Countries come close to running out of snake bite antidote. U. S. President barack obama is due to announce that American Military presence in afghanistan will be extended. Its a dramatic shift in strategy. It originally aimed to withdraw most of the 9,800 strong force by the end of next year, but military leaders have been pushing for more u. S. Support especially after taliban fighters captured kunduz city for three days last month. Afghan forces have continued to fight the taliban in several areas. The u. S. Is expected to keep 5500 troops in the country when Obama Leaves Office in 2007. Jennifer glasse joins us live from kabul. Talk us through how this is going to work now, jennifer. At 9,800 u. S. Forces are going to stay through much of the rest of next year. They were supposed to start drawing down at the beginning of 2016 but will stay through the end of 2016, drawing down to 5,500 in be 2017, so thats a big change. Its the second time this year that president obama announced a
Haze spreads. Im andrew tomas in australia. A world famous landmark, and for aboriginal people, a sacred site. When tourists climb it, theyre insulted, so why are people still trekking up . We start this news hour in brussels, where european leaders are meeting for acknowledge emergency summit on the refugee crise. The e. U. Says it will deploy more than 400 Borders Guards to the western balkans to help stem the flow of refugees. This comes at three Eastern European states have threatened to shut their borders this fount coys further north stop accepting new arrivals. 690,000 people have arrived in europe so far this year. The majority have been coming in via turkey, greece and through eastern europe, but three countries there, bulgaria, romania and serbia will shut their borders if countries further north stop accepting new arrivals. Slovenia has been struggling to cope with the thousands of people coming in. Its penalty will act on his own if the e. U. Cant solve the problem. In a mi
Cornhusks are being turned into kilowatts of electricity, which are going to the National Power grid. We begin this news our in china, where the government has abolished its decades old one child policy. The government has said all couples will be allowed to have two children. China is calling it a proactive response to the countrys aging population. Lets have a look at the impact of chinas onechild policy. In 15 years, china will have the oldest population on the plan net with more than 400 Million People over the age of 60, burdening health care and social services. The government fears the economy will struggle to maintain growth, especially since chinas working age population is drastically shrinking. The United Nations projects it will lose 67 million workers over the next decade. After altering birth rates, china has create a gender gap with more men than women. Chain he in as Health Ministry believes the onechild policy has led to 336 million abortions and nearly 200 million ste
Christina fernandez dekirchner comes to an end. Ahead of the second Rugby World Cup final, argentina aiming for their first ever final in their way to champions australia. The e. U. Says it wants to deploy 14 power hundred Border Guards to the western balkans to help tackle the refugee crisis. E. U. Leaders are meeting in brussels for an emergency summit. 690,000 people have arrived in europe so far this year, the majority have been coming via turkey, greece and through eastern europe, but three countries, bulgar are a, romania and serbia will shut their borders if countries further north stop accepting new rastles. Slovenia has been struggling to cope with the thousands coming there. His president said he would act on his own if the e. U. Cant sox the problem with that in a moment, well update the situation at the sloveniacroatia border, but first, lets go to david, whose in brussels. David, the idea of 400 or so European Union Border Guards being sent to the western balkans is just p
Covered by toxic smoke frock forest fires. Im in australia at a word famous landmark and for aboriginal people, a sacred site. When tourists climb is, theyre insulted, so why are people still trekking up. Right now and probably later into the night, leaders from across europe are meeting to try to work out what they hope will be a unified response to the refugee crise. Almost 700,000 people arrived in europe so far this year, many of them through syria. The pressures been on for sometime now to find a lasting solution before winter. This summit in brussels brings together leaders from these countries, which are on the front line of the crisis. So far, these nation from germany down to southern greece have failed to come up with any kind of common agreement on what to do. Here at al jazeera, weve seen a draft statement, which includes measures such as not allowing nations to simply waive refugees through unless the country to say which theyre heading actually agrees. This draft statemen