coalition began a military campaign in support of the yemeni government led by how the. demand protest is deposed first aligned with the who these and then was killed by them in twenty seventeen thousands of yemenis have been killed in the war many of them children the conflict has pushed the region's poorest country to the brink of famine twenty million people don't have enough food to eat but some activists say the revolution gave yemenis something bigger the idea of to more crecy. we'll uproot all the corrupt or those plotting to undermine the achievements we made believe the revolution is still moving forward we believe in its principles and the family succession the rule toppling the corrupt traitor ship of three decades. of political and diplomatic solution to the war in yemen seems on certain a un brokered cease fire agreement has not brought peace to her there the port city is a crucial gateway for much needed humanitarian aid priyanka gupta for inside story . well let's bring in our panel now joining as on the phone from santa is hakimullah mehsud mahdi he's a p

coalition began a military campaign in support of the yemeni government led by harvey. the man protest as deposed first aligned with the who these and then was killed by them in twenty seventeen thousands of yemenis have been killed in the war many of them children the conflict has pushed the region's poorest country to the brink of famine twenty million people don't have enough food to eat but some activists say the revolution gave yemenis something bigger the idea of to more crecy. we'll uproot all the corrupt or those plotting to undermine the achievements we made believe the revolution is still moving forward we believe in its principles and the family succession the rule toppling the corrupt traitor ship of three decades. a political and diplomatic solution to the war in yemen seems on certain a un brokered cease fire agreement has not brought peace to her there the port city is a crucial gateway for much needed humanitarian aid priyanka gupta for inside story . well let's bring in our panel now joining as on the phone from santa is hakimullah mehsud mahdi he's a p

who is doing such atrocities against the yemeni people?swer. you're right, they‘ re very big questions. isn't it the truth that both your government and the houthis are responsible for the terrible mess that yemen is in today and, if one looks at your side of the argument, there is no doubt, that looking at amnesty international, transparency international, and a whole bunch of other independent analysts, they see a yemeni government which is corrupt, which is incapable of having its writ run in huge swathes of your own territory, not least in parts of the country where it is not the houthis who are in charge but it is southern secessionist, who you have chosen to work with and chosen to funnel arms to, but who do not even believe in the unitary state of yemen. so your responsibility for so much of the mess that yemen is in today is quite clear. the route of it, my dear friend, is that the coup d'etat that took place in january 2015, and it's existence by occupying our capital by the houthis militia, backed by iran, so this is the root cau

ali is a soldier in the yemeni army.her was a taxi driver and two other uncles who were also killed were also in the yemen army. ali prepared these papers to clear the names of his relatives. he wants the united states to pay compensation for their deaths. he says he is now the sole provider for over 30 family members. we asked the pentagon about the strike and ali's account of the deaths. the pentagon declined the bbc‘s request for an interview, but told us air strikes has killed at least ten al-qaeda leaders and associates in yemen. it said it is in our national security interest to pursue violent extremist organisations like al-qaeda and isis. that have attacked us forces in the region and abrod. they need to degrade their ability for further attacks. the largest known us special forces in the yemen happened in the west. the pentagon described it as a mission that killed seven terorrists with no civilian casualties. the raid took place in a tiny little village on may 23, 2017. the people who live in the village descri

steven, we are paying salaries to all yemenis from yemen. and the president are backed up by the saudis, the government that is of course the fa ct government that is of course the fact are run by crown prince parma bin sulman. hang on, let me finish my question. since we learn so much more about the ruthless methods of mohammed bin salman, thanks to the grisly, gruesome, horrific murder of jamal khashoggi, has given you pause to think very carefully about the nature of your relationship with the saudi government? will always have a strategic relations with saudi arabia. saudi arabia is our partner, oui’ arabia. saudi arabia is our partner, our neighbour and our future. arabia. saudi arabia is our partner, our neighbour and ourfuture. —— will always have. our future our neighbour and ourfuture. —— will always have. 0urfuture is to stay together because we don't have any future alone in the region. the region is growing and it is coming together, like the european union, if you know. so nobody, i am not, i'm notjudging what is happening in sa

their income due to the war the state's inability to pay salaries affects roughly a third of the yemeni population and this in turn a chinaman to join battlefronts to feed family many households are now women lead altering gender roles a friend or you want to jump in there on the open. they're saying that this is shifted things in families this is very important because a today it was a big day with her back and that you know the international. you know during the conference but it's not really the direct mylan in the conflict that is creating the humanitarian crisis because it is the contra quinces of the conflict the economy aspect of the conflict it is what it have what it has and the beating and back on the people who know them divided i came i see not in go ahead. yeah. that's. brought an economic crisis. as a resource on embargo since two thousand and sixteen imposed by the so do not question when posed. that secure reception brittany's a trade and the economy going to extend. was there was also. the recession also human needs who don't have enough resources to buy food but at the

those talks at the end of november but what you have to have is first of all an incentive for the yemeni government come to come to the table and i think that only comes if they feel like that saudi isn't going to come to their aid in any point and that's where this pressure is important so if they feel like they have to come to talks because saudi arabia can't just simply cover them that's on one side but the other question is. what makes the hutus come to the table what makes the hutu insurgency come to the table and i think that means they have to feel like they can't count on iran to give them cover to continue to refrain from going into talks it's only when all external powers sort of pull back that i think the u.s. gets the real space to start to work with local groups within yemen to get a meaningful political process catherine what could saudi arabia possibly say that they have been accomplishing in yemen besides killing thousands of people and destroying that country. not much quite frankly i mean i understand that so durable when in to try to to kind of. you know it's a gemini

urging congress to put a stop to this war and they told me very clearly when yemenis see made in us a on the bombs that are killing them it tells them that the united states of america is responsible for this war this is not a message the united states should be sending to the world the united states should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic saudi regime with a dangerous and irresponsible military policy so let's take a closer look at the u.s. involvement in yemen washington began supporting this saudi u.a.e. coalition back in two thousand and fifteen and until recently much of that assistance was in the form of and flight refueling for saudi jets which ended in november by mutual agreement but the u.s. still provides intelligence and is the top arms supplier to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. it says its officers advise on potential targets to minimize civilian civilian that is casualties yet saudi strikes have killed thousands of civilians including dozens of children on a school bus and sought a province last august. let's bring in our guests in london adam baron vi

mission monitoring the cease fire in yemen's port city of her data has been meeting with ruthie and yemeni government representatives tentative agreements have reportedly been reached between the two sides over the withdrawal of troops but both parties postponed discussing an actual date now saudi state media says yemen's with the rebels have killed at least nine saudis soldiers in a renewed military offensive the attacks happened in the southern saudi provinces of assyria. it's one of the west spates of violence since a un broken peace deal was signed in december priyanka got up to reports. fierce fighting in the northern front lines of yemen who the rebels say they have launched major attacks on saw the u.a.e. backed forces across the border in saudi arabia over the past three days a number of saudis soldiers were killed and the military positions captured according to who the media sources saudi media is also reporting the deaths of soldiers who the say the attacks will not stop and let mr miller watch our operations will continue on in the coming days that a lot of violence further as

their intent on annihilation of the yemenis. we cannot let the slaughter continue in the name of american taxpayers. the saudis do not represent our values, but they're using our tax dollars and our weapons. instead of shutting down our government, president trump needs to shut down cooperation with the regime that tortures women, who speak out, who kills its enemies who dare to speak the truth, and is waging an immoral conflict, the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe. the days of symbolic action have to be past. months, years, hundreds of small graves ago, this congress should have acted. today we can act to put a stop to this nonsense, this missed appropriation of our values in the middle east. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: mr. chairman, i continue to reserve. the chair: thank you. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield two minute

their income due to the war the state's inability to pay salaries affects roughly a third of the yemeni population and this in turn a chinaman to join battlefronts to feed family many households are now women lead altering gender roles a friend or you want to jump in there on that but they're saying that this is shifted things and families. this is very important because a today it was a big day with her back and that you know that international. you know during the conference but it's not really the direct mylan in the conflict that is creating the humanitarian crisis because it is the contra quinces of the conflict the economy aspect of the conflict it is what it has and what it has and the beating and back on the people who know them divided i came i see not in go ahead. yeah. that's. brought an economic crisis. as a resource on embargo since two thousand and sixteen imposed by this i would you not question when posed. that's the reception brittany's the trade and the economy going to extend. was a resource. that will support the recession also human needs who don't have enough resou

well the pope's comments also coincided with new efforts to rescue a fragile ceasefire in the yemeni port city of data the warring sides have been holding talks aboard a un charter vessel in the red sea the meeting between the saudi u.a.e. backed government and heathy rebels is chaired by the un's monetary retired dutch general patrick at the two sides were meant to withdraw their forces from had a day last month but have so far failed to do so eloquent has been reached on who should control the city and ports. has more the chances for a breakthrough in the jose the talks are slim for the simple reason that the whole things are not willing to hand over control of the city and the port to government forces they say that they are willing to withdraw all only when and if local authorities of how did are them selves take over something which is rejected by the government the government of the president of the ball so hard he says it's the only just summit authority in the force the one which must take control of the city and this poses a day laborer for the united nations of the u.n. ovo

has left families impoverished and in desperate need of aid according to the un around ten million yemenis are on the edge of famine but images like those of a twelve year old party suggest otherwise when this video was filed two weeks ago far to more weighed only ten kilograms since fighting between who the rebels and a saudi led coalition started in twenty fifteen an estimated eighty five thousand children under the age of five may have starved to death that's according to the charity you see the children so who should be held responsible for the thousands of yemenis who have died from starvation joining us to talk about this in gothenburg sweden our friend nasser a journalist and founding editor in chief of the sun our review in paris. is a humanitarian worker and yemen project coordinator for m.s.f. and in oxford in the united kingdom david king he studies the politics of famine and is a professor of conflict studies at the london school of economics it's good to have you here guess i wish it was under better circumstances so the u.n. describing what's happening in yemen as the worst m

their intent on annihilation of the yemenis. we cannot let the slaughter continue in the name of american taxpayers. the saudis do not represent our values, but they're using our tax dollars and our weapons. instead of shutting down our government, president trump needs to shut down cooperation with the regime that tortures women, who speak out, who kills its enemies who dare to speak the truth, and is waging an immoral conflict, the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe. the days of symbolic action have to be past. months, years, hundreds of small graves ago, this congress should have acted. today we can act to put a stop to this nonsense, this missed appropriation of our values in the middle east. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: mr. chairman, i continue to reserve. the chair: thank you. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield two minute

to this congressional action yemenis or are deeply divided with regards to how how they view this so i think moving forward it's really crucial to keep in mind the sort of the deep complications of how many is view not just this conflict but also international international reactions to it all right scott i know you're there and i'm going to come back to you but i see this look on catherine's face so i i want her to be able to respond to what adam was saying. not all i would say is that i mean when adam is talking about the humanitarian existence yes. claiming that you know they're trying to help rebuild patenting that's really the case i think that the main goal here you know when you mention matter for example is actually to you to gain access and control over your my natural resources and to try to control you know the what ways this is why it's and was actually ok it is to have an opening on to on to the sea and to ensure that the world all route is actually protected so i don't think interested in rebuilding yemen in any way shape or form other than securing access to natural re

for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. as. the u.s. senate has passed a bill which would allow states to penalize businesses that boycott israel critics say it runs contrary to principles of free speech which include the right to boycott the bill still needs to be passed by the house of representatives before becoming law. a united nations humanitarian aid convoy has arrived at a remote refugee camp on the border with jordan it's the largest ever to reach rock band refugee camp since the start of syria's war more than one hundred trucks brought food and medical supplies to thousands of syrians stranded in the camp aid workers will also provide an emergency vaccination campaign for ten thousand children there. the greek prime minister has basted a long running campaign to reopen a christian theological school in mainly muslim turkey alexis tsipras visited healthy seminary in istanbul it used to be the main school of theology for the eastern orthodox church in the country until the tackiest government shutdown in one nine hundred seventy

active directory or indict at least with the sales of weapons or dropping one side if you want to yemeni civilians so we're calling for an end to the hypocrisy ended up licit the old school feeding with one hand the yemenis to keep them alive destroying their cancer with the other. eight to be clear car look at these figures of saudi arabia in the u.a.e. committed a record breaking one billion worth of humanitarian aid for yemen despite as a we've been reporting so much you know the general studies leading this near war for year long aerial bombing campaign why are they doing that a guilt. well you'd have to ask them what what what we can see very obviously from where we stand and that i work with ordinary yemeni yes that's why the aid is desperately needed they themselves are being in the closing down of course air force the sea ports and and the abandonment of the civil services public services for people in the in the in certain areas of yemen which are not under the control of the government the central government of. party so we what we are saying is look these these people there ar

he started a visit to the united arab emirates one of the main coalition partners fighting in the yemeni civil war the catholic leader is now in abu dhabi in the first of a papal visit to the arabian peninsula the birthplace of islam four years of war have killed thousands of yemenis devastated the country's economy and pushed millions to the brink of starvation speaking to crowds at the vatican before he left francis urged yemen's warring sides to implement a truce and help deliver vital eight. with great concern and fall in the humanitarian crisis in yemen the population is exhausted by the long conflict and many children are suffering from hunger there is no access to food stalls brothers and sisters the cries of these children and their parents rise up before god or the pope's comments also coincided with new efforts to rescue a fragile ceasefire in the yemeni port city of data parties to the conflict have been holding talks aboard a un charter vessel in the red sea meeting between the saudi u.a.e. backed government in haiti rebels was chaired by the un's monetary tight dutch general

the united nations mission cease fire in yemen city all the data has been meeting with the huge and yemeni government representatives tentative agreements have reportedly been reached between the two sides over the pulling out of troops from the port city but both parties perspire discussing a withdrawal date fighting is still taking place elsewhere across the country. saudi state media says that yemen's who the rebels have killed at least line soldiers in the renewed military offensive the attacks happened in the southern assadi provinces of syria and. it's the worst spate of violence since the un brokered peace deal was signed in december priyanka gupta reports. fierce fighting in the northern front lines of yemen who the rebels say they have launched major attacks on saw the u.a.e. backed forces across the border in saudi arabia over the past three days a number of saudis soldiers were killed and the military positions captured according to who the media sources saudi media is also reporting the deaths of soldiers who they say the attacks will not stop and yet mr miller are watching our

for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. i just see it. as still ahead on al-jazeera. the. why the reopening of a religious school could help and a bit to dispute between greece and turkey plus a danish man has just been sentenced to six years in a russian prison his crime being a jehovah's witness i'm richelle is in moscow and keep watching to find out more on the crackdown on a religious organization that in russia is classed as extremist. once again that disturbed wintry weather set to continue across the middle east a bit more cloud and rain rolling in the sort of the main pushing into the levant syria lebanon jordan right down across israel saying some rather wet weather is a go on through the next couple of days that thickening cloud will bring some downpours and the possibility of some localized flooding in parts of the mountains says seeing some snow that's the on the cars could see some snow to some right over towards see the hindu kush sprite disguise coming back into kabul the day four degrees celsius and that states will miss y

their income due to the war the state's inability to pay salaries affects roughly a third of the yemeni population and this in turn a chinaman to join battlefronts to feed family many households are now women lead altering gender roles a friend or you want to jump in there on that but they're saying that this is shifted things and families. this is very important because a today it was a big day with her back and that you know that international. you know during the conference but it's not really the direct mylan in the conflict that is creating the humanitarian crisis because it is the contra quinces of the conflict the economy aspect of the conflict it is what it have what it has and the beating and back on the people who know them divided i came i see not in go ahead. yeah it really was. just. brought an economic crisis. there was also an embargo since two thousand and sixteen imposed by the saudis that question when posed. that secure reception brittany's a trade and the economy going to extend. was a resource. that will support the recession also human needs who don't have enough r

for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. i just hear. a scientist in the us are sounding the alarm on climate change after recording one of the hottest years on record a joint report by researches from two government agencies ranks twenty eighteen as the fourth warmest year so far it says this is leading to rising sea levels droughts and more destructive hurricanes i do jocasta reports. twenty eighteen was marked by natural disasters that ravaged the us from coast to coast in california the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history killed more than eighty people in the carolinas hurricane florence shattered rainfall and flood records and now scientists point to hard evidence that as the disasters intensified the earth's surface more md the average global temperature last year was fourteen point six nine degrees celsius that's point seven one degrees above the average for the twentieth century since the eighteen eighties the global temperature has increased by one degree celsius with scientists blaming increased emissions o

one of the main coalition partners fighting in the yemeni civil war the catholic leader is now in abu dhabi in the first ever papal visit to the arabian peninsula the birthplace of islam four years of war have killed thousands of yemenis devastated the economy and pushed millions to the brink of starvation speaking to crowds at the vatican before he left france is urged yemen's warring sides to implement a truce and help deliver essential a home run the blue books. with great concern in full in the humanitarian crisis in yemen the population is exhausted by the long conflict and many children are suffering from hunger there's no access to food stalls brothers and sisters the cries of these children and their parents rise up before god well pope's comments also coincided with new efforts to rescue a fragile ceasefire in the yemeni port city of her data the parties of the conflict have been holding talks aboard a un charter vessel in the red sea the meeting between the saudi u.a.e. backed government and who see rebels was chaired by the un's want to tell retired dutch general patrick th

mission monitoring the cease fire in yemen's port city of her data has been meeting with ruthie and yemeni government representatives tentative agreements have reportedly been reached between the two sides over the withdrawal of troops but both parties postponed discussing an actual date elsewhere anti-government demonstrations have been taking place in sanaa these have been protesting against what they believe is the normalization of relations between yemen's government and israel it's in response to yemen's foreign minister yemeni sitting next to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu during the war sore summit. haiti's prime minister has announced budget cuts for himself and other government employees in an attempt to end mass rallies over corruption people have been demonstrating for the past ten days demanding president juvenile mores step down his administration is accused of mismanaging the economy at least seven people have died since the protests began. hundreds of environmentalists have blocked roads around london fashion week to protest against the fashion industry is effect

in the yemeni civil war you've got that on the one side but the problem is is that on the other side you've got the trump administration which is pursuing regime change in iran so if you go too hard against the saudis over young men if you go to war against them b.s. you pretty much undercut that troponin astrachan approach which is to change the leadership in tehran which way does u.s. foreign policy go to actually try to hold the saudis to account or to say put our hands up and say now it's all about iran and will release the pressure on him and on the yemeni intervention president donald trump has refused to hold saudi arabia and more specifically the crown prince accountable for the murder of jamal in november he contradicted a cia assessment that concluded mohammed bin selman did order the killing of demolish l.g. and shortly thereafter trump said we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of demolish l.g. while defending u.s. relations with riyadh and calling the kingdom a great ally but he's also said the arabia's response to the murder has been the worst cover

children and what is the reality then for the average yemeni child you know your point mentions that out of the eight being killed every day since this talk on agreement was signed most of them were kalevala playing outdoors with their friends or on their way to a from school. well elizabeth i have been close to thirty years doing many darian work i have to tell you that for me yemen today it's one those do worse if not the worst place on earth to be a child the reality all through despite the intention to come to a peace agreement the reality that still every single day children get killed children get this able for lives that still every day because of lack of essential health services every ten minutes a child is dying from preventable diseases the fact that we have to. lives to four hundred thousand children facing life threatening malnutrition over two million children not being able to go to school that is today's reality and that is a reality that no single parent and across the world would want to have to be the reality of their children and so why then do you think that mess

to they have the yemeni community? do they have issues with how long he was sentenced to per person? >> they certainly wanted to see lifetime. they thought he could be really debilitated in the community be the judge did not take note that there was such a huge outpouring, but he's a look, actions have consequences, and at this point, i do not feel that you are not a danger to the community. you have to pay for what you did do, and so the community there has to move forward without him for now, but they plan to be there for him and 15.5 years when he hopes to get out. >> brooks derose in our newsroom tonight. >>> senator dianne feinstein said the confirmation a federal judge to the ninth circuit would break a century-old senate tradition. senator feinstein stat on twitter the nominee eric miller would be the first circuit judge ever confirmed without so- called blue slip approval by either home state senator. republicans voted last night to end the debate on the nomination of eric miller to the appeals court. if he is

for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. as. president trumps national security adviser john bolton says the united states will consider lifting sanctions on venezuelan generals who switch their support for nicolas maduro to opposition leader one of the softer the opposition accused venezuela's military of blocking a bridge on the border with colombia used for desperately needed humanitarian aid the u.s. is sending food to the border with the supplies can without the agreement of the military terms of who has more from the capital caracas. well humanitarian aid is already being sent to colombia that's going to be one of the main points where some medicines and food are going to be gathered in order to make a plan to later on bring it into venezuela for now it's not clear yet how it's going to make it into the country that the opposition is saying that's what they're hoping is to create a humanitarian corridor or something that will protect the aid with n.g.o.s religious groups doctors nurses and anybody that can help in order to

one of the main coalition partners fighting in the yemeni civil war all this is the warring sides have been holding talks aboard a u.n. charter vessel in the red sea in an attempt to save the fragile to date a cease fire the two sides were meant to withdraw their forces from the strategic port city last month and u.s. president donald trump has again warned that he would consider sending the military to venezuela speaking to the american network c.b.s. trump also said that he had turned down a meeting with president nicolas maduro. israel has announced it started building a controversial new barry along its border with gaza when finished the fence will be sixty five kilometers long and six meters high hundreds of palestinians have been killed in fallon's injured in months of protests along the border. over the weekend we began building the above ground barrier along the gaza border the barrier will prevent terrorists from gas from penetrating into our territory on the ground i would also like to make it clear if the quiet is not maintained in gaza we will make decisions even in the ele

he begins a visit to the united arab emirates one of the main coalition partners fighting in the yemeni civil war cabinet reader is now in abu dhabi in the first ever papal visit a rape in peninsula the birthplace of islam four years of war have killed thousands of yemenis devastated the economy and pushed millions to the brink of starvation only learn the blue books you with great concern unfold in the humanitarian crisis in yemen the population is exhausted by the long conflict many children are suffering from hunger there is no access to food schools brothers and sisters the cries of these children and their parents rise up before god or the pope's comments coincided with new efforts to rescue a fragile ceasefire in the yemeni port city of data the warring sides have been holding talks aboard a un charter vessel in the red sea the meeting between the saudi u.a.e. backed government and his the rebels was chaired by the un two sides were meant to withdraw their forces from her data last month have so far failed to do so. and our other headlines u.s. president donald trump is again warn

yemenis who suffer from this war help to open the door.er from this war for years. thank you very much. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: when holiday visitors become too much of a good thing. a new organisation to fight the dangers of over—tourism. also on the programme: no, it's not the arsenal team's new away kit. the premier league squad don traditional dress to wish fans in asia a happy lunar new year. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. four, three, two, one... a countdown to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the b

for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. as. well hospitals and rebel held areas of northern syria struggling lack of funds international help has slowed because donors are wary of the presence of fighters linked to al qaeda osama bin. near the syrian border. with. emergency responders follow similar protocols everywhere. a little girl with a head injury needs to be transported to a hospital she needs an m.r.i. scan the setting only begins to look out of the ordinary when you notice the makeshift blast proof examination room medics say they never know when an airstrike or artillery shell could target them this hospital is in the city the new home to millions of syrians displaced by the war it's run by the ip help directorate a real example of an operational institution in the rebel held area its director says they were ridiculed for even attempting to oversee the help needs of a whole province. what makes the directorate special is that it's observing two hundred medical centers and thirty three facilities directly if it wasn't

in the yemeni civil war you've got that on the one side but the problem is is that on the other side you've got the trump administration which is pursuing regime change in iran so if you go too hard against the saudis over young men if you go to war against them b.s. you pretty much undercut that troponin astrachan approach which is to change the leadership in tehran which way does u.s. foreign policy go to actually try to hold the saudis to account or to say put our hands up and say now it's all about iran and will release the pressure on him and on the yemeni intervention president donald trump has refused to hold saudi arabia and more specifically the crown prince accountable for the murder of jamal in november he contradicted a cia assessment that concluded mohammed bin selman did order the killing of demolish l.g. and shortly thereafter trump said we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of demolish l.g. while defending u.s. relations with riyadh and calling the kingdom a great ally but he's also said the arabia's response to the murder has been the worst cover

for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. as. still ahead on al-jazeera both tell you why the philippines new muslim majority autonomous region is getting a chance to expand. a danish man has just been sentenced to six years in a russian prison his crime being ajor hope his witness on burrito is in moscow keep watching to find out more on the crackdown on a religious organization that in russia is classed as extremist. and we'll hear from the reigning tour de france champion has been defending the anti doping record at his sports and his team. welcomes another look at the international focus because severe storms moving across central parts of the u.s. at the moment anywhere from the lakes upper midwest roy down into the southwest and corning to see that they sting this band of plant now ahead of it it's miles decent temperatures twenty five celsius for atlanta and from miami getting up to twenty one in dallas remember that twenty one in doubt assessment for the north minus twenty two the full winnipeg so quite a big contrast tem

for now however for korea like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. just here. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing increased pressure ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections not only does he have to get his favorite candidates on his likud party list before the primaries he's also battling to save his public image against a series of corruption cases are a force that has more from western islam. let me do. the real benjamin netanyahu tells the media magnate i just want real coverage of the israeli prime minister's public battle with the media he says a peddling fake news and cheerleading a witch hunt has led here to the launch of likud t.v. a campaign tool of his political party dressed up as a news channel nine yos relationship with the media is at the heart of two of the three corruption cases dogging his election campaign allegations he traded illicit favors for better coverage a third surrounds expensive gifts from wealthy friends he denies the charges but an indictment decision is expected this month we're going to blockbuster d

only while anti government demonstrations have been taking place in the yemeni capital sana'a this is have been protesting against what they believe is the normalization of relations between yemen's government and israel is a response to foreign minister. their money sitting next to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu during a warsaw summit. israel has implemented a new law that will take away millions of dollars of tax revenue from the palestinian authority move penalizes authority for supporting the families of jailed palestinian prisoners rivals it has more from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu began his weekly cabinet meeting insisting that he would follow through on the course he said we could go to start with holding money from the palestinian authority. today i will submit to the cabinet for approval we did doctrine of the salaries of terrorist from the palestinian authority money we covered it will detail report regarding the money from security officials issues important legislation that we've advanced and today we. we're going to implement it as i promised the money

in the yemeni civil war you've got that on the one side but the problem is is that on the other side you've got the trump administration which is pursuing regime change in iran so if you go too hard against the saudis over young men if you go to war against them b.s. you pretty much undercut that trungpa ministration approach which is to change the leadership in tehran which way does u.s. foreign policy go to actually try to hold the saudis to account or to say put our hands up and say now it's all about iran and will release the pressure on him and on the yemeni intervention president donald trump has refused to hold saudi arabia and more specifically the crown prince accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi in november he contradicted a cia assessment that concluded mohammed bin selman did order the killing of demolish l.g. and shortly thereafter trump said we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of demolish l.g. while defending u.s. relations with riyadh and calling the kingdom a great ally but he's also said the arabia's response to the murder has been the

i do i do i think i agree with scott i mean politically no is to time you know to to address the yemeni issue that i also agree with adam in this sound stuff yemen is indeed very complicated and i don't think anyone in washington not even democrats are actually willing to drop so do. you know as far as a point their foreign policy is concerned it will still be a key ally in the region for the u.s. but i think that now we moving forward to have a different formulation of foreign policy as far as the saudi are concerned and the kind of position that would be given moving forward and i think that you know we seeing these these a break now occurring you know away from the haven't been summoned policies because he has failed not just in yemen but in regards to many other duties and i think that this will be reflected and it's maybe a signal from washington maybe these a need for a change of the guard in riyadh and that even though the u.s. is still willing to of course to support the saudi for very obvious geopolitical reason that these two ports will be very different and i mean we have to

for now these yemenis can only wait with no idea whether this treatment center will be here next timethey need it be that graham al-jazeera experts in is lee are working to dismantle a bridge that partially collapsed in the city of genoa six months ago forty three people were killed in the disaster described as one of the worst tragedies and modern italian history from genoa reports the remains of what was once one of its least most important structures being pulled apart by slab and making way for a new bridge in genoa. the prime minister. along with infrastructure minister and general was mayor arrived in the morning to witness the beginning of what he said was a defining moment for the city. this is an important symbolic day for the start of the demolition of the bridge which marks the relaunch of genoa the region of liguria and italy last august the marandi bridge collapsed during heavy rain killing forty three people as dozens of cars plunged into the riverbed below it had widespread impact on the city and its surrounding areas and led to debate about what caused it. and business

world health organization says thirty five thousand yemenis have cancer and eleven thousand more are diagnosed every year increasingly cancer clinics a closing abraham reports. this should be a weekly visit for how who has jo cancer instead she comes for treatment once a month not only does she have difficulty speaking the drive to the hospital is made hazardous by fighting her nephew explains. the distance from our village was sixty four kilometers but now it's one hundred seventy the previous road used to be easier it was paved but now it's completely destroyed. the road linking her they had been closed since last september now it's on the control of the saudi immorality led coalition which limits the difference of medical and food supplies to the city. man and his la due to the complete siege on yemen and the siege and her data the patients situation is getting worse due to the lack of medicine difficulty of transportation and the extreme poverty of these patients which eventually will lead to losing the progress we achieved in treating some of the cases. with increasing numbers o

thank you plenty more ahead on news hour including struggling for survival the plight of millions of yemenis who spend hours every day searching for clean water for me. a historian who says georgia is trying to keep a lid on the secrets of its soviet past and in sports twenty sixteen anguish premier league champions left the city have a new manager and lives here with that story. the nigerian president has won a second four year term the election commission says he got more than fifteen million votes in saturday's delayed action the main opposition has accused of wedding party of wrecking the result out of a toss of reports from a. president mohammed to behati supporters are jubilant disaffected ready at their party headquarters in a confirmation that blair has won four more years of power in nigeria africa's biggest economy and top oil producer i believe you. need. we believe. we need. we really need. to start. using the word. the main opposition leader has called for the cancellation of results in some states his party p.d.p. some voters will add intimidated or bribed charges the ruling a.

well saudi state media say yemenis who the rebels have killed at least nine saudi soldiers in the renewed military offensive the attacks happened in the southern provinces of a cia agent and wrong is the word spate of violence since a u.n. brokered peace deal was signed in december priyanka gupta has more. fierce fighting in the northern front lines of yemen who the rebels say they have launched major attacks on saw the u.a.e. backed forces across the border in saudi arabia over the past three days a number of saudi soldiers were killed and their military positions captured according to hooty media sources saudi media is also reporting the deaths of soldiers who they say the attacks will not stop and let mr miller watch out our operations will continue and in the coming days the lot of violence further as the war on yemen continues and the coalition continues to violate their obligations and promises under the hood data agreement the army and resistance fighters have no alternative but to continue to fight and intensify their tactical operations. this is the first significant escalation i

like all yemenis she hopes for a better future. will. i want the war to stop and the situation to return back to normal as it used to be we want peace and we do not want war we want the situation to calm down an old people to return to the towns and villages for now however like so many other yemenis worries that won't happen any time soon. zimbabwe's main opposition has refused to meet with the government to try to resolve the country's worsening economy but it's not there were mass protests of a high inflation and a lack of basic commodities and now some public school teachers have gone on a nationwide strike over pay union leaders say some of their members fear intimidation from security forces taking out his hometown so with more from her. blessing my parts i didn't go to work today. neither did some of the prime misquote teachers colleagues because they aren't strike public school teachers one bit awaking conditions and to be paid in u.s. dollars instead of local bond nuts which constantly. it's a pain for you know i'm in a classroo

and hoofy rebels is beginning to pay off while diplomats sound optimistic hundreds of thousands of yemeni civilians remain caught up in the fighting now in jungian reports. with his arrival in yemen a renewed sense of cautious optimism michael lawless guard the newly appointed head of the united nations mission to monitor the temporary ceasefire in her data landed in the capital sanaa as the u.n. says its push for a permanent peace agreement between the warring sides is beginning to pay off no matter what ultimately happens in her data which is vitally important for humanitarian aid imports the suffering being experienced by yemenis nationwide is not expected to abate anytime soon. take yemen second largest city of tire is for example besieged by hutu rebels for more than four years around two hundred thousand civilians are caught up in the fighting for is one of them after fleeing fighting in her village made her way to ties with nowhere to live she and her husband took up residence on the side of a road and while this abandoned truck provides them a small simlins of shelter they feel fa

he said the yemeni population is exhausted by the long conflict.with great concern the humanitarian crisis in yemen. a great many children are suffering from hunger but no access to food supplies. brothers and sisters, the cry of these children and their parents rises up to god. i call on the concerned parties to reach agreement to ensure the distribution of food, and to work for the good of the yemeni people. but the aim of the visit is for the pope and islamic scholars to send a message of tolerance to the world. in 2016, the uae appointed a minister whose portfolio is to develop cultural awareness in the region. translation: why a minister of tolerance? because of the conflict, destruction and was wet religion is sadly dragged into it. we need to respect everyone while keeping the same time our own traditions and belief. the foreign workers and expats of all nationalities and beliefs make up 80% of the population in the uae. many of them have been lining up for tickets for the papal mass on tuesday. thousands of residents in the australian city

he said the yemeni population is exhausted by the long conflict.ith great concern the humanitarian crisis in yemen. a great many children are suffering from hunger, but no access to food supplies is there. brothers and sisters, the cry of these children and their parents rises up to god. i call on the concerned parties to reach agreement, to assure the distribution of food, and to work for the good of the yemeni people. but the aim of the visit is for the pope and islamic scholars to send a message of tolerance to the world. in 2016, the uae appointed a minister whose portfolio is to develop cultural awareness in the region. translation: why a minister of tolerance? because of the conflicts, destruction, and wars where religion is sadly dragged into. we need to respect everyone, while keeping at the same time our own traditions and beliefs. the foreign workers and expats of all nationalities and beliefs make up 80% of the population in the uae. many of them have been lining up for tickets for the papal mass on tuesday. let's brief you on some of th

mean time as one of the yemeni humanitarian crisis is becoming increasingly severe hundreds of thousands of people in a war torn nation are reportedly at risk of starving to death a staggering one hundred percent of the population are in need of aid is the hering story of one yemeni girl a warning you may find it upsetting. management even the retreat wouldn't have anything to feed her. talent that she has skin in the balance that's the worst case of severe malnutrition. child malnutrition cases are increasing but only children under five mothers suffer from malnutrition and their babies will to. manage it and all i can do is keep trying to care for her but she will be starving again and again because of horrible conditions live and. haunting in that coming up the u.s. is attempting to send aid shipments to venezuela but president still sticking in fast going nowhere refusing to allow it over the border we'll tell you what the latest is when we're back after the break. seemed wrong. just don't call. me. to say proud to stay educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find thems