Sports. He is defending his masters title in augusta. I have all the details for you later. The syrian army and its allies launched a marnl offensive against rebels in the countryside south of aleppo. Its the biggest government operation in the area since a partial ceasefire late in february. The fighting threatens to derail completely the agreement at that reduced overall violence across the country. The special envoy to syria announced new talks have been pushed back by two days to next wednesday. In the north of the aleppo countryside, rebel fighters have reportedly taken over a town. They launched an offensive against isil fighters there. Its an important stronghold for the group. Meanwhile, syrian state tv is reporting that the Islamic State of iraq and levant has abducted as many as 300 near the syrian capital, damascus. Its unclear what happened, but several of those taken have now been released. Reporter there are conflicting reports with regards to the news of the abduction of
A step closer tore i am paetsching its president. Manny pacquiao getting ready for what he says will be his final bout hoping this can help him win a political election. Thanks for joining us. The syrian army and its alleys have launched a major offensive against reynolds south of the countritry side. Its the biggest operation since the partial cease fire in late february. The fighting has threatened to dekral the agreement which has reduced overall violence in syria. The u. N. Has called for talks is set to resume talks on monday. The battlefield in syria is a crowded one further complicated because of fractured opposition groups and foreign intervention. Government forces and their alleys are attacking rebel groups in alleppo. The biggest since the ceasefire came into effect in late february. Russian forces have taken palmieri from isil. But isil contains large parts of t the proof incident bordering iraq where hundreds are being hendhostage. At this mostly rebels and moderate groups
Saudi arabia has begun an investigation in to the stampede that killed more than 700 people during the hajj pilgrimage. Hundreds more have been injured. Its the worst disaster during the pilgrimage in more than two decades of the crush happened on the outskirts of the holy city of mecca in a place called mina. As huge crowds of pilgrims were on the move. There was a sudden rush of people heading towards the jamarat pillars surrounded by a fivestory structure known as the jamarat bridge. Omar al saleh reports now from mina. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks. Saudi Authorities Say a sudden surge among the huge crowd of pilgrims led to a deadly stampede. Hundreds of people died, many more were injured. Translator we were coming back from the jamarat and on the way back i met my husband, the pilgrims began pushing each other and pushed people to the ground. I was about to die. Reporter the pilgrims we were making their way to take part in the stoning of the devil ritual which is part
Exact times when the two planes hit the twin towers. Family members gathered there and the names of the almost 3,000 People Killed in those terror attacks were read out, as has been the case every year here in new york since 2002. Really, though, what was quite noticeable is that the number of people attendag the yearly ceremony has dwindled. Really hundreds of people as opposed to thousands gathering for that ceremony in past years. Really its a time for remembrance of family members who lost loved ones. Some of them say that attending that ceremony helps them feel a sense of peace about what had happened. One thing is sure, they will never forget what happened. Other family members say that they will never feel peace. One father who lost his son said this friday that he wont find a sense of peace until he dies himself. A young man who was only 3 months old when he lost his father in those terror attacks said that he feels as though today and every day his fathers watching over him. O
Exact times when the two planes hit the twin towers. Family members gathered there and the names of the almost 3,000 People Killed in those terror attacks were read out, as has been the case every year here in new york since 2002. Really, though, what was quite noticeable is that the number of people attendag the yearly ceremony has dwindled. Really hundreds of people as opposed to thousands gathering for that ceremony in past years. Really its a time for remembrance of family members who lost loved ones. Some of them say that attending that ceremony helps them feel a sense of peace about what had happened. One thing is sure, they will never forget what happened. Other family members say that they will never feel peace. One father who lost his son said this friday that he wont find a sense of peace until he dies himself. A young man who was only 3 months old when he lost his father in those terror attacks said that he feels as though today and every day his fathers watching over him. O