Rubble of the blast in china. Its reported more toxic chemicals have been found at the scene. Mixing childs play with politics. Donald trumps Foreign Policy statement on iraq. First of all, the iraqi officials are a crooks wrooiringsdz. In distress. They say they rescued 320 people. The captain of the Italian Navy Ship has referred to distressing scenes, bodies of suffocated people being found in the holes of the ship that was in distress. Yet, these kinds of tragedies are hardly unusual in the mediterranean now. I am speaking to you from a ship belonging to the a group, Doctors Without Borders heading at the moment through the messina straits. Its been running an operation since may. No time, it has rescued thousands of people from the sea. The aid workers on this ship say they are performing a role that european governments are not. Meanwhile, a brawl has broken out on the greek island of kos where thousands of refugees and other migrants are waited to be allowed into mainland europe
Adrian brown joins us now. We understand a wider Evacuation Order has now been given. Reporter theres still a bit of confusion about whether a wider evacuation has been ordered. State media have reported 700 tons of sodium cyanide were in the warehouse that was destroyed in those multiple explosions but today the government said it was slightly less than 100. Just talk us through again why the authorities think the death toll will actually go higher. It is though, still waiting. There have been desperate scenes in macedoni where hundreds of migrants have been traying to board a train. There wasnt enough room for everyone and migrants tried to pull others off to secure a face. The train was heading to serbia which borders hungary. In iraq, at least 21 people have been killed in a series of bombings in and around baghdad. Its been targeted many times. The attacks have injured more than 100 people in yemen, pro Government Forces are making significant progress against houthi according to
Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. This is pbs newshour weekend. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The u. S. Government is opposing the release of a detainee at the u. S. Military prison in guantanamo, bay cuba, who has been on a Hunger Strike for eight years. The military is forcefeeding Tariq Ba Odah to keep him alive. The 36yearold detainee now weighs 74 pounds, roughly the weight of a 10yearold boy. Thats less than half what he weighed when he was sent to guantanamo 13 years ago. Ba odah has never been formally charged or convicted of a crime, and he is among the 52 detainees who have been cleared for release by a task force of u. S. National security agencies. Last night, the Justice Department filed papers in federal Court Opp
What else is there to do . Either you sit down and die or get up and die. We have all the sports including the latest from the World Championships. Usain bolt runs in the 100 meter semis in beijing. Hello. Our top story this hour. Macedonian police allowed hundreds of refugees to cross into the country two days after a state of emergency was called and the border was closed. It follows a tense day for refugees trying to make their way to western europe. Weve been following the events on the greek side of the border. Reporter 48 hours after macedonia shut its border to reef gees, the gathering crowd makes a break for it. They didnt come this far to be held back. Hundreds do get through, sprinting across open fields as Armed Police Units fire percussion grenades in this case directly at a mother and her two children. Until thursday this was an invisible, open border. Railway tracks leads from greece through macedonia towards serbing ya, the eu and serbia beyond. Now refugees from idlib,
And reunited again, iran and the u. K. Reopen their embassies. I am here with all the sports as usain bolt is officially still the fastest man in the world. He wasnt the favorite this time, but the jamaican is still good enough to win a third world title in the 100 meters. Some of them havent eaten or slept in days. They have been cramped together in the rain, waiting in uncertainty, only to face Police Batons and stun grenades. The 2,000 refugees who finally made in it to macedonia, their journey has finally begun. They have boarded trains and buses to the take them to the bd of sear by a. They are aiming to get to hungary. They have headed to a packed Refugees Center where they have to apply for asylum. And the time pressure is on, hungary is building a razor wire fence on its border with serbia to prevent people from coming in. Andrew simmons has this report from the Macedonian Border. Reporter there is no end it seems to the suffering, the exhaustion. Its a different place, a railw