Sparking arguments in mexico, as the government tells people to stop complaining the syrian Army Launched a longplanned defensive in northern homs province, the fighting focused on two areas. Both are part of a rebel area, where a major highway passes through. Zeina khodr is live from beirut. A strategic area with a major highway how is that battle going . Well, fierce fighting on the ground as well as heavy air strikes. According to activists on the ground, they suspect these are russian war planes, and as well as that theres government shelling. This whole rebelcontrolled territory in the northern homs countryside is coming under fire. There are reports of casualties, a number of them fighters, but a number of them civilians as well. This is a populated area. Tens of thousands of people live there. A lot of these people are displaced people that moved from other areas in syria to escape the fighting. What we understand from activists on the ground is that people are afraid. According
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is calling for International Intervention after more violence across the occupied territories and nba israel. On wednesday, Israeli Forces shot dead two palestinians after reported stabbing attacks. These are the latest pictures from a check point in occupied east jerusalem. Security around the city has been tightened up following an up surge in violence, 32 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed in the past two weeks. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons reports. Reporter panic as Israeli Special forces police run through a mall at west jerusalems main bus station. Nobody here can work out exactly what is happening. Later on the streets outside, two gunshots and a dark figure by the doorway, one of the special force officers has shot dead a palestinian man. Police say he had stabbed a woman in a bus station that wasnt caught on the cell phone camera. The woman was taken to the hospital with what police described as moderate injuries. Any hope anyone
Countries come close to running out of snake bite antidote. U. S. President barack obama is due to announce that American Military presence in afghanistan will be extended. Its a dramatic shift in strategy. It originally aimed to withdraw most of the 9,800 strong force by the end of next year, but military leaders have been pushing for more u. S. Support especially after taliban fighters captured kunduz city for three days last month. Afghan forces have continued to fight the taliban in several areas. The u. S. Is expected to keep 5500 troops in the country when Obama Leaves Office in 2007. Jennifer glasse joins us live from kabul. Talk us through how this is going to work now, jennifer. At 9,800 u. S. Forces are going to stay through much of the rest of next year. They were supposed to start drawing down at the beginning of 2016 but will stay through the end of 2016, drawing down to 5,500 in be 2017, so thats a big change. Its the second time this year that president obama announced a
Heart felt apology. Whether we make a mistake we own up to it, we apologize as necessary as the president ial did in this case. President obama says he is sorry for the bombing of an afghan clinic but Doctors Without Borders are demanding an investigation. Nuclear market. Dirty bombs you heard of such a thing . The level of radiation would be high and the explosion would spread a material over this big a territory. The fbi disrupts a smuggling ring trying sell Radioactive Material to i. S. I. L. And diamond dive. For everyone in the pipeline, us as well, the manufacturers and retailers. Plunging diamond sales because of worldwide Economic Uncertainty are taking a bit of shine off the sparkling stones. Good evening, im antonio mora. This is Al Jazeera America. We begin with a major escalation and show of force by russia in war torn syria. The kremlin said it had launched Cruise Missiles from locations in the caspian sea. The Russian Naval strikes come as syrian naval forces launched an
Agrees on peace with rebel groups. Many signatures are missing and suspended u. S. Chief Michel Platini finds out if he has the support of his own organization, as they hold a crisis meeting to discuss his future. E. U. Leaders are meeting in brussels to try to find a solution to europes growing refugee crisis. The summit focussing on working with countries outside europes border. Turkey is keep. The e. U. Wants to make sure the refugees its hosting stays there. Turkey is hosting the largest number of Syrian Refugees close to 2 million. Thousands are crossing into europe, most arriving on greek shores in boats. Thats a problem for europe. Its buckling under the pressure, 600,000 entering europe this year alone. Neave barker is in brussels where the leaders are meeting and Bernard Smith in istanbul. What do e. U. Leaders want from turkey on tuesday the European Commission published a plan, a list of requests and requirements for hopes that ankara would fulfil, in what is described as a