The heads of thousands forced from their homes by Boko Haram Campaign of violence in nigeria. And i have the sport, the host of the biggest football tournament in africa ask them to postpone it because of the Ebola Outbreak. Kurdish forces engaged in a desperate battle to defend kobane and isil sending in reenforcements and pouring more tanks and weapons on the border and Kurdish Forces managed to regain their Security Headquarters in the town but it again has been over run despite more Coalition Air strikes and representatives of the Kurdish Forces told al jazeera that isil continues to push further into kobane from the south and east where there is fierce fighting and we will take you there live a mile or two away from kobane and stef decker is on the turkish syria border and stef when we have spoken to you over the past few hours behind you we have heard the sounds of battle. Is that still going on . Reporter yes, in the last half hour or so we saw increased activicoun activity and
There there are rallies in sanaa. The houthies have used live ammunition to a break up demonstrations in the capitol. Theycapitol. Adding to the turmoil in yemen are soldier who is are blocking an intended highway. Its a crucial shipping lane. The threat was made after houthi fighters shot and killed an Army Commander and two of its guards. We have reports now to aiden in southern yemen. The political en pass in yemen continues after the Southern Movement. Those representing the cities in the south announced their suspension in the political talks that the u. N. Special envoys attempted to broker others parties followed suit. The Main Opposition Party said that they were boycotting and other leftest parties which really left only the houthies andallies. Now aside from the political en pass there have been demonstrations. They continue to take place on saturday with demonstrations taking place in the capitol of sanaa. Also protests taking place in other places across the south. Meanwhil
And the Worlds Largest Dairy Farmers and hit by a slump in global milk prices. We begin in yemen where efforts to resolve the political crisis appear to be crumbling, the so called Southern Movement that wants to break away from the north suspended participation and talks to form a new government and calling it an absurd dialog and a waste of time. Lets look at the main political players in yemen, houthis emerged as the most powerful group in yemen and seized control of the capitol sanaa in september. General Peoples Congress was founded by the former president in 1982 and ruled yemen for 30 years and remains a powerful figure. The islam party is a Major Opposition Group in yemen and combined both tribal and more hard line factions and the Nobel Peace Prize winner is a member of that party and then there is the Southern Movement which demanding independence in southern yemen and says they have been marginalized politically and economy. Lets go live to aiden and jamal is there and why d
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Of consequence, david brooks on happiness, humility, and the road to character. So one of the things, they woodruff those are some of keep moving. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff cuba is being taken off the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. President obama informed congress of his plan today. It takes effect in 45 days unless lawmakers vote to block it. Cubas been on the list since 1982, but its removal was expected as part of the diplomatic warming between the u. S. And cuba. The president met in washington today with iraqs Prime Minister haidar alabadi, an