The last half an hour or so. We are hearing that yemens president has stepped down. His cabinet has handed in their resignations. That happened shortly before he stepped down, and we know at the same time, that houthis rebels have been surrounding the palace since tuesday. What is interesting is this comes during the envoy to yemen is there to meet with the rebels to try to find a solution to the political crisis. Lets try and find out what has promised this, and whatter this hoping to achieve by this rather dr. T maic action. Dramatic action. Joins me now on the line, so they have all resigned tell us more. Yes exactly. So the cabinet has submitted its resignation and a few minutes later the president gave his resident egg nation to the parliament, apologizing saying the impossible to continue like this, and et will down by political players and actors and therefore he resigns. I think this is both a very bad thing but also a very good thing. Explain more. About both its a bad things
Plus. Reporter i am Andy Gallagher on the islands in costa rica where we will be sewing you how a womans collective has worked hard to save these unique mangrove swamps. We begin with sudan where polling stations have now opened for president ial and pardon me lament are you elections the first since the south split away from sudan in 2011. The buildup to the vote has been marred by predictions that it would be snubbed by voters and opposition boycott. Incumbent president Omar Al Bashir has ruled the country troy 26 years and is expected to retain power. There are 15 other people running alongside him for president. According to the National Election commission, six of those are sponsored by Political Parties and the rest are independent. But many of the more established parties have chosen to boycott the election including the large he have opposition group. The main complaint is that the vote will not be free and fair and that there is no chance anyone but Omar Al Bashir will win. Le
Isil fights for control of the area. Reporting from donetsk in Eastern Ukraine why families are still living in these conditions underground even though theres a ceasefire. The fight for control of yemen continues between forces loyal to the government supported by a Saudiled Coalition and shia Houthi Rebels. Its been nearly two weeks since the Coalition Air campaign began. Lets look at some of the latest targets hit. Saudi war planes bombed a military base in central yemen near the city of ib. This his the first strike on that particular base. An area of the southern port city of aden, many civilian homes were destroyed. Yemeni Government Forces are said to have recaptured the air base from houthi fighters, that base is north of aden. We have more. A civilian in the center of aden is shot by a houthi sniper as he films the streets below. An example of how dangerous the streets of yemen have become. This is the kind of violence the Saudiled Coalition said its targeting with air strikes