Scientists warn of an irreversible and arctic thaw. We begin with some breaking news out of the United Nations. The un and arbab league envoy is reportedly on the verge of resigning from his post at the end of may. He is due to address the media shortly. And well bring you that live as soon as it happens. Ukraines Defense Ministry says six soldiers have been killed in an ambush by separatists in the east. Terrorists tired a grenade launcher here the city of kramatorsk. Eight others are thought to be injured this lets go to paul beban live for us in donetsk. What have you been hearing about this . Hello, jane. We have some details coming out mainly on the Defense Ministry website, these details. It confirms there has been casualties as a result of contact between Ukrainian Army soldiers and rebel forces north of kramatorsk. Now it happened around 1 00 and the details are as follows. It was about 20 kilometers from kramatorsk, there was two apcs just about to cross a bridge and they were
Crashed while attempting to land at kazan airport in central russia. Its believed that 44 people were killed in this crash. That is all we know right now. Were trying to gather much more information, obviously, about this deadly plane crash in central russia. We will bring you much more information here on Al Jazeera America throughout the day, so dekeep it here. Frances president is in israel for talks with Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Top of the agenda, irans controversial nuclear program. France assured israel today it would continue to oppose easing economic sanctions against iran until it was certain the country ended its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Mike hanna is in jerusalem. Reporter its a large french delegation that arrived in israel including the president. There are nine ministers. There are a lot of economic ties between israel and france and strong historical ties as well. Central to the discussions in the course of the day and into the evening will be the issue of i
The do you crossing 16,000 for the First Time Ever this morning. Right now the blue chips are up 47 points, any close by the way in positive territory would mean yet another record high for the dow. That would make it the fourth in as many days. Our other big story of course the cleanup continues in the midwest where hundreds of blth were damaged or destroyed by severe storms that moved through on sunday. They spawned powerful tornadoes and as a result, authorities now saying at least six people there are dead. One of the hardest hit areas is central illinois. Usher careshi, how are people there coping . Del, were standing here in what was once a residential neighborhood. As you can see behind me, most of it has been completely decimated. Just a short time ago, we did see some residents coming back into what was left of their homes trying osalvage what they can but again this area last been just completely devastated by these storms. We understand more than 500 homes were damaged or de
Across the midwest. Dozens are hurt. A powerful system spawned several systems across illinois. Ashar quraishi joins us from chicago. It looks like it has calmed down. A different scene from what we saw earlier. Absolutely. As you see behind me the sun has peaked out. The tornado watches and warnings are no longer in effect. The bears game with the reavens was delayed. There was half hour into the game when people were sold to take cover at Soldier Field, preparing for a rainfall, downpour. The wind picked up. They were prepared. Moving tens of thousands to the lower concourse. We spoke to people coming out. A lot of people waited for a while. There was talk for the game to resume. There was a question was to whether it was safe. A lot of people left the area. They said it was chaotic some jumping over others to get out. Minor injuries cuts and bruises. It took 45 minutes for those in the upper levels to get to the lower levels. The storm passed through. We didnt see much, some heavy r
And mental endurance. A rare november tornado out break across the midwest, dozens of deadly twisters ripped through the region unleashing powerful winds that demolished entire neighbors and good morning and welcome to al jazeera, im stephanie s i and this is normally snow season in the midwest but a weather system triggered unseasonable thunderstorms and tornados across 12 state and the worst was felt in illinois, Officials Say six people are dead, most in the central part of the state. The storms later passed just south of chicago before moving into michigan and indiana. When it was over the storm had left an expansive trail of wreckage across the region Al Jazeera Diane Wester brook has more. With a massive tornado bearing down on them they prays to a higher power to keep them safe. Forgive us our trespasses. Reporter a scene that played out sunday with dozens of twisters tearing through the region cars were crushed and homes flattened and in illinois neighborhoods were blown away i