Hello, al jazeera has been told that arab special forces entered the port city of aiden to help local soldiers who are battling against houthi rebels. Witnesses say that a limited number of saudiled troops have landed and this has been denied by saudis who have been coordinating air strikes against the houthis since late march. Brigadier general is the spokesman of the Saudiled Coalition and says that option is not off the table. Translator i assure you if troops were brought in to aiden from the sea we would have confirmed it through the Daily Briefing as was the practice, all options are open, the coalition will not spare effort backing resistance and positive outcomes on the ground. I reiterate today no troop landings were made on to yemen. Reporter Al Jazeera Arab correspondent is on the ground in aiden and sent us this report. Reporter we are now close to International Airport where fighting is raging between the Popular Resistance and Houthi Malitia. We can see plumes of smoke wh
Center of one of the worlds biggest security flash points. And why the uk crisis is a big issue in this weeks general election. Hundreds more migrants rescued from people smuggling boats have arrived in italy more than 5,000 have been simply saved over the past 48 hours in the biggest rescue operation this year. Our correspondent Stephanie Decker saw the latest flood of migrants sail into the port. Reporter they approach in silence, silhouettes in the dark sky, the boat has just stopped and it is quite a powerful moment as the migrants stand silently as the boat has just come to shore, many of them of course with incredibly difficult stories to tell they have risked a lot to get here many wont know where they are going from here but certainly one of the first times they would have felt safe in a very long time. Almost 900 people were on board after being rescued on saturday they finally docked in sicily in the Early Morning hours of monday morning they never stopped so we talk about an
Suffering in the wall plus. The mediterranean and north africa and full of terrorist. Reporter the chaos syria leaving them vulnerable to attack and a Memorial Service for the german wings plane crash in the alps. We begin in south africa where street bats have been fought through the night as antiimmigrant violence spreads to downtown johannesburg and fired rubber coated bullets to disburse a group of migrants armed with machetes after attempted breakins on foreign owned shops and 12 people were arrested overnight. [gunfire] south africa hit by a wave of attacks against foreigners over the past two weeks and at least six people were killed in the port city of durban and hundreds forced out of their homes and sheltering in camps and police stations. And south africa is a country of more than 50 Million People and thought to be around 5 million foreigners but its hard to be precise because many are living and working illegally there. Most around 3 million are thought to be from zimbobwa
Hello, i have the sport and no happy ending for many people in the fight of the century with Floyd Mayweather. My best wasnt good enough. And both fighters in las vegas and we have reaction from the fill beans philippines coming up. Thank you for joining us we begin in yemen where sources told al jazeera that arab special forces entered aiden in the southern port city with abd Rabbuh Mansur hadi and being denied by saudi arabia. And this says fighters loyal to president hadi say they regained control of the anmar district of aiden and a popular resistant forces say they have taken control of several houthi positions and meanwhile the humanitarian situation is worsening with medical, fuel and Power Supplies running low and the spokesman for the Saudiled Coalition and told al jazeera that no foreign troops entered yemen but that option is not off the table. Translator i assure you if troops were brought into aiden from the sea we would have confirmed it through the Daily Briefing as was
And fighting the winter blues in australia, sidneys famous landmarks are lit up for the festival of light. But first the army general who is now in charge in thailand has summoned the former Prime Minister as well as political opponents for talk and shinawat is banned from traveling abroad and we have the story from bangkok. Reporter once the stage for the Antigovernment Movement in bangkok taken down and removed the morning after the military coup. The protesters left thursday night, most felt their effort of more than six months paid off because of the goal of removing the current government had been reached. And he goes by one name went to work as normal on friday. She is relieved the army is in control. Translator personally i support koodata and if they didnt do it the country would turn into a message there is a compromise to make the situation better. Reporter 100 people from both sides of the political divide have been summoned by rulers to discuss the situation and its a spot