A power blackout has plunged venezuelas capital of caracas into darkness. Several years of electricity cuts but for years the capital had not been directly affected. There is no word what caused this blackout. Those are the head lines. Im john siegenthaler. America tonight with joie chen is next. You can always get the latest news at aljazeera. Com. Well see you later tonight. On america tonight abused behind bars, saving taxpayers money by treating prisoners with a kind of primitive care not seen in more than a century. Theyre standing there ripping open that Little Package of sugar and filling that wound. Packages from a restaurant . Yes. How much is too much . The death of a mentally ill homeless man raises questions how much force Police Needed to stop him. And one thanksgiving, a pastor and his prayers. They want prayer but thats the last thing theyre looking for. And good evening. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We have been of course for weeks focused now on the grate Healt
Two International Human rights organizations have accused the u. S. Of violating International Law, a charge that u. S. Officials strongly deny. We have more on this story. Reporter tony this, comes just a few weeks after president obama declared publicly that americas use of drones is legal, and only targets enemies of the United States. But the reports release today charge the United States with indiscriminate killing of civilians. Reporter the drone strikes in the tribal area of pakistan. Investigators say they researched nine of 45 known drone attacks which occurred between january 2012 and august of 2013, in one strike they claim 18 laborers were reportedly killed. The most challenging situation we had to face was the complete and utter secrecy of the u. S. Authorities. Because of that we cannot be 100 certain but we are extremely concerned that these and other killings documented in our reports may constitute war crimes. Reporter expressing concern about u. S. Drone policy. More
State. It still has an uprising on its hands. Within the last few hours protesters in kiev have retaken a ground lose to Security Forces who have taken control of most of Independence Square. A truce is not holding. Theres reports of gun fire. Emergency services have been taking bodies out the camps. Foreign minister ris are due to arriving in kiev in the coming hours. Lets go back to the unrest. Barnaby phillips is on the line. Bring us up to date with developments in the past few hours. What happened, it was an hour ago, actually. It seems to me that the protesters in Independence Square had a plan, a successfully implemented plan. They launched an offensive theres no other word for it. They drove the police out of that portion of the square that they captured during the fighting of tuesday and wednesday night. There were hectic scenes as the police were driven back. Both sides accused the other, within the last hour, of using live ammunition. Having been down on the ground i did hea
Different currencies are in every day use. And from bali less and less tuna is being caught due to overfishing. Hello, ukraines opposition claims that Viktor Yanukovych left the capital. His residents, 15km from kiev is empty and unguarded. In Parliament Mps are leaving to discuss the crisis now. The opposition wants Viktor Yanukovych to resign and elections to take place in may. Protesters are still in independence square, as you can see, in kiev, despite a deal aimed at ending the crisis. Translation today president Viktor Yanukovych left the country and basically removed himself from fulfilling his duty as a president. No one knows whether he is. According to the constitution, in this case supreme counsel, hes going to make a decision to remove Viktor Yanukovych as president. We propose that Viktor Yanukovych resigns, and that will trigger early election. According to constitution, it should take place not later than 25 may. Again, i would like to remind everyone, and ask everyone t
Commander. An a leak from a nuclear plant. There has been violent confrontations between police and protesters in kiev. A truce declared earlier by the ukrainian president appears to have broken down. A number of people have been wounded. These are live pictures of Independence Square. This is at the heart of the capital. The situation, as you can see, appears to have calmed down. Earlier there were violent scenes. As police and demonstrators clash. There were reports of gunfire and Emergency Services were seen taking bodies out of the protest camps. Al Jazeera Andrew Simmons was in the square. The square is a battle zone. Protesters are highly organised. They mounted an attack in this direction, and this is from where the police took control of a large area of the square. They set fire to a bus. Both sides claim live rounds are used. Its evidence that either the police withdrew from the area or they were forced back. Now we have a situation where there are many casualties. This is a b