Information on this trorvel are controversial tactic. National guard troops ordered to the border. Will their presence help or hurt the immigration bament . Battle . Youre looking at a live picture of gaza city on the left and the right, the crash site of Malaysia Flight 17. Both war zones have the worlds attention. We begin with flight 17 and on a day of major new developments its important to remember the lives lost in the tragedy. This is a picture of tessa van der sand, just 26, worked for amnesty international. They were on their way to dmeech. Indonesia. Lisa stark has the story. It is unclear where those boxes, the flight data recorder the cockpit voice recorder, were found but they have been turned over. Thats good news indeed. The Security Council voting unanimously for complete access to the crash site. Foreign minister julie bishop, speaks about the gross evidence at the bodies, of the personal effects, australia lost at least 27 people aboard this plane. It is despicable th
A rescue mission in underway at a mine in Eastern Ukraine where theres been a huge explosion. Thousands of families are gathered in the city of donetsk. According to reports at least 30 of dead and others trapped below grounds. Donetsk has been racked by intense fighting between the government and prorussian release for months and now kiev accuses the release of holding up the rescue effort by restricting access. We are outside the mine in donetsk. What more are you hearing . We are hearing from the separatist government that the cause of the blast was likely an excess buildup of methane inside the mine shaft, that there was no foul play. That means there was no shelling outside, despite the ceasefire here having been violated a number of times. We also have new numbers from the local separatist government here the donetsk peoples republic. They say 230 miners went into that shaft this morning and were there when the blast occurred about 6 00 a. M. Local time. About 198 of them were ev
No party claims victory in the elections in lesotho. Theres been a huge explosion in a mine in the city of donetsk. According to reports, 30 are dead and others trapped below ground. Donetsk has been wracked by intense fighting between the government and prorussian rebels nor months. Kiev accuses the rebels of holding up the rescue effort by restricting access. Ukraines coal mines are considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world due to high gas in the ground. In ukraine saw the worst mining disaster ever with 100 killed, the same place at wednesdays accident. An estimated 300 people die in Eastern Ukraines Mining Industry every year. Lets hear more. John is outside the mine in donetsk with that what more do you have for us . We just got new numbers from the donetsk peoples republic. According to the officials now which is possibly conservative. There were 230 miners who went into that mine this morning and the blast occurred shortly before 6 00 a. M. Local time. 198 have bee
China the start of the National Political congress, whats at stake for region and the u. S. And the pursuit of justice 20 years after the bosnian war going after People Living here and accused of committing war crimes. Good evening and welcome to al jazeera america. Im antonio mora. And im stephanie sy. The iraqi army is pushing towards city of tikrit in the fight against i. S. I. L. But progress is slow. And Human Rights Watch has issued a warning to protect civilians who are caught in the cross fire. Heavy losses on i. S. I. L. In its attempt to retake tikrit, a city of historic and value. Jane arraf has the story. Troops are moving slowly towards tic ritd. Tikrit. The Iraqi Military has launched since i. S. I. L. Seized territory last june. It doesnt show the militia component of this fight. Shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful links to iran make up about 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. The government says i. S. I. L. Fighters are deserting and heading for moun
I have all the sport. One of the most iconic figures in cricket has died. We look back at the australian legend. We begin this news hour in yemen where the Saudiled Coalition continues to target Houthi Rebels for a 16th day. A draft resolution would impose an arms embargo on the houthis. Pakistans parliament has called for a diplomatic solution. There was no direct clarity on that whether it would give military support to ally saudi arabia at any point. We have been following the latest developments from islamabad. Pakistan has said all along that it would take parliament into confidence and that the peoples representative would then decide whether the saudi request for help, in what way to respond to that. After a debate, they came to a conclusion that while there was no compromise on the defense and security of saudi arabia, in the he eventuality that territorial integrity was violated, pakistan would go to any level however pakistan was against any military intervention in yemen say