Putin. The goal getting russia to stand down in the crisis with ukraine. And vintage vehicles. A collection of rare classic cars ruing away in a barn for d cashes rusting away in a barn getting a new life at the auction block. Good evening and welcome to Al Jazeera America im stephanie sy. And im antonio mora. Tonight we begin in the home of the dangerous al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula yemen where another rebel group the shia houthis are in full control of the government. The houthis staged a coup today dissolving parliament and putting their own council in charge. That council will now create a traditional leadership that will govern for two years. The houthis had threatened to take unilateral action this week to dissolve yemens political stale made. That resolution passed setting in motion todays takeover. The United States and the United Nations condemned the coup. Calling for Immediate Release of yemens president and parliament who are under house arrest. As Jamal Al Saal report
Tragedy in asia when a passenger jet crashes into a river. And freedom of speech on trial in france. Accusations of a double standard in a case of a controversial comedian accused of supporting terrorism. Good evening an welcome to the International Hour of Al Jazeera America. Im antonio mora. And im stephanie sy. Tonight we continue our coverage with the latest developments in the fight against i. S. I. L. The jordanian government is threatening more retaliation for the death of its pilot muath al kasasbeh. On his return home, kind king abdullah. Selling abducted iraqi children as sex laifs while burying others alive. Throwing its support behind the government. Jordan warned of an earth shake response. That response came swiftly. At dawn on wednesday the authorities executed iraqi prisoner sajida al rishawi. She had been on death row for eight years for taking part in a 2005 attack in amman that killed 60 people. Another prisoner was also executed ziad al karbouli. The government quha
This evening the white house says it is investigating the i. S. I. L. s claim that Kayla Jean Mueller died in raqqa. Jamie mueller what are you hearing . A mix of deep concern and deep skepticism. Jordan took the lead in todays air strikes of fcains and16s and f22. The 26yearold american aid worker Kayla Mueller held hostage by the group was buried in the rubble killed in an air strike from a jordanian f16. Several Coalition Air strikes hit targets near raqqa syria near place where mueller was killed. U. S. Expresses skepticism, about the group that lied about the jordanian pilot. Why are concerned about the reports that have come in in the recent hours. We do not at the moment have confirmation of sielss i. S. I. L. s claims. The u. S. Central command released fresh videos from thursday in which jordan played an outsized role of Coalition Air strikes in what was described as an i. S. I. L. Staging area. Picture of him in full military mill military garb. When the king met with u. S. S
The verdict is handed down against the captain of Costa Concordia, a shipwreck that killed 32 in 2012. The family of three muslims killed in North Carolina look for answers. The leaders of france, germany, ukraine and russia are in the bella russian capital. We have reports from minsk. Leaders arrived several hours ago. They have Photo Opportunities and then they went into the discussions that begin with weather is obviously a very, very difficult round of talks. Theyve been talking now for two hours, recently in the last few minutes we have come out of the break we have also heard true various sources that theyre preparer for joint declarations. It seems that there is a lot more talking and this could go on well into the night. There are many issues they have to discuss here. They have to talk about things like the lines of demarcation between the separatists and the ukrainian army. They have to talk about things like federalization. Petro poroshenko said that he will not count federa
Boxing history. Yemens leader abdel mansour hadi says hes still the president of the country houthis have taken over, hadi has dismissthe houthis actions as illegal. Mohamed vall reports. Somehow president abdel mansowrmansour hadi managed to escape. Null and illegal. He called for the militias to release, who have been under house arrest. Previous agreements such as the Gulf Initiative should be built upon for legitimacy. Hadi also called on the International Community to continue to support legitimacy in yemen and to offer economic support. But of course to many yemenis the statement ignores several key issues. Most importantly, the question of his resignation. Hadis escape is seen as a gamechanger. Just a couple of days ago his opponents as well as some of his former supporters agreed on a new legislative body intended to lead up to a new form of government. But hadis reemergence from the shadows has made it difficult to ignore him or to go ahead with the plan. His resignation hasnt