And Justin Trudeau is sworn in as canadas youngs minister. Well have the days sport. Plus. The former head of world athletics is being investigated on corruption charges. Suspending all flights over egypt until further investigations are completed. The airbus was carrying holiday makers to st. Petersburg when it came down. 224 passengers died. Since saturdays seven teams have been scouring the site where flight 9268 came down, and where 224 people were killed. There is a disk task with debris strewn across a wide area of the desert. There are constantly reminders that this is a plane full of tourists coming back from holiday. It is thought to have broken up in midair. A group affiliated with isil claimed to have brought down the plan. Prove that we did not bring it down. The Egyptian Government denied that. But the u. K. Government said that the aircraft may have been brought down by an explosive device. It is now sending a team of aviation experts to assess the situation and help brit
This is techknow. A show about innovations that can change lives. The science of fighting a wildfire. Were going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but were doing it in a unique way. This is a show about science. Oh oh my god by scientists. Tonight, techknow investigates oil in the arctic. Hey guys welcome to techknow were here with Cara Santa Maria and marita davison, because were talking about drilling for oil in the arctic. Now i got to spend twelve days aboard an arctic ice breaker the Us Coast Guard cutter healy. Let me just say, it was complicated. And phil, both weather and Climate Change are huge parts of the story because the sea ice in the arctic is receding. And i actually got to see that sea ice receding in action, and the scientists up there that were monitoring this are overwhelmed by the speed that this is actually happening. Well it seems that the more the ice recedes, the easier it would be to drill right . Yeah but what happens is actually different
To win or lose when leaders of taiwan and china pleat for the first time in six decades. The possible consequences for u. S. Forced out, romanias Prime Minister and his entire cabinet resign. Alast weeks Night Club Fire point to deep corruption. 20 years ago today, the death of itzaak rabak rabin affe Peace Process. Good evening im antonio mora. After u. S. Intelligence pointed to a bomb causing saturdays metro jet crash, hundreds of british tourists are stranded in Sharm El Sheikh after airlines suspended service to the region. Also, significant possibility the crash was caused by a bomb. Russian officials arent going that far but they are looking into the possibility of an object on board caused the crash. Lisa stark has more. Antonio, so the question tonight, was a bomb smuggled on board this plane at the Sharm El Sheikh airport . According to the associated prets onpress one piece of evide points to that that a rebel group in the sinai associated with i. S. I. L. May have planted a
His fathers footsteps as he is sworn in as Prime Minister. Well have all the days sport including world athletic investigated encryption charges. We begin this news hour here in the u. K. Where the governments have in the past hour announced that it suspended flights on egypts sinai region after suggesting saturdays plane crash there was caused by a bomb. The russianrun airbus a 321 was carrying holiday makers flying home to st. Petersburg when it came down killing everyone on board. Lets go to neave barker. What have we been hearing from downing street on this . Well, downing street made public in the last few hours, a key decision to stop all flights from the tourist hub on the red sea to the united kingdom. They say this mr. Provide vital time for Security Officials to travel to the area to assess any potential security risks. They say that those Security Officials should report back by the end of the evening. The government essentially saying that new information has come to light
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. U. S. Officials now weighing in on the crash of that russian passenger plane over the skies of egypt. Speaking in washington this morning at a defense conference James Clapper of the director of National Intelligence saying there is nothing yet to show that it was intentionally brought down. Although theyre not ruling it out. Well, we dont have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement yet, but we really dont know, and i think once the black box has been analyzed and recovered and perhaps well know more. Comments coming after the airline itself metro jet said the only explanation for the crash is external impact. Theyre ruling out technical issues or pilot error. I can tell you with absolute confidence those repairs from a few years ago have nothing to do with what happened to this plane. All 224 passengers and crew on board the plane died including children and newlyweds. Peter sharp is in st. Petersburg, russia,