Past, top awards for the golden records. Developing news this hour, were getting reports that finally the convoy of aid trucks are getting ready to move into besieged areas. We have a report from the syria, turkey border. Like you mentioned, the u. N. Aid trucks have started to move. There was an agreement between Staffan De Mistura and the foreign minister aid will reach seven besieged areas. Two areas are government held towns besieged by the rebels as well as another government controlled neighborhood besieged by isil. Activists on the ground especially in those areas say this is progress and welcome any aid, but say this is not enough, because what they need is the same aid deliveries in order to survive. The u. N. Listed 18 besieged areas i have not syria, so say this is not enough. Activists in the Northern Country side of homs, this is a battleground where there is a shortage of food, medical supplies, in fact the u. N. Itself said 120,000 people are at risk of starvation. Yes,
We begin this hour with breaking news coming to us from turkey, where there are reports of a powerful explosion in the capitol ankara. The News Agency Says the explosion happened near military lodgings. Turkish police say the blast was caused by a vehicle exploding, and there are reports that a large number of people have been injured. Zana hoda is in a turkish city and joins us live now. Zana, what is the latest you are hearing about this . Reporter well, this happened just a short while ago, so the information is still sketchy. But we do know an explosion has rocked the turkish capitol. Initial reports suggesting that a car bomb was responsible, and the target were military personnel in a vehicle very close to a military la lawn lodging this any area. There are casualties, we understand a number of wounded. This is not the first time we have seen an explosion in ankara, a new months ago there was an explosion, but the target was not the military. A new months ago there was an Interna
Once one of the worlds most dangerous places. Welcome to the program. First, to turkey where at least 28 people have been killed in an explosion in the capital of ankara. The blast appeared to be caused by a car bomb that was detonated as vehicles carrying military personnel stopped at a traffic light. The hard of turkeys capital rocked by a massive explosion. Only four months after the last deadly bomb attack in the city. The governor of ankara said that this blast had been caused by a car bomb. The Security Officials say initial signs indicate that the Kurdistan Workers Party the pkk may be behind the attack. The purpose of this attack is to intimidate our country and to inflict fear in our citizens mine minds. Our citizens should be united because the terrorists are aiming to divide us. Its not been an isolated incident. In the past few months there have been four bombings in turkey. A saudi born syrian suicidebomber blue himself up in the histori historic. The bomber is believed to
Break into an iphone that belonged to a mass killer. I ill have all of your sport, including this multimillion dollars deal. So convoys of aid trucks are on their way into besieged syrian areas. This humanitarian operation, which materialized yesterday, some of the trucks are heading towards eastern syria, in Idlib Province, aid will be delivered to two villages, while on the south, much needed medical and Food Supplies will be let into several other towns. Live now to zana hoda. She is monitoring all of these developments. It took some time, zana, but it is happening. Its a start at least. Reporter undoubtedly progress kamal, those aid trucks heading to the besieged areas, but this deal doesnt involve sustained aid deliveries, and people on the ground are hoping for some sort of humanitarian corridor to remain open, because ak according to them they are dying, in madaya alone 44 people have starved to death. So much needed aid. The agreement that was reached will see aid delivered to
The pentagon and taiwan say beijing put surface to air missiles on a dispute island and it happened as president obama was meeting with south asian world. Welcome to your world. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters, chinas foreign minister says the western media is hyping the issue but does not deny the presence of the missiles. Its been detected on woody island. They are claiming the island and china is building on it. Reporter chinas response bears scrutiny. The foreign minister in a statement said western media was hiving or manufacturing stories, but did not deny that the ad took place, as they say, two surface to missile batteries has been deployed on the island. Translation i hope that media everywhere, including those in western countries will bring your attention to the lighthouses that we have built on some of the islands in in the South China Sea. Which have been very useful in ensuring the safety of the pagers in those water passengers in those water. Reporter china said it had i