sure to be many more treasures to unearth chilling woof al jazeera. ah, i took a check on the headlines here on al jazeera european union leaders of agreed to impose a partial ban on russian oil. more than 2 thirds of all imports will be bound by the end of the year. the breakthrough followed months of negotiations among the member states. france has called for an investigation into the death of a french journalist, killed in ukraine s lance region. ukrainian official say, frederick mcclurg, m half was killed when russian shelling hit a vehicle that was evacuating civilians. john is foreign minister, has been unable to secure an economic and security pat with several pacific ocean island nations long years regional tool has u. s. allies concerned about beijing s military and financial ambitions in the region. well, those were the headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera after $11.00 east. but before that though, we leave you with memories of serene acclaim, the voice
texas police have admitted they made the wrong decision by not immediately entering a classroom where a gunman had barricaded himself. security officials have been criticized for waiting before confronting the 18 year old killer. 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. and tuesdays you ve all day assault. the governor of texas greg abbot has expressed anger over the way the police handled the shooting. he says he was misled about their response. america s biggest gun lobby has held a major convention just hours away in houston, texas, despite criticism over gun violence in the u. s. former u. s. president donald trump was among those to address the convention grease, his accused iran of piracy, after it seized 2 greek oil tankers. iran says they were captured for violations. the move appears to be in retaliation after greek authorities detained the vessel carrying iranian oil last month. that oil was then confiscated by the united states . as the headlines, the news continued
this is out of here and these are the top stories now tens of thousands of search and rescue personnel working into here and syria to free survivors trapped under rubble after mondays, earthquakes. at least 7200 people have been killed across both countries and thousands more are injured or so said are, has more from carmen marsh in turkey and extreme workers here, the lack of electricity, food waters, people are really struggling here. now feel of the said, the, the afford the frank a full on the way. this is just one of the seas now where course 30, there are hundreds of sources that are really witnessing that i did these and that a matter that are going on. but here, 3 people are still waiting to be rescued, but they re not the only ones. probably. there are some other life people still, maybe times of them still believe this robert. and according to the officials, just in common mirage. more than 1000 people are missing. serious foreign minister has urged european countri
reportedly lasted about a minute and were felt in northern syria and lebanon as well. seneca solo as monitoring developments from his stumble. that so far we have heard $22.00 after socks happen treble the it s much more says this was reported on turkish me. yes. so as long as after shocks continue is some buildings are damaged. people are scared to get inside. they are at houses, they are apartments. that s why they re spending the night outside. this is how it happens when, when there s an earthquake, all around the world, people and people wait for a couple of hours to be safe to feel safe and to be inside even in the safe building. so we are hearing a, some people being outside as thing, and they are cars, a trying to find some griffin in more stores on a public buildings. the battle for control of the eastern ukrainian city of buff moot is intensifying just weeks before the 1st anniversary of the russian invasion . it comes as reports from keith suggest ukraine s defense
this is al jazeera, these, your top stories, the u. s. section of states has postponed, a planned visit to beijing in the presence matoney surveillance bill. inflating high over the country, janice, as balloon has not been used for surveillance. the pentagon says a 2nd billing has been spotted over latin america. mike holiday with director wong . ye. i may clear that the presence of the surveillance balloon in yours, her space, is a clear violation of your sovereignty and international law that it s an irresponsible act. and that the p r c s decision to take this action on the if my plan does it is detrimental to the subset of discussions that we were prepared to have. i told a director wong that the united states remains committed to diplomatic engagement with china. and that i plan to visit beijing one conditions all out. in the meantime, the united states will continue to maintain opened laws communication with china, including to address this ongoing incident. ukrainian p