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Appeal against a sodomy accusation. The council of this illegal settlement is trying to impose taxes on their palestinian neighborhoods. Welcome to the program, we begin with the crisis in eastern ukraine. At least three have been killed and several wounded in a rocket attack. The Ukrainian Government says rockets hit one of his military bases and some residential bases. Ukraine is denying reports that they have surrounded a key town outside of donetsk. This comes despite repeated efforts to bro...

And the European Space agencies tests its new reusable space plane. So the leaders of germany, france ukraine, and russia are on their way to minsk, the capitol of belarus, and there they are expected to hold talks to try to reach some kind of peace deal for eastern ukraine. Since the beginning of this year hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between the ukrainian troops and prorussian prorussian separatists there. A lot of preparer to work is normally done before the leaders arrive ...

Welcomes the russian president. Now u. S. President barack obama has confirmed the american aid worker kayla mueller. Lets go straight to washington, d. C. Where tom akerman has been monitoring events there. Tom, it is the news that nobody wanted to hear but confirmation that she is dead. What more have you been hearing there . Reporter the family received a private message over the weekend announcing she had died and that was subsequently confirmed by u. S. Intelligence. Thats the public announ...

One year on ukraine remembers those lost in protests that overthrow overthrough a president. Hello, there, thank you for joining us. At least 20 people are dead after a double suicide bomb attack in the somali capitol, including two government officials. Alshabab is claiming responsibility for the blasts at a hotel where members of the government were meeting. Reporter mogadishu is a city used to violence but in this latest attack a vehicle laden with explosives rammed through a hotels front gat...

Country. Im rob reynolds in arizona, where native americans are protesting a deal that allows a multinational Mining Organization to begin a giant copper mine on public land. At least 45 people have been killed in several explosions in eastern libya. Five were egyptians. The blasts took place in the town 250 kilometers east of benghazi. Army Officials Say one car bomb went off at a petrol station, a second reportedly targeted the home of the parliament speaker. The Security Headquarters were als...

Livelihoods of thousands of fisherman. Ill tell you how they are trying to turn that tide around. Welcome to the program. A federal judge in argentina has dismissed a major case against the president. Prosecutors accuse her of covering up irans involvement in a bombing of a jewish center. Lucia, so the judge has thrown out this case against the president. How significant is it . And what does it mean. Reporter its very good news for argentinas president. The good news that she has had in a very ...

The capitol. And its the stuff of science fiction. But its a real concern it could leave millions unemployed. We begin in yemen where president hadi has fled his residence in aiden amid escalating violence. Two jets reportedly launched air strikes on the palace and hadis forces responded with gunfire. It was centered near the international airport, and there are reports two shells hit the ground. Imran khan has the latest. Reporter in many ways this is a battle not between two rival groups but b...

The americas. And one of the most iconic figures in cricket has died. Well look back at his life later in the program. And we begin this news hour in yemen where the saudilead Coalition Continues to hargett Houthi Rebels for a 16th day. 13 houthi fighters were killed. Defense ministry in sanaa was also hit. The u. N. Security council is set to vote on a draft resolution which would impose an arms embargo on the houthis. And Pakistans Parliament has called for a diplomatic solution. Meanwhile act...

Great to have you with us. It is day four of iraqs largest offensive yet against isil. Tens of thousands of iraqi troops are working alongside shia militias to take back tikrit. Now theres hope a unified force can loosen isils grip on the city. Reporter the battle cry of this fighter. This is near the base of operations for iraqs shia militias on the Eastern Front of the battle for tikrit. The key players are iranian backed hezbollah. At a command center nearby the interior minister a leader of ...

This is al Jazeera America, life from new york city. Im randall pinkston. Crews right now are still searching homes and businesses for people missing after Severe Weather in the midwest overnight. The storms struck iowa illinois and the worst damage west of chicago. More than a dozen people were hurt when a restaurant toppled over. These images tell the story. Massive piles of debris everywhere. Officials saying it is the worst damages they have ever seen. Lots of challenges safety issues, and y...