Runner. This is worse than anything we have been through. Rising fears along with the flood waters in texas, and wet weather threatens to drench at least four states today. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im Richelle Carey. There has been a break through in the talks to curtail the refugee crisis. Turkey has accepted its proposal to take back refugees who cross into e. U. Shores. And in return turkey will receive financial and political concessions. The deal is now awaiting final approval from turkeys Prime Minister. Neave barker has the latest. Reporter the meetings of course continuing behind closed doors, but more confirmation as you mentioned from the czech Prime Minister and the finish Prime Minister that the e. U. 28 heads of state have endorsed this new deal between turkey and the e. U. What we wait for now is for the turkish Prime Minister to give his seal of approval, but we already gather that turkey has accepted this deal after three rounds of bilateral a
Welcome to your world this morning. U. S. Officials confirming that at least two americans were killed in the attacks in brussels and there are no specifics on where they died and right now the manhunt is still on going for this man and one other unidentified person believed to have been involved in the bombings. And secretary of state john kerry is in belgium in a show of solidarity and holding Counter Terrorism talks with eu authorities and secretary kerry expressed condolence for the at least 31 people killed. We will not be intimated. We will not be deterred. And we will come back with greater resolve, with greater strength and we will not rest until we have eliminated your neolistic beliefs and cowardess from the face of this earth. Ahead of kerrys visit belgium security alert level was lowered a notch from the highest level saying threat of attack is less imminent but looking for more suspects in connection to attacks. At least 7 people arrested in a series of rates overnight and
Cat loin i cant has a record turn out on a vote that could head them to independence. Leading uruguay 64 points to three in rugby. Hello, russias president warned has any attempts to overthrow the legitimate government in syria could lead to a failed state like iraq or libya. Vladimir putins comments come as World Leaders gather in new york for the general assembly. Speaking on u. S. Network cbs, Vladimir Putin said syrians and only syrians could decide the fate of their country. Theres no other solution to the Syrian Crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism. But at the same time, urging them to engage in positive dialogue with a rational opposition and conduct reform. As you know, some of the Coalition Partners want to see president assad go first before they will support. Id like to recommend to them the following. They should send this message to the Syrian People. Its only the Syrian People who are entitled to decid
Europe. Clinton versus clinton, an in depth look at Hillary Clintons policies versus president clintons policies. We begin with brake being biking news off the west coast of canada. A fran th frantic rescue missioa whale watching boat sinks. Four people are confirmed dead, ten others pulled out of the water and they are getting medical treatment. But there were 27 passengers on the ship. Melissa kai joins us now by phone in victoria, British Columbia. What can you tell us about what happened . Was there rough weather . Any idea what caused the ship to tip over . At the moment, the cause of the sinking is still under investigation. But what i can tell you is that at about 5 00 p. M, local pacific time at about eight nautical miles northwest of tofino, the loviathan ii did sink with 27 persons on board. Is this a normal route as far as you know for this particular whale watching ship . As i dont work for company i cant fest speak to the routes but whale watching was a very popular pastim
This morning u. S. Air strikes are pounding the iraqi town of sinjar. They are there helping Kurdish Forces in their battle to retake the key northern iraqi city from i. S. I. L. Good morning, welcome to your world, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. More than 7,000 peshmerga fighters are closing in on sinjar on three fronts. Sinjar is important. Sitting on highway 47. A key resupply route for i. S. I. S. Force. By seizing sinjar, we believe it will restrict the supply route. We go to jamie mcintyre, National Security correspondent. What are you hearing from kurdish fighters. We are hearing from Kurdish Forces that the offensive will take days. What they are doing at the moment is moving towards towns and villages on the outskirts of sinjar, they are taking those and are going to use it so go into sinjar. Some suggest theyll be within sinjar, and there may be a penalty of a week of strikes. They have been planning this operation for a long title. I. S. I. L. Knew they were coming and met