Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with the dramatic rescue operation going on right now off south korea for nearly 300 people still missing after a ship sank, at least four people known dead. Helicopter and boat crews have been on the scene plucking passengers from the fridge it waters. Most of the people on board that ferry were High School Students. Wen rescued student said he heard a loud thud and then the ship started to list. He said everyone was ordered to put on life jackets and jump into the water. Another student says hes afraid many of his classmates may still be trapped on board that sinking ship tr ship. Translator some of the students were not able to escape. The ferry started to list, so we asked if we shoulders scape now. The announcement kept telling us to stay still. Im so worried about the other students in our rooms. The ferry left from the port city of incheon and was headed for the resort city of jeju before going down in the yello
Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the search for flight 370 in jeopardy. The bluefin hunt agent this instant after two attempts were cut short. The bluefin, which is supposed to stay in the water for 20 hours a dive was raised after only 11 hours this morning. Official says a piece of the bluefins equipment was low on oil. How can that happen . Also, major delays. Its been three days since we heard about an oil slick in the search zone. Only now is a oil finally arriving at a lab in Western Australia for testing. Michael, the air search just resuming at this hour where you are. But obviously more than 40 days in now. No debris proven to be from the plane. When are we expecting the next update from the bluefin . Yeah, were expecting an update any hour, really. Its normally in this hour, in fact, erin, that we get the update from the search headquarters. As or to the bluefin itself, well probably hear than once it is up and they start downloading the data. This i
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Yemen’s Al Qaeda regenerates amid battle for the north
Mar 17,2021 - Last updated at Mar 17,2021
Forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed government sit in the back of a pick-up truck as they deploy during clashes with Houthi rebel fighters west of the country’s third-city of Taez on Tuesday (AFP photo)
By Fawaz Al Haidari
Agence France-Presse
ABU DHABI Years of setbacks have weakened the once mighty Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda, but the militants are seizing the opportunity to regenerate while the government and Houthi rebels are locked in a fight to the death in the north.
Government security officials and tribal leaders told AFP that the fierce battle for Marib, which has raged for the past month, is creating a security vacuum that is being exploited by the extremists.
officials as the al qaeda figure most determined to attack the u.s. it was under al wuhayshi that al qaeda tried to bring down a series of aircraft with bombs hidden in shoes, underwear, even printer cartridges. they all failed to detonate. but what scared authorities was that each of the devices was able to get past what the u.s. thought was state-of-the-art airport security. it s a significant development that he s dead. this is a blow to the al qaeda movement overall. reporter: al wuhayshi, who rose from osama bin laden s top aide to number two in al qaeda worldwide, was last seen in this 2014 video from yemen, rallying his fighters in a large, open-air meeting, as if to defy the cia predator drones that flew overhead. and now there is word that the cia drones targeted a second al qaeda leader this one in libya. the leader of the al qaeda group there that took over an oil refinery and killed dozens of hostages, including three americans.