Had a dramatic impact on afghanistans president ial election the estimated voter turnout was less than 25 percent of saturdays vote there were nearly 70 attacks across the country at least 5 people were killed and hundreds of others injured but its in the u. S. Response to those attacks that has angered many afghans tell me both the reports. Show the u. S. Retaliation for the talibans election day attacks was swift but according to locals in gaffney province a bomb from an american drone attack killed 6 men and injured 2 others. I dont think they were all civilians 5 of them were killed on the spot and the 6th one was told the hospital where he died one is my son and the other one is my brother amongst them that. On sunday angry locals protested by carrying the bodies of the men to the governors house in the provincial capital. They say the victims were not taliban fighters. Never you know these 5 civilians were killed intentionally in the drone strike the cornets were provided by an A
City of ibb after being held for months. After this band will become the first to perform in north korea. Hello there, welcome to the program. We start with breaking news out of china. Theres been a huge explosion in the northern port city. Hundreds of people have been injured. The Chinese State webcast say it occurred in an shipment of explosives. Showing a serious of major explosions that was soon followed after a shockwave that rippled throughout the city. We spoke to an american living in tianjin. I had my window open, and i heard a rush of air followed by a much larger rush of air that felt like a some wave. I looked outside and saw the smoke. This is a development area. Mostly factories and banks that are packed pretty close together. So the area where the factsry is near a bunch of malls and a very large concentration of apartment towers. Because in that area there are pharmaceutical factories, initially we thought it was one of those from what i can tell my friends who are chin
Every grades are the great burmese python hunt is underway. Well show why theyre keen to get rid of yet another invasive species. Inside and outside of syria doubts are growing. Russian president said that the deal is more likely to fail than to succeed. On the ground Government Forces supported by air raids are getting closer to inserting Opposition Forces in aleppo. We have more on the turkeysyria border. This high ground gives the syrian army and its allies an advantage. The main rebel supply line is now within their range of pfeiffer. It is not far from the only entrance from the enclave in the divided city of aleppo. Opposition fighters are reagan to keep the roads open to prevent a siege of eastern aleppo where tens of thousands of people live inside the city rebel commanders say that a proposed pause in the fighting only will only benefit the government. The battle for aleppo was carried out by the International Community who calls themselves friends of syria, but who told them
The city. Scuffles between supporters and protesters force donald trump to call off a rally in chicago. And computer 3, human 0 in a landmark moment for Artificial Intelligence. Syrias government has confirmed it will take part in talks to end the war which are due to start in geneva on monday, but warned they will wait only 24 hours for the opposition to turn up. They ruled out discussion of president ial elections and were critical of envoys who said he wanted a vote to take place in 18 months time. We have the latest now from geneva. Both main sides now say theyre coming to geneva for the talks. The confirmation for the government coming from the deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister. He made it clear that the role for president assad was not up for discussion. We are adamant on holding the integrity and sovereignty of syria as one state. At least this is what has been reiterated by the international documents. Including those who would resolve the situation in syria. Those com
Rally in chicago. And computer 3, human 0, in what is seen as a landmark moment for artificial intelligence. Syrias government has confirmed it will take part in talks to end the war. But it will only wait 24 hours for the opposition to show up, and it was critical of u. N. Envoy, who said he wanted to vote to take place in 18 months time. Our diplomatic editor james bays has the latetress geneva. Both main sides now say theyre coming to geneva for the talks. They made it clear that the role of president assad was not up for discussion. We are adamant on holding the sovereignty of one state. At least this is what has been reiterated by the international documents. Including those released in attempt to resolve the situation in syria. Those comments have angered the opposition. They always made it clear that there should be no precondition for these talks. They say that they hope to get to the substantive issues on day one. In concrete we can say that when we sought the talks in earns,