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.
Im in northern argentina, where thousands of people have been forced out of their homes by the flooding. We start in iraq why isil has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in a crowded mar tet. At least 55 people were killed in a mainly shia muslim district of baghdad. Around 200 others were injured. Mohammed jamjoom reports. Reporter in the blink of an eye, the scene turned from mundane to murderous, as a truck plaqued with explosives blew up in a crowded market. The prom dominantly shia muslim neighborhood is one of the capitols most densely populated. As some searched for survivors, others found the dead. Amid displays of the cruelty that had been committed. Because the earlymorning attack was apparently planned to maximize civilian casualties, many knew this would be the work ochl isil. It was the third attack in as many days. On tuesday, isil attacked two other areas where many shia muslims live. Dozens were killed and dozens more injured. Attempts to deepen sectarian lines at
Waiting for just advertise. Im Bernard Smith in istanbul, and that red brick building is the former ruin of communist revolutionary trot ski. Its on the market for 4. 5 million. We start in macedonia, where police have fired stun grenades to drive back a huge crowd of refugees trying to get into the country. But the border has just opened and some refugees have managed to get through. On thursday it declared a state of emergency to try to stop people coming in. Macedonia is one of the major transit points for refugees who are trying to get from greece to other e. U. Countries. The vast majority are syrians escaping the syrian war. A small town just three kilometers away from the border with greece was the focal point of fridays violence. Its on the main route north. Emma hayward reports. Reporter they spent a cold night in no mans land waiting to cross the border between greece and macedonia, but their passage was blocked by riot police. Rocks were thrown, then this. [ gunfire ] [ scre
Television broadcast. In the last hour, south sudans president has signed a peace deal with rebels, despite serious reservations to end nearly two years of civil war. It was a drawnout process as African Leaders gathered in the capitol of south sudan, juba, to witness this ceremony. We were told it would happen and it did happen that is the president signing the deal about a half hour, 40 minutes ago. Our reporter has all of the details now on the phone. Ana, tell us more. Reporter yes, as you say the president has signed this peace deal, which would seem like a major break through. But unfortunately when he was addressing the audience earlier, he said he did have major reservations about the content of it. [ inaudible ] this isnt the bible, this isnt the quran, these are things that can be revisited. So the implementation then will be interesting, wont it, ana. Because you have one side that signed it, but said i dont want to sign this. So how it gets implemented will be interesting.
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. We are learning more about a man believed to be behind the shooting deaths of two virginia journalists live on television this morning. Police have identified the fan as fester flanagan. He is believed to be a former employee of the station, working under the name bryce williams. He is believed to have shot two former colleagues as they were reporting live on air this morning. Reporter allison parker, 24 years old, and cameraman adam ward 27, interviewing a guest when the report was interrupted by gunfire. News room across the country have been shaken by this. What is the latest . Reporter its lurid, its graphic. Its horrific. Its about five miles southwest of virginia year. Rowen oak virginia one of the steps along the way that many journalists have stopped at. Allison parker was on the air at 6 45 this morning, interviewing the chairwoman of the chamber of commerce there, victory gardner. And 27 year old adam wa