He attacked began with a car bomb at the door of the stave the Children Office in jalalabad eastern afghanistan the gunman stormed the building for more than eight hours they battled Afghan Security forces while dozens of save the children staff were trapped inside the building was set on fire eventually Afghan Police and soldiers killed the attackers and rescued the staff afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for children to be born following decades of war insecurity and poverty for twelve years save the children has worked with afghan communities to help kids survive but the attack on the agencys office in jalalabad suggest its becoming increasingly difficult for staff to help afghans without becoming victims of the conflict themselves its quite possible to save the children that would leave afghanistan and the onus is on the Afghan Government to provide security for the latest to to stick on aid workers security show that over the last fifteen years their jobs have become
Special envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks comes at a very critical time in the conflict. At the hamid and vienna the two main boys they would like to discuss at this stage is the writing of a new constitution and president ial elections but if you remember during geneva eight which were which lasted about two weeks in early december well certainly Nothing Happened there and at the end of those talks to fund a mystery i had expressed frustration and he had actually pointed the finger at the government delegation saying that it had all he wanted to talk about terrorism the opposition says its now here it is somehow unified. Donald trump has arrived in davos for the World Economic forum is joining billionaires and other heads of state gathering at the end hes the first sitting u. S. President to attend the summit since two thousand and he is skeptical about what he can bring to the table of a global focus forum given his America First agenda. Spaces and. Dabbles this year very
Hello and welcome to sportsday im jessica creighton. Heres whats coming up in the programme. Irelands world cup dream is over, thrashed by a dazzling denmark in dublin. A dream comes true for mo farah. Britains most decorated track and field star receives his knighthood from the queen. And Roger Federer closes in on a place in the atp world tour finals in london. Roger federer has defeated a battling Alexander Zverev. Good evening. We have a busy programme ahead, but well start with football where the republic of irelands world cup dream is over. They were thrashed in the second leg of their play off qualifer against demark 5 1. Our correspondentjoe wilson is in dublin for us. Joe, a great start from ireland but they couldnt hold on against a brilliant denmark tonight. Yes, its funny, i guess we are reflecting really the republic of ireland scoring too soon and we wondered if they would score a goal. Being defensively strong has been the reason for their success in getting to this stag
Contained just before 1 am. Fire officials also say the building was a total loss. There are no reports of injuries. Fire damage estimated at 1. 1 million. darya darya darya and we first told you about the fire through our mobile app. We sent a push alert at 4 20 this morning. Make sure you download the kronfour news app to always get the latest breaking news. Its free for iphone and android darya good morning im darya folsom. mark and im mark danon. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. In livermore an accident wb 580 at 84, slow at the scene anny hong . Increased stratus coverage through the bays and into the valleys is expected this morning. Little change in overall conditions expected today with mostly sunny skies away from the coast and seasonable high temperatures. A warming trend is expected to begin on friday with very warm to hot conditions returning to inland areas over the wee
No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 three people three people are dead this morning after a plane that was headed to san jose crashed into a neighborhood in riverside. Two others are also injured. It happened last night, shortly before 5 00. Officials say the plane struck some homes in riverside, split apart and then burst into flames. Authorities say all victims were on board the plane. The aircraft went down after taking off from a nearby municipal airport. Itself. One of the people believed to be on the plane is the owner, nouri hijazi. He lives in this home in san jose near japantown with his wife dana. Nouri hijazi is in his 80s. Investigators say the people on the plane, at least one of whom may be a teenage girl. Were in disneyland for a cheerleading event