Change. The u. S. President heads to alaska for an historic threeday visit. At least 20,000 people have marched on the streets of vienna in memory of the 71 refugees whose bodies were discovered in the back of an abandoned lorry last week. Meanwhile, the eu has called for aan emergency meeting in three weeks time to call out the continents worsening refugee crisis meanwhile though, the people come on coming. In greece, 2500 people have been picked up and collected from around 70 search and rescue operations off the Eastern Islands including lesbos saxos and kos. In austria, visas are being checked on their border with hungary. Growing number of people trying to reach western europe. People have been boarding trains in hungary. In the hope of arriving at munich vie vienna in austria. Word is that those from syria were made to continual on in a connecting train while everyone else was asked to wait in a different part of the station. Authorities stopped several trains packed with refugee
Groups from carrying out other acts of terror. Increased violence in pakistan, and stop providing a safe haven. International condemnation. It is a dangerous precedent, journalisjournalists going to p. Amaalal clooney petitions to release the al jazeera journalists. Treares coming home. Good evening im antonio mora this is Al Jazeera America. We begin flit by a push by the white house to shine a light on Climate Change. President obama is expected to focus on the threats many communities face from warmer temperatures, melting ice and rising oceans. But the president is coming under heavy fire from environmentalists who feel he is sending mixed messages from not doing enough to prevent oil drilling in the arctic. Allowing shell to conduct exploratory drilling off the coast of alaska. And the arctic is especially sense tump not only sensitive not only regionally but in other countries. Lets go to the president s speech. Alaska has some of the swiftest erosion rates in the world. I recall
Changes in alaska. Plus, the music gambias government doesnt want people to hear. But first, australias government is being urged to remove children from its Detention Center. Welfare groups want allegations of abuse and rape to be investigated by a royal commission. The center was built by australia in 2012 to house Asylum Seekers. But allegations of abuse have been wide spread. A new Senate Report says that 30 allegations of child abuse have been made against staff at the center. There have been 15 allegations of Sexual Assault or rape. And four allegations relate to the exchange of sexual favors for prohibited goods. The Committee Recommended that the private company which operates the facility should be disqualified from doing so. We can speak to Paul Reynolds who is ceo of save the children. He join us on skype from melbourne. Thank you for joining us. Save the children has been closely involved with a lot of these allegations of atrocities being carried out. This report is being
Afghanistan. Six u. S. Soldiers are killed on an attack on an air base. Plus. In portauprince, haiti. Well be highlighting the work of a Radio Program that aims to tackle an issue, head on. And Michel Platini, and manchets manager who is taken off the top of the english premier league. I will fight for me and for fifa. The defiant words of sepp blatter, and Michel Platini, who are banned for having anything to do with fifa for eight years. Blatter has been find 40,000 and platini has been ordered to pay 80,000. 79yearold blatters career is almost certainly over and platinis hopes of taking over fifa are all but finished. Sepp blatter once again the center of attention. The 79yearold swiss fighting to get into a press conference as he fights for a very future in football. On monday, the suspended football president and the uefa chief Michel Platini, were given bans after their payment the swiss isnt going quietly. I will fight for me and i will fight for fifa. Suspended eight years for
And protestors in hong kong refuse to disspurs despite calls for them to stop their campaigning immediately. Well, its been a day of mixed fortunes for the Islamic State or isil. Two group has. Losing territory, but making gains inside syria in iraq Government Forces are saying that they are pushing isil back in the east, and to the north of the country. Now the army has retaken parts of the province, clearing 16 villages of isil fighters. Al jazeera reports. He calls call this area the triangle of death. The triangle consistents of three towns. And thats where the fiercest fighting against isil took place. But now, iraqs army and the kurdish say they are in charge, and they have taken back 16 villages in the province, and they are largely under their control. Here the army says it stopped several attacks like these, still, villages remain nervous. They are regular roadside bombs across the town, not to mention a sticky bomb underneath one of the cars that exploded recently, we call on