Celebrities gather in cannes to kick off the film festival. We begin in burundi where theres been gun fire and explosions in the capital bujumbura. Mull trimilitary factions loyal to president nkurunziza, say the coup against nkurunziza has failed, but earlier there were celebrations. We will talk to malcolm webb live but here is his report. Reporter police often seen as loyal to the ruling party used rubber bullets. When nkurunziza was out of the country the Senior Army Officer announced he was taking over. Translator president Pierre Nkurunziza has been relieved of his duty. The Permanent Secretaries will have minimum duties in their posts. Burundis army is seen as neutral and its been popular amongst the protesters. Theyve not joined in the violence. Minutes after the announcement from the Army Hundreds of jubilant protesters came running into the center too. Translator now the president has to go whether he wants to or not he has to go. Reporter some police units loyal to the presi
The ebola virus and reappearing. And up close and personal. Chiles talika volcano erupting in a thunderous roar. Good evening this is Al Jazeera America, im antonio mora. We begin tonight with the reported death in iraq of one of i. S. I. L. s most important leaders. Abu ala fri, it is believed afri assumed leadership of the group when its leader al baghdadi was ill. Jamie mcintire has the latest. This video released from the front line, showing a ferocious fire ball. Destroyed more than 1700 buildings in a list it released of more than 6,000 targets hit since the air Campaign Began nine months ago. While the pentagon cannot confirm either the supposed wounding of anu Bakkar Al Baghdadi last march it does admit to killing 10,000 i. S. I. L. Fighters lloyd austin recently told congress has degraded i. S. I. L. s self proclaimed caliphate. Killing top commanders is not as significant as the battle now raging at the strategic Baiji Oil Refinery which the u. S. Central command confirms is
Partner. Were in paris where the city is sewing the seeds of a building revolution. Hello good to have you along, its game on in spain. A court ruled against players. We will have the action later in the program. We begin in burundi where rival groups of soldiers are vying for control of the capitol after the army overthrew the president. The president condemned what he calls the coup plotters but says that he will forgive soldiers who surrender. He made comments on state radio just before broadcast was stopped. Theres been fighting around the state media compound. Heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard across the city. An independent Media Outlets are targeted. There is confusion over the coup. The head of the army said that its failed and forces loyal to the president are in control. Lets take you live to the capitol. Al jazeeras malcolm webb is there. Whats the latest . The last couple of hours have heard very heavy fighting from a short distance, over there from where the nat
Responsible for arsons in california. Now, total war on boko haram. Thats how chads president describes the agreement coming out of the Security Summit in paris today. The french president is leading the meeting. Four west african nations are there, including goodluck jonathan. He says boko haram isnt just a nigerian problem but an alqaeda operation all across west africa. Boko haram kidnapped three 00 girls from a school in Northern Nigeria last month and reports say they attacked a chinese plant in northern kameroon today. The latest from tim friend. Warm words about cooperation, sharing intelligence, perhaps even cooperating more fully on cross border arrangements so that boko haram could be pursued across boarders, particularly in recent incidents between nigh year i cant and kameroon. But there are still difficulties and many hurdles ahead. I think in the weeks to come, because this issue is going to remain in the international spotlight, they will have to come up with something a
They said more could have escaped if officials helped they will. We hear from the lawyer of a sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to give up her christian faith. Now, a kidnapping, hundreds of school girls, boko haram has attracted the worlds attention and united american and african powers against it. Chads president said african powers will wage total war on the group. The president says boko haram has proven links is a threat to the west and Central African region. Good luck jonathan is attending the meeting. The president said there is a strong determination and there is no doubt about that. They are very determined to deal with the situation to wage total war on boko haram. Boko haram is no longer a group started in 2002 and 2009. It has changed and is an alqaeda organization. Its better described as a alqaeda group. William hague is those in harris and said the u. K. Is willing to help fight boko haram. Nigerian Security Forces have not been wellstructured for this kin