Hes saying about his stunning power surge knocking off the cubs and keeping the curse alive as the mets sweep their way into the world series. And good morning, america. It has been a Long Time Coming for the mets. They are going to the world series and what a postseason for Daniel Murphy. You see it right there, six home runs in six straight playoff games. That is a record. He is a beast. We have so much more on that coming up. First we begin with breaking news overseas. A masked man with a sword attacking a school in sweden. Details just coming in and lama hasan starts us off, good morning, lama. Reporter good morning. Thats right. This news coming in right now. A truly horrific and frightening attack as class was beginning. A masked man wielding a sword burst into a school in the town of trollhattan, sweden. He attacked four people killing one teacher and wounding two students seriously aged between 11 and 15. Police on the scene shot the man who is now in critical condition. No wor
Are betting on a great year. First the Iraqi Government and a powerful shia militia declare victory over isil. The fight has been led by the badr core. The group held a victory rally and is now saying its ready to move north into isil strongholds. We have this report from baghdad. Jane. The celebration illustrate the growing power of sheena groups here, including the badr corps. They are in control of their own operations. Theyre working with the iraqi good afternoon and with those forces have now taken over according to the militia members, militia leaders and Iraqi Government officials pretty much all of the province, a major stronghold of isil. It hasnt been without a cost, as they drove us through part of the territory, you could see abandoned villages, houses destroyed, even mosques destroyed in some areas, we were told. What we saw really indicated a region the formerly rich region that had been abandoned to the fighting. They are also investigating an alleged massacre in an area
Fighting in make shift shelters. Plus the man who gave birth to the contraceptive pill dies. We look at the revolutionary impact of this little tablet. We begin with the breaking news out of egypt. One of our journalists, peter greste has been freed from prison after 400 days mind bars. And et cetera in good health. He was arrested alongside our colleagues who remain behind bars. Al jazeera continues to demand their release. The three journalists were falsely accused of coludding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. A short while ago, the network issued this media release. Al jazeera has said that the campaign to free its journalists in egypt listened end until all three have been released. Peter greste is on his way out of the country after 400 days in detension. The other two remain behind bars. Network says hey all three have to be exonerated and the other journalists tried in absentia have to be lifted. The acting director general of the access immediate media network, we are mroo
World, doctors in india carry out a successful double hand transplant. We begin with breaking news out of egypt. One of our journalists peter greste has been freed from prison after 400 days behind bars in good health. He was arrested alongside our colleagues. They remain behind bars and al jazeera continues to demand their release. The three were falsely accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Al jazeera had this release the network said all three have to be exonerated and the convictions against its other journalists tried in abstention have to be lifted. This was the most recent media protest against the detention of al jazeera staff in egypt. At the end of december, mash ago year since their arrest, journalists rallied in london and around the world. Sydney the hague sarajevo. It had been a year of agony for the families of the men. Australias peter grestes parents hoped for his release by christmas. Giving him a hug at the end was quite difficult. Just to say go
Jail, peter greste calls for the release of his al jazeera colleagues. Music prodigy in the u. S. Hello. More on all those stories but first, breaking news out of cairo. Blast which exploded in a busy square. Two bombs were discovered by police thats according to the reuters news s. A. T. Agency. Key iraqi province of dyalla. The group held a victory rally on monday and they are ready to move into i. S. I. L. Strong holds. Jane arraf joins me from baghdad. What was the significance of this celebration . Well, that really was part of it that that wasnt the Iraqi Government. It shows how powerful these shia groups have become. They dont want to be called be publishmilitias. The Badr Organization is one of the biggest perhaps the biggest group, it could be argued as more 77 than the Iraqi Government forces, and pretty well have pushed i. S. I. L. Back from one of their strong holds. But there has been a cost to that investigation into massacres but really it was all about celebration. It