Do not come to europe. The plight of thousands stranded on the greasemacedonian border is desperate. New hope. The number of People Killed in syria dropped sharply since the start of a truce on saturday. And church sex scandal. Humility. Begging forgiveness from us. Doing everything they can to restore the lives of all the victims out there. A vatican official turning a blind eye meets some of the victims. Im antonio mora, this is al jazeeras International News hour. We begin with the u. S. President ial race because of its impact around the world. Today donald trump faced new opposition from the last president ial nominee for the republicans, mitt romney came out swing of course, calling trump a phoney and a fraud. Trump fired back labelling mitt romney a loser and a choker. He has taken fire from saul side, before taking the stage from the debate, including a letter from Top Republican world, accusing the front runner of having an unprincipled world view. Al jazeeras Patty Culhane re
Freddie gray case. The Maryland Court of appeals has ordered Baltimore City Police Officer William Porter to testify against his fellow officers. Both of the officers are facing manslaughter and Assault Charges in grays death. Porters attorney have argued he cant testify while his case is pending. Voting underway in michigan right now. State officials are saying they expect a record turnout for todays primary. As many as 2 Million People could vote there. Michigan one of four contests today which also includes a primary in mississippi and republicanonly contest in idaho and hawaii, but mymy has the most delegates. The water crisis in flint, the state economic crisis, and failing schools all on the minds of voters there. Bisi onileere it looks like a lot of people are going to be voting today. What are you seeing and hearing now . Reporter hi, del, yeah, the polls have been opened for a couple of hours. And election organizers are telling me they are expecting a record turnout. Many vot
Conservationists are trying to save a special tree from extinction. Hello there, a warm welcome to the program. Well, talks in geneva aimed at ending the conflict in syria. They also said they would like to see president ial elections within 18 months. Who is at the geneva talks . The Foreign Ministers say that the syria sir post for the syrian president is not up for discussion. They do not want Bashar Alassad to be part of it. Russia wants ethnic kurds to be part of the talks, but they have not been invited either. Anand alqaidaaffiliated al nusra also has not been invited to the talks. I dont know whether anyone else has a plan b, im only aware of a plan a, which is giving the maximum chances with the maximum pressure by International Community in order to insure that this type of talks and the cessation of hostilities and the humanitarian task force is given the maximum opportunity. The alternative to that to my knowledge would be regretbly returning to where we were, which was bas
Floridas delegate rich primary on tuesday. One of rubios biggest obstacles is donald trump. His popularity continues the grow, despite divisive comments. Appealing to racists. Coming up, the trump effect, topic of the week ahead. Plus a Million Dollar prize, for being one of the worlds best educators, a palestinian teacher teaches peace to students on the west bank. Suicide bombers in a car brought death and destruction to the capital of turkey today. At least 34 people were killed, 125 more wounded, when a bomb exploded in a crowded bus station in ankara. Al jazeeras Mohammed Jamjoom is in the turkish capital with the story. The second car bomb to hit the heart of turkeys capital in less than a month. The bomb hit a densely populated transport hub, the aftermath was chaotic. Translator there was a woman sitting behind me, her seat just blu bleu away. Five died on the bus, the neck was completely severed. Something pierced and i have something in my arm. Reporter the government says th
Government launches new air strikes on kurdish targetse tarn northern iraq. Hi alert, new video emerges of sundays deadly hotel attack. And best teacher. A palestinian ex refugee wins global award for her work with students traumatized by violence. Good evening im antonio mora, we begin Al Jazeera America International News hour by a surprise decision by russia, on the fifth anniversary of the war in syria. Russian president Vladimir Putin announced this morning he is withdrawing most of russias troops. Gathering in geneva for a new round of talks to end the conflict, its unclear how many Russian Troops will remain in syria, it is unclear if russia will continue to conduct air strikes against terrorists, putin says he hopes the pullout is a step towards peace. Translator i hope this will significantly increase the level of trust of all participants in the political process in syria, and will help solve the syrian conflict peacefully. The u. S. Has adopted a waitandsee approach to the a