Clearing the air, south korea, china and japan talk about how to beat their share of pollution problems. And we have sports news including the talk before the walk. Mayweather and pacquiao have been avoiding each other in vegas. Now theyre about to come face to face. It is so hard to know how many people have lost their lives, but the number seems to be creeping up. Police say now that 5,000 are confirmed to have died and 10,000 hurt by the earthquake. Some of the injured here being flown from these rural regions. No matter how devastating that is people in the villages on the outsquirrels say that they have yet to receive any food or supplies and theyve been left to salvage what they can from the rubble. We went to one tent city that is now home to hundreds of people. Open and exposed. Its the safest place for many thousand in the capital and the rest of nepal. While the threat of more aftershocks remain, nobody is taking any chances. This family has lived in this area for decades. 24
But said the president wants to sniet writing. Libyas Prime Minister was on abducted by a group of armed gunmen, but they are not going into specifics on the deal. It was a retaliation for last weeks special forces raid that captured an alqaeda suspect in libya. The state Department Says egypts interim government must show more progress towards democracy before aid is resumed. Those are the headlines. Inside story is next on al jazeera america. Attitudes and laws on marijuana are changing, creating a dizzying picture for smokers, Law Enforcement, and the federal government. Pot and policy, the inside story on al jazeera america. Hello, im libby casey. Its now legal to smoke pot if you live in Washington State or colorado. Some other states have decriminalized marijuana, so you wont get thrown in jail for having a small amount. But wait, smoking pot is still a federal crime, and thats a conflict that hasnt been solved. The debate over marijuana is now woven into layers of social policy.
Theres a large oil refinery. The group took most of the province, including a second city a day before motorcycle you will. I. S. I. L. Fighters have been fighting for months in syria. And control two areas. Joining me in the studio is al jazeeras senior political analyst. He has been following ent, a fast moving story. Lets begin with how the i. S. I. L. Managed to take swathes of Northern Iraq with little resistance from the iraqi military. An indictment to control the area. Thats right. The sunni areas now where the Islamic State has taken control are a Fertile Ground for extremism and antimall abbingy, antibaghdad governments in iraq. The sunnis felt neg elected. Unlike the 2010 elections, theres a possibility towards a consensus. The 2014 elections deepened the subdivision amooing the tribes. Here they have other jihadi groups and tribal forces were able to defeat the forces because they have no stake in the governance of iraq. They have no state in the Central Government of iraq.
World war. And going into extra time with brazil and chile battling it out in the world cup. Hello, we begin with the turmoil in iraq and what Government Forces are calling the zero hour. The offensive is under way just days after Iraqs Parliament will try to form a government. The army is claiming to have made big gains in retaking the city of takrit, but it is reported that they only have secured the outskirts of the city. There have been heavy airstrikes on mosul, iraqs second largest city. Reporter as iraq battles isil and sunni rebels on the ground the human cost is increasing. People flee from the fighting as it intensifies. Thousands are escaping and fear that the violence takes on a ceasinglan increasingly sectarian fighting. Isil rebels began to take territory, they would fight their way up to the outskirts of takrit. That town than abouts in the hands of Islamic State in iraq and the levant since june 11th and this latest offensive is did yo dubbed zero hour. Thee gentlema it
One Womens Mission to save girth in south sudan from a life of exploitation. The brazil 2014 cup. Mexicos dreams of a First Quarter final appearance since 1986 has just been shattered by the mather lands. Hello, we begin with breaking news out of high rack. Where isil have announced major changes to the group. They now want to be known simply as the Islamic State. The fighters have also announced the establishment of an islamic. [ inaudible ] they say the area stretches to aleppo in syria. Imran kahn is on the phone live from baghdad to explain the change. Imran, why this change now and what does it really mean . Reporter what isil have slowly been doing is taking territory. They have always maintained that their end game was going to be an establishment of an us had lamb i can state. Thats what they have declared. But this is quite controversial because religiously, what many what religious scholars would normally say is that you need to be elected as a tallies before you can establis