Of carrying out the attack. Also in the program, let science decide. Two american footballers say they will give their brains to research as the sport faces ever growing questions about the damage caused by concussion. And also it looks like Old Fashioned banking is back on the agenda. Because it appears no longer Investment Banking is where the money is made these days. Instead it is all about credit cards and lending to us the consumer. But banks such as rbs and barclays as they trim units we ask what does it mean for businesses operating in todays global stage. Its mid day here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. 3 00 p. M. In donetsk in Eastern Ukraine where an explosion has left at least 30 miners dead. With poisonous gases escaping rescuers have been held at bay. A local spokesman said seven bodies have been recovered but it is thought up to 50 miners were working underground in that blast area all seven years after previous explosion was left more than 100 dead. We start with t
Officials say that more than 30 people have been killed after an explosion in a coal mine in donetsk. The plast occurred underground. It happened in the early hours of the morning and could have been caused by a technical fault. The rescue operation has been hampered by concerns about poisonous gas. Our correspondent is at the mine where the explosion happened and has been telling me more about the casualties. Reporter an official has confirmed to us that 33 people have been killed. They say they brought seven of the bodies out. We are told by the officials that around 30 people are still trapped inside the mine which im standing outside of now. Some rebel soldiers are standing guard outside. And although you dont get a huge sense of emergency here there arent lots of emergency vehicles and this has been a pretty tragic incident we believe the explosion at the mine happened in the early hours this morning. Just to recap, a representative of the rebels saying 33 people confirmed dead. D
We begin our broadcast in the horn of africa, where kenya has launched retaliatory airstrikes against somalia. Brian the kenyan government is saying that the countrys war planes have described two alshabaab have destroyed two alshabaab camps in response to the attack on the Kenyan University last week. Anchor this as the nation is still reeling from the attack that saw islamists belonging to alshabaab going on at killing streak, singling out christian students before gunning them down. Brian we will be going live to our correspondent in kenya for the latest, where Security Forces have vowed to track down those responsible for the killings. Reporter families are waiting and hoping. They want to know for certain if their loved ones are among the victims. E bodies is not good. It is very bad. Some of them are decomposing at a very high rate. It is not a very good sight. Reporter anger is growing among the residents of garissa. The alshabaab militants killed 148 people when they attacked t
Are clamming down on emissions from ships. Well the u. N. Is warning 8 Million People have been affected by that earthquake in nepal and for those still trapped under the rubble time is running out, the government says more than 4300 bodies have been recovered but that number could easily double and smoke from funeral funeral parlors are hanging heavy over kathmandu and aid is beginning to trickle in and the u. N. Pledging 15 million from its Emergency Response fund to help victims and nepal Prime Minister says they are still short of tents and medicine as well as food shelter and water, of course. Short supplies continuing aftershocks and mean crowds of people trying to leave nepal just about any way they can. And lets go straight to our correspondent jamal in the square in kathmandu and tell us a little bit about the situation, how its developing there. We can see a lot of people behind you. Are they starting to get some of the aid trickle in to them . Reporter it system co is coming
Australia. Hello and a warm welcome to the program. A court in indonesian has ruled that two australians on death row for drug smuggling cannot challenge the president s rejection of their clemency pleas. Andrew chan, seen there on the left and Myuran Sukumaran were convicted in 2006 of leaving the socalled bali 9 group of heroin smugglers. The court upheld an earlier ruling them. The two australians are among foreign drug convicts facing execution by firing squad. A short time ago, i got reaction from our correspondents in cambra and jakarta and asked about the dismay being felt in the capital. There will be a great deal of anger as well, i would imagine. Australia, the government, and human Rights Groups and supporters believe two men have waged a Vigorous Campaign to try to convince indonesian authorities that potato andrew chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been rehabilitated. They point to the fact that andrew chan is an ordained pastor and that Myuran Sukumaran is now regarded as a c