Botched attempt to execute him with a new Death Penalty cocktail. Also coming up this hour, celebrations across madrid as madrid wins. It might be an all spanish 20 in may if chelsea loses in tonights game. A tugofwar over French Engineering Company al stump. It says alstom. It is giving them a month to decide over the 12 billion offer from general election. There is a rival offer from siemens. A rack is voting in its first general election since u. S. Troops iraq is voting in his first general election since u. S. Troops left in 2011. The severe violence that hit the country this week continues. Two women were among the dead as a bomb went off at a polling station in the north. Nicholas rushworth has more. Friday, and the explosion tore apart a Campaign Rally in the east of the city. Attack was part of the waves of sectarian violence nationwide in the days before the vote. Iraq is currently going through its worst unrest in years. Security for this election is massive. We have tree li
Providing weaponry to it the ukrainian government. The Prime Ministers statement yesterday mentioned that some nato partners were providing weaponry to ukraine. And i saw a list of five or six countries. The uk was not amongst them. Why not . The uk doesnt believe that there can be a military solution to the conflict in the ukraine. Ukrainian forces mad s made significant gains over a period of weeks after the incident. But we saw over the last two weeks that russia will not allow those gains to stand and that they were merely met with a response of further illegal incursion by formed russian units. We dont want to encourage the ukrainians to believe that there can be a military solution to this conflict. Other nato partners, norway, the United States, france, i think, other countries clearly take a different view. This is a bilateral issue. This is not a nato decision. Its a bilateral decision. The uk takes the view that it would not be able to supply military equipment given our own
Well, good wednesday morning to you, im reena ninan. Im Taube Family Tennis Center tahman bradley. It would be the second recording killing of a hostage in less than a month. In execution he blazes the blame on president obama where hed hold talks about the crisis in ukraine. We have live team coverage. Devin dwyer is traveling with the president. We begin with gloria riviera. Reporter the white house said thoughts and prayers are with the family of Steven Sotloff. They are said to be quietly grieving. It was just recently that his mother released a Public Statement pleading with isis for her sons release. The grisly video is called a second message to america from ides. In it 31yearold american journalist Steven Sotloff on his knees. And this man. Im back, obama. Reporter possibly the same executioner of james foley two weeks ago whom Intelligence Experts are working to identify. Sotloff is at least the second american murdered in retaliation for u. S. Air strikes on isis targets in i
Good wednesday morning. Im reena ninan. And im tahman bradley. We begin with isis beheading another american journalist. Its the second recorded killing of a hostage in less than a month. In both videos, the executioner places the blame on president obama who landed in europe overnight there to hold talks with allies about the isis threats and crisis in ukraine. We have live team coverage. Devin dwyer is traveling with the president. But we begin with Gloria Riviera live in washington. Gloria, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena. The white house has said thoughts and prayers are with the family of Steven Sotloff. They are said to be quietly grieving. It was just recently that Steven Sotloffs mother released a Public Statement pleading with isis for her sons release. The grisly video is called a second message to america from the Islamic Terrorist Group isis. In it 31yearold american journalist Steven Sotloff on his knees and this man. Im back, obama. Reporter possibly the same e
Intervention. Reporter Police Officers going the extra mile to change the lives of repeat offenders. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The crisis in ukraine has quickly spiralled into an international standoff, Russian Troops now control the crimea peninsula in the southern part of the country and ukraine is mobilizing military calling up reserves and asking for volunteers. This morning the foreign minister Sergei Fedorov says its about defending rights and john kerry is heading to kiev on tuesday to meet with members of the interim government and British Foreign minister William Hague is there right now. We have Live Team Coverage this morning and lisa stark is in washington and begin with phil who is in kiev. Good morning, phil, the russians surrounding a ukrainian base in crimea and have operational control of the peninsula. What is happening now in crimea and just off shore in the black sea . Well, stephanie, they are consolidating power on the crimea