In wartorn iraq with music for the people. Well, we begin with news that reached us in the last ten minutes or so about explosions in the Eastern Libya city of cooper and we understand at least 20 people have been killed in what is thought though have been a car bomb the town is to the east of benghazi and more on that in a moment. Meanwhile the United States and britain rejecting libyas call to lift a weapons embargo and British Foreign secretary saying they need a National Unity government first and recognized by u. N. Made the appeal to lift the embargo two days ago and neighbors nigeria and tunesia warned against war intervention because of fighting with rival malitia and thoughts now of richard from the British Ambassador to the country says a stable india is in the best independent of the entire region and europe. The sort of statements you hear from the neighbors, liberia and tunesia and egypt show the level of concern there that insecurity could spread and i think everybody in
Plus. Im Nicole Johnston in afghanistan where helicopters are finally starting to reach the region that has been cutoff from avalanches. Thousands of mourners paying respect to russian opposition borris nemtsov shot dunwoody on friday and long cues at the center where people fired past his coffin and several european politicians and one of Vladimir Putins critics has been barred from attending the funeral and we will go live to rory live in moscow and we know that nemtsov was known internationally for his activist who is attending his funeral . Reporter well a number of highprofile dignitaries from the european union. When i was down at the center earlier where his body was being laid out in a Memorial Service thousands of people filing past leaving flowers and candles and people like john major there the former british prime minister. But as you say there are certain notable absences as well. The polish Senate Leader was turned away from the immigration at one of russias airports beca
And reject his initiative. Reporter students protest in myanmar against a new law that is stifling academic freedoms. Reporter with the sport as a new report uses cycling governing body of allowing the doping culture to flourish is all talk and little action. Welcome to the program, it started as one countrys fight against an armed group but now chad and niger have joined the battle against boko haram and 200 military vehicles seen crossing the border to nigeria joining the boko haram fighters in the northeast of the country and includes attacks from both the ground and air and its the first major push into nigerian territory and we have more from the nigerian capitol abuja. The neighbors and fight against boko haram has taken a new urgency, operation of troops by chad and niger against the group is underway, objective is to push them in a corner ahead of the final onslaught this month, so far 30 towns and villages liberated from the fighters since chad and niger joined efforts from ni
Welcome to the program and we begin in yemen where police opened fire on protesters to stop them from reaching the Prime Ministers Office and two people have been killed and demonstrators from the minority are demanding the government step down and we go live from the yemen capitol and tensions rising on the streets, tell us what has been going on there. Reporter we are still near the office of the Prime Minister where earlier in the day they were marching toward the building and prevented by Security Forces and there were fences there and knocked down by protesters and at that Moment Police started firing warning shots. Somehow for some reason things went wrong and they started opening fire, injuring people and five people were killed, Dozens Injured and a local hospital is asking people to donate blood. Its a very difficult situation. And they asked for more reenforcements and denied reports by protesters managed to break in the building but what we know so far is there is an escalat
Across europe. Ah, hello i mary, im the mozy im watching al jazeera coming up in the program. On the brink of collapse, italys government looks lightly to fall with 3 coalition parties, refusing to back mario druggie ha, angering colombo and a new president is chosen. He immediately promises to crack down on troublemakers of some of easter. Johnson bids farewell to parliament, his bossy names, the fine 2 contenders to replace him ah, alone, welcome to the program from spain and france through italy in into greece. Forest fires continued to threaten lives and homes in europe. Soaring temperatures and Drought Conditions of dried out vegetation, allowing flames to ravage grace waves of the continent. The wave is already thought of contributed to the depths of more than a 1000 people in spain and portugal, and the fires of lights and Mass Evacuation orders in spain verifies burning in 5 different regions. Algae, there is a bus ravi, begins our coverage now from some more province. When the