when i arrived a number of the senior saudi royals were in denial that these 15 hijackers were saudis. i paid an initial courtesy call on then the governor of riyadh prince salman who is now the king. he said it had to have been the israelis, the saudis would never do this, so this had to be a mossad plot. >> rose: the president's environmental plan and former connection to the ambassador to the saudi arabia when we continue. >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: president obama announced monday the final version of sweeping legislation to cut carbon emissions from the electricity sector. the clean power plan imposes the first nationwide limits on carbon dioxide from power plants. it is the signature piece of the president's domestic policy. >> you know, over the past six and a half years, we take on some of the toughest challenges of our time from rebuilding our economy after a devastati

initially the saudi official response was, well maybe these guys weren't saudis if they were saudis wenothing about it. >> one of my first calls was on then the governor of riyadh prince salman who is now the king. his response was emphatic. this could not have been saudis. we couldn't have done this. this had to have been an israelii plot. the ma saad must have done this. i had to bring a cia briefer out and show the princes some compelling evidence that it was indeed saudis who were the hijackers. >> it's disturbing that you say the current king his initial reaction was essentially, you know highly defensive and in a way suggesting that saudi arabia did not have this big terrorism problem. >> i think they were in denial to a great agree, particularly at some of these levels. and it took a great deal of effort on our part to develop the cooperation which finally did come. >> eventually it came because al qaeda actually attacked within saudi arabia. >> the greatest leap forward was after the bombings and on may 12th of 2003, when three western housing compounds were blown up by al qaed

we have new leadership in saudi arabia. saudi arabia qatar and turkey cooperating very much.a number of gcc states have a lot of economic interests and now potentially with a sanctions-free iran so there might be dramatics there. what degree do you see the gcc somewhat cohesive in the coming period? does that make a difference? how is it playing as a group? >> short answer is, i see them being cohesive rhetorically. but not in terms of actual policy keep in mind only thing more tedious than wading through iranian press going back to read the charter of the gcc which i have done. >> which you have to do periodically. >> the words, defense, military, and security, do not appear in the charter of the f -- gcc it was a economic and quasi-political organization from the beginning and there have been various attempts over the years to hang sort of military do dads on this structure. you may recall, paul, you should remember this. that sometime, i guess it was late last year, there was yet another announcement that the gcc was going to form a unified military command, right? there m

saudi arabia did not invent that or saudi arabia is not in the business of actually going on tour andbing innocent people. saudi arabia today and the coalition the accuracy is much bigger and better than the american british-led coalition on iraq in 2003. >> clearly not accurate enough. >> there is no war that is accurate enough when you have the houthis actually hiding women and children and minor people and weapon in a mosque or in a school or starting putting all the 50 millimeters weapons on top of the roof of the mosque. >> there were no obvious military targets for any of these sites, were they mistakes to bomb and to target these sites? >> i think in every word there was a mistake but the mistake in this case is very minimal. the major thing is that you need to understand that the houthis they are very good in hiding their weapons, their military putting some weapons on the roof and starting shooting on the planes of the coalition. of course when you get attacked 141 civilians, i wouldn't say that is minimal. >> well, the saudi coalition did not kill 141 civilians. >> that is w

>> many saudi shia feel that there needs to be a deeper look at saudi arabia's open education system and the general mainstream sculpture around it affecting religious diversity in the country which is very conservative and shia displayed sometimes at heretics. >> the regime sometimes reflects the way society is very conservative in itself. >> jihadi groups like isil or al-qaeda have fused the very puritanical form of islam with more revolutionary interpretations that permit violence because more mainstream saudi clerics the key point is that it's i will legitimate to fight the government so that's where isil really deviates is that it says that non-state actors can take matters into their own hands. >> thanks so much. >> if the security situation in iraq deteriorates, more and more civilians are caught in the crossfire between government forces and isil. in may isil seized ramadi in their latest offensive. fallujah another key city in that province is now under siege, as we report. you may find some images in his report disturbing. >> in fallujah, bullets and bombs don't discriminat

the cause is the same, whether they kill i will a saudi shia or saudi sunni, we are one country. if they change these attacked we need to take a stronger step. >> one of the people we had on earlier you may have heard said people sues this group this have to be tackled at source. the source for an awful lot funding that is going to groups such as this appear to be coming from countries which are your neighbors, other gulf countries or in fact from saudi arabia itself from certain individuals there. what do you do about trying to end that? >> well, david, you know, the saudi arabia and m.o.i., ministry of interior affairs ministry of defense are doing everything possible to do to help this count rip not to be targeted by foreign countries or regional countries whether by funding, by giving messaging by interpreting region. i think what is need to be done in saudi arabia, first of all the people need to be the first line of defense for this country, so everybody that actually feels like there's anybody who is subject to loyal to isis or he is with isil or with any terrorist group t

saudi arabia hates this deal.inks it's atrocious and wants to see it unraveled as quickly as possible. then there is the issue of oil and saudi arabia seems fairly happy to have played a part in depressing the global oil price to flush out american oil producers from the market. this had a catastrophic effect on the russian economy, russia would like to see the oil price rebound and doesn't seem to be at the moment much agreement between saudi arabia on russia to do with the oil price either. a lot of these things are complex and the american response depends on these particular issues and their particular stance on those issues as well. >> rory in moscow and thank you very much for that. japan has restarted the nuclear reactor at the power station and it's the first reactor to begin operating under new safety rules since the fukushima disaster in 2011. and as harry faucet reports from tokyo it has triggered protests and criticism. >> reporter: in the control room at the station a crucial moment for the industry a

iraq could, after a nasty 1980s and saudi arabia backed saddam hussein reached out to saudi arabia bythe early 1990s. if they could do then why couldn't they do the same experiment? >> argument would be saudi arabia simply too much an opponent and arrival in the context of what iran is trying to do originally a globally. again i want to emphasize one of the few, have the countries mentioned were in the election campaign in 2013 where there was a need to really make some serious change with saudi arabia. perhaps if you want to play the game of wishful thinking say he's been busy in the last two years with a nuclear issue but now the nuclear deal is done hopefully in terms of saudi arabia again is going to be a two-way street. there'll be compromises made on both sides but i would hope if they didn't go down that path that would be good news for the region. >> maybe if all the questions weren't answered you might want to corner some people. we have a few minutes left. let me start with the gentlemen here and move quickly. the gentleman right in the front here. >> over a year ago the u.s

the saudi arabiians.part from these matters they talked about mainly grain and wheat supplies. russia is looking to boost its wheat supplies to egypt. egypt gets some 40% of its wheat this russia, i think turkey is a bigger customer. and there was always noted the supply of the warship to egypt. >> interesting relationship between those two countries. thank you. rory challands on the egyptian president visit to russia. >>> chinese stock markets have closed lower despite a central bank cut in interest rates, but other asian markets did make small gains. volatility in china has shattered investor confidence. >>> south korea says it is willing to discuss sending sanctions against the north. on tuesday both sides reached a deal to end a tense military standoff. sanctions cut most ties with the north. >>> sri lanka has been described as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, so the new president has promised to change this, and allow for greater transparency in reporting. >> reporter

saudis would never do this.hen we went to another prince, and he had another story, and so they were in denial. and i think they had never been impressed on the world stage to explain themselves, and this was the only narrative they could come up with that the time. and i've been spent a good deal of time with the foreign minister, and he totally understood. they had a serious extremism problem in their midst, and they had to do something about it and they had an education system that was broken and very dangerous, so that led to a lot of efforts. turning to the 9/11 commission report, and the 22 pages that were redacted, essentially, the 22 pages concerned the saudi support of 9/11, and when i learned of this report, i said i need to see these 22 pages and i was told by the cia that i did not have the need to know, and i could not see them. i said i am happy to go home. a guy sat me down at a table and then laid out the 22 pages for me to read, and he took them back, and off he went. when i was writing the book

they're going in for the oil, saudi arabia. saudi arabia is going to need help. like it or don't like it, people back saudi arabia. what i really mind, though, is we back it at tremendous expense. we get nothing for it and they're making a billion dollars a day. >> we have a running theme. you believe the u.s. should -- you're okay with the u.s. being the world's police -- >> we should at least be reimbursed by extremely wealthy countries. >> you want to turn our force into a mercenary force? >> not at all. we are a debtor nation. we owe -- now it's $1.9 trillion. i've been saying 1.8. it kicked in. it's soon going to be $2.4 trillion. that's like a point, whether you believe in the great economist or not, that seems to be a point of no return. that's where we're on steroids. we'll be there very soon. why are we doing all of this? these are wealthy countries. they will give us, if we have the right messenger, they will give us. it's like this horrible deal with iran. you would have the prisoners back years ago. >> iran would still get money. >> do you believe tha

when i arrived, a number of the senior saudi royals were in denial that these 15 hijackers were saudid there was an initial courtesy call, and then a governor, a prince, now king, he said this could not have been saudis who did this. it had to be israel he's -- israelis. and then we went to another prince, and he had another story, and so they were in denial, and i think they had never been impressed on the world stage to explain themselves, and this was the only narrative they could come up with at the time, and i've been spent a good deal of time with the foreign minister, and he totally understood. they had a serious extremism problem in their midst, and they had to do something about it, and they had an education system that was broken and very dangerous, so that led to a lot .f efforts turning to the 9/11 commission report, and the 22 pages that dacted,ad acted, -- re essentially, the 22 pages concerned the saudi support of 9/11, and when i learned of this report, i said, i need to see i was toldges, and did not have the need to know, and i could not see it -- i was told by the c

most likely these rockets were launched from saudi arabiian territory. >> reporter: the kingdom of saudibia has repeatedly said it will only stop its military campaign when it is confident that the shia houthi rebels no longer pose a threat to its internal security the saad ri army said this ballistic missile was destroyed in the air. fighting has intensified along the kingdom's 1,800 kilometer border with yemen. the houthis backed by troops loyal to the former president saleh, say they will fight for as long as it takes. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >>> joining us on the line now is the spokesman of the saudi-lead coalition brigadier general, sir, are you using cluster bombs, cluster munitions in yemen? >> first of all [ inaudible ] audience. unfortunately [ inaudible ] human rights watch published [ inaudible ]. i don't see your report, because i don't see the tv actually. but i had what they talk about it, but i read this morning the report that they published, and [ inaudible ]. my first question that the report had a headline, but when you read the report is there is no relation be

that's when he was still the king of saudi arabia and it's when the saudis and others in the gulf were indeed apprehensive about the way things were going into the probable the possible course of the discussions with iran and what it was going to remain to be so mean to them. so what is happening now is the members collectively, and i waited for you to shoot me down on this. the countries collectively have decided to believe that whether they do or not, what they tell each other over coffee at three in the morning or scotch at three in the morning i don't know. and they are not going to tell me anyway. but beginning with camp david in may you can see the leaders had made a collective decision that the deal was going to be done. they were not going to do a full on this. they need us more than we need them. and i think that is clear especially because of the realities of the market. there was a joint statement that president obama at camp david said we all recognized a well-crafted agreement could be beneficial to the security throughout the region. and that's why the statement that he i

. -- saudis. there is a confirmation of secret service intelligence officials visiting saudi arabia last week. itt would he remarkable if occurred. there is a peace proposal and it would include a call for a new national unity government and a change to the constitution to protect the rights of the minority communities and it would include a promise of elections under international supervision at some point in the future. wentminister visited and and had thise -- proposal. the russians sent their minister to be -- syrians.ans and i do not think this goes very far. in part the cause what you know so far. the turks have not signed on to this. the turks have it to the north. i have to say, based on my opposition conversations, i do not believe they will trust the iranians and, even if they did, adey would never accept ass saying on. -- staying on. syria, is there scope for americans? the russians are urging the americans to stop pushing. >> the regime is losing and the army is starting to withdraw. -

saudi arabia is part of the u.s. led coalition against the armed group. isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia. >> reporter: this is where the attack took place. a suicide bomber managed to get into this mosque in the southern city, blowing himself up and killing police trainees. the governor visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from the islamic state claim responsibility for the attack. they included the targeting of muslim mosques in may. 25 worshipers were killed in the heartland of saudi arabia's shia minority. police arrested hundreds of suspected isil members and displayed some of the weapons which were confiscated. the so you did i minister of interior said it stopped isil attacks on mosques, security forces and western diplomats. they have a search when al qaeda launched nationwide attacks. security forces led a crackdown. al qaeda's top leaders were either killed, arrested or fled to yemen where they formed al qaeda in the arabian peninsula six years ago. now saudi arabia faces new challenges, a fight at home against i

>>> a deadly attack on saudi forces. more than 10 soldiers die as a blast rips through a mosque >>> here from doha with your world new from al jazeera. embarrassment for the pentagon after u.s. trained fighters in syria suffered a setback. >> let a judge sign a warrants. you support the war. >> leading republican candidates in the u.s. face off in a first presidential debate >>> also, bigger, better suez. egypt celebrates the $8 billion expansion of its canal. >>> we start in saudi arabia, where i.s.i.l. says it is spoible for a suicide -- responsible for a suicide bombing inside a mosque used by security. 15 were killed in one of the biggest attacks against the security forces in years. it happened in the town of aba, in the aseer region, close to the border with yemen. saudi arabia is part of a u.s.-led coalition against the armed group. i.s.i.l. is becoming active in saudi arabia, santa barbara report reports. -- hashem ahelbarra reports. >> this is where the attack took place, a suicide bomber got into this mosque, b

the mosque was used by saudi army soldiers most of whom were killed in the explosion.ine others were injured. so far no one has claimed responsibility. but the islamic state of iraq and the levant is expected. isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia claiming responsibility for a suicide attack on a shia mosque 21 people were killed on may 22nd. in the same week four people died when an isil car bomb exploded at the end transto a mosque. last month isil struck again with a car bomb attack at a check point near saudi's highest security prison. two security guards were injured. three days later 430 people which the saudi government said were linked to isil were arrested. joining us from saudi arabia is a political analyst and columnist. thank you for joining us. what do you think is the main cause for today's suicide bombing? >> i believe it's daesh. it has its fingerprints all over, and they decided -- or they planned a similar attack on a similar mosque in riyadh to the same [ inaudible ], but they failed, and maybe now they try it again and succeed this ti

isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia. they claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a mosque in may, which kills 21 people. we have this report. >> this is where the attack took place. a suicide bomber got in this mosque blowing himself up and killing police trainees. >> they targeted two shia muslim mosques in may. 25 worshipers were killed in the heartland of saudi arabia's shia minority. last month, police arrested hundreds of suspected isil members and displayed several weapons which were confiscated. the saudi minister of interior said it stopped isil attacks on mosques, security forces and western diplomats. the kingdom has seen a surge in violence in the last two decades when al-qaeda launched nationwide attacks. security forces led a crackdown. al-qaeda's top leaders were either killed, arrested, or fled to yemen, where they formed al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula six years ago. now, saudi arabia faces new challenges, a fight at home against isil, and a military campaign in neighboring yemen against houthi

this iranian initiative is faced with what we call saudi condition and the number one saudi condition is that there is no place for assad in any possible solution inside syria. >> saudi arabia made that position clear after its foreign minister met his russian counterpart in moscow. >> there is a renewed push for a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict. it is led by the syrian government's make that backers iran and russia. the international community disagree on the need to find an agreement, but forming the basis of negotiations is proving to be difficult. there are many players in this conflict, with diverging interests. >> some opposition leaders believe iran and russia are pushing for a deal because the syrian government is facing military and economic pressures, but assad's backers show no sign of compromise at least not until they achieve what they consider to be their strategic goals. >> an isil linked group in egypt said it killed a croatian they were holding host only. the 30-year-old was kidnapped in cairo last momentum. the announcement of his death was made via socia

the government is close to the saudis in this operation. the tactical objectives of that operation were to equip the houthi forces gaining in strength since 2009. with the support from iran. i think they have been successful in doing that. the more strategic objective was for the arab community, which closed the gulf. egypt and sudan, to send a signal that they have had enough, that iran will no longer act with impunity in the region. i think that was important. the change for the saudis is an issue that we've come to realise, very often it's more difficult to start an operation than it is to finish it. the challenge they have is setting conditions for a political settlement, to allow the government to come back into power in sanaa. >> james smith former ambassador. thank you for your time. >> thank you >>> it was another deadly day in yemen as the saudi-led coalition killed dozens of people. officials deny civilians were killed in an air strike at a bottling plant. a spokesman for the coalition says the plant was used to make bombs. 36 wer

this is a commander storming a saudi military post too yemen. the soldiers sees the building after heavy clashes. they are seen here blowing up military vehicles before leaving the area. moments later the saudi warplane strikes. fighting has flared up across the country. houthi fighters are trying to recapture some of the area they lost in the south. here they ambushed four government troops and destroyed vehicles that were recently provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. yemen's warring factions have dismissed international efforts to agree on a cease-fire and start political talks. each party wants to win the war so that it has the upper hand during negotiations. >> still to come, accusations that the u.s. is creating a sunni force that is dividing iraq. and two young tv journalists were shot dead live on air in the u.s. state of virginia. >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the bodies of 55 people attempting to cross the mediterranean have been discovered. the majority were found in the hull much a boat off the liby

saudi arabia is not immune from this.ling oil prices have put pressure on the country's currency. joe: this week the country came out and said it will maintain the peg. our: recently we talked to thet about the chances of currency becoming undone. >> the probability is very low, but there is a probability now. it is implying and less than percent move at the moment. for that to say, you would have to see much more political tension in saudi arabia, because it's much a pride issue maintaining the currency where it is and they have the resources to do it. eman, why is it so important a maintain their pay. why, for them, is maintaining at such an important part of the economic strategy? eman: they need to have some level of stability. for another, saudi arabia imports most of its food, etc., brings, in turn, inflation. finally saudi arabia does not have a yields curb at all -- yields curve at all. they would have the monetary resources to maintain the economy. if we see saudi arabia's budget continue to struggle as we see oi

the interior ministry says a mosque used by saudi army soldiers was targeted.e were injured in the explosion in the southwestern region close to the yemeni border. so far no one has claimed responsibility but isil is suspected. it has become increasingly active in saudi arabia claiming responsibility for a suicide attack on a shia mosque on may 22nd. in the same week four people died when an isil car bomb exploded at the end transto a mosque. last month isil struck again with a suicide bomb near the highest security prison. and just three days later, 430 people which the saudi government said were linked to isil were arrested. we have been speaking to the saudi political analyst, and he says it's too early to say who is behind this attack. >> right now, we cannot confirm it is an isil operation. it could be a houthi operation, we're not sure but most probably all indications [ inaudible ] the previous incidents that lead to isil. if it is an isil [ inaudible ] it is the worst attack ever to hit saudi arabia. why do i see it that way? because it targeted soldier

says saudi arabia is open for business.onathan: elliott gotkine, thank you for breaking that down. let's stick with oil. oilre joined by jason, an and gas analyst at jefferies. it is time to revisit the saudi arabia strategy. do you think it is working? jason: it is working. they've taken a lot of rigs out of the u.s. market. we are beginning to see a rollover in u.s. production. in terms of cap are -- capturing market share, they have been exporting at record levels recently. jonathan: when you look at the recount, starting to bottom out. three straight weeks of increasing rigs. is that a sign that things are starting to go the opposite direction? jason: i think we are going to see u.s. production roll over much harder. the additions are really not sufficient to stimulate actual growth. jonathan: when you look at the middle east, we talk about the saudi's, the conversation has been iran. iran pledging to increase supply within a week of sanctions being lifted. what are your expectations? sources of has two supply initially

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to compare saudi arabia to. we just need to basically compare saudi arabia to their own national laws and to what extent they are abiding by their international obligations. but to what extent is unfair trials whereby as you mentioned you have no lawyers you have no -- you don't even know what you're being charged with. the laws are so vague you don't know what's going on. and summary and trial executions behind or trials behind closed doors leading to an execution where your family doesn't know, you don't know when you're going to be executed and you're basically taken one night and the next day you're executed. it is grotesque really and it is really thoocial we haven' horrit seen the public executions that we should. >> thank you. >>> europe's refusineurope's res boiling into uncertain future. and france bees to hono bestowso three brave americans. americans. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news as ukraine celebrates its independence from t

this is a skud missile fired by houthi forces into saudi arabia. the saudi arabia army said the ballistic missile was destroyed in the air. fighting has intensified along the kingdom's 1,800km border with yemen. the houthis backed by troops loyal to former president say they'll fight for as long as it takes. >>> at least six people have been killed in the ongoing conflict between turkey's government and kurdish separatists. three died when p.k.k. fighters attacked a military base near the syrian border. three others were killed near iraq. fighting intensified since a ceasefire between turkey and p.k.k. fighters in northern iraq ended in july. >> it's been 500 days since boko haram abducted nearly 300 nigeria schoolgirls. 57 managed to escape. the fate of the others is unknown. campaigners are back on the streets, drawing attention to the bring back our girls appeal. ynonne ndedge reports. >> this woman's's daughter is one of the 119 missing schoolgirls. she refuses to give up hope. she is bitter at the nigerian government. >> the government respond

then the uae and saudi arabia started training forces in saudi arabia and providing them with new weapons seen recently with armed vehicles and tanks provided by saudi arabia and uae in aiden and they are moving now to the town and this massive gains were only possible because of the significant gains made by the saudis and why saudis, because they were concerned and houthis will make more gains and have huge influence on the border of saudi arabia. >> so promising perhaps in terms of finding a potential solution from mr. hadi's point of view but really the houthis will not be happy with this, what has been going on behind the scenes in terms of a solution? >> i was asking that same question in the nation official and the problems with the houthis making significant gains we done seem to be willing to negotiate a societal. and i don't see them willing to negotiate a settlement and hadi issued a statement yesterday saying that anything that is not in line with the u.n. resolution 2216 that states the houthis should dismantle from the area of control and recognize hadi as a legitimate leade

that adds to the confusion because the saudis used to support saleh against houthis and now saudis are bombing the houthis and in fact the saudis have recently this week just gone into northern yemen. do you think this fight is going to continue to escalate? because it does seem the saudi led coalition has helped the forces in the south and may help the houthis and their ally saleh backing up. >> i think what we saw the last week or so a lot of noise around a campaign by antihouthi forces, going into sanaa. and certainly the saudis would like us to believe that's a distinct possibility and that's coming soon. the issue they're having is in the south there was no support for the houthis, people fought back against them from day 1. they indiscriminately shelled areas, they have a base of support in the north and the main effect of the war is the saudi bombing campaign. >> can there be a negotiated solution, or splitting the country into north and south yemen? as the country was split at one time? >> you have plaques mallist positions. the salehs and houthis think they have enough cards i

it is part and parcel of the saudi-led, saudi being the most sunni dominated state in the area, this has been the coalition that has allowed i.s.i.s. to grow as big as it is. i.s.i.s. is the resulting product of the civil wars that are taking place in syria, taking place in iraq. the sunni-shia divide that is baisk poisoning the veins of arab middle eastern blocks. they have provided the sustenance and nourishment. >> how have they in ideology or what? >> between 2012 and 2014, those i.s.i.s -- there was no i.s.i.s. the front the money flooded into syria. not to support the military jihadists, but money from the gulf, money from most muslim countries came to syria and allowed most of the money -- most of the money basically went to militants like el nusra. point two, we estimate that mostly 60%, these are not my numbers these are american numbers, most of the money comes from turkey. not while turkey has joined the fight against i.s.i.s. now, why it has taken turkey quite more than a year to basically join the fight against i.s.i.s. i now i submit to you that turkey's strategic prior

. >> a bomb attack on a mosque in saudi arabia killings 13 peel. we'll have the very latest. >> grief and tragedy in iraq, we meet the victims of war in the city of fallujah caught in the crossfire. >> anger in beijing, families of victims question what malaysia airlines says is debris from mh370. >> celebrations in egypt as the president unveils the $8.5 billion expansion of the suez canal. >> new research as people are being diagnosed with dementia at a younger age. we'll look into the reasons why. >> we start in saudi arabia where a suicide attack on a mosque killed 13. the interior might be industry say the bombing targeted a mosque used by the army in the southwestern region close to the yemeni border. nine others were injured. >> in recent months, saudi arabia has been the target of attacks by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. on the 22 of may, at least 21 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a shia mosque. in the same week, four people died in damam when a car bomb exploded at the entrance of a mosque. on the 16 of july, a

this is a scud missile fired by houthi forces into saudi arabia.the saudi army says the ballistic missile was destroyed in the air. fighting has intensified along the kingdom's 1,800-kilometer border with yemen. the houthis backed by troops loyal to the former president said they would fight for as long as it takes. >>> anticorruption protesters in guatemala are keeping up the pressure on the president to step down. he's becoming isolated after most of his cabinet resigned last weekend. david sends this update. >> reporter: throughout the day thousands have been filing into the central park in a show of force against corruption in their government. in particular, people here are calling for the president to resign. the president has been caught up in a corruption scandal that brought down his vice president. on friday, the country's attorney general put in a request to the court to have the president impeached for alleged involvement in the same multimillion dollars corruption scandal. people say that they are tired of the corruption and they need

they are backed by the saudi-lead coalition, and loyalists of former president saleh.recent weeks they have made sweeping gains in the south and say they have the support of the tribesmen. >> translator: we say go on, the people are behind you and victories are coming. >> reporter: the fighters supporting president hadi, who remains in exile in saudi arabia, have been able to seize control from the houthis with the help of their allice. saudi arabia and the uae are providing weapons which seems to be changing the situation on the ground. fighters are preparing a two-pronged approach towards the capitol from one ma'rib in the east and the other from the south. but they will face resistance in lamar, where there is support for the houthi fighters. >> the introduction of the grand modern armor tanks, and the trained yemeni by saudi, make the shift, and i think after the fall of ta'izz and ibb, sana'a will be surrounded. that's the aim of the coalition. i think they want to surround sana'a, and especially the troops coming from ma'rib. >> reporter: but the houthis also hav

moments later, a saudi war plane strikes. fighting has flared up. houthis are trying to recapture some of the areas they lost in the south. here, they ambushed pro government troops and destroyed vehicles that were recently provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emrats. yemen's warring fashions have dismissed efforts to agree on a cease fire and start political talks. for the time being, each party wants to win the war so it has the upper hand during negotiations. >>> meanwhile, saudi arabia says it is committed to providing relief to yemen's people affected by the fighting. the foreign minister says his country will also support reconstruction efforts. >> i express the commitment of the kingdom of saudi arabia and its partners to help yemen in the future with reconstruction efforts in order to alleviate the suffering of the people and to begin to improve the social economic conditions in yemen. >>> still to come, the american president once again calls for more gun controls as a gunman kills two journalists during a live broadcast. >> you are

ground troops from saudi arabia have crossed into yemen for the first time. they attacked houthi positions. >> these are the first saudi soldiers to move into yemen. they have taken over mountainous areas and hills overlooking the area. but the commanders say that the incursion is just for a short period of time. in the meantime, artillery has been pounding houthi positions non-stop for days. shia rebels insist they still have the means to fight back. this is the houthi commanders storming a saudi military post along the border with yemen. the soldiers seize the building. they line up vehicles before leaving the area. moments later the audi warplane strikes. [ explosions ] fighting has flared up across the country. houthi fighters backed by troops loyal to former president abd rabbuh mansur hadi are trying to recap you are some of the area. here they ambush pro government troops and destroy vehicles that were recently provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. yemen's warring factions have dismissed international efforts to agree on a cease-fire a

moments later, a saudi war plane strikes.ngs conference call ex -- [ explosion ] >> reporter: fighting has flared up across the country. houthi righters backed by troops oil to former president saleh are trying to recapture some of the areas they lost in the south. here they ambushed pro-government troops and destroyed vehicles that were recently provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. yemen's warring factions have dismissed international efforts to agree on a ceasefire and start political talks. each party wants to win the war so it has the upper hand during negotiations. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >>> still to come on al jazeera, two television journalists are shot dead live on air. we'll have more from virginia in the u.s. >>> i'm jennifer glass in kabul, where artists are trying to make blast walls more beautiful and raise social awareness. ♪ >> inspires a community to rebuild its city. >> we gonna bring this city back one note at a time. >> and overcome hard times in the big easy. >> we are bigger, we'r

that very school they were sheltering, that was targeted by saudi-led coalition airstrikes. there is no military objective as far as we can see near the school. it is not clear why it was targeted. >> we heard from a political and security analyst based in saudi arabia. he said said the report is biased against saudi arabia, which is leading the coalition airstrikes. >> what was amnesty need to spend more time on the ground. >> i think it was on the ground when these strikes were happening. >> it's not enough. they cannot make these assessments from sitting in the united kingdom and the am mess city, they should actually make these same reports that they are accusing the saudi-led coalition by doing this, killing innocent women and children, they must -- >> in this interview, we're talking saudi and talking about yemen. would you welcome united nations international commission of inquiry if you admit these are simply mistakes. >> saudi arabia and the coalition, they are welcome, the united nation are part of this dome and work under this approval and with the international c

dler backed by saudi arabia require scrips. -- saudi arabia air strikes. >> reporter: in the early hours fighters take position, leading to the city of aden. pro-government troops advance to the north. they are backed by the saleh coalition to fight houthi rebels. they made gains in the south and said they have support of the fighters. >> translation: we say go on, victory is behind you, people are coming. >> reporter: the fighters supporting pt hadi who is in exile in saudi arabia, seized control from the houthis with the help of allies. saudi arabia and the u.a.e. supply weapons and advisors, changing the fighting on the ground. anti-houthi tribes are being escorted to the border. fighters are preparing a 2-prong approach, from the south-east and south. if they stake ibb, they'll face resistance where there's local support for the shia houthi fighters. the other approach is where there are heavy fighting. . >> the introduction of the armoured tanks, and the trained yemeni make the shift. i think after the fall of tiaz and ibb, sanaa will be surrounded. in the name of the coalition, the

at the time, mugasil allegedly led the saudi division of hezbollah. >>> two saudi soldiers were killed in afghanistan. opened fire on a vehicle that was inside a compound in helmond province. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. tehran is calling for the release of 19 iranians being held by the u.s. iranian officials raised the issue during a news conference in tehran today but there was no mention of a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. >> translator: one of our concerns is the status of iranian prisoners in america. unfortunately about 19 of these prisoners are related to sanctions and are in u.s. jails under the pretext of violating american sanctions. some of these people are still under surveillance. >> since the iranian nuclear agreement was signed there was speculation that jason rezaian would be swapped for the prisoners. >> donald trump and his rival scott walker have proposed building a wall between the u.s. and mexico. just how effective would a wall be? paul beban has been doing some fact checking. paul what you the find? >> well, good evening antonio

-saudi relations.ark: they just signed a multibillion deal with the russians and with the south koreans to build a "civilian nuclear program." charlie: we have more to discuss than we have time. thank you for coming. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: we continue this evening with a look back at 16 years of "the daily show with jon stewart." the host of the nightly comedy central show announced in february he would leave the program. the finale is airing tomorrow night. here's a look at what jon stewart and other guests on this program have said about "the daily show" over the years. what do you enjoy the most about? jon: when it feels relevant. when you feel like the anger or the humor you would feel in something that most of the people in the country have some idea of or some opinion of and you can get it out there that night, then it feels really relevant and that is the most enjoyable thing in the world. george: during the lead up to the war, and certainly in the beginnings of the war, you

most likely these rockets were launched from saudi arabia territory. >> reporter: the kingdom of saudihas repeatedly said it will only stop its military campaign once it is confidence that the shia houthi rebels no longer oppose a threat to its internal security. this is a scud missile fired by houthi forces into saudi arabia. they said the missile was destroyed in the air. fighting has intensified along the kingdom's border with yemen. the houthis backed by troops loyal to former president sala, say they will fight for as long as it takes. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >>> the use of cluster munitions is banned under the convention on cluster munitions treaty, but none of the saudi-lead treaty of nine arab states members of that treaty. i spoke to the head of the saudi-lead coalition, and asked him if his forces are using cluster bombs in yemen. >> fortunately there is not the first time that human rights watch published such a report. i don't see your report, because i don't see the tv actually. but i read this morning the report that they published and [ inaudible ]. my first questi