewing this particularly since the country is busy fightin

saudi-led airstrikes. >> one person hadv been killed. hundreds have been hurt in a stamp ped in the kenyan capitol, nairobi. it went into what appeared to be a panic after an electricity transformer exploded tig tigering fears of an attack by al shabaab after fighters stormed the university in the north of the country killing 148 students. people living in kenya's daadab refugee camp are calling on their government to reconsider the decision to close the camp. one of the world's biggest sheltering about half a million somalian refugees. the government has issued an ultimatum through the u.n. saying you have three months to relocate the camp kick out the people from kenya. after that university attack it says members of al shabaab are hiding in dadaab. let's hear from mohammed adow. he went to the camp. he sent this. >> home to up to half a million somali refugees. some have been living here for the past 25 years. the first batch of refugees came to dadaab and were put in this camp in 1991. they say that it's called for a closure. they ar

and their -- the saudis choice for the ruler and he says that the saudis southern allies are beginningmake gains in the south. so as far as he is concerned this is all going terribly well, this comes at a time, however, when international agencies the u.n., and others are warning of a humanitarian crisis and are appointing out the huge civilian toll that has now been racked up in three weeks of bombing. envoaking article 51 of the charter interesting how that seems to have become the international legal justification for the bombing however that is problem t maic because that governs the right of self-defense for countries to come to the aid of countries when they are being invaded by other countries. however this battle was an interpret civil war between the houthiss and the tribes. against a government who they have installed. so there's mercury legal stuff going on there as well, but yeah clearly the saudis wanted to present an image of an air campaign going well. >> and in fact, he only briefly touched on the humanitarian crisis he didn't speak at all of the mounting civilian casua

saudi arabia will harvest the hatred. it denies accusations of supplying support to the houthis, hassan rouhani was speaking at an army day parade. >> translation: the other nations should learn from the army. they should not hatch a plot or attack children or people is and women in yemen. attacks on the innocent are a disgrace. >> we can go live to our correspondent who is on the saudi arabia side of the border in jizan. i'm tain be the number 274 million pledged by the saudi arabia for humanitarian assistance in yemen. that is exactly the hament that was requested by the u.n. >> exactly, it's the amount requested by the u.n. it's an estimate. no one knows what is going on on the ground. no one knows the sheer side. the u.n. are not on the ground or the saudis nor the coalition forces. this is an estimation that there is a dire need for it. the problem is how to reach those people how to count them, to know their numbers, their places. yemen is a vast country, people are dispersed across the country. it is mountainous. s

now will it send soldiers to saudi arabia or yemen? >> by contributing aircraft naval vessels and ground troops. >> divided over what to do in yemen. the opposition is against getting involved. >> we're one of the biggest islamic countries and we are a nuclear state. our leadership has always tried to be neutral and we should act as a mediator between saudi and yemen. the levelthere has not been a decision of the level of pakistan's involvement should be. as much say that they should act as a mediateor to calm the area of yemen. >> here they're carrying out a joint military exercise. pakistan's army is already stretched. is fighting against the pakistani taliban and other groups on the afghan border. as for saudi arabia there are around 800 soldiers from pakistan already there. as well as military advisers. much saudi has sad by pakistan when thames were tough. >> so it's a tame of the need. >> there is plenty of diplomatic monday nurturing going on, and so far no clear sign of what pakistan will do. nicole johnston, al jazeera. >> an

france and saudi arabia are also cautious.eal between iran and the west is always going to be about more than just the nuclear issue, it marks a change in relations after decades of hostility. the next few months will bring more hard bargaining and tough rhetoric before the final deadline at the end of june. >>> iran's author and journalist give us his analysis. >> i think this has two purpose number one to calm the situation, especially about the doubters, and number 2, to position themselves for a tough negotiations that will come at the end of june so i think we should expect these sort of comments to be heard of. the ayatollah said i am supporting the negotiators, but there's no way to congratulate me or anyone at this stage, because we have nothing concrete. therefore i think he is just reflecting the reality as it is. but the president, of course said we are interested in negotiation, we continue to do so, this is part of the first part of our attempt to negotiate with everybody, especially on yemen. ♪ >>> iran's supreme

that taking place, of course live in the saudi capitol, riyadh where the spokesman for the saudi-leadtion is giving us a bit more information about what has been happening in yemen. let's listen in. >> translator: -- also brigade 111, and brigade from the border guards have went back -- have gone to the legitimacy, and we salute the officers and the leaders of these brigades because they are up to the responsibility. we know how big this responsibility is towards supporting the yemeni people and bringing back stability to the country. at the same time we call upon all of the leaders of the units and brigades in yemen to follow the steps of these ones who felt very responsible regarding the people in such a difficult situation in the country, and we stress at the same time that the humanitarian efforts are being there, and during the 24-coming hours, [ inaudible ] will be there on the ground in order to help facilitate these efforts, and they are all for the sake of the yemeni people the yemenny individual. and this will facilitate every day life of the yemenis. regarding the military

i think they are calling now for a strike for the saudis. they can corner them. you know one of the two - two of the biggest yemeni tribes are at the southern flank of sadr. they can be putting in an effect between fadr and saudi arabia >>> we hear some of the tribes are mobilizing against the houthis, is that significant. is that a decisive factor? >> i think it could be decisive as regards sadr the strong hold of the houthis, it can be run down. the question is also not to forget the trouble in aden the southern part of yemen, where the cities are besieged. civilians are suffering and humanitarian aid cannot reach properly to those devoid of water, electricity and bad and harsh conditions in aden. >> it is a difficult situation for the civilians. thank you so much more joining us here on al jazeera >>> we want to take you to nigeria, where voting in state elections has been extended in river state. voting irregularities were reported on saturday some materials were never delivered. violence killed nine. let's bring in ynonne ndedge who has been covering the sto

carried out by saudi-lead forces.bia has ordered its national guard now to reinforce its board we are yemen. >>> the eastern australian state of new south whales has been hit by the fiercest storm it has seen in a decade. dozens very left stranded as heavy rain and wind lead to flash floods. >> reporter: the severity of these storms took australia's southeast by surprise. more than 30 centimeters of rain dumped in a few hours. >> we had to swim for it and we were getting sucked towards the bridge then we got in behind the toilets, and hung on. >> reporter: even telephone poles struggled to resist high winds. trees also toppled, leading to narrow escapes. >> i was looking at some other trees up there. it looks like a lot smaller tree than that one has deflected it just enough so it didn't come through the bedroom. >> reporter: sydney's famous beach the waves were much less welcoming than normal damaging properties along the coastline. the harbor well above its usual level, some were warned they might have to evacuate.

>>> the first medical aid flights land in yemen since saad saudi-lead air strikes began 16 days ago. >>> goo to have you with us here on al jazeera. i'm david foster also coming up pakistan frees on bail the suspected master find of the mumbai attacks, infuriating india. >>> a late night phone call sets the stage for the cuba and cuba and u.s. president's meeting. >>> and cricket says good-bye to the legendary richie benoit. >>> updating you on the latest developments on the war in yemen. the saudi-lead coalition keeping up its air strikes with the defense ministry in the capitol of sana'a. there has been a setback. pakistan's parliament has decided not to join the saudis voting to stay neutral in the conflict. there was some relief for the people of sana'a when planes were able to land for the first time since the air strikes began more than two weeks ago. the united nations now calling for a daily pause in fighting to allow aid in. erika wood has more. >> reporter: this is much-needed medical aid being unloaded at sana'a international airport. it's one of two planes that landed in

sent the aircraft carrier, why the saudis should decide it is the right time to end this? >> to be honest, we are look at far more questions than answers. a question of why this is happening what is next and there's a question of what is going on behind the scenes that we don't even know about. i think we have seen a combination of building trust races from the allies west we have also seen that pakistan, egypt, and others have counted on have shown reluctance in enganging in a drowned offensive. so i think the combination of these two things may very well have pushed saudi to do this. the fact is there has been a tremendous amount of casualties there's also. a decent amount of success in terms of taking care of the houthis, air and ballistic capabilities. so i think the saudis saw an opportunity where they can declare victory and move on on to a new stage. >> very difficult to know just exactly how successful the saudi air strikes have been in removing the houthis capability, presumably they have small arms on the drowned, put we don't know how many have been targeted and

been killed on the saudi border with yemen since the conflict began. also said three awed e army officers have recently been killed by a mortar shell five from yemen. and cuba's president, raoul castro has delivered a remarkable defense barack obama at the summit in pam panama. he said the u.s. blockade against cuba was not his fault. two nigerians where there has been widespread reports of the state elections. it is a vote being closely watched to see if president elect to see if one party can consolidate victory, the capital of river state. the police fired live ammunition to control a crowd. people were angry because voting materials had not arrived. more from the area. >> following the early per incident of police shooting we now you understand there is violence and some election irregularities taking place in quite a number of polling areas and polling stations. what the we are being told is that in some areas derlz have failed to arrive. you have staff sitting there with no materials with which to conduct any kind of election. we are also told in

saudi-led strikes there yemen.the campaign has not stopped the houthi advance are but aid is slowly arriving in to the country as this report shows. >> reporter: these are doctor from the international committee of the red cross arriving in the southern yemeni city of aden. they set by boat after their trip was approved by the saudi-led co collision. >> it's a a mandate to take care of the victims of war more specifically for us as a surgical team, we have this skills and expertise to treat this very special type of drama caused by high-speed bullets and bombs 78 united nations chief is concerned about yemen's deteriorating security and humanitarian situation. >> ordinary yemeni families are struggling for the very basics, water, food, fuel, and medicines. hundreds of civilians have been killed. hospitals and schools are shutting down, some of which are direct touring et targets of the fighting. >> reporter: the conflict in yemen has made life difficult for millions of people. no clean water. electricity is cut mos

he later fled to saudi arabia. a saudi-led coalition has conducted air strikes against yemen, targeting the houthis. and al qaeda and isis are getting stronger. the country is being torn apart. this conflict will not just bring violence and misery to yemen, it is a threat to u.s. and western security and to the stability of the whole region. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for more from safa al ahmad on the rise of the houthis. >> one of the most difficult things about covering the houthis is that it is a very young movement and very versatile. so, for example, when they went to sana'a they made alliances with the socialists, with the ba'athists, with the salafis with the muslim brotherhood. i mean, they are really very tactical. and what they want is ultimately power. they don't want to be marginalized anymore. >> and an interview with former counterterrorism agent ali soufan on what it means for america. >> yemen is not that far when you think terrorism and when you think threats. in the united states we need to start

if there's an attack, they'll be defending the saudi frontiers and defending saudi arabia. if they go to yemen they'll be doing still just that. in my judgment, no matter what language i guess used by the parliament, in the end for supporting the saudi arabia, the end result will be the same if pakistani forces will be going there. again, these are not 200,000 or 500,000 pakistani forces. it will be maybe one or two division of pakistan army, one or two squadron of the air force and maybe we have no more than 10 frigates that will be helping. in my judgment, no major backlash is expected and support that saudi arabia is asking will have to be granted. >> would military involvement weaken the pakistani offensive against al-qaeda and the taliban? how onboard will the military be? >> the pakistani military is more onboard than the faction within the society of pakistan. leaving aside the politicians it is always the armed forces maintaining close ties with the saudis. even now, they are engaged in military maneuvers with the sawed armed forces in a different location within sa

saudi arabia is using u.s.pons to bomb yemen, civilians have been killed, egypt has open sales against them -- that open sales against them. they've supported dictators for years, prior to obama. that has armed the counterattacks for places like egypt and the saudis going into crush democracy movement and bahrain. it has been a negative force for many years. i think it is spinning out of control. your piece points out it is not just u.s. arms going to regimes. when countries go haywire like in yemen, iraq and syria, u.s. weapons in up in the hands of militants. >> exactly. we don't know the full numbers but in iraq, the security forces have gained margin of the weaponry -- given large amounts of weaponry. armed by the cia, when over to join isis. there are millions of dollars of weapons missing. some have gone to the houthis and others to al qaeda. forces have split in this war. it is quite possible every side of that war in yemen may have some level of u.s. weaponry. it is gone haywire. sort of what i call the

oh local tv station shows pictures of weapons and ammunition dropped by the saudi- saudi-led coalition jets in aden. meanwhile those loyal to hadi are engaged in street battles in the city. coalition jets bomb houthi forces and allies in and around the airport. a number of airstrikes force the rebels to leave the presidential palace a day after they captured it. >> they cannot keep that. they were just on the top of the mountains, and i'm sure they'll be on the run. but now they're besieged. aden is a peninsula and these people are blocked in, the civilians. they're hitting the civilians from the tops of the hills. >> the fight for yemen could be a long one and the number of casualties continue to grow. the u.n. said it is concerned. >> i call on all parties involved it make their obligations under international law. and do their utmost to protect the ordinary women children, and men. reports from humanitarian partners in different parts of the country indicate that some 519 people have been killed. and nearly 1700 injured. >> china has sent one of its naval ships to aden to evaluating

the saudis welcomed that. we were hopeful that iran and saudi arabia could find other arenas where they could work together. that could be yemen today. syria is tougher. there are areas where saudi arabia and iran may find common ground. >> the iranis are pragmatic. they walked away from malaki, they had no choice. they had no other choice. they are pursuing the process of lebanonizing the basis of iraq. they are building militia said. shiite militias like in lebanon and hezbollah. and hezbollah. they will be able to control of the state. and they'll do iran's bidding. this is negative. >> these are not things that could be mediated by iran that doesn't feel under threat? is there an opening for a different kind of regional order if the nuke deal works. >> this gets to the question of is there an islamic state of islam. . is it a revolutionary regime. they are doing it in lebanon and are doing it in iraq. they are backing the bashar al-assad regime. and syria helping them to kill 200,000 mostly sunni muslims,

and saudi political sway spreads across across the arab world. in 2001 they were behind an arab league initiative offering peace with israel in exchange of a pull out from areas controlled in 1967. al jazeera. >> a senior united nations official has been suspended on allegations of of a report that is said to document exploitation of children the age of nine by french peace keepers last year. they say they were sexually abused in return for food and money. it was understood that that report was leaked to french authorities who believed that the u.n. failed to take action to stop the abuse. al jazeera as editor james bays joins us. the u.n. and france face big questions over the handling of this. >> absolutely. the french making it clear that as soon as they knew of this incident they launched an inquiry, which is still under way. the u.n. also launched an inquiry into this. but they decided that one of the officials who was involved in the early stages of this i should now be suspend: now what they're saying is that what this official did was to

and saudi tanks are on the move toward yemen's border after a saudi border guard was shot dead.ic robertson joining us on the phone now from saudi arabia. nic, tell us specifically when we're talking about u.s. navy warships patrolling the waters, what are they looking for? >> reporter: well, you have saudi aircraft flying over. they will be able to provide and assist if there are any aircraft down -- the saudi airmen that need to be picked up certainly will be able to provide a better intelligence or a more complete intelligence oversight than the saudis can alone. those are two of the things that will be useful for the saudis right now. the saudis do not have a particularly large navy. so this is a component that they lack in substantial quality. that will assist them as well. what the saudis want to do is to seal off and control all the coastline of yemen so the houthis cannot launch ships from one part of yemen to reinforce other parts of the country. that is an important part of what the saudis are trying to achieve here. >> so control the coastline and then also they're be

was there a deal between saudis and houthis ali abdullah saleh. no answers have been given to the public, and they want to know what it means. >> they've called it operation hope. how do you get humanitarian humanitarian help to those who need it, yet the saudis don't particularly want to put boots on the ground. they certainly have no intention of launching a ground invasion. >> they have to look at the the ties. doctors, humanitarian organizations, think find it very hard. even though they've gotten aid into the country they've found it hard to transport around. of course, if they stop the cease-fire, if the cease-fire continues, that will be good. they have an opportunity to move around but you can never tell the other side, what's going to happen on the ground. at the moment the houthis are on the ground. ali abdullah saleh the ex-president, his allies are on the ground, and it's difficult to know if it will go smoothly. >> all along there it has been said there needs to be a diplomatic solution. he has been appointed by president baha, and he

over into saudi arabia. we see that the killing of the border guards will push the saudis to try to change their tactics in this ward in order to prevent concerns or growing concerns in saudi arabia, not only about the long time it's taken them to achieve the goals inside yemen but also escalating dangers on saudi territory itself and we understand that there has always been this commentary by the saudi spokesman about the fact that saudi arabia will make a grand invasion only whether they see it necessary. they have been hesitated in that respect because they don't want more casualties among their soldiers. now let's see in the next few days how they will change their strategy to prevent more death among their people or among their soldiers. >> yemen capital sanaa the u.n. has called for fighting to pause every day so u.n. can deliver the goods each day. there is a shortage of food and medicine. >>> on the government held sulai moni district, trapping hundreds under the rubble. >>> detailing cuban rights ab

but i think the youthful in saudi arabia will recognize-- >> there are so many people in saudi arabiamassive proportions in the population. okay we've got young people in charge but it won't change life very much? >> the loyalty is first rand foremost to the dynasty. >> they're particularly worried that perhaps the deal with the united states and other western powers is this going to change that relationship? >> i don't think that will change in the sense that the competition between iran and saudi arabia, which even pre-dates the arain i can't be revolution who is going to continue and i think we'll see more confrontations between iran and saudi arabia. which becomes sarah palinyer now that there is a nuclear option on the table. >> thank you thank you very much indeed. >> 40 years after the vietnam war. what became of those who fled to the united states. >>> and baltimore's impact. why lives are disrupting riots are disrupting among others things the u.s. sporting calendar. >> you in the crisis in ukraine fighting continues in the east of the country. we're joined by the ukrainian f

support for saudi arabia at this time is not just political. there is certainly a material element to it. at the back of the room as my colleague, chris blanchard. chris's report on saudi arabia has catalogued and documented pentagon and defense department notifications to congress that since 2010, there has been a planned arms bill for saudi arabia, something like over $90 billion. so when you think about that number for a second, when saudi arabia goes to war in yemen, there is a definite u.s. element that is working behind the scenes. you sell an f-15 to saudi arabia but there is u.s. work done on the maintenance of it. there is u.s. refueling, training of the pilots. when saudi pilots went down just a few days ago, there was a u.s. search and rescue operation to assist. so there is a lot we are doing behind the scenes. and the administration is not hiding the fact. the white house issued a statement on the day that operation isis storm against blaming houthis for causing the crisis in yemen, recognizing the president as a legitimate leader