Ferretti joined the Italian Air Force as a pilot. She was later selected by the European Space agency to become italys 1st female astronaut. Ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. The sour rushes president Vladimir Putin has signed into law, the annexation of 4 ukrainian regions a week after separatists. Referendums that keith and its allies called a sham, but the kremlin now controls less of those regions than it did when the votes were held. So what youll notice yet, the Ukranian Army is carrying out a pretty fast and powerful advance in the south of our country as part of the current offensive operation. Thus, dozens of settlements have already been liberated from the russian sham referendum. This week alone is in the course on regions the car keep region 2 hands. Antoinette screens altogether says that our warriors do not stomach them. And its only a matter of time before we oust the occupier from our land. The u. S. South korea and japan are conducting military dril
Both sides in this conflict are criticizing the United States. Yousuf gamal eldin joins us from cairo with the latest. We have been hearing about the escalating numbers of those who have been injured and killed in the situation. It sounds like it is getting much more tense. Absolutely, becky. A lot of tension this morning here in downtown cairo as the Muslim Brotherhood calls for a million man march, basically, for their supporters to take up arms, to step up against Security Forces. Now, we have seen military activity as well in the morning, even though the curfew is over. Tanks have taken up position right below us. Four of them at least. And theyre blocking basically access road to Tahrir Square. The epicenter of the political changes we have seen in egypt over the last two or three years or so. Very symbolic part of the city, which they are now cordoning off, basically in anticipation of these large protests. We are currently hearing the preparations for friday prayers. Theyre abou
This is al jazeera ah hello, im lauren taylor. This is the hours here and use our live from london coming up. Ah, Queen Elizabeth makes her final journey from Buckingham Palace. King charles, his sons and his siblings, marching behind the coffin. Her body is now lying in state in parliament, a queue of people waiting to file, past and pay their respects is ready for kilometers. Long. Amina is Prime Minister appeals for help from a russian lead Regional Security force of to fighting with as a, by john kills a 155 soldiers. Thus, offer a wouldnt hold up a bay route bank, demanding her own money in whats becoming a regular occurrence in crisis. Hit lebanon, and im, hes the same as him. Bo, with your sports these little messy, helps paris sandra, and fight back to overcome mccovie heifer in the Champions League. Oh ha. Ah, we begin in london where thousands of mourners have started to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd should be lying in state at Westminster Hall for the next
Theres new evidence to consider as well, from grand jury documents, and what seems to like some like questionable forensic procedures after officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown. All that and Michael Browns parents spoke out today, sitting down with legal analyst, sunny hostin, calling officer wilson a murderer. A lot to get to. First off, lets go to the ground. Jason carroll is in ferguson. Jason, i know its early, a lot of the trouble over the last few nights started much later than this. Whats the situation right now . Reporter right now, were in front of the Ferguson Police department, where weve spent so many nights, you can see members of the National Guard out here, in front. We havent seen any signs of st. Louis county pd that we saw out here last night, but these men and women are here, just in case. But not sure at this point if it will be necessary. Heres the reason why, john. You turn around here across the street, those are the only number of protesters that
But it is an intersection of all kinds of local and regional buses subways trains and path trains that go aboveground, as well. Sto so its a really big and intricate place. And if they have to search all the different vulnerabilities for explosive devices, its going to take a while. But again, this is not nothing. They at least found a device that is forcing them to have to do a massive sweep of this area around the Port Authority in manhattan, there in the midtown west side of manhattan. And there are reports that there was a human cost here. So were going to have to stay on it and get you confirmed information. And this is an interesting target, right, chris, because its a soft target, in that its very hard to secure, as you say. However you dont have tsa going in and out of a place like this. Great point. However, obviously, in recent years, in times, there has been a big beefed up security presence. When i go through any of these, either Grand Central or Port Authority, you see arm