The tank is made of steel plates bolted together rather than welded. Workers checked the joints and surfaces vigily and found no abnormalities. They dont know how the water got out. Company officials suggest the water leaked from the bottom of the tank, soaked into the soil and mixed with ground water. Crews plan to dig holes next week around the tank and in a nearby ditch, then theyll analyze the soil and ground water. They hope to trace the path the water took and figure out how far it spread. Company officials said thursday that crews had inspected similar tanks holding radioactive water. They said the findings showed two of those tanks may have leaked. Supporters of egypts ousted president are fighting for their message to be heard in defiance of a government crackdown. Theyve returned to the streets to demand Mohamed Morsis reinstatement. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood urged people to demonstrate after friday prayers. Thousands marched in the capital cairo. They passed near a s
The former rising star of the communist party bo xailai fights back on the second day of his trial denying all charges against him. An official with japans nuclear told them to ask for help if needed. Workers scramble to deal with leaks of highly radioactive water. 300 tons of water seeped from the storage plant. Workers detected the leak on monday. Theyve been checking about 350 tanks of the same design to make sure no other water is getting out. He criticized tepco for not considering the possibility of a leak. He said the utility was illprepared and said the company should have been keeping records of radiation levels near the tanks on a regular basis. Tepco officials told him they need more workers to oversee the site. Translator we want officials with Tokyo Electric Power company to admit the limits of their efforts instead of simply repeating that they are doing their best. They should speak up about what they need. Tepco officials should voice any other concerns they have about
And tackling drug violence, hue one town in mexico is trying to turn things around. France has called for a forceful response if it is confirmed that the Syrian Government used chemical weapons. The u. N. Condemned the alleged attack that reports say killed more than a thousand people. We are very concerned about the reports that chemical weapons are alleged to have been deployed near damascus. These reports are serious and should it be true, it would be a monstrosity. Jackie roland is live in paris for us. What exactly did the French Foreign minister say . Well, the French Foreign minister said if these allegations were proven to be true, it would be an absolute carnage and there needs to be an international condemnation. He went on to clarify. He said there was no question of sernding force sending forces onto the ground in sierra yar. Syria. He said then decisions would be taken in another way. He said it was possible that the french could react with, for example, the british and th
Hundreds of people. Now many are calling on u. N. To take a closer look. More on Richard Nixon as the watergate scandal unfolded. Wildfires are spreading across much of the western United States. Right now there are more than 50 of them burning in ten states. That includes at least nine new once that were first reported on wednesday. The flames have scorched thousands of acres of land, and the fight to contain them has cost already over a billion dollars. We have more on one of the most stubborn fires burning near Yosemite National park. Weve been told the rim fire has spread a little today, but the containment number is Still Standing at 5 . What that means is that firefighters did make some progress in another part of this 16,000acre wildfire. So it is still very much a wild wildfire. 5 contained. The local county board of supervisors has asked Governor Brown to declare a state emergency. Theyre seeking state assistance. The firefighters today are from the federal level, and what wev
Discovered. Fantastic news in a region with so many endered species. Coming up, the surprising low caslocation of where it was found. The Syrian Government says it has reached an agreement with u. N. Inspectors allowing them to examine the site of wednesdays alleged chemical attack coming as the u. S. Is ready to carry out military options against syria if it needs to. Bashar alassads regime denies it was behind the attack. It is blaming rebel fighters. A rocket shoots sky ward from the damascus neighborhood of eastern guta, al jazeera cannot independently verify the pictures that were up loaded onto youtube. It is the same area where an apparent chemical weapons attack killed hundreds of men, women and children last week. The Syrian Government denies it was responsible. Syria state tv is reporting that the government is agreeing to give the chemica u. Access to the attacks and the Global Leaders are calling for a response. Barack obama has been meeting his National Security advise ads