Its election day. Turkey holds its first vote since antigovernment protests last year. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford life in new york city. The search for survivors of that Deadly Washington mud slide enters a second week. The number of missing has been revised from 90 down to 30. That drop due to duplicate reports of missing people and others found safe and sound. But the death toll increased to 18, with more bodies waiting to be identified. Crews are using heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands to search for the victims. An estimated 180 people were in the path when it hit the village of oso. Seven were immediately pulled from the record and are hospitalized. We have more from derrington. A week after the mud slide heavy rain soaks trees, mud and debris. Thats all thats left of the lives here. Earlier at 10 37am a moment of silence. The moment a week ago when oso became home to one of the worst mudslides in Washington State history. More than
Diplomacy with russia hits a roadblock. The head of General Motors getting really for a grilling. The expanding recall has deadly consequences already. Welcome to al jazeera america. Live from new york, im erica pitzi. Washington state officials raised the death toll in the oso mud slide. The the number of people confirmed dead stands at 21. Three more bodies were identified by the medical examiner. The number of people unaccounted for was 90 to 30 people. Al jazeeras Tonya Moseley is in the Pacific Northwest with the latest. Over the weekend crews were able to make progress in the recovery efforts. This is an enormous project. In some areas the debris field was as high as 75 feet. Armed with garden tools, rescue teams tediously cyst through the mud, searching for the missing. The family members that i have spoken to, i think, have a very mature real sense of wanting to have hope, and wanting to find the miracle. We have provided them and are providing them every opportunity to find th
Most polluted places in the u. S. Where developers are planning to build luxury highrises. We begin in ukraine a country moving ever closer to civil war. The military stepping up the offensive against prorussian he rebels in the east. The conflict is spreading to other parts of the country. In the east, seven european observers who were taken hostage more than a week ago have been freed. This comes a day after fire in the Southern City of odessa killed dozens of prorussian activists. Secretary of state john kerry currently in africa spoke with his russian counterpart in another effort to reduce tensions. There is no solution in sight. Paul brennan has the latest from the eastern city of it constaniovka. The burning cars and day bre which limited the streets were evidence of what looked like a day of heavy fighting between ukrainian soldiers and prorussia separatists. Vehicles and tires have become makeshift barricades set alight to try to keep the Government Troops at bay. Translator t
South africa opposition parties get ready to hold a final rally ahead of the polls next week. First, thousands of survivors of a massive landslide in afghanistans northeast are situating for food and still waiting f waiting for food and medical help. Rescuers have all but abandoned the search for 2,000 missing and switched the focus to recovering body. More than 300 have been recovered so far. The disaster happened in Bernie Madoff in a remote province. This man tend to than injured boy. This child is one of the luck which ones. This clinic is one of several set up near the disaster area. Translation we found aninjured child who was trapped in the mud. He has injury and is undergoing treatment. Many other people were not so fortunate. When the landslide happened it entombed most of the village. Statements of the number of People Killed vary, but its clear there has been a substantial loss of life. Translation after the landslide happened i came here along with my friend. We couldnt res
There are signs the crisis in ukraine could be inching toward a diplomatic solution. Secretary of state john kerry has changed travel plans and is headed to paris. He will meet with the russian Prime Minister. Russia russians. Videotaladimir putin reachedo obama last night and said he has no intention of invading. What can we read into this phone call between the two World Leaders . Reporter you know, we are not exactly sure. Tensions are what the intentions are of vladimir putin. He said he is concerned about what he called raging extremists here in kiev and search alavrov said russia would not invade ukraine, he also said russia would protect sdrain in the interest of russian speakers in ukrainian regions. We dont know what that means. Russia has been massing troops on the border with its uncertain at what their purpose is. Some kind of mixed messages, a lot of pressure here on Transitional Government in kiev, uncertain of what russia wants. A diplomatic move forward. The two preside