On the difference in how it impacts our lowerincome neighbors as opposed to our middle ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Bnsf. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill tragedy struck the muslim world today, marring the end of the annual pilgrimage to mecca, in saudi arabia. At least 719 people were killed when worshippers panicked and stampeded. More than 860 others were hurt. Ifill it was a scene of horror in a place of holiness. Cell phone video captured the gruesome a
Why aid isnt getting through to victims of this earthquake. Violence in burundis capital, as police try to shut down the latest eants government protest. And commemorating colombias littlary legends. Were at a book fair where theyre celebrating Gabriel Garcia pilar cez. Later in the program andy murray gets his ambitions off to a good start. Hello hundreds more migrants have been rescued from peoplesmuggling boats in the Mediterranean Sea. Neefer 6,000 people havenearly 6,000 pee 6,000 people have been taken to the italian port. An estimated 40,000 have made the dangerous journey since january. Officials expect the total number of arrivals for 2013 to top 200,000, that is in italy alone. Italy is the main Transit Route to europe. It is estimated smugglers make at least 90,000 u. S. , for each boat load. Augusta, on the italian island of sicily, 126 people children were also on board. Further north in calabria, several children were among the 700 migrants brought to shore a number of ne
The geneva agreement to bring peace to ukraine is in danger. Vice President Joe Biden is kyiv to meet with leaders of that country. This comes after a deadly attack in the east. As Jacky Rowland reports, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The Vice President arrives in the region when peace efforts are faltering. Tries to deal with a rebellion in the east by prorussian activists. The deal reached in geneva last week calls on these activists to come out from behind their barricades in the exchange for a promise of greater autonomy. A little bit more violence on sunday have heightened tensions and mistrust between the two sides. Prorussian activists have called on moscow for help and russia is hinting it could do nothing but help to intervene. We are being put in a very difficult position. But those who are deliberately leading towards the start of a civil war are engaged in criminal policies. We are not just going to condemn them, were also
Including. Vice President Joe Biden touches down in ukraine. Hammering home some safety message. Skin cancer rates soar in the united kingdom. Im Andrew Gallagher at the tribeca Film Festival in new york. Well follow one aspiring film maker as he tries to make it in show business. Rebels in south sudan have been accused of massacring hundreds of people. The u. N. Says it happened last week in the oil town of bentu. Some of them back the former Vice President riek machar. The pictures you may find disturbing. The first pictures from the scene to be broadcast show dozens of dead bodies and we arent even airing all of the pictures simply because theyre too graphic. After capturing bentu from government control. 200 were killed and more deaths in a church in a hospital. Al jazeeras anni anna, the sces were major the most shocking that he had ever encountered. Tell us what you saw. Yeah, thats right, it has been an unfortunately motif of this conflict that the dead bodies have been seen in
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