As mps vote for change in the right to die law. In the florida keys where plans to release genetically modified mosquitoes have some residents deeply concerned. Asking the governor to pardon a group of young women who have been sentenced to 11 years in jail. Seven of those who were arrested at the same time, they will be held in a juvenile detention facility, because they are under the age of 16. A rally against the sentencing and one person has been killed by Security Forces. Riot police used tier gas and water guns to disperse hundreds of people. Muslim supporters of the president Mo Hamed Morsy. Those young women were sentenced on wednesday for protesting against the government. They have been charged with gathering illegally, and obstructing roads. Crossover live to our con respondent, who is joining us from the capitol kairo, any more news . Any of the latest developments on those young women . Well, the situation is at a standstill at the moment, as you mentioned, the uproar in t
Welcome to al jazeera america. We have breaking news out of libya. After being held against his will for several hours the countrys Prime Minister was set free a short time ago. He was snatched at gun point in his resident. We will have complete reaction to this still developing story in just a few minutes but first we want to begin in washington, it is day 10 of the government shut down, and there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. In just a few hours president obama will host a group of House Republican leaders. There are reports the g. O. P. Is preparing a proposal to raise the debt ceiling while keeping the government shut down. It is expected to be a topic of conversation at the white house this morning and thats where Randall Pinkston joins us. Has there any reaction on the situation in libya. So far no. However we have been hearing from secretary of state john kerrys spokes men, kerry travelin traveln the far east, his spokesman is saying that the u. S. Is looking into the
Generation, europes leaders need to tackle youth unemployment. And madrid is in a mess, a week long mess after a garbage collector strike. Even five days only is hard for those on the ground to describe the devastation caused by worst storm in recording history. Which has hit the philippines. The countrys president now says that the death toll could be closer to 2 1 2 thousand, even though the u. N. Has estimated the figure to be much closer to 10,000. The survivors the situation is grim, in many ways becoming grimmer. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes, they have no shelter, those desperate to find food and water, have resorted to stripping shelves bare in shops and businesses, many of them still waiting for any kind of help to reach the destruction. The United Nations has launched an appeal for areas hit by typhoon. Started sometime and place, at dozens of country, and organizations pledging tens of millions of dollars in aid. U. S. Sending warships carrying thousa
Undiplomatic excepts about john kerry. With the news from europe, including now is not the time. The french president speaked about the economy but brushes aside questions about his private life. And the u. N. s special envoy for education, explained his plan to get 400,000 syrian children into school in lebanon. It is 1800 gmt and the polls chose in an hours time. Vote willing resume in the morning the the second and what is the last day in what many are seeing as a test of popular support. Critics say it just boosts the power of the army. Eight people are being kehled in protests, and in cairos suburb. Nicole johnston with the very latest. Egyptians are certainly getting used to having to vote. It didnt deter them, they turned out at voting stations around the country. I think the new constitution is stepped forward, it is an improvement over the last. And so i hope we get a resounding yes vote. Its the fist real test for the military backed subject. A yes vote will allow it to start
When a shooter opened fire. Thats in the small town of roswell about three hours southeast of also berke. Two are reportedly being treated for injuries. A suspect is now in custody. A president ial task looking at how the National Security agency works said to testify before the Judiciary Committee today. The group is recommending a number of changes including stripping the agency of its built to store the phone records of millions of americans. Libby casey, what exactly is the panel recommending beyond that . There are these 46 recommendations. The government would no longer with able to store that data, and say it would stay in the hand oz if phone company, and only get into the control of the government by court order. And when it comes to spying on foreign leaders something that the u. S. Has had to deal with in the past couple of months. Is that would be left to the higher authority. The president would have to sign off on any activities like that. Thats something that the white h