Yes, its a race again. Same with bus. Weve done responsibly though in a sustainable way. But we intend to accelerate the production. Speeding up production might help this generation prosper while creating a base for the next. John henderson, Al Jazeera George down guyana. Ah. Type of a headlines here on al jazeera, south korea declared National Morning a day after the death of at least a 151 people in a crowd crush. The victims were mostly people in their twenties and were celebrating halloween in the capital. Sol, president of gil visited the scene, saying his government would prevent such accidents from happening again to 0. Brian has moved from sol. We are in the middle of each one is the traditional bar and entertainment district. Ill sole, if i stand back, can you see the, this is the actual out of the way where this tragedy happened. And the whole of each one is like this is a very congested area, with more alleyways at small streets. This was thronged by thousands of people out
To pin the blame on russia a very well welcome to you. Its 5 pm here in the russian capital, and youre watching all t international. Its good to happy with us this. Our russian president Vladimir Putin is met with the leaders of china. Iran on pakistan on the sidelines of a summit of the multinational shine called cooperation organization. The gathering in the Central Asian republic authors, becky don has focused on promoting a more multi pony weld or policy tandem of moscow. And beijing plays a key role in ensuring global and regional stability. Together we advocate for the formation of a just democratic and multi polar ruled order based on International Law with the un in the central role. It is not based on some rules that someone has come up with and is trying to impose upon others attempts to create our unipolar world. Have recently turned ugly and are absolutely unacceptable for the vast majority of countries. Ginger beer should the face of on close to that at colossal changes on
Of the Union Address, Vice President biden is meeting with Law Enforcement officials in philadelphia about reducing gun violence. While victims of gun violence, like former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, takes a stand. We have a problem where we shop, where we pray, where our children go to school. Take it from me. Congress must act. And this hour president obama will be awarding the medal of army to Staff Sergeant clinton for courage under fire in afghanistan. He is only the fourth living recipient of the militarys highest honor for service in iraq or afghanistan. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell live in washington. A stunning announcement this morning from rome. Pope benedict xvi is abdicating his office. Joining me now is ann thompson, lee at st. Patricks cathedral in new york city, of course, and nbc vatican analyst George Weigel is here with me, and we begin with claudio. You were shocked by this. People in st. Peters square didnt even know that it was happening. Tell us what happened.
Zoirnkts right now on Andrea Mitchell reports live pictures from vatican city. Where Pope Benedict xvi shocked the world today and some of his closest advisors announcing he will step down as the leader of the 1. 2 billion roman catholics at the end of this month. He will be the first pontiff to abductate in 719 years. Today signing a lack of strength. The pope said i have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted me. Reactions are pouring in. I think Pope Benedict xvi legacy is his engagement of faith with the modern world. I feel particular a particular bond with him and a note of sadness, to be honest with you. On the other hand, my appreciation for him, which was already high, is enhanced a bit because with the sense of realism that he has such an esteem for the office of the successor of st. Peter, which is what the pope sshg the bishop of rome, the successor of st. Peter, he says, you know, i may not be up to it now, and perhaps i can best serve
Announcement of a date for further talks. For example, and no indication yet of a date when they would open embassies in each country. So those are a couple of the things to look for at 11 00 today when they have a News Conference to tell us a little bit more about what was accomplished here if anything. One sign jose that there might be progress here on the cuban side is this is a copy of the local news through the week theyve note led the newspaper with the u. S. Talks. Today, though the u. S. Talks is the lead story in the newspaper. The story all about how the cubans and United States can learn to live together even though they have different systems of government. Thats a sign the staterun media, anyway thinks this is a story, jose. Thats interesting. And now the representative of the United States is meeting with some activists as well as bloggers. What do we expect for the rest of the weekend . Well they had breck fit this morning with some of the cuban distance. Trying to get a