Many more are still unaccounted for. Thank you very much for being with us. Thirteen french soldiers have lost their lives in mali they were killed when two helicopters collided in the dark as they h hunted down islamist militants the part of aerial reinforcements cold in during an intense gun fight. With the biggest loss of french troops in a single day since an attack in beirut some thirty six years ago when fifty eight soldiers died. The president of france among american has expressed his deep sadness at the loss and his government said it would not back down in its fight against terrorism. Thirty soldiers lost their lives a station in the sahel region but for some the home base is imposed. In Southwestern France and our reporter nadia massey is that we can join alive now. At ninety getting to you. What more could you tell us from the scene. Yes good evening mark as you can imagine its a pretty somber atmospheree hit in po tonight im just outside. The town hall was several hours ag
Comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked was on the americas most forthright comments that her annual summer News Conference at which she also credited young activists for spring her through asked faster on Climate Change. And the Dutch Supreme Court finds the state partially liable for the deaths of 350 Bosnian Muslims in the massacre dutch troops that fail to protect the victims from bosnian serb forces. Im calling assman a warm welcome to those of you watching on p. B. S. In the United States and our viewers all around the world tonight the British Governments Emergency Committee is meeting at this hour after irans revolutionary guard captured a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz iranian Officials Say these 10 imperio was stopped for quote noncompliance with International Maritime laws and regulations and has been taken to an undisclosed iranian port the owner of the tanker has confirmed that it lost contact with the ship after it was approached by
Finds a state partly to blame for these massacre the Dutch Court Rules that troops failed in their duty to protect 315 votes from victims from bosnian serb forces 8000 men and boys were murdered in the massacre quarter of a century ago. I must say because a lot of this is still developing what we know as you said stan impair oh this is a ship that was heading to saudi arabia is a massive oil tanker about 50000 tons it was being directed north towards iran the company the swedish own company owns the ship has acknowledged that that it was redirected that it actually is the word attacked it mentions several small craft boats and also a helicopter. We know that. The revolutionary guards have actually released a statement the Iranian Revolutionary guard saying that the ship failed to follow maritime rules and did not respond to repeated warnings that was going the wrong way in a shipping lane but of course we know that this comes in the context of other escalations. Theres also apparently
Journalist who was jailed in ethiopia on terrorism charges for over a year. It was supposed to be about oil and freedom. We slept on the concrete floor with 8000 inmates. We did not go home. We stayed and stayed. Amy and as over 10,000 protest in honduras, we will speak to former president Manuel Zelaya about the growing protests and Hillary Clintons role in the 2009 coup that ousted him from power. On one hand, they condemn the coup, on the other hand, they were negotiating with the leaders of the coup. Secretary clinton maintained that ambiguity. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In yemen, the u. S. Backed Saudiled Coalition launched a new wave of airstrikes monday, despite the 5day humanitarian truce that went into effect sunday night. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch has said fridays saudiled bombings of the western port city of mokha, which killed at least 120 people, appear to be a war crime. The
Ruling party won 100 of seats in parliament, president obama faces criticism for describing ethiopia as a democratically elected government. We will speak to professor Horace Campbell about obamas historic african trip, then we will hear from a swedish journalist who was jailed in ethiopia on terrorism charges for over a year. It was supposed to be about oil and freedom. We slept on the concrete floor with 8000 inmates. We did not go home. We stayed and stayed. Amy and as over 10,000 protest in honduras, we will speak to former president Manuel Zelaya about the growing protests and Hillary Clintons role in the 2009 coup that ousted him from power. On one hand, they condemn the coup, on the other hand, they were negotiating with the leaders of the coup. Secretary clinton maintained that ambiguity. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In yemen, the u. S. Backed Saudiled Coalition launched a new wave of ai