at least 10 officers and one civilian have been killed in jalalabad. more than 14 others and a police officer and a journalist have been injured. it's the latest violence in the run-up to elections next month. >> jane ferguson sent us this update. >> the attack started as a dawn raid at 5:30am, local time in afghanistan. a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of a police haurtion in the center of jalalabad city. after that attackers ran into the police station, and that's when the siege began. the rapid response unit from the intelligence services to the national army and police were on the scene. this went on for over four hours. the taliban claimed responsibility for the atab, and the fact that it -- attack, ande center of jalalabad in the police headquarters. that is next to the governor's house shows how serious a breach of security this was. the timing is extremely significant. in just over two weeks afghans go to the polls to vet for the new president. many are concerned that security could not threaten the elections, but cause them to be delayed.

at least 10 officers and a civilian have been killed in jalalabad. a journalist and two police officers have been wounded. jane ferguson sent us this update a short while ago. >> the attack started as a dawn raid. at 5:30am, a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of police station in the center of jalalabad city. after that attack, they ran into the police station and that's when the sooej began. afghanistan's rapid response unit to the national army and police were on the scene, but this went on for over four hours. now, the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, and the fact that it happened in the center of jalalabad and distribute one, in a police headquarters, that is next to the governor's house shows how serious a breach of the security this was. the timing is significant. in just over two weeks, afghans go to the polls to vote for the new president. many are concerned that security could not just cause elections but delay them. candidates have to campaign in public and speak to the public, in an atmosphere of a lot of risk. the taliban

a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of a police headquarters in the center of jalalabad. after that attackers ran into the police station, when the siege began. afghanistan's rapid response unit from the intelligence services to the army were on the scene. this went on for over four hours. the taliban claimed responsibility. the fact that it happened in the center of jillala bad in district one. which is next to the governor's house shows how serious a breach of security this was. the timing was significant. afghans go to the polls to vote for the president. many people are concerned that security could cause them to be delayed for some time. candidates have to try to campaign in public, pushing for votes in an atmosphere of risk. the taliban said openly they'll target anybody that has anything to do with the elections, including security forces. >> ukraine is preparing to move the soldiers and family on rns. >> pro-russian forces took over the navy base. >> ukraine is to appeal to the u.n. to take necessary measures for the withdrawal of troops from crimea, and prepare c

in afghanistan, a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of a police headquarters in the center of jalalabad in strict one. that is right next to the governor's house, and shows how serious a breach of security this was. the timing is extremely significant. in just over two weeks, afghans vote for their new president. many are concerned that security could in the just threaten elections, but could cause a delay for quite some time. candidates have to try to campaign in public, speak to the public, and push for votes, all in an atmosphere of quite a lot of risk. the taliban have said openly they will target anybody who has anything to do with these elections, including security forces. >> 44 detainees have been released from having a's high security's detention center. the decision to free prisoners is condemned. >> in pakistan, more appeals talks are planned with taliban fighters. some locals including police and victims of violence are wary. they suffered under two years of taliban rule before the military drove them out five years ago. we have more. >> they may have won the battle for the

earlier in the day, an attack targeting a police compound in jalalabad killed at least 10 officers, including the district chief. harry reid has ordered a forensic examination of senate intelligence committee computers following reports the cia spied on committee staff to thwart a probe of the cia torture and rendition program. cia director john brennan, he bolstered the claims by dianne feinstein, who openly accused the cia of spying on senate staffers and seizing material from their computers. senate dismissed claims staffers penetrated cia networks, calling the allegation patently absurd. the obama administration is boycotting international talks about its drone strikes. according to foreign policy, akistan is trying to pass resolution at the united nations human rights council calling for greater certainty on whether drone strikes violate human rights. a round of talks was held in geneva this week but the u.s. refused to attend. turkey has blocked the social media site twitter amid a corruption scandal facing the administration of prime minister recep tayyip erdogan. he vowed to eradicate

the attack was in the eastern city of jalalabad early on thursday morning.n 20 others were injured. suicide bombers stormed the station in the city center close to the office of the governor of the mingahar province. >>> nine people killed in a mini bus in turkey. >>> now, they have nicknamed this the chicken from hell. scientists at washington's natural history museum say they have identified a brand-new species of dinosaur. it looks like a cross between on ostrich and lizard. >> reporter: so, hans, what do we have here? >> this is a cast of the reconstructed skull of our new dinosaur. it has a strange bony crust like a bird. it has a beak rather than teeth. and you see this growth here on the lower jaw, we have ridges that fit into this so it can slide this jaw back and forth to cut up vegetation, small animals, whatever it was eatng. >> so without teeth, that's how it eats? >> it has a bird-like beak. you see this sharp crest of the bone. you can see all the tkpwraoufs and holes here. this is much luke a fingernail or bird beak. >> how big would this have

and i once wrote a soviet tank from jalalabad to kabul, covering the russian troop withdrawal.i am proud of my work as a journalist, but i have to tell you that one of the bad raps on commercial television news has some truth to it. you have probably heard the cynical view of tv news that if it bleeds, it leads. that is the nature of the business. and it is human nature. research consistently shows that people will switch channels during good news stories more readily than during stories of tragedy, bloodshed, and drama. the networks know that. so to the wires, so to the newspapers. the news business thrives on conflict, and conflict there has been in afghanistan. on a day in afghanistan if a roadside bomb killed four soldiers, depending on what else was going on, that might make the news in this country. but on that same day if five new schools or a maternal health clinic was opened, you almost certainly would not hear about that over here. one network correspondent, a friend of mine who used to come to kabul every few months when i was working at the embassy he would do stori

them covering international news, and among many other adventures, i once rode a soviet tank from jalalabad to kabul as the russians began their or troop withdrawal. i'm proud of that work as a journalist, but i have to tell you that one of bad raps on commercial television news has only truth to it. you've probably heard the cynical view that if it bleeds it leads? well, it's the nature of the business, as was mentioned earlier. and it's human nature. research consistently shows people will switch channels during good news stories more readily than during stories of tragedy, bloodshed and drama. the networks know that, so do the wires, so do the newspapers. the news business thrives on conflict, and conflict there has been in afghanistan. on a day in afghanistan if a roadside bomb killed four soldiers, depending on what else was going on, that might make the news in this country. but on that same day if five new schools or a ma term health -- maternal health clinic was open, you almost certainly would not hear about that over here. one network correspondent friend of mine used to come to k

attacked a police station in eastern afghanistan. 10 police and one civilian have been killed in jalalabad. 14 others and a police officer were wounded. presidential elections are scheduled in afghanistan next month. >> janet yellen holds her first news conference. what she says sent stock tumbling. the state where a job surge is creating a housing shortage. plus, why cubans can't get a new car after restrictions were lifted. >> an australian satellite spotted items that may be if from flight mh370. that disappeared more than 10 days ago. officials in australia have been in contact with malaysian counterpart. nicole johnston reports from kuala lumpur. has there been a reaction from malaysian authorities? >> what is significant is today we had two press conference, one from the australians, and one from the malaysians. they have been on message, going into a great deal of detail, discussing how the search operation is being carried out in the southern corridor. we heard from the malaysians, including the acting transport minister. this is what he had to say. >> for the families around the w