Controversial new power to suppress dissent. And amid heightened security, nigerians appear to choose a new government. Good evening and thank you for joining us on al jazeera america. Im imran garta. And im randall pinkston. Antonio mora has the night off. Swift end to the saudi run air air strikes. Shia hughts are said to be advancing in southern and eastern yemen. Omar saleh has the story. The head list on friday was diverse. Air defense pat ris air base runway, supply routes and weapons depot. We were attacked by the coalition. Now, the air base is under control of the yemeni army. We continue, we will continue to target their movement, their concentration of forces until we clarify all the areas that they are controlling now. Reporter in the meantime, yemens president abd Rabbu Mansour hadi arrived in egypt to attend the summit. He is recognized as yemens legitimate leader, he had called for intervention and will probably seek more military and Political Support from arab leaders
U. K. Find out why the authorities are sending them here and why the migrants say these conditions are worse than inhumane later in the program. Lets get to yemen where theres intense fighting on the ground between forces that backed the president hadi and those loyal to the rebels. Lets get you up to date with the latest on the ground. Yemens southeast have taken control of one of yemens most important ports. Its the countrys only gas export terminal. In aden more heavy fighting in the socalled popular resistance. 23 houthis have surrendered to the tribesmen. And east of the capitol sanaa tribal fighters say they are managing to hold off the houthi advance. They say the houthis have superior weapons, but can be defeated. First lets go to our diplomatic editor james bayes who is at the united nations. He joins us from there now. Jordan has put forth a draft resolution in order to put a stop to the fighting. Talk us through that. Reporter this is a copy of the draft resolution. There ha
Osteoarthritis triggers a review. And indianas governor calls for religious gay rights review reviews. Hello. The long wait is over and history has been made in nigeria. After a six week delay, extended voteing and long count, the opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari is the winning candidate defeating Goodluck Jonathan. It is the first time this happened happened, saying no blood is worth it. We believe nigerias future can be better than what it is today. [ applause ] you voted for change and now change has come. [ applause ] i now will lead the election. I gained the most votes in this election. It is you nigerians, that have won. The people have shown their love for our nation and their belief in democracy. This will be the second time that Muhammadu Buhari has been president of nigeria. He previously ruled from 1984 to 1985 when he seized power in a military coup. His rule is remembered for a harsh campaign against corruption and human rights abuses and they hope it will home the
The end of the war. The summer of 1978 to the summer of 1971. The experience stuck with me iss because of anything experienced as a combat platoon leader, but what i saw in terms of the decay and deterioration of the army in which i was serving. Oft gave me an appreciation the terrible effects of war. What was your career like . How long were you in the army . 23 years. I served until 1992. It was a year in vietnam early on. They were mypart, experiences of a serving officer at the latter part of the cold war. We thought we existed to be prepared to fight world war iii and that our readiness to do that to prevent world war iii from happening. I spent seven years in germany. Most of the rest of the time in stateside units that would have germany in the event of a crisis. 23 years in the service and finished as a colonel. Why did you in the first place go to west point . What was the drive for you and where were you raised . I was raised in the u. S. I was born in illinois and grew up in
Scientists warn of an irreversible point. The u. S. Has gbegun surveillance flights as part of an International Rescue effort to find the kidnapped school girls. The armed group operate across these. 3 states in the north. The president requested an extension of the state of emergency declaired in the region a year ago. Boko haram had hideouts along pouros borders. More than 2 sent girls were taken from their school in chibok. They are being held somewhere in this area. On top of the surveillance planes, the u. S. Sent 30 experts to help with the cert. Science and the u. K. Have sent experts. Boko haram released this video to swap the girls. They are studying the pictures closely for any clue that might help find the girls. Our state Department Correspondent joins us live from washington. Ro rosalind reporter we dont have independence confirm medication that general David Rodriguez who is the commander of africom is in nigeria but they are making a fullthroated push to help the niger g