70 years. The body count is rising as desperate typhoon survivors cling to hope of aid and rescue. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. The death toll is above 2300 the the union warns it will spike. The red cross is preparing to send 1500 body bags to the region. The first mass burial took place outside tacloban without ceremony. 40,000 people in tacloban got water, rice, canned goods and victims. Each ration is enough to feed a family for 23 days. Another shipment is expected today. The u. S. S. George washington is arriving today, carrying 5,000 sailors to aid in the rescue and relief efforts of the the arriving of the Aircraft Carrier will trip the the number of helicopters. Theyll help to deliver hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. In a town in northern cebu one person was killed in the storm. It suffered significant damage. Officials say requests for aid have gone unanswered. Al jazeeras correspondent is on the island in northern cebu with this report. Many peop
The search for survivors as mudlike quick sand buries people and homes in Washington State. Lots of news people have been fearing since Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 vanished more than three weeks ago. A new analysis of data indicated that the plane crashed in a remote area. Southern indian ocean. None of the 239 on board supplied. Ships and planes from 26 countries are searching for the aircraft. Good evening, theres a race op now to find those black boxes, which may unravel the mystery behind flight mh370. Good evening to you. Yes, the thoughts this evening for now turn to the families of flight mh370 who have been briefed formally today, for the first time, by the words from the malaysian government. They came up to at a pentagon briefing ending only in the last couple of hours at washington d. C. Rearadmiral john kirby saying there are more than 200 families out there from the malaysian government, but he called it honest news. Nevertheless everyone is grieving. As he was speaking
Welcome to the pulse. I am anna edwards. Also coming up on this program, it counts your calories, measures how must you exercise and takes your selfie. Can this smart fridge air your dirty laundry to . First, some news from south wales. The nato summit is beginning. Lets get out the Ryan Chilcote on the scene. I take it that is what all those nato leaders are looking at. That is exactly right. Of nato are all watching this flypast which has been underway for a little while now. We have the fourth group of aircraft coming through right now. Bute, likely to the f15s you will have to forgive me if i mess it up a little bit. There are several aircraft involved. I show of force from nato. This is the first gathering in two years. The last one was in chicago. This one, perhaps the most important in a quarter decade with the crisis in europe and ukraine and the price is in syria and iraq. Here comes a voyager, a massive aircraft as you can see. Not just fighter jets, but a whole range of airc
As the Un Security Council meeting to discuss tuesdays miss are launched by north korea to more a fire by pyongyang. Ah, hello, i am dire in jordan, this is al jazeera ally from della also coming up. Oh, pick plus group, which includes russia and saudi arabia is to cut oil out what meaning high prices. Us says itll bring Global Economic damage. President Vladimir Putin formerly signs a law to annex more parts of ukraine where keeps forces are continuing to seize back territory. The british Prime Minister pledges 2, whether the economic store man seeks to study her new government after a turban install. Ah, south koreas joint chiefs of staff and japans coast guards say north korea has fired to more Ballistic Missiles towards the east coast. A longer range weapon was launched by pyongyang 2 days ago. The u. S. Navies, flagship carrier group, is returning to the sea of japan for exercises with south korean forces. The Un Security Council met on wednesday, where the u. S. Condemned north k
Hello and diamond jordan and della with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera, north korea has fought 2 more ballistic missiles. Its just 2 days after another longer range weapon was launched and happened as the Un Security Council was meeting to discuss north koreas actions. The u. S. Has condemned the launches. The dpr k has enjoyed blanket protection from 2 members of this council. These 2 members have gone out of their way to justify the t dpr, kays repeated provocations and block every attempt to update the sanctions regime. In short, 2 permanent members of the Security Council have enabled kim young on auto zeros. Rob mcbride has more now from sol, is a flurry of bizarre electricity seems to be continuing the too short range. Ballistic missiles detected 1st, light on thursday, being fired from an area of some sort which is close to pyongyang. Now, according to south Korean Military officials at the 1st time that mistletoe being detected from this area. So the sus