Says palestinian stone throwers could face 20 years in jail. First to mexico where a fugitive mayor and his wife have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students. The pair had been on the run since the students went missing near the town in september. Adam rainy joins us from there. Adam what is the story . How were they captured . Reporter well, police clearly had a tip and they went to this apartment in the southern part of mexico city and arrested both the mayor and his wife around 4 00 a. M. They have been taken into custody for investigations into organized crime. They are probably giving some sort of deposition at this time, and we are expecting a News Conference in the next hour or so. We dont know if there were anyone else with them, or if they had any weapons in the apartment. What will happen to them next now . Are they going to face charges . Reporter well, they are going to probably face charges depending on the testimony they give. They are the prime
I have all of the sport, on the brink of an historic record, as real madrid prepares to host liverpool. And the melbourne cup is overshadowed by the deaths of two horses. The major of iguala and his wife have been arrested. In connection with the disappearance of 43 students. The case has caused outrage in mexico, with protests across the country. The police chief is also accused of being complicit in the crime, is still a fugitive. Lets go to mexico citys adam rainy who is there. At the very least i suppose people are hoping this man may be able to shed some light on what has happened to these students. Yeah, he is giving testimony right now at the Attorney Generals Office for investigations into organized crime. The parents that a team of hours had been speaking to, say what they really hope is they can give leads to somehow find these missing students still alive. We dont know their whereabouts still, or if they are alive. Many assume they were actually massacred after being handed
Which will determine the fate of the remaining two years of Barack Obamas presidency. We begin this news hour in nigeria where a string of attacks in nigeria has fears over the governments ability to deal with security and on monday a suicide bomber killed at least 29 shia muslims preparing to mark the holy day and more than 100 others injured and in central state gunmen blew up a prison reported to be holding many suspected boko haram fighters and 140 inmates were freed there. And a violent boko haram take over, a movie forced 10,000 people to flee to the capitol and we report from there. Reporter they come seeking safety. A resident of the town arrived in the capitol less than a week after the town was over run by boko haram fighters. Some on foot. Some by car. Hundreds made the 150 kilometer journey but hundreds are missing, lost in the cares of invasi invasion. This is by the mountain. Reporter and boko haram robbed the banks, burned down the main market and murdered teachers and t
Clustering of states in the world where there wasnt a single democracy. And now according to Freedom House i think correctly judged there is a democracy in tunisia tunisia. Its transitional. It has elements of fertility. Things we should be concerned about. We shouldnt take it for granted and thats precisely my point. If i were an american policymaker i would be saying okay whats the economic agenda for embracing and lifting up this economy, for strengthening the state, for partnering with the Civil Society and political institutions. Youve got to start somewhere. This country is crucially important in an outsized way i think to the future of democracy and freedom throughout the world. The final thing is you know i really do believe and i think my colleagues agree we are really still in a very early days here in terms of the process of the struggle for, to use one of the arabic words, corona dignity throughout the region and this isnt going away. There are many historical events that a
The square was instituted, was designed and built in the Nineteenth Century by the then ruler, an imitation of paris, studied and loved the ruler and imitation of baron house ands reconfiguration of the modern city. We are seeing those french roundabouts in an armor i noticed catching up. Cairo did some time ago. And i live off of that square and went to school because the American University in cairo was just off of tigress square and a lot of egyptian student franz, hung out together and went to films together and talked about the future so in january of 2011 thousands and thousands, ultimately hundreds of thousands of young people came to Tahrir Square and occupied it, they had tends, some of them just didnt leave, started putting up placards, Hosni Mubarak, please resign, we need a shower. When they did that, i recognized them as sons and daughters of people i had gone to school with and i had followed the arab world, so i felt a Certain Affinity to them and was very interested in