Effort to combat violence and crime. Houthi rebels are strengthening defenses in yemeni capital sanaa after suffering losses. Troops appeal to exiled president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi and are in the city of ibb. Dler backed by saudi arabia require scrips. Saudi arabia air strikes. Reporter in the early hours fighters take position, leading to the city of aden. Progovernment troops advance to the north. They are backed by the saleh coalition to fight houthi rebels. They made gains in the south and said they have support of the fighters. Translation we say go on, victory is behind you, people are coming. Reporter the fighters supporting pt hadi who is in exile in saudi arabia, seized control from the houthis with the help of allies. Saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Supply weapons and advisors, changing the fighting on the ground. Antihouthi tribes are being escorted to the border. Fighters are preparing a 2prong approach, from the southeast and south. If they stake ibb, theyll face resistance
Politicians removed as soldiers surround the headquarters. The head of the u. N. s mission in the Central African republic is fired after his troops are accused of rape and murder two huge blasts have rocked one of the worlds busiest ports in the chinese city. 44 were killed. Hundreds were injured, and 36 firemen are reported missing. The blast so powerful it registered on earthquake scale, sending shock waves throughout the city. Adrian brown has more from the site. Reporter the heart of one of chinas important economic hubs, torn apart by multiple blasts. Fires burnt throughout the night. There were further explosions first afternoon. As a pool of toxic smoke billowed across the city. With local people concerned, not for the first time, about the air that they are now breathing. Translation we are very worried, we worried about what chemical is in the air, worried that it may be toxic, harmful in the future. Close to the epicentre, the scale is difficult for the survivors to comprehe
Lock down the headquarters after two senior politicians are moved from office. Im Bernard Smith on top of istanbuls top bizarre. Decades of neglect. With one earth tremor, the entire route comes crashing down i. S. I. L. Has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a crowded Vegetable Market in baghdad which killed 55 people. Police and medical workers say a suicide bomber driving a truck detonated explosives in the district of the iraqi capital. It is one of the biggest to strike baghdad since Prime Minister Haider Alabadi took office. Attacks escalated in recent months as Government Forces moved to drive the group out of its strong holled. Stronghold. An attack in july killed 86 people. Many of those killed were women and children, celebrating gathering to mark the end of a gathering, marking the end of ramadan. According to the u. N. 15,000 civilians have been killed in iraq since the start of 2014, crossing to mohammed joining us from baghdad. Civilians are caught up in the conflict
Coalition members are removed from office. Playing to pyongyang, the slovenian band set to become the First Western rock group to perform in north korea. I. S. I. L. Fighters in iraq claim responsibility for exploding a bomb in a crowded market. At least 55 were killed and asia saddiqui. A shia area of the iraqi capital. 200 others have been injured. The blast is one of the biggest to strike since Haider Alabadi took office. I. S. I. L. Attacks escalated in recent months as Government Forces moved to drive the group out of its stringhold in anbar. Monday 58 mr skilled and 100 injured in two blasts, a market attack in july killed around 86 people moan of those killed were women and children, gathering to mark the end of ramadan. According to the u. N. 15,000 civilians have been killed in iraq since the start of 2014, crossing to mohammed joining us from baghdad. Tell you ares u what are we do make of the security situation of baghdad, where i. S. I. L. Can strike so hard in the capital,
India, which is threatening water supplies. And a state of emergency in fiji after they are hit by a cyclone. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for bombings which killed more than 120 people. Its a series in damascus. It hit the area of homs. The southern suburb of damascus, killing 83 people. In aleppo province, taking the village from i. S. I. L. Unsecretary of state john kerry says he has reached a professional agreement with russia on the terms of a ceasefire. Zeina khodr has more from the Turkish Border from syria, and a warning you may find some of the images in her report upsetting. Two separate attacks, both involving multiple explosions and hours apart. In two governmentcontrolled districts in syria. The mainly shia district in damascus, the other the mainly alawite neighbourhood in the city of homs in central syria. In both incidents near simultaneous explosions left civilians killed and injured and in both neighbour ads communities were neighbourhoods communities