And why spend 160 hours cramped below a hot air balloon . To break a world record, of course. Isjapans government says its highly likely that the video of killing of kenji goto is authentic. Prime minister shinzo abe describes it as a heinous act. Threatening to kill a jordanian pilot as well. Visibly shaken Prime Minister of japan had this reaction. Translator we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism and we denounce it in the strongest terms. To the terrorists we will never never forgive you for this act. Since this act was committed we are going to coordinate with the international community. Japan will never be defeated by terrorism. Reporter this is kenji goto in a video he recorded last year before crossing into syria and into siem i. S. I. L. Territory. If something happens please dont claim any claim to experience there. He always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. I promise here to carry o
Violations blast a plan to open doors with cuba and a twist in the mysterious death of a prosecutor in argentina. New revelations the prosecutor drafted an arrest warrant for the countrys president. Good evening, welcome to the International Hour of Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im antonio mora. We begin with the latest in the fight against i. S. I. L. Video and photos show the captive jordanian pilot moaz alkasasbeh trapped in a cage and set on fire reportedly a month ago. Hed been held since his fighter jet crashed in syria on november 24th. The jordanian government vowed tonight Jordans King Abdullah met with president obama in the oval office added to the schedule at the last minute of the the king was in washington for talks on increasing assistance to jordan. Jordan and the u. S. Condemned the killing, reporter grief and anger after i. S. I. L. Reportedly released a killing of moaz alkasasbeh. The 26yearolds father was attending a tribal meeting in jordans capital amman. S
Greener pastures. We begin in jordan where negotiations are under way to free a jordanian pilot held hostage by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. This is a woman on death row in jordan at the moment. Accused of being a wouldbe suicide bomber. This the pilot shot down over raqqa. A few moments ago. Lets go to the correspondent andrew simmonds. Youll put into context the relationship between all three. Bring us up to date with what you know rather than what is speculated. We do know an audio tape of kenji goto jogo has been clarified. The japanese are convinced it was him. Jordanian officials examined the recording where he points out that by sundown on this day, the pilot, will be killed unless sajida alrishawi, the suicide bomber on death row is handed over to the turkish boarder. The climbs has changed, in that theres less said now, more activity going on. But the question is this is there really a deal on the table for the release of the pilot. There has been no indication from i
Making education more accessible for kenyan schoolchildren. First, jordan executed two prisoners hours after the killing of moaz alkasasbehs video was received. Sajida alrishawi was in prison for her part in a suicide bombing in which many died. Reporter jordan warned of an earthshaking response for the death of their pilot moaz alkasasbeh. It came. Dawn on wednesday, the authorities executed sajida alrishawi whom i. S. I. L. Demanded jordan released. Now this wouldbe suicide bomber on death road has been hanged. Another iraqi prisoner was executed. He was sentenced to death for murdering a truck driver in iraq. News of the murder was exactly what jordanians had been dreading. The government confirmed he was killed on january 3rd, a month before a video al jazeera will not show showed moaz alkasasbeh supposedly burnt alive. The jordanian king cut short a trip to washington d. C. And addressed the jordanian people in a statement. Translation with sadness and sorrow we received the news
Nigeria. France is about to rule on the case of a controversial comedian. Hundreds of people gathered in jordan to mourn a pilot who was brutally killed by isil. Many including the pilots father are crying out for revenge and in the early hours of wednesday jordan executed two convicts in retaliation. King abdullah is now back in the country after cutting short his trip to the United States. We have the latest from jordans capitol, amman. Jordan warned of an earthshaking response to isils murder of its pilot muath alkaseasbeh and that response came swiftly. At down on wednesday the authorities executed iraq prisoner sajida alrishawi whom isil had demanded jordan release. She had been on death row for eight years for taking part in a 2005 attack in amman that killed 60 people. Another iraqi prisoner was executed for murdering a jordanian truck driver in iraq. The government confirmed its pilot was killed on january 3, a month before isil released the video, apparently showing him being