Saudi arabia has announce aids new military alliance of 34 wouldnt cunts are yous with the aim of fighting what it calls terrorism in the region. The government says it wont just confront isil but will fight any throwing threat inning it its co linc, including turkey, qatar, egypt and pakistan. Translator terrorists in yemen, libya, mali, al year, pakistan, afghanistan. U. S. Second Ashton Carter is heading to the middle east. This comes as president obama stepped up his rhetoric against isil, Patty Culhane with more from washington, d. C. U. S. Pre president barack obama focusing on his National Security of defense announcing he was immediately sending had tomorrow middle ease trying to get country to contribute more in the fight against isil. The president is under increasing pressure to do more in a new poll, 60 of americans want more u. S. Troops sent to fight. 54 disapprove of how the president is handling the threat of terrorism, thats the worst hes ever done. We will prevail. Re
Sport including they continue their unlikely run on top of the English League and jose faces more questions about his own future. Hello again we begin in yemen where a ceasefire is an hour old and the week long truce is coinciding with peace talks between the warring sides in switzerland and halts eight months of the saudiled military alliance and Houthi Rebels and Coalition Fighting the rebels since the Yemen Government was forced into exile in march and we have a yemen political analyst and is live via skype from sanaa and the ceasefire is in place, are you aware of it . What are you hearing . Yes, im aware of it and unfortunately its not holding and there are clashes and grand fighting as well so basically this is why it has not helped. And we have been here before havent we and it didnt work that time either. What do you think should be done differently this time . Unfortunately even last time we warned that as long as there is no buy in from the forces on the ground the ceasefire
Together on the latest mission to the International Space station. Hello, saudi arabia, says that nothing is off the table in doing what is necessary to fight the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. The Saudi Foreign minister spoke just a few moments ago in paris. He says that the coalition will take two different approaches to tackling violent groups such as isil. The as part of this effort, there will be a joint Operations Room set up in riyadh that would coordinate the efforts on two tracks one is a security and military track that involves the exchange of information, training, providing of equipment, and forces will necessary. The second track involves combatting the ideology. How do you develop effective messaging . How do you deliver that messaging . How do you counter the messages of violent extremists, and how do you protect our youth. They are putting together a military alliance which includes 34 mainly muslim nations. Reporter it was a rare News Conference from the Saudi
Underway. An internationally backed ceasefire in yemen seems to be falling apart only hours after it began. One progovernment fighter has been killed in a gunfight with Houthi Rebels in the province of taiz. That truce began at the same time as peace talks got underway between the warring parties in switzerland. A military alliance led by saudi arabia intensified the war when it began bombing in march. We have the latest from geneva. Reports of violations to that ceasefire, but neither side has declared the ceasefire dead. In general, it appears to be holding. Negotiations have gone off to a positive start, the very fact that the delegation are still sitting in the same room is progress in itself. The last time they tried to hold talks in late may, talks collapsed even before they started. What we understand now from the United Nations is that the declaration of a cessation of hostilities is having a positive effect on the ground, the Word Health Organization saying aid, much needed ai
And off the coast of south america, what is happening to the whales of chile. We begin in yemen, where after nearly a year of fighting, a truce is set to begin. The war is when saudi arabia began targeting houthi reckless. Deep divisions in yemen, the war broke out in september last year when Houthi Rebels took control of the capital sanaa. They are backed by the former president ali abdullah saleh, and fighting force he loyal to abd Rabbu Mansour hadi. The trigger for saudi arabia and its allies to step in and support yemeni rebels with air strikes. The United Nations estimates almost 6,000 civilians have been killed since march. 2. 4 Million People have been forced from their heems and 24 4 million 80 of the population require humanitarian support. Zeina khodr is there. Will this ceasefire hold and what does the u. N. Hope to achieve . Well, yes, as we understand, the ceasefire has now taken effect. Just a few minutes ago, 9 gmt, is that the ceasefire should have taken place on monda