Plus. Im lidy dutt. Ill be taking a look at the city facing architectural history. We begin this newshour on the latest development on qz8501, airasia, qz8501. Debris and bodies have been recovered in the java sea off indonesia. So far dozens of bodies have been seen and be on that their way back to surabaya for identification. Qz8501 went down in the java sea on sunday. Was carrying 162 passengers and crew on board. Few hours ago there were scenes of despair as the family came to grips with the fate of their loved ones. Lets now go to Scott Heidler who i believe can join us from surabaya. So scott we know that the operation to try to recover the wreck and and the bodies are ongoing now. How long do you think thats going to take . Sphwhrits a reporter well, its a 24 hour operation. Its about a thousand kilometers from the airport where the aircraft took off and about 10 kilometers where it dropped off communication with the tower. They are able to focus on that. We know there are two I
Rescued. And greece snap election, could put the far left saritha 52 power. Saritha into power. From london, to sydney, to san francisco. Journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypts government to set our colleagues free it was a year ago today that peter greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. Andrew simmons has their story. Reporter al jazeeras doha news center marking an anniversary the staff feels hard to absorb. It was one year since a phone call to the news desk. Then 12 months behind bars, just for doing their job right across the world vigils were held in newsrooms and protests at the false charges against correspondent peter greste bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed. Bahers wife speak from her home in jpt spoke egyptian spoke egypt spoke of her desperation. My husband last been in jail for a year for no justification or crime. Speaking on christmas for an hour and a half to vista with their son. He is trul
The cemetery in france with no room for a roma baby and a Close Encounter with pluto after a decade. An n. A. S. A. Spacecraft on mission to complete its factfinding mission. Hello, a warm welcome to the newshour. In Northern Iraq Kurdish Peshmerga forces are tackling i. S. I. L. Around the village of Sultan Abdullah its close to mosul and an important strat eej yik defensive position. There has been heavy fighting here for days. Peshmerga are gaining ground but there are pockets of resistance from i. S. I. L. The village is a source of water from the surrounding area. We joined peshmerga as they battled for control. This is a frontline for the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. A few hundred meters away is the village of Sultan Abdullah. A few days ago it was the scope of heavy fighting between Islamic State of iraq and levant and Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Peshmerga controls the village, but its within the range of i. S. I. L. Fire. We were advised against going into the village. With the mo
Displaced in the worst floods it hit malaysia in over a decade. In a deeper look, we investigate what a higher minimum wage would mean for americas economy. We begin this hour with breaking news. Reports that an air asia has gone missing. Air asia qz 8501 was travelling from indonesian city of surabaya to singapore. We understand air Traffic Control lost contact with the aircraft around 7 25am local time it went missing over four hours ago, more than 150 people including passengers and crew are on board. Its reported that the plane lost contact near belaton island. An air asia has gone missing. Qz8501 near belatong island. Well update you with more information as soon as we get it. The other top story, fellow officers paying respects to explain n. Y. P. D. Officer rafael ramos. After the Church Service his wife and children were presented with the burial flag. Vice President Joe Biden and new york Governor Cuomo were among thosualo guising the officer. New york city new york city mayor
Bad for business tough times for a border town in china well search area for the missing airasia flight has been widened as hor countries join the more countries join the International Effort to find the weapon flight qz8501 disappeared after flying to singapore. Search teams are scouring the java sea looking for signs of the plane over the islands belitung island, banka and singkep. The head of the indonesian search operation says its likely the plane is at the bottom of the sea. Scott heidler is in the indonesian city of surabaya from where the plane departed. Scott, we know indonesia accepted offers of help from the neighbours. What can you tell us about that . Theres a lot of accepted assistance. Its a multinational effort. Theres malaysia singapore, australia involved. Singapore recently in the last couple of hours have come out that theyll supply underwater assistance. It comes to both technical machinery, and for personnel who are expertise in this. That has been offered and acc