Started walking to austria. Proclaiming innocence, guatemalas former president tells a judge he has nothing to do with the prescribary scandal that forced him to resign yesterday. And attacking sharks . Controversy over what to do with a growing population of great whites off australias shores. Good evening im antonio mora. This is al jazeera america. We begin with saudi arabias new king making a long awaited visit to the white house. King salman met with president obama today after skipping the summit of gulf nations in may, after what many interpreted as a snub over the Iranian Nuclear negotiations. Still concerned about the lifting of sanctions, king salman expressed his agreement with the agreement. Document. This is highly unusual, the u. S. President actually met king salman at the front door. The sizable protest both for and against the saudi king had long been cleared from the front of the white house. In the oval office, the leaders made sure to stress their long standing alli
Washington, d. C. Dozens of refugees have arrived at the croatian border in search i a po a potential now route in to western europe. On tuesday hungary impressed strict new border controls and erected a fence to control the flow of Asylum Seekers forcing refugees stranded in serbia to find other routes in to the european union. German chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for an emergency e. U. Meet on this refugees crisis but europe remains divide odd the issue you, austria is the latest country to introduce restrictions a long the border with hungary. Following germany which already brought in border controls on its eastern frontier, slovakia started pot checks at its crossings with hundred gar and i austria filing it can be a new transit point. And hunry shut the main land route for refugees in to the e. U. And finished building a fence along the board we are serbia and declared a state of emergency there. Protests are continuing at the border which has effectively been shut for all
Lets look at live pictures now of pope francis at st. Patricks cathedral in new york city. The pope will lead an Evening Prayer Service there and give remarks in spanish. We will continue to monitor the service and bring you complete coverage rear view the popes historic visit in just a moment. But first, taj is a struck on the one of the holiest days in is lament. Over 700 people crushed to death in saudi arabia in a stampede during the annual hajj. Hundreds more were injured. Saudi Arabias King Salman has promised a swift investigation in to one of the deadliest accidents during the hajj in two decades. Omar al saleh reports now from mean a. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks, saudi Authorities Say a sudden surge among the huge crowd of pilgrims led to a deadly stampede. Hundreds of people died, many more were injured. Translator we were coming back and on the way back i met my husband, the pilgrims began pushing each other and pushed people to the ground. I was about to die. Rep
Second mass and the roots of the Catholic Church there. This is al jazeera america, live from new york city im richelle carey. Calls today for a president ial candidate ben carson to drop out of the race over his comments about muslims. The republican was promising to meet with muslim groups after he said this weekend that he would not support a Muslim American as president. I advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation . I absolutely would not agree with that. A short time ago the council for American Islamic relations a group carson wanted to meet said its time for him to end his campaign. Mr. Ben carson is wrong today to assume and say that american muslim cannot be president of the United States. His views are inconsistent with the United States constitution. For that we really urge politicians, the general public, community leaders, president ial candidates, to repudiate his views and we ask mr. Ben carson to withdraw from the president ial race because hes unfit to lea
Spreads to europe. Well, we begin with breaking news. Within the last hour the leader of a coup in the Central African country burkina faso has apologized and said he will turn over power to a transitional government. Ample marched on the capital ouagadougo to remove the coup leader and resume the president ial guard. Handing over power to legitimate authorities or the face the consequences. Nicholas hak joins me on the phone from ouagadougo. The coup leader is giving up, what sign is this going to happen in the capital where you are . The president ial guards have cleared the streets, nowhere to be found, returned to their barracks. Really this apology comes a day. The meeting in abuja where there was an greamed that the general said he would agree but none of the Civil Society wanted any of it. He was warned by the chief of staff of the military that if he continued to hold on power, if his men continued to shoot on civilians that he would take action and he did so today. Reporter ni