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people face their darkest fears. >> but we begin with breaking news. in the past hour saudi-led coalition has announced a five-day humanitarian pause in the fight in yemen. saudi officials issued a statement confirming the pause would begin from midnight on sunday. the truce will allow the delivery of aid and medical supplies. president hadi warned if they ignored the truce they would be met with force. he said the no-fly zone and stop and search operations would continue. let's speak now with the spokesman in yemen. what are we to make of the humanitarian cease-fire, very welcomed, i should imagine. >> yes, of course it is. like all that came before. we hope that the yemeni people from lack of food, water even medical supplies. it is really urgent to apply and we hope that it will cushion the solution. >> how will your organization use this humanitarian pause? what will you be delivering to people? >> whether there is truce or not we always the targeting the people in yemen. now we're going to work with all the parties the willing parties first to insure all the supplies will enter the country and then to they will access those people in need and have done with the best of us. >> of course, it's one thing for saudi arabia to say that the coalition is going to pause its operations for five days. do you think they'll pause the fighting too or will they enter into the true spirit of the cease-fire. >> today we hope that everybody respects the truce and think of the people who really suffer, and they need tie help from everybody. >> thank you for being with us. from the icrc in sanaa in yemen. now turkey's government is defending its decision to carry out airstrikes in syria and kurdish targets in northern iraq. in fact, they have stepped up the attacks. kurdish forces with spikes on syria and iraqi soil first on thursday night. they attacked kurdish camps belonging to the pkk, an organization considered a terrorist group. 590 isil and pkk suspects have now been taken into custody. that's just in two days. let's go live now to the turkey turkey-syrian border. mohammed is there in kili on that border. >> adrian, today the turkish government is lumping isil together with the pkk saying that these two groups constitute the same level of threat towards the domestic security here in turkey. this is a major tactical shift as far as military operations. turkey in the past has been re rereluctant to enter into the fray when it comes to bombing targets and giving more support to the u.s.-led coalition to fight isil. but now it has gone from not being involved in any conflicts to being involved in two conflicts. they say that the turkish government would not allow for disturbance of domestic security and would not allow for the disturbance of the republic. everybody else seems to be supporting supporting that as well and tensions are rising. let's listen to what they had to say at a press conference a few hours back. >> i said that the massacre was an attack against turkey, against democracy, turkey and against public order in turkey. isil was behind it, and they've been reacted to appropriately. there are some circles who wanted to create chaos in turkey, and they were supported by the pkk and their actions are targeting fundamental. >> right where does this lead in the peace process for the pkk? >> well, according to the people we've been speaking to today they believe that the peace process is now in taters. it has been fruit and delicate and it would collapse under the strain that's on it. but now they believe that through these unilateral actions that turkey has taken in botching these pkk targets in northern iraq, that means that it's over. in fact, they've made remarks that they believe there is still some hope to salvage this peace process. very much a big question here at a time when tensions have increased so much, especially in the southeastern part of the country when it comes to the kurdish population. already the kurdish population was angry with the kurdish government. since that bombing on monday that killed 32 people, the kurdish population has been directing more anger saying that the turkish government turned a blind eye. saying that they allowed the kurdish population to become a target. and also lobbying accusations that the turkish government were more concerned about the kurdish fighters than isil. these are allegations that ankara has denied. they say they're battling terror on the home front. one thing i must add. the prime minister had a phone confidential with the president of the iraqi--he spoke with the president of iraqi kurdistan and he told him that they were going to continue to bomb pkk targets as long as pkk continued to target turkey. >> mohammed thanks, on the turkey-syria border. barack obama has commended kenya's president for his attempts to root out corruption in the country. he spoke at the state house in nairobi. he's on a four-day visit of east africa. >> together we confront threats to kenya's prosperity. president kenyetta i want to a announce commitment to your joint efforts against corruption. >> for his part, the kenyen president signed several security and economic agreements with the u.s. >> we agree together we can build a future which people of all faith and cultures live peacefully together with the rights of individuals and minorities protected and those in power held to account by strong and inclusive institutions. i also expressed to president obama that without building shared prosperity our vision would to secure africa and indeed, a stable world will remain a fragile dream. >> let's go live to nairobi. andrew simmons is there for us. what do you make president obama had to say? we expected much of what he was going to say weren't we? >> well, yes absolutely. obama is still talking and he's made reference to that improve improvement of aid and assistance to counter terrorism here in kenya and he also added that it would provide more assistance in training kenyan forces, something that the kenyans have been asking for for a long time, more assistance. then he was stuck in quite a lecture he must have given this government. he said that you should not paint certain communities in a certain way in a bad way. those were his words. there he was evidently talking about the heavy hand this government has been using against muslim communities after al-shabab attacks. he says that these are peaceful communities, and they should not experience this sort of handling. he end pointed that the united states has dealt with issues relateed to minority communities and said that you have to engage them in a peaceful way. otherwise they tend to get radicalized. that's what he is definitely pointing towards. many human rights groups are horrified about the way that the kenyan government clamps down on the muslim communities, and of course there is a number of people missing. there is a lot of what is undoubtedly instant justice given on the streets many allegations of murder by security forces. so this is a big issue and i'm going to bring in washington political analyst here. washington, what do you make of this remark or series of remarks the u.s. president has made in this news conference? >> i think he said what the bilateral talks would be about and building the capacity for intelligence and everybody talks about government and corruption and development. he talks about that, and had offered technical assistance. >> he's obviously banged the table on all this, and what about all these organizations that are banned? what about all these people who are in prison without charges? what about all these people who are missing and the attacks made by security forces on so many people. >> i think on the freedom of human rights especially on the muslim communities where there is often general condemnation of entire communities and just a few elements. he's right that we cannot fight radicalization if we're going to clamp down on the human rights. the government has to figure out a way to working with them to root out the terrorists, and to be able to afford a better way for it in terms of dealing with radicalization of youth, which is a problem in kenya, and now many of these young people are being rooted in al-shabab and we have to figure out a way of dealing with them. it can't be shooting people in the streets or clamping down on entire communities. there has to be a better way. >> evidently the u.s. president coming to his father's homeland, has been hitting hard on this issue, but then has promised more assistance to kenya in light of kenyan forces and training. >> fighting isil to control the anbar province. we'll tell you more in just a few minutes. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> hello again. the top stories here on al jazeera. a cease-fire in yemen starting midnight on sunday. the truce will allow the delivery of aid and medical supplies. for a second straight night turkish fighter jets targeting isil positions in syria. they've also hit areas in northern iraq. targeting camps belonging to the kurdistan workers party or the pkk. the president signs economic agreements with kenya during his four-day visit to the country. he praised president ke nyetta's attempts to root out corruption in kenya. rescuers found the bodies of 24 people in pakistan on saturday. half million people have been effected by the floods triggered by monsoon rains. tens of thousands of people are still in need of food and clean water in nepal. exactly three months after the devastating earthquake there. the government has promised to relocate them, but that has not happened yet. >> in visits just outside of kathmandu more than hundred people have camped out in a school ground. they're from a village in nepal all of them have lost their homes. landslides have destroyed most areas around their village the river has been eroding whatever remains of their land. this woman thought she escaped the worst of it until she got here. >> my sister gave birth here in the tent. we didn't have the money or the transport to take her to the hospital. but five days on she went mad. she would refuse to wear clothes, scream and hit me. she didn't remember how many children she had. now that she's on medication she's better. every time she would take the baby she would almost strangle her. we were scared she would kill the baby. >> a local volunteer took her to the hospital, and now she's under psychological treatment. there has been no psychological assessment of the survivors of april's earthquake that killed thousands and injured many more. now she and her son have diarrhea. many people have been suffering from sum-related problems. it has been raining like this every day and some of the tents are barely waterproof. as you can see the drains are rather poor, and there is only one functional toilet for the more than 200 people living here. across kathmandu more than 2,000 people from the surrounding district are living in conditions similar to this. around 50,000 households have been told they would have to be temporarily relocated. the government has said that the process would start by july 15th. but so far those who have moved have mostly moved on their own. people here are getting desperate as more villageers come to seek wrench. >> there is no way to go back to our village. yesterday two more families came here. we've been told we have to go to our village to get the $150 to buy tent sets. how can we go there? >> but the government says that they have to return to access help. >> will you--you're entitled to help. but if you come to kathmandu cat than due has to look into its own problems, it's own population. >> these people say they're afraid for their future, but they don't have much time to talk. if these drains remained clogged for much longer their tents will be flooded. they'll also run out of money. they heard the government is clearing out some of the camps in kathmandu. now they wonder if their luck of finding a temporary home might also run out. al jazeera kathmandu. >> iraq's army said that 77 soldiers and shia military men militia men have been killed in anbar province. medical workers say that at least four civilians were killed by airstrikes and shelling. caroline malone has the latest. [ gunfire ] >> the iraqi army is on the attack in anbar province. it's fighting along side shia militias known as the mobilization force to push isil out. isil fighters are using suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit the northeast of the city. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said that the army killed a number of isil, and evacuated houses safely safely safely detonateing bombs. a few days ago 3,000 iraqi soldiers trained by u.s. coalition joined an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army said that coalition airstrikes in fallujah deliberately hit cars with explosives they had inside, and they'll continue to target isil forces and resources to help the iraqi security forces operation and protect civilians. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> syria's president has announced an amnesty for military deserters. state television said that bashar al-assad's decree will lift penalties against thousands of people both inside and outside of syria. the syrian army is the region's largest but overstretched by the civil war. many have left syria or have found ways to avoid serving in the armed forces. around 800 people crammed aboard several boats were rescued from the mediterranean sea on friday. the migrants, including women and children, are mostly from sudan, eretrea and syria. they were head to do so palermo in sicily. filing a tax on tourist at replaces a 2003 bills which human rights groups say was used before the revolution as a tool to crush dissent. the government said that the techniques are needed to prevent further attacks. the united nations is asking south sudan to lift restrictions on aid deliveries. the u.n. humanitarian chief said they must allow the help of displaced people moore than a million people have died in one of the newest and poorest countries. three spanish senators have been barred from visiting a jail venezuelaen leader. lopez and his wife was with the senators when they arrived at the prison in miranda state. he was jailed last year for his role in anti-government protests that left more than 40 people dead. the final port of the series on the drug resistant bacteria known as superbugs are blamed for 250,000 deaths each year worldwide, and there are fears that this number could reach 10 million by 2015. one solution is drugs but there have been no new antibiotics on the market for 50 years. jacob ward explains. >> the united states has a bug problem. multi drug-resistant bacteria that have learned to shrug off the antibiotics we normally use to kill them plague the health system here. >> these organisms can spread and live on the skin, and they can live on the surfaces of desk or a bed or a stethoscope. >> the trouble is that it takes days to identify the specifics about the resistant bacteria. dr. lee reilly has just received a multi million dollar grant to develop a process to identify the right drugs to fight bacteria in minutes. >> we can determine what the drugs of that organism before the patient leaves your office. then you can give the right drug and then you don't have to worry about creating drug resistence. >> here in the u.s. and around the world companies are simply not making new antibiotics. it is too expensive and too hard pretty much they've tapped out the micro organisms that can be easeily cultivated in the land setting. there is enough micro organisms in this handful of dirt result researchers are limited to the tiny number of micro organisms that grow in a petri dish. >> that gap is humongous. >> this dot is how much we have cultivated. >> they have an eye chip that grows cells in dirt. >> it's nature's necessary component for growth. and then once it forms, we can explore it with the idea of producing new antibiotics. >> the hope is a new crop of antibiotics could slow deadly infections around the world. infections that our food and our hospitals seem to help create. jacob ward. al jazeera berkeley, california. >> serbia's mental health problems are not always easy to treat. but now computer science and doctors have joined forces to build new virtual therapies. neave barker explains. >> in a lab in london science is exploring the relationship between the brain and the body. and for this experiment i'm the guinea pig. >> wave at yourself in the mirror. i'm standing in front of a virtual mirror. i can see the virtual version of me. i'm then confronted by a crying child. >> what's wrong? are you feeling sad? and asked to do my best to console them. the roles are then reversed. i become the child and a virtual grown up towers above me. >> we see an adult version of myself. my own voice consoling me from the viewpoint of an actual child. that was an unique experiment. >> it it's to help people who suffer from high levels of self-criticism. now finally the technology is matching up with expectation. it's been used to help us learn more about ourselves and the real world that we live in. one in every four people in the u.k. experience mental health problems each year raging from depression to phobias. hospitals have long waiting lists. private care is expensive and many sufferers never consider treatment for illness that is seen as taboo. but he has combined psychiatry and computer gaming for stressful situations. like public speaking in front of a hostile audience. >> there are hard to reach groups and it may be much more comfortable using software than going to an office. i think also people with mobility problems, there are scenarios where it's much easier to do the therapy on the with device or laptop. >> some of it cans now available as down loadable apps and help people search help at home. >> despite knowing it's not there, people have recorded that they can feel it crawling on the hands. as phobias and social anxietyies become increasingly common, new technology could revolutionize the way we treat very real problems. neave barker, al jazeera, london. >> there is much more real news from al jazeera at our website. take a look at www.aljazeera.com. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight: trash. it's everywhere. >> what's the out put of this facility? >> landfills overflowing. >> it just smells so bad. >> but some of our trash ... ... could be recycled.

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