Eastern gouda which has been under siege since two thousand and six two thousand and thirteen that is local observers believe the attacks are a prelude to a major offensive and a host of reports from beirut and neighboring lebanon. Rockets missiles air strikes activists fear the renewed bombardment of the besieged opposition area of eastern could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. It seems russian broke at the gauche ations to bring about a gravel surrender they have so far failed ending a week of relative calm yet again civilians where the victims since the end of december a stepped up military campaign killed more than four hundred people at least one hundred of them were children the fear now is that the numbers will only rise if a wide scale attack begins. The Syrian Government and its allies are sending military reinforcements to the edges of the rebel enclave just outside the capital damascus program of the media are promising victory and what they say will be
Todays big sports stories the wimbledon tennis update. The man who helped expose fifa corruption is banned himself chuck placer. Israel said two of its citizens are held by hamas in gaza. One of the missing men disappeared last year. The details are only coming out now because an israeli judge lifted a gag order. This is what we know. He is believed to have crossed the border fence into the gaza strip in september of last year. He is described as being of ethiopian descent. This is coming from the israeli minster of defense. Accord dog israeli sources, he is held against his will by hamas. Hamas says it doesnt know anything about it. A second missing citizen is arab. That is all it is saying, because that case is still under a legal gag order. We are in gaza and will go there shortly. First to paul brennan where the family of the man lives. What is the latest were hearing from his family . They had a press conference. Well, yeah. Im here basically five miles from the border with gaza i
Chaising bail only on Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America, weekday mornings. Catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. Get a first hand look with indepth reports and investigations. Start weekday mornings with Al Jazeera America. Open your eyes to a world in motion. Welcome back, a recap of the top stores here on al jazerra. Votes are being counted in a burundis president lex, the president is seek a third term even though the stop since says it goes against the constitution the the United States says a senior al qaeda member has been called in an air trying in syria. He was a key figure in a syrianbased al qaeda off shoot the u. S. Says an eight ship has arrived in aden. Since saudiled airstrikes began three months ago carrying threetons of surprise, enough to feed 180 for you people for a month. More on the stop stories. The elections in burundi. Almost half are now in rwanda of the people that fled. Catherine soi send this report. Reporter she came from the ca
Secretary Ashton Carter holds talks in saudi arabia. And find out why a fisherman in east africa are damaging the waters for an asian appetite. Leading opposition figure in burundi is calling for a unity government following tuesdays controversial president ial election. The vote was boycotted by some of the opposition because they say the incumbent president shouldnt be running for a third term eu and others said they would dismiss the poll and before it started a civilian and a policeman were killed in the capitol. So why is this election so contentious . Well, on april the 25th president Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid to run defying the twoterm limit in the constitution. The following day thousands demonstrated in the capitol and that was the start of months of often violent protests and police crack downs. In may the Constitutional Court cleared cleared Pierre Nkurunziza to run a third term and protests and a coup that failed and people died in the violence of 160,000 people s
Person for this particular job. How does someone from glendale california come and fit in . Lori jane gliha is in ferguson with a question, will a new face bring real change on the streets . Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. Could a change in face signal the start of a bigger turn around for the flash point of americas reignited conversation about race . Just days ahead of the anniversary of mike browns death and months after federal investigators found clear evidence of Racial Disparity in its brand of justice the Ferguson Missouri Police department named a new chief for the moment at least. America tonights Lori Jane Gliha has reported from ferguson a half a dozen times in the past tumultuous year. She reports on the changing of the guard. I believe im the right person for job. First day on the job and Andre Anderson is already facing the cameras and plenty of questions. Can you talk about your reaction from glen day arizona from last august 9th what you thought here . Right now i