Space probe. Theres been a large explosion in yemen near the residence of the iran yarn ambassador. Iranian imoars. Thambassador. From the capitol sanaa. What are you hearing h hakeem . Windows or broken as well. Targeted the newly appointed Iranian Ambassador who was just appointed two days ago. He was not at his residence during the attack but one of his guards were killed, according to the Foreign Ministry and also, three killed as of now and four injured on the attack. The new ambassador is known to have good links with the houthis who are now in control of sanaa. So this could be an queal al qaa link because of the Houthi Al Qaeda link. It was very clear that al qaeda was behind it because such explosions, very huge explosion like the one today and the only enemies they have today is al qaeda. So i do expect al qaeda to announce responsibility for it in the next couple of hours. Seeing as this took place near the Iranian Ambassadors house, you are saying he did escape unharmed, yo
Sick. A look at the life threatening consequences. Prayers for rain answered in california, but now the worry is mudslides and floods. The drenching downpours inundating areas already damaged by drought and fire. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. We have breaking news out of somalia, a suicide car bomb be left several dead. It happened next to a u. N. Convoy near the airport. The car bomber blue himself up after driving between the convoy and security detail. Officials believe al shabab is behind the attack. This comes after 36 quarry workers were killed in nearby kenya. The air force revealed the name of an american pilot who died fighting isil. Captain William Dubois was killed. Secretary of state john kerry hosting the first anti isil summit this morning in brussels. All 60 members of the coalition are taking part. The summit comes amid reports that iranian jets have joined the battle against isil in iraq. We are monitoring this summit. Le
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And tensions grow along the border between north and south korea. Hello, im robin adams, ill have your sport update including the latest at augusta, and find out who will play who in the semifinals in switzerland. Details later. We start with ukraine where the Prime Minister is holding crisis talks in the eastern city of donetsk. We he has been speaking to activists. They ordered the demonstrators to disarm and leave, and the deadline has now expired. Is the Prime Minister gaining any traction amongst the protesters, kim . Reporter parties have been yet responded to the calls from the interim Prime Minister that the region may have more power. That really was his central message that the eastern regions could have more power of the state of affairs in ukraine. The contents of the referendum isnt exactly clear, but what is clear is the issue of [ inaudible ] is definitely not on the table. Protesters here have maintained all along that they want to independent inasmuch as they are a rep