The street. The homeowner says shes thankful nobody was home or hurt. But shes now dealing with her insurance company. From her back yard. You can see the roots completely out of the ground and the damage to her back wall. Dave Courvoisier the fate of the man who killed a teenager over an ipad is in the hands of a jury. Denise Valdez yesterday, the convicted michael solid in the murder. They will now decide a sentence for him. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now reporter kare Justice Center where deliberations are underway. Karen . Karen Castro Michael solid made an emotional plea to the jury for leniency. He also begged the victims family for forgiveness. This is the first time we are hearing from solid. He did not take the stand during the guilt phase of his trial. Where he was convicted of murder. But today, he had a lot to say. He broke down on the stand and he told arenas family that he is sorry for what he did. Meanwhile, he told the jury he wants a Second Chance at life and promises to
Winds and rains blow towards manila. Starting with an al jazeera exclusive kenyas Police Squads admitted for the first time to carrying out extrajudicial killings, speaking to the Investigative Unit of al jazeera, the officers discussed the involvement in the kenyan assassination programme, targetting suspected muslim radicals. Reporter this is the body of maclebury, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly shot down by police since 2012. He predicted death when i met him last year. Im the one terrorized. My life is the one in danger al jazeeras Investigative Unit spoke to the police hit men involved in the extrajudicial killings. We verified that they were members of the counterterrorism units, and we agreed to conceal the identities. reporter britain and america provided millions of dollars of counterterrorism training and equipment to kenyas police, and the officers claimed western security agencies know about the killings because they provide some of the intelligence in the re
Syria has reportedly called on the United Nations to impose sanctions against israel. Syria is accusing israel of carrying out several air strikes on governmentheld areas. Israeli jets bombed a weapons depot near the damascus airport, a depot used by the military. Another strike targets a weapons cash near the town close to the lebanese border. Syrias military condemned the assault calling it an attack on the country. Kazaa says it will not be continuing mediation to rescue lebanese soldiers kidnapped last august in the border town. More than 30 Lebanese Police men and soldiers were taken last year, four have been executed and seven have been released. Lets go Jane Ferguson monitoring the story for us. Whether it be qatar or other countries, this reflects the frustration between those trying to sort out what is going on in lebanon, and the political crisis in that country, which is unable to come to terms with what is happening over the boarder. It is a major setback for those trying t
Theyll face wolves next, if they beat sevilla tonight. Its National Allotment weekend we have come to dorset road allotments, where the temperature is currently around 22 celsius. For those of us in the heatwave, it will continue for another two days but there is also the risk of heavy thundery downpours, which could lead to flash flooding. Details coming up. Its tuesday, 11th august. Our top story. Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, will explain today how he will address problems with the way School Pupils were awarded grades this year, in the absence of exams. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has apologised after the marks given to pupils were based partly on the past performance of their schools. The process meant that 125,000 results were downgraded. Alexandra mackenzie reports. 16 year old 0livia thought she was on track to study medicine. She got five as in her higher prelims, but those were not the results awarded by the sqa. Instead she received two as and three b