Are hoping for lower temperatures and winds after at least 61 people were killed in a huge forest fire at the weekend. Many of the victims died in their cars while trying to flee the densely forested district of pedrogao grande. Portugals Prime Minister has declared three days of mourning. Paul adams reports. A desperate, sometimes hopeless, battle against nature. Searing heat, strong winds and low humidity the worst possible conditions. Large areas of Central Portugal now ablaze. This mountainous area is no stranger to forest fires, but these are some of the deadliest ever. The speed and ferocity of the flames catching people in their cars and homes. A woman screams for her house. As the fire rages on several fronts, entire villages have been evacuated. Officials still not sure what remains. Translation we were inside the house, the fire was all around us. The firefighters came to get us out because we could hardly breathe any more. As to whether the house burned or not, it must have
Agreement and. After somali, Southeast Asia is at the center of pirate attacks. We have this report from singapore, where sea robberies are increasing, and several International Pirate syndicates are based hello, iraq is asking turkey to withdraw its troops from an area, an i. S. I. L. s controlled city in the north. Iraqis Foreign Ministry lodged the turkish ambassador calling it a hostile act. Turkey is accused of violating its sovereignty. The baghdad government says the troops were deployed without the knowledge of the government. They were assisting local volunteers fighting i. S. I. L. Translation this is not a new camp. 2,000 volunteer fighters from mosul has been trained and supported following the fight against d. A. E. S. H. Its been upon the request of the government United States will deploy operation troops to assist iraqi forces in the fight against i. S. I. L. The Prime Minister insists that his forces an do it alone. His armys messages are coming under scrutiny for huma
Live lie hood under threat. The indian surrogate mothers in despair over a ban on foreign couples the governor of the yemeni port city of aden has been killed in an explosion. Majorgeneral saaeed was on his way to work when his convoy was attacked by a rocketpropelled grenade. The Islamic State of iraq and levant said it carried out this attack. Five of his body guards were killed in the explosion. After a year of war, yemen was divided. Who are the parties in this conflict . Lets start with the Houthi Rebels named after the man that led the rebellion in 2004. Hussainalhouthi. Backed by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. He is back in aden after months of exile, in saudi arabia, president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi. There are secessionists in the south. Some of them are secular nationalists who wish to break way way from the north. Finally there is al qaeda, which took advantage of years of instability. It is staunchly antihouthi, but in no way aligned with the coalition. A yemeni politic
Victims were transported to the hospital. Reporter one of them died of injuries to second person is expected to survive the senate is the police said the suspect or suspects did get into a vehicle and left as saying at this point they do not give a description of the vehicle or the shooter at this point is also unclear what the target of attack happened or read much at where workers get more information. Reporter the search is still on in san jose for an inmate who escaped friday afternoon while being transferred. Reporter Johnell Carter is accused of five counts of child molestation. Reporter officers say, he faked an injury, then attacked a deputy and got away. Reporter carter is African American about five feet 11 inches tall, weighing 220 pounds with a shaved head and the word alice tattooed on his neck. Reporter when he escaped he was wearing a jailissued green shirt and pants. Reporter one deputy is being treated for nonlife threatening injuries after being involved in a scuffle
Take place in bavaria in june. They are also discussing pressing global problems, including the ongoing crisis in ukraine. Normally russia is invited to participate in these summits but not this year. For the First Time Since 1998, moscow is being excluded. A consequence of moscows involvement in ukraine and its annexation of crimea. Reporter the German Foreign minister welcomed the eu foreignpolicy chief to lubeck. They are meeting with Foreign Ministers from the seven most industrialized nations, but not russia. When moscow rejoins the group will be high on the agenda. He said that would depend on ending the crisis in ukraine. I have no interest in isolating russia. I would be pleased if we could reach a state of affairs where russia could return to the g8 group, but that could only be done by finding a solution to the ukraine conflict. They ukrainian conflict. Reporter the Foreign Ministers of france, germany russia and ukraine issued a joint statement in berlin on monday, calling f