Things worse. This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Thai police are clearing the scene of an explosion in the capital of bangkok. It happened in the heart of the city just outside of a shrine that is popular with tourists from all over the world. The official death toll is 16. That includes citizens of china and the philippines. More than 80 others have been injured. Veronica pedroza has more from bangkok. It is a bit quieter. There are emergency vehicles that were swarming the place, they have mostly left, but the area remains secure, cordoned off from the public. This means that major interception has been cut off i want to bring clarity to the casualty toll to let you know that the National Police chief in the last few minutes has said of the official number of deaths is 16, and among them are filipinos and chinese fatalities. Local Television Networks or news hour have been reporting higher death tolls. The official death toll remains at 16. Also i
Report from the worlds First Solar Powered airport. The worse attack ever on thailand, is how the countries Prime Minister described the blast at a shrine in bangkok which killed 20 people. Police released video of a man leaving a bag just before mondays explosion. Lets go live to bangkok, just after 9 00 in the evening. Veronica pedroza is there for us. This is an evening that has capped a day of trying to clear up the mystery of who was behind the attack, and clear up the debris. Im a few hundred meters away from where the bomb went off on a balcony overlooking bangkok. There is a fraction of the traffic and people that would normally be bustling in the streets on a tuesday night in this city of 12 million people. The mood has been very subdued, despite the fact that there has been a breakthrough, the picture of a possible suspect in all of this. The government is trying to play down expectations, saying they are keeping all possibilities open. The emphasis has been on car, on keepin
Ethiopia deep inside a mine shaft hunting for a precious stone that is hoped could bring this country great wealth. European ministers have called an emergency meeting for september the 14th for try to solve the regions growing refugees crisis. The blocks uncoordinated response is being described as inning coherent. According to the u. N. , 300,000 people have arrived in europe so far this year. And that number continues to climb. But as the politicians debate, the grim reality of the crisis shows no sign of improving. For the Third Straight day. More bodies have washs up on the shores on the libyan coast. They are from two smuggling boats that sanction off the coast on thursday. In which at least 117 people died. Meanwhile, greece is continues to go charter ferries packed with refugees from the island of lesbos to the mainland, they ever come you remembered fire for mott processing people properly instead shepherding them towards macedonia. Hungary is under fire for this fence its bui
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And president obama on Climate Change. European ministers have called an emergency meet fore sent the 14th toe try to solve the regions growing refugees crisi crisis. The blocks unquarted response has been called incoherents. 300,000 people have arrived in europe this year and that number continues to climb. Hundreds of refugees, most of them syrian, continues to line up to trains in macedonia. The exhausted crowds are slowly being allowed to board. The Train Services run twice a day, dropping people at the northern most border between macedonia and serbia. Meanwhile, greece is continue to go charter ferries packed with refugees from the island of lesbos to the mainlands, they have come under fire for not processing people properly instead shepherding them on towards macedonia. And hungary is under fire for this fence its building along its southern board tore try to stop refugees making their way towards northern europe. The French Foreign minister has criticized the fence saying it d