Turkish city of istanbul and the blast happened in the historic digit that is popular with tourist and understood there are casualties and no official word yet on the cause of the explosion, lets get the very latest from al jazeeras rena who joins us from there and what is the latest . Reporter we are right in front of the blast site just behind me is a blast site and is the hippo syndrome parts of the square and we understand there is no official confirmation yet but turkish t. V. And eyewitnesses are reporting that what could be a suicide bomber caused an explosion which now the Governors Office says has killed ten people and injured 15. We have spoken to eyewitnesses here and they say that around 10 20 this morning one said the earth shook. Another said that they thought they heard thunder and they looked up in the sky and saw it was a sunny day so we understand a powerful blast which could be heard from other neighborhoods surrounding me shook this part of the country. And at this
Not react immediately. The heat wave in india has killed nearly 1500 people. And im Florence Looi in western myanmar where the governments plan to cancel temporary id cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo. Michelle mra tina has asked sepp blatter to resign but blatter says he is refusing. Platini says he will support prince ali in the vote for the presidency on friday. This comes after seven people were arrested after being accused of taking bribes. That was affected by what i said. He was affected. Because i speak like a friend with him, and we Work Together in 98, when he wanted me as president of fifa on himself [ inaudible ] and when i said i dont know nothing about fifa. I was okay with the president. I need your help. So that means there is a long story with that with that. And i said that you have to leave. It was it was very sensitive on that. I said we will we are friends. It is difficult sometimes to be friends, but we will be friends after. And it
Fight in philippines. Reporter more news from europe, uganda withdraws from the commonwealth. And fifa in zurich where day one of the Committee Meeting has been dominated by 2022 world cup in qatar. More than 100 people were r known to have died and more missing after a boat carrying african my grants sank off the e italian island of lamped usa. They apparently boarded the cressel in libya. Many jumped in the water after the boat caught fire. Lamedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. Reporter a grim scene on an island where many had hoped to start a new life. A boat carrying hundreds of my grants from africa sank as they tried to reach the italian island of lamped ua. Italy coast guard said that it sent off flares, which likely started the fire. The boat caught fire and because of this everyone started to panic. They pushed forward, and caused the boat to capsize. Reporter rescuers arrived in the scene in the early hours of the morning. More than a hundred peopl
Revolution, ill reported on what has changed. Im in london, the french president speaks about the economy but its his private life everyone is interested in. And the plan to get 400,000 syrian children in to school in lebanon. Egyptians are cueing up to vote on a new constitution in what could be a decisive moment for the future of the country. For critics its all about extending the power of the armed forces. There has been violence in some cities, at it people have been killed in protests. Al jazeeras Charles Stratford has the latest. Reporter the queue at a polling station. They will being asked to approve a new constitution, one that would undo many of the rules brought in under president Mohammed Morsi, changes that would give the elite more power over every day life, some say. The military will be charged with appointing the defense minister for the next two terms, several articles give the president more power. The police too will be empowered with the creation of a new council