Alaska. Syrias state media and some groups are saying that the army has taken control of palmyra. Government forces have been advancing into the isilheld territory, there has been heavy fighting in the Historic Center and residential areas. The syrian army captured the castle. Which is a u. N. E. S. C. O. World heritage site. It fell to isil in may. The armed group is not part of the cessation of hostilities, palmyra is apparent not only because of its history, but because of its location. The city is on the highway linking the capital with isil healed deir az zor near the boarder. The capture means the government can stop isil fighters moving to and from iraq. Joining us live from near the turkish syrian boarder. Lets clarify what happened. Some groups are saying that theres fighting in the east of palmyra. How certain is it that the entire city has fallen . Its not certain 100 . I would say its more than 90 . The group that you mentioned is the syrian observatory for human rights for
For i. S. I. L. So, voters in turkey are at the polls for the second time in five months. The general election is a challenge for the a. K. Party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It failed to win enough seats in the poll in june and couldnt form a majority government. We have the latest from ankara. This is the fourth time turks take to the poll in two years, contrary to other countries where people expect voter fatigue and dwindling turn out. A lot of polls predict higher voter turn out. Generally thee had an impressive voter turn out in the 80 or higher mark. The reason this time around a lot of people expect more to take the votes is how significant the elections are. They are significant on a number of levels. In terms of security and instability, the bombings by i. S. I. S. , the break down in the peace talks between the state, the government and the armed kurdish separatist groups, the p. K. K. In terms of the instability the a. K. Party governing on its own for a decade was unable to se
Indianadministered kashmir with the promise of help we head to gaza to hear the story of a blind karate competitor hoping to represent palestine. Taiwan reaffirmed its commitment not to seek independence from china. Chinese president xi jinping and taiwans leader ma yingjeau. Shook hands. The first meeting has been called a symbolic moment of reconciliation. Translation today is an extraordinary day. The leaders of taiwan and china have met and gathered. This historic moment will open a new chapter, leaving a mark history. Translation both sides should stick to one china policy. We have to recognise that although theres one china, we have to agree. No independence will be seen from taiwan. It is not allowed by the constitution. We go to singapore, where the meeting took place. If we show you the press corp that are still here. When this meeting was announced less than 36 hours ago, what singapore experienced was a dell usual of journalists, 500 journalists and camera men here, many fro
At an emotional memorial in st. Petersburg money in misery the greeks reluctantly benefitting from europes refugee crisis hello, thank you for joining us. Myanmar is the biggest move from dictatorship to democracy appears to have gone smoothly. The election billed as the freest is thought to have achieved a turn out of 80 , with many voting for the first time in their lives. The outcome will not be clear and could be followed with weeks of political wrangling. Aung san suy kyis lead for democracy is expected to win the most votes. It needs 67 of seats to take control of the parliament and choose the president a role she herself is not allowed to hold. The army dominates politics after decades in power. The union backed Solidarity Party needs 35 of seats to form a majority because 25 of seats are reserved for the military. Activists say up to 4 Million People may have been unable to vote, including the minority rohingya muslims. Al jazeera spent the day at a Polling Center in yangon. Th
Im malcolm webb on the river nile. People here whether lose their jobs because of hydroelectric dam. Egypt says information about what caused the plane crash hat not been shared. The comments from egypts Prime Minister came from evidence gathered by the britain and the united states. The information we had about the incident had not been shared with Egyptian Security agencies, with any details. This is a question mark we should ask, we are the most involved party. We are expecting more Technical Information to be provided to us, instead of spreading it in a casual way. Now, french investigators looking through the flight recorder data suggests an explosion caused the disaster last seat, killing 224 passengers and the crew. The bites can be heard pilots can be heard chatting normally. Reports from the u. S. Suggest. Finally, parts of the planes wreckage seems to suggest there were pok marks on the door. It could be the as a result of shrapnel. Live in london what is the investigation tu