The monumental ruins of an ancient city at risk of destruction, isil fighters have entered palmyra in syria. Ramadi, the capitol of iraq and palmyra in syria. Carolyn malone reports. Reporter this appears to be the final stages of fighting for a city at the heart of syria. [ explosion ] reporter isil fighters push Syrian Government forces out of palmyra. They are now in control of the citys infrastructure including the National Hospital and Security Headquarters and of course thousands of people. Translator there are about 140,000 people here, including some displaited from homs. People are afraid. Theres no water. We can only use local wells, and theres no power most of the time. Reporter it is surrounded by gas field, and has a political prisoner prison. The human cost in terms of the refugees has been huge but the cultural loss has been incall cuable. Reporter it is 20,000 years old and has priceless artifacts. Some were bundled up and taken out of the city but much of the sites rem
Drawbridge, it is one that properly controls immigration. And a state of emergency in california has almost half a million liters of oil spill from a pipeline. Well be live in Santa Barbara, and the cleanup begins. The momentum of fighters of Islamic State of iraq and the levant appears to have accelerated as they take control of palmyra in syria. Reporter this appears to be the final stages of fighting for a city at the heart of syria. [ explosion ] reporter isil fighters push Syrian Government forces out of palmar palmar palmar palmyra. They are now in control of the city and of course thousands of people. Translator there are about 140,000 people here including some displaced from homs. People are afraid. Theres no water. We can only use local wells. And there is no power most of the time. Reporter palmyra is surrounded by gas fields and is home to a prison where the Assad Government houses prisoners. Reporter the human cost in terms of the refugees and death has been huge but the c
A strong country is one that properly controlled immigration. Almost half a milliliters of oil spill from a ruptures pipeline. Hello. Far from slowing down, the momentum of fighters appears to have accelerated. They have taken the ancient city in syria. It is a site, and is one of the most significant archaeological location ms. The world. And as al jazeera reports there are now fears that it can be destroyed. This appears to be the final stages of fighting for a city at the heart of syria. Isil fighters push the Government Forces out of pal mire rah. They are now in control of the infrastructure including the National Hospital and security head quarters. And of course thousands of people. There are about 140,000 people here. Including some displaced from homes. People are afraid, there is no water. We can only use local wells and there is no power most of the time. It is surrounded by gas fields theres also a military airport. The culture loss has been incalcuble. It has roman arab, s
From europe, including ukraines Prime Minister with those talks the demonstrations continue. And from the ballet to being behind bars, the dancer jailed for an acid attack. French scientists have found more than ten times the level in his chest bone, but say he wasnt poisoned. Al jazeera has been briefed on their study into samples taken from arafats exhumed body, and they conclude he died from a hemorrhage in his brain. Clayton swisher has the latest from pace. Here in paris, nearly a year after Yasir Arafats body was resumed, they have made available to mrs. Arafat and the legal team, the results of their own report into the skeleton remains. Ard cooing to the report, people who have seen it, the french are saying that arafat had brain hemorrhage and digestive infection that caused his death, they say that they are not able to affirm that chromium called his death. That of course, is at odds with what swiss scientists said where they reported finding 18 to 36 times the normal backgro
Parliament. The dancer who wanted more time on stage. Stopping the slaughter, can africas elephant population be protected from poachers . Police in thailand have been ordered to stand down and allow protesters on to Government Property and its the tenth day of demonstrations in bangkok and they want the government to resign. What is it they want exactly . The movement wants an unelected Peoples Council set up to form a new government and feel the current Prime Minister is corrupt and does the billing of their bother taxing and they won an election two years ago and still hold a majority in parliament. The police meanwhile say they are in control of the situation despite standing down early on tuesday. The demonstration of peace an order we will inform that in order to reduce the tension and protest and the police, the center for peace an order has opened barriers to let protesters come in the area of the Government House. We are in the process of asian with police and Police Maintain