And nigerias military says its making gains and has taken back control of another town from the armed group boko haram. Starting this program in saudi arabia where the countrys most senior religious scholar says thursdays stampede during the hajj in mecca was, quote, beyond human control. Saudi arabia says the death toll is now risen to 769, and another 934 muslims were injured during the annual pilgrimage. The king ordered a review of how the hajj is organized. Some pilgrims blame the stampede on road closures and poor management. Our correspondent omar has been covering this incident. He himself is on his pilgrimage, to saudi arabia, and this is what he told me a little earlier on. The ground mutaf representing the highest authority in the kingdom, but the ultimate power lies in the hands of king solom solomon. They ordered a review into all the hajj plans to go further. To me i read into this hes not quite happy with what happened. In terms of what the graund mufti said what trigger
Mass in philadelphia, the final stop on his u. S. Tour. In sports twotime rugby World Champion south africa are finally up and running at this years tournament after that stunning loss to japan. The spring box scored six times to win 466. European unions high representative for Foreign Affairs has told al jazeera that russia intends to step up its involvement in syria because it fears the imminent collapse of the assad regime. The comments came after reports russia has been building up a forwardoperating base in the syrian port city. 500 Russian Troops are said to have been deployed there. Russia insists its more interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the four and a half years of war which have seen 250,000 people according to the u. N. Over 11. 5 million displaced by the conflict, nearly 4 Million People have fled to neighboring countries and indeed to further afield. The pentagon as a sidebar to some extent admitted that u. S. Trained fighters in syria have handed over ammuni
From another town of the armed group boko haram. Preserving our oceans. Scientists working to reduce the impact of harmful fossil fuels on the worlds water. Hello. We begin in saudi arabia where the countrys most senior religious scholar says thursdays stampede during the hajj in mecca was, in his words, beyond human control. Saudi arabia says the death toll has risen to 769. Another 934 muslims were injured during the annual pilgrimage. Saudi arabias king has ordered a view on how the hajj is organized. Some blame the stampede on road closures and poor management. Were in mecca, and omar joins me on the phone with these words from the mufti suggesting that this was an act of god in many ways, does that mean the investigation ordered by the king of saudi arabia is going to have less power now . Reporter no, david, it doesnt. He believes about the safety in this city. However he. Omar, were going it well try to get a better line through to you while i just give our viewers the thoughts
Group. The pope draws more support for the family in the final leg of his u. S. Visit. Hello. The European Union high representative for foreign affair has told al jazeera that russia intends to step up the involvement in syria because it fears the imminent collapse of the assad regime. Frederic as comments follow up after they went to the port city. 5 hundred lu00 Russian Troops a. The four and a half year war has killed 250,000 people according to u. N. Estimates. More than 11. 5 million have been displayed with 4 million fleeing to neighboring countries. The pentagon has admitted that u. S. Trained fighters in syria handed over ammunition and equipment to a rebel group linked to al qaeda. Al jazeeras diplomatic editor is at the u. N. Headquarters in new york right now. James, you had have very long interview, and she spoke about russias desire to become more involved in eefs in syria. Reporter yes, and that is one of the very big questions, felicity at the u. N. General assembly. Ob
Saudi arabia has begun an investigation in to the stampede that killed more than 700 people during the hajj pilgrimage. Hundreds more have been injured. Its the worst disaster during the pilgrimage in more than two decades of the crush happened on the outskirts of the holy city of mecca in a place called mina. As huge crowds of pilgrims were on the move. There was a sudden rush of people heading towards the jamarat pillars surrounded by a fivestory structure known as the jamarat bridge. Omar al saleh reports now from mina. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks. Saudi Authorities Say a sudden surge among the huge crowd of pilgrims led to a deadly stampede. Hundreds of people died, many more were injured. Translator we were coming back from the jamarat and on the way back i met my husband, the pilgrims began pushing each other and pushed people to the ground. I was about to die. Reporter the pilgrims we were making their way to take part in the stoning of the devil ritual which is part