We look at damaging coast lines. The u. N. Special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the countrys president hadi just hours after the Security Council said it was backing him as yemens leader . A statement lease odd wednesday the u. N. Describe the hadi as the legitimate president , he is now in aden after fleeing san allsanaawhere else held under house arrest by the huge is the Security Council has urged all to solve their difference buys talks. The u. N. s support to hadi is a significant step but the houthis concerns also need to be addressed. I think its an important move. Both for yemens International Standing and the Current Crisis its going through hadi benefits from the u. N. s voice the support and i think the houthishouthis themselves this is an opportunity to demonstrate to the world its not just a religious sectarian shia movement. But it can responds even with criticism to the u. N. s report with a bid towards saying, look, this is the u. N. s call is a point for further negotiation. And we understand that the International Community wants progress in the talks and we can step you want to plate as well. You know the u. N. Is committed to a broad based Political Movement and currently hadi represents i think for International Audiences as well as in generally the brightest hopes, certainly the houthis have credible complaints with current corruption with ongoing human rights persecution including the shia in the north. But, you know as well as tribes in the south. Yemen is going through the rink, but it has had this experience before and yemenis are used to hard knocks along the road towards peace. Yemenis across the board by and large want unity not separation, this is a step in the right direction. Meanwhile rallies across the country in support of hadi. This is the scene live. Hadi has met the secretary of general of the Gulf Corporation council who says the g. C. C. Is also backing hadi. Translator i have talked with his excellency the president on making sure that yemen doesnt become a place for terrorists and extremist organizations. As for our support it will continue as before. We have happy for his escape. Egypt media is reporting that at least one person was killed after several explosions in egypts giza province near the capital cairo. Three of the flour blasts targeted branches of telecom companies, police are searching for more explosive devices. The Islamic State of iraq and the los levant has kidnapped more than 100 men and nine boys in iraq. The hostages belong to the sunni tribe one of the largest in the countries rich. The dents minister is a member of the tribe. They all come from a village east of tikrit. Government troops are fighting with isil for control of the area. About 200kilometers from the capital baghdad. Eye rally Government Forces have pushed isil fighters from two villages. The army says the villages will be used as launch pads to he are capture ca treat from isil. They prepare for a major operation there with the support of around 2,000 shia fighters. Amid all this violence a new Human Rights Watch suggests the kurdish government is responsible for ethnic discrimination against arab communities, lets talk at that jane arraf in baghdad. Well talk about the ongoing conflict nay moment. But this Human Rights Watch report is saying that kurds are discriminating against the minority arab population, whats going on . Reporter well, Human Rights Watch the International Organization says that it has documented the Kurdish Forces preventing thousands of arab residents from returning to their homes essentially. It says their confining them in socalled security zones in these areas while allowing during dish residents to go back to their areas and in some cases, it says, allowing kurdish residents to take over arab home, the kurds have denied they have a policy in that regard and said any actions they are tacking or security measures, but Human Rights Watch says these go i dont understand security measures and that basically it looks as if they amount to collective punishment for arabs because of perceived support for isil. And now one of the wrinkles in this is that a lot of that fighting has taken place in an area disputed by both the iraqi Central Government, claimed by the Central Government and claimed by the kurds. Human rights watch says as well that a lot of this appears to be going on as the Kurdish Regional government tries to incorporate those disputed areas in to the kurdish region. As far as the battle against isil goes, there seems to be a lot of movement moment. Isil fighters being pushed out of two villages north of baghdad and a major Iraqi Army Operation being planned. What is going on there . Reporter well, there is a major operation being plans around tikrit. But they have a long way to go yet. They are still fighting around beigy which is the next town north of baghdad that would have to be taken back by iraqi forces. To actually get to ca treat. Now they have taken back the beigy refinery we have been hearing about over the past few months but a lot of fighting now is focusing on that fast Western Province of el anbar. And its there where some of major fighting is taking place today. There was an operation and an attack by isil against a bridge linking the city and the small city of baghdadi. Now baghdadi is where isil had surrounded the town, residents were running out of foot and water until the iraqi army opened a corridor and they have been evacuating families from there. But early this morning according to security sources isil managed to take that bridge killing at least 20 iraqi soldiers. So fierce fighting going on there. Still a very fluid situation jane, thanks for that. Jane arraf in baghdad there. A taliban suicide car bomb attack in the Afghan Capital has killed at least two people. Another person injured. The bomber targeted a vehicle from the Turkish Embassy in kabul. The first known attack on a turkish targed. The Afghan Capital. At least 124 people have died in eye series of avalanches in northeastern afghan staff home, schools and mosques are all buried. Rescuers expect the death toll to rise. The provincial governor described the avalanches as the worst in third years. The fbi has arrested three men in the United States and charged them with conspiring to support isil. Two men were take then to custody in new york while planning to fly to syria to join the group. The third span believed to have helped organize the trip from florida. They are also accused of threatening to launch attacks against u. S. President barack obama as well as Law Enforcement officials. As alleged in the filing the idea that it was made quite plain based on their own statements, if they were not able to go that they would seek to acquire weapons here, hands guns, machine guns and seek to attack very specifically police officers. And so that those aspirations were made quite clear by their own statements. Egypts state News Agency Says members of libyas u. N. Recognized parliament are in cairo for talks on the future of that i have country. The at that at that brook minister is there. Hes expected to meet with egyptian president sisi. The government is competing for power with a rival parliament in tripoli which was recognized by libyas supreme constitutional court. All public spat between the u. S. And israel over Nuclear Negotiations with iran has be spins tense identified. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing the u. S. And other countries of rolling over to allow at that ron to build nuclear whips hes expected to make his case against a nuclear deal next week when he addresses the u. S. Congress. The u. S. Sen hat as vote today move forward on a bill to fund the home lands security department. The move prevent aid partial shutdown of the department which might have happened if the bill had not passed in time. The standoff was over a migration policy link today the bill. Those provisions will now be voted on separately. South african agents are spying on russia for details on their own joint satellite project. That is according to a top secret cable obtained by the al jazerra investigative unit, a Clayton Swisher reports, the plan is so secretive even the surprise arent sure whats going on. Reporter high above South African government buildings a satellite watches. Its a joint South African and russian project code named condor. While it monitors all of africa, its creators are struggling to monitor it. Few in government even know what project condor is or what they are paying for. Opposition politician and shadow defense minister david has spent five year trying to find out. Government are trying to hide a massive procurement irregularity. Its been very difficult given the fact that this is a top secret or secret Defense Intelligence project to really get any information. Reporter the spy cable shows south African Military intelligence has also kent state intelligence in the dark. In fact, so little is known al jazerra can reveal this state Security Agency is spying on its military counterpart. Relying on a spy in russia. Agent africanist is said to have direct access to the russian government. This top secret cable records information that he provided in 2012. According to him russia has 30 technicians working on the satellite. And they hope it will allow them to spy on all of africa. Potentially right oven to israel. But the secrecy surrounding the satellite and the confused accounting of almost 100 million, has sparked conspiracy theories. It wasnt long before i came across the theory that a former secretary of defense was assassinated because of his involvement in this project. People are talking to sources and it was suggest today me by one individual that this is the kind of thing that i should perhaps not be looking in to and it was a warning. Reporter for years the status of this Satellite Program has been unclear south africas defense minister recently said it was ongoing and now would cost over 100 million. With revelations that south a of ca is spying on russia to get information about its own initiative it appears not even the government here fully understands what is going on with project condor. Clayton swisher al jazerra johannesburg. There is more to come here on the program. Nigerias president proms at the to create 2 million jobs if hes reelected but how credible is the claim . And well be live in ma layer that there are high hopes for a Climate Change conference late they are year. Stay with us. Sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. Austin went missing in syria. Campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. Austin tice is alive. Find him and get him home. A special talk to al jazeera. Sunday, 5 30 eastern. Only on al jazeera america. Welcome back. The top stories here on al jazerra. The u. N. Special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the countries president hadi. It comes just hours after the Security Council said it was backing hadi as yep ends leader. There have been rallies supporting hadi. South african agents are spying on russia for details on their own joint satellite problem. According to a top secret cable obtained by the al jazerra investigative unit. The spy cable shows south African Military intelligent has also kent state intelligence in the dark. Ice ill has kidnapped more than 100 men and nine boys in iraq. They belonged to a sunni trying, one of the largest in the country. Argentinas congress is expected to pass a law to create a new Intelligence Agency. It follows the death of a prosecutor who was investigating the actions of president kirchner. The president suggests argentines old spy service had Alberto Nisman killed to does discredit her. Reporter its an old photo. One of the very few of former inning testimony jenks chief, a man said to have moved in the shadows. From this building located next to the president ial palace, he effectively controlled the nations allpowerful spy agency for decades. Information is power. And for years president Christina Kirchner allegedly used and abused what he supplied. Translator the president liked to receive not just the transcripts of illegal wire taps but also the tapes to hear peoples tone of voice kirchner controls air allies and minister and her en anies. Reporter he should know hes a former second secretary of the intelligence at is a himself. He describes the still unsolved 1992 bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center as the agencys black box. A former army investigator says his object ducks was ordered and had words carved on his back. He was responsible for revealing that the spy agency had paid 400,000 for false testimony to did he royal the original investigation. Today we dont know what line of investigation to follow because Intelligence Agencys erased off covered the evidence. To cover their own tracks. Reporter after the suspicious death of pot Bruce Kreutzer the president asked for a new more accountable intelligence service. Friends and foes agree that the dismantling of the intelligence serve is was long over overdue. The question is why now . The sources say its because the president had discovered that the spy agency had turned against her. And was leaking damaging information to the media. 14 months ago the president named this general a season Intelligence Officer accused of human rights abuses as head of the armed forces. Creating what many regard as a parallel spy service more loyal to her. Now the president is asking her countrymen to believe that a new federal Intelligence Agency will be more transparent given the history of their espionage Services Many argentines cant be blamed for having doubts. Lucia newman, al jazerra,. Dozens of people in venezuelas capital have protested over the death of 18 imerer killed by police. Demonstrators rallied outside the vaticans Diplomatic Mission in caracas they say they want pope frap sit to intervene. The 14yearold student was shot in the head during a confrontation with police at a protest in san cristobal. French press Francois Hollande has arrived in the philippines at the start of a twoday visit. Hes being joined by a delegation of u. N. Official to his president to urgent action on Climate Change. The trip is part of a campaign ahead of a global conference on Climate Change to be held in paris in december. The meeting is called cop 21. At the previous cop talks last december in peru, a framework was set but experts warn that strike ideal wont be easy and that the pair i paris talks are likely to see fierce debates marga or teague uhhuhs more for us from ma nil 5679 its an historic visit from the president its the first time a french president has visited the country. Twoday jam packed schedule think he will be leading with government leaders and industries and business leaders. But also visiting one of the most damaged communities by Tropical Storm haiyan from nearly two years ago that storm was the strongest on record to make landfall and greatly it is put down two Climate Change. Storms have always come across the philippines but never one as strong as haiyan, its expected that storms in the future will only get stronger if nothing is done to basically cut down on the carbon foot print of the Global Community. So the emphasis here of president hollandes visit is basically this is a collective responsibility not just for developed countries but also to Work Together with the most vulnerable nations such as the philippines. The philippines here pretty much a small Carbon Footprint but is receiving the brunt of the Climate Change crisis. Reporter storms are just going to be getting stronger the. The country struggling to cope with the effects of such typhoons and basically the president s of both nations france and the philippines want to go emphasize that Climate Change is real and that the Global Community has nothing to action now to basically try to averred a more pressing or a worse disaster in the future. One country with high hopes for the Climate Change conference is malaysia. Coastal erosion has taken a toll on the countrys wildlife and communities. Its a problem shared by many asia pacific nations a report from there. Reporter miles and miles of beautiful sandy beaches do surround malaysia, its a peninsula, it has water on all sides. But the rising water levels over the past few years have really set a precedence of concern amongst government officials they are hoping that during 2015 they can make their voices heard at gatherings such as the cop 21 conference later in the year. Its concerned that those that survive and live off the sea wants to hear from their government. They want to make sure that in the few he should the sea remains their friend and not their foe. And i have been to meet them. 70 years ago the coastline used to be there. Now its here. This is the effect of rising sea levels. Its caused coastal erosion the sea has been battering malaysias shores for decades. The fishermen the times are tough. He earns a living in the inland waterways, sea levels rise and it weakens coast lands and sand and soil fall in to the sea and more saltwater enters the waterways, fresh water fish die. Translator i have been fishing for over 20 years. I used to be able to catch twokilos of fish in two hours i barely catch one kilo in four hours. Reporter erosion is a major threat to coastal villages that depend on a balanced ecosystem for living. Rapid urban development along the waters edge is another factor affecting the environment and paralyzing economic activity. Accord towing visual figures 30 of the countrys coast is at risk. Coastal erosion is predominantly at a critical level according to the authorities in the east of the country. Along the shoreline. Yet with two very unique monsoons that affect malaysia from the north and the south areas such as where i am and further south are causing concerns for those that have to deal with the problem right on their doorstep. Over 20 million u. S. Dollars have been pledged by the government. For some the solution is simple balancing development and being mindful of the environment. Any development that is proposed must incorporate and insure that the main grove farms still exist. So that you have both wetlands as well as the sea. Reporter mangroves act as a nursery protect being fish in their roots its also a food source for wildlife above and below the water line im Shoreline Management plan has been in place since 2010. Replanting mangroves in vulnerable areas where they once thrived has been an you urgent matter for fishing communities. Translator mangroves reinforce the soil and sand and strengthen it against the coastal waters. 30 years ago the without never came this far. Reporter he feels the same way, but wants to get his necessary i think across to those that message across that to those can really make danks when it comes to Climate Change especially president hollande. World leaders have to remember that we are the poor. Your decisions affect us directly and i dont want my home livelihood and memory to his disappear in to the sea forever. Reporter well, malaysia holds two very important positions in 2015, it has a seat on the United Nation says Security Council and its also chairman of the the association of Southeast Asian nations a block that includes i understand near yeah, cambodia, philippines, they will as a block make their presence and their concerns known to the International Community. Certainly in france in december when they they gather for that u. N. Climate change conference but malaysia hopes get the mess age cross also to the u. N. Security council. The army in the democratic republic of congo says its retaken eastern areas that were under rebel control. On tuesday Government Forces began an offensive against fighters. The Democratic Forces for the liberation of rwanda armed group has been active in the region for more than two decades. Nigerias president Goodluck Jonathan says he will create 2 million jobs if hes reelected but with the country having one of the highest unemployment rates in the world it will be no easy task. A contract from abuja. Reporter they were clamoring for seats to take an Aptitude Test for jobs at nigeria is Immigration Service at the National Stadium in march of last year. Moment late air stampede and 16 people remember killed. Over 700,000 had shoepbdz up at venues like this to apply for just 4,500 jobs. Paul has three children. And lost his wife that day. The government promised to give him and others like him a job as compensation. Something that he says the government is working on. I feel like its an accident that occurred its not an intentionally act. I believe that nobody invite people to kill in the name of. [ inaudible ] i give you job. So i believe its an accident and if the federal government has promised to recruit a member of the family to fill in the gap to con console us. Reporter he has decided to apply, he survived last years stampede. I had to survive so i looked foe a set place and stayed there. And after the stampede, after everything calms down, i moved out with the friends, some of the friends that i went there with. Reporter the stampede at the jobs fair Shows Unemployment is a serious problem. Around 1. 6 Million Students graduate every year. But there are not nearly enough jobs for them. And so when the government advertised say cans is literally millions of pima ply. The government says safety has been improved. Crowd control will be put in place now we take in to cognizant that mistake. And therefore only eligible persons duly selected, duly invited at this point in time will be allowed to attend. Reporter moses is hoping that will be the case. I almost lost hope in the scheme of things in nigeria. I almost lost hope. Especially looking at the deceased of africans, i almost lost hope. But i was able to pick up and say, okay, i dont have to lose hope like that. Reporter but the impact of new government jobs being offered is expected to be minimal. Nearly 25 of people here are without jobs. Al jazerra abuja nigeria. South Koreas Constitutional Court has struck down an adult are you law that has criminalized Extramarital Affairs for the last 60 years. The 1953 statute was aimed at protecting traditional family values. But the court ruled its unconstitutional under the law violators could serve up to two years in prison, but fewer people have served time in recent years. And you can keep uptodate with all of the days news and developments on our website. Aljazerra. Com. 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