Church in northern pakistan at least 78 are dead. Well have the latest on the progress on typhoon usagi as it bears down on southern china. Hello. In the last few hours there has been increased military activity at a Shopping Center near kenya. Its been more than 30 hours since attackers claiming to be from alshabab stormed the westgate mall. 59 have been killed and dozens of hostages are thought to be inside. Military reinforcements are sent in. They say their priority is to rescue the civilians still inside the mall. The attackers have several hostages. President uhuru kenyetta and his political opponents the former Prime Minister raila odinga and others addressed the nation and called for calm. They asked the International Community not to issue travel warnings for kenya, and had their own warning for the attackers in the mall. They shall not get away with their despicable and beastly acts. The cowardly perpetrators now cornered in the building, we will punish the master minds swift
And we begin with new signals from the white house about what to do with about chemical weapons in syria. Secretary of state john kerry is staying a third night trying to come to agreement with russia over syria. But no longer, if syria does not comply. Mike mccarra has more on the story. It will not be authorized by the United Nations. From president obama on down has said its only the credible use of force, has brought russia to put forth this proposal that has changed the course of events over the past week or so. John kerry yesterday at the outset of those talks with Sergei Lavrov says there should be consequences if syria doesnt follow through. President obama his only public appearance in the white house with the emir of kuwait. Here is what he said about the issue. I shared with the emir my hope the negotiations that are currently taking place between secretary of state kerry and minister lavrov in geneva bear fruit. But what ive said isfully agreement needs to be verifiable and
Liberation fighters. Secretary of state john kerry has landed in jerusalem ahead of a meeting with the israeli Prime Minister. Among other thinks kerry and Benyamin Netanyahu will discuss the deal with russia to destroy syrias chemical weapons stockpile. The agreement was lashed out with Sergei Lavrov, and israels president and Prime Minister expressed cautious optimism about the deal, but said leaders should have a backup plan for a military response. We go live to jerusalem. Simon, thank you for joining us. Its a pleasure. As i understand, you understand that the meeting between secretary of state kerry and Benyamin Netanyahu has begun. I spoke to one of Benyamin Netanyahus senior officials. He told me that the phrase i have been using cautious welcome to this u. S. Russian plan is possibly too enthusiastic. The israelis are suspicious of the Syrian Regime no surprises there. They like the idea of assad signing up to the Chemical Weapons Convention, but the proof of the pudding is in
Biggest salvage operation attempted. Im here with the sports, including Floyd Mayweather lives up to his nickname money with a recordbreaking fight. Details later in the program. High ranking pakistani general has been assassinated near the afghan border. He was a senior solder to be killed. His death could jeopardise peace talks. We are joined from istanbul. This assassination coming at an important time for the pakistani army. Absolutely, coming at a time when the government said theyd beginning a significant amount of military forces from several districts. However, this morning, the general that you mentioned who was known as the general officer commanding the squad decision was visiting troops along the frontier in upper district. This area is very volatile because after the military operation by the Pakistani Military in swat most fighters ran across the border. So this attack coming at a time when you mentioned when the government extended an olive to the Prime Minister. Issuing
Good to have you with us. We begin in colorado, where rescue teams have been working around the clock to save thousands from recordbreaking floods. Hundreds are unaccounted for. Heavy rains grounded rescue helicopters. Sunday president obama signed an emergency declaration. Fima is asking for more counties to be added to the list. How many people are unacted for. We are joined by tamara banks. Several hundred. You can see behind me the helicopters. They are not going anywhere. Its been raining off and on all day. Emotions are running high all the way from the residents to the sheriff. This place looks like a war zone. Theyve gone through a tough time and have a tough road ahead. Four are dead, one dead in alpaso county and two missing presumed dead in larama. There are 500 unaccounted for in larama county. 16 chopers are standing by waiting to help, but the rain is too bad to fly. Some have been trapped for days with no food and water. The good news is 7,000 people have been evacuated