Ignorance as he is hit with Death Threats. Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im paul beban. A key u. S. Ally in the fight against isil is stepping up its attacks against kurdish fighters. Turkish jets targeted the kurdish rebel group the p. K. K. Inside turkey today. So far turkey has only attacked them in iraq. The move comes days after turkey stepped up airstrikes against isil. Bernard smith is in turkey in the kurdish city. How is that move by turkey complicating the fight against isil . We already know that in fact the u. S. Has said that the introduction of turkey into this fight against isil, turkey allowing the u. S. To use bases in turkey is a gamechanger, because it means u. S. Fighter jets dont have to fly hours away down from the gulf and now just a couple of hundred miles to hit isil targets in syria. The concern of the u. S. And nato partners is if the p. K. K. Gets drawn into the fight with turkey turkey and the p. K. K. Start fighting all o
Good morning that is Aljazeera America. Live from new york city, im paul beban. Investigators are increasingly confident today in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Theyve examined debris that washed up on an island in the indian ocean and they say it appears to have come from a bowing 777 aircraft. That is the same model as the plane that disappeared with 239 people onboard. The debris will be sent to france for investigation. Tanya page is live on reunion island where that debris was found. What are authorities saying there this morning . The authorities of tight lipped about the precise location of this. Its under lock and key at the airport and they wont tell us exactly when its going to leave the country. They were saying it would be on a cargo plane out of here tonight, now were hearing that may not be the case, but at some point in the next 24, possibly 48 hours, we are expecting it to leave reunion island and be flown to france where it will be examined in min
Explosion that killed 139 people. Ethiopias race against time to save more than 1500 years of christian heritage. Up to 50 refugees have been found dead inside a truck in austria. It appears they suffocated. It comes as european and balkan leaders are meeting at a crise summit in vienna. The u. N. Refugee chief said europes asylum system is completely dysfunctional and the e. U. Needs to coordinate its response. We are covering europes refugee crisis at every point along that perilous journey, the border between hungary, serbia and romania. We are on the greek island of lesbos, nearly half of all reef gees arrive on that island and we are on the turkey border, many refugees are from syria, turkey is their first stop on that journey west. We were talking about before we came on the air about the fact that in that particular town now, Syrian Refugees outnumber the local turkish population. Yeah, a government spokesman describes it now as a syrian town, 110,000 syrians now living here aga
The situation. Hint at support for apple in its encryption battle with the j government. We begin with a continuing refugee crisis in europe. The International Organization for migration has Just Announced that more than 100,000 refugees and migrants have already arrived on european shores this year alone. Most of these, 97,000 people landed on the greek islands while more than 7,000 crossed to italy. More than 400 people have lost their lives so far this year, mainly on that sea crossing from the Turkish Court to the greek realized. Meanwhile, along the greecemacedonia border, afghan refugees remain stranded after blocked from crossing over. The mass zoneians imposed restrictions on afghans entering their territory while allowing people from syria and iraq to pass through. Those refused entry have been staging a silt in on the greek side of the border. We report from that border crossing. Only iraqi an syrian nationals are allowed to continue their jury knee. At the moment, they are p
Fears are growing of a health crisis. Meet the 106yearold woman whose visit with the obamas at white house got her dancing with joy. Hello, afghan governments forces have pulled and you have to district in southern helmand province. In the past week, they have withdrawn from another district, hellmans seen some of the feesest battles pitting the taliban against local Foreign Forces since the u. S. Led invasion in 2001. We have decided to pull troops out of from their defensive role and get them ready for an offensive. This move is part of a new strategy. Troops who have been pulled from the district are still on the ground. They have not gone somewhere else. We are providing them with new training and equipping them in order to get them ready for a spring offensive. Officers have taken ugandas main Opposition Leader from his home and are holding him at a nearby Police Station. He was trained as he tried to leave his house where hes been under house arrest since saturday. He disputes th