Huge bribery scandal, plus i am phil lavell in monte carlo looking at why the Cannes Film Festival has the family here in monaco extremely angry. But first, turkeys Prime Minister is currently visiting the coal mine site where 238 miners were killed and around 200 others remain trapped following an electrical fault which led to an explosion. The rescue operation is continuing in soma, in western turkey. We know that the Prime Minister is currently there. We think he may be spending the night. Obviously, trying to placate those who are bereaved or who are awaiting news of their relatives. We can hear now from Andrew Simmons who joins us live from there. Andrew, the Prime Minister, then, is meeting a lot of people who are both anxious and angry reporter most certainly. You join me on a windswept, dusty and now rainsodden staging post really overlooking the mine shaft. The Prime Minister has moved from here now into the town, itself, to meet bereaved people to console people, to try and a
Feeds. A new report says that is making them sick. It looks like this and dropped off on the first little kid in the middle of the road. Per i will at play time. A bounce house takes flight with children inside. Good morning and welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. A massive rescue operation underway after a deadly mine explosion in turkey, that accident happening near istanbul. 205 are dead and hundreds more still trapped inside. Rescue crews have been pumping oxygen down into the mine. You can see a live picture of the ongoing efforts. They are trying to keep survivors alive. This accident happened after an explosion more than a mile underground. We have the latest. With each one of the dead or injured pulled out, the extent of the accident becomes clearer to families and fellow miners. The number of dead is expected to rise, 101 still not accounted for. 787 people were inside the mine at the time of the explosion. More than usual, as workers were preparing
Roads that are falling apart the but will Congress Respond to the multi billion price tag. Conditions that are making people sick. There is agony in turkey. 270 miners died in an explosion and fire. Violent protests broke out, demonstrators saying that the government is responsible for the disaster. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons reports. Reporter what was a rescue operation has now become a long running procession. Carrying bodies to the surface. A flight of ambulances no longer waiting for the injured but driving away the dead. This, the somber aftermath of an underground fire, an explosion, point fumes. Every miners worst fear. Now for their families a stunned comprehension at the loss. Rescuers did their level best but most of the miners who died had no means of escape. Hour after hour families waited in grief. Hour after hour, hoping that theyll recognize their loved ones, hoping that theyll be alive but thats a fo a forlornd hope. Its as if people couldnt bring themselves to believe
It could be the worst mining disaster in turkey history. 120 the miners are still missing and all this beginning yesterday when there was an explosion and fire at the mine. The friends and family are gather in the town of soma. Andrew is there with the latest. It is the aftermath. Under ground fire, an explosion and poison fumes and now loss. And on such a fast scale. Rescuers did their level best but so many miners died together in large numbers. Most with no means of escape. It is one of the biggest work accidents in our history. The fire started in a mine of a private company. 77 Million People are feeling the pain. We are sorry to lose to miners. I give my condolences to their families and to the nation. Their relatives had to wait hour after hour in often forlorned hope. The death just kept increasing. We are still waiting here. I have two relatives in the mine. We have been waiting since this afternoon and we are still here. No one is giving us any information. It was as if peopl
Journalism to do. I talked to glenn green wald. The secretes and when they mean to the the secrets and what they meantime to the nsa. And we begin with that mining disaster in turkey. The worst in the countrys history. Here is the latest. 274 confirmed dead. Others still missing. There were proces protests aftee president visited the mine. The mine is located in the western town of soma. Andrew simmons has this report. What was a rescue operation has now become a long running procession. Carrying bodies to the surface. A fleet of ambulances no longer waiting for injured but driving away the dead. This, the somber after canmath of an underground fire. Every miners fear. And families ams stunned incomprehension of the loss. Most who died had no means of escape. Hour after hour, families waited in vain. Its become a grim routine now bodies arriving, so many of them, hoping they will recognize their loved ones, hoping they would be alive but that is a forlorn hope. Neams of the dead names