To the refugee crisis. Deadline for coup leaders in burkina faso to disarm runs out in an hours time. Now they face attack if they dont agree to the ten g gmtaltimatum and they agreed to step aside and the interim president and Prime Minister have been released and we report from ouagadougou. This is mobile phone footage of soldiers of Burkina Faso Army moving towards the capitol. The chief of staff coup leader and his president ial guard to surrender their arms. Some did, others wont. So troops from the regular army entered the capitol. Under pressure they addressed the nation apologizing for the coup. Translator we confirm of the authorities after agreement to get out made under the agreement. Reporter reactions the street was immediate and chanted freedom. Hundreds have been injured and a dozen have died since the coup took place almost a week ago. Translator we have lost brave fighters and we are ready to die to free burkina faso. The situation remains very volatile, who is in char
In sport well hear from the Japan Rugby Team out to prove that theyre not just onehit wonders after that shock win. Japan now have scotland and world cup quarterfinals in their sights. There is a fresh attempt in the cr crisis. Theyll be trying to reinstall the deposed government. We are any Burkina Fasos capital, and we have this update. The curfew is in place. The population at the moment are defiant. Theyre out on the streets. They feel confident because they feel reassured by the military presence who promised to protect them. The president ial guards are back in their barracks. Now concerning the framework that were expecting the visit of others to come tomorrow morning to propose some sort of agreement. Remember, the population here are very much frustrated with what th they are proposing. Thats because one of the points of amnesty offered to the president ial guard. Remember, this isnt just about the coup that happened last week. The president ial guards have been in power for t
America. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Pope francis is hours away from arriving in america. Hes wrapping up his trib to cuba this morning with a mass next hour at the countrys holy shrine. This afternoon, he lands outside washington, d. C. For the first leg of his six day visit to the u. S. On monday, the pope closed out the day praying at a shrine to cubas patron saint. The pope placed a bouquet of flowers at the foot of the 403yearold statue. An unprecedented show of security will greatly the popes arrival in america. His six day visit takes him to washington, then new york and philadelphia, prompting what has been called the largest coordinated security efforts in u. S. History. Paul beban reports. This is what makes protecting pope francis such a challenge. His habit of breaking away from his security detail to be with the people. On his visit to the u. S. , the sat can Security Force will be beefed up by a battery of u. S. A
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