He remains in good spirits. He was sentenced, on saturday, for failing to declare money earned from selling state gifts, while he was in office. After the verdict he was taken from his home directly to prison. He has denied the charges. Lets speak to mian hammad azhar,|mran khan s aide and formerfinance and energy minister. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. Tell us a little bit more about the situation with the former Prime Minister. You say that or his lawyers say they are deplorable conditions but he remains in good spirits. Conditions but he remains in good sirits. ,. ,. , spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because that spirits. That is correct. Hes noti been given because that former spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because that former Prime Ministers in pakistan are entitled to. Hes being held in a cell with open toilets, that is an unclean, unhygienic a
that wa warm welcome to tho joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room this is the united states property, we obviously don t want to see anybody getting their hands on it. this type of behavior from the russian pilots is uncommon and unfortunate and unsafe. we didn t have snow all winter long and now the biggest storm of the year. this snow is very heavy, wet and dense. it is sticking to all the trees and power lines. in the wake of this banking crisis even as it seems to be receding from the brink, there is recognition that perhaps the fed will have to change course. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 15th, in washington white house officials say the u.s. is taking steps to ensure that an air force drone hit by russia in the black sea doesn t end up in the wrong hands. the pentagon says russian fighter jets intercepted the surveillance drone on tu
flying over the black sea. this is video of the type of reaper drone that went down. white house officials say that the russian move over international waters is the kind of thing that could spark a dangerous escalation between super powers. it could lead to m miscalculations between, you know, two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together but certainly in proximity in the region. and we don t want to see the war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people and so this is clearly this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. and salma abdelaziz is live in london for us. salma, russia and the u.s. have very different stories here about what happened. reporter: two very different narratives about what took place in the early hours of yesterday morning on the black sea. the united states says that russian fighter jets essentially reading between the lines harassed the united states drone. they say
Race across the region. Get out of the car i will light you up get out now a police video is released showing the arrest of an africanamerican woman who died in jail three days later. A murder inquiry is underway. A member of burundis main opposition is calling for the formation of a unity government following a controversial election. The vote was boycotted by some, but the Electoral Commission says preliminary results show a 74 voter turnout. Earlier, u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon called for a stop so the violence. One civilian and a policeman were killed. The president s spokesman condemned the attacks at acts of terror aimed at intimidating voters. The president is expected to win a third consecutive term despite a constitutional limit of two terms in office. Opposition boycotted the vote. Tell us about the call for a unity government, people are trying to find ways of limiting violence after the result of this election comes out. Exactly. People have been talking about this u
Makes a surprise visit to baghdad, reviewing the progress against isil. The haunting message sandra bland left her friend. One year later will a nuclear deal with iran help bring Washington Post journalist home from an iranian prison. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Good morning im randall pinkston. Defense as he can ash carter landed in baghdad this morning on an unannounced stop. He arrived a few hours ago where he will meet with iraqi leaders and u. S. Commanders fighting isil. They are working to plan a ground assault to retake ramadi. The visit comes during a bloody week in baghdad with isil attacks claiming dozens of lives. Imran kahn is live in baghdad. This visit was not on the publicly announced agenda for secretary carter. How is iraqs leadership reacting to his arrival . Thats absolutely right. Although this visit was unannounced, it certainly was not unexpected. These things take a lot of organizing. It goes to show you how dangerous the security situatio