regime. more troubling information from russia, as drone flights over syria leaves the white house unclear about russia s intentions. refugee bottleneck. thank you very much some thank you, slovenia. as thousands flook the floode croatia slovenia border how patience is running short. el nino s impact. to understand the impact, 1997 the river rose so much it destroyed the bridge behind me. scientists expect the upcoming season will pack a punch. good evening, this is al jazeera america, i m del walters in tonight for antonio mora. we begin with russia s ongoing buildup inside syria. intelligence officials say russia have begun to fly intelligence flights over syria. secretary of state john kerry warning that those flights could lead to an accidental encounter with american air campaigns. benjamin netanyahu saying the assad regime could hand over weapons to regional factions who want to destroy israel. for its part russia is demanding action after a shell landed i
and he really made the grade. loyal tributes to musical pioneer of david bowie who died at the age of 69. desperately needed food and medical supplies have been unloaded from trucks in three syrian towns which for months have been cut off by war. in a deal reached with the government the aid convoy left damascus earlier monday heading for madaya. supplies have also been delivered to the progovernment villages of al-foua and kefraya. eastern gutta is one of the villages not included. maybe 200,000 are cut off in parts of the eastern city of dar azur. we ll hear from caroline malone in just a bit. the syrian government says these towns are not besieged by them. that 400,000 are not besieged, that 25 million are all udged seem bundersiege from terroristd foreign governments. after this report from caroline malone. aid has finally arrived, a red cross convoy left for the western town of madaya in syria. but more has to be done to help others in need. what s going on now is
the beginning of syria s civil war and the country seems as far from piece as ever. great to have you with us. as many as 20,000 came to walk the edmund pettus bridge in selma today. what happened in 1965 became the catalyst for the voting rights act. it was in selma 50 years ago when police assaulted some 600 protestors. they were trying to march from selma to montgomery. the weekend celebrations also came with caution. even after 50 years the fight for equality is far from over. tony harris begins our coverage tonight. brown chapel ame church. the organizational muscle of the selma marches was the epicenter of thirst and activists. we brought down a bus load of children. freedom ride! we had a chance to vote, we had a chance to do so many things because so many people walked across that bridge, cried across that bridge, bled across that bridge. politics gets who what when where and how. 50 years ago, the names were james orange, malcolmx and martin luther king, jr
state of emergency. drought! a new u.n. report out today reveals horrific brutality in north korea. this is the first report from a secret panel, testimony from hundreds of people, evidence of north korea abducting its citizens and citizens of other countries. crimes against humanity. north korea l issued a statement that was denying. ji hun park, public hearings ber peld on four cities in three continents. many other witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there had been many investigations into human rights into north korea but never one as comprehensive as this. getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme deprivation and starvation is very difficult. the international commission on inquiry finds there is massive repression, torture, execution, systematic rape and abduction of foreigners. many of these count as crimes against humanity. all part of a planned system of political control. north korea s leader, ki
all moscow s not linked in russia s president telling the un secretary general the next sunday s referendum on crimea respects both international law and the united nations charter but to put on the telephones of banking bonuses for minister sergei lavrov came out of the london meeting with his us counterpart john kerry saying crimea means more to rush off when the falklands due to britain for his part carry warnings in the referendum goes for if there will be sanctions the united states it s a do over there as here there. we believe that this country and constitution of ukraine the law is in violation of the globe we believe that is until the job. the debate over the internet. due to the results of his brethren no one should correspond to proper reporting carried leaving one s in empty handed yup pretty much done nothing of what she wanted out of this very very long meeting a number that was six hours according to secretary of state john kerry. captain open to diplomatic spe