Anger in london after a man shot by police is judged to have been lawfully killed. We have reaction. No, not success at a horror move re, but mexicos latest tourist attraction. We take a trip to the island of the dolls. The Afghan Government has announced plans to release 72 suspected taliban fighters from scale, despite objections by the United States. The u. S. S the man posed a danger to the country and the region, and has accused them of being involved in the wounding and killing of coalition troops. Jane ferguson joins us live from kabul now and jane, why are these men being released . Well, surely theyre being released largely because the afghans here say theres either very little or absolutely no evidence against these men. Just some background, the prison at bag ram base north of kabul was handed over from u. S. To afghan control in march of last year and since then, a review board has been set up here by the afghans to look into the cases of 88 prisoners that they said they ha
Good morning, im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. And im Muhammad Lila in for john muller. We begin with breaking news this morning as a brutal deep freeze is gripping more than half the nation. More than 500 passengers are now stuck on three amtrak trains heading into chicago because theres so much blowing and drifting snow. Now, all three trains were stopped last night in the Northern Illinois city of mendota, about 80 miles west of chicago. Amtrak says the passengers are being kept comfortable and fed as workers try to reopen the tracks. We will stay on top of this breaking story throughout the morning. And to give you an idea how super frigid this air is water vapors now rising off Lake Michigan in chicago. Usually the frigid lake waters are much colder than the air but this morning the waters are actually warmer than the air above. Chicagos temperature yesterday set a record at ohare airport, 16 degrees below zero. Wow, further north on the lake, these dramatic photos shot by ph
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The deep freeze spreading across the country is now impacting 187 million americans in 26 states. Many places are experiencing recordlow temperatures usually found in the north and south poles and the monday temperature was minus 37 in minnesota. Records for the day were set in chicago where it was 16 below. And tulsa, oklahoma where it was minus two. All of the temperatures dont take the biting wind into account which makes it feel even worse. We have Live Team Coverage of the dangerous cold weather and erica is in new york which dropped 40 degrees over the last 24 hours but we begin with tonya mosley in detroit where right now its 13 below 0 and she is outside. Good morning, tonya. Good morning, its hard to describe what sub zero temperatures feel like. The only word i can think of is painful. As i was heading out this morning, i tried to open the front door and it was frozen and once i got outside it wasnt much better.
The secretary of state john kerry is lobbying to get turkish leaders to joint the fight against i. S. Something that theyve been reluctant to do bubbl publicly so far. They may have 31,000 fighters. Al jazeera looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many fighters. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed. Rising to permanence across syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. The group known as the Islamic State is growing. Initially their numbers were estimated and 10,000 but now they say 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner. There appears to be little agreement or clarity how the i. S. Group has grown so quickly. Experts say that the failed Foreign Policy failure is to blame. Its really a failure for much of the west and how theyve been fighting terrorism in the last 13 years and looking at the force on force. You do have to address those root causes, the disenfranchis disenfranchisement of the sunnies in iraq as why then
Secretary of state john kerry lobbied turkey today to join the International Coalition aimed at destroying the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. Kerry pushed turkish leaders to join the fight against is. Something that theyve been reluctant to do publicly. But kerry said that turkey is committed to fighting terrorists. Turkey and the United States will stand together against ail challenges in the region including all terrorism. Within the coalition there are many ways that turkey can help in this effort, and we will continue our conversations with our military and other experts spending time to define the specific role that turkey will play. Meanwhile, the c. I. A. Believes the Islamic State group may have more than 31,000 fighters. Al jazeeras jamal al shayal looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed across Northern Syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. Now America Intelligence A