Choking with smog the next. A city in poland tries to clean up its act. Houthi rebels are strengthening defenses in sanaa, after suffering more losses in the south. Troops loyal to the exiled president are now in the strategic city of ibb, being backed by saudiled air strikes. Reporter fighters take up positions in the mountains. The winding roads lead to the city of ibb. An important flash point as progovernment troops advance towards the north. They are backed by the saudilead coalition, and loyalists of former president saleh. In recent weeks they have made sweeping gains in the south and say they have the support of the tribesmen. Translator we say go on, the people are behind you and victories are coming. Reporter the fighters supporting president hadi, who remains in exile in saudi arabia, have been able to seize control from the houthis with the help of their allice. Saudi arabia and the uae are providing weapons which seems to be changing the situation on the ground. Fighters a
And picture perfect one day, choking with smog the next. One of polands most beautiful cities tries to clean up its act. Houthi rebels are strengthening defenses in the yemeni capitol after suffering more losses in the south. Troops loyal to the exiled president hadi are now in the strategic city of ibb. Reporter in the early hours, fighters take their positions in the mountains. The winding roads lead to the city of ibb, an important flash point as progovernment troops advance to the north. They are backed by the saudilead coalition. In recent weeks they have made sweeping gains in the south and say they have the support of local tribesmen. Translator we say to the popular resistance, go on. The people are behind you, and victory is coming. Reporter the fighters supporting president hadi who remains in exile in saudi arabia have been able to seize control from the houthis with the help of their allice. Saudi arabia and the uae are supplying weapons, vehicles and advisors which seem to
Neighborhoods. Plus why this band will soon become the First Western rock group to perform in north korea. Hello, United Nations secretary general ban kimoon has forced his special representative in the Central African republic to resign following allegations that u. N. Peace keepers have committed rape and murder in the country. Amnesty International Says troops have been linked to the alleged rape of a 12yearold girl, and the killing of a 16yearold boy and his father early this week. Ban kimoon has this to say a short time ago. Enough is enough. Today i have accepted resignation of my special representative, head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization mission in the Central African republic. Lets go live to gabriel who is live at the United Nations in new york. Tell us more about the investigations and how this all came to light. Reporter very strong words from ban kimoon he said he was anguished, angered and ashamed by these allegations. They date back to au
For months. And deplate gate. The disputes over under inflated footballs goes to court. Secretary o general ban kimoon speak today. The u. N. Peace keeper forced to signs after allegations of rape. This is very strong language, isnt it. It growing scandal really has caught the attention of the u. N. s top diplomat. He used the words angered iowa shamed when reacting to the alleged rape of a 12yearold girl in Central African republ republic, the killing of an elderly man and his teenage son. This scandal has caught the attention of ban kimoon. It caused the firing of the head of the u. N. Peacekeeping mission there, and he spoke of a meeting to be held tomorrow or thursday, and ban kimoon will be holding a Video Conference call with all force commanders in peacekeeping missions around the world that the u. N. Governs. This is a look at a broader problem than just the central republic. Lets listen to what general secretary ban kimoon had to say. Every allegation must be thoroughly invest
City of ibb after being held for months. After this band will become the first to perform in north korea. Hello there, welcome to the program. We start with breaking news out of china. Theres been a huge explosion in the northern port city. Hundreds of people have been injured. The Chinese State webcast say it occurred in an shipment of explosives. Showing a serious of major explosions that was soon followed after a shockwave that rippled throughout the city. We spoke to an american living in tianjin. I had my window open, and i heard a rush of air followed by a much larger rush of air that felt like a some wave. I looked outside and saw the smoke. This is a development area. Mostly factories and banks that are packed pretty close together. So the area where the factsry is near a bunch of malls and a very large concentration of apartment towers. Because in that area there are pharmaceutical factories, initially we thought it was one of those from what i can tell my friends who are chin