The date when his successor as fifa president will be elected and could decide the future of fifas governing body. But first we begin with breaking news turkish media reporting ten people have been ill killed in a large explosion in turkey at a Cultural Center just north of the border with syria. At least 20 people have been wounded. We will bring you more on this story as soon as we get it here at al jazeera. We will move on to other news and u. S. Forces in afghanistan are investigating what appears to be a mistaken attack they say which killed at least seven Afghan Soldiers and six others are thought to have been injured and u. S. Helicopters attacked afghan Army Checkpoints in the district in an area known for its heavy taliban presence. Jennifer glasse has this update from kabul. Reporter that incident in the province happened just a couple hours after dawn Early Morning and Police Authorities tell us that it was american u. S. Helicopters that carried out an attack on two afghan
Life in europe. At least 27 people have been killed in a large explosion in turkey. That is according to the interior ministry around 100 others have been wounded and it happened at a Cultural Center north of the border with syria. Just a warning the pictures we are about to show you are about the aftermath and they are graphic. Its not yet known what caused that blast but according to witnesses, the attack targeted kurdish volunteers coming from istanbul and going to kobani and home to a refugee camp housing 35,000 refugees fleeing the war across the border. Other news in u. S. Forces in afghanistan investigating what appears to be mistake end attack and killed six soldiers and others injuries and they say u. S. Helicopters attacked Afghan Forces in the district in an area known for heavy taliban presence and Jennifer Glasse has this update from kabul. Reporter that incident in the province happened a couple hours after dawn Early Morning and Police Authorities tell us that it was ame
Court charged with crimes against humanity. And we report on the martial arts legend still pulling in the crowds 42 years after his death. Thank you for joining us. Cuba and the United States have formerly restored diplomatic ties after more than a half century of hostility. On midnight on monday, each country reestablished embassy ies in each others capital. Deteriorateing relations between the u. S. And then fidel castro led to the breaking of former ties back in 1961. Restrictions on americans wanting to travel to cuba will remain in place. As will the trade embargo preventing many businesses doing business in the country. Tom, those images of the cuban flag being raised over the embassy that is now washington, really a historic moment does not take away from the fact that a lot of people in the u. S. Are not pleased about the restoring of diplomatic ties. Correct, behind me, by the way, the array of flags includes cuba tucked croatia and cypress and shortly in an hour or so, the se
Engineer, and dr. Crystal dilwort h is a scientist. Thats our team. Hello, welcome to techno. Im phil torres joined by lindsay moran, dr. Shay somora and dr. Dilworth. I just got back with an exciting week of my life, and it was all for science. With you jump on an oneton tiger shark . Well, thats the opportunity i got to do with these researchers based out of university of miami. We went on a boat in the Bahama Bahamas bahamas, in the name of sharks. Lets take a look. Shark on shark. The very name inspires wonder and fear, vilified as the worlds ultimate killing machine, but their badboy image is all wrong, according to these guys. I havent had a single bad day with sharks in 35 years of doing business. If there is a shark around, youre likely to find jim in the water with the camera. We have 400 billion years of sharks shaping our oceans health. And in the last 50 years on my watch weve literally destroyed it. One in six of all sharks that have been threatened with extinction. The un
Survivors still waiting for justice plus Macedonia Police fire tear gas to stop thousands of refugees crossing the border from greece. In sport tiger woods find ishis range and the best round in more than two years after missing the cup in the p. G. A. Championship. We start on the Korean Peninsula where the south Korea Defense Ministry is urging the north to stop its provocations, tensions have increased between north and south following exchange of fire on thursday. Both countries say they put their militarys on high alert. North koreas leader kim jong un had an emergency meeting late on thursday and according to state media there he told the front line troops to be fully prepared to launch operations, the south korea government has moved 80 people on the border in bunkers after exchange of artillery fire and we have harry in south korea and its not the first time we saw racheting up of tensions between north and south korea, what is different this time around . Well, that is i suppo