With yemen to root out and destroy al qaeda within its borders. Now, with its government in chaos, that relationship is being tested. The Washington Post reports tonight that the u. S. Has been forced to suspend counterterrorism inside the country. But it is told thats not true. It is dachting its operations and people take to the streets. Stephanie sy has more. Hundreds of protests in the Southern City of taes is calling for the governments return. There we demand the president hadi go back on their resignations and dont succumb to the undermining of a rebel group. Reporter a slow of strength, rebels are in control of Sanaa Parliament and the president ial palace are surrounded. Intelligence chief all under arrest. Houthi leaders were allegedly targeted in two bombings today a huge blast was reported in the Northern City of sada. U. N. Envoy had tried to bring the are sides together. I want to assert again that the crisis cant be resolved other than what you agreed upon through the ou
Talked about museum in australia, a madonna montage and a machine that deaf defecates. Wait until you see whats behind that. Breaking news out of nigeria. Theres been an attack by fighters in borno state. Troops are currently fighting fighting fighting attackers in mandula. This is where boko haram have launched so knowledge assaults in the last 18 months. I would planning the finger of blame is pointing at them and tell us more about what you know so far. Well thats why the Nigerian Military are saying that they have engaged boko haram fighters who attacked the capital city of borno state midugery, there is no precise number of boko haram fighters that have been engaged by nigerian fighters. This comes just 24 hours less than 24 hours since president Goodluck Jonathan visited there. Parliamentary elections are taking place and some are wondering hmm does this have anything to do with it, the fact that the president was there and there has been disaffection and unhappiness in the way t
Currency. Hello separatists in Eastern Ukraine have begun their battle over the port city of mariupol. It has seen little fighting so far, but if splittists separatist capture the city it will be be a connection to the sea. This am future video shows residential apartments their windows blown out. The body of a woman in the rubble. A man close by. There is a lot of damage to the buildings and the market. They hit the moment people were buying grocery. You can see it over there. Ukrainian military say that pro russian separatists attacked the mariupol, a major city betweennear crimea. They blame russian president vladimir putin. The attacks come just days after the Ukrainian Military withdrew from donets airport after more than eight months of fighting. The separatists took control of this Ukrainian Military post on thursday and theyve continue to launch attacks from Northern Areas of the city. These attacks should come as no surprise. They came saying they had enough. Efforts putting i
Beard. King tuts golden mask gets a glue job. Hello. Thanks for joining us. King abdullah of saudi arabia has died. He was 90 years old. Hed been in hospital for several weeks, with pneumonia. Well, the new monarch has made clear, therell be no change of direction for the country, following the succession. In his first public address, King Salman Abdullah hes half brother, calls for unity and solidarity among muslims. The new king has also tweeted a message. He says i ask god to help me succeed in my service of the dear people and realize their hopes the protect our country and the nations safety and stability. Saudi arabia, of course has vast oil resources, its the Biggest Oil Producer in the world and also the most influential member of omeck. Along with King Abdullah the country has been a key ally of washington as well most recently joining the u. S. Coalition to carry out air strikes against the Islamic State group in syria and iraq. As for the funeral for King Abdullah thats set
Its no contest, really. A very warm welcome to the program. The japanese government is trying to verify a new message apparently recorded by the journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State group. The message from kenji goto says the new deadline or release a convicted suicide bomber. If shes not handed over it will kill a jordanian Fighter Pilot whos also being held hostage. In the past few hours, japans chief cabinet secretary has had this to say about the ongoing negotiations. We are working continuously with the jordanians. The situation is constantly changing. So in that sense, we dont believe that we should comment on the position of the government. But we can say that things between japan and jordan are moving forward, in the atmosphere of trust. Now, this is the second japanese hostage under threat this past week. On sunday isis claimed they killed Haruna Yukawa after claiming 200 million in. Reporter another morning has brought another audio tape reportedly from kenji go