Arctic. We will take you to canadas most northern coastal community. We begin this news hour in nepal where hundreds of people have been killed after a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake struck the capital, catholic kathmandu. A look for survivors that continues right now. Lets take a look at the full extent of the damage. The earthquake rocks central nepal between kathmandu and pokhara. Tremors were felt in india. The 7. 9 earthquake shook dhaka. We have three reporters covering the story from all of these locations. First, lets go to nicole johnston. She has the latest in this report report. Reporter its the most powerful earth wake in nepal in decades. People describe wave after wave of tremors. The army is sifting the rubble brick by brick looking for signs of life as well as bodies. The number of People Killed is increasing. Hundreds of people have been recovered. People are trapped in the rubble and the infrastructure is mobilizing so that people who are trapped under rubble could be dug
National front coming first and second in local elections. We begin with some breaking news out of yemen. The countrys embattled foreign minister asked regional powers for foreign intervention to base running the country under control. President adou Rabbo Mansour hadi has been trying to governor the city from aden. Houthi rebels control sanna rebels are wreaking havoc across the country. The special envoy he to yemen said said its on the birch of civil war and urges a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Houthi controls sanna the airport and other parts of taiz. We have a report. In yemen its going from bad to worse. At an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council that was a key message from the top u. N. Envoy to yemen. Events of recent weeks and days seems to be leaving yemen farther away from a peaceful settlement and towards the edge of civil war. Any side that would want to push the country in either direction would be inviting a protracted conflict in the vein of an
Iraqs military has launched an operation to try and retake Anbar Province from the Islamic State of the iraq and the levan shia in litschs are also involved which some thinks could raise sectarian tensions. Isil took control of ramadi last week with iraqi troops fleeing. Ramadi lies just 115kilometers from the capital baghdad and keeping isil out of baghdad is now a top priority with troops secure its outskirts imran kahn reports from the last safe place to cross from anbar to baghdad. Reporter iraqi forces gather to pretear to ray prepare to retake the city. Its likely to to be a long operation there are reporters of isil forces preparing to lead government forces. They will lead with the backing of shia militia man support booed by iran. And air strikes led by the united states. They are also gearing one other battles. Its feared isil could push in to baghdad. To prevent that from happening this man is securing the outskirts of the capital. The town just under 30kilometers from baghd
A senior pakistani tribal leader has been killed by an unmanned u. S. Plane. He was one of the top commanders. It was part of the tribal region where the United States has been targeting insurgent leaders. He has been killed with five others. We are joined from islamabad for more on who the man was. He was a Senior Commander from the south region who was active in carrying out attacks inside afghanistan. He made no secret of it. He was a respected member of the tribe. The tribe lives on both sides of the border. He offered a great help to the pakistani authorities when he took on the fallen fighters. He moved them from their territory and it enabled the Pakistani Military to go on a major offensive against another try. An important figure against another try and. Tribe. Her the strikes appear to be undermining efforts to come to a truce in the region. It was not just been thrown strike that killed him, but another strike that had not far away. There were two drones strikes. 10 People K
The Police Charged at them with Water Cannons. Shouldnt the government know this much that at least our rate will not be our rates will not be washed with Water Cannons . Then another New York Times expose on the safety conditions of the bangladeshi factory or a fire killed at least 111 workers. The factory made clothes for walmart. How the factory caught fire, i dont know that. When we heard fire, we were all turned get out of the factory. One of the workers pulled me through a broken window. We will speak with steve greenhouse, his latest piece is, as walmart makes safety vows, its seen as obstacle to change. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. U. S. Drone strikes have killed 15 people in pakistan including a taliban commander, according to officials there. Mavi nazir was killed along several other people in the strike in south missouri stand wednesday night. A second strike this morning in north was har