Russia and Missile Systems to iran. Gunter grass. A nobel winning novelist dies. And cyclists almost collide with a high speed train. We begin in yemen where the Saudi Led Coalition has been striking houthis in the southern part of the country. Coalition has been hitting targets in shabwa. The south of the country is especially important how close it is to the red sea and the gulf of aden. Key shipping ports for oil. Saudi arabia says its turning up the pressure on the Houthi Rebels. The amounts of air attacks were 120 yesterday and increasing. All the fronts are busy, we are confronting all the centers of the houthis. Saudis forces have been pounding houthis inside yemen as well, after intelligence that houthi fighters were aiming to move towards the border, liddy dutt has administer on the fight for yemen. Reporter on the Ground Fighting between houthis and tribes men continues in the port city of aden and in the air saudis target positions including the president ial palace. Parts o
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147 people at least have been killed and as alis a alshabab storms a campus and they storm a president ial palace in aiden. Im lee weldings with the sport and morocco back from the futbol wilderness and the two tournament ban is overturned. At last iran and six world powers have reached an understanding which it hoped will lead to a comprehensive Nuclear Agreement within three months as part of the future Deal Iran Nuclear enrichment is limited to one side only and iran agreed to reduce the low enriched uranium from 10,000 kilos to just 300 and to cut the centrafuge from 19 to 6,000 the u. N. And u. S. Will gradually lift nuclearrelated sanctions after inspections by the Nuclear Atomic agency and a new deal to be concluded by june the 30th it will include a u. N. Security council endorsement. And it will include significant economic and financial sanctions relief for iran the countrys foreign minister welcoming the agreement to end all u. N. Security Council Resolution against his coun
Its a handshake but boy is it significant. Reporter im robin adams, its a busy day of sport. Actions qualifying. And Jordan Spieth grabbing the headlines. Rewriting the history books at augusta. Details later the saudiled stepped up air strikes. Including an armed depot, its 17 days since the operation since the operations began. There has been no let up in the fighting. The war in yemen is in its 17th day and the frontline is unclear. In the neighbourhood of aden witnesses speak of street battles between supporters of the Abdrabbu Mansour hadi and houthi fighters. The houthis are the target of an intense campaign by a Saudiled Coalition. Yesterday there were fighting. The coalition released military pictures which it says shows the bombing of a Sports Center in aden used as a houthi ammunition store. Translation the use of schools, stadiums and civilian installations is evidence of the abnormal behaviour of the groups and the actions intended to damage the daily lives of citizens and
After a self imposed deadline expires, plus palestine becomes a member of the International Criminal court. Hello, we begin with deepening crisis in yemen, its a week since the start of a saudiled air offensive targeting rebels and houthi backed by forces loyal and forced the president haidi from power and the country. The ten Nation Coalition is made up of gulf states as well as jordan egypt, morocco and pakistan and hits rebel positions and says it secured yemen air space and saudi arabia is deploying more vessels for a full maritime blockade and rebel forces are still trying to make gains especially in the south. Fought against antihouthi forces in laheige and deli and here in International Airport but the u. N. Says it is alarmed by the growing civilian toll. On tuesday it said 93 civilians had been killed so far including 62 children. That number has risen after an explosion at a factory in hadaida killed at least 23 workers and we report. Reporter a Dairy Factory became an infern