Northeast of here about 77 kilometers by the capitol in the hindu mountains, a sustained earthquake and at least a minute and people went running in the streets. We are not getting any real reports of any big damage here, some old mud walls have fallen downs and electricity problems in kabul and the phone system is down and very difficult to make a phone call person to person and difficult to get further investigation but a very powerful earthquake felt so far away with the epicenter so far away and one said it was scary and im from california and used to earthquake so it was a very powerful quake. Give us a sense, an idea of what the area is like, jennifer. Reporter well, the hindu mountains is a quake zone, very much a fault line there so pakistan, afghanistan have witnessed quite a number of earthquakes over the years. Luckily its not in a very populated area so we are not getting any reports right now of any heavy casualties but its too soon to say because as i said it certainly wa
Irish are women demands justice over a painful childhood procedure. Hello the United Nations Security Council will be holding an emergency meeting follow weeks of violence in occupied East Jerusalem. Since the ones 1st of october 35 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed. Israel continues its restrictions on men under the age o of 40 from taking part. Well go live to the occupied west bank and to mike hannah who is in occupied east gentleman russ leam in just a moment. But first this report from mike on the security situation. Reporter intense security at entrances to the old city. Police ordering pal tin stun pao lift their shirts, some instruct today remove their shoes this, group waving israeli flags passes through unchecked. The clamp down is related to the degree of anxiety among jewish israelis. False alarms about ill pending attacks have sparked panic in a number of locations in israel. And there have been several reports of israelis with dark complexes being attacked
Face. Hundreds of north and South Koreans are to be reunited with their families after decades of separation. The situation is tense across israel in the occupied palestinian territories, where there was several stabbings and shootings, since october 1st, 44 palestinians have been killed and seven Israeli Cabinet have been meeting to discuss the crisis as the shoot to kill policy has not stopped the unrest. Lets look at the figures of palestinians killed. Sa jewish settler shot dead a person tore trying to tab him. The Palestinian Police say the he was killed before he could do parm. Harm. An Israeli Police woman shot dead a 16yearold after suffering a hand wound. She attempted to stab her after asking directions. A third palestinian youngster was killed in hebron. That was on saturday. Israeli forces shot dead a 16yearold, this time in East Jerusalem, again for allegedly attempting to stab a soldiers. Under the same circumstances, a 23yearold was shot dead at a checkpoint in ramada. W
Everything they own to pay medical bills. You can see your crimes memorialized in a bizarre new museum. Hello, israel has rejected a palestinian plea to the United Nations for an International Force to police alaqsa mosque compound. This comes after a violent and bloody friday across several cities in the Israeli Occupied territories. At least 40 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed since the violence began in october. Kristin saloomey has the story. The Security Council got a briefing, from assistant Prime Minister, he welcomed comments from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that there would be no changes of access to the alaqsa mosque. But he criticized what he described as heavy handed response of the Israeli Police officers,. There is an International Presence around alaqsa mosque in order to guarantee that the status quo to be maintained, i think that that is what is in the mind of members of the Security Council. Thathat is in our mind. The facts people for themselves
Going to run for president of the United States. What it means for Hillary Clinton and the white house. Slovenia, thousands of refugees arrive every day. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry will be holding talks with descra israels pments benr Benjamin Netanyahu they will meet in the next couple of hours. The violence that has killed 56 palestinians and nine israelis. The israeli Prime Minister will have a flurry of meetings, with the u. S. Secretary of state, hes already met angela merkel, the german chancellor. The two gave a brief statement after their meeting. Nothing much came out of it. Angela merkel set she would continue to push for twostate solution. Benjamin netanyahu accusing the palestinian leadership of lies. Some grounds for deployment Movement Forward because john kerry is later expected to fly to the middle east and meet with Mahmoud Abbas. But we are not seeing any tangible signs of progress yet. Meanwhile, the u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon is urging both sides