200 girls are hoping that the new government will bring the girls home. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. A group of former educators in atlanta will find out today if theyll spend time in jail for their role in one of the Biggest School cheating scandals in american history. Sentencing gets under way for ten former teachers and administrators in atlantas Public Schools convicted of conspiring to change scores on standardized tests so teachers can get bonuses and in some cases keep their jobs. What were some of the protesters saying about the case . We see some of them behind through. Yes, they are just dispersing right now. They were very vocal this morning, and basically what theyre saying is that theyre not denying that this cheating was going on in the Atlanta Public School system, but they say that the teachers were victims of the system. They were trying to keep their jobs. They came under pressure and they were trying to meet. Unrealistsunr
And get promoted. But first to yemen where the Houthi Rebels condemned a decision by the u. N. Security council. Its imposing an arms embargo on several houthi leaders and some of the people accused of backing them. Now, the resolution calls for the houthis to stop fighting and withdraw from territory they have taken. Saudi arabia and egypt say they have discussed holding a Major Military exercise which could involve other gulf states. So far the military campaign has been based on air strikes but a Ground Invasion has been discussed. People have continued to flee. Refugees have been arriving in djibouti. The u. N. Says 600 have been killed, 200 wounded in the fighting. Our cronn joins us in jizan, lets tart with the u. N. Resolution targetting houthi leaders, what has been the reaction to that. Yes, as mentioned in your intro, they have condemned the resolution by the United Nations security council, describing it as a statement of support for aggression and called on mass protests to
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Police call it a mistake. The prosecutors in oklahoma say that theyre considering charging a reserves deputy in the killing of a black unarmed man. This video has been made public and it says a lot. It says a lot. There is a lot going on in this story. 44yearold issuing harris accused of selling an illegal gun to an undercover officer made a run for it when the police pulled him over. Then this happened. The video from a police body camera. This is what you just heard. A gunshot rings out and a Police Officers says, oh, i shot him im sorry. The suspect said, he shot me, oh my god and explains hes losing his breath. The officers reply. F your breath. The shooter was 73yearold robert bates who meant to shoot harris with his stun gun but used his gun. Harris was announced dead an hour later. This comes a week after the shooting of another unarmed black man in South Carolina also shot by an officer when he started to run
We begin with the Iran Nuclear Deal. Getting the west in iran to agree is one thing and getting the white house and republicans to see eye to eye was another. But today a bit of political diplomacy from both sides of the aisle. Libby casey is in washington with more, libby. Reporter john, the white house is far from thrilled with this legislation. But the real compromise took place between republicans and democrats on the Senate Foreign relations committee. They passed out a bill today lets dig in to the details it. Requires the white house to submit any Iran Nuclear Deal to congress by july 9th, including classified information or Congress Gets more time to review it. If the white house can stick to that deadline, congress has 30 days with just 12 days wiggle room to review. And this bill removes language that was in an earlier version that would have required president obama to certificate on a regular basis that iran isnt engaging in terrorism. Democrats didnt want that in there to
President obama indicates that hell sign it. Teachers behind bars. Its like the sickest thing that happened. An atlanta judge sentences nine out of 10 former educators over a cheating scandal. Three. Two. One. Lift off success and failure for the latest Spacex Mission to the International Space station. Gening im antonio mora this is al jazeera. The u. S. Took a big step today on the road to resuming diplomatic ties with cuba. President obama informed congress hell take u. S. Off the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. Mike viqueira has more from the white house. The move was expected and will have real world consequences. Cuba and america open for business with each other. It could have come saturday. Many expected it when president obama was in panama for the summit of the americas and he received a recommendation that cuba be delisted from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it resided since 1982. Its part of president obamas announcement that he wanted to work tow