This is the Word Network Live in new york city. Im del walters. Just a few moments ago the president of the university of missouri said he is resigning. Tim wolf making that announcement after he was filed to appear before the board of governors, and they were called into emergency session to address the recent protest against recent acts of rayism on campus. Im resigning as president of the university of missouri system. My motivation in making this decision comes from a love, i love mu, where i grew up, the state of missouri. Ive thought and prayed about this decision. Its the right thing to do. Al jazeeras andy roskin is live for us. This just happened moments ago. What led up to the decision . Just a few moments ago there was a huge roar from the crowd. Theyre behind the tent city that has sprung up in the last few days here on campus for people demanding that president tim wolf resign. Its an emotional cheer from the crowd. We saw lots of tears. One person yelled out he can eat no
Aung sans opposition party. Failing a generation. Hundreds of thousands of refugee children are missing out on an education. Murdered for which craft, the axe could you says threatening the lives of kenyas elderly. Plus. Im Jessica Baldwin in london. The works of alexander calder. The artist what invented the mobile. Hello there, thank you for joining us. One of the biggest scandals in sports. The report said that russia has covered up positive test results and recommends lifetime bans for five athletes and coaches. We have reported on doping controls on many occasions. Not just in the past, but up to and including the middle of this year well after it was known that this investigation is underway. We have found cover ups. We found destruction of samples in the laboratories. We found payments of money in order to conceal doping tests. Paul rhs was at the president conference in geneva. They have been looking into allegations made in a german documentary that came out last december. In
This is Aljazeera America live in new york city, im del walters. We are tracking a developing story coming out of jordan this morning opinion three people, including two americans were shot and killed by a Jordanian Police officer, opening fire inside a Training Center near amman. That center is used to train security forces. Al jazeera has more from amman. After a jordanian officer reportedly opened fire inside a Training Center in amman. A South African was also killed before the gunman took his own life. He was killed after the attack by Jordanian Security forces, although we have heard other reports suggesting that he shot himself and committed suicide following the attack. Now these instructors, the foreign instructors are contracted by the Jordanian Public Security department to train Jordanian Policemen, as well as other arab Police Forces in the region. Jordan is known to have a strong army and police force, and is also a safe country, so this Training Center is also used as a
Hundreds of thousands of syrian refugee children in turkey. Myanmars main opposition party, the National League for democracy is projected to win a land slight in the countries parliamentary election. Early results give Aung San Suu Kyis party more than 70 of seats in the first properly held vote in decades. Myanmars ruling party backed by the military has said it will respect the results. More now on this report. Bold predictions, the day after a landmark election in myanmar. The newspapers are already predicting the wins of the main opposition party. The National League for democracy or n. L. D. On the streets, people werent shy about saying who they want in government. I want to see, thats why i seated. I want Aung San Suu Kyi to lead this country. If Aung San Suu Kyi leads us, the country will be better. Five years ago, when myanmar was still under military rule, few would have dared to mention the name of former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi. Now, her party could form the ne
Strengthening the tremendous friendship and allies between descream and the uniteisrael anf america. Thank you very much. After months of lies a conciliatory tone at the white house. Madam governor. She cares about our people and our home land. A rare female in afghanistan, denice tradition to survive. And moving art, a new combination shows how Andrew Calder transformed american sculpture. Good evening im antonio mora. This is al jazeera america. We begin with the prospect of russian athletes having to sit out next years olympic games, russia accused of helping its athletes cheat drug tests. The report recommended lifetime bans for a number of athletes and coaches from the russian freas. Thafederation. That includes two women who medals at the 2012 games in london. The Russian Sports minister says the evidence does not support the games. Another official called it a politically motivated statement. Al jazeeras paul reese reports from geneva. In the swiss sunshine a dark day for the wo