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No trains or planes, belgium grind to a stop as a 24 hour strike gets under way we begin in australia where an armed man is holding an unknown number of people hostage inside a cafe in central sydney. This is the scene in martin place, which has been in lock down since this siege started at 9 45am local time. Its 10 oclock at night, and much of the area remains cordoned off. Well be live in sydney with correspond Andrew Thomas in a moment. First a look at how the events unfolded. Reporter this woman is running from the scope of a hostage taking in sydney. A number of people have escaped from a cafe where they were held near martin place station. Others were trapped inside, and have been all day. Prime minister tony abbott says the hostage taker is politically motivated. This is a disturbing incident. It is profoundly shocking that incident people should be held hostage by an armed person claiming political motivation. Reporter here ....
20yearold Martese Johnson being arrested by alcohol control agents for public intoxication allegedly on wednesday. The arrest warrant for johnson describes him as acting agitated and belligerent. Johnson suffered a head injury during that arrest prompting some university of virginia students to protest the incident. Nick valencia joins us now in charlottesville, virginia. What did you learn from the News Conference . Reporter earlier this evening, Martese Johnson did make an appearance with his attorney who said his client has been traumatized by this event, that he didnt deserve this treatment. He also highlighted the endless ties to the university from being on the Honor Committee to being on the orientation council. Hes one of the most prominent students here ....
The pentagon confirms more than 100 socalled military advisers arrived in the north of iraq bringing the total of that country to 850. But dont let the hair splitting fool you at all. Officials say that the u. S. Advisers are u. S. Troops and fully armed. The white house insists that the troops are not in combat roles, that theyre there to help with the humanitarian crisis. According to senior u. S. Officials troops are trying to figure out the best way to rescue tens of thousand religious minorities trapped and starving on a mountain surrounded by brutal terrorists. U. S. Officials say such a mission could put american troops in direct contact with fighters for the Islamic State, whats known as isis. Today, the white house acknowledged American Forces may have to protect themselves. Absolutely, there are dangers involved with any military operation. We would absolutely ackno ....
Pakistan. A school. Gunmen have stormed the school in peshawar. At least 20 people dead, including 17 children. This is according to the Health Minister of pakistan. Lets get to amanisha with the story. Reporter this is turning out to be a horrific attack. Taliban has claimed responsibility saying it sent in six attackers with suicide vests. Those attackers were given orders to target anyone in that school who seemed like they might be, you know, reaching puberty and up. They were supposed to give minors safe passage and free range to target military personnel. Horrendous details on this. Anything between 500 and 700 students still stuck in the school. It is not clear if it is a hostage situation. To repeat the number of fatalities. The number just rose sharply. We initially heard 4 and now 20 of those now dead. Two teachers and one attacker. Police have confirmed to our office in islamabad, there is a military operation under wa ....
This was an isolated incident. It is an isolated incident. Do not let this sort of incident bring about any loss of confidence about working or visiting in our city. Hello, im joy reid and this is the reid report. We begin on this monday with breaking news. Officials in sydney, australia, have wrapped up a News Conference following the dramatic end to a 16hour standoff. Officials confirmed there were 17 hostages, 2 were killed, as a result of, quote, actions inside a cafe. Officials confirmed the gunman was shot and killed when he stormed the Lindt Chocolate cafe in downtown sid sni. A number of hostages were taken out on stretches and transported to ambulances to a range of sydney hospitals. Earlier as we watched the tense standoff play out on tv, several hostages were able to escape on foot. Lets bring in qutd daily beat contributor courtney who lives in sydney. Yes, im h ....