that used to be a south yemen is now a real possibility and says the troops in south yemen although they're nominally under president had the and now displaying the old flag of south yemen and that he no longer has effective command and control of military and security forces in the south it also talks about the forces that have been built up by the saudi led coalition the so-called proxy forces it says that those are actually not helping yemen they'll do more to further the fragility of yemen they will to hold the state together and it says those forces that they amassed by the coalition pose a threat to the peace and stability of yemen it talks to about civilian casualties and particularly about the actions of the saudi led. coalition it investigated ten airstrikes and it looked at those ten cases and said that even if in some cases the saudi coalition had targeted legitimate military objectives the panel finds it highly unlikely that the principles of proportionality and precaution in attack were met and it says as a result that those responsible for planning and executing those

and the divisions that have emerged there is the real possibility of secession into a separate south yemen it says in the south of the country people displaying the flag of the old country of south yemen and are not loyal to president had he although they're formally under his command it says that president heidi has no longer effective command and control of the military and security forces in the south of yemen it says one of the reasons that there is this lack of stability in yemen is actually the forces that have been built up by the saudi led coalition it says that there are proxy units that they have drawn up but it says that these units will do more to further the fragility of yemen then they will do to hold the state together it says they pose a threat to peace and stability in yemen it is also very critical of the coalition for civilian casualties in yemen it says that it appears that the saudi led coalition has not been following international humanitarian law and it says it's likely that some of those who are responsible for planning and executing airstrikes fall under the desig

two yemen's before it merged in 1990, you had the people's democratic republic of yemen, known as south yemenis.e iaden the secessionist forces which i seize control of aden is bringing back the old agenda and they what you meant to look like that again, they want their old country back, their old south yemen nation. let's go back to the first map. in the north, a split, i talked about the iran backed rebels, they themselves have split with forces they were fighting alongside that were loyal to a former president. killed the, they former president because they thought he had betrayed them and changed sides, was too friendly with saudi arabia backing the south. within the huti coalition in the north, a fracture. what had been described as a proxy battle between iran and saudi arabia it has become a battle with a lot of internal stability. easterne space in the territories of yemen to the east of the dotted line, most controlled by jihadist groups, mostly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they have seized upon these factional struggles and the civil war with many different civil wars to take a

these men are waving the flag of the former south yemen, a country that ceased to exist nearly 30 yearsgo, when it merged with north yemen. now, some want it to split again. translation: we want a civilian government, a government of law, a government made according to the principles of the southern transition proposal. these southern separatists are a faction backed by the united arab emirates. they want the government to resign. the internationally recognised government is backed by saudi arabia, and refuses to go. the two now have managed to agree a truce. translation: we are asking all fighters to come back and improve our defence, and provide a real administration, that assures everyone justice and equality. yemen is already divided between government and rebels. these secessionists want another division, back to the old north—south border. it is not clear how much support they have. in aden, the fighting seems to have subsided. but the tensions remain, and the peace may not last long. we have some breaking news now: suspected militants have launched an attack on a military trainin

they say that they are determined to break away from northern yemen they want to reinstate the south yemen republic that existed before nine hundred ninety this is something that could further undermine the chances to unify yemen it's more fragmented than ever now this is the scary scene are your for yemen sami if the session is continue taking control of areas like i didn't have that i'm more to might say you know what i think we have to set up because the hard on me is have been saying over the last two years that he would like to have their own representation elease places like. and in some sort of limbo is going to be one of the most nightmarish scenarios that you could see in the near future that could pave the way for groups are affiliated with al qaeda for example to stage a comeback historically speaking people which is the most powerful. outside pakistan afghanistan have you taken advantage of instability in the yemen to further expand so it's a very delicate situation for the international coalition for the saudi led coalition and all the parties which have been trying to work ha

by the government south and north yemen were separate countries for much of the latter half of the twentieth century before uniting in one nine hundred ninety eight it used to be the capital of the south. has covered the conflict in yemen for the previous extensively for al-jazeera joins me now in the studio this is quite a game changer is it not to sort and certainly the events of the last forty eight hours. because this of yemen was the last fall for the internationally recognized government of president obama's so handy to start this military operation against the who are these now he's lost control over the south i mean we can practically say that the president had these control over yemen is now over he has absolutely no control of any single part of the country he is now in exile in saudi arabia but his troops operating in the south his people his government are more of a window dressing the ones who control the south now the separatists who form this body called the south transitional body what they want they want to have a state of the own and they are backs made by the united arab e

today officially has completely lost control over the south of yemen who remains in exile in saudi arabia his government is in massive control in the area however this could pave the way for more groups more tribesmen more laws to step in particular groups affiliated with myself and a.q. a.p. which is the most powerful of the group as you know sort of ring perhaps alysa villains in yemen indeed indeed we're talking about thousands of people have been killed over the last few years half a million people affected by by cholera of a related disease a famine is really a nice mess in somalia for humanitarian groups operating now in yemen and this latest development is done they're going to compound. problems for many people operating in yemen i know interesting to see how the situation develops thank you very much for joining us on the news great and an excellent al-jazeera world documentary to recommend to you that explores yemen's turbulent history the current crisis the political and sectarian divisions that dominate yemen today go back hundreds of years

and the divisions that have emerged there is the real possibility of secession into a separate south yemen it says in the south of the country people displaying the flag of the old country of south yemen and are not loyal to president had he although they're formally under his command it says that president heidi has no longer effective command and control of the military and security forces in the south of yemen it says one of the reasons that there is this lack of stability in yemen is actually the forces that have been built up by the saudi led coalition it says that there are proxy units that they have drawn up but it says that these units will do more to further the fragility of yemen then they will do to hold the state together it says they pose a threat to peace and stability in yemen it is also very critical of the coalition for civilian casualties in yemen it says that it appears that the saudi led coalition has not been following international humanitarian law and it says it's likely that some of those who are responsible for planning and executing airstrikes fall under the desig

war in the divisions that have emerged there is the real possibility of secession into a separate south yemen it says in the south of the country people displaying the flag of the old country of south yemen and are not loyal to president had he although they're formally under his command it says that president heidi has no longer effective command and control of the military and security forces in the south of yemen it says one of the reasons that there is this lack of stability in yemen is actually the forces that have been built up by the saudi led coalition it says that there are proxy units that they have drawn up but it says that these units will do more to further the fragility of yemen then they will do to hold the state together it says they pose a threat to peace and stability in yemen it is also very critical of the coalition for civilian casualties in yemen it says that it appears that the saudi led coalition has not been following international humanitarian law and it says it's likely that some of those who are responsible for planning and executing airstrikes fall under the desig

war in the divisions that have emerged there is the real possibility of secession into a separate south yemen it says in the south of the country people displaying the flag of the old country of south yemen and are not loyal to president had he although they're formally under his command it says that president heidi has no longer effective command and control of the military and security forces in the south of yemen it says one of the reasons that there is this lack of stability in yemen is actually the forces that have been built up by the saudi led coalition it says that there are proxy units that they have drawn up but it says that these units will do more to further the fragility of yemen then they will do to hold the state together it says they pose a threat to peace and stability in yemen it is also very critical of the coalition for civilian casualties in yemen it says that it appears that the saudi led coalition has not been following international humanitarian law and it says it's likely that some of those who are responsible for planning and executing airstrikes fall under the desig

other saudis and the emirate is trying to orchestrate a new outcome force for south yemen no one knows but what we know for sure is that united arab emirates plays a crucial role in the south they are the most effective armed force they have bases in are then in how the moat and also in so-called are these key strategic areas in southern yemen and they have huge political and financial influence over the southern cities what this then part poses is the question of what will the future relationship be of the u.a.e. and saudi when it comes to yemen and what is the future of yemen both in the short and long term if you look at the map and you see the southern part of yemen is you talking about. it's coastal areas some of the most busiest shipping routes for oil tankers in the world very important it has a crucial as you political importance for the international committee further violence and instability or fragmentation in the southern part of yemen could pave the way for groups like al qaida which is one of the most aggressive groups operating in the area to gain war foothold there it c

south yemen specially by supporters of the southern transitional council who who have announced escalating against the current government but the tensions in the south is quite different so both factions are fighting in ardent today they're both southerners so the presidential forces and the security belts both both of them were formed after the pushed out the who is in twenty fifteen august twenty fifteen and since then each group has been working independently so in a way they've been sharing control in aden but couldn't work together in a unified in a form of a unified unified government or governing governing form until we reached a situation where the southern transitional council on that idea was a baby is demanding secession and is collating against ahmed been dubbed a commitment of or himself the prime minister is a southerner but he is so much supportive of unity so i think the situation is that little bit more complicated than that what you guess not fair enough fair enough what's why i should say hasn't this been addressed previously on going ba

now in the hands of a third faction southern separatists supported by the united arab emirates south yemen was an independent country until one nine hundred ninety and nationalist sentiment remains strong al qaeda and other armed groups are also active in the region holding pockets of territory in the north and the south so let's take a closer look at the separatists well they're loyal to the southern transitional council s.t.c. and want the restoration of an independent south the s.t.c. was formed in may last year by a former governor of aden i digress bady had been ousted by the government over accusations of disloyalty until recently the government and the s.t.c. had been united against a common enemy the who's the rebels but the battle over aden represents a new split in the already fractured country. well here to help us make sense of all of this our guests in london are a chef. and gammon project coordinator for the international human rights group the premier also a former member of yemen's national dialogue from two thousand and twelve to two thousand and fourteen and from washingt

there's a succession aswat a separate state for southern yemen they say that the region has been neglected and mistreated by the government south and north yemen were separate countries for much of the latter half of the twentieth century before uniting in one thousand nine hundred eighteen used to be the capital of south yemen so here is part of a video international committee of the red cross posted online about what's happening on the ground and we are going through. a series. maybe. of the division maybe we send. some should you know this so what we are living. here. we are here to get in touch with talk these are the other maybe using. kids. tell me what you're seeing is this insight we are managing you see with these gates today. as well. as some. adam baron is a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations he joins us now from beirut so adam i just want first your impression of this the latest escalation in what's happening in yemen. i mean this is certainly been a momentous and surprising in some sense three days is. in some sense you know it's not hard to see this coming but the sheer sort of escalation

people who care for yemen are calling for you know basically let's wait until this whole thing settled the conflict with the hoses and then we'll figure out what is it to be done in the south and yet the separatists are taking advantage of the fact that there is a war going on with the healthy with the weak link being in the southern part of yemen taking some sort of a sponsorship from abu dhabi in the united arab emirates in order to separate so it's really quite sad you know for yemen as it were when we talk about all these geopolitical at plates moving if it's easy to forget the humanitarian situation which is being called the west bank crisis in the world right now when we're looking to an end game which we've done so many times and it seems to me nine cents of it in close sight where where could the precious be put now i mean that's the saudis role in all of this no longer with the u.a.e. or are they still with the u.a.e. head who's coming in to really say they are somehow in to make sense of this. actually this is this is an important question i personally i'm looking carefully into the various signs or signals coming out of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates

it followed clashes between separatists who want independence for south yemen, and forces loyal to theni government has called for a ceasefire and urged arab allies to intervene. a day of mourning has been held in the afghan capital kabul for more than 100 people killed in saturday's bomb attack. funerals have been taking place and relatives have been searching hospitals for survivors. the attack, using an ambulance packed with explosives, was the worst to hit the city in months. the bbc‘s secunder kermani in in kabul. it was at one stage one of the safer places in afghanistan. now it seems after a repeated series of attacks in the city over the past year it is one of the most dangerous places. both the taliban and the islamic state group appear to be deliberately targeting the city now, where as before they perhaps try to ca ptu re where as before they perhaps try to capture rural territorians from government forces. they know that attacks here in the city to more international attention and also undermined the government. the security forces here say they are doing the best they can

south of yemen and their control now the secessionist backed by the united. have the upper say in aden in how that are most likely to further expand their control to other areas like b.n. and also of which gives them more advantages in the near future of the of the most powerful military group operating there are the same time the internationally recognized government of president. is losing ground his ministers as we speak are now the seeds in the government's compound in the city of aden there are talks which are underway so that they can be evacuated towards saudi arabia this is definitely a turning point now it's in yemen and what does it mean for the region. more instability definitely because with this is fashion is now taking control i have to say that this is sentiment has been there in yemen for quite some time because they feel like they have been betrayed discriminated against by the political elite in the north and they said that since they joined the union into in one thousand nine hundred ninety nothing positive has come out of that union so the

and in nigeria called book iran and in pakistan and afghanistan called taliban or al qaida or in south yemen for example is called something else and in somalia called out shabab so this is money to stay shipment of. of the. behind as jihadism is. and these are physical manifestation of the same ideology i understand your point and i tend to agree with that but since i'm talking to you we can't talk about for the whole world so let's talk about what's going on iraq iraq a parliamentary committee saying that isis smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars when it retreated from the country moreover the terror group even invest directly into the iraq economy laundering its money and taking cuts from legitimate business profits. what i have to say about that why is the iraqi government allowing this to happen well i think the iraqi government need to tighten the news and tighten this. screw on on the fund then on the financial. transfer from one bank to another they need to apply a lot of international rules of the i.m.f. and world bank and and and and the european union. how they have to apply t

yemen. despite support from saudi arabia. women's elected government was pushed out of the capital sanaa in the north and now it doesn't seem to have a place in the south as well some of the job he'd rather there how does a senior political analyst lead one bashara says the conflict in aden is playing into the hands of yemen who the rebels the southern part of yemen cannot get back together and clearly the saudis and the immoralities that are sponsoring the war in yemen in some sort some form and out of coalition have outsourced much of the fighting within the country and that's leading to some major friction among the southerners as we've seen whether it is the president and his prime minister on the one hand of the whole country that is a bit high demand so had the and and his prime minister and the separatists if you will so all in all you know what the arab coalition is calling for what so many people who care for yemen are calling for you know basically let's wait until this whole thing settled the conflict with the whole seas and then we'll figure out what is it to be done in the south and yet the separatists are taking advantage of the fact that

south why is it so important for the u.a.e. to basically work on a separate or divided yemen. it's actually incredible so i mean this is been going on at least since spring last year and it just went on and on you know behind the scenes a bit of it you know right up front and center but certainly since last october with a movement towards a more the so-called transitional or national assembly there is a real attempt by the united arab emirates to use the the southerners in order to create their own zone of influence within the you know the southern part of the country moving towards for the ration and independence they are really exploiting the dirty secrets of yemen since the one nine hundred eighty six and center this is one nine hundred ninety and the attempt at unity later on the civil war in one thousand nine hundred and so on so forth and i think what they're looking for is to have a real strategic footing in the southern peninsula and they're hoping that southern yemen will be that in case the situation against the how it is doesn't go according to plan what more one ba

it followed clashes between separatists who want independence for south yemen and forces loyal to thevernment. the yemeni government has called for a ceasefire and urged arab allies to intervene. turkish media say the military have used improved weather conditions to resume air and artillery strikes against a kurdish militia in northwestern syria. the anatolia news agency said a hill near the strategic border town of azaz in the kurdish region of afrin was attacked. hollywood actress and un goodwill ambassador angelina jolie has urged world leaders to find a way to solve syria's near eight—year war. she was speaking during her fifth visit to the zaatari refugee camp injordan. the actress said it was "soul—destroying" for the refugees to be made so dependent. even if you've never been to ikea, you've probably heard of the swedish retail giant that's now a global brand. the man who founded it, and revolutionised the furniture industry, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of 91 at his home in southern sweden. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. ingvar kamprad can safely be desc

out and in nigeria called book and in pakistan and afghanistan called taliban or al qaida or in south yemen for example is called something else and in somalia called out shabab so this is money to stay shipment of. of the. behind it as jihadism is behind azim and these are physical manifestation of the same ideology i understand your point and i tend to agree with that but since i'm talking to you we can't talk about for the whole world so let's talk about what's going on iraq iraq a parliamentary committee saying that isis smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars when it retreated from the country moreover the terror group even invest directly into the iraq economy laundering its money and taking cuts from legitimate business profits. what i have to say about that why is the iraqi government allowing this to happen well i think the iraqi government needs to tighten the news and tighten this. screw on on the fund then on the financial. transfer from one bank to another they need to apply a lot of international rules of the i.m.f. and world bank and and and the european union. how they have

were killed on sunday during fighting between former allies, separatists who want independence for south yemen, and forces loyal to the saudi—backed government. more than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing in kabul on saturday. attackers drove an ambulance past a police checkpoint to get to a crowded street in a district full of government buildings and embassies. we're getting reports of a new in kaboul. police in moscow have released the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, after detaining him at a rally. his lawyer says he will have to appear in court, where he may face charges. thousands protested in cities across russia in support of his call for boycotting the upcoming presidential elections. now on bbc news: the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: there's a rare standing ovation in the house of lords as a labour former minister talks of her battle with brain cancer and explains why she's campaigning for more innovative treatment. so that we can live well together with cancer, notjust dying of it. at prime minis

and in nigeria called book iran and in pakistan and afghanistan called taliban or al qaida or in south yemen for example it's called something else and in somalia called out shabab so this is money to stay shipment of. of the. behind as jihadism is. and these are physical manifestation of the same ideology i understand your point and i tend to agree with that but since i'm talking to you we can't talk about for the whole world so let's talk about what's going on iraq iraq a parliamentary committee saying that isis smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars when it retreated from the country moreover the terror group even invest directly into the iraq economy laundering its money and taking cuts from legitimate business profits. what i have to say about that why is the iraqi government allowing this to happen while i think the iraqi government need to tighten the news and tighten this. the screw on on the fund then on the financial. transfer from one bank to another they need to apply a lot of international rules of the i.m.f. and world bank and and and european union. how they have to apply th

the conflict in today's yemen is complicated the country used to be divided would be north and south yemen until unification in one nine hundred ninety but the difference is never really went away since the fight the deputies began in two thousand and fifteen the secessionists have fought for control over air and sea ports of aden last week southern forces led by the man appointed by president of the rebel months who are highly as the governor of aden announced to overthrow hardy's government and that major general rule is to be rejected the deployment of northern forces to the south there have been calls since last sunday so it's been about a week for people to go down to the streets to protest and the surf transitional council has been calling on had the head of government to dissolve and for a new government to be appointed they are calling for independence as well as we've seen on the ground the clashes are continuing and the situation is developing very quickly now the future of president hadi is in question he has been based in saudi arabia along with his prime minister ahmed been th

years the fragile union was torn apart by civil war salaries forces captured in defeating the south and forcing yemen back into a unified state frictions continued between the two two signs with the south often complaining about what it sees as unfair treatment by the north the south is rich in resources but it says the north gets more investment and attention that's led to the birth of a popular movement which wants independence for southern yemen al jazeera senior political analyst says the conflict in yemen is playing into the hands of who feel rebels. the southern part of yemen cannot get back together and clearly the saudis and the immoralities that are sponsoring the war in yemen in some sort some form or not of correlation have outsourced much of the fighting within the country and that's leading to some major friction among the southerners as we've seen whether it is the president and his prime minister on the one hand of the whole country that is a bit had the most so had the and and his prime minister and the separatists if you will so all in all you know what the arab coalition is calling

killed on sunday during fighting between former allies — separatists who want independence for south yemenand forces loyal to the saudi—backed government. afghanistan has been observing a day of mourning on sunday. more than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing in kabul, on saturday. we're now getting reports of a new attack in kabul, on the marshal fahim university, the country's highest military academy. police in moscow have released the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, after detaining him at a rally. his lawyer says he will have to appear in court, where he may face charges. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. the conversation has already begun. i'm jane hill. this week we ask — was anything achieved at the world economic forum in davos? what do the british chancellor's comments there tell us about brexit? and the situation on the syria—turkey border — what is the us going to do about its muddle in the middle east? my guests this week — henry chu, europe bureau chief of variety. eunice goes, the portugues

killed on sunday during fighting between former allies — separatists who want independence for south yemenand forces loyal to the saudi—backed government. police in moscow have released the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, after detaining him at a rally. his lawyer says he will have to appear in court, where he may face charges. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, from the world economic forum, in davos. my guest is the deputy president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa. this is his first interview with the bbc since he became president of the ruling anc. he could also become president of south africa very, very soon, if jacob zuma heeds calls to resign early. but is cyril ramaphosa, an anc stalwart and wealthy businessman, the right person to lead a new south africa, a country mired in corruption and cronyism 7 deputy president cyril ramaphosa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is good to be here. how worried are you about corruption in south africa? deeply worried, because corruption tends to be a very negative action t

century before they united in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight in used to be the capital of south yemen. no at least thirty six people have been killed in the port city of aden in yemen during the past two days after heavy fighting with southern secessionists trying to stage a coup here's part of the video the international committee of the red cross posted online about what's happening on the ground. and we are going through it quite a bit. but. tell me we have very little in our civilization maybe you. should you know this so what we are living with us here. to get in touch with are these are the other and maybe people missing. kids. help yes yes. we are managing the scene with these gets to the other must. be done as well unfortunately this is somebody bites the same. well to african our kenyan police have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of opposition supporters gathering to celebrate an unofficial swearing in of. now the attorney general has warned that challenging the official president will amount to treason opposition supporters have been filling the who route national park