symonds joins us live now from djibouti from where he's monitoring the events in yemen and andrew people in the southern part of the country these seem to be getting more and more angry about the worsening economic situation well martin you're absolutely right these demonstrations are very forceful in their nature on the whole peaceful people just absolutely desperate with their situation the currency the yemeni local currency has gone down to its lowest ever rate against the dollar that means spiraling prices it costs absolute large number of summer money to buy an egg in yemen right now another example civil servants who haven't been paid for two years begging on the streets these are just a few of the examples aside from all the hardship and the suffering from colossal asteroid in yemen and the fighting which is unparalleled right now there is this absolute desperation about where next where do people go these are some of the thoughts we've heard of relation to upcoming talks in that there is a real despondency amongst people they don't feel that the talks on thursday in geneva really

special envoy martin griffin suspended a holding talks with hooty leaders in sanaa andrew symonds again with this update margaret is has a major job on his hands trying to convince the warring sides that now is the time to actually start talking about dialogue when there's been more than a week of really heavy fighting in the wake of those talks in geneva that never got off the ground the fighting obviously is most intense in her data the red sea port in which is are trying to defend they say the huth is that they are repelled in some places the onslaught from these are you a led coalition to get control of the supply line to the capital sana'a the sixteen is the biggest major focal point of the fighting but also further towards the port city in other points and there is a point such as kilo seven kilo ten there are also battles going on it certainly doesn't seem to be the case that it things are at a point when you can say that this supply line is actually cut but certainly the coalition is putting every effort into trying to get full control of this area and control of the port city a

is one that millions of yemenis are at risk of famine and as andrew symonds reports starving families are struggling to get to the few clinics available a warning you may find some images in his report disturbing another arrival is a clinic in northern yemen. two years old but mao nutrition means he's in a critical condition starvation is threatening families who are among the poorest in the middle east those least capable of surviving. sam's grandmother is understandably distraught not nasser we don't have money to transport him to the treatment he can only get in sanaa we're in such a dilemma those who gave us money before can't do so anymore no one can keep giving in the situation we don't have any help from any side in this war and we don't have an afghan. bassam maybe two but he weighs less than five kilos that's ten pounds the capital sana'a where specialist care or medicine may give him a better chance might as well be a world away even though the distance from this clinic that as them in had province is around a hundred kilometers. fighting on the supply line to sana'a from th

symonds al-jazeera djibouti . still to come here on al-jazeera. a warning for people in the u.s. state of north carolina which is being battered by tropical depression florence. helping my kids instead of buying a new car one peruvian businessman looks after venezuelans escaping economic chaos . from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello get a welcome back to the national weather forecast where we are watching the remnants of tropical storm hellene making their way towards ireland northern ireland as well as scotland that is going to bring a lot of winds and rain over the next few days you can see it imitated right there on the map so the clouds are ahead of it already let's show you the forecast map for the rest of day today look at the winds right there pushing up from the south up towards the north and that is going to bring several showers some are going to be quite heavy and it's really going to be on that western side of most of the land areas and then you can see as

symonds reports from neighboring djibouti. three days of demonstrations in yemen came as a forerunner to the latest developments on geneva peace talks the people here are calling for some help because of another enemy in this conflict yemen's crippled economy the norwegian refugee council says food prices in the collapse of yemen's currency that slumped to its lowest ever voted against the dollar on tuesday threatening to kill more people than bombs and guns but it was the deaths of children in the saudi emirates the coalition led bombing last month that killed forty children twenty nine of them on a school bus that prompted the coalition's main ally the united states to respond we can't ever see innocent. people killed under the auspices of trying to settle a dispute since then we certainly gave our concerns to saudi arabia i will tell you that we appreciated the transparency of them saying they were going to do an investigation we were concerned but they surprised us all because they did the investigation very quickly came o

did recently is the coalition tries to take the area back from the rebels andrew symonds as more from djibouti. hooty rebel forces say these are civilians caught in the saudi amorality led coalition's line of fire in her data the hooter's say at least fifteen civilians were killed on thursday evening and twenty injured. this man asks why have these people being killed who to say this is kilo sixteen the main road link between the red sea port of her data and the capital sana'a are controlled by hutu rebels if fully verified these deaths and injuries will add ammunition to a different battle one that was waged this week in the united states congress u.s. politicians convinced by a report that blame the coalition for unnecessary civilian deaths failed to pass a resolution to stop u.s. support for the saudis. further down the road in sabine hospital where supplies are meant to go different images burnt into the fearful thoughts of parents and would be mothers and fathers all across yemen there's no need for confirmation here the most vulnerable suffer in war in yemen it goes to extremes

special envoy martin griffiths has spent the day holding talks with hootie leaders in sana'a andrew symonds again with this update. margaret is has a major job on his hands trying to convince the warring sides that now is the time to actually start talking about dialogue when there's been more than a week of really heavy fighting in the wake of those talks in geneva that never got off the ground the fighting obviously is most intense in her data the red sea ports in which is trying to defend they say the huth is that they are repelled in some places. from the saudi u.s. coalition to get control of the supply line to the capital sana'a the sixteen is the biggest major focal point of the fighting but also further towards the port city in other points and there is a point such as kill a seven kilo ten there are also battles going on it certainly doesn't seem to be the case that it things are at a point when you can say that this supply line is actually cut but certainly the coalition is putting every effort into trying to get full control of this area and control of the port city head of any p

symonds has more from djibouti martin griffis may have flown out of some having reached some agreements with the leadership but there appears now to be another hitch there was agreement with him and with other u.n. officials for what the u.n. describes as a humanitarian bridge that transport for chronically sick people to get medical treatment overseas forty five patients showed up with their documentation but they were probably barred from flying because they had no clearance from the yemeni government they're suffering from a number of conditions including leukemia early stage tumors cervical cancer fibroid cancer and those needing bone marrow transplants and kidney transplants. leaving i was younger i fell and that caused internal bleeding and today it turned into a tumor i need to travel to egypt or to any other country for treatment i'm told by my doctors that you need a surgery i'm quite tired of all this i need to travel and be treated so i can survive in this world i'm some of the. answers that's rolled around so many countries you can treat a ranking backless time i was.

symonds has the latest from djibouti just across the red sea. anyone trying to bring peace to yemen may not need reminding of what's at stake nevertheless those without a voice of influence are crying out loud now for help in hagin one hundred sixty kilometers from her data they try to keep babies alive malnutrition could potentially soon be the biggest killer in this conflict nearby families are eating wild vine leaves to survive. or not we cook tree leaves we have no nutrition we will die here we have no one god. personally i don't you believe but since my salary has been cut it's only mean mean for my children even though these cars in each us in drowsiness but what can we do. in her data the fighting has taken another quantum leap as saudi led coalition forces and government troops on the ground continue their campaign to cut all supply lines from the red sea port the saudis are accusing who the fighters of opening fire on grain silos in order to claim it was the coalition that's responsible whoever did watch the un pressure to stop the figh

symonds al-jazeera in juba and. israel has given people living in a palestinian village an ultimatum to tear down their homes or they'll be demolished by october first month the supreme court approved the demolition of the bedwyn village of the occupied west bank israel plans on using the land to build illegal settlements. civil rights groups in the us are calling for the removal of police from schools study shows a growing number of attacked the kids they're actually supposed to protect castro's that story i've heard that these are not the images you would expect from school you know. a police officer responsible for keeping students safe has put one in a choke hold the reason the boy's friends say was because he threw an orange at a wall when you're in the hallways and atmosphere of tension and slight worry and fear the incident in philadelphia in two thousand and sixteen sparked student protests and demands to remove police from the city's public schools the school district spends thirty million dollars a year on

symonds has been following developments in djibouti. there is still intense fighting going on all along the road out of the data and also in the very close at the data city center itself this battle it's unclear who is actually got the upper ground now the coalition is saying that the things are taking big losses that ruth is in which are saying that they're making some inroads there is question mark over. complete control of this road now it actually sort of zigzags over a section and these references to keep sixteen that's a marker point the point that the coalition is definitely going for there's also a situation at the grain silos this is the red sea mills a major a complex for food that is needed by millions of people all over yemen there was an attack on that a few days ago both sides blame each other but now we've seeing pictures on the ground from there showing the fires still underway and that was less than twelve hours ago we understand this these grain silos a crucial but the situation is that the truth is insist that they're

the losses are higher now than ever before andrew symonds al-jazeera opal in june and. in the us the stage is set for a dramatic showdown between a supremes court nominee and the woman who's accused him of sexual assault both are expected to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday christina blache the forward says brett kavanaugh assaulted her at a party in one thousand nine hundred eighty two when they were high school students he denies the allegations but trump administration is continuing to offer strong support for the cabinet but just but honestly the way some democrats have conducted themselves during this process is a disgrace the president are confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly with the ut most respect for all concerned and i believe the george brett kavanaugh will soon be just as brett kavanaugh and take his seat in the supreme power of the united states. john hendren has more from washington. it was a nail biter of an end to a congressional game of chicken on thursday the woman who initially came out ano

has not commented on the agreement andrew symonds has been monitoring the conflict in from neighboring djibouti this announcement comes from the who three rebels and it could amount to a potential breakthrough following on from the failure to get the delegation from the who it is to geneva more than a week ago they've been in the yemeni capital muscat meeting u.n. official.

symonds has been following developments from nearby djibouti life has taken a turn for mohammed al man sorry he's a bright teenager and before yemen's war he dreamed of one day being a doctor but his father died at fifteen years old mohammed has swapped his education for a motorbike he uses it as a taxi trying to support his mother and family. this is where he should be tapered been most school alongside his close friend muhammad bill well. whatever the ceremony nothing can disguise the new school year is attended by only a fraction of the number of last year. elsewhere many schools lie in ruin more taken over by armed groups. half a million yemeni children are estimated to have dropped out of school and how much friend hopes that studying will bring a better life. moment in our close friends. he left his family has eased the only man left to come to school in fair hospitals and schools not spare in this war but we cannot afford to drop out and lose years and years of our lives. as one teenager puts his efforts into learning the other works even longer hours finding passengers who can

symonds with more from judy. there are no details on casualty figures and whether or not civilians are involved but multiple reports suggest that the fighting has escalated again around the city of who data it's rebel held by the hooters and they are reliant on a supply routes between the port city and san are their capital now the report suggests that that supply route has been cut to the point a checkpoint called kilo sixteen also reports that kilo ten further towards the city has also been breached cuts by government for forces they are aided by the saudi us a e led coalition amounting strong asterix all around the area now we're hearing that the hoochie rebels have responded with a counter attack using artillery and other weaponry and that fighting has been very harsh indeed now beyond this beyond this whole issue of this route that delivers aid and arms and supplies to the rebels is the problem of how martin gryphus the u.n. special envoy can possibly get traction again for any form of peace talks or talks a

symonds is more now from neighboring djibouti. it's now becoming clearer that the fighting is escalating around the red sea port of data and hooty rebels have tried to repel the u.a.e. saudi led attacks but without success it seems armed there has been a cut in the supply line between the port and the rebel held capital sana'a now that has massive implications because say the children say millions of children's lives are at risk because of this with food supplies not getting through and other supplies medicine along with the vital supplies for the hoochie rebel fighters as this fighting goes on the attempts at getting some sort of dialogue revived by a lot of gryphus the u.n. special envoy goes on he's in the amount of capital muscat and he's been talking to a delegation of who is the delegation that was meant to go to geneva led by mohammed abdulsalam and he has said that some sort of dialogue will continue there is nothing substantive coming out of these talks publicly anyway whether or not he goes on to sign or is unclear but h

symonds has more now from neighboring djibouti. it's now becoming clearer that the fighting is escalating around the red sea port of data and hooty rebels have tried to repel the u.a.e. saudi led attacks but without success it seems there has been a cut in the supply line between the port and the rebel held capital sana'a now that has massive implications because say the children say millions of children's lives are at risk because of this with food supplies not getting through and other supplies medicine along with the vital supplies for the hoochie rebel fighters as this fighting goes on the attempts at getting some sort of dialogue revived by a lot of gryphus the u.n. special envoy goes on he's in the amount of capital muscat and he's been talking to a delegation of who is the delegation that was meant to go to geneva led by mohammed abdul salam and he has said that some sort of dialogue will continue there is nothing substantive coming out of these talks publicly anyway whether or not he goes on to sign or is unclear but he is

symonds has more on this now from djibouti. this announcement by the saudi us led coalition appears to be off the back of around a chorus if you will of protest and indignation and also really passionate appeals for something to be done about the finding and that was at the united nations general assembly now in terms of a humanitarian corridor being formed the details haven't been given but there are already exists some sort of agreement between u.n. officials and the coalition to get supplies through that having very very large difficulties in doing so because of the the roads that are getting around the main fighting which is the main route between data and sana'a it is a difficult task there are the roads are really very almost impassable in places and to that the fact that the grain mills storing so much food for the people of yemen are in active they're not being used right now because of the fighting so the question is how will the who think is engaging in an agreement how will the whole process be observed on the ground

symonds has more now from djibouti just across the red sea from yemen. martin griffis may have flown out of sonar having reach some agreements with the who three leadership but there appears now to be another hitch there was agreement with him and with other u.n. officials for what the u.n. describes as a humanitarian bridge that transport for chronically sick people to get medical treatment overseas forty five patients showed up with their documentation but they were apparently barred from flying because they had no clearance from the yemeni government they're suffering from a number of conditions including leukemia early stage tumors cervical cancer fibroid cancer and those needing bone marrow transplants and kidney transplants. i was younger i fell and that caused internal bleeding and today it turned into a tumour i need to travel to egypt or to any other country for treatment i'm told by my doctors they need a surgery i'm quite tired of all this i need to travel and be treated so i can survive in the world i'm some of them. have cancer is actually a

symonds has been following developments in yemen and reports from djibouti on the situation many young families are facing life has taken a turn for mohammed al mansour henri he's a bright teenager before yemen's war he dreamed of one day being a doctor but his father died at fifteen years old mohammed has swapped his education for a motorbike he uses it as a taxi trying to support his mother and family. this is where he should be tapered been most school alongside his close friend muhammad bill well. whatever the ceremony nothing can disguise the new school year is attended by only a fraction of the number of last year. elsewhere many schools lowing really more taken over by armed groups. half a million yemeni children are estimated to have dropped out of school and how much friend hopes that studying will bring a better life. moment in our close friends. he left his family has eased the only man left to come to school in fear hospitals and schools not spare in this war but we cannot afford to drop out and lose years and years of our lives. as one teenager puts his efforts into learni

symonds is an a book refugee camp across the red sea in djibouti where nearly two thousand yemenis a struggling to survive. they're hungry like millions of fellow yemenis they've left behind these men have just arrived in old book huddled together in some shade having being smuggled out of yemen for two hundred dollars each. it was a life and it's a war we don't want to be part of says this man explaining that he and the others feared they'd be conscripted to join who three rebel forces. this is where they'll end up with families who may have refuge but little else this man has fresh drinking water but can't afford to buy food so his family has to get by soley on emergency aid learn and get lots all are less but there was a lot we don't receive anything but enough to survive from the u.n. we don't have the instruction needed for our children the elderly even us it's a grim existence here in the sweltering thinks of such a dry arid and infertile place the natural focus though of aid agencies is across the water in yemen where by the day the situation for the people is getting more and

symonds has been following the story from neighboring. there are no details on casualty figures and whether or not civilians are involved but multiple reports suggest that the fighting has escalated again around the city of her data it's rebel held by the hooters and they are reliant on a supply route between the port city and san are their capital now the report suggests that that supply route has been cut to the point a checkpoint called kilo sixteen also reports the kilo ten further towards the city has also been breached cuts by government for the forces they are aided by the saudi us a e led coalition mounting strong asterix all around the area now we're hearing that the hoochie rebels have responded with a counter attack using artillery and other weaponry and that fighting has been very harsh indeed now beyond this beyond this whole issue of this route that delivers aid and arms and supplies to the rebels is the problem of how martin griffiths the un special envoy can possibly get traction again for any form of peace talks or talks

symonds has more now from djibouti. this announcement by the saudi u.n. he led coalition appears to be off the back of a round a chorus if you will of protest and indignation and also really passionate appeals for something to be done about the finding and that was at the united nations general assembly now in terms of a humanitarian corridor being formed the details haven't been given that they're already exist some sort of agreement between u.n. officials and the coalition to get supplies through but that having very very large difficulties in doing so because of the the roads that are getting around the main fighting which is the main route between data and sana'a it is a difficult task there are the roads are really very almost impassable in places adds to that the fact that the grain mills storing so much food for the people of yemen in active they're not being used right now because of the fighting so the question is how will the who thing is engaging in agreement how will the whole process be observed on the grou

unemployment poverty and illiteracy andrew symonds al-jazeera djibouti. russian president vladimir putin says a tragic chain of circumstances led to the downing of a russian military plane by syria with an effort to calm tensions russia's defense ministry accused israel of course and student or a challenge reports from moscow. amidst the confusion of monday night's israeli air strikes inside syria there was an unforeseen consequence. syria's air defense units trying to hit israeli f. sixteen fighter jets instead hits a russian electronic surveillance plane the ill twenty mike the one shown here fell into the mediterranean killing all fifteen russian servicemen on board. russia's defense ministry is furious blaming israel for what it is calling hostile actions because there's just been so many of them the israeli pilots were using the russian aircraft as a shield and pushed it into the line of fire of the syrian defenses as a result the aircraft which has a much more effective reflecting surface than the israeli jets was brought down by the missile defense

symonds is covering the conflict from djibouti but today there have been escalation in the offensive against the data.

andrew symonds in djibouti on the latest on the situation in yemen andrew thank you. going to sweden our people have been voting in an election that many believe could change the country's political landscape campaigning has been dominated by fears over asylum seekers and the pressure that the influx of refugees in two thousand and fifteen has had on welfare in sweden recent poll suggests this election could see a surge in support for the far right or the center left social democratic party of the prime minister stefano fron has traditionally had the biggest vote share but this time it could get its lowest numbers in almost the same tree in stark contrast support support for the far right and hema gratian anti e.u. sweden democrats has grown steadily since two thousand and ten this year under the leadership of jimmy akeson it's poised to become the country's second party it could steal some of its support from the center right moderates led by christopher sun the moderates want to form a coalition with other parties from the right called the alliance or many swedes ar

andrew symonds is reporting on the war in yemen from neighboring djibouti andrew this is such a hard hitting statistic in yemen is one of those conflicts where civilians are most bearing the brunt of the war. without any shadow laura let me just bring you up to date with the situation is deteriorating a by the hour we have now reports of more attacks overnight we have more. probable casualties in the area who data the port city the key port city because so much aid comes in through this poor food particularly and also the airport which is another major target of the u.n. a u.a.e. and saudi backed coalition there is really a crisis in the making an even bigger crisis should i say because if this area is devastated as it could be the case is already very badly damaged if the city itself a gets obliterated then along with half a million civilians more than a half a million civilians then the other upshot to this is that the bridge between the ports and the capital sana'a is going to be cuts that's an obvious military target but it's in the humanitarian disaster if that happens simply be

symonds on this one. we were looking so closely at those talks which didn't happen andrew and in the meantime tell us what's happened. well calamity effectively because this is just what margin growth is the u.n. special envoy had feared that her data which is the key ports will the hoochie rebels supply line it's also a critical lifeline for civilians in terms of the limited supplies they get from overseas and indeed medicines food so much and this is really what everyone had feared an escalation and a determination it was seen on the part of the saudi us led coalition to cut it off from the rebel capital sana'a so now what we're seeing is multiple reports of deaths and injuries and they are in their schools now some say in the dozens but this is going on for a twenty four hour period that had been fighting ahead of the geneva talks that but there was a lull so what we're seeing now is really grim if you heard anything from the un on this one given that this seems to be some sort of link between the fail

symonds is covering events in yemen from andrew. let's begin with this this offensive in the data is it fair to say that it is at its heaviest point well. it would be a fair comment because of all the multiple reports of course we don't have new neutral observers on the ground but multiple reports of fighting on a grand scale on a really bad scale there are so many airstrikes going on there were thirty five within a matter of hours on sunday morning and there has been sacked on the radio station we're told by huth is that four people died three of them security staff trying to keep order around the area and inside one member of staff now military sources on the coalition side say that there were three deaths and they were who's the fighters this is a situation where it would seem the saudi u.a.e. led coalition is targeting strategic points it would seem along killer sixteen and ground forces government forces yemeni government forces part of that coalition are attacking on the ground but there are disputes about who controls what pa

symonds has been monitoring the conflict from across the red sea in djibouti. this announcement comes from the who theory rebels and it could amount to a potential breakthrough following on from the failure to get the delegation from the who it is to geneva more than a week ago they've been in the yemeni capital muscat meeting u.n. officials including martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy now what they're saying and they've published a picture of lease ground they signing a document which they who things say amounts to a memorandum of understanding they say the hoot is that they have gotten agreement to transport a number of injured people to amman over a period of six months for treatment for serious injuries on the battlefield the syrian government says it's intercepted israeli missiles fired at the mascot's airport state t.v. ad this video claiming to show air defenses at work israel has neither confirmed nor denied the report it says it carried out more than two hundred attacks though against iranian targets in syria in the last two years in the philippin

symonds. another protest over a shattered economy much bigger than previous demonstrations this is the booty rebel held capital city of sana'a what. he may want to starve our people to death shame on them we will triumph no matter what the saudi and american enemies to the devil may be in the detail of preconditions for talking in geneva but with the hoody delegation still here the motivations of both sides seem unclear and the hopes of many people for dialogue are diminishing. in government held areas in aden and southern yemen here the aftermath of a six day of protests with shops all closed down but central to whichever side people are on isn't so much the cost of living it's the cost of survival demonstrations continue for and against the saudi a coalition backed government and different reasoning for some of the unrest there's anger shown by those joining the fighting this man says fighting for the u.a.e. earns a fraction of the money paid to those fighting for the saudis and with the cur

symonds is in neighboring djibouti with more on the situation in yemen in the space of twenty four hours it's reported that the release sixty strikes on who date or city and its surroundings and also the province as a whole reports from multiple sources suggests that there were schools of deaths exactly how many in which category is unclear but civilians were amongst them naturally there is fear right across the city right now this is the response of some farmers. eventually you're not going to we're living in fear shrouded day and night in fear squadrons of forty five warplanes are frequently have written about our hats. with fear we cannot sleep at night yesterday the far she kept shelling out the living in fear night and day the saudi coalition planes are homeless everything going to be. a shell hit my neighbor's house it destroyed the wall where my neighbor was sleeping it just missed him by few inches. now that a city has a seaport and an airport naturally there military targets if there is a checkpoint if if the lines up cut between her data and sound then that's a disaster not jus

symonds al-jazeera djibouti. on to other news more than two million people in england on province have been moved from their homes as typhoon monkhood begins to hit about fifty thousand fishing boats have also been recalled to port many people heading to the supermarkets to stock up on groceries as well as the storm passes winds up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour and to rental rain are forecast to last throughout sunday night and already at least two people have died earlier the storm pushed huge waves into hong kong and brought the city to a standstill the territory was put on the highest alert level for only the fourth time in twenty years as winds blew down cranes and shattered windows in the high rise buildings sarah clarke has our report. the eye of the typhoon hurtle towards hong kong bringing with it down force winds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour roofs were blown off and windows in some high rise buildings were blown out trees were sent flying this crime was ripped from the building and c

all right me live now to her son andrew symonds who's covering the events in yemen from neighboring g.p.c. and andrew said it seems there's a there's a hit at the very least of these since the fall of even get under way. well it would seem that way certainly i'm not saying we don't have word from the united nations yet gryphus the u.n. special envoy for so much energy in trying to get sides together in geneva has not yet responded to this suggestion that they were laid to palm some sort of agreement to actually take injured with the many delegation of gucci's to mom so it is pretty unclear at this point as to whether or not it is more than a hiccup as as you describe it certainly doesn't buy it well for what is going to be a genuine effort to try to get some confidence building to the process now where have we heard this before syria of course the long long attempt to get agreement between the warring sides in the same location geneva it is unclear on the streets in yemen particularly southern yemen there is anger anger not just directed at the politicians but also at the u.n. and the int

symonds our correspondent who is covering events in yemen from neighboring djibouti just across the red sea and andrew let's start off then with the diplomacy his having spent two days in sun our does it look hopeful then that he's able to resuscitate what was a process of talks and dialogue that was dead in the water last week. martin we have no direct line from the delegation the u.n. delegation that subpoena and is now shared jeweled to go to riyadh that's the saudi capital but certainly things are not the same as they were just more than a week ago when we saw the debacle in geneva with his not arriving one pointer to the sort of hope that exists is that should be the what's been described either with is a memorandum of understanding which would guarantee the passage safe passage all the injured people from sana to medical attention somewhere reportedly it's going to be egypt but what we're hearing is that those those people those injured are not from the battlefield as regionally thought they are actually. injured people not injured people but people with chronic conditions suc

symonds has been following this from. the fighting is escalating once again around the port city held by rebels the vital city for a supply line going from the ports to the. saudi led coalition. government troops has in fact gained a block to keep sixteen which is a major supply route between the capital and the port city not only that also kiloton which is another less important but nevertheless very i'm very very essential supply line from a around the outskirts of the city now we don't know casualty numbers we're not sure. but this is certainly a major escalation with reports suggesting that the rebels are now mounting an offensive basically a counterattack using artillery the government troops so this is getting more and more critical martin gryphus the u.n. special envoy is attempting to try to calm down the fighting to try and really get some. sort of dialogue going having failed to get the sides together in geneva he's traveling to amman and on from there he hopes and from there to riyadh but this is a desperate si

symonds has more. forces say these are civilians caught in the saudi amorality led coalition's line of fire in her data for her to say at least fifteen civilians were killed on thursday evening and twenty injured. this man asked why have these people being killed who to say this is kilo sixteen the main road link between the red sea port of her data and the capital sana'a are controlled by hutu rebels if fully verified these deaths and injuries will add ammunition to a different battle one that was waged this week in the united states congress u.s. politicians convinced by a report that blamed the coalition for unnecessary civilian deaths failed to pass a resolution to stop u.s. support for the saudis. further down the road in sabine hospital where supplies are meant to go different images burnt into the fearful thoughts of parents and would be mothers and fathers all across yemen there's no need for confirmation here the most vulnerable suffer in war in yemen it goes to extremes aid agencies warn that

symonds reports from nearby djibouti. perhaps it's a distraction from a daily struggle that attracted so many people to the first public screening of a movie in yemen since civil war broke out tickets costing two dollars or something well despite the broken economy. ten days before the wedding stands out because it's a yemeni production a love story that takes in the wall with many of its effects russia whose wedding plans nearly fell apart because of the conflict falling incomes and rising prices have a big effect feels a mamoun struggles with different issues raising a dowry for example. and. we wanted a movie to show what's going on inside the houses of the city and the whole country how families are affected by the state of the economy how the hopes of young people also collapse everyone is worried that if something simple collapses then everything will collapse with it the whole house we tried to persuade the mental state of the yemeni people. those viewing are impressed thing to me i heard that this is a beautiful m

symonds has been following the story from nearby djibouti a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. it's an airstrike by the saudi u.s. led coalition. whatever the target may have been this is the result civilians searching for missing children it isn't a rescue they find one child. i don't know where i am and. what's his guilt why is he being killed says one of the men who really are rescued the child's mother the father wasn't in his home when the bomb the girl's name is mood cedar she's carried away by one of the helpers he knows it doesn't end here. the searching continues and some moods brother no appeal is recovered and i heard all of this what everyone had dreaded two dead children. who are very proud of us are these are civilians their little kids are the only words this man can manage it happened on saturday in modern inside a province which shares a border with saudi arabia these people are internally displaced having fled the fighting. yemen's turmoil is a lethal mix of the tactics of warfare the tactics of diplomacy from negotiations that could

the losses are higher now than ever before andrew symonds al-jazeera in djibouti. in tanzania mass burials have been held for some of those who died when a ferry capsized on lake victoria the number of passengers and crew who drowned has risen to at least two hundred twenty four forty one people survived tanzania's president has ordered the arrest of those responsible. because i'm going to give my child might have been found but i have not seen her i'm waiting for this ferry to be removed so that i can see whether she is there or not but i'm feeling very bad i think god i have found my wife my child is still missing so god has every plan. the philippines has imposed a temporary ban on quarrying follows two major landslide disasters in the past week the latest one killed at least forty five villages dozens of homes were buried on the island of subdued following heavy rains and storms duggan reports villages say their warnings about a nearby stone quarry were ignored. a city weighed down by three bodies continue to pile up in mortuaries here and now go and many more

symonds with your beauty the sami handy is the editor in chief of the international interests he says diplomatic efforts to resolve yemen's war are getting more complicated as the conflict intensifies. i think the biggest issue is that when you look at the dynamics on the ground there is nothing to suggest that any of the parties are ready to sit down for peace who doesn't want to give up any of the military gains that he's made particularly the capital he wants to insist on holding the capital and holding her data because it means that any conditions that are made on the table will allow them to have a greater say or a greater stake in any future government who doesn't want to actually rule yemen who wants to be like it hezbollah of lebanon it wants to be the main political power behind the scenes the part of the arab coalition is that to go to the negotiating table now essentially means defeat because they cannot dictate the terms they've been unable to defeat the whole things militarily in key strategic points so they would have to see these particular conditions to the who fees bu

symonds al-jazeera in djibouti. now the philippines has temporarily suspended all korean operations across the country after two mining sites were hit by separate landslides within a week rescuers in the city of naga in cebu province continue to search for possible survivors off the dozens of homes were buried by a collapse mountain on thursday when forty villages remain missing but hopes of finding them alive a fading. as more now from the ground. we are at the mass we held for some of those who died in the landslide this is right behind the mayor's office in the city of not in civil province. this is the body of the lord a cop way she died at five am when the landslide struck thursday morning. her husband is still fighting for his life while some of their grandchildren remain missing to this day. these are some of the members of the family. are said. fifty year old female a boy. we've spoken to survivors and say they have been encouraging and asking the government to stop operations they were aware of the danger b

symonds duty. typhon mind could has the barreled into someone china forcing the evacuation of more than two point four million people from guangdong province it brought with it to ensure rains and winds of one hundred sixty two kilometers per hour fifty thousand fishing boats have been called call back to port earlier hong kong bore the brunt of its force in the city was effectively shut down as sarah clarke explains. the eye of the typhoon hurtle towards hong kong bringing with it gal force winds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour roofs were blown off and windows in some high rise buildings were blown out trees were sent flying this crime was ripped from a building and collapsed this is amazing never seen the like this. it's. nobody walking around roads were closed and businesses locked up hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in low lying areas with nine hundred flights were canceled interrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers most people bunkered down and study some o

but true thanks so much andrew symonds there. four hundred laser guided bombs are on their way from spain to saudi arabia after the spanish government reverse its decision to cancel the order the cancellation last week led to concerns about spanish jobs and the future of a two billion dollars contract for saudi warships the u.-turn is angering arms control activists they say the bombs will kill civilians in the saudi immorality led war on the yemen kate gould is from friends committee on national league legislation she says a stronger message needs to be sent to other nations which are still supplying arms to saudi arabia. it's truly a shameful decision we're seeing with this reversal that spain instead of sending a red light to and mass slaughter in yemen that spain is changing that to a green light to green lighting the continued indiscriminate killing of civilians and targeting of civilian areas like hospitals and schools and most recently a school bus full of yemeni children so it's truly a shameful decision and spain should

symonds reports from neighboring to p.t. . a full day of protests and reports of violence away from here at one gathering when police intervened to disperse protesters a security official says they opened fire and some demonstrators were injured this street band i was torn down and thank the united arab emirates which backs the local administration. eyewitnesses say a number of roads have been blocked by demonstrators in government controlled. since sunday demonstrations have been going on in many parts of the south people who find themselves in poverty as the economy of yemen collapses its currency is now at its lowest values ever against the dollar food prices have never been higher what the civilians make of the un's attempt to get dialogue going between the warring sides i shall be adding i don't know how the people are destroyed and the situation requires mutual agreement if we really are arabs and we really are patriotic we have to compromise and can see each other and god willing we will all succeed and the country will