the proxy narrative from perhaps the south of yemen even the north of yemen and sort of see that the thing is now we have to settle the differences among the foreign backers there are serious and very clear differences between the saudi arabians and the iraqis the the conflict between the saudis and the iraqis is seeming to simmer down by actions like this perhaps the move is an attempt by the saudis to sort of give the iraqis what they want while these still maintain their priorities in yemen i think i think the most important thing and i think it's something that really should just be said out loud is that it is a world heritage place as dr kendall has mentioned it has a very it could be very exploited for for the cause of economic rapid development but the island presents a fragile ecosystem with an indigenous population who have been extremely quickly being exposed to the outside world and as a matter of fact even in the past has been very detached from the russian troops from british troops from southern yemeni troops and from yemen at the moment you know looking at the harsh re

in southern yemen particularly in the governorates and shabwah. as we see it there have been really heavy battles for the past months and tensions have been going on for a long time and so it may seem that the takeover of sokoto might be a small victory or sort of to a distraction from the main battles that are going around it maybe perhaps to raise the morale of the separatists in the south or it just might be a provocative move. let's bring in washington d.c. here in the real horror in the middle you've had extensive experience in yemen what does it mean is it like august in london says this is a moral victory for the separatists or is it much more strategic them. well it is certainly a propaganda victory and a sign that this sea is already taking. not only off their expansion in the south but they are advertising popular support for their takeover all shook up the. city gigli this doesn't add anything to their strengths now ireland is somewhat. of the main areas where battles are going it is all said t.j. back to you only to the united arab emi

yemen is an easy target for the virus.systems are exhausted, their healthcare system is 50% destroyed by the war. some provinces have two hospital beds for every 10,000 people. this doctor filmed this for us in a covid—i9 ward at his better—off hospital in aden. rich countries could buy thousands more ventilators. the doctor says they have to turn away most of the patients, whose families beg for them to be treated here. this woman had a chance — a bed in hospital run by the medical charity msf. they couldn't save her. in yemen, 25% of people with confirmed covid—i9 die — five times the global average. it's estimated yemen already has one million cases of covid—i9 — three times more than the uk in a population less than half the size. it feels like the end. it feels like a calamity. they think the world has forgotten them. and it's chaotic and anarchic and desperate. are they right to think that, that the world's forgotten them? unless action‘s ta ken straightaway, we are going to see a tragedy of globally catastrophic pro

so what makes the audience so valuable to yemen or insights this is a story. hello and welcome to the program i am wrong the latest flashpoint in yemen's 5 year civil war is a remote island in the arabian sea the quarter is sometimes compared to the famous galapagos islands in the pacific.

yemen is an easy target for the virus.ems are exhausted, their health care system is 50% destroyed by the war. some provinces have two hospital beds for every 10,000 people. this doctor filmed at his better—off hospital in aden. rich countries could buy thousands more ventilators. the doctor says they have to turn away most of the patients, whose families beg for them to be treated here. this woman had a chance — a bed in hospital run by the charity msf. they couldn't save her. in yemen, 25% of people with confirmed covid—i9 die — five times the global average. it's estimated yemen already has i million cases of covid—i9 — three times more than the uk in a population less than half the size. it feels like the end. it feels like a calamity. they think the world has forgotten them. and it's chaotic and anarchic and desperate. are they right to think that, that the world's forgotten them? unless action‘s taken straightaway, we are going to see a tragedy of globally catastrophic proportions. making everything worse, separatist

ringback the rebels in yemen announce they've launched their largest military operation across the border the saudi coalition say they've intercepted just one ballistic missile. hello i'm sam is a band this is our just here a live from doha also coming up leaders of the arab league discuss the ongoing conflict in libya with more pressure building for a political solution to end the fighting. leaflets battling it out against loudspeakers propaganda war amid rising tensions on the korean peninsula. easing lockdowns once again new plans from britain's prime minister to restart the economy during a coronavirus pandemic. starts with the yemen now where who 3 rebels say they've launched their biggest military operation against saudi arabia yet drones and 3 ballistic missiles have been fired towards the kingdom since monday who say they plan to launch even more for their part the saudi coalition fighting in the air and says it's intercepted a ballistic missile heading towards riyadh coalition spokesman says the attack was launched from yemen's capital sana'a towards civilian targets in the capit

'd yemen's hoofy rebels say they've launched their biggest operation against saudi arabia saudi coalition says it intercepted one ballistic missile. well i'm sam is a than this is a live from the house so coming up arab league leaders are set to discuss the worsening conflict in libya as egypt threatens military intervention leaflets versus loudspeakers propaganda war and rising tensions on the korean peninsula. voting for a president in malawi after judges and now the result of last year's disputed election rerun is underway. now yemen's who 3 rebels say they've launched their biggest ever military operation against saudi arabia drones and 3 ballistic missiles have been fired toward saudi arabia since monday who 3 say they plan to launch more saudi coalition fighting in yemen says it intercepted a ballistic missile headed towards riyadh a coalition spokesman says the attack was launched from the yemeni capital sana'a towards civilian targets in the kingdom let's bring in. he's a retired jordanian air force general good to have you with us so 1st of all do we know is there any evidence to

actually there is a state within yemen and i would say in yemen we have at least 3 states at the moment to say the least so the who these and also we've got to have a government somewhat squeezed in between and the s.t.c. who's really the big winner over the last year of the infighting in the north particular in the fighting of the in the who these hotties losing ground in and a variety of areas and theaters who is he said actually lost again quite a lot of ground also the end with making a move towards marriage which gives them access to the to oil oil resources which further were further out than build their state in the north and we've got now 3 states within yemen all of them as supported by different actors and i think the biggest loser of all this is that the government and we've seen that saudis are also kind of turned their back on harley in in many instances and supporting the s.e.c. which is kind of counterproductive to what the saudis and she wanted to achieve in yemen so the saudis are stuck between 2 wars one in the south which the u.a.e. beat and which is somewhat under co

for allies in yemen's war battling to control yemen's island of sokoto southern separatists have stormed the security department building in the city of people in so-called tra the southern transitional council is backed by the united arab emirates and is fighting government forces supported by saudi arabia the s.t.c. had originally supported the saudi u.a.e. coalition against who the rebels but now wants to break away from northern yemen yemeni minister has called on the coalition to end the fighting and restore order on the island catherine checked is the director of the yemen unit at the next century foundation that's a think tank that operates in conflict zones she says the resurgence in fighting is possibly because of turkey's growing involvement in yemen it was a real fear that you would try to encroach on to the south and problems of yemen and try to open up you know and use one of influence if you will and i think that the u.a.e. reacted to that and this is what is happening now in secret trouble and we need to remember about as far as the u.a.e. is concerned the whole interventi

yemen's u.a.e. backed southern separatists have seized full control of the island of the southern transitional council says it has also deposed the governor of the island but yemen saudi backed government is calling it a coup it's the latest move from the separatist group which wants to see a sovereign state in southern yemen. reports. celebrating the new military gains forces loyal to the self supplies southern transitional council as to see took full control of. the archipelago is located in the arabian sea overlooking vital or oil and gas shipping routes through the gulf of aden babel mand and the red sea this is a major victory for the u.a.e. backed separatists who took over the city of aden 2 years ago and further expand that influence by announcing sell through in the south in april. by seizing the s.t.c. moves closer to words achieving their goal breaking away from the north and reinstating the republic of south yemen that existed until 1990 which was united with the north the internationally

considers yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. now that the separatists have captured so. they are likely to turn their attention to the provinces of. mold and elmira the last areas in the south under the control of his loyalists. the latest developments are likely to undermine the u.n. . and the war in yemen and start political talks between warring factions. the country now is more divided than ever raising fears among its people over a prolonged conflict more casualties and more suffering. libya's u.n. recognize government has warned egypt that any move to interfere in its internal affairs would be seen as a blatant declaration of war and saturday egyptian president. said he'd order his army to step in if libya's strategic city of sirte is attacked but egypt's foreign minister says his country backs a political solution to the conflict such as under the control of libyan wallowed plea for hafta but the turkish backed giani forces have been advancing for several weeks well it's china is in the strata with more on the reaction fr

laura: yemen's double agony there. america."till to come -- wes meet the contact tracers trying to prevent another outbreak. laura: police in these scottisha city of glasgo shot and out a stabbing attack in a local hotel. andrew mackenzie has more for us on this story. -- andrew mackenzie has more for us on this story. --aned glasgow has been hom torea. hporter: -- reporter: glasgo been home to asylum-seeks. reporter:>> -- reporter: glasgo has been home to asylum-seers. >> it's scary, but all you can do is stay home. porter:t scotland's fi mister says the events are truly dreadful. >> this has undoubtedly shaken glasgow. it is not an ongoing threat. it is not a terrorist related incident. ♪ laura: let's take a quick look now at the day of austria's other news. the first time in history, the u.s. house of representatives has voted ton, declare washing d.c. america's 51st state. the vote, which occurred largely along party lines, occurred in the wake of ptests after george floyd' death. -- george floyd's death. mexico' s chief of

to support you know health clinics in yemen. rather than have that money be denied and and force more suffering on the poor and devastated people of yemen that's the fundamental dilemma so what message does this send how does it undermine the work of the. well it it it it effectively puts the u.n. secretary general and presents he's presenting himself effectively as a hypocrite just to cite one example in february of this year he released a very important document called call to human rights where he called on the international community to respect international humanitarian law human rights law to make human rights central in everything that the international community does and here we have him doing the exact opposite effectively acting as a public relations agent for the crown prince of saudi arabia by shielding it from legitimate criticism so i think what we're seeing here is a deep corruption of the united nations of the u.n. but bureaucracy by powerful countries who are willing to wield their political muscle and blackmail

in yemen yemen's government says the latest action is an aggressive attack on the population. as government forces and the s.t.c. remain divided so to too many people. 6 here hundreds marched to demand huey forces leave the katra accusing them of occupying the island all this through their support behind the s.t.c. who say they only want to bring peace among the desire and i guaran military says it's killed several high ranking boko haram leaders in a series of airstrikes on a village in the northeast the settlement was reportedly being used as a training ground suffices ahmed it was has more from a. the strikes were carried out over the course of 2 days after days of surveillance according to the general military and they were sure that some of the leaders of boko haram fighters who were there at the compound when it was struck as well as several fighters were also using the surroundings training ground the community or the villages on the fringes of the somebody so for us to know what's interesting by the way this information was released by the nigerian military on the day

and yemen's u.a.e. supported southern separatists have seized control of the island of so-called southern transitional council says it's taken over government facilities and oppose the government yemen saudi government is calling it a coup. and libya's you don't recognize government has warned egypt that any move to interfere in its internal affairs would be seen as a blatant declaration of war on saturday gyptian president of the south that is he said his country had a legitimate right to intervene but egypt's foreign minister says his country that's a political solution to the conflict. serbia's president alexander of a church has declared what he described as a historic victory for his party in the country's parliamentary election but a number of opposition parties boycotted the poll saying it would be free of fat because of the choices control over the media manly has more. celebration but no surprise with a clear majority in the parliamentary election at. 13 president alexander who took says it's a

a cease fire between yemen's government and a southern separatist group the kingdom said the 2 sides had agreed to start peace talks days after the southern transitional council took full control of the island of sumatra the internationally recognized government call it a coup for the separatists want an independent state of south yemen and are backed by the united arab emirates al-jazeera has covered the war in yemen extensively he's hesitant to put too much weight on the 6. everyone is losing faith in the. he led coalition in human form for multiple reasons 1st of all when the start of the company in 2015 they said the ultimate goal is to defeat the truth these and push them back from the areas to control into $1014.00 including the capital sana'a and that they will try to ensure there is a power sharing agreement with all the parties the who these the session this is session is in the south the internationally recognized government come together and you go see it a transition to democracy what is happening is totally the opposite of the whole things are sitting drop the further ex

well now the last of 3 aid shipments has arrived in yemen as the u.n. suffers a funding crisis there and 40 tons of medical equipment including ventilators and testing kits have been flown in to help the country battle the coronavirus earlier this month a u.n. appeal fell $1000000000.00 short of what was needed for some 75 percent of its programs to be cut in yemen demonstrators are gathering in mali's capital for the 2nd time this month ramping up pressure on president abraham to back a case or to resign the protests in bamako are being encouraged by opposition leader mahmoud decode cases opponents accuse him of corruption and of failing to contain violent armed groups the president has promised to hold talks to establish a unity government nicholas haq is following the developments from senegal capital dhaka and he says the unrest is being felt across the region. it's significant enough that the west african body echo was sent a high delegation. to the capital bamako to try to mediate what seems to be intensifying conflict part of this delegation we h

sorry coalition fighting in yemen says it has intercepted a ballistic missile headed towards riyadh a coalition spokesman says the attack was launched from the yemeni capital sana'a toward civilian targets in the kingdom drones and 3 ballistic missiles have been intercepted in saudi air space since monday fighting has resumed in the abyan region of yemen hours after saudi arabia announced it had brokered a cease fire between government forces in southern separatists the deal followed the southern transitional council taking control of the island of. yemen's internationally recognized government denounced the seizure as a coup the separatists backed by the united arab emirates are fighting to form an independent state of south yemen the arab league is due to hold a virtual emergency meeting on libya's calls grow for a political solution to the crisis the french president says turkey is playing what he calls a dangerous game in libya that can no longer be tolerated norberg manoli has more the discovery of move these in southern tripoli the military says the bodies belong to people kidna

and the last of 3 aid shipments has arrived in yemen as the u.n. suffers a funding crisis there more than 40 tons of medical equipment including ventilators and testing kits have been flown in to help the country battle the coronavirus earlier this month a u.n. appeal fell $1000000000.00 short of what was needed forcing 75 percent of its programs to be cut in yemen well let's now bring in catherine schachter from london she's the director of the yemen unit at the next century foundation that's a think tank that operates in conflict zones catherine we're now seeing this resurgence of fighting and i recall there was a deescalation agreement psion about 6 weeks ago that why is that for on a part that. i think one of the main reason and i'm is that number one we have a new client that vacuum i want you to. and i think that it led to a lot of. anxiety political exile in particular in the u.a.e. in the sound of the relief valve that once again they were going to be. in the stands. always supported more or less the mushroom out approach and i think that i

is just a matter of time before the reinstate the republic of 1990 in the southern part of yemen and the one who is in ground the one who's been humiliated the one who's been completely abandoned by his own people is our problem and how to be and has become over the last few months the focal point of this power struggle between the internationally recognized government of muscle hardy and the s.t.c. what are the secessionist determined to. to break away from them or they want to take over which is one of the most important. power bases of president for them to move forward towards and if the control. is the end for for the it's the beginning of reinstating the south and republic of yemen because the i.c.c. backed by the united arab emirates is determined it's just a matter of time before the southern part of yemen comes under their control. u.s. president donald trump says the decision to remove a statue of one of his predecessors is ridiculous president theodore roosevelt's monument is being shifted from front steps of the american museum of natural history in new york the city's ma

the problem is, he lives in yemen where the government has no control. cannot ask the police to arrest him, there is no military who will go do that, he is living in a lawless part of the world. at that point we have two options, we can go in and arrest him with a special forces team or we leave him with three options, resting with the special forces or kill him. and given how if you think about bin laden operation and a more important figure they tried to do a risky special forces operation that goes horrifically wrong in one of the two blackhawks went down, it crashed and the site could've gone horribly wrong. there is a lot of risk when you have special forces sentence. they didn't later on in the administration ended up killing his young daughter one of the number of tragic stories around the alkali family. in a way of presenting strike unknown terrorist operated in the desert was actually maybe the lowest risk option there is also the legal question, the international law question. i'm sure there's international lawyers who can tell me it's an illeg

let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen to these is the moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why did we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that although just 0. more than 100000 new cases have been reported almost every single day warnings that the world faces a 2nd wave of coronaviruses the global tally shows infections of past 8000000. but i'm down in jordan this is not a 0 live from doha also coming up. we're protecting germany and it delinquent that doesn't make sense donald trump confirms he will withdraw thousands of u.s. soldiers stationed in germany in a dispute over nato funding. a saudi led coalition fighting in yemen is dropped from the un blacklist drawing protests from human rights groups. and the new road through occupied east jerusalem hailed by some as a much needed bypass feared by others as another step towards an extension. welcome to the program a coronavirus tally by the u.s. based johns hopkins university says global infections have now passed 8000000

yemen's u.a.e. supported southern separatists have seized control of the island of sumatra southern transitional council says it's taken over government facilities and oppose the governor you haven't saudi backed government is calling it a coup. libya's un recognized government has warned egypt that any move to interfere in its internal affairs would be seen as a blatant declaration of war on saturday egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi said his country had a legitimate right to intervene but egypt's foreign minister says his country backed a political solution to the conflict. so i mean as president has declared what he's described as a historic victory for his party in the parliamentary election there the serbian progressive party of alexander of which it has been widely expected to win an absolute majority in sunday's ballot exit polls show the center right party took more than 63 percent of the vote a number of opposition parties boycott of the polls saying it wouldn't be free of fair becaus

cevid-19 compounds already-dire circumstin war-torn yemen. and, much more. >> woodruff: as we reported earlier, president trumpst traveled to the of arizona today. our stephanie sys in phoenix, and joins me now. hello, stephanie. you are just outside of the president's event. tell us what else you've learned about his visit to arizona today. >> that's right, judy.de i am outhe dream city megachurch here inenho. the president landed in this coronavirus hot spot to hold a rally at this urch behind me, which has the capacity of about 3,000 rcople. the chi am told is filled to capacity waiting for the president to speak. this was billed as an event for students, but we saw much more than students here, really a mix of ages that we saw, and it's 110 degrees ouhere, so it does feel like a slightly more low key trump raly, jus handful of atmosphere that i'ed tonival earlier today, thesident was near yuma, arizona. he had a roundtable with border officis, and the white hou had touted that visit as a way for trump to talk about the 200r miles of der w

the missiles came from yemen's iran-aligned houthi movement. violence in yemen is surging, after a six-week ceasefire prompted by the pandemic ended last month. the war-ravaged nation has been facing disease and hunger for six years now. special correspondent jane ferguson reports. >> reporter: every day in yemen's southern city of aden, they're digging more fresh graves, struggling to keep up with the rising body count. rows of deep mud holes ready to accept the dead, as families bury their loved ones quickly, with little ceremony. in this cemetery, many of the graves have already been filled. these are busy days for grave diggers like mohammed o'baid. >> ( translated ): thankfully yesterday and today have been better, with less funerals. before, had about 50 to 60 dead a day. we hope to god that people live longer. >> reporter: officially, there have been fewer than 300 deaths in yemen from the virus. but the bodies keep coming, and with limited testing, there is no real way of knowing how many people across the country are sick and dying. wa

programs in yemen on the threat. we have a situation right now where we need water water for children to drink water for them to be able to wash their hands with salt water for them to be able to to keep basic hygiene for their for that for them and their families we will be at the end of june losing access to services for almost you know $4000000.00 children $4000000.00 people at the end of june 30 1000000 dollars is required between now and the end of june. at the end of july we would need $45000000.00 between now and december 2020 we need $110000000.00 to make sure children have water right now about 50 percent of the child have lost access to water right now as we speak and this is progressive and it's going to continue like this if we don't get the resources we need now it's certainly a very distressing story and we wish you well with your efforts to get the funding that you need so our best learn from unicef thanks a lot. thank you well the u.n. is also may hear knowledge an appeal for more than $200000000.00 t

a saudi coalition attack kills 4 children in yemen that's rights groups criticize the u.n. for taking it off the black list of warring parties killing children. donald trump announces plans to withdraw u.s. troops from germany accusing it of failing to meet its share of nato spend. south korea says the north has blown off into korean liaison office it was located in the border north korea has made several threats against south korea in recent days including threatening to destroy the office which was set up and 2018 let's bring in robert bride from south korea's capital seoul well what more can you tell us. this is a very serious the development is not completely out of the blue they have been making threats for some time from the north against deteriorating relations of course all of this comes against the background of stalled denuclearization talks between north korea and the united states which him as impacted into korean relations with north korea accusing the south of making matters worse and so on so there have been increasingly. threatening noises from north korea a

considers yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. now that the separatists have captured so katra they are likely to turn their attention to the provinces of. mord and the last areas in the south under the control of harry's loyalists. the latest developments are likely to undermine the u.n. effort to end the war in yemen and start political talks between warring factions. the country now is more divided than ever raising fears among its people over a prolonged conflict more casualties and more suffering. japan has approved a bill changing the status of a disputed island chain that's also claimed by china and taiwan now the move is expected to further inflame tensions in the region ahead of the vote china had warned against any changes in the status of the islands well earlier this week japan filed a diplomatic complaint to beijing over the constant presence of chinese warships in the region the uninhabited island chain has been administered by. pan since 1972 the islands are known as the sink karkare in japan and known as the day yo

yemen is an easy target for the virus. it citizens immune systems are exhausted. the health care system is 50% destroyed by the war. some provinces have two hospital beds for every 10,000 people. a doctor films this for us in the covid-19 ward at his better off hospital in aden. rich countries could buy thousands more ventilators. they have to turn away most of the patients whose families beg for them to be treated here. this woman had a chance, a bed in a hospital run by the medical charity of unicef. in yemen, 25% of people with confirmed covid-19 die, fiv times the global average. it isstated to yemen already has one million casth of covid-19e times more than the u.k., with a population less than half the size. >>ee it like the end. it feels like a calamity. they think the world has forgotten them. and it's chaotic and archic and desperate. jeremy: are they right to think the world has forgotten them? >> unless action is taken straight away, we will see a tragedy of globally catastrophic proportions. jeremy: making everything worse, the separatists are fighting

as to separate conflicts one in north yemen with the haze and this one in southern yemen do you share that view. i certainly share the view that there are a whole host of complex issues playing out in yemen i have $11.00 thought i would have is that the north and the south yemen conflicts if we want to call them that do feed into one another particularly with regard to some of the strategic thinking from from saudi arabia for example i can certainly see that there are 2 different from soap and one is the struggle against the rebels that united the saudis and they are not artie's against the who these and that perceived support from iran but the 2nd of course is this struggle between the government. and also the southern friends ishmael council that by themselves a baby so that the saudis and the emirates he's against one another so you've got essentially you've got a conflict then a conflict within a conflict so it is perhaps 2 different issues but this suits inly into linked in the perceptions and the strategies used in one off feeding into the other when you mention president hadi t

the saudi led military coalition fighting in yemen is dropped from the u.n. blacklist drawing immediate protests from human rights groups. down the road through occupied instruments held by some as a much needed bypass feared by others and another step towards an extension. welcome to the program coronavirus tally by u.s. based johns hopkins university says global infections have now passed 8000000 and the world health organization has issued new warnings about a possible 2nd wave some of beijing's neighborhoods are now back in lockdown after 100 infections were concerned the chinese capital had gone 50 days without any reported cases in india 50000000 people will be locked down again in the southern city of chennai from friday due to a surge in infections there iran 2 was considering tough new measures after announcing more than a 100 deaths for a 2nd straight day infection numbers this month average highs not seen since late march during the initial outbreak. it took more than 2 months for the 1st 100000 cases to be reported for the past 2 weeks more than 1

and yet only the who thiis in the government of yemen are on the list the secretary general's special representative says that's because saudi has been reducing the number of children that it harms and it says that they're still going to be monitored going forward and continue united nations morning daryn engagement. will ensure it's sustained the implementation of the program. and the very big crease in the number of. the u.n. failure of who we. were dressed in a really think well the thing about a nation in my name you say failure surely it's a failure this year when they've killed or maimed 222 children because they still are. in a ballerina in the theater are you thinking any general meeting and i think you will and it would mean that in the press. you delight in here i'm a very where your money doesn't make any difference but it played a 20 month sure and the completion of a whole dimension in any human rights organizations though are not happy with that response human rights watch says shame on the u.n. for removing the saudi led coalition from its list of shame. president donal

covers the war for yemen the war in yemen for us very closely thank you very much as. now hundreds of migrants rescued from smugglers boats in the mediterranean sea have arrived safely in sicily and the 1st time a rescue ship has been allowed to dock in italy since the ports were closed in april because of the crying a virus and attic. reports. it's the 1st time these migrants have slept in days they survived the journey across the mediterranean from libya to europe but only just they were saved by a rescue ship run by the german aid organization sea watch as the migrants were brought ashore in sicily their dream of a better life is by no means guaranteed 1st the big transfer to a quarantine center where they'll spend the next 2 weeks. the 211 people on board the german ship were rescued from 3 separate boats last week. 70 people mostly africans were crammed into this boat reported to be in distress last wednesday being made. the following night another rescue operation was underway that on friday of the 67 migrants mainly from africa and bangladesh was saved about 70

the united arab emirates are fighting to form the independent state of south yemen. still ahead on al-jazeera putting young lives at risk mothers in indonesia face an uphill battle to get their children vaccinated during the pandemic plus. i'm scott heiler in bangkok thailand while the people here are intensely proud of their unique culture there is growing concern of the erosion of the city's heritage and the culprit is the urban ization. hello big thunderstorms been wandering around central and eastern europe it seems for days now despite the current cloud behind my head this is the active area now i think for tuesday it is quite a specific line it takes you through ukraine towards her mania just missing hungry and that was a song balkans and northern greece this is all fairly humid a quite warm but the storms have been damaging about time to get to wednesday this bit of a break in that line the focus is more into poland slovakia and bits of austria but again anywhere is prone to at least a few showers and all this time further west the sun's going to apart from wa

in the country could close in weeks doctors in yemen have officially recorded more the. 500 cases of covert 19 but health care workers say that the number lags far behind the actual infection rates the u.n. says the health system has collapsed with hospitals lacking beds and basic medicine and turning away sick people more than $24000000.00 yemenis that's more than 2 thirds of the population rely on some form of aid yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis that includes an ongoing 5 year civil war and with the threat of famine and the spread of diseases like malaria humanitarian aid is becoming the only lifeline for millions across the country sara bias loney anti is the country representative for yemen at unicef she says the situation is growing worse by the day for 90 percent of children in the country that need aid the crisis is of cataclysmic proportions you have a preexisting situation where children were already in dire need and now and children are confronted with multiple issues in just adds to their complex in very difficult lives that they leave the children in

that al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a saudi coalition attack kills 4 children in yemen as rights groups criticize the u.n. for taking it off the blacklist of warring parties that are killing children. trying to brings back lockdown restrictions and steps up testing in beijing to control the resurgence of coronaviruses. and protecting the harvest kurdish women in syria take up guns against i self i says targeting their farms. north korea has belonged to jointly a's office with the south it was opened on the border and cuss song 2 years ago the north has issued several warnings in the past few days and described people in the south as human scum you don't you look some one to the north south joint liaison office was completely ruined on tuesday in the wake of cutting off all the communication lines corresponding to the mindset of the enraged people to surely force human scum and those who have sheltered the scum to pay dearly for big crimes. let's go straight now to a mcbride who is in south korea's capital seoul rob what more can you tell us. well that is a very serious

about southern separatists in yemen seize control of the island of sumatra. and trying to preserve their patch we go inside north america's last great tropical jungle to see what's being done to save us. now libya's parliament in tripoli calls it a direct threat egypt says it's all a misunderstanding a day after president up the 1000 l.c.c. threaten to send his army into libya his foreign minister says he backs a political solution to the conflict as he warned of military intervention if forces belonging to libya's u.n. recognized government advance on the city of such a stronghold of the war that egypt is backing khalifa haftar. but i'm with. you are ready to carry out any missions what i witnessed is a living proof of our keeping billets i can see egypt's army is one of the mightiest armies in the region i am certain if we need a few sacrifices like those being carried out over the past 7 years along our borders with libya you are prepared to carry out any mission with no home soil or if required beyond our border lines and then a few hours later gyptian fo

both the rebels and yemen say they've launched their largest military operation across the border in saudi arabia the saudi led coalition says it's intercepted just one ballistic missile. hello everyone forget this is al jazeera live from also coming up libya's internationally recognized government rejects calls for peace talks by the arab league saying that it won't make a deal with supporters of the war after. a powerful earthquake rocks southern mexico tsunami warnings are issued along coastlines throughout central america. and 2 u.s. states vote to decide who they want to see as the next u.s. president but he kept talking there are concerns that not everyone will get to vote . on this who think rebels say they've launched their biggest military operation against saudi arabia britain's foreign secretary has condemned the missile attack on riyadh calling for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian efforts to resume in yemen 8 drones and 3 ballistic missiles have been fired towards the kingdom since monday and the hooty say they plan to launch even more for its part the saud