Filipinos go to the polls today. For continuity or change from manila . Gie welcome to first up i am angie lau. Lets check in on the markets in the asiapacific. New zealand, we are seeing losses of one third of 1 , but its a stronger new Zealand Dollar at . 68 after chinas exports show signs of stability. Were counting down to the open in australia and japan. Futures in australia, pointing slower open. Ally lets get over to japan, checking futures trading in chicago, pointing to a higher open, this after the nikkei 225 came back in the red after a threeday holiday. It was a it was one quarter of 1 down. Weve got the japanese yen weakening. Of course, no trading in the philippines because it is election day. The latest trade and Foreign Exchange data from china point to more stabilization, but signs are modest. Weve got Stephen Engle going through the numbers. Stephen its modest at best definitely. Its not a huge recovery. The numbers are not falling off the cliff like they used to be.
A tagged outside his home. Hello. After a very contentious emergency summit e. U. And balkans leaders have finally agreed on new measures to help deal with europes refugees crisis. Here is what the agreement entails. 100,000 places in refugees Welcome Centers will be created. Within a week 400 Police Officers will be sent to slovenia which has struggled with arrival numbers. The e. U. Will discourage the movement of refugees and migrants without warning neighboring countries and appoint Contact Officers to monitor numbers of people and share that information with other authorities. David chater reports. Reporter every day count. Otherwise we will soon see families in the cold rivers of the balkans perish miserably. Chilling words from the president of the European Commission jean claude younger welcomed more for meetings about the crisis. A 17point action plan was approved. First and foremost the delivery of humanitarian aid and the building of new shelters for the people seeking sanct
This is al jazeera america, live from new york city im tony harris. The death toll is climbing in afghanistan at this hours. 7. 4 mooutiond earthquak magnitue city near the Northern City of jarm. Nearly 270 people died across the region. The earthquake felt in pakistan and india, and in kabul, jennifer glasse. Reporter the injured and dead here in afghanistan are in 11 provinces. Almost a third of the country really a sign of how strong and powerful this earthquake was. And its reach across the country, we felt it here in kabul, 150 miles south of the epicenter, deep underneath the hindu kush mountain range. That is a real concern because villages closer to that epicenter which may have been affected are very remote and could be very difficult to get to. And so we may not see the true extent of the damage, the casualties in afghanistan, for some time. As officials try oget to those villages. Afghanistans chief executive, Abdalla Abdalla has called on medical officials to head to anywhe
Been killed. And a food warning as a report finds processed meat can cause cancer. So lets start with that massive earthquake that has shaken south asia. The epicenter is in northeast afghanistan. The Geological Survey said that it was magnitude 7. 5. The chief octobertive has appealed for doctors, local businesses and International Aid groups to help. Well, the quakes impact has been felt in neighboring pakistan, india. So far at least 190 people have been killed in over 800 injured. Caroline malone has the details. It was a strong earthquake with an epicenter in afghanistan, but it caused damage in parts of pakistan and was felt hundreds of kilometers away in the indian capital of new delhi. Buildings were damaged across the region and there were fears that africa shocks could shake foundations even more. It was a severe earthquake. We told the students, they all started going out. We rushed down an amid the shouting and screaming. It lasted for around a minute or more. There were ex
Hello, a strong earthquake with its epicenter in northern afghanistan has shaken buildings from kabul to new delhi, at least 288 have been killed and 1250 have been injured. The u. S. Geological survey said the earthquake was 7. 5 and powerful earthquakes followed. Only about 20 per year measure higher than 7. In the hindu kush mountain range. Bordering afghanistan and pakistan. Tremors were also felt in afghanistans capital kabul as well as islamabad, and as far away as new delhi. We have correspondents in all of those locations. Lets start with Jennifer Glasse in kabul. Powerful earthquake was felt along much of afghanistan. 260 miles south of the epicenter in kabul. One of my grand sons started running. I asked him not to run. He continued and then the wall collapsed on him and he was wounded. Reporter more than 1700 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Iniajalalabad, soon after the earth stopped moving. So far we have received 155 people including women and children wounded from th