al jazerra, new delhi. >>> a massive dust storm has caused chaos in the u.s. storm of arizona.ity dramatically reduced some nights in to phoenix had to be canceled. >>> let's finish on gaza where a temporary truce between hamas and israel came in to effect just over two hours ago. the short humanitarian paws comes after 19 days of violence. these are the scenes in gaza now. it is largely quiet. people out on the streets trying to retrieve things from homes which have been bombed and shelled over the last few days. the death toll, so far, more than 900 palestinians killed. and more than 5,000, 5,800 injured in gaza. more news on that as we get it. >>> house budget committee chairman paul ryan says there's a better way for governments to help poor people. take the job away from washington and give more of it to the states. would it work? that's the "inside story." >>> hello. i'm ray suarez. for generations the federal

says new delhi has the world's most polluted air quality. the indian government denies the new findings. we have the report. >> reporter: growing fresh air. that's what this business in new delhi is trying to do. these plants purify the air that's pumped through the complex. it's an innovative solution that the building's owner swears by. >> for the users and want occupants, there are direct health benefits and for the people running the building, it's actually bottom line inspect reducing the amount of money. >> reporter: the world health organization says new delhi's air is full of highly toxic particles. the agency warns that millions of people are at risk of developing cancer, heart disease or suffering a stroke. >> the w.h.o. is periodically releases data, and over the years when we see no improvement, we see an increased number of deaths attributable to that pollution. >> reporter: to monitor how polluted the air is, the government set up stations like this one across the city. realtime data generated by these machines 24 hours a day is

. >>> in asia there were demonstrations in india and pakistan, the largest in new delhi and karachi. there was a large turn out in hong kong. they were calling on the governments to put more pressure on the bomb possession. protests reached to sydney in australia, more than 4,000 turning up to show solidarity with the palestinians, calling on leaders to put more pressure on israel to stop the strikes. >>> diplomatic efforts to end the voums in the middle east moved to vienna. the meeting the foreign ministers was organised to discuss iran's nuclear programme. gaza and israel bail the main issue. diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> foreign ministers arriving for a meeting arranged to try to kick start talks with iran on its nuclear programme, with a week left until the deadline when a deal is supposed it be reached. there was another pressing issue on the agenda. the absolute prity, a ceasefire. >> it's a chance to talk about the middle east and the violence in gaza. >> reporter: in between meetings with britain's william hague and other foreign ministers, john kerry

the largest in new delhi and ar achy. calling on the government to put pressure on israel to stop the bombing. >> diplomatic efforts to end the violence moved to vienna. a meeting of foreign ministers was organised so discuss iran's nuclear programme. a diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> reporter: foreign ministers arriving for a meeting arranged to try to kick start talks with iran on its nuclear programme with a week left until the deadline when a deal is supposed to be reached. there was another pressing issue on the agenda. >> translation: the absolute priority, according to the french for erp minister, a ceasefire. >> it was an opportunity to talk about the situation in the middle east... . >> reporter: in between his meetings with britain's william hague and fellow foreign ministers secretary kerry placed a phone call to binyamin netanyahu, again telling him he supported israel's right to defend itself and offering u.s.'s hope to try to broker a ceasefire. the key difference between the u.s. and t

new delhi has not seen rain for the last in my opinion days. in the nine days the temperature topped 14 degrees. it's incredibly hot. it's causing a problem with the electricity supply. it can't cope with the airconditionings that is needed. we are seeing a few power cuts. as we head through the next couple of days, there'll be wet weather. most will skirt to the north of new delhi. it's heavier to the east and the we were coast. mumbai had a wet time of it, yesterday we saw a rain fall total of 72. and in the last 24 hours, 76. it has been wet. there's some flooding on the streets. we are going to see rain along the we were coast as re head through the next couple of address. there's an area of low pressure near calcutta, here there'll be intensifications of the rain. pushing to the north-west. new delhi looks dry for tomorrow and the day after. >>> the leader of the nigerian armed group boko haram pledged allegiance to the leader of the islamic state, known as the islamic state of iraq and levant. he declared support for the leader of the isl

. >>> according to the world health organization, new delhi has the world's dirtiest air. there's a push to purify the atmosphere. >> reporter: growing fresh air is what this business in new delhi is trying to do. these plants purify the air that's pumped through the complex. it's an innovative solution the owner swears by. >> for the user is the direct health benefits and for the people running the building you're reducing the amount of money on the energy bills. it's a win-win. >> reporter: the world health organization says new delhi's air is full of highly toxic particles. the agency warns that millions perform people are at risk of developing cancer, heart disease, or suffering a stroke. >> the w.h.o. is periodically releasing data and over the years when we see no improvement we see an increased number of deaths contributed towards the pollution. >> reporter: to monitor how polluted the air in new delhi is, the government has set up stations like this one across the city. realtime data generated by these machines 24 hours a day is used to predict trends and forecasts

. >>> protests in india and pakistan, the largest in new delhi and ca karachi, there was a large turn out in hong kong. for the palestinians in the occupied west bank, they haven't been coming out in large numbers. we explain why now. >> reporter: for gazaens living in the west bank life in the past week has been anything but normal. they prepare the family feast every day her heart and mind are with her family under israeli bombardment in gaza. this is one of many daily skype sessions she has. she has not been able to sleep at night because of the way her mother describes gaza now. >> it was like it was hit by an earthquake. >> reporter: they joined a rally to express solidarity with gaza. they and hundreds of protesters say that's the least they could do. >> reporter: palestinians along the west bank feel there isn't much they can do to stop the carnage in garza. >> reporter: there have been angry protests marked by violence in the occupied west bank. but the palestinian authority has tried to contain protests. it said it does not want to see the west bank dragged into further viole

secretary of state john kerry has been in new delhi taking part in an annual meeting with his opposite partner meeting. it is the first time he's been there since he was sworn in. it was to patch up after the n.s.a. will been spying on the ruling party. kerry said the relationship with india is extremely valuable and intelligence sources in both countries are working to resolve outstanding issues. >> the president has been leading the tributes to the leader who was assassinated 100 years ago. he reached outside the cafe where he was slot dead by a french nationalist. to this day he is a key historical figure revered across the french political spectrum. >> it was the outbreak of world war i and the french socialist and he came to dine at this cafe. by the end of his meal he was dead, assassinated by a nationalist for his political views. >> he sat here with his back to the window. at 9:40 p.m. he was assassinated by the person who stood in the street and fired two bullets from almost point blank range. >> he is one of the founding fathers of french socialism. he led the french socialis

when i would fly from chicago to new delhi, especially leaving new delhi, you are low for a ways.breathe a little bit easier. >> so you thought. >> i thought about the shoulder mounted stuff. and then we would go right over afghanistan. after that and the taliban and stuff didn't -- wasn't known to have these -- those sophisticated of missiles. >> change the world. at least of aviation. a little bit for a while. gentlemen, thank you. and coming up. more life coverage of tonight's two developing story downing of malaysians airline jet. ground offensive in gaza. take you back live to gaza city. that's next. [ male announcer ] hands were made for playing. legs, for crossing. feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to ma, now may be time to ask about xeljanz. xeljz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. seris, sometimes fatal

the largest in new delhi and ar achy. in honk dong -- karachi. >> there was a large turp out in hong kong. >>> a meeting of foreign ministers was organised to discuss the nuclear programme. gaza and israel is the main issue. we have more. >> foreign ministers arriving for a meeting arranged to kick start talks with iran on its nuclear programme with a week left until the deadline when a deal is supposed to be reached. there was a pressing issue on the agenda. >> translation: the absolute priority, according to the premping foreign minister, an immediate ceasefire. >> it's an opportunity for us to talk about the situation in the middle east and the violence in gaza. >> in between the meet eption with william hague and other foreign ministers, secretary kerry placed a phone call telling himmee stored israel's right to defend is himself and offering help to start to broker a ceasefire. >> the difference between the u.s. and european foreign ministers was a ceasefire, but not immediate. is seems they are prepared to give the

al jazeera, new delhi. >> meteorologist: i'm meteorologist dave warren.his is the upper air pattern and it goes well up into canada across the western united states. a ridge of high pressure there, hot and dry weather will continue, but this is u uncharacteristic this time of year. big dip in the jet stream. cold air talking about highs into the 60s. very unusual this of year. areas of low pressure, and this is where we see active weather. here is this front pushing south. hot and humidity weather. that will fuel these thunderstorms that will develop today. right along this line along the mid-atlantic states going up to new england there is a risk of severe weather. severe storms will be developing. watch the radar closely if you're in this area. storms have the potential to become strong or severe with flooding rain associated with them. 62 in minneapolis. 70s and 80s in the south and southwest. highs will be in the 90s and close to 100 degrees. highs today in philadelphia, 92, that cool air will push east. a flash flood flood watch in effect along i-95

karish mavia, al jazeera new delhi. >> sky safer for satellites. the department of defense has signed a deal close to $1 billion to protect satellites from small pieces of debris moving at thousands of miles per hour. if it works the implication could have, a satellite fracture, did you know, jake ward is in san francisco. >> tell. >> the movie gravity where this cascade of debris comes in and disables not only the space shuttle but awld the things on the ground. it happened over the course of decades. we're looking at probably a century of collision setting off a lot of debris that's going to hit another satellite in 2007 a chinese test of an antisatellite weapons system shot 2,000 pieces of debris into the air. in 2009, we had another 2,000 pieces of debris when two satellites came together. what is going to be a decades-long sort of storm in face. >> this idea of a fence kind of suggests it will protect the satellites but that's not exactly the case is it? >> that's right. there is no iron dome, there is no interceptor here, it is an air traffic

. >> that's just outside a five star hotel in new delhi, india. the valet crashes into another car, puts it away, then smashes into a concrete barrier. somehow he avoids running over any actual people, but he did turn the front end of that >>> it is a tough story to tell tonight. another sudden death strikes close to "glee." >> police tell "e.t." it was nearly 1:00 in the afternoon when housekeeping discovered matt's lifeless body. >> the boyfriend of "glee" star rebecca tobin found dead in philly. we're at the scene of the tragedy today. >> what's lyrealie eer, it comes nearly a year to the day after cory monteith's passing, and we have cory's father reflecting on the sad anniversary. >> i always say good morning to him when i get up. >> then we are first with leann rimes and eddie cibrian before their reality show hits the air. >> yeah, they are exposing every detail of their personal life.b? >> do you think you're going to open yourself up to more criticism? >>> also tonight i'm at the premiere of "sex tape" where i talk to rob lowe about his i

india would like to have it in new delhi.here's broad agreement about the things the bank would be would be doing. officials from different countries have agreed the difficult to sign a treaty is about there. the precise location of the head office might be left hanging in the air. it's quite a controversial issue. certainly china has been seen as the leading contender to have it in shanghai. the latest seems to be we don't have that nailed down. >> briefly in 20 seconds, if possible andrew, this is a way for nations to sere from institutions they think are a bit more aligned with the west. >> exactly. i think the bank would be less intrusive in terms of allowing borrowing countries to give prescriptions in the way they administered projects and the way they're funded. the big emerging economy feel they don't have enough in the way they're run. they're dominated by the rich countries. great stuff. i know you're going to keep a cross on that. thank you. andrew joining us live there. >>> let me touch on this. it's been report h

look at this, a parking valet lost control of a lamborghini at the hotel in new delhi, what is worsee owner claims his car was damaged to the tune of $330,000. the hotel says it is an accident, the valet was not seriously hurt but it is not clear if he will keep his job at the hotel. >>> something a little more fun surf's up. this video shows black swans catching some waves along the coast. that is awesome. wildlife experts say they surf for the same reason many humans do, to have fun. at the believe many animals like these swans often mimic what the others are doing to have fun they say humans show similar emotions. >> it is hard to do. that is cute. some folks may be irritated when somebody cuts in line at a busy lunch spot, has that ever happened to you in. >> yeah, but they may be less annoyed if the cutter is the president of the united states and picks up the tab. >> they were in line ahead of me. these folks, i'm buying for whatever they're getting. >> you try the ribs? >> okay -- >> president obama visited franklin's barbecue, a famous spot in austin, texas, yesterday to pick

first, have a look at new delhi in india, seeing a 5% increase in nights and lights. here is bismark, holding its own against the darkness, being only 30 square miles in total. here is hong kong, where one district alone puts out 1,200 more light. the only major city is pyongyang, north korea, which is a big blanks dark spot as compared to korea below it. it's because the country is so is rated. it doesn't have the resources it keep the lights on. today we got a new look from space at a different form of wasted energy. an astronaut mosted this photograph of gaza and israel from 20 r5 miles up -- 205 miles up. he says from space it's possible to see rocket fire explosions much the view from space has given human being perspective. that view is clear, tragic and more revealing than ever. >> jake ward reporting from san francisco. that's the news cast. thanks for watching. headlines next with paul beban. i'm john seigenthaler, i'll see you back here tomorrow night at 8 o'clock eastern, and 11 o'clock eastern. see you then. >>> welcome to al jazeera america i'm paul beban

still hot in new delhi. >> we are going to come back in just a moment. the ukrainian government trying to take more territory from pro-russian separatists. >> in sport, bow got to inevitable in southee, an apology to the nation for a word cup plan that went wrong. wrong. >> looking into spying allegations, standard operating procedure, angela merkel responded to the crisis saying spying between allies is a waste of time with crisis in syria on going. her finance minister is perhaps the second most powerful politician in germany before the expulsion announced said it was laughable to imagine this taking place and that americans should recruit what he described as a third rate intelligence analyst and so laughable that he could only cry at the situation, but expelling the c.i.a. station chief or the top spy, whatever the correct title is for the person is safe to say unprecedented since the beginning of the cold war. two allies, germany and the united states having this kind of disagreement about spying. >> i was trying to mention in the situation that thi

. >> in new delhi, india's new budget is being unveiled as we speak. live pictures from india.nce minister has been speaking. it is a very long business this india budget. he is talking about the challenges that the country faces and the opportunities. he is talking about the need to revise growth in manufacturing and infrastructure. .et's take a look at the budget thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. in terms of the highlights we have seen this morning, we see him reforming the cap for foreign investors and comfort those who are worried about retrospective taxes. one to you are the highlights coming out of the budget or the priorities? priorities are what you want from them medium and longer-term perspective. the production economy was doing well. the supplies i was always looking. you are supplying this consumption by imports. we saw what happened to the rupee in september last year. they are putting fiscal discipline in place. they are winning enough supply-side response. your forecasting -- you are forecasting a multiyear bull run in india. ist you heard this morn

in fact, he's supposed to travel to new delhi on thursday for the strategic dialogue between the u.s. and india. >> thank you. joining me in the studio is al jazeera's senior political analyst. let's pick up on the point of mr. netanyahu making several appearances today on the sunday u.s. political shows. i guess his fundamental message is, we're trying to do everything we can to stop the fighting and hamas isn't cooperating. >> that's very true. he's been very successful. you have to give him credit that israel has been able and specifically mr. netanyahu, because his foreign minister won't show up or any minister. he's the one that always takes care of the sunday shows in order to spin the story to the american public. in that sense you can see there's a majority of americans that think israel is actually defending itself and that the palestinians are the aggressors. when you look more carefully at a specific level -- that's why i think our colleagues in the american network should be a bit more careful how they interview someone like the prime minister of israel. when he says we ac

a parking attendant lost control of a lamborghini outside of a hotel in new delhi, the driver had borrowed the car from a friend. the lamborghini's owner claims his sports car is worth half a million dollars and the damages total $330,000. >>> passengers say they felt like they were in a scene from the show "lost." united flight 201 from honolulu to guam had to make a middle-of-the-night emergency landing on midway island after reports of a burning smell and mechanical problems. passengers actually say the flight was delayed in hawaii three hours thursday night because of a smell on the boeing 777 and about five hours into the flight, that smell grew stronger. >> i had overheard some of the stewards talking and they were talking about the smell getting stronger. and they were kind of whispering that we were going back to hawaii. and then another stewardess came up and kind of shushed them. >> the pilots said they lost radar and had other electrical problems in the cockpit. passengers had to spend the night in an abandoned gym on the military base on the island. then they were flown back to

>> oh, i think the president, it's a huge international attention -- i'm talking to you from new delhi this is the number one story in india today. i think people want to see what the president's going to say. i think the whole world wants a fair investigation. they want to get at the truth, and as i said before, president putin is probably not inclined to give us the truth, but if you can get the fbi, the iko, the international civil aviation organization in there, and if we can have an objective look at this, there's going to be, i think, more and more questions asked of a recalcitrant russian government. >> without economic action from europe, nick, i'm wondering, the sanctions as they were put in place on wednesday, how long does that take to hit the bottom line? >> well, you know, i think you're right. there's got to be unanimity on this. one thing russia needs, capital investment, it needs trade, needs imports of manufactured goods from europe. if the europeans would step up to the plate and do something significant on sanctions, i do think that's the pressure point on president

the valet parking cars and a hotel in new delhi india. agassi the karnak another ballet who was taken to the hospital was not seriously hurt. not the same for a lamborghini pretty much been written off. the a the apes take up the blue screen >> : next chapter in the planet of the a series that takes place friday. >> : dawn of the planet of the aids. opera a disease what's out humanity that is until i come across the human's looking for help. both sides on the brink of war not all the tapes want to fight the humans. it's not want war. one group becomes earth down and species. like to heat nothing. that's their advantage >> : for now showing >> : coming up there everywhere i states license plus some allowed and some are not the state wants to defeat help them sort things out in the next edition of people behaving badly tonight at 8. 90 days without a face >> : coming up in the tech report heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is ver

. >>> a hotel parking valet in new delhi lost control of this lamborghini.hitting some people before crashing into another car and then crashing into a concrete railing. the $200,000 car was totalled. >> my guess is that valet's career is totalled too. >> i know. what do you say, sorry? clearly he was excited about driving the car and got a little too happy. >> a little too happy. welcome back. coming up in this half hour congress is asking new questions about a pricey plan to roll out glamorous u.s. embassies. those lawmakers are turning to our reporting to help find some of the truth. critics say the design isn't making americans any safer. >>> plus president richard nixon has you've never known him before. newly restoerd white house audiotapes take us inside his private world. the opinions that shaped the 37th commander in chief. that is ahead. >>> and it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says crumbs bake shop could rise again. as we reported this specialty cup cake maker closed all of its stor

i think the secretary would be in new delhi this week but soon and the secretary is scheduled to go tot his counterpart in august and i would hope somewhere down the road we would do the same thing to meet the new team that's in place here. we have had for a number of years very good relationships between the services, between pecan and the services we have an ongoing number of services that seem to have worked pretty well for our growing partnersh partnership. we think that it is all positive. >> what would you recommend to the travels in india next month? >> what would i recommend? well, he didn't ask me i recommend it. but i would recommend that he recognize and relate to his counterparts that we are interested in building closer relationships and recognize that they already have a good basis for which to go forward. >> the administration today acknowledged the russian government violated the treaty. there is a strong voice in the agency deliberations are calling for the declarations of the treaty. i want to get your sense of how serious was the incident in your view and what is the

with the new government in new delhi and secretary kerry heading to the fifth annual u.s. india strategic dialogue this week it's also a perfect time to launch our new project india 2020. india 2020 will explore specific ways to realize the full potential of this relationship as india continues to rise as an economic, political, and military powerhouse. with the leadership and support of our president and the guidance of cap senior fellow and former assistant secretary of state rich verma, the center will set the stage for india and the united states to transcend differences and jointly enhance peace and prosperity across asia. we will address issues ranging from the next steps in our security partnership to climate, energy, and water security cooperation to trade and investment. we will look for real opportunities to seize obstacles we will technical by 2020. all of us are grateful to our new advisory council members, an esteemed group. along with deputy secretary of defense ash carter who is here with us today, the council includes former age of society president and form

the same for your flight from new york to delhi india where your plane may well fly over afghanistan. the bands are in place for eastern ukraine, crimea, north korea, parts of ethiopia, ethiopia and somalia. the situation has to be constantly reviewed by governments and airlines. >> they have to evaluate the threat, what is the potential impact the threat has on the airlines and what are the processes they can do to mitigate those threats such as fly around the airspace, completely restrict different airports to fly in and out of, who are the partner airlines. >> if you're nervous about flying any given route, check before you fly. remember an incident like the downing of mh17 are incredibly rare, which is why they grab our attention so strongly. jon: that is the case, some good information. jenna: a story we're following on "happening now," layoffs of thousands of soldiers with thousands of hours of combat experience have received pink slips sometimes unexpectedly and without notice. raising serious questions of national security and the nature of how we are treating the military men

embassy in new delhi declined comment. for more on the u.s.election of electronic communications, coming up when the privacy and civil liberties oversight board meets this morning. you can watch it live at 10 a.m. eastern time or listen to it here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i tell the story of how every aspect of this person's identity is in one way or another threat to israel. my gender is male, my religion is muslim, my citizenship is american but my nationality is a romney and. my ethnicity is persian, my culture is middle eastern. offything about me sends all the warning signals for israel. so, the experience of an iranian american single man trying to in theough the airport 21st century is a reminder to everyone that despite the way that globalization has brought us closer and has diminished the boundaries that separate us as ethnicities, peoples and cultures, despite all of that, all that you have to do is spend a few minutes trying to get through that airport to remember that those divisi

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run by the flamboyance -- it was flying after the likes of delhi and into london and paris, but it had the wrong plane. you mentioned the newhey were flying. the price of fuel went up, they simply couldn't afford it. so we are in a new era now. everybody else, all the other low cost airlines are watching this very, very carefully to see if they may be be able to run something like this. >> for norwegian, they said they have done this. does it come down to this, i guess, much more fuel efficient 787? >> well, yes. that's the one thing clearly the economics of operating airplanes has changed there. financial domicile is in dublin. they use all leased planes. they can finance these deals in a different way to hwhat was maybe possible in the past. they got over 200 of the new jetliners from air bus and boeing on order. they have ambitions to run all kinds of other services, into africa, maybe israel as well as across the atlantic. in a new era is born, you say a lot of people have tried it. king fisher in india was another one that tried longer haul flights. >> sorry to interrupt. they're going to push me off here shortly. i wa

delhi to going in high. superheros go to food now. that in and out of there go through in there. so you see a lot of good news out there as those nigerian here in utah got on the ice he's going to get out of here all three aircraft have been standing money towards that by the st rita's stations all theatrically control and ministry of defense with the russian federation. more than seems to assume this is the river so not only guess what that is going to say but i see if you get out of fear it doesn't get easier as you get on our boy in seven seven seven it's heading towards the city of russian federation state boundaries and east to cross it in the flowing of torn up. these these bitches are going to hear about oh it was going to hold now as they are now as up russia there but i'm a bit of i look at these these other. and their traffic control officer has been controlling the aircraft flight and to keep something quiet when it's white you were rivals to complain of there with the given ones. soon as the ships or the roads at noon will know that it is there that i didn't hear any of our guys who got us going t

delhi in august. i would hope somewhere down the road i would do the same thing to meet the new team that is in place there you know we have had for a number of years very good relationships between our services. between pacom and services there and we have ongoing number of exercises that seemed to have worked pretty well for our growing, our growing partnership. we look forward to the road ahead. we think it is all positive. >> [inaudible]. secretary hagel's travels to indepent yaw next month? >> in short term what do i recommend? well, he didn't ask me what i recommended but, i would recommend that, that he recognize that, and to relay to his counterparts that we're interested in producing closer mil to mil relationships. the new administration recognizes we already have a good basis which could go forward on. >> the administration today acknowledged that the russian government violated the imf treaty. you i understand were very strong voice in inneragency deliberations. you were calling for a declaration of a major breach in the treaty. i want to get your sense, how serious were, was the incident