The facility is a priority president obama vows to shut down the prison. The Senate Passes a bill blocking the closure independent nation. If we vote to leave, we will leave. Therell not be another renegotiation and another referendum british Prime Minister David Cameronses message to the e. U. , make reforms or britain will walk away from membership in the union strong armed tactics. The secretarygeneral underscores the importance of safeguarding freedom of speech and association in egypt freed am of speech atabbinged in attacked in egypt. Abdul fatah alsisi accused of gaoling and sen storing journalists that censoring journalists that dont agree with the government good evening, this is al jazeera america. Im Richelle Carey in for antonio mora. Tonight we begin in russia with the latest on a sports doping programme sponsored by the government. A russian lab that processed drug offenses for 21 sports shut its doors, suspensions of credentials. The head of the lab has stepped down, acc
Agreeings benefitting from europes refugee cries. Plus a weekend of comedy from president ial hopeful. Your top sports stories this sunday. Motogp has a new champion as Jorge Lorenzo gets the championship from team mate Valentino Rossi. Myanmars biggest from particular day forship to democracy appears to have gone smoothly. The country has had a turn out of 80 with many people voting for the first time in their lives. The outcome wont be clear for a couple of days days. The democracy is expected to win, but needs 76 of seats to take control of the parliament, a role that Aung San Suu Kyi is not allowed to hold. The army domestic hates politics. The military backed union needs 35 to form a majority. Thats because 2a 5 of the seats are actually reserved for the military. Also activityists say up to 400 people may have brenn unable to vote. A day at the polling station in yangon. Reporter the end of historic day here. The end of polling for this general election. It seems to have gone ver
Bring an end to months of instability. In doha with all of the sport. Saz new zealand lifts the Rugby World Cup for the third time after beating australia in the final in london. We will begin flu egypt where a Russian Airliner has crashed killing everyone board. The jet was carrying 224 passengers and crew including 17 children. There is no official word yet on what caused the crash but both of the planes black boxes have said to have been found. Countries around the world are expressing condolences while the russian president has declared a day of mourning. The plane took off early on saturday morning in the egyptian red sea resort belong to go metro jet air lines was on its way to Saint Petersburg. It vanished a little over twenty minutes after taking off. Wreckage has been found near hazna which is south of the mediterranean coastal city. Peter sharp begins our coverage from Saint Petersburg. What remained of the russian holiday charter flight lay strewn in pieces across the desert
New zealand against australia kicks off in three hours time. All the build up coming later this news hour. Lets start with the russian plane carrying 224 people which crashed in egypt relatives have been gathering in the airport looking for news of that flight. President Vladimir Putin has expressed his deepest condolences and declared a day of morning. There are no survivors. The airbus belonging to metro jet airlines took off shortly before 6 00 a. M. Local time. The aircraft carrying 224 people including seven credit members was headed to st. Petersburg in russia. 23 minutes into the flight, though, the plane disappeared off radar screen. Russian News Agency Says that the pilot reported technical problems and asked to change his root. The plane is believed to have crashed 35 kilometers in the coastal area of el arish in the sinai peninsula. Weve not yet started an investigation. A Specialized Team will start one very soon. The airline was carrying 217 on board. The Prime Minister wi
Indias ruling party misses a election to push through national reforms. Folks are being counted in myanmars first election. This is the moment Opposition Leader cast her ballot. Her party won the election in 1990, but the military back then overruled the vote and put her under house arrest for 15 years where shes printed from becoming president. The military government handed power to a semi civilian government. The army still dominates politics after decades of power. Parliament seats are reserved for military appointees and the parliament chooses the president. Al jazeera has three teams in myanmar. Many Rohingya Muslims have been killed in violence. First up, heres scott with the latest. The end of historic day here in myanmar, end of polling for this general election. It seems to have gone smoothly, no reports of violence, no reports of any kind of inconsistencies, election monitors from both local and International Organizations had fanned out across the country and so far, there