a popular uprising which would end the suffering and we insist that it be peaceful the southern transitional council was attacked established in twenty seventeen i want to restore the independence of southern yemen which was a separate state and so line nine hundred ninety but council blames the existing government for corruption and the only going humanitarian crisis protests against the country's president started up again on wednesday hundreds of people took to the streets protesting against rising prices a low standard of living and corruption the seven transitional council also encouraged saudi arabia and its allies to supports that independence bit as a solution to the crisis in yemen the humanitarian crisis in the country has already become the largest in the world according to the u.n. . league. but i'm joined live by colin cavell associate professor of political science at billy field state college and welcome to the program thanks for joining us at the southern transitional council as we just heard is calling for the independence of southern yemen but one more division just deepen the cris

these protests seem to have been spontaneous but now the leadership of the southern transition council the s.t.c. is organizing more demonstrations for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of president robert mansoor hardy has been fighting who the rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hardy oh against this backdrop of growing protests the u.n. special envoy for yemen has arrived in abu dhabi martin griffiths is trying to arrange talks between the yemeni government and the truth is the separatist leader . is also there and if there are any talks he also wants a seat at the table. drug company nostrum pharmaceuticals has hiked the price of a sixty five year old antibiotic mixture by up to four hundred percent to two thousand dollars a bottle austrians wasn't the only price hike last month it was one of sixty according to analysts at wells fargo drug price hikes of essential medicines coming out of political scrutiny from china to the u.s. remember fabro martin. or

means yemeni flights need to make a detour through neighboring djibouti immorality back to southern transition council wants independence for southern yemen but as smith reports from djibouti. it's more a military airfield now than an international airport for airline passengers and the u.a.e. back separatist forces controlling adenauer port have just made it much harder for the national airline yemenia to continue operating the three remaining routes on a chance. to khartoum cairo and a man are no longer allowed to refuel here and engineers aren't allowed to maintain aircraft in the. saudi u.a.e. led coalition targeted these airports and violate all international laws and international treaties and enforce the continued closure of civilian airport and there were conditions airports should operate under what is stated in international treaties and rules however in yemen all sorts of illegal acts some pressures have been exercised to close airports and target them directly to airplanes buildings support civilian staff that has been direct targeting or that it's in sanaa or in aden the southern transiti

these protests seem to have been spontaneous but now the leadership of the southern transition council the s.t.c. is organizing more demonstrations for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of president robert mansoor hardy has been fighting who the rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hardy oh against this backdrop of growing protests the u.n. special envoy for yemen has arrived in abu dhabi matching gryphus is trying to arrange talks between the yemeni government and the. the separatist leader. is also there and if there are any talks he also wants a seat at the table. drug company and. nostrum pharmaceuticals is hiked the price of a sixty five year old antibiotic mixture by up to four hundred percent to two thousand dollars a bottle austrians wasn't the only price hike last month it was one of sixty according to analysts at wells fargo drug price hikes of essential medicines coming out of political scrutiny from china to the u.s. remember fabro martin. farmer b

these protests seem to have been spontaneous but now the leadership of the southern transition council the s.t.c. is organizing more demonstrations for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of president robert mansoor hardy has been fighting who the rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hardy oh against this backdrop of growing protests the u.n. special envoy for yemen has arrived in abu dhabi marching gryphus is trying to arrange talks between the yemeni government and the. the separatist leader. is also there and if there are any talks he also wants a seat at the table. drug company and. nostrum pharmaceuticals has hiked the price of a sixty five year old antibiotic mixture by up to four hundred percent to two thousand dollars a bottle austrians wasn't the only price hike last month it was one of sixty according to analysts of wells fargo drug price hikes of essential medicines coming out of political scrutiny from china to the u.s. remember fabro martin. farmer

that means a yemeni flights must be told through neighboring djibouti their morality back southern transition council wants independence for southern yemen and ben smith reports from neighboring to bt. it's more a military airfield now than an international airport for airline passengers and the u.a.e. backed separatist forces controlling adenauer port have just made it much harder for the national airline yemeni air to continue operating the three remaining routes on a chance. to khartoum cairo and a man are no longer allowed to refuel here and engineers aren't allowed to maintain aircraft in the. saudi u.a.e. led coalition to target these airports and violate all international laws and international treaties and enforce the continued closure of civilian airport and there were conditions airports should operate under what is stated in international treaties and rules however in yemen all sorts of illegal acts some pressures have been exercised to close airports and target them directly airplanes buildings support civilian staff there has been direct targeting with whether it's in sanaa or in aden th

which would end the suffering and we insist that it be peaceful the group is called the southern transitional council and was established only last year the council blames the existing government for corruption on the ongoing humanitarian crisis meanwhile yemen has been in gulf in crisis since the beginning of the war four years ago a diet health situation in the country caused a massive cholera outbreak in twenty seventeen with currently more than twenty two million people in dire need of help the situation has been dubbed the worst humanitarian crisis since the second world war. well saudi arabia wants to read to me its traditional purge of monic control over all of you and that is where the problem is the big will be a million. be under the yoke. saudi arabia the home to look to monarchical dictatorship of saudi arabia they want freedom they want to independence and that's what they will find in for march of two thousand and fifty so saudi arabia gold miners. have been. in the. liberation movement march was born. and we. were. real a certain amount of. it is less than twenty four hours to go until

these protests seem to have been spontaneous but now the leadership of the southern transition council the s.t.c. is organizing more demonstrations for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of president robert mansoor hardy has been fighting who the rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hardy. against this backdrop of growing protests the u.n. special envoy for yemen has arrived in abu dhabi griffiths is trying to arrange talks between the yemeni government and the. the separatist leader. is also there and if there are any talks he also wants a seat at the table. drug company in. nostrum pharmaceuticals is height the price of a sixty five year old antibiotic mixture by up to four hundred percent to two thousand dollars a bottle austin's wasn't the only price hike last month it was one of sixty according to analysts at wells fargo drug price hikes of essential medicines coming out of political scrutiny from china to the u.s. remember fabro martin. farmer broke becam

these protests seem to have been spontaneous but now the leadership of the southern transition council the s.t.c. is organizing more demonstrations for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting the internationally recognized government of president abdurrahman sore hardy has been fighting who the rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hadi. the u.n. special envoy to yemen says he's discussing an emergency plan to stem the reales fall griffiths who's in abu dhabi says the economic issue is overwhelmingly the most important priority group is also says that he hopes by november the united nations will be hosting talks between the who thinks and the yemeni government bernard smith al-jazeera djibouti. five time world footballer of the year kris jenner nanda has been left off portugal's national team for a pair of upcoming internationals as a three year old has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a less vegas hotel in two thousand and nine. denies the claim and on thursday trained with his team eventis fo

support civilian staff there has been direct targeting or that it's in sanaa or in aden the southern transition council controls most of aden including the airport while the prime minister and ministers of the internationally recognized government live in aiden's presidential palace compound the president hadi is only visible on billboard's he's been living in exile in the saudi capital riyadh for three years. of the operations of yemen's national airline is a reminder that while the s.t.c. might be in a coalition with the saudi backed government as they fight to think rebels its ultimate aim is independence yemen airways flights are now forced to make a fifteen minute detour across the red sea here to djibouti for refueling before flying on to their final destinations are just there is seeing two letters written by the airline to the coalition complaining it is costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars to make these details but the coalition has ignored those complaints burnet smith al-jazeera djibouti. israeli police are investigating the death of a palestinian woman off and said israeli settlers

the southern transitional council they want to restore southern the republic of southern yemen and they want a part in these talks because they say they represent a lot of people in southern yemen they are taking advantage of the economic collapse of southern yemen they have some fifty thousand fighters involved they say we should be part of these talks of this could be a tactic by then to get them on to the table should get them around the table should these talks go ahead ali thank you for that ben is smith's life force in djibouti in other news malaysia's former first lady of rosmah months or has been arrested and will be charged with corruption on thursday rosmah was detained after being questioned by the anti-corruption commission her husband former prime minister najib razak is set to face trial next year for money laundering and these soft power it's over billions of dollars that went missing from a state fund known as one. thousands of armenians have protested outside parliament over what they say is an attempt by the former ruling coalition to hold on to power. m.p.'s passed a

demanding our attention they've already got the attention of the leadership of the southern transition council that s.t.c. the separatist group has called for more demonstrations to pile the pressure on the internationally recognized government a president rubber mansoor hardy. for four years a saudi u.a.e. coalition supporting president hadi has been fighting hoofy rebels but the s.t.c. backed by the u.a.e. ultimately wants independence for southern yemen that's rejected by president hadi the u.n. special envoy also said he'd like talks between the two things on the yemeni government to happen in november but martin griffis couldn't offer any guarantees he said because the logistics involved in choosing a venue still need to be worked out and specifically that means security guarantees for the delegation that would travel to any tall. burnitz with al-jazeera djibouti . brazil is set to hold its final presidential debate ahead of national elections on sunday but controversial right wing front runner joy bosso naro has confirmed he will be taking part in the debate at the recommendation of his

the problem in the south is that you have the southern transitional council. you have elements in the south that are confronting the state. i think this is a ticking time bomb. if we are going to have peace between the international level, between saudi arabia and the government and the houthis, the south has a huge the stabilization effect. in 1986, there was a brief civil war, south civil war, that claimed the lives of 10,000 people in three months. constructive role played by the coalition because the southerners are more aligned with the coalition than with their own government. they also found it interesting dynamic with the rule -- role of the united arab emirates in the south. they have cultivated a special relationship based on the disdain for the islam park, which is affiliated with the muslim brotherhood. they fight isis and al qaeda, which has been active in the south. it made the relationship between the yemeni government go sour. it is an interesting dynamic to watch and it brought theories that the uae is interested in the south and secession for

support civilian staff that has been direct targeting or that it's in sanaa or in aden the southern transition council controls most of aden including the airport while the prime minister and ministers of the internationally recognized government live in aiden's presidential palace compound the president hadi is only visible on billboards he's been living in exile in the saudi capital riyadh for three years. of the operations of yemen's national airline is a reminder that while the s.t.c. might be in a coalition with the saudi backed government as they fight who think rebels its ultimate aim is independence yemen airways flights are now forced to make a fifteen minute detour across the red sea here to djibouti for refueling before flying on to their final destinations. are seeing two letters written by the airline to the coalition complaining it is costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars to make these details but the coalition has ignored those complaints burnet smith al-jazeera djibouti. we're going to tell you now pope francis has expelled bishops accused of sexually abusing children comes wee

this looks like some sort of goodwill gesture by them but it's the who things do that the southern transition council is threatening to try and attempt again to take over the institutions of government in southern yemen they want to return to the pre nine hundred ninety seven state of yemen but the s.t.c. has not been invited to take part in talks it wants to be involved in a talks that might take place and that leader is also in abu dhabi at the same time as martin griffiths so this threat this attempt by the s.t.c. to say they're going to take over those institutions in southern yemen and also be an attempt by then to get themselves around the table with the two things an internationally recognized government of yemen all of this piling pressure on that u.n. special envoy martin greetings. yemen's prime minister has called for an economic summit to try and halt the slide of the ryal the country is on the brink of financial collapse and the increases to the prices of goods are worsening the humanitarian crisis. we're getting a look at that we have all the confidence there by the support of the coali

this looks like some sort of goodwill gesture by them but as the who these do that the southern transition council is threatening to try an attempt again to take over the institutions of government in southern yemen they want to return to the pre ninety ninety southern state of yemen but the s.t.c. has not been invited to take part in talks it wants to be involved in a talks that might take place and that leader is also in abu dhabi at the same time as martin gretta so this threat this attempt by the s.t.c. to say they're going to take over those institutions in southern yemen also be an attempt by then to get themselves around the table with booth is an internationally recognized government of yemen all of this piling pressure on the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths united nations children's agency is suspending cash aid to nine million people in regions of yemen controlled by who the rebels unicef says it's because they were unable to set up a call center for recipients to confirm they were actually getting the money there are security concerns have forced doctors without borders to suspend t

support civilian staff there has been direct targeting whether it's in sanaa or in aden the southern transition council controls most of aden including the airport while the prime minister and ministers of the internationally recognized government live in aiden's presidential palace compound the president. is only visible on billboard's he's been living in exile in the saudi capital riyadh for three years. of the operations of yemen's national airline is a reminder that while the s.t.c. might be in a coalition with the saudi backed government as they fight the rebels it's. ultimate aim is independence yemen airways flights are now forced to make a fifty minute detour across the red sea. for refueling before flying on to their final destinations. it is written by the airline to the coalition complaining it is costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars to make these details but the coalition has ignored those complaints bernard smith al-jazeera g.p.g. to. eight mountain climbers have died after their camp at the base of the turn was destroyed in a snowstorm the bodies of four south korean climbers and

but there might be a local conflict should the southern transitional council not respect the wish of the emirates and say we are going to do our own thing here. if no one is going to listen to them, if no one is going to let them be a party in the peace negotiations, we are definitely having a ticking time bomb of, you know -- i think this would be the next conflict to watch in yemen. >> thank you. this has, for me at least, and i think for all of us, been an incredibly sobering morning. as we walk out to enjoy the rest of what seems to be a truly beautiful day, i ask us all, please, to remember the tragedy that is happening really before the world's eyes not just today but i suspect in the weeks and months and years to come. we have had an excellent primer on how to think about yemen, the problems, the difficulties, the disagreements. so please join me in thanking our pam for an excellent presentation. [ applause ] -- thanking or panel for an excellent presentation. [ applause ] >>> with 11 days to go until the midterm elections we will have more live campaign coverage today. presid

the southern tradition transition council is threatening to try and attempt again to take over the institutions of government in southern yemen they want to return to the pre nine hundred ninety seven state of yemen but yes the sea has not been invited to take part in talks it wants to be involved in a talks that might take place and they leader is also in abu dhabi at the same time as martin griffiths so this threat this attempt by the s.t.c. to say they're going to take over those institutions in southern yemen also be an attempt by then to get themselves around the table with who is the internationally recognized government of yemen all of this piling pressure on the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths when i speak some more about this not in a billion koori who's a former u.s. diplomat who served in seventy chief mission in yemen he's fine scott from washington thank you very much for being with us on al-jazeera what might this move by the who sees releasing the two sons of former president suggests why would they do this now. well i'm told that they were not going to hang on to them foreve

unfortunately of the lack of direction of both the transitional council and the government because basically the government and the transitional council know that the southern problem issue has been addressed in the national dialogue and that proposals for the solutions were put on the table and were agreed upon and therefore i think what people have to do know is to return to the outcome of the. comprehensive test taken place in two thousand and fourteen and addressed really the recommendations made by the majority of political parties and governmental organization on sort of in many of the conflicts that today it is since two thousand and fifteen so the region that his he is occupy iraq the corresponds to the former north gammon and the separatists. are calling for the return of south yemen those areas are very different different terrain religion history why not just lack the region split and go their separate ways well i think it's just a matter of separate ways i think the unity of yemen was an aspiration to all yemenis and i think the image is as they have united the country in one thousand nine hundred to find ways to dissolve the the reasons for the