al-jazeera has been a large explosion in a polytechnic university in afghanistan at least seven people have been killed it happened in the capital kabul where many of the country's top clerics were gathering jennifer glass joins us now from kabul tell us more about the incident and why they were targeted. well jean that meeting had been going on since the early morning here in kabul in the big conference tent called the loya jirga tent is actually a conference center behind that polytechnic university the gates of that polytechnic was where the explosion was let off just as those clerics and mullahs were leaving that meeting they had just issued a decree condemning the ongoing war here calling it illegal under islamic law and that's when the explosion occurred killing seven and injuring nine those are the figures that we have so far they also called on the taleban to come to the peace table in february president ghani issued what he called an unconditional. and conditional invitation to peace talks and they called on the taleban to take up that invitation and to move towards peace that

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police in afghanistan are confirming a large explosion in a polytechnic university it happened in the capital kabul where many of the top countries clerics were gathering to have more on this story as it develops. more than eighty plastic bags have been found in the stomach of a pilot whale in thailand vets discovered the plastic bags weighing eight kilograms after trying for five days to save the animal an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ocean every year. the top stories on al-jazeera at least twenty five people have been killed in guatemala in one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in decades thousands of people in forced to leave their homes as forego spews rock hot ash and smoke several kilometers into the sky larva flows have buried at least one village police in afghanistan are confirming a large explosion near a polytechnic university it happened in the capital kabul where many of the top countries clerics were gathering search and rescue missions underway in the mediterranean sea after two boats carrying refugees capsized while heading for euro

that happened as more than two thousand religious scholars were leaving a gathering at kabul polytechnic university earlier then on to the korea against the war in afghanistan and urged the taliban to accept the government's peace officer offer for war in this jennifer gratz joins us now from kabul what more are we learning about what happened jennifer. well we've had a little confusion about the death toll initially it was seven then raised to twelve the ministry of interior came back to us and said take seven dead nine injured in that bomb blast it happens at the end of this meeting of religious scholars and clerics that have been taking place for much of the morning here in kabul more than two thousand of them had gathered on what is called the loya jirga tent it's a big conference hall the biggest conference hall here in the afghan capital and as they were leaving that me meeting after as you said making that declaration about the war calling it an islamic and calling any suicide bombings against the islamic religion as they were departing that hole which is at the end of a long road and the ga

it happened as more than two thousand religious scholars were leaving a gathering at kabul polytechnic university earlier than i was to create against the war in afghanistan and urged the taliban to accept the government's peace offer let's go live now to kabul. is that jennifer tell us what happened. well as you said this gathering had been going on since early morning more than two thousand about two thousand five hundred mullahs and clerics from around the country the gathering had broken up just after they had issued their decree calling the war illegal under islamic law and as you said calling on the taliban to come to the peace table as they were exercising that very very large conference center called the loya jirga tent here it's not actually a tent it's a big building the entrance is near that polytechnic university and that's when the suicide bomber went off twelve people killed and seventeen injured according to the interior ministry so far it was a very very large gathering security had been tight the minutes on a very main road there which had been shut down to accommodate this gathe

at least seven people have been killed in a suicide attack outside cobbles polytechnic university in afghanistan more than two thousand religious scholars were meeting that they issued a decree against the war in afghanistan and urged the taliban to accept the government's unconditional offer of peace talks jennifer glass reports now from kabul. as they were departing that hole which is at the end of a long road and the gates of the polytechnic is there that's when the bomb went off killing seven and injuring nine and just as that bomb as just as we were hearing news of that bomb and we're hearing that there were casualties from that another bomb went off here in kabul it was hidden in a truckload of watermelons it was a magnetic bomb and that injured three civilians at least twenty five people have been killed in guatemala in one of the most volatile options of the volcano in decades. forced to leave homes as the volcano spews rock and smoke several kilometers into the david muscle reports from guatemala. the scenes of devastation in guatemala after sunday's volcanic blast houses ne

at least seven people have been killed in a suicide attack outside carpels polytechnic university in afghanistan more than two thousand religious scholars were meeting there they issued a decree against the war in afghanistan and urged the taliban to accept the government's unconditional offer of peace talks more now from jennifer glass who's in kabul. as they were departing that hole which is at the end of a long road and the gates of the polytechnic is there that's when the bomb went off killing seven and injuring nine and just as that bomb has just as we were hearing news of that bomb and we're hearing that there were casualties from that another bomb went off here in kabul it was hidden in a truckload of watermelons it was a magnetic bomb and that injured three civilians in least twenty five people have been killed in one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in decades thousands more have been forced to leave their homes as you go spewed rock hot ash and smoke several kilometers into the sky lava flows have buried at least one village the president of spain's catalonia region h

it happened as more than two thousand religious scholars were leaving a gathering at kabul polytechnic university earlier they dirge the taliban to accept the government's peace offer. at least twenty five people have been killed in guatemala in one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in decades thousands more of them forced to leave their homes as the volcano spews rocks hot ash spoke several kilometers into the sky lava flows buried at least one village. jordan's prime minister may be forced out after days of m.t.s. terrace the protests in the capital sources have told us here that king abdullah is expected to ask any album to resign at a meeting at the world alice. is on the brink of a mental health crisis that's the stark warning from the charity save the children which interviewed one hundred fifty kids in the palestinian territory it found that two thirds of them experience nightmares isolation or aggression because of conditions that carry for supports. in gaza sundown truly is magic hour a time to turn eyes to the horizon and at the day's hardships fall for a while into the shadows. du

at least seven people have been killed in a suicide attack outside kabul polytechnic university in the afghan capital more than two thousand religious scholars meeting there for the earlier urge the taliban to accept the government's unconditional offer of peace talks at least thirty five people have been killed in guatemala in one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in decades thousands more been forced to leave their homes as the volcano spews rocks hot ash and smoke several kilometers into the sky a lot of flows have buried at least one village. hundreds of bodies have been found in mosul almost a year after the iraqi city was taken back from i saw they were buried in ruins and along the banks of the tigris try just tigris river the shell strafford reports now from baghdad. it's been eleven months since iraqi prime minister hydrilla body declared victory over eisel in mosul much of what was iraq's second biggest city lies in ruins the fighting was described as the most intense urban combat since world war two. the search for bodies goes on civil defense search and rescue teams ar

kabul it happened as thousands of religious scholars were leaving a gathering of the city's polytechnic university earlier the taliban to accept the government's police officer. called. the bomb went off as hundreds of thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent to really a a conference hall in kabul as they were accident after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace talks now and just as we heard news of that bombing another bombing in town a smaller bomb went off in a truckload of watermelon that injured three civilians it seems that over and over again we hear these stories we are reporting these stories that either the taliban or i saw are setting off bombs or attacks here in the afghan capital and arou

it happened as thousands of religious scholars who were leaving a gathering of the city's polytechnic university earlier in the us to decree against the war in afghanistan and the taliban to accept the government's peace offer no group has yet said it was behind the attack jennifer glass has more from kabul. the bomb went off as hundreds thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent to really a conference hall in kabul as they were accident after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace talks now and just as we heard news of that bombing another bombing in town a smaller bomb went off in a truckload of watermelon that injured three civilians it seems that over and over again we hear these stories we are repo

kabul it happened as thousands of religious scholars were leaving a gathering at the city's polytechnic university earlier they announced a decree against the war in afghanistan and urged the taliban to accept the government's peaceful for jennifer classes in kabul and has more. the bomb went off as hundreds of thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent to really a a conference hall in kabul as they were exit a after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace talks now and just as we heard news of that bombing another bombing in town a smaller bomb went off in a truckload of watermelon that injured three civilians it seems that over and over again we hear these stories we're reporting the stories that either

it happened to thousands of where the just scholars were leaving a gathering at the city's polytechnic university they are now city korea against the war in afghanistan and the taliban to accept the government's peace offer no group has yet said it was behind the attack jennifer glass is in kabul and has more . the bomb went off as hundreds thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent to really a a conference hall in kabul as they were exit a after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace talks now and just as we heard news of that bombing another bombing in town a smaller bomb went off in a truckload of watermelon that injured three civilians it seems that over and over again we hear these stories we are re

at least seven people have been killed in a suicide attack outside kabul polytechnic university in the afghan capital more than two thousand religious scholars beating but earlier urged the taliban to accept the government's peace offer. search and rescue missions are underway the mediterranean sea after two boats carrying refugees headed for europe capsized at least fifty five people including seven children died in the two separate incidents of greece and two this year. there are reports that the syrian army is mobilizing its troops to launch an offensive into data to remove rebels from the city they however say that they will not move or surrender syria is divided between different factions after seven years of civil war areas controlled by the government and its allies are marked in red here on this map opposition areas marked in green the kurds are yellow the blue area is controlled by turkish backed rebel groups eyesores been pushed into small corners of the country shown on our map in black the syrian government controls these air bases across the country while its russian partn

by the atmosphere and the beijing polytechnic university the tories to pull all these also on the rise discussing international issues we agreed that our positions are many regional international issues are similar or very close we highly appreciate the work of china as part of the presidency in the as c.e.o. we've talked about the prospects of cooperation between china and the original make uni and we are determined to continue deepening our ties and harmonizing the integration of processes on the eurasian territory bringing together the one belt one road initiative and we are you with a purpose to create your asian partnership on this way we signed in the last an hour in may an agreement on trading and economic cooperation between the members of the original comic union and china so we discussed the situation on the korean peninsula so while russia and china. we're going to take interest in seeing the korean peninsula and northern east asia as a whole peaceful and stable we are pleased to see that there is a dialogue between the two koreas and eat it within the map we together on the

kabul it happened thousands of religious scholars when the big a gathering at the city's polytechnic university earlier then as the to create as the war in afghanistan the taliban to accept the government's peace offer no group has yet said it was behind the attack dead for glasses in kabul and has more. the bomb went off as hundreds of thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent to really a a conference hall in kabul as they were accident after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace talks now and just as we heard news of that bombing another bombing in town a smaller bomb went off in an age truckload of watermelon that injured three civilians it seems that over and over again we hear these stories we a

kabul it happened as thousands of religious scholars were leaving the gathering of the city's polytechnic university earlier the taliban to accept the government's peace offer. from the capital. the bomb went off as hundreds thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent here really a a conference hall in kabul as they were exit a after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace talks now and just as we heard news of that bombing another bombing in town a smaller bomb went off. truckload of watermelon that injured three civilians it seems that over and over again we hear these stories we are reporting these stories that either the taliban or i saw are setting off bombs or attacks here in the afghan capital and arou

kabul it happened as thousands of religious scholars were leaving a gathering out the city's polytechnic university israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a wrong must be prevented from developing a nuclear weapon as a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel in berlin netanyahu warned against allowing iran to expand its influence in the middle east i think the greatest challenge that the civilized world faces today is the danger that comes from. militant islamic states that are bent on aggression and acquiring nuclear arsenals this is the greatest danger isn't iran. just yesterday hurons leader coming to you yesterday you said again that israel is a cancer that has to be eradicated will be eradicated from the earth meanwhile iran's supreme leader says his country has no intention of curbing its ballistic missile program and will respond harshly if attacked by its enemies i will tell the alley how and i said iran's missile program is crucial for the country's defense and that teheran will attack ten times more if provoked by western nations those are your headlines stay with us

it happened to thousands of religious scholars who are leaving a gathering of the cities polytechnic university and i said to create against the war in afghanistan the taliban to accept the government's peace offer jennifer classes in kabul and house more. the bomb went off as hundreds thousands of islamic scholars and clerics were finishing their meeting in what we call the jirga tent the loya jirga tent to really a conference hall in kabul as they were accident after a meeting where they condemned of the ongoing war as an islamic and condemn suicide bombers a bomber went off at the gate the entrance to that gathering where more than two thousand five hundred religious leaders had gotten together to try and persuade the taliban to come to the peace table to accept what the president calls an unconditional offer for peace.

capital kabul it happened a styles of religious scholars were leaving a gathering at the city's polytechnic university earlier they had announced a decree against the war in afghanistan and the taliban to accept the government's peace offer no group has yet claimed responsibility. the president of catalonia says he will meet spain's new prime minister kim tourist said he's exchanged messages with president sanchez on the region's future following last year's unilateral declaration of independence a move that was declared illegal no date has yet been set for discussions david schaper reports from madrid. the new socialist prime minister pedro sanchez started his first day in office by welcoming the ukrainian president petro poroshenko to madrid it was a long standing gauge went on the former prime minister mariano rajoy diplomatic diary close aides for both leaders must have had a long night shoring up new briefing notes after a horror lost the vote of no confidence. but the real focus of the day was on a prison compound deep in the countryside outside madrid the newly elected president of the regional

kabul it happened as thousands of religious scholars were leaving a gathering at the city's polytechnic university. he's ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu says iran must be prevented from developing a nuclear weapon at a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel in berlin netanyahu warned against allowing iran to expand its influence in the middle east and while iran's supreme leader says his country has no intention of carving its ballistic missile program will respond harshly if attacked by its enemies ayatollah ali khamenei said iran's missile program is crucial for the country's defense of the tehran will attack ten times more if provoked stay with us next stop it is the stream will be back in just under half an hour but by. i am for me ok and you are in the stream fail all pretrial release is an intricate part of justice systems around the world it maintains an accused persons freedom in the run up to trial the bell in the us is rather different judges often set money bonds at levels of way above what people compadre and many people have little choice but to go to private bo

universities throughout florida have stepped up. from florida atlanticith its tech runway to florida polytechnic and the university of south florida, our institutions of higher education are training the coders and entrepreneurs that will be designing the new wave of apps. tomorrow the senate will vote on this resolution to restore strong net neutrality. i'll have more to say about this on the floor, but it is going to be a continuing discussion and debate as we adjust to the ever-changing technology that w are using in ourly lives. than mr. chairman. >> and thank you, senator nelson. we're delighted to have our panelists with us today. they include mr. mike forster, chairman of innovate mississippi and founder of the mississippi coding academies in jackson, dr. sarah oh, research fellow, technology policy institute here in washington, d.c., mr. morgan reed, president of act, the app association here in washington, and mr. roger koch who senator nelson already referred, to ceo of shield group technologies of west palm beat. so we're delighted to have each and every one of you, and we'll begin to my left with your opening statement