People have been killed in a Suicide Car Bombing in the capital kabul. It happened during the morning rush hour in the west of the city. Heres a close up of the area you can see its close to the university and some government ministries. Its also home to many from the shia hazara community. The taliban have claimed responsibility. They said they were targeting intelligence officials on this bus. But afghan officials said the people on the bus were employees from the ministry of mines. Lets show you these pictures from the aftermath. 42 people were injured there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Heres what one person caught up in the blast described. Translation two cars were burning, you could see bodies scattered. Several shops were on fire. It was horrific, everyone was trying to run away, including women and people on their way to work. It comes less than two months after an even bigger attack in kabul that killed over 150 people. In fact, the United Nations says that i
Studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in florida, where the leaders of the two economic superpowers have met for the first time. Chinas president xi jinping has been met via donald trump at his florida meeting place. There will be a Working Lunch on friday. Earlier, ispoke there will be a Working Lunch on friday. Earlier, i spoke to a former Us Ambassador to the Asian Development bank and i asked him if he anticipated a difficult meeting between the two leaders. Just a smooth meeting will be to the benefit of both. Washington. The Trump Administration is still finding its footing. Not all of the people are in place. There is a lot of talk of what is happening behind the scenes to make sure these discussions will go smoothly. When they go forward these are the things we asa they go forward these are the things we as a nation, the United States, and china, will focus on. Age
Studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in florida, where the leaders of the two economic superpowers have met for the first time. Chinas president xi jinping has been met via donald trump at his florida meeting place. There will be a Working Lunch on friday. Earlier, ispoke there will be a Working Lunch on friday. Earlier, i spoke to a former Us Ambassador to the Asian Development bank and i asked him if he anticipated a difficult meeting between the two leaders. Just a smooth meeting will be to the benefit of both. Washington. The Trump Administration is still finding its footing. Not all of the people are in place. There is a lot of talk of what is happening behind the scenes to make sure these discussions will go smoothly. When they go forward these are the things we asa they go forward these are the things we as a nation, the United States, and china, will focus on. Age
Happened. It seems dubious that the Russian Military, in other words, would want to take down a major passenger plane. Certainly with not the intent of taking it down. Again, we simply dont know who brought this down. Im also here with lieu dtenant colonel rick francona. Just in terms of kants, we have not seen separatists heretofor, they have brought down at least one transport plane, but they were not flying at 33,000 feet. Yeah, this would require, as we were talking about, a more sophisticated system. Talking about, you know, hitting it inadvertently, it would be very difficult for that to happen. Generally once youre locked onto the target, it goes to that target. And if it veers off that target and is no longer being guided, they selfdestruct. But when youre targeting a plane at that altitude, are you
clear on exactly what kind of a plane it is . No, its a return on your radar. Right. It will be a certain size, you can estimate the size of the aircraft. You may have other sensors
West palm beach airport, following the president s First Physical exam as president. According to his doctor at walter reed, the exam went, quote, exceptionally well and further details on tuesday. Before leaving washington for this Martin Luther king holiday weekend, trump signed a proclamation expanding site, with questions from the president about remarks about haiti, el salvador the day before. And throughout the day, republican lawmakers in florida, including senator marco rubio and congressman carlos ro bechlt. Llo strongly distanced themselves from the remarks, all in a state, florida, a home to many immigrants and their families, including 300,000 haitianamericans, most in south florida, some of whom protested the president s comments. And republican governor rick scott also reacted to trumps
for so long. Do you get the sense that hes sort of distracting from his own Policy Agenda with the comments he made this week about other countries, whether true or not, with tweets he put