Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America, im morgan radford. Relief efforts are picking up nine days after typhoon haiyan struck the philippines. More than 3,600 died. Those who survived are finally getting the help that they need. Food, water and medical supplies have started getting to areas that were completely cut off by the storm. The u. S. Military is now dropping food and water to survivors in the area. But more than 1,000 people are still missing. Some 4 Million People are homeless. For the latest we are going to talk about talk to craig leeson, who is standing by in the philippines. First lets tell you about an attack in afghanistan where more than 2,000 afghan elders will meet in kabul. Theyll vote on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The u. S. Is trying to hammer out an agreement to keep forces on the ground beyond 2014. That effort was dealt a blow on saturday after suicide bomb attack killed six people. Jane ferguson reports from kabul. It was an attack on the
Hello. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Caroline hyde, what are you watching today . Apple beating analyst estimates and were seeing an improvement in profit overall. All about china. 28 growth in china, pretty phenomenal taking even tim cook by surprise. Forecasts are not quite matching what anyone had expected building only about 6 to 7 in terms of sales. Meanwhile, microsoft promising big in terms of cost cutting continuing. We saw profits fall for the previous quarter so nadella really trying to redo the company. Its all about sports today or not. The Commonwealth Games getting underway in scotland. The leader of the Scottish National party telling me in an interview yesterday that hes giving us all the signs that he is digging in on the pound. He sticks to that as plan a. Scotland will keep the pound, he says even if there is a yes vote and dependent on september 18. Today, we are looking ahead and we will bring you further details from that interview. He is sticking with t
A check on your world headlines. Russia says its unacceptable for ships carrying grain to pass through a black sea corridor, and it wont guarantee the safety of the vessels. It comes days after moscow suspended participation in a deal brokerage biter, kia and the un, but 12 ships loaded with more than 350000. 00 tons of grain still left ukraines black seaports. On monday, its the most grain moved in a single day since july. Our diplomatic editor james bays reports for more than 3 months, this corridor through the black sea has been a humanitarian lifeline. The un says about 9000000 tons of grain has been transported and it says, despite russia suspending its participation after the cranium drone attack on its fleet, the scheme will continue. They have suspended, they havent withdrawn, they have suspended, and they havent terminated. And the difference is the difference is very, very simple. The difference is that as parties to that black c grain initiative, they are still bound by it.
A stampede and the capital sold. It happened during a halloween festival in the central one district. Its a popular night, 5 area filled with restaurants and clubs, president jews. So q all has ordered an investigation into the cause of the accident. Alger bomb handling or imagine, or its a tragedy and a disaster that should not have taken place in the heart of soul. During halloween celebration, i express my condolences to the victims and hope the people who were injured will recover soon. My heart also goes out to the victims family members who are suffering from the heartbreak of losing loved ones, nor does it as robert bryan has more. The causes of this tragedy is now going to be the subject of an extensive investigation, or weve already seen police go through the scene, the alleyway behind me, where the death took place. We know that they have been collecting footage from cctv cameras all around this. E t one district also collecting clips of the social media talking to witnesses.
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