Malaysia airlines mh 17 crash. And when theyll start retrieving the wreckage in ukraine. We begin in nigeria, where an explosion has gone off for the second deer school in the northeastern state. At least 47 pupils were killed and dozens more wounded. The area which is under a state of emergency has seen similar attacks by boko haram fighters in the past. Al jazeeras ahmed joins us. Basically there is no claim of responsibility as of yet, but as you said, yobe has suffered from similar attacks from boko haram, and this is not the second or third this year alone. There have been other attacks by boko haram, and this area is under the state of emergency imposed by the Nigerian Government. Schools are targeted because it is what they fight against. They dont want children getting an education, they dont like the lifestyles. If you have a girl who is a teenager, you need to marry her off. Not send her to school. Young boys who are going to schools are probably going to become what they sta
For the first time in two years. And waiting for answers, dutch investigators want to start retrieving the wreckage of flight mh 17 in ukraine. Well, we begin in nigeria where an explosion has gone off at a secondary school in the Northern State and dozens of people have been killed and dozens of students gathering for a Morning Assembly when it happened and they are under a state of emergency with similar attacks from boko haram in the past and al jazeera is joined live from legos and where does the casualty toll stand . Well, the police are confirming that 47 people have been killed and 79 injured but hospital authorities are expecting the figure to rise and usually when they come in they are conservative estimates and people are facing deaths as a result of the bombing in the state and actually suicide 3w gathering with students before classes start and detonated his device with the students and killed more than 47 people as the official figure stands at the moment. School attacks a
Investigators want to start retrieving the wreckage of mh17 in ukraine we begin with a landmark meeting in beijing, where chinese president xi jinping and japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe held talks for the first time. The leaders met on the sideline of the Asian Pacific summit. Its seen as the first step to improving relations between the asian superpowers after years of hostility. The two largest economies have been caught up in a territorial fight as well as regional rivalry. Lets go to adrian brown, joining us from beijing. We saw some signals of a thawing of relations with this meeting, but the body language suggested otherwise. Absolutely. Those pictures show just how awkward president xi jinping was when he shook hands with shinzo abe. The japanese Prime Minister seemed more relax. President xi jinping seemed to have the expression of a man saying im only here because i have to be. Its a step forward, but the encounter departments thats level of host democrats that theres a le
And a change in burk burkina fa. We begin with a story out of the palestinian west bank. A man has been shot after he stabbed at least three people one is a woman who has died. First what are the latest developments . Very tense situation. A palestinian man from hebron according to israeli investigators, theyve named him as a 30yearold man from hebron, hes also known to Israeli Security forces that he was in prison from 2000 to 2005. But again, a very tense situation. After three people were stabbed, two with whats been described as moderate injuries and a third, a woman at the age of 25 who lost her life in this attack. So again were still getting information from the scene. But as weve been saying, a very tense situation as israeli investigators peace together what happened in this settlement outside the occupied west bank. Weve seen tensions between israelis and palestinians. Whats stoking these current tensions, what is happening now . Indeed these tensions which have been brewing
Start retrieving the wreckage of flight mh 17 in ukraine. We will tell you why u. N. Peace keepers from the philippines are pulling out of liberia. And using art to spread peace, love and liberty in bokitofasso. We start in nigeria where an explosion has ripped through a secondary school in the Northeastern State and hearing dozens of people have been killed in the attack. Students were gathering for a Morning Assembly when the blast happened. And this is under a state of emergency has seen similar attacks by boko haram fighters in the past. We are hoping to get our correspondent up a little later in the show to bring you more details on that story. In the meantime lets move on to iraq where the army says that it has reached the center of the northern Oil Producing town of beijing and trying to break a siege of isil fighters of the Biggest Oil Refinery and they captured beijing in june across Northern Iraq and we have this exclusive report. Reporter just a day ago isil was said to be f