Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated this city, there is a levee system here but beyond these walls its a very different story. Welcome to the program. In just two days nearly 200 refugees have died trying to reach europe. Police in austria recovered 71 bodies from a truck abandoned off a highway and nearly 100 people have drown off the coast of libya. Now the u. N. Has weighed in asking the International Community to do more to help those making disprit desperate s to start a new life. Ive been to the mediterranean and see how difficult it is. I commend those individuals and communities who have stepped up but much more is required. I appeal to all governments to expend safe and legal channels of migration and act with humanity, compassion, and in accordance with their international obligation. This is a human tragedy. That requires a determined, collective political response. Austrian police meanwhile says a syrian passport has been recovered among the furnish dead in 71 foun
Years celebrations have been cancelled. Now cities around the world concerned about possible attacks are clamping down. And critical vote. Polls have closed in Central Africa republics president ial and parliamentary elections, voters there hope it will end years of violence. Hello everybody, im David Schuster in new york. You are watching al jazeera Americas International news hour and we begin tonight with the battle against i. S. I. L. In iraq. Coalition leaders say there are as many as 700 i. S. I. L. Fighters hiding in ramadi three days after iraqi forces recaptured the city. Iraqi soldiers have also found hundreds of boob 80 traps. Escalating between iraq and turkey, baghdad has gone so far as to threaten military action. Turkish leaders say the troops were deployed to train iraqi militia, no control over a third of its country. Al jazeeras Osama Ben Javad has more from iraq. More iraqis have been forced out of their homes in the fighting against i. S. I. L. And the military. The
While diplomats argue about who can attend peace talks in geneva. Europeans decide to strengthen border controls. And they blame greece for not keeping out refugees. Tight security marked the five Year Anniversary that toppled Hosne Mubarak in egypt and promised change. Good evening im antonio mora, this is Al Jazeera America, International News hour. We begin tonight with new fears over the spread of a virus throirchgviruslinked to severe. The zika virus is believed to be spreading to all countries except chile and canada. Health inspectors are now making a special effort to quarantine mosquitos that carry the disease. Researchers say they will try to develop a virus in record time. More from john holman where authorities are also taking action against zika. The first taste of the zika virus now spread to 21 other countries says the World Health Organization. Zika is spread by mosquitos and not life threatening for adults but causes microcephaly in which newborn infants heads dont dev
Has been vindicated. At a embassy in london. Bidding farewell to the boom times. Syrias government and its allies are intensifying their major offensive around the countrys largest city aleppo, Government Forces have captured the village of vitien, tens of thousands of people are now fleeing aleppo and amassing on the Turkish Border zeina khodr reports. The Syrian Government and its allies have managed to capture another town in the aleppo country side, there was fierce resistance. We still dont know if the opposition will be able to prevent the government from achieving its objective and that is to encircle the city of aleppo, that is what the government has been trying to do, the army command late on thursday saying that theyre close to achieving this but they havent been able to do so. The fighting is ongoing on the ground, civilians trapped in the conflict and many of them trying to find a safe place. The suffering is growing. Tens of thousands of syrians are again on the move. Tho
Welcoming back prisonersers of war. Plus. Working on a Computer System to regulate the movement. This is how qatar could provide a more efficient and reliable source of renewable energy. A top story in the Syrian Government has officially agreed to participate in peace talks in moscow. Russ russias foreign minister said it hopes to host talks between bashar alassads government in late january. Its unclear as to who will take part. Intention fighting continues as Syrian Government keeps up its airstrikes in aleppo. The attacks killed at least three people on friday. They targeted areas controlled by isil fighters in the city of albad. At least 36 people were killed in similar strikes around the same area on thursday. Residents say helicopters and planes dropped barely bombs. Government forces also bombarded the town of dumaa north of damascus. It killed at least five people and injured others. Duma is a rebel stronghold but, also, has hundreds of thousands of civilians. Thats according