Tonight security is being tightened across russia after i bombing t bombing at a strain station. The blast occurred in volegrad about 600 south of moscow and 400 miles from sochi. The u. S. Condemned the bombing and says it stands with russia against trierrorism. Peter sharp has the latest. Reporter the chaotic aftermath. A body lies on the ground as the Emergency Services scramble to treat services. Officials say a woman set off explosives near metal detectors. The blast captured on camera. The station was packed with thousands of people leaving on the christmas holidays. Translator everything was covered in smoke. After ten minutes, i was able to see again, and there were bodies everywhere. Inside the train station, everything is destroyed. Reporter the attack killed and injured dozens of people. Translator according to preliminary information, the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kilograms of tnt. There would have been many more victims if it werent for the socalled
That is good news from the director general of the hospital in france. She is saying that Michael Schumacher had to unger go more surgery last night and that his condition has improved just slightly. This is the second operation he has been put through since this accident. Yesterday we were not given a prognosis. It was an hour by hour situation as far as the doctors were concerned and certainly they said, well, he is a very fit 44yearold. But so he might be able to deal with this sort of injury much better than a 70yearold but then again a 25yearold would of course deal with it much better than a 44yearold and they were not giving any sort of prognosis. Its absolutely brilliant news he is reacting to the treatment he is being given and. We are running out of time. It could take months especially if you have some sort of injury. Remind us of what happened. He was skiing with his son in the french resort in the french alps and he fell. It was about 11 00 in the morning. The conditions w
Tomorrow the temperatures go back up but as you can see we do not have any abovefreezing temperatures. So still more snow on the ground. It is not until we get to sunday that we finally see a lot of melting going around. Slushy, 40 in boston, 41 in new york and 40 in philadelphia, now, northeastern part of the United States, blizzard conditions are in effect. Youre watching Al Jazeera America. Consider this is up next. One of obamacares big claims runs into real world fact checks. Consider this. Could the Affordable Care act drive up er visits nationwide . Plus, conventional wisdom from gun control advocates, fewer firearms mean less gun violence, shoot holes in that theory. Also, question why long term partisan beliefs be off the mark. Could homophobic, locker room controversy which could be a kick to the lgbt community. Hello, im sheila macvicar, sitting in for antonio mora. Welcome to consider this. We begin with a groundbreaking study, published in the journal of science. That cast
Progress towards a peace deal. Its the 10th trip to the region, after jordan, hell move on to saudi arabia. Peace talks with warring parties in south sudan may happen sunday. They were delayed saturday because both sides failed to agree on an agenda. Hundreds have been killed in ethnic fighting in december. Thousands more are displaced. Those are the headlines. Im Morgan Radford. Consider this this is up next. Remember, you can follow us on aljazeera. Com. The Government Shutdown, the failed obama care roll out and a congress that seemed unwilling to do anything. Consider this after a year that was filled with political disasters, will 2014 be the year the American Public holds its elected officials accountable . Plus the stock market as reached alltime levels and the s p500 rose to 25 in 2013, will 2014 be as prosperous in the financial world . Marvel looks to continue its Box Office Domination while other studios look to churn out more sesequels. Well tell you what movie to his get e
Virtually no opposition, the Bangladesh Government wins by a landslide. Going back to basics in india could make the country a global milk provider. Thousands of people are fleeing the iraqi cities of fallujah after days of violence after the army faces resistance of tribesmen and alqaeda linked fighters and they say they have taken over parts of key cities in the providence and its preparing to retake fallujah and many people abandoned their homes and heading to a sea and majority area and seen as relatively safe. The United States says it supports iraqs fight against alqaeda but not sending troops. We are in contact with tribal leaders from Manbar Providence and showing great courage in standing up against this as they reject terrorist groups from their cities. And this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis. That is exactly what the president and the world decided sometime ago when we left iraq and we are not contemplating returning and not contemplating putting boots on the ground b