A leadership challenge ahead of the that election and less than a year. We begin with breaking news from kazakhstan where a passenger plane with 100 people on board has crashed shortly after takeoff Civil Aviation authorities now say at least 14 people have died rescuers trying to reach the other passengers the jet lost altitude while taking off from force well Alexandra Godfrey joins us now live from moscow so alexandra its now been less than 4 hours since the crash talk us through. Less than 4 hours after the crash as we know the 4 rowse to 14 there is almost 30 people confirmed injured there in the hospitals in the city of almaty some of them are in the Critical Conditions of cording to the city authorities so what we by now know happened is that the plane of the back air airliner almost immediately after takeoff lost altitude crashed through the concrete fence and then hit the building there was no fire as a result of this to this point there is dozens of ambulances at the crash si
Iraqs president has rejected the nominee for Prime Minister he says his lawyers quit someone rejected by the testers were demanding an independent candidate so whats the way forward for iraq this is inside story. Thanks alex thank you. Thank. All of them will come to the program im dead for months now iraqis have been voicing their anger and demanding a change in their Political Leadership they say they are fed up with corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services hundreds of people have been killed the Prime Minister resigned in november and now many are rejecting the nominee to replace him they say. Only help iran extend its influence in iraq and president but he says he will resign rather than appointed but the main Political Blog about picked an identity is refusing to back down well bring in our panel in just a moment but 1st this update from in baghdads. A political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraqs president has sent his Resignation Letter to Parli
Tropical forest under sea and yelling in my town but also where members of an Indigenous Group believe they also have the right to get into the. Business. Welcome to the program iraqs president says he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters but is refusing to designate the nominee of an iranian backed parliamentary bloc now there have been mass protests across the country for the past 3 months demonstrators have been calling for an overhaul of iraqs political system well in a letter to parliament back home seller said out of my keenness to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name. Danny as a candidate for the next Prime Minister lets get more on this from live in baghdad also a very short statement but it says so much about the state of Political Affairs in iraq right now. It certainly does it shows that this president has taken a step to really put himself in a powerful position meaning that the parliament will not likely accept this resi
Within the past hour police have named the terrorist who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in Central London. Officers shot dead usman khan on London Bridge. He was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. Lets get the latest from our correspondent, simonjones. Simon, what have the police said about usman khan . This was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on London Bridge. Now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. He was 28 yea rs old shot dead as usman khan. He was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. Now, he is a convicted terrorist. He was jailed backin a convicted terrorist. He was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. He was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, me
A military operation and in a case that sparked outrage in india for police have arrested 4 men accused of the rape and murder of a 27 year old woman plus. My. Well iraqs Prime Minister has now officially handed in his resignation to parliament but that has done little to calm protesters across the country who are demanding a complete overhaul of the political system as a law says hes done everything in his power to meet their demands but his pledge to quit has only created more Political Uncertainty hes held a meeting with his cabinet and asked parliament to debate as best nation possibly on sunday but there were more chaotic rallies on saturday with many protesters following not to give up until there is real change when more than 400 people have been. Killed since october and their fight for jobs and an end to corruption and violent crackdown by Security Forces appears to be fueling further anger and unrest but cross now live to baghdad for our correspondents one of fulton is standi