. >> hello dozens of people are known to have died in the port city of aden of a an explosion at the arms depo. saudi special forces have been evacuating april arab diplomats from the city. we go to the editor of newspaper. he spoke to us earlier. >> an explosion at the port city. as we understand now there has been an initial explosion outside of the depo. >> saudi arabia's king said that strikes on houthi rebels will not stop until the country is stable. they made the comments at an arab league summit. they would discuss multi multiple subjects affecting the region. >> these houthi supported by foreign forces against state institutions. they went on against the action of the yemeni people posing a threat to the regional countries. >> they called on the houthis to surrender their weapons and leaders to turn themselves in. >> i've been bee sieged for more than two months. i with the cooperation of honest men of yemen, i was able to exit sanaa and as legitimate president to steer the country away from a civil war. then we decided to shift the capital to the capital of aden to exercise

the focus isn't just an houthi strongholds but also on protecting the port city of aden. it's the main base for president a abd rabbu mansour hadi, and houthi forces like this one. while coalition forces control the skies naval forces control the ports in an effort to keep houthis from rearming. iran denies it is backing the houthis but. >> there are a number of revolutionary guards that are operating underground but now operating more under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition says its military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president ali abdullah saleh had given over their weapons and open for a political solution. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> drone strike killing two military soldiers in iraq, said the drone attack took place on march 23rd near the city of tikrit. but the u.s. led coalition did not conduct any manned or unmanned strikes in the region until two days later. >>> syria is blaming turkey for capture of idlib the government in damascus says turkey helped those fighters stage the assault. meanwhile, citizens

>>reporter: this is the port city of jabuti. hundreds of millions of dollars of overseas investment are pouring in promising to turn this city into a bustling commercial hub. jabuti sits across from a vital maritime corridor that provides access to the red sea. the strait separates jabuti from yemen. taking advantage of its geographical location it's slowly transforming itself into a shipping hub. >> we want to create more jobs. >>reporter: here chinese workers build a fourth port for jabuti. because of its strategic position, it's also attracted the attention of powerful nations providing yet another source of revenue. jabuti is also home to a number of bases for foreign troops including the biggest u.s. base in africa. this military base is a staging ground for synth yemen and somolia. the pentagon has also used jabuti to train its forces and for cutting out its warfare. over the years a number of other countries including germany, japan, and spain have followed the u.s. and french example and set up bases in jabuti too. >> it'

some suggested he already left aden the port city of aden whether the houthis were advancing. some suggest he flew the country. some others, other sources who are close to president hadi say he is in a safe place in aden. he had left the presidential palace in aden. so at this moment we don't really know where he is. >> okay omar thank you very much omar al saleh here for us in the studio. somer joins us from washington, d.c. welcome once again to al jazeera jazeera, somer your reaction to the military action launched in yemen? >> it's surprising to have an air strike so soon to the houthis expanding to aden. for me, my main concern is on the people on the ground are they safe? what is this air strike targeting? is it just restricted to military bases or is it going to expand to other sites as well? >> exactly. it's not clear at this point what exactly those objectives are of these air strikes. now you had said when we spoke a few days ago that you were hopeful that there might still be a political solution. >> yes. i was hopeful that there was a political solution. i think th

that forced him to the south of the port city. friday's bombing shows the devastating impact the political vacuum is having. and how the islamic state militant group is taking advantage of the chaos. >> for more on the situation we are happy to be joined in the studio by barranca -- marika. was islamic state behind this attack and how powerful is it in yemen right now? maraika: there were statements made online but we do not know if there was some kind of media stunt or they were behind the attacks. we will have to wait for the investigations to be able to determine who was behind the attacks. >> we do not know yet whether it was i.s. but i.s has spread over the region. would you go as far as saying that i.s. has taken over? maraika: we don't know how strong they are in al qaeda or how week. this is the first time the i.s. has become active in yemen so we do not know how strong they are. i would assume that in the future at least in the near future that al qaeda remains the more dominant group in yemen. host: what about the shia? t

the rebels took over taiz on supplied. they're already occupy and control the city of sanaa. they say they plan to push south to the port city of aden where the country's president is trying to hold on to power. several were killed in anti- anti-houthi protests. >> they wore hats with the colors of the yemeni flag. by day's end several protesters were dead and dozens injured. people have made it clear that they are not welcomed. but the street may be losing to the heavily armed houthies. the governor of the province resigned. his reason forces loyal to the houthis refused to obey his orders. the shia houthies have been in control of sanaa since last september. president abd rabbuh mansur hadi was forced to flee to the southern port city of aden. now the houthis are continuing their advance beyond the capitol and getting closer to the president. but they say they're not after the leader. they insist they're fighting religious armed groups. in the province tribal leaders tell al jazeera they're managing to keep the houthis out. >> the tribes are so peaceful, and this gang of houthis have dragged us into war. >> tribal lea

they seized the capital sanaa last month and are now moving toward the port city of aden, the strongholdf president abdul rabi mansour hadi. reports say rebels from the

strategic entry point to the south of the country and there are reports that the rebels are close to the port city the situation that has prompted concern in the international community. >> there are extremists on many sides. they want these negotiations to fail and have been actively trying to undermine them. please allow me to reiterate that peaceful dialogue is the only option we have. reporter: u.s. special forces were ordered to i -- evacuate yemen on saturday. laura: i am joined by yemen specialist charles schmidt. how close is yemen to completely falling apart? charles: i do not know about falling apart, but they are close to civil war. laura: are we looking at a proxy war between the saudi's and iran ? charles: the saudi's on the iranians both have some -- the saudi's and the iranians both have some role in this. i hesitate to call them rebels because they are the government at this point. they are supported by iran. they are very much a domestic movement. their sources of power are domestic. there fighting resources are mostly domestic. the president, which the international community sti

. >> violence came 13 hours after 13 people were killed in the southern port city of aden. rival forces clashed at the military airport kim vanel has more. >> reporter: worshipers scrambled to save the injured. their clothes stained with blood, rescuers moved between bodies piled high on the floor. this was the second suicide bombing, in this space of a few minutes. the first attacker detonated outside, having been stopped by security. the second took advantage of the confusion, to cause maximum damage. that explosion was caught by those filming the fallout. >> translator: we were in the mosque during the sermon. we first heard an explosion outside. near the security perimeter. and then it became apparent that when the first explosion happened they used the chaos and the vacuum to enter the mosque and blow us up. >> reporter: it was more than four bombs targeting mosques targeting shia houthis. no one claims responsibility for the attack and analysts dismiss assertions that islamic state of iraq and the levant is involved. >> i don't believe i.s.i.l. involvement. doesn't hav

the port city of aden. are they strong enough to with stand any military intervention from the outside? how would they respond? >> i think its hard to tell right now. i think the houthies have surprised everybody and it's been clear for some time that they've had support from ali abdullah saleh and they wouldn't have been able to do what they've done without that. but how do you stop the houthies really? i don't think bombing is the answer. it will have to be at the negotiating table. but it will be interesting to see if they're able to take aden in the next few days. >> thank you very much. >>> now other top story the leaders of france, germany and spain have been visiting the french alps where a passenger plane crashed on tuesday. all 150 people on board were killed. these are the latest developments. a cockpit voice recorder has been recovered. the device is now in paris. investigators say that they've managed to recover some information from it. but they're also saying that it's just too early to draw an

we presented to you last time because we are trying to recapture what the port and city invested in the system which was i believe $5 million, and at that time, the projection was that if bae is able to charge by each kilowatt hours of power used by the vessels that have worked at the shipyard. that rate will help us recapture that investment. but because the utilization rate is not the level of it used to be, that level of power. the next business term that we are recommending in the lease is that more guarantee for utility cap for all utilities, that includes sewer, gas, water utilities including electrical power. because as you know pier 70 is going through redevelopment and there is a need to upgrade the existing utilities and the utilities that are there until they are upgraded will have to be shared by the tenants. because of udi in beginning to renovate the historic buildings, we need to move out of building one and two the current electrical power source that powers the shipyard. that power source that is capacity of 12 mega watts. so we've negotiated with bae that we are limiti

. >>> now, the port city of djibouti in east africa is bustling from new investment. a lot from multinational counties and gets a boost from military spending. it sits on the edge of a new kilometres from yemen's coast. it's home to the largest u.s. military base in africa. >> this is the port city of djibouti, the capital of a little country. hundreds of millions of dollars of overseas investment are pouring in. turning this one city into a bustling hub. djibouti is across the strait a vital maritime corridor providing access to the red sea. with 5km across at its narrowist point, it separate djibouti from yemen. taking advantage of the geographical location djibouti is slowly transforming into a shipping hub. >> you want to create more jobs. our modelsis singapore, hong kong. >> they build a fourth port. the country attracted powerful measures providing a source of revenue. djibouti is home to foreign troops including the biggest u.s. base. it's a staging grouped for counterterrorism operations in yemen and somali. this base gives the american forces a chance to stri

the mafia. he spoke during a day-long visit to a port city of naples. he spoke to one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods where krug trafficking and extortion are widespread. >> we know hose who voluntarily take the vote ofevil, they gain something, but they rob hope. they rob it from themselves, and from everybody. the vote of evil is always a vote that robs hope. >> let's go live to naples now where we can talk with the vatican correspondent for the national catholic reporter. people there have heard these comments before. what can you tell us about the reaction, the reception that the pope had this time around? >> well, this was part of a break-neck day for the pope. he spent ten hours in the italian city of pompey. six different visits. three helicopter rides, and this morning it was quite clear that he was speaking with some of the most fierce, shrill, i am passioned of his papacy so far. he not only spoke about the corruption here, but the country of italy and said it's a wider question around the world not just about the corruption, but the

an airstrike in the port city of hudaydah. the houthis are still on the move though.hey are reported to be marching towards the southern city of aden. in chabwa province, they have been battling sunni tribes and at least 40 houthi's fighters said to have been killed. more from hasham barahawa. >> airstrikes hit including in the capital city sanaa. jets have bombed ammunition at those airports and long-range rocket launchers in sanaa, sada, ib and hadadah. this is an aftermath. the destroyed helicopters, fighter jets and a fuel facility. the saudis have also deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen. >> the houthis are a group of malitias that stage add coup. they have expanded because of the backing of former president and the iranians. >> saudi-led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters who have started to retreat from the south according to local sources. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. these are houthi fighters killed in an ambush while in the southern city of lahague. the summ

. >>> heavy night in southern yemen has closed international in the port city of adan. several were killed there. yemen has been in political limbo since the president and the government resigned in january. well mohammad is the bbc arabic editor. he gave me the latest. >> the army units that are allied to the president, are joined by militias who support him, have managed to repel this attack on the airport in adan in south yemen, by this special forces police unit that is allied to the former president, who is allied to the houthi rebels who now control the capital. >> so, you, just in that last sense, have given a sense to have the complexity of what we're having to deal with. is there any sense that one side or the other is getting the upper hand at the moment or is the government sort of clinging on? >> well the houthi rebels who come from the north of the country. they took over the capital in january and they basically tried to -- said that they are now in control. they put the president under house arrest. he managed to flee last month to his hometown of south ye

. >> rebel houthi forces have seized the capital sanaa and advancing on the port city aden. arab coalition is carrying out the campaign, describing the actions of the houthis as a threat to the security. yemen's leader, abd rabbu mansour hadi sought refuge in re yad. in riyadh. rapid intervention in the region the secretary-general of the arab league has been tasked with the next month. two rival governments allied to armed factions are competing for power. and linked to this in the minds of arab leaders is the rise of the self-declared islamic state of iraq and the levant. or i.s.i.l. which is continuing to carry out armed campaigns in iraq and syria while threatening destabilization in a number of other states. most importantly though for arab leadership is to continue healing the divisions that emerged in the organization in recent years and restore unite ifunityif the common enemy i.s.i.l. is to be acquaint contained. >> syria's government has been in control of most of idlib city if taken it would be only the second syrian city in rebel hands. cannot be independently ver

. >> this is the port city of djibouti. the capital of a little country of big dreams. hundreds of millions of dollars of overseas investments are pouring in. from this one city they want to turn it into a hub. djibouti sits across the bubble a vital corridor providing access to the red see. with 30km across at the narrow point. it separates djibouti from yemen. >> taking advantage of the geographical location, it is transporting itself into a shipping hub. >> you want to achieve a creation of more jobs. and our models is in the model corp. singapore, hong kong. more issues. here the chinese workers build a fourth port. because of the strategic position the country is attracting the attention of power of the nations, providing another source of revenue. >> djibouti is home to a number of bases for foreign troops including the biggest u.s. base in africa. it's a ground for counterterrorism operations in yemen and south america. this u.s. base gives forces an opportunity to strikal lies. the pentagon used djibouti to train forces and cutting out warfare. over the years a

we are live in the port city of aden. president hadi is calling for the talks to be moved from the capitol sanna. where to, and why? >> he asked for the talks to be moved to the saudi capitol riyadh, and according to him. riyadh is the seat of the gulf cooperation headquarters. the council has been supervising the transition in yemen the gulf initiative, the roadmap has helped yemen to some extent move away from the time before the coup against -- before the -- i'm sorry the downfall of the former president the uprising that led to that. that roadmap is still in place. most of the parties to the talks believe this roadmap should be kept and even the united nations and the u.s. ever expressed support for this roadmap. president hadi thinks that saudi arabia can give the necessary regional and international guarantees for the talks to be successful once they are moved to saudi arabia, but we understand the houthis are not likely to accept this demand, because they don't have much trust in saudi arabia, accuse saudi arabia of

they continue to make a push for the port city of aden. there are also reports of clashes between shiite rebels and sunni tribal fighters in the southern part of yemen. u.n. officials and diplomats from several countries, including saudi arabia, fleeing the port city as fighting intensifies. in egypt yemen's deposed president mansour hadi told the arab league summit that the houthi rebels are iran's puppets and called on sunni arab countries to help defeat them. iran denies sending money to and supporting the shiite houthis. still sunni arab countries like saudi arabia are deeply concerned about tehran's growing influence in the region. as the violence escalates in yemen, the possibility of a regional sectarian war between sunni gulf arab states and shiite iran seem to be growing heather. >> connor powell thank you for that report. meantime, the u.s. military rescuing two saudi pilots who had to bail out of their aircraft. centcom confirming to fox news that pilots ejected on thursday over the gulf of aden. they were taking part in air stri

the focus is not just on the stronghold, but protecting the port city of aden the main base for abd-rabbu mansour hadi's forces. while coalition forces control the skies, naval forces are moving to block the ports in a bid to stop fighters were rearming. tehran denies it backs the houthis, yemen is making accusations. >> translation: there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards operating before on the ground. they started operating in the open. there are many mercenary, some from lebanon, syria, all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition said the military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to the opposed president ali abdullah saleh hand over weapons, joining talks to find a political solution >>> a yemeni journalist says there could be fall out on the saudi arabia-led coalition from the strike on the camp. >> i think it will be damaging especially in the northern parts of yemen, where the attacks were as it shows in the report where there'll be numerous attacks and air strikes. >> other parts, in the south and central that are

yemen's president has fled the country as rebel forces have captured the port city of aden where the city has been p captured last month. also, there has been a air base that rebel forces had captured days ago. >>> and also, an e e evacuated bus has been swal e lowed up by a sinkhole, and look at this, carried away by raging waters. this is captured by someone who had escaped that bus just in time. >> incredible. randi. thank you very much. that does it for us. "cnn tonight" starts right now. >>> this is cnn breaking u news. >>> the breaking news is evidence that one of the pilots on the doomed planes was locked out of the cockpit at the time of the crash. i'm don lemon and thank you for i'm don lemon and thank you for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is what the new york times is reporting this evening, investigators found evidence on the voice recorder that one of the pilots left the cockpit before the plane began to descend, but he could not get back into the cockpit, and the plane recorder captures the pilot trying to desperately smash down the door, but

the head of the catholic church was speaking in the port city of naples. he spoke to one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods where drug trafficking and extortion are widespread. >> we know those who voluntarily take the vote of evil gain something but they rob hope. they rob everybody, from society, the rob of evil is always a vote that robs hope. >> the victory in the greek elections was a long awaited triumph for the left wing. a defeat in the civil war many were forced out of greece and found safety over the border in what was then yugoslavia. barnaby philips johns us now. >> throwing light on what village's very unusual past. here in this small community in northern serbia many of the names are greek. a civil war wageed in greece in the late 1940s. the government defeated the communists many of whom took refuge next door in yugoslavia where they were offered a safe haven. dmitri's father was one of those greeks who fled and came to this village maglic, along with thousands of others. he has since died, andy my try has lived his whole life torn be

the stated objectives of this military action is to effectively slow them in their advance to the port city, how difficult or how realistic a goal is that given the involvement of the former president in the all of this and his alliances in that part of the country? our view as a sense of the houthis military capabilities in the southern part of the country they have been taken advantage of significant deployment of troops loyal to the deposed president. who has forces loyal to him in an air base, and air base in in ask air base on the outskirts of adan and forces lo ill to him in different parts of the country. so when the houthis send reinforcements and fighters south most of the time they move to those rare bases get more support, more weaponries, more weaponry, and advance towards adan now the tact tick is the following. the moment they spot both soldiers loyal and houthis fighters moving into those areas they just go after them, and attack them. the message being sent is the following. to the houthiss will never tolerate a joint venture by both of you because the only way out of the cr

the focus is not just on the houthi strongholds, but protecting the port city of aden the main base for supporters of abd-rabbu mansour hadi. saudis described they targeted houthi command centers like this. coalition forces controlled the skies. naval forces are moving to block the ports in a bid to stop rebel fighters rearming. train denies backing the houthis, yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards operating before on the ground. they started operating more in the open. there are many advisors who are supported by iran mercenaries, some from lebanon, syria and other places operating under the guidance of iran. >> the coalition says the military campaign continues until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to the president ali abdullah saleh hand over weapons, and join talks to find a political solution. >> a yemeni journalist says there could be fall out on the saudi-led coalition on the camp. >> i think it will be damage especially in the north of yemen, like where the attack was, and where the houthis control, as they show in the

they seized the capital sanaa last month and are now moving toward the port city of aden the strongholdf president abdul rabi mansour hadi. reports say rebels from the huthis faction seized the al annan air base about 60 kilometers from aden. they were backed by affirmrmored units. militiamen overran the capital. last week rebel aircraft attacked the president's palace in aden reportedly forcing him to flee again. the rebel forces have offered a reward of about $100,000 for anyone who captures hadi. the yemeni government has asked the arab league for military support. saudi arabia had earlier massed military forces along the border with yemen. >>> u.s. forces are now backing up iraqi troops in the key city of tikrit. their warplanes began launching air strikes against islamic state positions. a white house spokesperson says they remained on the sidelines until now, waiting to be asked for assistance. >> in response to a specific request from iraqi security forces the united states has been providing isr support to the ongoing mission in tikrit. so isr stands for intelligence, surveillan

the aim was to prevent them from advancing towards the sea port city of aden. ammunition depos and aircraft batteries were also hit as was this command center run by the houthies. houthi supporters took to the streets of the capital of sanaa to denounce the airstrikes. >> this aggression does not effect us. it only increases our determination and strength because we are a strong people. >> the coalition says it's military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers and join talks for the political solution to yemen's crisis. >> and in the past few hours footage has emerged of more airstrikes in yemen. this was in the capital of sanaa. military officials from both sides of the conflict said that airstrikes were targeting areas east and south of the third largest city taiz. with me now to talk about yemen is thanks for joining me. both sides are blaming each other, but eyewitnesses are talking about airstrikes with the number of civilian casualties, of course, if this is and shown to be the work of the saudi coalition, it's presumably the first colla

the third largest city in yemen is of great strategic importance. it is a base for rebels ashey push further south. they have overrun the military base, and they are closing in on the port city of aiden, where hardy fled in february. volunteers have signedp to fight with the yemeni army. they are on their way to defend the city and the president. but not even he seems to believe they have a chanc hardy has called on the u. an asking you for international military intervention to hall the advance of the rebels. >> tonight sees the first soccer international of the year. world champions germany will host austral in kaiserslautern. >> but the air crash is casting a cloud over the event. >> the crash is weighing on players as they prepare for the big game. a moment of silence will be held before the kickoff. >> we are deeply saddened as stunned at what happened. our thoughts are with the victims' families. >> some players have tweeted their condolences. among them, defender benedict. he comes from the same town as a group of students and teachers who died in the crash. he said this -- he says australia is a serious opponent. >> they are the new asian champions, and they are

frantic residents scrambled to collect their belongings as the blaze advanced to the port city. some 4,500 people have already been evacuated from the area and that number could rise to as many as 16,000. >>> in this country, for many this week's rising temperatures have been a welcome relief, but thanks to all that record cold and snow, the warmer weather has also caused a major problem -- flooding. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: what happens when you take all that ice and then add all this rain? rivers can't handle the pressure. in vermillion, ohio, the water is spilling over the banks and it keeps rising. the high waters closing roads and invading homes. >> it came inside my house, about three feet in my house, destroyed everything. >> reporter: the peak is expected tomorrow morning when the river could reach six feet above flood stage. >> i'm terrified. yeah, i am pretty scared. >> reporter: all along major rivers in the eastern third of the u.s., from upstate new york, to louisiana, there are flood alerts. the region experienced record-breaking cold, and now must

responsible for this. >> tensions mounted so high last week, the president was forced to flee to the southern port city. he declared yemen's temporary capital and then left the country. the battle for him continues with the -- the battle for this country continues. militia men infiltrate the northeastern suburbs. at least one person has been killed and another injured after fire at the n.s.a., the national security agency, in the united states. a car tried to ram into the front gate in maryland. a police officer was also injured. oliver ferry has the story. >> they lift and injured a security guard in an ambulance following an apparent attack at the national security agency's headquarters in maryland. two men tried to ram their car through the gates of a building on the complex of fort meade. an f.b.i. spokesman said they were both wearing women's clothing. one of the men was shot dead by security personnel and the other was injured. f.b.i. sources say they don't believe the attack was terrorist related but they are investigating to see if it warrants federal charges. about 11,000 military personnel an

the focus is not just on houthi strongholds but also on protecting the port city of aiden. the main base of president haidi supporters and air strikes in the south targeting convoys of row enforcement and what they say are command centers like this one. coalition forces control the skies, navel forces are moving to block yemen's ports in a bid to stop rebel forces from rearming and they deny they are backing the houthis but yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> translator: there are a number of iran's guards that were on the ground but recently started upraiding more in the open. there are many advisors who are supported by iran mercenaries and some from lebanon, syria and other places all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: coalition says the military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president abdullah hand over weapons and join talks to find a political solution. kim with al jazeera. >>> al jazeera's has reported extensively in yemen and today then the saudis having to deal with this allegation that one of the

they have launched a military operation to stop the advance towards the port city of aden. it is said the country's president has been forced to take rent -- refuge there but there is conflicting information on his whereabouts. sumi: the saudi's said they would do whatever it takes to protect the legitimate government of yemen. reporter: thousands of houthi supporters have taken to the streets of capital sanaa. "god is great," this man shouts then "victory to islam." he and others here see saudi arabia as the henchman of the west. these pictures show after the airstrikes. it is believed the houthi's stronghold was hit. >> corpses are still under the rubble. reporter: several gulf states, as well as egypt, join saudi arabia in carrying out the airstrikes, but the u.s. provided intelligence and logistical support. a are all working in support of yemen's president -- they are all working in support of yemen's president hadi. >> we will do whatever it takes to predict the lives of -- to protect the legitimate government of yemen from falling and facing any dangers from outside m

the ship was christened "sado" and launched from the port city of niigata on the sea of japan coast. the 90 meter long patrol ship can reach speeds of nearly 40 kilometers per hour. it's equipped with a crane to load supplies and has space to carry relief supplies or evacuees. it has two rubber life boats and two rescue boats. a filtration system removes salt from sea water to produce drinking water. >> translator: the crew will take part in daily drills, so in the event of an emergency we can make full use of the ship. >> the head of the niigata coast guard office says that in the event of a tsunami or other disaster, he hopes the "sado" responds quickly, making it a guardian of the sea of japan. >>> u.s. researchers say arctic ice has hit a record low for winter. two scientific institutions estimated the total area of sea ice this season. it was the lowest figure since 1979, when such records began to be kept. the u.s. national snow and ice data center and nasa based the estimate on satellite data. they say the total area peaked at 14.5 million square kilometers. that's 130,000 squ

the focus isn't just on houthi strong holds but also on protecting the port city of aden. main base for president mon soar hadi's supporters. air strikes in the south are targeting convoys of reinforcements and what saudi describes as houthi command centers like this one while co since forces control the skies navel forces are moving to block yemen's ports, in a bid to stop rebel fighters from rearming. teheran denies it's backing the houthi but yemen don't make accusations. >> there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards operating on the guard but recently started operating in the hope. open. mercenaries some from lebanon syria all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition says its military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president hands over their weapons and join talks to find a political solution, kim vinnell al jazerra. >>> crossing over to sanaa and speaking to a political analyst. thanks for being with us. looking at what happened overnight at that camp obviously conflicting reports still coming

. >> colombo i can't doubled the number of police in the streets in the port city racked by violence between gangs which has left hundreds dead and forced thousand to say flee their homes. we have a report. >> digging for body parts investigators in colombia's port town found a hidden grave in this neighborhood called the progress. in it were the dismembered remains of two young men who disappeared months earlier. former paramilitary groups have long terrorized the city, fight to go control territory in the population. a year ago the government announced special measures, doubling the number of police and investigators. they also sent in the army. a year later these areas were pilgrims by either fear or collusion. many fled leaving their homes up for sale. those radio remain stay silent. >> some say there are mass graves and dismembered bodies, but we haven't seen anything. >> no, no, we don't know anything about that. >> nobody in this neighborhood feels safe enough to talk to us on camera, that's because despite government measures, gang control over many areas remain fundamentally

intelligence firm sees three potential scenarios and could take the port city of maripol and take theouthern coast and go with the break away republic where 2000 russian troops are already stationed stationed, in the least likely scenario pro-russians could take all of ukraine to the deep river, a plan that would require at least 90,000 russian troops. >> translator: there is a ceasefire because they were winning momentum and the government in kiev have more to gain now by focusing on regaining the economy rather than focusing so much on the eastern ukraine. >> reporter: it would further rattle the already traumatized and little more than watched the crisis unfold donetsk, eastern ukraine. >>> the government was criticized for being unprepared and hiding the number of deaths. al jazeera's harry faucet reported in the days immediately after the disaster, 19 months later he returned to try to find more answers. >> reporter: the river that runs through here is a trickle now as winter keeps its grip on northeastern china and destruction left in 2013 is still visible. we arrived four days

control of the capitol and says he is the legitimate leader and trying to build a power base in the port cityaiden and if supporters were able to take control of the airport it would have weakened hadi who declared the city as the temporary capital, al jazeera. >>> israel prime minister appears to rule out the state and benjamin netanyahu preelection comments sparked international criticism and criticism from the white house and patty reports. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu won reelection but the comments that may have help him get the victory could cost him and his country. in the run up to election he clearly said if he won there would be no independent palestinian state, not while he was prime minister. at the white house that was seen as a clear betrayal sensing anger netanyahu granted his first post election interview to american network arguing he did not change his policy. >> what changed is reality and they recognize the jewish state and a pact with hamas that calls for destruction of the jewish state and every territory vacated today in the middle east taken u

a state of emergency has been declared in the port cities of valparaiso and vena delmar. e fire started in an area of grass land and pine forest on friday. warm temperatures and strong wind fanned the flames and the blaze spread quickly destroying about 500 500-hectares of lands. >>> nigeria has acknowledged it's bitting help from foreign fighters. it says the mercenaries are only involved in training and loss justice ticks but as we report there is evidence they are playing a vital role on the frontline. >> reporter: victory. nigerian troops sweep in to this north others itnortheastern town of borno state and regain control from boko haram. >> with confidence you go for what you call. [ inaudible ] you think. [ inaudible ] and insure they have that you have the courage to wait and you dispatch them. >> reporter: they show the carr ofcasheof weapons left behind as proof. the military say they are turning the tide. the government now admits it's getting logistical support from what it calls foreign contractors. sources have told al jazerra that mercenaries from south africa

the focus isn't just on houthi strong hold is, but also on protecting the port city of aden. he main base for president hadi's supporters. air strikes in the south are targeting convoys of reinforcements and what saudi describes as houthi command centers like this one. while coalition forces control the skies navel forces are moving to block yemen's ports in a boyed stop rebel fighters from rearming. teheran denies it is backing the houthis, but yemen is continuing to make accusations. >> translator: there are a number of iranian revolutionary guards that were operating before on the ground. but they are recently started operating more in the open. there are many advisers who are supported by iran. mercenaries, some even from lebanon, syria and other places. all operating under the guidance of iran. >> reporter: the coalition says it's military campaign will continue until houthi fighters and soldiers loyal to deposed president handover their weapons and join talks to find a political solution. kim vinnell, al jazerra. >> the political analyst spoke to us about the impact of t

a state of emergency has been declared in the port cities. valparaiso and delmar. peratures and strong winds fan the flames and the blaze spread quickly destroying about 500-hectares of land. >>> the u.s. investigators say they have leads in the hunt for whoever shot and wounded two police officers in ferguson, missouri during a protest rally this week. protesters condemning the shooting held a candle-lit vigil for patriots, ferguson is the folk thefocal point since the killing of an unarmed black teenagers by eye white police officer. >>> stopped asking to use its base. russia has been using it as a support site for bomber flights over the asia pacific. ma ga or teague uh-huhs more from ma nil 5678 a show of strength far from home. accord to this u.s. military, russian planes including nuclear bombers have been increasing patrols not just over the atlantic and the north sea but also the asia pacific region. close to the u.s. territory of game. the u.s. says the russian patrols are being refueled by tankers taking off from an old u.s. base in vietnam and flying over

stabilize the property market after a major slump in prices in resent months despite cuts there is a shortage of home buyers and led to ghost cities and harry reports in the northeastern port: there is not much construction going on at the construction site. the state agent says it's just a seasonal pause while the ground is frozen but she admits they decided not to put any apartments up for sale yet. >> translator: a few years ago some developers ran away with investor's money and people are nervous and our boss is a local man and wants to finish everything before selling to try to reassure buyers. >> reporter: this is how it's going to look homes for government workers perhaps when the local government moves here but for now there is little more life on the streets than there is on the model, as if three years ago the government was having to cover $1.6 billion in bad debt as developments failed. if the presents is the future not much prospect of getting that money back. so it's sunday afternoon in the main park and what do you know i've got the place entirely to myself. across china local governments have been vetting on grand projects just like this across china, ghost

so far air strikes have targeted both sanaa and the port city of aden. now in sanaa the presidential palace, police and special forces headquarters have been bombed attacks were also launch odd sanaa's airport and nearby air base in aden, the air base was targeted. now, the current crisis in yemen can also be viewed in terms of competing regional interests. iran has been accused of backing its shia houthi proxies in their advance through yemen. teheran has also said to have supplied weapons and logistical support for the group. this has irked saudi arabia. now the saudis have supported different groups at different time in generally including the former leader al sal los angeles and now hadi. observers say it's a battle for regional supremacy between saudi arabia and iran that is now playing out in yemen. and the white house press secretary spoke about the situation in yemen before the saudi led operation in sanaa was announced. >> the united states believe that his president hadi is the legitimate leader of yemen. and we have seen violent efforts on the

the capitol sanaa and cities of others. saudi arabia says attacks will continue until the president haidi returns to power. the coalition is trying to stop the houthis from reaching the southern portof aiden where there have been running forces loyal to haidi and kim reports. >> reporter: this is the deadly air strike ever and this was a camp in yemen north for those fleeing the violence which gripped yemen for more than a decade and women and children are among the dead but witnesses say many of those killed were fighters and saudi arabia is adamant the houthis are to blame. >> moved weapons and fighters where you have civilians and we stress that we do our best to prevent civilian casualties. we reply to a source of fire. we have no confirmation this was a refugee camp. >> reporter: saudi-led air strikes have hit at least nine of yemen's provinces including the capitol sanaa. air strikes in the sky and fighters restrict the target and military base and weapons storage facility which belongs to the yemen republican guard. the focus is not just on houthi strongholds but also on protecting the port city of aiden. it's the main base where president haidi supports and air strikes in

fighters took control of the capitol and he is yemen's leader and trying to build a power base in the port cityaiden and if they were able to take control of aiden's airport it would have weakened hadi and declared the city as the temporary capitol. >>> it is billed as a tech friendly way to hail a cab but will it bum uber on the road to success. and they talk about sony and tax exchanges for features in its latest bond film. ♪ >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. sunday, 6:30 eastern. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. ♪ again i'm jane and these are the top stories, u.n.-led talks between rival factions will take place on friday in an attempt to end the violence and libya's new army chief warns that fighting in islamic state and levante will take the war to europe if no one stops th

it's happening along the coast and threatening the port cities. the fire started yesterday and a state of emergency was declared for parts of the area. more than 4,000 people were evacuated and another 10,000 getting ready to move out if the fire continues to spread. >> this morning you will hear from a fairfax county police officer who risked hads to pull a man from this fiery crash. then had to arrest the driver. >> i could see smoke coming in the distance. he let him to this. >> you could see the imagine coming from the a lot of woods to fuel the flame. >> my first thought is i hope there is no one in. the driver is had not gotten out yet. >> i could feel the heat and once i got there, it got worse and worse. >> not sure if they were going to explode, he calmly radioed it in. >> it doesn't appear to be there. >> this is the aftermath. take a lock at the driver's seat. it no longer exists. thanks to the officer, the driveralive. he is not a fan of the description hero. >> i don't look at it as any different than any other officer. >> that crash h

although he has already left the building as they say he's worked for 32 years at the port and he starred with the city of the food service working and laguna hospital and clerk in the tax collectors office and in the faust. >> before he came to the port as a clerk that 32 years ago he has been an our own employee he knows everyone's names and the security guards that worked he is a resource force everyone and wins the award for the employee that travels the further to get to work so believe it or not he travels around trip $214 million per day the next time you complain remember 2 hundred and 4 miles per day he go up other 2:30 and took 3 modes to get to work he is - took those trips kudos to you he was in the office at the each morning he was friendly and was the first one to welcome people into the building everyday and became a affordability among visitors and staff and he's received numerous awards a total of 5 of them or 4 of them i guess and he has just been really a great friend to all of us and has serviced everything from this room to all the meetings rooms and because of him we'll be able to

this comes as rebels advance on the port city which is the stronghold of the embattled president. the yemeni president has arrived in riyadh am a saudi arabia. the strike sent oil prices higher, hitting their highest price in more than a month with new york crude well over $50 a barrel. in iraq, the u.s. has joined the offensive against islamic state militants in tikrit, conducting 17 air strikes against targets after staying out of the offensive for weeks. the iraqis had been relying on help from iran to dislodge the militants from the city, but there defensive has stalled. and the omega advisors hedge fund has received a federal subpoena from the u.s. attorney's office in new jersey. the sec is seeking information on trading. in a letter to investors, they say the inquiries that are at an early stage. omega said to be cooperating and is confident employees acted properly and lawfully. shares of sandisk are getting crushed, down the most since 2010. the company cut its revenue forecast citing lower prices and slowing sales from business products. revenue is down $100 million from

the majority of the fighting centered on the city of aden. a port city where yemen's president was hiding before he was forced to flee to saudi arabia. the rebels now control all of the ground access to the critical port city. many of the forces loyal to the former president abed rabbo mansour hadi have been fighting with the hutis. they control the capital. (?) at least ten of the yemen 21 provinces. aden. the focus of the majority of the saudi airstrikes over the past 48 hours. saudi and egyptian airships being employed at the strategic strait at yemen. likely where any amphibianuous attack would begin. they're hoping that yemen's president abed rabbo mansour hadi will be able to to return to reorganize his government and force the houthis into a power sharing agreement and prevent iran from controlling access to the red sea. yemen's prospectyemen's proximity makes it extremely important to protect the shipping lanes through the suez canal and through the strait where more than 7 million barrels a day are shipped to international markets. we're co