In russia. At least 15 died, 34 were hurt after a bomber detonated explosives while approaching a security checkpoint. It happened in volgograd, 600 miles south of moscow, and more than 700 miles from sochi, the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The blast comes six weeks before the games. The u. S. Condemns the bombing, saying the stance on solidarity against russia with any terror attack. Peter sharp has the latest. The chaotic aftermath of an attack at a Railway Station in volgograd, a body on the street. A woman set off explosives near metal detectors near the main train station. The blast was captured on camera. The station was packed with thousands leaving on christmas holidays. Translation everything was covered in smoke. After 10 minutes i was able to see and there were boddize everywhere. Inside the train station everything was destroyed. The attack killed hundreds of people. According to preliminary information the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kilograms of
Doctors say ariel sharon is in a critical situation. If all goes well, well be off in an hours time. The longawaited rescue from a vessel frozen in the antarctica gets underway. [ music ] we begin the newshour in iraq. The surge of violence has had devastating consequences. We know that 2013 had the highest civilian death toll in five years. The United Nations says that over 7,000 civilians have died, a further 1,000 Security Force personnel died in attacks. Thats double the number killed in 2012 when just over 3,500 died. The violence is still, though, not at levels seen at the height of insurgency in 2004 and 2007, but Al Qaedalinked groups appear to be enjoying a resurgence. A subdivision between the sunni and shia muslims seems to be at the crux of the matter. Its been a vicious year for iraqis, and the new year is not looking better. Sunni fighters in anbar are attacking police station, releasing prisoners and seizing weapons. Theres anger over the arrest of a prominent sunni lawm
And protestors march on the capitol. A head injury in a sea accident. A suicide bomber has attacked a train station in southern russia killing at least 15 people, another 34 have been injured. It happened in the Southern City of volgograd. Comes just months before the russian Winter Olympics are set to start. A body lice on the ground lies on the ground as merge services the blast captured on camera. The station was packed with thousands of people leaving on their christmas holidays. Inevitably, the attack killed and injured dozens of people. According to preliminary information the power of this explosion was the equivalent of 10 kill greams o kilograms of t. Prevented the suicide bomber from getting through the metal detector into thing hall at the time there were lots of people because three trains were late. Seven people died on a suicide bombing, the woman behind that was from the republic of dagustan. Sochi lice just 400 kilometers from the troubled districts of chech nachechnya
Exercises held in home. And rescue for a ship stuck in the antarctic gets underway. The u. N. Is calling for an immediate truce in south sudan. Parts of the country are in a state of emergency as rebel negotiators prepare for talks. Large areas of jonglei and unity stake are in rebel hands. Theres a growing humanitarian crisis. We have more from south sudans capital in juba. A state of emergency is more about giving Government Forces and officials a free hand to deal with the rebellion. Theres a sense of embarrassment that they have lost two key cities of bor and bentiu. Fighting is going on around those towns. In bor, fighting began at dawn when Government Forces that had been sent there as reinforcements to those defeated on tuesday, to attack the rebels there. The government is saying they will not stop the fighting until they get to bor. Fighting is happening in bentiu, the oil unity state. These are two key states that the government doesnt want talks to begin before it gets contr
The mud in the rings the effects of being made to bring some christmas cheer to survive as a typhoon. I know at least fourteen people being killed and two hundred and fifty wounded in a huge explosion as a security building in the northern egyptian town of months tomorrow. Because of the law says um confirmed that several reports say it was a car bomb attack the full sizzix creation into partial collapse of the building which may have accounted for the high number of injuries the head instead of the Security Director it is said to be among the wounded the beach its interim Prime Minister hun sen had that lovely has cooled as a incident and said that that could take this will not go on punished. Attacks on soldiers and policemen who shot the reason in egypt since the Egyptian Army ousted elected islamist president muhammad mercy in july. New ones came to school today to see that within hours of the explosion and ali announced that the Muslim Brotherhood would now be considered a organiz