Greener pastures. We begin in jordan where negotiations are under way to free a jordanian pilot held hostage by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. This is a woman on death row in jordan at the moment. Accused of being a wouldbe suicide bomber. This the pilot shot down over raqqa. A few moments ago. Lets go to the correspondent andrew simmonds. Youll put into context the relationship between all three. Bring us up to date with what you know rather than what is speculated. We do know an audio tape of kenji goto jogo has been clarified. The japanese are convinced it was him. Jordanian officials examined the recording where he points out that by sundown on this day, the pilot, will be killed unless sajida alrishawi, the suicide bomber on death row is handed over to the turkish boarder. The climbs has changed, in that theres less said now, more activity going on. But the question is this is there really a deal on the table for the release of the pilot. There has been no indication from i
Its 400 days since three of our journalists were detained in egypt doctors carry out a successful double tlansd plant. Transplant. We begin in nigeria, where fighters from boko haram attacked bornio state. An attack was launched on four fronts from maiduguri and lasted four hours. We go to ahmed id ris in the capital. What is the latest you have for us . Basically the attack has been repelled. I spoke to someone in battle this morning. He was wounded. He told me he repels the army and vigilantes that they have changed boko haram fighters and there he said as of 30 minutes ago battles were ranging. They are quiet for the time being, the guns are silent. This is the third attack in a week. All that is coming is the group suffered some setbacks some defeat. The boko haram wanted to take my degree credentials on a couple of occasions. The mobilization of youths supporting the military and vigilantes took on the boko haram fighters chasing them out. Boko haram on the other side has been suf
Food clean water medicines, everything is in short supply in yemen. People are desperate for aid as human train year groups and russia call for a pause in fighting. For 12 days a Saudiled Coalition has been hitting houthi targets all along the country. Head i fighting on the ground is blocking effort to help. Omar saleh reports. Reporter two weeks of air strikes and the humanitarian situation in yemen is only worsening by the day. In the capital sanaa there is a rush to buy food and people are panicking and preparing for the worst this. Long queue is for a sack of being wheat. The price has almost doubled since the war started. Translator the sack of wheat is almost 40 so the poor people cant afford too eat anymore. Translator some people come and buy 20 sacks whereas many others want to get one sack. I have been trying to buy one for the last two days. Reporter the fighting and air strikes have led to fuel shortages too. And people are scared. Translator i have been here since last ni
Strategy misses the big picture and misses a chance to undermine regional ambitions. Its inside story. Iranian know how and resources helped to push back the Islamic State of iraq and levant i. S. I. L. In iraq. As american air strikes were working to the same end. Tehran is propping up the government of Bashar Alassad in damascus while many regional powers and the u. S. Try to pull Bashar Alassad down. Saudi arabias worried about growing iranian influence across the middle east not least among the shia minority. Iran provides support for hamas, which fought big destructive rallies against israel and supports hezbollah, which wreaked havoc against targets in lebanon. There are bizarre juxtapositions in nations, alliance in the middle east. Saudis team up to oppose the Islamic State, and the u. S. Scrambles for regional allies in the taffing of task of expelling them. Iran tries to work out a deal with americans to get sanctions lifted. Opponents with the framework fault the american pr
Thailand, where peopling are taking the fight against Human Trafficking into their own hand. And we meet the inventor who has found a good solution to alzheimers carers. The u. S. Deputy secretary of state is saying that the u. S. Is going to be expediting arms supplies to the antihouthi coalition according to the Reuters News Agency once again, citing the u. S. Deputy secretary of state. The fight for control of yemen does continue meanwhile. Where forces loyal to the government and supported by the coalition are battling shia Houthi Rebels. It has been nearly two weeks since the air campaign began. Saudi jets bombed a military base in central yemen controlled by houthi righters near the by of ibb. And in the southern port city of aden many civilian homes were destroyed by shelling. They are set to have recaptured an air base north of aden from the houthis. Were joined by our correspondent in a city in yemen. What is the latest on that air strike in ibb . Reporter well the information