Strikes the heart of yemens capital. Children are amongst the dead. But on the south, an Army Check Point has alis also attacked. Chinese students may be topping many of the worlds rankings, but is all that focus on cramming and exams destroying their creativity . Plus on the program, aaron is here looking at tackling Mental Health problems in the workplace. It affects 350 million workers around the world, but dealing with depression has largely been taboo in the business world, despite costing european businesses some 150 billion a year. So yes, weve got a special report looking at what could be done to tackle whats considered a huge global problem. Its 12 noon here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 2 00 in the afternoon in kobane in syria, where the battle between the syrian kurds who live there and Islamic State militants rages on. The kurds tried desperately to defend their town, politicians and diplomats are trying to find a solution of their own. Natos secretarygeneral has
The most remote regions. So israelis are voting in what looks to be the most closely fought election in years. Analysts predicting one of the highest turnouts since 1999 with 80 of israelis expected to vote. At stake where the next Prime Minister will be Benjamin Netenyahu or isaac herzog. Reporter it is close to 80 of the 6 million eligible voters will cast their ballot by the even. Among the voters is Benjamin Netenyahu whos party has been slipping behind in the most recent polls. And in recent days netenyahu himself has reached out to the right, catching support for settlements in occupied territory, and recanting what was always a grudging commitment to a palestinian state. But it appears this was not enough to close toe gap on the Zionist Union, which polls indicate could emerge as the dominant Political Movement when the votes are counted. No Single Movement will get near the seats needed to command a majority in the parliament. And there are likely to be weeks of Coalition Talks
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
Sentencing. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is having talks with leaders of the kurdish region and we will be there live. Ill have the latest world cup news including. Brazils fans celebrated their team reaches the world cup knockout stage. We begin with breaking news out of nigeria and we are getting reports that 60 more girls and 31 boys have been abducted from villages in the northeast and follows the abduction of 200 school girls on april 15. Andrew is on the line in Northern Nigeria and andrew first how likely is it that its boko haram and can you give us some more details . Reporter first of all, we just have been speaking to a vigilante common commander and the police are not confirming this, the government isnt either, but a vigilante commander in the town here has confirmed that three villages have been attacked by insurgents and that total of 90 people and most are young people and the information now is they were not all children. There were around 60 females and at leas
Lookalik lookalike. Hello. Journalists throughout the world have been staging protests over the jailing in egypt of three colleagues from aljazeera tv news. Start here at the bbc and other organizations have held silent protests here in london and other newsrooms around the the world. These are some of the pictures outside here in london about an hour and a half ago. That protest staged 24 hours after the verdict was announced yesterday. These from our bureaus in moscow jerusal jerusalem. In the last few hours the egyptian president said he will not interfere with judicial verdicts despite this International Outcry we are in cairo with reaction there. It doesnt surprise me this statement. Ive worked in egypt. Theyre proud people with a long history. They dont take kindly to involvement of diplomats, foreign secretaries and secretary of states. John kerry was here the day before the vote. One said perhaps the verdict was stiff because he tried to intervene, dangled aid and helicopters a