Nikolas cruz made his Second Court Appearance today. The 17 year old is accused of 17 counts of murder. This was a status hearing and not part of the trial. We got this statement from the white house earlier. Last april the president said. Some people have jumped last april the president said. Some people havejumped on that and said this is the president shifting his position. Others have said, not so his position. Others have said, not so much, it isjust about his position. Others have said, not so much, it is just about enforcing what already exists. Toa what already exists. To a certain extent it is but it is a step towards greater enforcement. Arguably what would it have done to stop this shooting in florida . Perhaps not very much because we know that nikolas cruz did by his guns illegally and there are loopholes, in spite of background checks you can still buy a gun from a private dealer or all without any background check. Although this is a check whether or not it would make a
Annual summit in ethiopia. Hello im adrian forgive this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up prodemocracy groups call for demonstrations as one of hong kongs most prominent activist says barred from standing for election. Donald trump calls for Decisive Action against the taliban after ninety five people were killed in a Suicide Attack in kabul suppost secure district. And from fighters to politicians colombias form of fog rebels begin a new chapter for the public is skeptical. We begin in ethiopia where leaders from fifty five African Union nations a meeting for the organizations annual summits corruption conflict and funding for the a you are some of the issues which are high on the agenda Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is also attending and is expected to seek the a you support on the palestinian issue aljazeera as mohammed out of reports now from this of about. They come together from all over the continent in the city that give to the concept of African Unity
Sixty minutes. Thousands go to the polls to vote in catalonia secession referendum the government calls the vote in legal and irresponsible. Accusations and insults between president trumpet a city of puerto rican official as the u. S. Caribbean territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria. A rare admission by secretary of state Rex Tillerson the u. S. Is in direct talks with north korea. And searching for justice one mans case against police in new york highlighted in a new documentary. As voters continue to go to the polls the Spanish Government has called catalonia as controversial session referendum illegal and unconstitutional the remarks come several hours after polls opened and seems a violent Spains National poll. Towards voters of polling stations couple of years government says that more than three hundred people have been injured spains deputy Prime Minister says the Police Response was proportionate we have correspondents right across spain covering this for us john
That im going with all this is al jazeera live from london also coming in the head of the World Food Program visits refugee camps about the deschutes agencys struggle to help the more than half a million were hidden who fled me in moscow state. Living in a climate of fear an upsurge in violence by the armed Group Boko Haram this Independence Day celebrations are muted in northeast nigeria. Searching for justice one mans case against the new York Police Department is highlighted in a new documentary. Very warm welcome to the program the Spanish Police have been accused of using on justifiable brutality to shock and on authorized secession vote in the capital and. Region the National Government though blames pool independence leaders for what they call senseless events while in the regional capital barcelona offices used batons and fired rubber bullets during progress random protests that lead at least four hundred sixty people have been heart according to the citys mayor. Well weve repo
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