In south korea rescue efforts continuing off the coast where the ferry capsized. The ship toppled with lots of students on board on its way to a resort island. Helicopters rushing to the scene plucking people from the water. Passengers saying they heard a loud bang and then the ships started to sink. Confirming four people dead and hundreds still missing. Al jazeeras Harry Fawcett has the latest. Reporter terror for the passengers as the ferry lunchedd further on its side. Survivors were plucked from the rolling ship and from the water. As they come ashort the government response sister said 368 people were saved and 107 missing. Reporter i held a hand rail to try to get to the helicopter. Water came up to my neck. Then for the parents who waved their children off on a school trip and they were at one stage being told that they were all being rescued. A terrible revision. Officials miscalculated. 300 passages were missing. Reporter the announcement told us we should stay still but the
Russian activists ignore a deal dealing a blow to u. S. Efforts for peace. Priests who pred the word of god through rock and roll. Good morning to you and welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am Morgan Radford live in new york city. The captain of the capsized ferry is behind bars this morning. And south korea ian Police Arrested lee jun sook and two crew members. He is charged with negligence and violating seamans law this as divers say they found three bodies in the third deck of the ferry but they werent able to remove them. Rescuers are using heavy cranes to find hundreds trapped inside. Harry fawsett has been following the story reporter more desperate efforts asdive teams continued to battle strong currents and Poor Visibility in and around the sunken ferry. Authorities said bodies had been seen on board. Reporter a diver discovered bodies on the fourth floor. The diver came out of the water due to a time limit and floating objects. Relatives were shown footage of the overnight dives
For refusing to renounce their faith. A century old fishing tradition in bangladesh may soon become a sport of the past. Koz first, there doesnt seem to be an end to the fighting across parts of northern iraq. The u. S. Is helping the Iraqi Government and kurdish fighters drive out the Islamic State group. Its taken over large areas in the north of the country forcing civilians out of their homes. The group wants to establish an Islamic State in the region. The latest round of u. S. Bombing has hit targets near mosul and areas in the sinjar mountains. Reports suggest 15 Islamic State fighters have been killed in the latest attacks, the heaviest airstrikes since the u. S. Started thcampaign last week. Refugees continues to shelter in the sinjar mountains to try to esc ate the Islamic State fighters. Many ethnic minorities have been targeted by the intolerant group. Hundreds have cross into turkey. Others are sheltering in in crowded camps near the border. Is blamic state groups control
Away from suspense to reallife horror. Hello. A court in pakistan gave the Police Another week to produce an antidrone activist kidnapped from his home in pakistan. His son and brother was killed in a drone attack in 2009. He brought a case in the Pakistani Court calling for members of the u. S. Central intelligence agency, the c. I. A. , to be prosecuted for the killings. He was due to give evidence before the parliament. His families said he was abducted by men in Police Uniforms last wednesday. Even though his family and neighbour and lawyer continue to insist that 20 policeman armed and travelling in official vehicles, that the police denied they had arrested him and his family filed a petition in the court, asking about what had happened to karim kahn. Now, the court arrived the police to produce karim carnaby 12th of february. The police deny that they have taken him into custody. The court asked for him to be produced by 20 february, whether he is with the police or the intellig
Carrying dozens of military officers in yemen. The attack comes just two days after yemens president vows to fight terrorism. Only hours ago former egyptian president mubarak appeared in court in a cage. Hes facing a number of criminal charges stemming from the 2011 uprising in egypt. The ousted leader was released from prison thursday to be held under house arrest at a military hospital. Mubarak is charged in connection to the deaths of several protesters during the arab spring. Three leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood faced similar unrelated charges but they did not appear in court. Jonathan is in cairo and joins us with the details. Well, mor morgan, theyre similar charges but both groups from different sides of the political spectrum here in egypt. Mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood him and his deputies entrepreneur trial or had the trial begin today. Theyre charged with inciting violence in june causing the deaths of dozens of protesters. They did not app