The u. S. President sends another warning to russia to stop meddling in the east of ukraine. And south africa since aparthe apartheid, how much has things really changed . But first hundreds of thousands of people are in st. Peters square in the vatican. There is the scene live as you can see cardinal there is making their way as they prepare to take part of a mass which is due to get under way just about now. Well, al jazeera is there in the thick of it in vatican city. He joins us live now, and today is significant and historic, isnt it, jonah, in several ways. It certainly is activityic because two hope popes are being cannoneersed, and that has never happened before. Pope francis presiding, but also attended by Pope Benedict xvi. This will be his most prominent public appearance since as we seek. The opening stages head of moments away, the canon indication ceremony itself. And in a short half hour or so pope francis will declare those two popes saints. On the altar they will be re
Morals changed. A bond of brothers broken by a longheld tradition. Skating by what prompted thousands to grab their boards and glide through the city streets . Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im morgan radford. The turmoil in iraq prompted a schedule change for secretary of state john kerry. This as i. S. I. L. Continues its bloody rampage. Deadly clashes erupted in two cities overnight. In western iraq north of baghdad i. S. I. L. Rebels killed 36 shia fighters, most supporting the ruling government, who asked for their help fighting the rebels. 34 were killed by i. S. I. L. Fighters. They were one of the last governmentheld crossings. Meanwhile secretary of state john kerry heads to the middle east to discuss the rebel offensive. He will travel to europe, where hell meet with gulf and nato leaders. Theres a team of reporters tracking the situation from baghdad to washington d. C. Lets begin with imran khan, where tenses of thousands are ma
His decision to resign online a short time ago. He said his departure could help the Prime Minister negotiate a way out of the countrys debt crisis. He said he would wear the creditors loathing with pride. Thousands of people celebrated in athens Central Square cheering waving flags and setting off fire crackers as well. The no vote is unprecedented and it could send greece on an exit path. The government is reacting to the resignation. Yanis varoufakis played a key role or a leading role in the negotiations as the finance minister since the first day of the government. The Prime Minister feels a need to thank him for his unremitting efforts to promote the governments interests and position to the greek people under difficult conditions. Under the counsel of political leaders his replacement will be announced and that meeting is happening as we speak. And Elinda Labropoulou joins us from ath witness the latest developments. We are hopefully going to be hearing from Alexis Tsipras right
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