China the start of the National Political congress, whats at stake for region and the u. S. And the pursuit of justice 20 years after the bosnian war going after People Living here and accused of committing war crimes. Good evening and welcome to al jazeera america. Im antonio mora. And im stephanie sy. The iraqi army is pushing towards city of tikrit in the fight against i. S. I. L. But progress is slow. And Human Rights Watch has issued a warning to protect civilians who are caught in the cross fire. Heavy losses on i. S. I. L. In its attempt to retake tikrit, a city of historic and value. Jane arraf has the story. Troops are moving slowly towards tic ritd. Tikrit. The Iraqi Military has launched since i. S. I. L. Seized territory last june. It doesnt show the militia component of this fight. Shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful links to iran make up about 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. The government says i. S. I. L. Fighters are deserting and heading for moun
Plus. Im Andrew Simmons reporting from a orphanage in ukraine. And im zoe cummings. A suspension of action in the wake of a bus attack. Hello. The u. N. Childrens agency, unicef is warning that the war in yemen is driving an already impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster. Putting millions in danger. Its 12 days since the Saudi Led Coalition began targeting Houthi Rebels there and the death toll from fighting continues to mount. In the past 24 hours dozens of people have been reported to be killed in clashes in aden. Street fighting in clashes between rebels and force he loyal to former president saleh. Aid workers are still waiting for permission to reach aden by boat. Human Rights Groups say the houthis have attacked and detained at least 400 politicians, activists and journalists across the country in the past 24 hours. Accused the houthi fighters of targeting civilians in aden. Translator is operations there in aden are hit and run operations as the militias are doing ag
And the gift of guns. One Police Departments valentines day suggestion, a firearm for that special someone. There have been plenty of headlines about the winter that just wont stop. Rain has been falling in some parts of california and that is big news but its not nearly enough rain to help desperate farmers teelg dealing with extreme drought. Theyre not the only ones struggling. We begin with melissa chan in californias Central Valley. The worst drought in her memory has her worried. It grabs you from down deep. And youre making me cry but when you see the soil and you touch it and you know that it may not be here for your next generation of family, thats thats big. Reporter she says she had hoped to plant pistachio trees this winter but without water, she will abandon that notion. Many afternoons assessing the effect of the drought. And it will be dry like this all year. All year. She takes us to stoneland farms. They left land fallow, because they dont have enough water. When were n
Loses sight of a conversations serious subject. Cathy griffin joins us. Youve made it in one of the toughest industries, only to switch gears into the other toughest career from stand up. Sit cops are also male dominated. I was just a guest star on kirstie alley, and 80 of the writing staff were men. And when i got into standup, it was even more sexist. Stand up is completely male driven and completely sexist. And im going to be open about it. Because as much as any comedian has her opinion, call your local comedy club, and ask them to read the lineup for this saturday nights show, and its going to be 80 guys. Is that females out this . Two things. Female comediennes are not out this. Does it still a stigma tha not a good job for a female. One girlfriend said that her boyfriend says im not going to stand in the back and watch you. And then theres that stigma. And thats a lot deeper than the profession part of it. Thats just the general politics issue of but as far as the numbers out th
Youve made it in one of the toughest industries, only to switch gears into the other toughest career from stand up. Sit cops are also male dominated. I was just a guest star on kirstie alley, and 80 of the writing staff were men. And when i got into standup, it was even more sexist. Stand up is completely male driven and completely sexist. And im going to be open about it. Because as much as any comedian has her opinion, call your local comedy club, and ask them to read the lineup for this saturday nights show, and its going to be 80 guys. Is that females out this . Two things. Female comediennes are not out this. Does it still a stigma tha not a good job for a female. One girlfriend said that her boyfriend says im not going to stand in the back and watch you. And then theres that stigma. And thats a lot deeper than the profession part of it. Thats just the general politics issue of but as far as the numbers out there performing, you are still up against promotors, and i would say 95 o