Protect Health Care Workers on the front line. City streets blocked in hong kong. Hawaii gets soaked but avoids a direct hit from Tropical Storm ana. Another storm poses a threat to europe. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. We have breaking news out of back dad. 17 people are dead after a suicide bombing at a knee i cant mosque. No one has claimed responsibility. It is the 30th bombing across the country this month. Well have a live report in baghdad in a few minutes, but first, the u. S. Is stepping up its efforts to protect kobane, syria, against isil fighters. The u. S. Military has air dropped weapons and medalliccal supplies to the kurds trying to defend the town. Libby casey joins us live from washington. Why did washington decide to help arm the syrian kurds now . The u. S. Said these drops serve both a humanitarian purpose, because u. S. Officials say the kurds under siege in kobane could be slaughtered if isil manages to take control
To the demonstrations with massive force. Its an uprising. We are tired of the police. Were sick of being teargassed. Were sick of being shot at. All of these young people deserve respect and Justice Force is their message. We will shoot, we will kill, if necessary. An autopsy would show that brown was shot at least six times twice in the head. He was the fourth unarmed black man to be killed in the United States by police in the span of a month. The street protests and Police Tactics brought ferguson into the national and international spotlight. Things quickly spiraled reports of gunshots fired from the crowd, a state of emergency was declared, the National Guard was deployed, and the us attorney general launched a federal investigation into the killing. Fault lines was in ferguson to witness how Michael Browns killing ignited something bigger, exposing tensions that had been bubbling beneath the surface for years. On his knees. Hands up. This is more than Michael Brown. This is abou
Force is their message. We will shoot, we will kill, if necessary. An autopsy would show that brown was shot at least six times twice in the head. He was the fourth unarmed black man to be killed in the United States by police in the span of a month. The street protests and Police Tactics brought ferguson into the national and international spotlight. Things quickly spiraled reports of gunshots fired from the crowd, a state of emergency was declared, the National Guard was deployed, and the us attorney general launched a federal investigation into the killing. Fault lines was in ferguson to witness how Michael Browns killing ignited something bigger, exposing tensions that had been bubbling beneath the surface for years. On his knees. Hands up. This is more than Michael Brown. This is about civilians against law enforcement. Corrupt law enforcement. This is the area fergusons residents are calling ground zero the epicenter of the protests. When we arrived, it was the fourth day in a ro
This is bbc news. The headlines. The Prime Minister borisjohnson says he is in good spirits after spending the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Colleagues say hell be back as soon as possible. Im sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wa nts to for him, somebody like boris who wants to be hands on running the government from the front. But nonetheless, he is still very much in charge of the government. Scotlands chief medical officer Catherine Calderwood resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. Nicola sturgeon says the decison was made by mutual agreement. She made a mistake, she made a serious mistake. People are right to be angry about it. It was clear
yesterday she couldnt continue to be the face of Public Health advice campaigns. Concerns that the sunny weather is making people Linger Longer outside than absolutely necessary when going to exercise. In spain, the pace of the countrys coronavirus
Police made just six arrests compared to 47 the night before. Sign that even though tensions remain high, calm is returning to the community, at least for now. Overnight, supporters of officer Darren Wilson took to the streets, but as you can see from this video, cops were quick to whisk them away. Were also hearing from a new witness. Hes debunking the theory that brown bumrushed the officer who shot him. About time i gets outside, hes already turned around, facing the officer. Hes balled, he have his arms under his stomach and he was halfway down like he was going down and the officer lets out about three or four shots at him. And on the same day attorney general eric holder visited ferguson, promising a fair and independent investigation, browns mother viewed her sons body at a local morgue for the first time. Lets get the latest from ferguson from cnns chris cuomo. Good morning, chris. Reporter good morning, carol. She had to wait 12 days, no matter what you think about the situati