in yemen fighting has again flared up between who the rebels and the saudi led coalition despite calls for a truce earlier the two sides had signaled a willingness to halt military operations after more than four years of conflict in a few hours the un security council is due to debate a resolution aiming at bringing about an immediate cease fire between the warring parties. for yemenis young and old the ceasefire can t come soon enough. as many as eighteen million people more than half the country are close to starvation. four years of conflict have brought yemen to its knees. we have nothing we don t even have water our children are sick. doctors just can t keep up with the number of malnourished patients.
a personal in more account when she was secretary of state thank you in the belgian capital brussels a policeman has been stabbed in front of the city s main police station his injuries were not life threatening but the attacker was seriously injured when he was shot by the officers call the police say the motive is unclear. a commuter train has derailed outside the spanish city of barcelona killing one person and injuring dozens a landslide triggered the crash causing two of the train cars to jump the tracks the rest of the one hundred fifty passengers on board were unhurt. and chinese president xi jinping is in the philippines on his first state visit to the country protesters rallied outside the chinese embassy in manila to protest against beijing s claims over most of the south china sea they say president rudd we go to turkey is turning a blind eye to the issue because he wants china to invest in the philippines. and yemen fighting has again flared between who are the rebels and t
breaking now, the deadly and deteriorating crisis in yemen where an american citizen has been killed in the escalating fighting. it s getting worse right now. we are back with the saudi ambassador to the united states. we talked about yemen. let s talk about the iran nuclear deal right now. if you read the wall street journal today which i assume you did, you saw richard hass current president of the council on foreign relations, a man you know saying the great fear that many u.s. officials have is that iran that israel might use its own military power to try to destroy iran s nuclear capability and that saudi arabia your country, will start buying bombs, nuclear bombs, from pakistan. is that realistic? i don t know that i would want to comment on something like this. what we understand is that the deal that is being worked on there is no deal as we speak and the president has said this very
young women. why is america s most famous feminist planning to take part in the demonstration? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. breaking now. terrorist forces on the rampage and threatening new attacks. the al qaeda affiliate in kenya responsible for that university massacre is now vowing that the country s streets quote, will run red with blood. and now both al qaeda and isis forces have seized control of a refugee camp in syria and 18,000 people are trapped inside. their lives profoundly threatened. right now according to united nations officials, amid growing reports of atrocities. we are also following the deadly crisis in yemen, where an american citizen has been killed in the escalating fighting. cnn was at the airport in the capital today as hundreds of people scrambled to get on one of the few flights out of the collapsing country. the death toll is climbing assad
wolf? elise labott from jerusalem, thank you very much. more on this story coming up. we are also following the stunning events unfolding in yemen right now. an american man has been killed in the fighting. thousands of people are trying to flee the country as it collapses and while many nations are evacuating their citizens the united states is not offering aid to hundreds of yemeni-americans believed to be trapped by the conflict. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is with us right now. what s the latest on u.s. citizens inside yemen? it s interesting. the state department won t say how many americans in yemen have registered with the embassy because they don t know what percentage of americans, many are dual citizenships what percentage of americans there have actually registered so they don t have a hard number. the bottom line for the americans that are there, there are no immediate plans to evacuate them although other countries including russia china and