Well tell you more. And well take a look at the planet that scientists are calling earths closest relative. But we begin in turkey and the governments crackdown on isil inside its borders and in neighboring syria. It has confirmed that it stuck isil targets in syria. Overnight fighter jets carried out air strikes in syria, hitting three targets, among them a gathering of isil supporters. Tension between turkey and syria has been building. On thursday turkish tanks fired across the border with syria. Turkey has blamed isil for a suicide bombing on monday where 32 people were killed. Earlier this month police took more than 250 suspects in to custody in another crackdown of suspected members. The Prime Minister says that turkey is determined to fight isil and along with it the armed Kurdish Group the pkk, which turkey views as a terrorist organization. Translator its out of the question for turkey to turn a blind eye to what is going on. We have met and put together an action plan, the o
President barack obama. And while these palestinian children are facing eviction from the only home they have ever known. Burundis president Pierre Nkurunziza has been declared the winner of an election that has been marred by violence and boycotted by the opposition. It will give him a Third Straight term in office which his critics say is unconstitutional. Lets take you live to the capitol. No great surprise in that nkurunziza has won this Third Straight term but by how much has he won it . Reporter well he got nearly 2 million votes nationwide and his rival got just over 500,000. It started very slowly the process. People expected the president to win. What was interesting is despite calls for people to boycott these elections, it seems like a lot of people did turn out and vote for the opposition. The president won most of the provinces except two. The main one being bujumbura province which is an opposition strong hold. It was interesting how many people voted. Despite calling for
Malaria could save the lives of millions of children in sub saharan africa. Hello there. A warm welcome to the program. In the two years since the Islamic State of iraq and the levant has carved out positions across syria and iraq turkey has been reluctant to involve itself militarily. That is until now. Now on friday it has begun air strikes against isil targets in syria. Turkeys Prime Minister says this is not a single event, but a process. Police have also carried out raids across turkey an operation spanning 13 provinces, more than 297 suspects are now in custody. Some are suspected isil members, but there is also members of the pkk. It say it will treat groups like isil and the pkk without distinction. Isil has been blamed for a suicide bomb which killed more than 30 people in the Turkish Border town. The turkish president urged his country to trust him and his government. Translator these are the steps against our National Security our state and government will take needed action
U. S. Officials say they want to talk to him too, but they have to find him first. This is al jazeera america. Good morning, live from new york city, im Randall Pinkston in for steph. A piece of airplane debris is on its way to france today. That is where investigators are set to determine if it belongs to the Malaysian Airlines jet that disappeared 16 months ago. Charles stratford is where the fragment will be sent. What will investigatoring be looking for charles . Reporter the piece is expected to arrive tomorrow morning here at this French Ministry of defense facility, where other investigations have been held on aviation disasters before. Theres a number of things we gather they are going to be focusing on. They will be looking for evidence of what is broadly termed as data tags, anything suggesting a serial number or maintenance number to suggest previous repair works on that piece of debris. They are also going to be looking at how long the debris has been exposed to sea water.
President of ordering the killing. An image that went viral, thousands of donations poor in for the filipino boy whos determination to do his homework caught the attention of the worldwide web. Hundreds of palestinians have been to the funeral of an 18monthold palestinian baby who died in an arson attack suspected to have been carried out by settlers. The parents and brother are in hospital receiving treatment. Both israel and the u. S. Have condemned the attack as an act of terrorism. Reporter the family shared the only bedroom. They would have been fast asleep when the window was smashed and this small space set on fire. This man saw the two attackers standing over the parents who were lying outside with their clothes on fire. He went to get help and when he came back they were gone. Translator i saw the fore year old, i pulled him out. Then there was a huge blast and there was no way to save the baby. Reporter this is the room where the 18monthold was found dead and we spoke to the