People killed since monday most of them civilians as syrian and russian planes pound rebel held areas of. Armed. Rebel Training Camp was. Ready to go into the front line in the battle for our. Dangerous but delicate work the rush to rescue survivors after taiwan earthquake buildings teaching towards collapse. One man sentenced to death for thirty others jailed for lynching a student in pakistan well speak to the victims family about their quest for justice. All of the days just two days ahead of the Winter Olympics forty thousand russian athletes still await a decision either whether they can complete. The death toll has been climbing by the hour in syria since monday asked by president assads forces and his alibi russia have killed at least one hundred eighty two people in Eastern Province many of them were civilians and the majority died in eastern on the edge of damascus both areas are supposed to be deescalation zones but syria and russia have ramped up the air attacks since the ru
Viewers eyes and bring you the rest of the news from john chiang. Kai my ash waiter its good to have you with us a russian passenger plane has crashed outside moscow killing all seventy one people on board the sato Airlines Regional jet disappeared from radar screens shortly after takeoff from a moscow airport the cause of the crash remains unclear the russian president Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to set up a special commission to investigate. The Saratov Airlines jet was carrying sixty five passengers and six crew their craft came down on snow covered ground just outside moscow Emergency Services rushed to the scene but the authorities later confirmed there were no survivors. The plane crash just a few minutes after takeoff from moscows dome a good of an airport the flight was heading for the city of all six some fifteen hundred kilometers to the southeast near russias border with kazakstan most of the passengers are thought to have lived in the region People Living n
Minister of france on sochi to let the u. N. To supervise the return of refugees to me and mark. Picking up the pieces why a rock says it needs one hundred billion dollars after its battle eisel blessed. To go across the cloud bridge projects in costa rica where reforestation efforts could provide an important lesson for the rest of the world. Investigators in russia say theyre looking at all possible causes as the hunt for clues began why a plane crashes soon after takeoff all seventy one people on board were killed the difficulties investigators face can be seen in these pictures from the crash site near moscow wreckage of the plane as lying in fields covered with thick snow debris and human remains were spread over a radius of one kilometer. More. The answer no their line out with sixty five passengers and six crew on board came down four minutes after it took off in bad weather conditions wreckage was scattered across snowy fields near the village of going over eighty kilometers so
That is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes clashes on syrian soil. We will speak with the author, New York Times Beirut Bureau chief and with canadian a canadian researcher. As the deadly flu sweeps across the United States, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city Councilmember Gregorio Casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. The infection rate has decreased by 6 or 7 . Getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. Workers fromnt having six sick leave. Amy can they overcome the opposition of a Koch Brothers based lobbying group . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump unveiled his 4. 4 trillion budget plan monday, proposing deep cuts to education, healthcare, and social safety net programs, while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Trumps plan would slash the department of educations budget by more th
And the Ruling African National congress has decided to recall or remove president jacob zuma as head of state. Earlier, after a 13 hour meeting of the partys top leadership, theyd given him 48 hours to resign. He has long been under pressure over corruption allegations. Local media are reporting a late night visit by the partys new head, Cyril Ramaphosa, to mr zumas house. The bbcs milton nkosi is in pretoria, and sent this report earlier. What we now know is that since we have him here, the president of the anc, Cyril Ramaphosa, drove out and he went to president jacob zumas official residence, and when he arrived there, there was some delay at the gate. They said it was too late, but eventually they were let in. And after a very brief period, the convoy returned back here and they were still talking, i suppose, at that time, he had been coming back for president jacob zuma at that time, he had been coming back for president jacob zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whethe