al ahmad investigates the toll on civilians. ahmad: the drone strikes, the raids- adds to the massive fear and confusion yemenis are already feeling in the midst of this very complicated war. narrator: these two stories tonight on this special edition of frontline. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank yo and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed .o building a more just, verdant and peaceful wor the ford foundation: working with visionaries on the frontlines of sociale worldwide. additional support is providedhe bybrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. the heising-simons foundation: unlocking knowledge, opportunit and pos
al ahmad investigates the toll on civilians. ahmad: the drone strikes, the raids- adds to the massive fear and confusion yemenis are already feeling in the midst of this very complicated war. narrator: these two stories tonight on this special edition of frontline. frontline is made possible bt butions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. the ford foundation: working with visionaries on the ontlines of social chang worldwide. additional support is providedam by the afoundation, committed to excellence in journalism. the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. the heising-simons foundation: unlocking knowledge, opportunity, and
switched back on. the mistake that s turned the colorado river yellow and caused an environmental emergency. we re in bangladesh where the shrimp industry is booming, but comes at a high price to the environment. we begin this news hour in yemen where pro government forces are making major gains against houthi rebels. they ve pushed them from the last town in the province that s still under houthi control. then when you add others, that means most of the south is now held by forces loyal to the exiled president adou rabbo mansour hadi. there s still heavy fighting in other central provinces and the houthis remain firmly in control of the capital, sanna, which they captured last september. we have the latest. watching over the province, now entirely in the control of pro government forces. parts of yemen are being recaptured. they fought houthi rebels and forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh and say they are now in full control. we managed to claim the city supporting
conference. a cease-fire on two front lines in syria appears to be on shaky ground. we will have the latest on those negotiations. in the gaza strip, 10 years avisis withdrew all of its settlers, we will hear from palestinians and israelis about the effects of the so-called disengagement are still being felt today. it was the most devastating war of the 20th century, one that continues to shape much of the world now. it ended 70 years ago today. many of the countries involved in the second world war are holding their own commenrations. some we will get to the in just a moment. here is a look at the event did that led up to japan s surrender. on may 8th, 1944, nazi germany sur rended. the soviet union said it would invade japan within three months. on july 26th, china, the u.s. and great brittain demanded japan s unconditional surrender. less than two weeks later, on august the 6th, the u.s. dropped the first atomic bomb on hiroshima. the soviet union declared war on japan
people near the scene of the deadly blast in china are told to leave from contamination fears as the death toll exceed 100. [singing] plus, singing through the pain of war. we meet the children coping with conflict in south sudan. first to yemen where pro government forces are making significant progress against houthi rebels. fighters who are loyal to the exiled president abd rabbuh mansur hadi have taken control of taiz. pro government forces say they re in full control of sh abwa province with substantial oil reserves. that means five provinces in the south are now held by pro government forces. they are shabwa, abyan, aden, lahj, daleh. taking control, pro government fighters recapture the main buildings in taiz. it is another victory for abd rabbuh mansur hadi s fighters. they ve been able to defeat houthi rebels and soldiers loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh in recent days. on saturday they announced they had managed to expel the houthis and their allie