Gain a stronger grasp of the english language. Welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si and begin this morning with breaking news out of south sudan, 200300 people drowned in a ferry accident on the white nile river and the boat was overloaded with refugees at the time. The victims of the ferry accident were civilians trying to flee from fighting in the town of molacal, the gate way to the oil fields of the upper nile region and heavy fighting is there as they attempt to seize the town. Control of the town has already changed hands twice since the conflict in south sudan began last month. The bitter budget battle on capitol hill is finally over. House and Senate Negotiators have brokered a 1 trillion spending deal and finance the government and prevent a shut do you know and its a pact agreed upon by republicans and democrats last month and the plan contains dozens of tradeoffs and Thomas Drayton has more. Reporter with the threat of another government shut down only days away, t
Israeliarab war. This chemical arsenal teams begin to arrive on site in syria. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has sent a warning to alqaeda saying its operatives can run but they cant hide. They issued this message after u. S. Special forces launched two raised in somalia and libya within hours of each other. In libya, a seen other alqaeda operative wanted bit f. B. I. For 15 years was captured. His name is al liby. He was reportedly captured in the libyan capitol of tripoli, taken from his home while he was on his way home off the performing dawn prayers. The libyan Prime Minister demanded an explanation to the u. S. For this operation. The americans have also confirmed that they carried out the operation against al shabab fighters in somalia on saturday just south of mogadishu. A military helicopter dropped soldiers close to the house of an al shabab commander. Soldiers also arrived by boat but were forced to retreat after a gun battle. Heres what secretary of state john ker
Generation of americans to head home. Heading into a hurricane. Drones are being used to learn more about the storms and develop new ways to improve early warnings for people in their path. We begin with calls for Eric Shinseki, the secretary of Veterans Affairs to resign. Good morning, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. The report confirmed phoenix area veterans had to wait months and workers tried to cover up the delays. Several hundred veterans didnt make it on to the waiting list. Today the secretary is expected to deliver the results of his own internal audit to president obama and expected to speak before a group of Homeless Veterans. We are in washington. Republican House Speaker john boehner and harry reid are in agreement that they should not at this point call for secretary shinsekis resignation, but that is not the dominant theme on capitol hill this morning. As the calls for v. A. Secretary shinseki to resign, so do his efforts to keep his job. The secretary met with lawmaker
We report from the democratic republic of congo. Hidden for 4 million years, details of an amazing discovery in greenland. Theme the United States has lost britains backing for any military intervention in syria, but its not backing down. A possible strike still remains on the table. The Obama Administration is looking elsewhere for International Support and france maybe a willing partner. We have our correspondent standing by in paris for more an that and we also have patty in washington for more on the u. S. Direction and in london theres some friends. Well talk to all three of them, first, we have this report. The day after a vote in the British Parliament that will be talked about for many years, means the prime Ministers Authority has been badly damaged. We have to listen to parliament. They made a very clear view, which it doesnt want british involvement in military action so we will proceed on that basis. That this hurt britains relationship with america. One thing george w. Bus
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