Opposition party is about to elect a black leader for the very first time thanks for your help with the United States cubas president raul castro is meeting pope francis at the vatican. Hello, yemens former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has, for the first time pledged his allegiance to Houthi Rebels. It comes after his house was targeted by the Saudiled Coalition in the capital sana. In a tv address hours after the bombing he urged all yemenis to ally with the houthis to protect the country. His forces have been siding on the side of the Houthi Rebels. Translation you should continue carrying your arms willing to sacrifice your lives in the face of these belligerent attacks. If you are brave enough face us on the battlefield. Shelling by rockets and jets cannot enable you to achieve your goals. Reporter the u. N. Accused the Saudiled Coalition of breaching International Laws launching indiscriminate air strikes. We have more on the yemen war and proposals for a ceasefire. Reporter this
Thanks for your help with the United States cubas president raul castro is meeting pope francis at the vatican. Hello, yemens former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has, for the first time, pledged his allegiance to Houthi Rebels. It comes after his house was targeted by the Saudiled Coalition in the capital saana. Its the first time the saudiled targeted former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, he was unharmed and remains defiant. Translation you should continue carrying your arms, willing to sacrifice your lives in the face of these belligerent attacks. I can describe this aggression as an act of cowardice, if you are brave enough, face us on the battlefield. Shelling by rockets and jets cannot enable you to achieve your goals. Reporter this is the moment the International Airport in sanaa was struck by coalition jets. Houthi fighters say the attack was to present the landing of aircraft carrying aid. The Saudiled Coalition intensified campaigns, targetting sadr province in northern aden, y
Caught in the rivalry between india and pakistan. Ukraines troops in crimea are under orders to shoot in selfdefence after a soldier was killed in an attack on an army base. Russian soldiers van blamed, the Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the conflict moved into a military phase. The prorussian forces said one of their men had been killed. The shooting happened hours after russias president made an agreement to be part of the federation c federation. In a foal call to the u. S. Secretary of state. They were warned of consequences. John kerry has condemned russias actions. If there is a move to the full annexation, which appears to be the direction that they have decided to move, it would be unfortunate, and it will not be because we want to create some confront takes, but there is confrontation, but there is no choice but to enforce the International Standards worked on for so long. Lets go live to our correspondent peter sharp, standing by for us in moscow. Is the kremlin saying anything about
Many people in the ancient world believed spices came from paradise. The egyptians mummified their dead with cumin, the chinese burnt cloves to commune with the spirit world, this is a clove tree. Now cloves that we use in cooking are the dried flowers and some Medieval Europeans that come from this tree. Believed nutmeg was the plant originated on some the only cure for the plague. Incredibly small volcanic pepper was so valuable islands called the moluccas, it was used instead of money, and centuries ago, thousands of people and it was pepper that the romans were so mad about. Lost their lives fighting over the little thing, because it was more valuable than gold. Imbued with magical properties, im in the roman ruins of baalbek, situated 50 miles sought after for medicines east of beirut in lebanon. And aphrodisiacs, with the power to build empires here in baalbek once stood the most impressive and destroy lives, temples outside of rome. This is the story of spice. They took 10,000 s