yemeni protesters took to the streets -- yemeni supporters took to the streets after hearing that thesident is on the mend. he is in the hospital for injuries sustained in an explosion during an attack on his palace last week. western and arab powers are trying to persuade him to stay in saudi arabia and allow the transition of power in yemen to begin. on wednesday, thousands of anti- government protesters swarmed the streets of the capital weighting banners and chanting slogans. they, too, want change and they want it now. >> we came out today to emphasize the popular demands of the people who have come out on the streets for four months. our goal is not just the departure of the president. if we want a transitional council that can rule the country. >> despite the constant pressure to step down, the president remains stubborn. he has refused to sign a plan that would guarantee him immunity from prosecution in exchange for his resignation. and his allies insist that the injuries he is being treated for in saudi arabia are minor. and he will be back in office very soon, they say. brea

. >>> and in other news yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has reaffirmed his intention of staying in power and says he will return to the country within days. saleh flew to saudi arabia on saturday to receive medical treatment after a rocket attack on his presidential palace. many yemenis interpreted his flight as signaling the end of his presidency but yemen's state-run tv said sunday that saleh called vice president hadi to say his declaration of returning to the country. saudi arabia has been called on supporting a demand for saleh's resignation. germany has decided to shut down all of its nuclear power plants by 2022 as a result of a policy review prompted by the accident at japan's fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. chancellor angela merkel's government approved the country's new energy bill on monday. the government says of germany's 17 reactors, it will not restart eight whose operations were suspended for safety inspections or problems and that the rest will be scrapped in phases. the bill is to be sent for parliament for debate and expected to be enacted by next month. nuclear

more the somali or the afghan of the lebanese not just nobody rules that was so remarkable in the yemeni case is how many opponents the central government has i count something like a number of them if you like but it's so many it is very hard to see. but with all the while remaining in power mr ambassador i mean that he's given us an interest in the region they wouldn't want the united states does not want to see chaos in yemen for a very long i mean what kind of role can the united states and i would stress positive in this case a positive role now given the obama administration's at least nuanced approach maybe not a radical change but what is the united states going to be doing now looking is this country falls into absolute chaos i would agree with daniel i mean there are so many different elements right there how does the how does a country like the united states would like to have a relationship with them and how do they decide now how to how to proceed maybe the best procedure is to stand back for a while. you know i think that would be a serious mistake first of all i would emph

drone strikes you know the cable shows that the yemeni authorities would claim they carried out this right and not the americans we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those rights so the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed for the u.s. to carry on with the operations pakistan is one example of a popular revolt against the cia drone strikes thousands of civilians were killed by u.s. drone attacks even though the country's parliament has demanded to to stop the strikes and i mean pakistan's parliament the country's leadership continues to allow the americans to care. the operations hold the leadership to they criticize the killing of civilians but they do little to stop it many analysts say their support for the bombings will continue as long as they continue to receive billions of dollars from washington people there are furious in one year you are strong killed seven hundred civilians in pakistan and they netted only five actual militant leaders numbers that some experts are giving are some the former chief counterinsurgency strategist for the u.s.

saudis the same thing would go so my and my view would be more negative let's let's put this the yemeni leadership whatever it might be in the future on may on notice that if we get any any hostilities from there we will make it painful for them if there are no hostilities then we will work with them and by the way this is a country that is and is it at the point of near collapse there are such problems with water with the economy that are extreme and i don't think i don't think that putting money is going to solve that i think we need to protect ourselves from the potential dangers and i might conclude by saying that i've never in my life but on a program television program before the discuss yemen yemen was obscure and it is in one way a sad development that we have to talk about yemen and yet it is an important new development yemen is part of the problem today mr ambassador you were prime minister would you like to read i go ahead please do. yeah there are first of all pessimism is not a policy i mean it's pretty easy to especially with yemen to wring our hands and say downsides are

drone strikes you know the cable shows that the yemeni authorities would claim they carried out this right and not the americans we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those strikes so the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed for the u.s. to carry on with the operations on the other hand the government of alley last sali who'd been in power for some thirty years was so unpopular in recent years among the people of yemen that many analysts say it was only due to the u.s. support that sally had stayed in power for so long so for years needed to us in the u.s. needed solid but now with the political turmoil there the u.s. will continue to bomb yemen whether or not they have the permission to do so from the people of the country many would observe because of america's unmanned drones is supposed to be. precision weapons but the reputation doesn't exactly live up to that image doesn't. well pakistan is one example of a popular revolt against the cia drone strikes thousands of civilians were killed by u.s. drone attacks even though the country's parliament

route the stars other top stories from around the world classes in a southern yemeni town that's reportedly held by al qaida was there for at least forty people dead in the capital protests continue to rally since he stays away he's currently in saudi arabia for a serious injuries because it's back to this old. regime change. the u.n. security rights chief has condemned israel's deadly response to rest on the syrian border forty people reportedly guarding recent weeks they also expressed concern that syria for instance encouraged people to vote. test even though the area is filled with landmines israeli police fire on civilians who are protesting over on a. sixty seven least war which saw learned seized from some. extreme weather that's pounding several caribbean countries has killed at least

the yemenis had been insisting that the president would return. and the saudis are saying that the president saleh will return as well. that's affecting the mood. yesterday i spoke to a lot of anti-government demonstrators that have been coming out consiste

role with the yemeni people. i think it comes down to being able to get the people who live havebject poverty to something more positive and give them more opportunity without changing the society that is trouble. what is the notice is going to do to use the yemeni people who have immigrated here -- what is the u.s. going to do to use the many people who have immigrated here to go back in and help? guest: the big challenge is how we build -- improve the relationship between the yemeni government and the people. how do we have it be more responsive and deliver more services? how we build the belief in the yemeni people that the government is active in their interests? that is a long-term problem. it is a problem we will find emerging throughout that part of the world. i think the first step for the united states is to use our aid, which is very small. it is about $300 million in combined military and humanitarian aid. that excludes all of the covert black monday that also goes to yemen -- black money but also goes

taking around the world now with the other top stories clashes in a southern yemeni style that's reportedly held by al qaida that's left at least forty five people in the capital to continue to rally since he's away he's currently in saudi arabia for a serious injuries or a rocket or activists want to use his absence to regime change. human rights chief has condemned israel's deadly on the rest of us were up to forty people have died in recent weeks i've. expressed concern that syria has. people to protest in an area filled with landmines israeli police fired on civilians who were protesting on the un question of a nineteen sixty seven eastern will soon learned seized from syria. extreme weather that's pounding several caribbean countries has killed at least

taking around the world with other top stories clashes in a southern a yemeni town that are for free. because they're for at least forty four people dead in the capital protesters continue to rally to the moderates and way. in saudi arabia a serious interest or a rocket attack that's a risk want to use is obsessed with regime change what. you write stream first condemned israel's deadly response to one dressed in a sewer in order to water the garden recently. also expressed concern over course that syria has encouraged people to test. even the air is filled with landmines israeli police fired on civilians who were protesting or on a string of events in sixty seven next more on land seized from syria. extreme weather that's pounding the several caribbean countries is killed at least

those strikes or the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed to carry on with the operations on the other hand the government of alley abu. salim who'd been in power for some thirty years was so unpopular in recent years among the people of yemen that many analysts say it was only due to the u.s. support that sally had stayed in power for so long if we year sally needed the u.s. and the us needed solly but now with the political turmoil there the us shows they will continue to bomb yemen whether or not they have the permission to do so from actually the people of this country pakistan is one example of popular revolt against cia drone strikes thousands of civilians were killed by the u.s. . drone attacks and no one was held responsible for that even though the pakistani parliament has demanded to stop the strikes the country's leadership continues to allow the americans to carry out the operations although the pakistani leadership criticizes the killing of civilians but they little many analysts say their support for the bombings will continue as long as they continue to rece

from treatment for injuries he suffered during an attack on his compound in the yemeni capital. saudi arabia say his recovery will take at least two weeks. since the president left the country on sunday, thousands of people in yemen have been celebrating his departure. our correspondent in the yemeni capital, and i asked her if the president is likely to return to his country. >> well, he might be returning to yemen, but the question is whether he would come back as a president. country, although he would be sidelined completely. now, we understand that the authorities are now trying to broker a deal, a political deal for the transition period that yemen has started and after saleh left the country. but that is on the street. i determined he should not be back, and if he will be back, he should be prosecuted. but the government sees it from a different perspective. they believe that he should be back, but then it would be a transitional period. but also the details on what would happen next and would those take over or how the situation outside would be taken. >> and the preside

yemeni people fit into all of this well it's obvious that the u.s. are very much what did you know or what happened in that very important stretching area and for sure they would like to see somebody who's in charge there who could continue the operation which which. has given to the west and i think the opposition and in your region would give the. united states that. they will cooperate perhaps better than the last as regards fighting terrorism and with any other you know. towards the stability of the region you know if i go to you in tel aviv where do you stand in all of this here the devil that you know that's we've heard on this program here i mean what about what's going on in yemen and i'd like to spread it out with syria too i mean how does and i'm not asking you to speak for the state of israel but i mean how do you think the israelis see what's going on here i mean the devil you know is better than when you don't know. well that's a reference of course to bashar us of the devil that we've known for quite a few years and his father provided

here greater life you know we're going to have anybody from mission creep out of the country the yemeni leader who is now out of the country up to months of violent popular revolt against him and his government for many years had been supported by the u.s. in exchange for letting americans who are for all quieting yemen as we could leaks cables often taking credit for the u.s. through strikes we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those strikes or the support of the yemeni authorities was what you should carry on if you operate on the other hand the government of alley abu. salim who's been in power for some thirty years so unpopular in recent years among the people of yemen that many analysts say he was only due to the support that sally had stayed in power for so long so for years sally needed the u.s. and the u.s. needed solly but now with a political turmoil there the u.s. trolls they will continue to pound yemen whether or not they have the permission to do so from actually the people of this country pakistan is one example of popular revolt against cia drone s

that in case the yemeni government pulls. these train attacks in the country they need a base. from which to say really very much more involved in terms of place the u.s. the u.k. and so i mean what you're seeing evidence of regional rep or questions here from the allied intervention whether you call it a humanitarian mission or a military campaign lower we're just getting a report here regarding libya the u.k. prime minister says time is on nato. operations in libya of course of course it was president obama weeks ago who said it's an open timetable in libya the intervention continues the. floor at live in london thank you. well other news now let's get to some worldwide headlines now a suicide car bomber has struck in northeast afghanistan near a governor's building killing seven including police officers the taliban's admitted the attack which targeted targeted the french ambassador and a military convoy a separate attack occurred at almost the same time just south of the capital when a rocket was fired on the police training center the vice president and interior minister w

that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes sort of in cooperation with the yemeni counterterrorism units but now and get the power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operates under a different legal authorities then the military the cia will have quote greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate there greater latitude in other words they don't have to ask anybody's permission to go on the country the yemeni leader who is now out of the country after months of violent popular revolt against him and his government for many years had been supported by the u.s. in exchange for letting americans go after al qaida in yemen as we could makes cable showed often taking credit for the u.s. drone strike we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those strikes so the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed for the u.s. to carry on with the operation on the other hand the government of alley abdul hadi abdulla salah who'd been in

london we go to in boston or mohammed who bought he's an opposition activist and a former advisor to yemeni prime ministers and in tel aviv we crossed the arc of lopping he's a journalist for the jerusalem post all right gentlemen this is cross talk and that means you can jump in anytime you want on that he might like to go to you first and go to the newest news here we still have members of nato really pushing very hard for some form of intervention that's left unsaid right now in syria here and i started out by the program and we all looking at these events now and like yemen and syria through the lens of libya is it a mistake to do that or is it correct to do that because we have to remember resolution nine hundred seventy three was our no fly zone and look where we are now . yes i think i think the west is looking at syria through through two lenses libya and iraq and that's what learning learning division what what is needed is not a military intervention what is needed in the first step is clarity in the position of sort of a clear statement. does bashar assad what the west thinks at

lies, the yemeni government countered. it was only a scratch. television press conference was scheduled. hours passed and then only the presidential voice. sounding muttled and sedated, it was clear it was the yemeni government doing the lying. badly hurt and in need of urgent care, the president was secretly flown to saudi arabia and he will likely never return to power. what does he leave behind? the simple answer, a power vacuum. these protesters may want democracy, but it is tribal militias that are gabing ground here and al qaeda is taking advantage of the chaos. why is what's happening so dangerous to the snus u.s.? this man, anwar awlaki, the world's most dangerous terrorist. american-born, he now lives in yemen. he trained the christmas day underwear bomber and is inspiring so many others to harm americans. the u.s. has special forces in the country, training yemeni counterterrorism troops. this is the general who heads the counterterrorism efforts, who i have interviewed each time i have traveled to yemen. he is also the president's nep

it is a yemeni issue. we should go into a dialogue with all political sides.will come from us and not from the outside. >> warner: a day later, speaking in paris, secretary of state hillary clinton made her toughest statement yet on saleh's status. >> we continue to support the departure of president saleh, who has consistently agreed that he would be stepping down from power, and then consistently reneged on those agreements, turning his back on the commitments that he made, and disregarding the legitimate aspirations of the yemeni people. >> warner: now, in a country awash in weapons, those aspirations are on hold. instead, fears abound that this nation of 22 million could disintegrate into chaos. what explains president saleh's survival? for that, we turn to barbara bodine, who served as u.s. ambassador to yemen from 1997 until 2001. and bernard haykel, a professor of near eastern studies at princeton university. professor haykel, after all these deals and these forces besieging him. he is still there. why? and how does he do it? >> i mean he has always rul

we worked with the yemenis over the past several years.dministration as well as this administration building up their counter-terrorism capability. just like in pakistan where thousands of pakistani have fallen prey to terrorist attack, yemeni security military also has died as a result of those attacks. there are many elements within yemen that are opposed to al qaeda expanding its capabilities as well as control of yemeni territory. yemen is a patchwork of various tribes, various political groupings, political power centers. we are working very closely with counter-terrorism elements. one thing we insist on is we provide yemeni counter-terrorism forces only be used against al qaeda. and not be used in any way against yemeni citizens who are protesting as they have a right to do peacefully and we have been very vigilant in making sure none of these units we have trained or provided are being used against them. counter-terrorism cooperation needs to continue to grow. there are obvious limitations based on the yemeni forces capabilities. pr

in britain the herald has a headline, yemeni capital rocked by series of explosions saying analysts are worried instability in yemen could embolden a local al qaeda wing that has attempted attacks on the united states and saudi arabia. gulf news has this headline, ending the yemen blood shed saying the way forward does not look like being an interim government based on a popular movement but more of a transfer to tribal or military leaders and even that is looking less likely as civil war looms. the guardian has this headline -- dozens killed in the street by street battle for sanaa and the article talks about the worsening situation there. yemen is on the brink of financial ruin with about a third of its 23 million people facing chronic hunger. it is running out of oil and water. one issue many you can read, all those articles in full at facebook.com. >>> we turn to europe where worries are growing over exactly what is safe to eat after russia said it was banning fresh vegetables from the eu to keep out a deadly e. coli infection. it's killed 15 people in germany and one in sweden, acc

greater latitude in other words they don't have to ask anybody's permission to bomb the country the yemeni leader who is now out of the country after months of violent popular revolt against him and his government for many years had been supported by the u.s. in exchange for letting americans love their own yemen as we could leaks of cable shows often taking credit for the u.s. drone strikes we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those strikes so the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed for the u.s. should carry on with the operations on the other hand the government those alley abu. salim who had been in power for some thirty years so unpopular in recent years among the people of yemen that many analysts say he was only due to the u.s. support that sally had stayed in power for so long so for years sally needed the u.s. and the u.s. needed solly but now with the political turmoil there the u.s. shows they will continue to bomb yemen whether or not they have the commission to do so from actually. people of the country pakistan is one example of popular rev

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hours later, yemeni tv played a videotape from salah, sounding tired but alive. sources in salah tell nbc president salah didn't appear on camera because he has burns on his fi face and body. the government blamed the attack on loyalists to the leaders. they're loyal and heavily armed. tray sided with the demonstrators demanding that salah step down after he repeatedly reject eed deals to leave office peacefully in exchange for amnesty. now they're forcing him to leave, through protests, or it seems, by killing him. and brian, yemen isn't the only country boiling over. in syria, protesters are continuing to grow. in part, motivated by the death and apparent torture of a 13-year-old boy. a video, a very gruesome video of his body has been widely circulated online today. there were more demonstrations in syria, and according to witnesses, at least 30 people were killed when security forces opened fire. today, the syrian government shut down most mobile phones and internet service in the country. >> yemen and syria, two countries by the way, we western jou journalis