200 skiers from a broken italian cable car. But first, a Senior Commander of the Al Qaedalinked rebel group al nusra front has been killed in syria. He died in a government car in the city of idlib on thursday. The al nusra front claimed he was killed in a u. S. Drone attack last week. Now the group is confirming his death in idlib along with several other commanders. Zeina khodr sent this update from beirut. Senior commanders of al nusra front killed, a major blow a powerful hit at an important time. A time when the group is coming under pressure from many channels including international channels. They want nusra to disassociate itself from al qaeda. Alnusra is al qaedas branch in syria, on the list of terror organizations and sanctions by the u. N. Theres pressure for it to become a syrian organization. There are splits. The men killed are believed to be the hard liners the extremists in the organization. Those that do not want to its place from al qaeda. This is undoubtedly weakeni
Talks. As the deadline looms a rift emerging between allies. And. So it was incredible. The spectacular view of todays Solar Eclipse. Good evening and thank you for joining us on Al Jazeera America im stephanie sy. And im antonio mora. A day after claiming it had massacred hundreds in tunisia a bomb in yemen. Worshipers were attending noon prepares when the bombs went off. I. S. I. L. Said the yemeni affiliate carried out the attack specifically targeted at Houthi Rebels. Two People Killed in that attack. Violence came 13 hours after 13 people were killed in the southern port city of aden. Rival forces clashed at the military airport kim vanel has more. Reporter worshipers scrambled to save the injured. Their clothes stained with blood, rescuers moved between bodies piled high on the floor. This was the second suicide bombing, in this space of a few minutes. The first attacker detonated outside, having been stopped by security. The second took advantage of the confusion, to cause maxim
The houthis may have is through that u. N. Lead process and it is that which they have spurned, and they brought continued military action which brought us to this point. Reporter coming back to the question on the u. S. And the saudis saudis dont want this to be an openended conflict. Is the u. S. s view that the situation needs to be stabilized before the political process can kick in . I mean how do you bring the houthis to the negotiating table . Well, again, there is the gccs initiative and the u. N. Lead process, which i think we need to return to. At this point its difficult to outline precisely when when that will happen, but that is our goal do you have any further readout on the discussion between the saudi ambassador and the [ inaudible ] today . No the focus was on our views on yemen, but i dont have more specifics from the meeting. Reporter you are talking about a gcc initiative and this is military intervention is enshrined as a gcc intervening well saudi lead saudi lead
Campaigning in israels elections. Hello, vanuatus president said that more than 90 of Police Station in the island nation has been destroyed. Calling on the world to help his people. Aid agencies say flights over the 900 kilometers archipelago confirmed their worst fierce of destruction. That cyclone was a monster. A monster over vanuatu. This is a set back for the government and people of vanuatu. It means that well have to start anew again. Our correspondent Andrew Thomas managed to reach the South Pacific islands with reports from the capitol. From the air you get glimpses of the decks trust. But its not up close that you can see the full effect that cyclone pam had on the island. 90 of the buildings on vanuatu have been destroyed. And trees and rain made what the wind did worse. Thankfully few people died and injuries, too, were light. At the hospital this man hurt his foot. He showed us how he got his injury, trying to save his garage and car. It was futile. The melt of the garbag
Israels election. And on the road in south sudan the struggle to deliver thousands of tons of food before the rainy season starts. But first the president says more than 90 of buildings in the island nation has been destroyed and calling on the world to tell. Aid agency say flights over the 900 kilometers confirmed the fears of widespread destruction and correspondent Andrew Thomas reached the South Pacific islands and reports now from the capitol port villa. Reporter the president described the cyclone that hit his country as a monster that will take many years to recover from and believes half the population has been effected and no information from the southern islands, believed to be most badly fit and here 90 of buildings have been damaged whether its a tree through the roof like this one or totally destroyed. And its a pretty awful sight, what was it like during the storm. Beyond description and very very strong. There was a lot of flooding and a lot of rain and the winds were so