Plus. Who wants to live in a place where everything it difficult. Thats the question many greenlanders are asking. We look at a worrying exodus. Within the last 90 minutes a bomb has gone off in a shopping and tourist area in central istanbul, not far from thaksin square. Five, including the suicide bomber, have been killed. 20 have been injured. Turkey has been rocked by five major bombings since july last year, including the attacks in ankara. Less than a week ago that attack killed 25 people. We go to our reporter in istanbul. What happened . The casualty number is moving. It accused to be four people died in the explosion but it seems one of the critical injured are in the casualties as well. So the bomber, the suicide bomber included five people died in the explosion, and other are in a critical situation. And the explosion, according to the government of istanbul happened close to the district governorship of bayola, near thats correct sim square. Its one of the Main Attraction a
Tonight we take a deeper look at hospital acquired infections and why they are difficult to contain and treat. This week two died and 200 others were exposed to a superbug in southern california. We begin with science and Technology Correspondent jake ward. We are sorry about the anxiety and concern that the situation imposed for the patients and community. Reporter warnings are going outs to 179 patients treated at u. C. L. A. S Ronald Reagan Medical Center all exposed to cre, a superbug. It has been linked to two deaths and infected five others. Its a potent organism that can cause death. Reporter centers for Disease Control says it can be fatal if it reaches the bloodstream. Healthy people dont normally attract it. It strikes in hospitals, Nursing Homes and is linked to endoscopes inserted down the throats of 500,000 patients each year to treat cancer and other ailments of the digestive system. U. C. L. A. Says the bacteria was found on two devices. Hospitals clean the scope, but th
Others. [ singing ] pope francis canonizes two palestinian nuns in a major boost to christians in the middle east various yemeni leaders are meeting in the Saudi Arabian capital riyadh to try to end the war in yemen. Exiled president and tribal leaders are there, discussing what steps should be taken next the the houthis are not attending the conference. Fighting continues on the ground with 10 killed in battles. This despite a 5day humanitarian truce, which is due to expire on sunday. The ceasefire was allowed to let in muchneeded aid. Houthi rebels control much of the territory. Crossing to hashem ahelbarra, joining us from the conference taking place in riyadh. What is the order of play at the conference, what have we seen so far, and why the houthis say they are not attending . Basically there has been some speeches by the g. C. C. Secretarygeneral saying that the g. C. C. Countries will provide significant support for the legitimate government of president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi an
America. Im morgan radford, live from new york city. Emergency jobless benefits, a life line for the unemployed, is set to expire on saturday. 1. 3 Million People who have been out of work for a month will be cut off. The average recipient will lose out on 1,000 each and every month. The benefit program was introduced in 2008 at the height of the recession. Since then the payouts cost the government 20 billion. Extending it for a year will cost another 19 billion. Congress has not done that yet. More than a million unemployed will lose benefits because the Unemployment Program was allowed to expire before Congress Took its break. Since 2008 the federal government has supplied benefits to unemployed workers when state benefits run out. Usually after 26 weeks, as long as 73 weeks in some states. Michigans Unemployed People will be hit. 45,000 people will lose access right away. 145,000 some time next year. I get 161 a week after taxes. 56yearold frons is one of them. Bring norbert franza
Welcome to Al Jazeera America on this thursday morning. Good to have you with us. Im Thomas Drayton. We begin with the Prime Minister of turkey facing calls to resign. After a corruption Investigation Force the him to shake up his cabinet. The mood comes from the meals of highprofile resignation. Police use tear gas and water canons on protesters who took to the streets, demanding that the Prime Minister step down. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a lot of pressure. Hours after three senior cabinet ministers resigned over a Corruption Scandal. It was announced a major cabinet restructure replacing 10 of his ministers. Translation some of the ministers asked to resign because of ongoing developments and some quit as they contest the elections. Some of the changes are my j earlier interior minister armando gulouza, and economy commirns Zafer Caglayan resigned. But a third erdofrksan bayraktar announced his resignation on local television. He asked recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, a call the