In new york f. I. F. A. s chief cuts a lonely figure after being investigated for corruption saudi arabias senior religious scholar says thursdays stampede at the handling was beyond human control. More than 700 people that took part in the pilgrimage to mexico died. Lets go to our correspondent in mecca for us. Just remind us what the scholar said. The grand mufti of saudi arabia met with the crown prince, and told him that you are not responsible for what happened because you did all that you could, and you did all the ability that you had to arrange the hajj. There are certain things that humans cannot control. And this is destiny. And this context. This is what the grand mufti told the crown prince. It came as they met late on friday, as they discussed what happens. And they have to remember the statement coming from the highest authority. The highest authority is the king himself, and he ordered a full review of the hajj fans. Omar, there is a sense of fat fatalism in the statemen
Israel and the palestinian territories. Acts of terrorism. Paying ransom. We needed to disclose that they actually paid. The Italian Government denies exchanging money for hostages but documents exclusively obtained busy al jazeera tell a different story. And the Nobel Peace Prize go to. The tunisian dialogue quartets. The group credited with moving the country forward after the arab spring uprising. Good evening, im antonio mora. This is Al Jazeera America. We begin tonight with the Obama Administration abandoning its effort to train moderate syrian rebels. Pentagon officials admit the 500 million Training Program failed to produce real results against i. S. I. L. The program was widely criticized for only training a handful of combat ready rebels, american Officials Say the resources will now be used to equip and establish troops already fighting i. S. I. L. As russia continues its box bardment in the war torn country. Killed 200 i. S. I. L. Tighters in the latest air strike. Mike vi
Qualify as refugees. And why an orkts dweller known as the blob could be about to wipe out huge errors of global reefs. But we start with some breaking news. Reports of a stabbing in East Jerusalem. The latest in a series of recent incidents. Lets go live to mike hanna, who can update us on the details. Who do we know happened, mike. Well, according to the police, a 15yearold palestinian attacked a 25yearold student. The student has been seriously injured, say police, the palestinian was arrested and has been custody according, once again to the plus. This is the 7th stabbing attack since saturday night. However, the first three attacks were localized in and around the old city. What is of particular concern to the police is the random nature of the four attacks that we see over the past two days, theyve been in different areas at different times, carried out by a different type of demographic person, a woman in one case, here you have a 15yearold Palestinian Youth responsible for the
Him to step down. U. S. Police release images of the suspect in thursdays College Shooting in which nine students were shot dead. Colombian Police Kill One of the countrys most powerful drug traffickers. Well have all the sport news including the rugby world cup, a victory over georgia. The u. S. President has spoke out about th russias growing involvement in syrias war. He also attacked russia and the need to prop up the ruthless and brutal dictator. And further his commitment to reach out to moderate opposition forces. Obama said that russias attack on the opposition would hint at a political transition and in effect any chance at peace. It is true that the united states, russia, and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil. But what was very clear and regardless of what mr. Putin said is that he does not distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. Assad go. From their perspective theyre all terrorists. Thats a recipe for disaster.
Launching missiles into the wartorn country in warships. According to defense ministry, 26 cruise missiles were fired russia says the operation destroyed all 11 of those targets and no civilians were killed or injured. Meanwhile, Syrian Government troops and their allies launched an offensive under russian air cover. Theyre targeting rebel fighters and not isil. Peter sharp begins our coverage from moscow. From the caspian sea 1200 kilometers from the fighting, russia opened the second front in the syrian war unleashing missiles at isil positions. The caliber bearing the code name sizzler were launched without warning by russias powerful caspian sea flotilla. These images were broadcast on russian state television. With a range of 2500 kilometer, they were allowed to reach their targets. Russia released graphics showing the missiles over iran and iraq but avoiding southeastern turk turkey. Russians defense minister briefed the president on the strike. This morning we engaged the ca flo