Than mullin, al jazeera. With a quick reminder of the headlines here on al jazeera, russia has admitted launching air strikes on the ukrainian port of odessa. Moscow says, the strikes hit military targets. Attack came just a day after russia and ukraine signed a deal to allow safe passage of grain shipments from ukraines port or rural, as you would have to be directly below rose before rational forces took action in a port. Odessa, a dock ukrainian warship and a warehouse with us supplied missiles were destroyed when stores rush. I used long raised naval messiah in odessa c port on the territory of a ship. Prepare, planned more than a 1000 migrants and refugees rescued from the mediterranean. Have now right in italy, 5 bodies have also been recovered. Most of the migrants set off on boats from north africa. In the caribbean, at least 17 people have died off the coast of the bahamas. Off a boat carrying refugees, migrants from haiti, cap sized Officials Say an infant was among the dead.
Power couple. North Koreas Kim Jongun is invited to visit Vladimir Putins russia. Is it the start of a dangerous threat to the u. S. And world peace . And is this Excessive Force . Pictures of a College Student covered in blood, angry allegations he was roughed up by police. Tonight we have new details about the investigation and the outrage. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking new, a brazen new claim from izsis, a statement posted online saying the terror group was behind the attack that killed 23 people in tunisias capital city. The statement singles out two suicide gunmen calling them knights. Ominously, it warns the attack is just the start. We are also following breaking news in mississippi. Police have now found the body of an africanamerican man hanging from a tree. The man has been missing for days and we are awaiting word on whether its a suicide or murder. We will be discussing u. S. Race relations with the head of the National Urban league and president of
Arrested, according to tunisian authorities, four linked to the attacks, the Prime Minister identified two suspects by name saying on french Radio Station atl, one had been known to security services. The two gunmen killed recruited at a tunisian mosque in september and trained at a jihadist camp in libya. According to tunisian interior official. Who told a french broadcaster tfi the Security Forces worked quickly, killing them before detonation. President obama called asepsi on thursday offering continued support during the investigation. Youre going to see the lowlevel attacks, but highimpact attacks, it will not be long before it comes to the United States because it is so easy for isis al qaeda, any other of these groups to do. Crowds marking it tunisias Independence Day are gathering in the center of the city of the capital here. Its always a big event in tunisia, this year many hope the rallies will also a symbolic gesture of defiance against those they now believe threaten this
Ten stitches. How did this happen you [ bleep ] racist. Reporter whats your opinion of the way police treated him . I mean i didnt necessarily see any violence. But then again, i didnt see any of them trying to help him. Reporter uva student Jennifer Goldman witnessed part of the confrontation early wednesday when johnson was already on the ground. She recognized him from an orientation session hed led this year. Very outgoing and nice and bright and cheerful. Reporter virginias governor ordered an investigation into whether Excessive Force was used concerned over these images of johnsons head bloodied. For young africanamericans who protested on the streets of charlottesville, this reopens the wounds of ferguson madison, Staten Island. Were pissed. Were angry. We want answers. We want people to be punished for, you know, the mistreatment they had on martese. We need people to be held accountable. Reporter uvas black Student Alliance calls the treatment animalistic. Johnson himself the
Students name is martese johnson. Heher hep he appeared with his attorney who readwho read ap who read awho read a statement disputingp charges that hecharges that he had a fake i. D. Wer we havewe have thisp we have this reportp todd with howtodd with how this all came to with be. Hey, his head is bleeding reporter a disturbing scene on the sidewalk. Just a few feet from the university of virginia campus, martese johnson, a 20yearold uva student is pinned to the ground by agents for the Virginia Department of alcoholic beverage control. An injury to his head requiring ten stitches. How did this happen you [ bleep ] racist. Reporter whats your opinion of the way police treated him . I mean, i didnt necessarily see any violence. But then again, i didnt see any of them trying to help him. Reporter uva student Jennifer Goldman witnessed part of the confrontation early wednesday when johnson was already on the ground. She recognized him from an orientation session hed led this year. Very o