And trying to make a difference in war torn iraq by bringing the symphony to the people. Hello, we begin in yemen where the u. N. Mediator jamal ben omar, says that the rival factions have agreed on a transitional peoples group. After the houthis officially seized power earlier this month. That happened on february the 4th. Well have more on the story out of yemen in just a few minutes right here on al jazeera. Meanwhile, well move on to other news. U. S. Military commanders are preparing to retake the city of mosul from i. S. I. L. That operation involving 25,000 troops is being planned to start in april or may. I. S. I. L. Captured second largest city in june. Pent gone has described mosul as a pivotal town to capture. The big question, are they ready . Since last september, u. S. Military advisors have been working with the Iraqi Military to try oexpand their capacity and to basically make them willing to stay in the fight. The targeting of mosul which is currently being controlled
Aimed at stopping violent extremive. Covering up crime for a price. The massive scale of rogue reporting in cambodia. Im in buenos aires where people are braving the rain to demand justice one month after the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nusman. We start the news hour with me reemphasizing that there are actually two governments in libya. The u. N. Recognized government has asked the u. N. Security council to lift a weapons embargo so that it can fight isil and other armed groups. Diplomats from egypt and libya spoke to the u. N. During the emergency session with proposals to stop the descent further into can i i dont say. It is arms embargo was imposed by the u. N. In 2011 to protect civilians, that was of the intention at least from libyas former leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Linea asking for international help, egyptrting that request and wants a black code to stop shipment from reaching fighters. Appearing cautious, given the chaos in libya about arm that go company, our diplo
Expression. Out on bail, al jazeera journalist Baher Mohammed and Mohamed Fahmy are now with their families. A shia mosque has been attacked in the pakistani city, at least 19 people have been killed. This is the second serious attack on a mosque in two weeks. They clothes the busiest time of the week, friday prayers. A small group of men wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshipers, even throwing grenades. One blew himself up, killing the most number of people. Another attacker was held down by some of the worshipers until he was shot by officers. According to a local police chief, this was a courageous decision that prevented many for deaths. The people were caught in the middle of a long running Violent Campaign by the pakistani taliban. It wants to him pose a strict version of islamic law and wants more control and said this is revenge for the killing of one of its men in december. The taliban has chosen to target shia muslims a Minority Community in pakistan.
City of cert and parading in the streets. When we throw something your way we are contributing to starvation in the world. Reporter the Online Program that is making sure that left overs dont go to waste. Good evening and welcome toll the International Hour of Al Jazeera America im stephanie sy. About to expand assault on Eastern Ukraine a day after troops withdraw completely from the key railroad hub mortar fire could be heard by maripol. Separatist fores forces bringing up reserves and opening a new front and maripol is the largest remaining governmentcontrolled city in the east. Fear of expansion does not end there Britain Defense secretary warned there is a real and present danger russia is trying to destabilize the baltic countries and former states astonia and lithuania could be with troopers. Bombers off the coast and not in uk air space and the jets were reportedly close to the air space on wednesday and escorted out of the region without incident. With the separatists challeng
Im very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the same of freedom of expression. Reporter out on bail and al jazeera journalist mohamed and fahmy are now at home with their families. But first shia mosque attacked in the town of peshawar and 19 people are dead and we will go live to our correspondent in pakistan later in the program but in the meantime another story is in nigeria where boko haram fighters have launched an attack in chad from their stronghold in nigeria, several people have died in the attack and chad is part of a five Nation Coalition force that has been created in order to fight boko haram. Lets talk now to evon and correspondents who is in the nigerian capitol abuja and bring us up to date and tell us the detail of this attack. Well what we know is this attack happened in the very early hours of friday morning in this border town called nanboya on the shores of lake chad and borders the nigerian border and according to an unnamed security official and co