Of indonesia from the military repression in west papua to discriminatory laws restricting the rights of religious minorities and women. We will speak to john sifton of Human Rights Watch and journalist allan nairn who will also talk about sundays election in guatemala. Been to nobel prizeWinning Economist joe stiglitz on rewriting the rules of the American Economy. Would in some of the problems we face, inequality, global warming, pollution, environment problems, and we need to create jobs. And what i show is we can have a tax reform that does all of those and raise money. Amy the university of mississippi has removed the state flag with the confederate emblem on the schools grounds, and a victory for student activists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. By the end of this century, areas of the persian gulf could be hit by waves of heat and humid they are intolerable to human. From the burning of the fo
Worlds bestselling author. Hello, ten people are now known to have died in a bomb blast in turkeys largest city, istanbul. The attack happened in the sultanahmet district. It is popular with tourists and Officials Say nine of the dead are german. Shortly after the Prime Minister convened an Emergency Security meeting. He says the suspected bomber was a foreign member of the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. The city was already on high alert after a series of attacks blamed on isil including a bombing in october that left more than a hundred people dead. Reporter its the heart of istanbul, and one of its most popular tourist spots. This is the square less than an hour after the explosion. The site cordoned off. Translator it was a suicide bomb, yes. I went there and saw it and came back to the hotel. It was chaos. Everyone was running around. Police didnt see this coming up in they were upset, but trying to evacuate the area, because they said a second bomb could go off. Reporter i
Taliban after combat operations end in december. And im farah ill have all the sport, including Mani Pacquiao dismisses suggestions hes past his best as he successfully defends his welter weight title its a landmark moment for tunisia. The first president ial election since the uprising and revolution of 2011. Some polling stations have seen large queues of voters, in total more than 5 Million People are eligible to vote. There are 22 candidates to choose from. Two have emerged as frontrunners. 87yearold Beji Caid Essebsi is the favourite. He is the leader of the secular nidaa tounes party, which won the county elections in october. His closest rival is the Current Interim president moncf marzouki. And he has been in charge since the outing of former president zine El Abidine Ben ali. Nazanine moshiri joins us live from the capital tunis. Hugely a significant moment for tunisians. How is the front runner suggesting and what has he been saying . Yes, he did vote here at the polling stat
Sanctions. And historic day in tunisia. People are voting for their first directly elected president. And in sport, Lewis Hamilton is this years formula 1 champion. Season final in abu dhabi. Ill have this story coming up later, in this hour. We start with the breaking news coming out of afghanistan where at least 40 people have been killed at a volleyball tournament taking place there. Dozens are injured. Well get the latest from Charles Stratford. Who is in kabul. Bring us up to date. We just spoke for the spokesman and said the the person walked in and detonated an explosive device and were hearing that at least 45 people were killed,and around 60 injured, so far, and those casualties certainly expected, possibly those deaths expected to arise. Obviously a very crowded tournament place where a lot of locals were gathered watching a game between apparently three districts of the province. Obviously were getting news as its coming through. The story is likely to develop but a massive
Iran and the six word powers have started the final round of talks in austria tuesday discussing Irans Nuclear program with four days left to reach a deal. Experts say the talks have now reached a Crucial Point. U secretary of state is expected to join the negotiations. John kerry is currently in paris this morning. We believe all of us that if you have a Peaceful Nuclear program, it really isnt that hard technically to be able to prove that it is peaceful. Our hope is that well be able to close the gaps, move forward, work with our technical experts, teams and see whether or not in the next days we can move closer to or achieve some sense of how we close the agreement. Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency says negotiators are looking to finalize a deal now. This is not an endless process. The i. E. A. Can clarify issues with cooperation from iran within a reasonable time frame. We are ready to accelerate that process. I will like that iran come up with concrete a