The stage is set for a second track show down between usain bolt and Justin Gatlin at the World Championships in beijing. One community, 276 schoolgirls, 500 days, thats how long its been since the girls were ab ducted in northeast nigeria. 57 escaped, nothing has been heard of those left behind. The girls were taken from boko haram, from their school in the middle of the night. They were preparing for end of year exams. Getting the education for which boko haram is exposed. This is proof they were alive, but not a single one has been rescued. Outrage at the governments inability to find the girls and clampdown on mass protests in nigeria. We want the girls now, and alive. Reporter the Campaign Hashtag bring back our girls began in nigeria, rapidly proceeding around the goirls. It drew the dangers of big names such as Ellen Degeneres and first Lady Michelle obama. And became a big story. This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from gett
To take in 8,000 migrants, but with millions fleeing is the u. S. Doing enough . This is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im steph. Today, family and friends and the television station where they worked are remembering two virginia journalists killed on lye television. I want to share with you once again what made these two so special. Please join us now in a moment of silence. Reporter Allison Parker and cameraman adam ward were gunned down by a former colleague. Police say the shooter Vester Flanagan later killed himself. He recorded the entire incident then posted it on to social media. Al jazeera is choosing not to show those images but were learning more about what drove flanagan to violence. John, police say the gunman left behind a manifesto, what did it say . Reporter yeah, some call it a suicide note, some call it a manifesto. It arrived by fax at the headquarters of abc news two hours after the shootings. He talks about himself being a human powder keg, angry abou
Biggest rival Justin Gatlin for a second time at the World Championships in beijing. As many as 50 refugees have been found dead inside of a truck on a highway in autria. Their bodies were recovered a few meters from vienna. Barnaby phillips was at the u. N. Meeting, but before we talk about what happened there at that meeting in vienna, barnaby, tell us more about what we know about these people who were found dead in the truck, and the circumstances surrounding their deaths. Reporter we dont know their countries of origin. Their bodies were somewhat decomposed by the time the police discovered them today, thursday morning. It had been parked on the main road running into vienna from the south from the hungarian border since at least wednesday night. But we dont actually know how long it had been there. The driver has absconded. There are some reports that he is a romanian national. He would be a key witness in what we would assume would be a murder investigation. The Hungarian Police
In connection with the tianjin chemical blast that killed over 140 people a decade after Hurricane Katrina, president obama heads to new orleans. Plus, im Charles Stratford reporting from northern ethiopia, where conservationists are struggling more than before to save 1500 years of christian heritage in the churches of lalabella. And here in doha, with all the sport, including usain bolt brought back down to earth after once again proving hes the fastest man in the world. Of the thousands of refugees arriving on european shores, the vast majority are the conflict in syria. European countries are not the only ones affected. The country is at capacity, and up to a million may flee syria. According to the united nations, by mid august of this year, 158,000 people reached greece by sea. That puts arrivals there ahead of italy, where so far 90,000 have come ashore. Leaders of the western balkan nations are meeting in vienna in a bid to find the common strategy to deal with the worst refuge
Fuel for a 2016 bid for the white house. Well have a full report coming up. Also tonight, the Obama Administration kicking its campaign to sell the president s nuclear deal into high gear, but more democratic defections are starting to pile up. And a new report from the United Nations agency tasked with inspecting Irans Nuclear facilities indicates that the country may have, in recent months, built an extension to most controversial nuclear site. Ill take all of that up with former u. N. Ambassador john bolton among my guests tonight. Our top story, donald trump once again, extending his lead into the republican president ial field. So much so that polling experts are reportedly dumbfounded and now questioning whether everything that they know about winning the white house is wrong. Fox news chief Political Correspondent carl cameron has our report. Reporter billionaire front running republican president ial candidate donald trump has led the polls for more than two months and addressi