Criminal investigation into former volkswagen boss warne Martin Winterkorn as the emissions scandal widens. Could there be life on mars . Scientists say flowing water, essential to life, is almost essentially present on the red planet and in doha all the support, including sepp blatter defiant. The f. I. F. A. President insisting he will not stand down despite criminal proceedings being open again. Tackling the Islamic State of iraq and levant, ending the war in syria dominated the first day of the United Nations, General Assembly in new york. World leaders took their turns for offering solutions. Clear divisions remain between russia and the United States. In the past half our, Vladimir Putin sat for dinner with president obama, and the u. N. Chief ban kimoon. Earlier Vladimir Putin used the speech to call for a new approach to combatting i. S. I. L. , adding that any attempts to deal with the group cannot exclude the Syrian Government of Bashar Alassad. We think it is an enormous mis
Exhibition that show cases the most renowned artist. The United Nations is accusing both Sri Lankan Government forces and tamil tiger rebels of committing war crimes. It released a damming report into atrocities committed during the 26 year civil war in sri lanka. The u. N. Says up to 40,000 tamils were killed in an Army Offensive to crush the movement. Now, the report details horrific abuses by both sides, including torture, executions, sexual assaults and the recruitment of child soldiers by rebels, calling on the government to remove military personnel thought to be involved in such crimes, and is urging a special court to be set up with International Judges and lawyers to prosecute those accused of such crimes. Lets look back at how the civil war in sri lanka unfolded. After independence from britain, the government favoured the sinhalese majority. The tamils complained of scrim nation for jobs and economic opportunity. This led to the formation of the tamil tigers. The Pivotal Mom
Clashes at the alaqsa mosque compound. And a study finds the marine population declines by 50 . The United Nations is accusing Sri Lankan Government forces and tamil tiger rebels of committing war crimes. Its released a damming report and atrocities during the 26 year conflict. Up to 40,000 tamils were cleared in the final offensive to crush the movement. The report details horrific abuses, including torture, Sexual Assault and recruitment of child soldiers, and calls on the government to remove military personnel to be involved. Its urging a special court to be set up with International Judges and lawyers to prosecute those accused of those crimes. Lets go to our correspondent now. Shes joining us live from the sri lankan capital colombo. What has been the reaction to this report . We are still finding that people across the board, particularly here in sri lanka, are taking in the findings that have been announced by the United Nations human rights commissioner. Very much, initially a
But suffering and death. President obama gathers more than 100 nations to discuss defeating i. S. I. L. A congressional report slams the u. S. For failing to stop americans joining i. S. I. L. Vladimir putins true intentions. Those intentions are not secret. It is spelled out in russian doctrine. Georgias president joins us to talk about russias aggression and what the International Community should do about it. Ocean sanctuary. Millions of dolphins, whales, turtles and fish and marine life will be safe. New zealand applauded for creating a huge Marine Reserve good evening, im antonio mora, this is Al Jazeera America. We begin with newest air strikes in afghanistan. The pentagon says the strikes are not in support of Afghan Forces as they fight to retake the fallen city of kunduz. The u. S. Says the strikes are in support of Coalition Forces on the ground. The white house condemned mondays taliban takeover of the strategic city. The Afghan Military struggled to launch attacks in the ci
So within the last hour a deal has been concluded on the transpacific agreement. It could effect everything from the price of milk to the cost of treating cancer. The deal needs to be formerly signed and be approved by National Parliaments involved. It will effect trade and regulations across 40 of the global economy. It was announced in the last hour in atlanta, georgia. We the trade ministers of australia, canada, chile, japan, mill lay shah, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore, the United States and vietnam are pleased to announce that we have successfully concluded the Transpacific Partnership. Patty culhane is live in washington to talk about this. As i mentioned, five years. It is a long process and politically controversial as well. It really will be. One of the things to point out is that this is breaking news because we dont know what is in this deal. Its hard to under state how huge of an impact this might have on the global economy. Again, we wont know what the writing is p