children, yemeni schools, yemeni hospitals . it will be very hard for president obama to complain about violent extremist attacks that attacked paris and brussels, even ankora, when our weapons and our military personnel are assisting saudi arabia commit terrible attacks on saudi schools and hospitals. that is when you come back to us. to the us government, we have an open question, what are you targeting? till the end of the people what you're targeting in yemen. amy: thank you. sarah leah whitson, executive director of human rights watch's middle east and north africa division. we will link to herpes "the u.s. , is quietly helping saudi arabia wage a devastating aerial campaign in yemen." amy: and thank you to farea al-muslimi visiting scholar at , the carnegie middle east center in beirut, lebanon. co-founder and chairman of the sana'a center for strategic studies. that does it for our show. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.o

if the yemenis were put through the same, i'm sure there would be more attention. reporter: but there has been precious little attention for victims like 14-year-old mohammed. an airstrike hit his neighborhood as he slept. "there was a burst of fire and i .tarted screaming, he says "my grandfather was killed and two of my uncles. by god's will, we will soon get revenge on the enemy." more peace talks are coming, but too late for mohammed. he will carry the terrible scars of this war for the rest of his life. situationmore on the on the ground, i spoke a brief the former u.s. ambassador to yemen. thank you very much for joining me. is the impact of this humanitarian crisis on stability ? the region >> i think it is terribly destabilizing. the evidence we are seeing now with yemenis needing humanitarian assistance and 6000 casualties in the war just illustrates the dimensions of the crisis we face. i think hopefully as soon as the negotiations can come to fruition, and we hope that will be the case, we can begin the gigantic task of reconstruction, rebuilding, and it

a ceasefire is what the yemeni people want. we need commitments that everybody abide by. >> translation: we need one that lasts forever, not just a few days >> reporter: the movement started in the north and has been going on for years. this latest conflict began in september 2014 when houthi rebels swept into the capital. they forced out yemen's government and have been fighting to expand their territory ever since. u.n. sponsored talks to end the fighting aare due to start in kuwait on 18 april but it will be complex to unrovl. the shia houthi rebels are backed by the former support of the president and have the support of iran. they have been fighting forces loyal to yemen's president. he has the backing of sunni tribes and a coalition of nine arab states led by saudi arabia. the saudi-led coalition launched air strikes last year when houthi fighters tried to move on aden. there are other groups in the south which want to breakaway from the north. qamishli has taken advantage in instability to grow in strength and there's a

. >> until recently, plumes of smoke could be seen rising over the yemeni capital, a reminder of theflict that has engulfed the country. supporters of the president have been fighting houthi forces for over a year now. the saudis backed the president. he fled after the fighting started and currently resides in saudi arabia. yemenis desperately want a cease-fire to take hold, but many are skeptical it will last. >> i am not optimistic. these are maneuvers so they can achieve their own goals which are under five. people depend on the intentions of the parties that have agreed to the cease-fire. whether they love this country, or whether they care about the people who have suffered so much over the past year. hopefully, they have good intentions, and the interests of the people at heart. >> past agreements have failed to take hold. hours before this one went into effect, clashes continued in several regions of yemen. anchor: time for business news. talking about germany and its plans to crack down on tax evaders. lots of plans on that. >> those plans have ramped up in the wake of those

a ceasefire is what the yemeni people want, but we need commitments that everybody abides by. >> we want a ceasefire that will last forever, not just a few days. >> the uprising by the houthi movement started in the north and has been going on for years. this latest conflict began in september, 2014, when houthi rebels swept into the capital, sanna. they forced out yemen's nationally recognized government led by president adou rabbo mansour hadi and have been fighting to expand their territory ever since. u.n. sponsored talks are due to begin on the 18th of april. the houthis hold 22 provinces and spread from the north to the south. this includes the capital, sanna. they are backed by forces loyal to president al saleh and have the sort of iran. the houthis are fighting troops loyal to yemen's president adou rabbo mansour hadi. he set up a temporary capital here in the southern port city of aden and his military is present in most of eastern yemen. hadi has the backing of soon any strikes and airstrikes from the so you had coalition. then there is al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they

is labelingations it as a dire situation for ordinary yemenis.alm in yemen after more than a year of conflict. ever since saudi arabia went into fight huthi rebels at the head of a sunni arab collision in 2013. beene health secretary has heavily undermined. healthimated 25% of facilities forced to shut down. those that remain open are working at sub optimal level with restrictions in access. reporter: most at risk has been the nation's children. yemen imported 90% of its food before the war and almost had one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. now, more than half of the country pot 22 regions are on the verge of famine and unicef estimates rates of child malnutrition have doubled. the ripple effects from the conflict have been catastrophic. haved 2.3 million people been forced from their homes. some international aid has been making it in. with infrastructure nationwide in ruins, the major difficulty is getting it where it is needed most. with drivers unable to cross battle zones. civilians have paid the price. they account for over

it is what the yemeni people want. we need commitments that everybody abides by. >> translation: we want a ceasefire that will last forever, not just a few days. >> reporter: the uprising by the houthi movement started in the north and has been going on for years. this latest conflict began in september 2014 when houthi rebels swept into the capital. they forced out yemen's internationally recognised government led by the president and have been fighting to expand their territory ever since. talks to due to start on 18 april, but the yemen conflict will be complex to unravel. the shia houthi rebels are backed by the former president and have the support of iran. they have been fighting forces loyal to yemen's president who has the backing of sunni tribes and the coalition of nine arab states led by saudi arabia. the saudi-led coalition launched air strikes in march last year when houthi fighters tried to move on aden. there are other groups in the mix. mostly secular wanting to break aby from the north. there's a yemen

more than 6000 yemenis have been killed, and 2.4 million displaced in just over one year. monday's cease-fire comes after months of three nude u.n. -- of three u.n. brokered -- just days iner, a houthi delegation the rebel held capital -- d intrikes have calme recent weeks. hours before the trees became into effect, there were sporadic clashes across the country. skirmishes in the central province of marie left dozens dead. but with both sides publicly committing to the cease-fire, many of many believed they are one step closer to secure lasting peace in talks scheduled in kuwait next week. next, to syria, where islamic state militants have taken back a stronghold in the northern region of aleppo, days after losing it to a group of mainly turkish backed rebels. the u.k.-based syrian observatory of human rights says other fighting around aleppo has killed close to 40 soldiers and rebels combined. the latest unrest leaves a fragile cease-fire more and more in jeopardy. john kerry telephoned his russian counterparts to discuss ways to strengthen the truce that excludes the re

and he's killed along with a young american named samir khan, another member of al-qaeda and two yemeni al-qaeda guys. they're basically incinerated in their vehicle are. so the -- at that point on that day, obama mentions publicly that al-awlaki is dead and mentions that the brave men and women of the military and intelligence agencies deserve, you know, it's a special achievement for them or something like that but doesn't quite say how this man came to die. because they're still being very secretive about the drone program. a couple years later in a big speech on drones at national defense university, obama makes the killing of this more than citizen for the first time -- of this american citizen for the first time sort of the centerpiece of his argument in favor of drones. maybe you can queue up the next video if it works. down on the left-hand corner. oh, no, go back. >> forward or backwards? >> hit the left arrow, and you'll go back to the other one, and then go down to the left-hand corner. you have to use the cursor to go down to the left-hand corner -- >> yeah, which slide? >>

also, there were african-american workers, white, puerto rican workers, yemeni workers. this series of pins speaks to that multicultural reach and the message of this being a moral cause. this is a bit of a conclusion wall where we see dolores huerta living a life of community organizing. dolores has been arrested two dozen times and in the late 1980's, she was the victim of a severe beating by police at a peaceful protest. she was so severely break and that she had three ribs broken and her spleen ruptured and she spent some time in the hospital. here, we see cesar chavez by her side in the photograph by one of the photographers of the union. the incident was interestingly caught on camera by a reporter. it led to a settlement from the city. of $825,000 and to the redrafting of the crowd control policies of the san francisco city police. here, we have the most iconic, artistic portrait of dolores. barbara is a chicana artist, who was one of the artists of the ufw for decades. she first heard about the union as a student, at ucla. she was active in the chicano movement.

in my opinion, again, this is what i call the yemeni version of the ceasefire, it is always fragile. this, i think, by day two and three, these breaches will be much, much less because the differences will be decreased and by that day two or three, we're sure that these breaches will be later tonight >>> good to get your thoughts. thank you >>> to syria where that conflict now into its sixth year. it is holding parliamentary elections on wednesday. the votes have been held in areas controlled by bashar al-assad. thousands of candidates are competing. nearly all of them favor bashar al-assad's party. the international community and the opposition have criticized the election saying they will be biassed. aid workers are preparing to deliver more food packages to der azor. enough is being sent to feed 2500 people for a month. parts of the city have been under siege since 2014. around 200,000 people there face severe shortages of food and medicine. fire has broken out in a major commercial center in japan's capital. these pictures, the aerial shots we've got of the fire in the area of to

the pin with the arabic message really speaks about the yemeni workers who were part of the movement. this is a movement that has often been referred to as a mainly mexican and mexican-american movement, however, it was broader than that. filipinos were extremely important to the movement. but also, there were african-american workers, there were white workers, there were puerto rican workers, yemeni workers. this series of pins speaks to that multicultural reach and the international reach as well with the accurate and with -- with the effort and the whole message of this being a moral cause. this is a bit of a conclusion where wehe exhibition, see dolores huerta living a life of community organizing. dolores has been arrested two dozen times, and actually, in the late 1980's, she was the victim of a severe beating by police at a peaceful protest. she was so severely beaten that she had three ribs broken and her spleen ruptured, and she spent quite some time in the hospital. here, we see cesar chavez by her side in the photograph by one of the photographers of the union. the incident

it is what the yemeni people want. we need commitments that everyone abides by. >> we want a ceasefire that will last forever, not just a few days. >> the houthi movement started in the north what has been going on for years. the latest conflict began in 2014. they forced out the government. and had been fighting to expand their territory ever since. >> u.n. sponsored talks to end the fighting are due to start in kuwait on 18 april. >> the houthi rebels hold 82 provinces and spread out from the north to tiaz in the south. this includes sanaa. they are backed by loyals loyal to the president. they are fighting traps loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi, who set up a temporary capital in aden. since march last year, air strikes from a saudi-led coalition. then there's lr, in no way aligned with the government. competing for control in the south is the yemeni affiliate of isil, they are secular and have been pushing to breakaway from the north. >> no sight is close to winning the war. all came with a heavy cost. more than 6,00

we are getting the news that the yemeni president sacked or fired the prime minister. changes at the top of cabinet. we'll bring you more analysis as we get it here on al jazeera >>> first, pope francis has announced a special collection on april 4th. in all european churches to raise fund. speaking at mass in st. peter's square, they wanted it to be a gesture of charity when violence intensifies between government forces and western-backed rebels. >> translation: my thoughts go out to the people thirsty for reconciliation and peace. here in europe, these that suffer the violence of the ukraine, how many remain in the lands devastated by the hostilities causing deaths, and how many more were driven to lead by the persistent situation. >>> the sri lankan government opened a reconciliation village in the north, to encourage co-existence between the majority community and minority tam ills >>> the lance corporal is trying to move on after 26 years of war. he is one of 51 soldiers who received land from the sri lankan government. >> we didn't have any land, even in the vil

the result of a year-long campaign of airstrikes by a saudi led coalition in support of the exiled yemeni with the threat of famine now hanging over half the country, the united nations is calling on the two sides to respect the cease-fire so that peace talks, due to start next week in kuwait, can't get underway. bbc news. -- can get underway. bbc news. precarious truce. china wants to be a world soccer superpower by 2050 and has outlined a plan for the next decades, to get a certain number of people playing by 2020. has ranked the china football league and 81st place. at a suicide writer has ramped into a bus killing at least 12 people. officials say most of those who died were new army recruits. nearly 40 of his were injured in the same explosion, and the fonda -- and the bombing happened near the city of jalalabad. and one man has defected, according to south korean officials, and the man has not been named, but they say he was a senior colonel and that he left last year. thet wrenching reminder of need to rid the world of nuclear weapons. that is how the u.s. secretary of state sized

has freed nine prisoners at guantanamo bay and sent them to saudi arabia all nine are yemeni, they include a frequent hunger striker whose weight has dropped to 74-pound at one point. it brings the yan tan mow prisoner population down to 80, that includes 26 men half been already cleared of charges. those men are expect to leave by the end of this summer. >>> the fight begins islamic state militants in iraq and seer why could be ramped up for u.s. troops. u.s. defense secretary ash carter says he will speak with his commanders overcoming days about stepping up the effort. that could mean more air strikes, cyber attacks and american troops on the ground. carter expressed confidence that the white house will approve his impending recommendations. >>> now to the emotional act of compassion by pope francis. pontiff travel to the greek aisles in the heart of the refugee crisis offering a message of hope. what did next has so many people around the world celebrating. abc's terry moran has more. >> reporter: it was a day of such powerful emotions. pope francis at the main detention camp for refug

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yemeni's president acting ahead of peace talks this month. >> and in sport. the windies have become the first ever 2-time winners of world 2020. the windies hitting their way to victory by four minutes in a final against flned >>> an investigation by 107 media outlets in 78 countries revealed how the rich and powerful used tax havens to hide their wealth they analysed more than 11 million leaked files, from the biggest offshore law firm. documents show links to 72 current or former heads of state including bashar al-assad, and othe others. the data showed how clients laundered money and evaded tax. the company says it's never been accused of wrongdoing. we'll stay on top of the story and bring you analysis later, a big story. the panama papers, we are talking about a huge volume of information. millions much documents revealing how tax havens have been reviewed. we'll stay across that for you. the other big story, starting on monday, hours from now greek shoot lis will send back to turkey. it's not stopped refugees from attempting to cross the seas to the gre

the saudis are supporting the yemeni government and if it sounds complicated, it is.hat is somber and straightforward is that this war has killed thousands of civilians so far and driven millions from their homes. let's talk about it now with amnesty international which claims that they have evidence or u.s.-designed munitions were used to kill innocent yemenese. and engaged in bombardment. not only have countless civilians had their lives brought to an end but remnants of u.s.-designed or potentially bombs dropped by the saudi-led coalition. >> and the u.s. government or u.s. corporations have culpability? >> the u.s. has sold to saudi arabia $30 billion worth of arms in the last few years. the u.s. government under president obama authorized another billion dollar-plus worth of bomb sales to the saudi arabian government. >> and has there been any evidence that the obama administration has exerted any pressure to try to encourage the saudis to exercise restraint and end their bombing campaign? >> president obama and the obama administration claimed that they are usin

you can come there as a yemeni, a somali, you don't have to learn the language or abide by the constitutions of the nations in which you live and then you will create these islands in which you can have radicals hide easily and be provided that support network to do what they have been doing in paris and madrid and london and brussels. >> let me ask you this. say i want to go to europe this summer with my family. i'm not worried about even going to the airport in the united states, let alone when i land in europe. >> yeah. really, this is -- we have to understand that jihad, the war against the infidel, isn't something happening on the streets of damascus or baghdad 8,000 miles away. it is here, judge. my wife and i just published a report on the domestic threat from isis in america. we have arrested over 90 people in the united states in the last year and a half connected to isis. so whether you are going on holiday to paris or london or whether you are here at a christmas party in san bernardino, the threat is real and this administration isn't taking it seriously. look at just what happen

and the yemeni jordan refugee crisis.s the board, this is not necessarily the region he thought he would be leaving to a successor. >> when he gave that speech, we talk eed about it, we thought h could he be that poly-annic. lead from behind. i printed the speech because i knew we talked about it time and time again over the last seven years. but for all these things thaw point out have happened in that time. but as recently as a few days ago when he gave that interview to the "atlantic" magazine, he told the saudis through "the atlantic" magazine interview that the saudis need to learn how to share the neighborhood with iran. there we are, seven years later off that speech and he has learned nothing from all those events that you've outlined. and frankly, he's put us in a much, put the middle east in a far riskier position and -- >> the lead is, saudi arabia is a thug country. that we've been kissing their behind, for decades because of oil. who funds isis? who funds al nusra? who funds al qaeda? who funds the taliban? w

among those slated for release, a 27-year-old yemeni who has been on a hunger strike since 2007.he pentagon does not publicly acknowledge gitmo transfers until after they occur. 91 are remaining. 35 are scheduled to be transferred. currently the 91 who are still at the naval base in guantanamo bay, cuba, of those remaining 35 are cleared for transfer to countries overseas. the pentagon says the rest are too dangerous to release overseas. in a startling revelation days ago the pentagon's point man for gitmo said that some of the detainees transferred from the prison have, in fact, rejoined the fight and worse. >> how many lives have been lost by those terrorists who went back to their terrorist activity? >> unfortunately, there have been americans who have died. >> right. only 5% of key takenees who have been released from returned to the battlefield during the obama that administration. pentagon officials don't believe those detainees are among those who have killed americans. greta. >> okay, general. i know that the pentagon uses a term transfer and everybody uses the word trans

the yemeni government spokesman said the truce generally is being respected. >> as we speak, the ceasefires holding to a large degree. it is true that there are some violations on certain fronts. today, the prime minister informed the u.n. and special envoys of certain violations on some fronts. we received promises from the u.n. and international community that they had received assurances from the houthi militias and forces loyal to sala to observe the ceasefire and in the past hours, agreements were signed with them, namely with the houthis to that they will honor the ceasefire. >> health officials say the more they learn about zika, the scarier the virus appears. researchers are now linking the mosquito borne virus to neurological system and immune system diseases. >> what you're looking at is a 3-d model of the zika virus, an image that few of us would recognize, but one that has scientists and governments increasingly concerned. >> everything we look at with this virus seems to be scarier than we initially thought. >> there's growing evidence that the zika virus is linked to micrmicr

and he's killed along with a young american named samir khan, another member of al-qaeda and two yemenil-qaeda guys. they're basically incinerated in their vehicle are. so the -- at that point on that day, obama mentions publicly that al-awlaki is dead and mentions that the brave men and women of the military and intelligence agencies deserve, you know, it's a special achievement for them or something like that but doesn't quite say how this man came to die. because they're still being very secretive about the drone program. a couple years later in a big speech on drones at national defense university, obama makes the killing of this more than citizen for the first time -- of this american citizen for the first time sort of the centerpiece of his argument in favor of drones. maybe you can queue up the next video if it works. down on the left-hand corner. oh, no, go back. >> forward or backwards? >> hit the left arrow, and you'll go back to the other one, and then go down to the left-hand corner. you have to use the cursor to go down to the left-hand corner -- >> yeah, which slide? >> th

to have worked with our international partners over three recent incidents to shipments headed to yemeni rebels. i remain deeply concerned. --n is expanding its middle presence in the middle east. there tests that have been discussed at length today. theretradicts its commitments. i think it demonstrates that the nuclear do will not change their behavior. they remain unready to meet the obligations required of a responsible member of the international committee. i am disturbed that they violate the human rights of the people. it is increase the rights of political prisoners. we fail tohat if hold them accountable for these actions and failed to respond to violations of the treaty, the viability of the agreement will be in jeopardy. i commend the in ministration for its actions, i encourage that they continue and to enhance the of limitation of the nuclear report. we are working together to press back on their ballistic missile tests. let me start about funding. that officials have expressed concerns about the reliability of the sustained theetary contributions for enforcement activities.

worked with our international partners over three recent incidents to interject shipments headed to yemeni rebels. i urge continued thoroughness and vigor. i remain deeply concerned. iran is expanding its presence in the middle east. tests recent missile commitments.ts i think it demonstrates that the nuclear do will not change their behavior. they remain unready to meet the obligations required of a responsible member of the international committee. i am disturbed that they violate the human rights of the people. violationseased its of political prisoners. i believe that if we fail to hold them accountable for these actions and failed to respond to violations of the treaty, the viability of the agreement will be in jeopardy. i commend the administration for its actions, i encourage that they continue and to enhance the of limitation of the nuclear report. we are working together to press back on their ballistic missile tests. let me start about funding. a report says that officials have expressed concerns about the reliability of the sustained extra-budgetary contributions for the enforce

to the yemeni people and the peace process can proceed.en the ongoing threats in the region, the united states will continue to increase our security cooperation with our gcc partnered including help their own capacity to defend themselves. i thanked our gcc partners for their support of the comprehensive deal that's now cut off every single one of iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon. that makes the region safer. we'll remain vigilant to ensure iraq fulfills its commitments just as we fulfill ours. even with the nuclear deal, we recognize collectively that we continue to have serious concerns about iranian behavior. our nation's committed to interdict illegal iranian arms shipments in the region and post costs on iran for its ballistic missile weapons program and iran's destabilizing activity in the region. at the same time as i said at camp david last year, none of our nations have an interest in conflict with iran. we welcome an iran that plays a responsible role in the region, one that takes concrete practical steps to build trust and r

but now you have all yemeni to saudi arabia, it's too unstable to send them there.t's part of the slow drip. >>> now to the campaign trail, because we saw last night another clean sweep for republican ted cruz over donald trump in a voterless victory in wyoming. no votes, but delegates. >> but the party leaders may have some tricks up their sleeve. >> gareth tenney has more. >> reporter: it's a win that's sure to be criticized by some of the rivals, notably donald trump. wyoming awards delegates in a multitiered caucus system. similar to colorado's which is highly criticized last week. here's how the total delegate breakdown looks now. trump's lead over cruz is now less than 200 delegates. john kasich still far behind with 144. ted cruz says going into tuesday momentum is on his side. >> you've got the entire spectrum of the republican party coming together and unifying. >> after this weekend when he gets wiped out in new york which he will, he gets wiped out, he no longer has the road to the nomination. >> reporter: there appears to be some growing discord among pa