Controversial new power to suppress dissent. And amid heightened security, nigerians appear to choose a new government. Good evening and thank you for joining us on al jazeera america. Im imran garta. And im randall pinkston. Antonio mora has the night off. Swift end to the saudi run air air strikes. Shia hughts are said to be advancing in southern and eastern yemen. Omar saleh has the story. The head list on friday was diverse. Air defense pat ris air base runway, supply routes and weapons depot. We were attacked by the coalition. Now, the air base is under control of the yemeni army. We continue, we will continue to target their movement, their concentration of forces until we clarify all the areas that they are controlling now. Reporter in the meantime, yemens president abd Rabbu Mansour hadi arrived in egypt to attend the summit. He is recognized as yemens legitimate leader, he had called for intervention and will probably seek more military and Political Support from arab leaders
U. K. Find out why the authorities are sending them here and why the migrants say these conditions are worse than inhumane later in the program. Lets get to yemen where theres intense fighting on the ground between forces that backed the president hadi and those loyal to the rebels. Lets get you up to date with the latest on the ground. Yemens southeast have taken control of one of yemens most important ports. Its the countrys only gas export terminal. In aden more heavy fighting in the socalled popular resistance. 23 houthis have surrendered to the tribesmen. And east of the capitol sanaa tribal fighters say they are managing to hold off the houthi advance. They say the houthis have superior weapons, but can be defeated. First lets go to our diplomatic editor james bayes who is at the united nations. He joins us from there now. Jordan has put forth a draft resolution in order to put a stop to the fighting. Talk us through that. Reporter this is a copy of the draft resolution. There ha
Scientists warn of an irreversible point. The u. S. Has gbegun surveillance flights as part of an International Rescue effort to find the kidnapped school girls. The armed group operate across these. 3 states in the north. The president requested an extension of the state of emergency declaired in the region a year ago. Boko haram had hideouts along pouros borders. More than 2 sent girls were taken from their school in chibok. They are being held somewhere in this area. On top of the surveillance planes, the u. S. Sent 30 experts to help with the cert. Science and the u. K. Have sent experts. Boko haram released this video to swap the girls. They are studying the pictures closely for any clue that might help find the girls. Our state Department Correspondent joins us live from washington. Ro rosalind reporter we dont have independence confirm medication that general David Rodriguez who is the commander of africom is in nigeria but they are making a fullthroated push to help the niger g
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That is a very recent development. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill fresh fighting erupted in ukraine today, in a key city seized by separatists who want to join russia. Th