Good to have you with us. The seen is underway in a popular Shopping Mall in kenya with specialists working with kenyan forces to free hostages and end the crisis. Its all taking place in kenyas capital of nairobi. 39 people are dead and 150 are injured. Some americans are among the wounded. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons has the latest. Reporter people have been taking a late Morning Coffee at the attack. An up market mall echoing with gunfire. It was packed with weekend shoppers when the gunmen attacked. Hundreds were inside. Mothers, children, kenyans, expatriots. They attempted to engage the attackers inside while at the same time trying to evacuate the building. Most of those getting out were traumatized. Reporter and it got worse. What was going on inside was carnage. A gun battle with police and soldiers. Anyone with any kind of medical skill tried to help. The gunfire continued while the number of casualties grew. At first the police thought this was an amenned robbery but they gra
And people who say theyve lost everything in the worst floods in a century. And 50 years after Martin Luther king jr. Shared his vision people in the u. S. March again for equal rights. U. S. President barack obama is with his security visorse adt the white house to discussion their options. The u. S. Navy is reported the expanding its presence in the see the ship in the region. Meanwhile the u. N. s top disarmament official arrived in syriac and angle can kane wants access to the site of wednesday alleged chemical attack, we have the latest pictures of the attack, a warning, you may find some of them upsetting. [ crying ] the two tiny bodies hang limp in his arms. What will i do now, crisis the father, a man destroyed by grief. Pictures like these of the many men, women and children indiscriminately killed by what all evidence suggests was a chemical attack and shocks the world. The Syrian Government still refuses access by inspectors. An agreement only to expect the sites of three pr
This is al jazeera, im richelle carey. Mounting evidence this afternoon about the possible use of chemical weapons in syria. Doctors without borders say more than 3500 people were treated for neurotoxic symptoms. 355 of them died. Meanwhile, syrian tv say soldiers have found nerve agents in tunnels rebels in damascus. President obama has been meeting with National Security advisers to discuss a possible response to these incidents of chemical weapons in syria. Earlier we spoke to richard murphy, ambassador to syria. The likelihood of an attack of this scope mounted by the opposition as the secretary of Foreign Ministry said vanishing and near zero. Some feel the Syrian Government is accountable. You united statethe united statd that but they are getting ready for action. We have seen the pictures, theyre difficult to watch. Tell whats some of these stomps arsymptoms that were seeing. Let me explain what were doing in syria and what our deployment is there. Please. Were running six hosp
Tourist summit hoping to convince travelers to return. They come from opposing sides of the political divide in egypt but trials against both of them have got underway today. On one side is Hosni Mubarak, the egyptian president over thrown in 2011. Hes appeared in cairos Police Academy for a retrial along with codefendants which include his two sons. Mubarak is accused of failing to stop the killing of protesters during the revolution that forced him from office. In a separate case, mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. His trial has beened a jurpd until october 29th. Mohamed badie was arrested last week, hes accused of inciting protesters to kill those protesting against the Muslim Brotherhood on july 30th. Two other brotherhood leaders are facing similar charges. Wayne hey joins me from outside of cairos Police Academy to update us on Hosni Mubaraks trial. Wayne, i understand that mubarak actually appeared in court. Tell us whats been happening. Well, he has
On wine seriously, well hear later on the progress. The u. N. Secretary general is demanding an urgent investigation into an alleged chemical attack in syria. Ban kimoon said he wants full cooperation from the Syrian Government o to investigate an alleged chemical attack. Reporter new calls for military intervention. In france the foreign minister said the International Community must respond with force. Frances position is there must be a reaction. What does that mean, a reaction . Not sending troops on the ground, but a reaction. Not only International Condemnation but reaction that could take the shape of the use of force. Reporter but in the u. S. Views are less decisive. Military action is something that top u. S. Officials oppose. Joints chief of staff argue that the usa should not get involve. Its a view not seen by the most senior policy voices in the u. S. Congress. Senator john mccain said, if we continue to sit by passively while assad continues to use chemical weapons again