looking at turkey in particular, energy needs. >> turkey's economy has doubled in the past decade.hat mean's demand for energy has gone will you the roof. more than a quarter of turkey's electricity comes to get the black stuff out of the ground. has all of that played a part in the disaster? >>> it's midday here in london. 7:00 p.m. bangkok, 2:00 p.m. in western turkey where rescue workers are desperately trying to reach 150 miners trapped ft ripped through the mine. ) áqp&ly their hopes of finding more survivors are continuing to fade. the president was there just a short time ago.qi7:p&h(lc% he arrived and of course the government facing increasing criticism over safety standards. protests have been around the country. violent ones as wellçó inss -- well. how did everyone there react to the visit of the president abdullah gul? >> reporter: lucy it was interesting. it ended not a long time ago. he didn't stay a particular long period of time. let me backtrack and tell you. >>> behind me is the mine site. the haze in the air was also mixed with smoke coming out of the mine. we wer

it's not a good morning for turkey. that's all. that's all. actually, they are not awaiting good news. and there are many, many ambulances in the area. and two of them is there. and this is the new tent pitched here. officials are working at the scene as well. >> the picture right from on the ground there at soma. it's a desperate situation, obviously. but it's having repercussions, isn't it, across the country? >> exactly. there's a solidarity about protests, protesting the issue among the country. for example, the kurdish party, bdp, ask that they're going to mourn for a week among their municipalities. also there are several universities announced they're going to -- they're going to protest. they called for strikes for the unions. and also many unions announced that they're leaving jobs today. and they're going to be on strike tomorrow as well. so we are seeing pictures on the social media saying that some people are protesting in istanbul, in taksim, the underground of taksim lying down on the floor, sending their condolences to the mine

they announced protests among 13 cities in turkey. lots of people are expected to protest today. >> of course richard has scene a lot of demonstrations upon his administration in the past year. a damaging photograph has emerged hasn't it? let's see if we can see that now about one of these protestors. >> yeah. in the photograph, we can see a protestor held by two soldiers on the ground. the prime minister adviser is kicking that guy. yesterday we called him to confirm if he's the person on the photograph. he said yes it's me on the photograph. we wanted to ask if he was kicking and what happened there. he didn't want to comment further. he said he's going to make a statement today to the press and we can receive the details from his statement. we can say we've confirmed he's the one on the picture. we don't know anything further. >> okay. you know, terrible tragedy for everyone involved here. more than 280 killed. 150 we understand still missing. what has the response been around turkey on social media for example? >> exactly. on soci

it's not a good morning for turkey.lls will be rising, most of the people are expecting here. actually, they are not awaiting good news. and there are many, many ambulances in the area. and two of them is there. and this is the new tent pitched here. officials are working at the scene as well. >> our reporter who spent the night there. let's take you back live. because prime minister erdogan has just arrived there. you can see him in the middle of the screen at the moment. just looking out towards the crowd. relatives there are waiting at the mine, desperate for some kind of news. with me here in the studio, this is quite a pivotal moment. there's huge anger in that crowd as well as grief. >> right. you saw this on social media last night. if we can just bring in the social media to this. whenever you see an event in turkey probably for the last year it virtually explodes on the social platforms. you saw the same thing happen last night as well. so the worldwide trends in turkey were all about grief. we were seeing thin

>> yes, it's in western turkey. it does have a number of mines. this is one of the larger mines, we heard from the owner of the mine, and he gave a statement not long ago, said this was a tragic accident, and they were doing all they can to act quickly to help people. in march, the mine was given a safety test and had the all-clear in march, and that was three months ago. >> your phone has been going in and out a bit. so i'll ask the question one more time. we're looking at live pictures from soma, where earlier in the half hour, there were bodies on stretchers being pulled out of the mine, they looked like they were alive and coming out and now it appears that that has stopped. so are you saying that the rescue mission has been temporarily postponed, is that what you said? >> that's right, for the timing, we believe that it has been just suspended because of the rising carbon monoxide levels. the miners were trapped in there, and we know at least eight people have been injured, one critically, and taken to the local hospital. >> it looks like an

turkey is reeling from the country's deadliest ever mining disaster.he government has declared three days of national mourning after nearly 275 miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in the west of the country. their fate is unknown. >> a moment of relief. >> all day at the mine, and agonizing vigil. vain.ment and in overnight, some walking wounded him urged. turned a mine into a burial ground. it pastrnment says regular safety inspections. a struggle against lethal fumes that claimed many lives. at the hospital, the desperation grew by the hour. it was a real sense of community losing hope. we found them in the hospital grounds touching a photograph of her missing husband. she encouraged him to start mining because the benefits were good. he was just four days on the job. please don't leave your children, she says. everyone is waiting for you to return. i beg you. please come back. don't leave me alone. just outside, protesters directed their anger at the police chief. they blamed a mining company and the government for the loss of so many

this is not the first mining accident in turkey. in fact, quite the opposite. turkey has an appalling record not only on mine safety, but on workplace accidents as a whole, the highest in europe for workplaces in general. as far as mining accidents go, the cost to turkey is the worst in the world, five times as many turks die extracting a ton of coal than die in china, a country thought to have a terrible workplace safety record in its mining industry, turkey, five times worse than china. this of course, not a new accident. we had the worst accident in turkey until this one, 260 odd miners killed in an accident in 1992. that is so long ago, the lessons from that clearly not learned and we covered in 2010 a 30 man fatality where the same points were made, the same questions raised about the privatization process, about the subcontracting of running mines to profit focused industries, about the failures of regulation, about the lack of inadequate inspectors, turkeys failure to sign up to mining safety protocols, all of these issues have been raised before and the

>> 120 mine yours still trapped underground in turkey. the prime minister says 238 are now known to have died. ♪ >> hello there, you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program, fearing more mass kidnappings like this villagers in northern nigeria have reportedly killed dozens of boko haram suspects. >>> and a massive corporate scandal in china involving a british executive allegedly paying bribes worth millions of dollars. ♪ there are chaotic scenes in soma has desperate families wait for news of their loved ones trapped under ground. andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: it's the agonizing aftermath of every mine your's worst fear and the nightmare of their loved ones. an underground fire, explosion and poisonous fumes. and now stunned incomprehension of loss. and on such a vast scale. rescuers did their best, but so many minors died together in large numbers. >> translator: it's one of the biggest work accidents in our history, the fire started in a mine owned by a private company. 77 million people a

turkey's president visits the town where 282 minors were killed. and anger protesters say the thr brothers should not have had to die for profit. >> hello, japan alarms china with proposals to allow japanese troops to fight overseas. and two months of rain. >> nothing can ever break us. >> u.s. president opens a museum about the 2011 attacks, and victim's families are not happy. >> there have been dozens of funerals in turkey for the miners who were killed on tuesday. many were visiting the site where 282 people lost their lives. andrew simmons has this report. >> reporter: the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost doing a job for little pay. she had asked her husband to find work elsewhere. he was just a few months away from becoming an sergeant in the army. they were married seven months ago. they had big plans. >> this is a town consumed by grief, and now the underlying anger is beginning to show more and more. >> reporter: some of the anger is subdued. a feeling of social injustice that such high risk should be taken to earn a living.

up time and time again with turkey.have always seen that this year with the likes of the ban on twitter and youtube. but cinema often tells stories in a much subtler way. the question is, is that enough to grant it some form of immunity? >> if journalism and movie making gets together, that kind of domain may be seen as a threat. >> reporter: this movie about poverty and class exploitation was banned out right by turkey in the 1970s, so its makers smuggled it out and blouth brought it to the can film festival. that earned him seven years in jail. separating politics and picture even now some would say is almost impossible? >> no matter how much of democracy turkey may be, there is an oligarchy element to it. >> reporter: in the short-term it is hoped that it will be taking home this year's palm door. phil lavel al jazeera, at the can film festival. >> and there is our website, the home page leading on more attacks in nigeria. aljazeera.com. >> june 2010, fighting erupts between the uzbek and kyrgyz communities of southe

as we go to caroline malone, her report from west of turkey. we'll be with her live in a moment. >> reporter: it's one of the worst mine disasters in turkey's recent history. hundreds of people remain trapped inside the soma mine. after what the energy minister says, an electrical fault sparked an explosion and fire right-hand 2km underground. >> 367 people were evacuated through their own efforts and during the initial rescue operation. in total 787 have been working in the mine, some are inside. there's 76 wounded, some of them are in serious condition. >> more than 400 are helping with the rescue effort. some of the miners who escaped expressed their anger at the company that runs the mine. >> translation: this is not something that suddenly happened. i can tell you there are people here who are dying, people who are injured, all because of money. people are dying, there's nothing they can do about it, they send us here like lambs to the slaughter, we are not safe doing the job. caroline with us live. what is the latest you can tell us? >> w

. >> what in the name of heaven is he doing commwith a turkey bast. there's something more going on with this. it's creepy, it's chilly >> and eight would take years before the forensics could figure it all out. >> this case was a forensic bonanza for me. >>> the heating and air conditioning business was a lucrative one for david castor. his attention to detail were well suited to the job. >> my dad was a very particular guy. he liked everything a certain way. whenever we worked on something, if something was like a quarter inch off or wasn't perfectly level, we'd start right from scratch, do it again. >> things were going well for david castor until his father died. the two had been very close and david was having a hard time dealing with the loss. >> he was very depressed. i really felt for him. i just couldn't imagine what was going through his head. >> david's wife stacy told friends he began to drink heavily and his behavior became erratic. when he locked himself in the bedroom and wouldn't come out, stacy called police. >> my husband has locked

so far turkey's main cities don't look like they are paralyzed. the government's struggling to hit the right note. the speech where he compared the disaster at this mine in soma, with victorian coal mining incidents in the u.k., thought to be one of the worst misjudged speeches made in his career. it was not a like for like incident, and left the prime minister looking like he didn't care enough the the locals don't feel it's a matter of destiny whether they live or die, but a lack of government intervention that caused that. there were protests that the government did not look comfortable handling the social media doing the rounds, of an advisor kicking a protestor. the government is rolling out the president, an emolient figure to attend some funerals. >> anita mcnout in istanbul, and caroline malone in soma, western turkey. >>> a video has been leaked showing al jazeera arabic correspondent abdullah al-shami. it was shown last week, and it was five days before he was tape from a cell to an undisclosed location. he's been on hunger strike for 11

outrage image prompting in turkey. an aide to the prime minister called lashing out at a protester in the wake of the terrible mine accident. william hildebrand has that story and more. but first, we begin with what is on track to be a resounding the three in the world biggest election. after weeks of voting that saw a, india's opposition bjp party is heading for a commanding win. official results are not yet in but the party that had been at the center of indian politics for decades has conceded defeat. trends,ving the early toogress party and upa respectfully accept defeat. >> let's get an update on the situation of for that we cross to the natasha butler who is in new delhi. ministerrime congratulated the bjp party for the win which is yet to be officially announced. what else can you tell us question mark >> the outgoing prime minister mana month saying singh congratulated the bjp candidate on the wind. the bjp was confident that they would win the election but they could never imagine the landslide we are seeing t

the turkey's government failed to address mine safety issues and many were outraged after turkey's primeister said the accident was not out of the order. turkey's main cemetery is running out of graves now. turkey's minister says 18 people remain missing. >>> there are growing concerns syria is hiding stockpiles of chemical weapons and using chlorine gas. secretary of state john kerry who just wrapped up meetings in london says he has seen evidence, though not verified, that chemical attacks continue there. officials in france presented the data while criticizing the west for failing to strike syria back in august. civil war rages on, massive bomb blast under a military army base. look at that. 60 tons of explosives were detonated in a tunnel, which fighters had been digging for months. >>> it has gone from bad to worse for former patriots star aaron hernandez, facing a new indictment that includes two counts of first-degree murder. it says he followed two men out of a nightclub in 2012. he drove up next to their car, fired several shots in their vehicle, killing them. it appears that he

stands ready to assist our friends in turkey in any way that we can. and the ministers gathered for the friends of syria core group meeting and observed a minute of silence in memory of the lives lost in turkey. i've hosted a series of meetings this morning, starting with a meeting of the foreign ministers of france, italy, germany and the united states and the u.k. to discuss the crisis in ukraine. we unanimously welcomed the ukrainian government's efforts to promote constitutional reform including the first meeting of the national dialogue that was held yesterday. this is clearly a successful first meeting and we strongly welcome that. and we welcome the fact that preparations for the presidential elections on may 25 are proceeding well. and the great majority of ukraine. we strongly supported the work of the osce. including the work of president burkeholter of switzerland and also the work of the osce on the ground. the united kingdom has already committed nearly two million pounds to the osce for their work in ukraine. and i can announce an additio

greece and thailand cyprus and turkey came out on top because of the good weather in the short flight all the violence restrictions for russian men between the ages of sixteen and sixty ukraine is not in the list of popular destinations a share and if we consider just the european countries then the most popular destination is the czech republic in second is france. spain and italy came in fourth now however the amount of russian visitors to europe is expected to drop and that's partly down to the weakening ruble because obviously visitors will now be getting less money back when when they give in their euro isn't when they arrive which means of course less spending money always right now although for foreigners coming to russia of course this is a real headache for troubled southern european countries where russians spend their

bet on turkey. >> thank you very much for coming in. now, to nigeria where a car bomb has exploded in the capital. a number of people have died. it is unclear how many. it is near a site where an explosion at a substation killed nearly 70 people. what more do we know about this attack? >> well, officials are saying that nine dead bodies have been recovered from the scene and 11 unconscious people are being treated. this was as you say a car bomb attack. this is an area on the outskirts of the capital. it happened right next to where on ther bomb exploded 14th of april. that attack killed well over 70 people. we know the exact people killed because it was a powerful blast. the capital here had been seen to be fairly safe because there had not been a major attack for about two years prior to that. the militant group came out and said that they attacked them. suspicion will point at that islamist group once again. >> global attention has been focused on nigeria for the last few days because of the schoolgirls who were abducted and are stil

all right, diana magnay for us in turkey this morning. but indeed, questions just beginning, even as they are still, still trying to cope with the scope of that disaster there in soma, turkey. >>> murder charges have now been filed against the captain and three officers on the south korean ferry that capsized and sank last month, killing more than 280 people. the other 11 surviving crew members have been indicted on negligence charges. prosecutors say many members of the crew scrambled to escape the sinking ship. they scrambled to escape before the passengers. 23 of those passengers are still listed as missing. >>> embattled veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki is set to testify before a senate committee this morning. he, of course, under fire following a cnn report revealing dozens of patients died while waiting to be treated at a va hospital in phoenix. at least a half dozen va hospitals now being investigated for allegedly cooking the books to cover up similar potentially deadly treatment delays, including one -- excuse me, i'm goi

the rescue operation is continuing in soma, in western turkey. we know that the prime minister is currently there. we think he may be spending the night. obviously, trying to placate those who are bereaved or who are awaiting news of their relatives. we can hear now from andrew simmons who joins us live from there. andrew, the prime minister, then, is meeting a lot of people who are both anxious and angry >> reporter: most certainly. you join me on a wind-swept, dusty and now rain-sodden staging post really overlooking the mine shaft. the prime minister has moved from here now into the town, itself, to meet bereaved people to console people, to try and assess the situation. but the site you see over here, only a four or five-minute walk away is appalling. it's a lot of people waiting forlornly to see loved ones. all they are seeing is bodies being recovered most of the time. we have spoken to rescue workers who say it's grim now. it's more than 24 hours since this fire broke out followed by an explosion and all of the poisonous gas and people are

recently turkey blocked access to the websites twitter and youtube. preston two and community to unfold into the untold a fundamental requirements of the free and democratic society. so i napped i had the feel of human cognition position dell also raised doubts over the independence of turkey's judiciary after the government urged prosecutors and police. he said the development's concerns and because of his experiences living in communist east germany. in the turkish prime minister read it i dare to one accused the german president of meddling in turkey's domestic affairs. on the tin statesman must act like a statesman. he probably still considers himself to be a pastor because he used to be one. but what he's done now is unacceptable. we have been keeping him informed about what we are doing. no doubt remains unmoved by the fox saying he felt compelled to speak out is whether the congressman of tickets i did my gt which is to address reality it's just beats in a concrete manner would think that we know about it because of media coverage and from what

you're looking at live pictures in turkey. emergency crews were able to evacuate over 360 miners at the time of the blast. the country's worst mining disaster was back in '92. we'll keep you updated as that story develops. >> tragedy. >>> also to come on today's show, facebook founder zuck zuckerberg turns 30. he's already worth an estimated $26.6 billion. is that all? we'll speak to "wall street journal" best seller to discuss his business success. >> wonder if he wants to come live in london. >>> whoever said art is a poor man's trade, art auction christie's broke records last night. phone out how many millions the new york auction house made. >>> plus, all systems go. forget formula one. apparently today it's all about formula e. we'll find out how the new racing startup aattracting investment from richard branson and even leonardo dicaprio. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. but if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrea

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an explosion in turkey leaves at least 200 dead. rescuers are racing against time trying to save the 200 more still trapped inside. rolledy of a 26 are journalist was found tuesday by -- a 26-year-old journalist was found tuesday. officials say she was caught in an ambush. the cannes film festival kicks off today but not without controversy. starst's opening film nicole kidman as grace of monaco. that movie has been slammed by both her children and a movie website. also coming up this hour, the judge at the oscar pistorius trial orders the athlete to undergo a mental evaluation after an expert psychologist testified that the w amputee sprinter -- testify that the double amputee sprinter suffered from a personality disorder. -- and-china protests anti-china protests continue in vietnam. china's growing over recent installment of an oil rig in disputed southeast asian waters. we will be getting reaction from china. first to turkey where at least 200 people have been confirmed dead in one of the worst mining disasters in turkish histor

. >> it could be the worst mining disaster in turkey history. 120 the miners are still missing and all this beginning yesterday when there was an explosion and fire at the mine. the friends and family are gather in the town of soma. andrew is there with the latest. >> it is the aftermath. under ground fire, an explosion and poison fumes and now loss. and on such a fast scale. rescuers did their level best but so many miners died together in large numbers. most with no means of escape. >> it is one of the biggest work accidents in our history. the fire started in a mine of a private company. 77 million people are feeling the pain. we are sorry to lose to miners. i give my condolences to their families and to the nation. >> their relatives had to wait hour after hour in often forlorned hope. the death just kept increasing. >> we are still waiting here. i have two relatives in the mine. we have been waiting since this afternoon and we are still here. no one is giving us any information. >> it was as if people couldn't bring themselves to believe the scale of what happened. and the timing

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andrew simmons, al jazeera, turkey. >> when it comes to mining turkey's record is not good. more than 1000 workers were killed, turkey's record was also the worst in europe in 2012. our first person report tonight looks at whether turkey's government could have prevented this. aaron stein i follows turkish politics very closely. >> we know that the main turkish milk policy party put forth a statement just two weeks ago, and the turkish parliament blocked that motion. when you add on top of this the mining company is known to have close links to the government. and on top of all that, one of the things that people who were opposed to the akp's rule say about the government is that they don't win elections legitimately. not that they cheat at the ballot box but they buy out votes in anatolia. one of the ways they claim to buy votes is by handing out free coal. so you can see there's a political undertone to this developing. when the prime minister gave his press conference today, he reacted so -- i don't want to say it's heartless but it came off as completely cold. to some of

new developments out of turkey where 240 people are dead. hundreds more still trapped. here is video of that scene in western turkey outside a mine that exploded and caught fire. today in the bay's peggy bunker joins us now. >> this will surely affect every family in soma. the death toll now sitting at 232 after the explosion. this is 155 miles south of istanbul. this happened during a shift change when more corkkworkers t normal were inside the mine. and they shouted their release. [ cheers and applause ] >> 363 miners have been pull ped out alive so far. family members wait near the entrance hoping that they will be their loved one. they were below ground when a transformer blew. rescuers are pulling out many victims 232 dead so far. most died from carbon monoxide poisoning. trapping them about 450 yards below ground. and then this, dozens of ambulances carried them dead or alive. the scene can only be described as complete chaos. the receisafety records for min there questionable. this mine has been inspected five times in the past two years. during that inspection n

. ♪ >>> and in turkey protesters clash with police at a mine where hundreds of men lost their lives.> the first party to do so in 30 years. he was one a [ inaudible ] will be sworn in as prime minister sometime next week. here is the report from the capitol in new delhi. >> reporter: a new political chapter in the world's largest democracy. ♪ >> reporter: welcomed with a loud bang and a burst of color. at the headquarters in gnu deli. victory celebrations started early. it transpired to be a land slide victory. >> i'm so happy with the people and i bow to you and thank you for all of the love you have shown me. i am thanking you from the bottom of my heart. i respect and solute you. >> reporter: the party held prayers in anticipation of a good performance. but most supporters viewed the final as a mere form mallty. they describe the party's win as a new start for the country. >> translator: we used to look to the west for support and development, but now we're going to be the kind of country that people [ inaudible ]. >> translator: we respect all religions. he will take care of peop

signs that turkey's minorities might be joining hands. changed turkey.glacial change and we will only notice over time. perhaps in a timeframe of five years. think primeu minister erdogan is going to be feeling today? you cap about the changes that , how will he be viewing the last 12 months and how will he be feeling about his future? sure he is very concerned. even though the western press has talked about the victory in local elections. his support among the local population has dropped by seven points. he will throw his hat into the ring for the presidential race in august. unless he cuts a deal with the kurds, he is facing a very feisty opposition. he cannot guarantee a victory. approach will not be reconciliation and dialogue with people and other sources of opposition. to keep doing what he does best, to crack down on any demonstrations tomorrow and next week with the full force of the police. to hope that his constituency can be made to believe that gezi is the work of shadowy international organizations andng to undermine turkey him personally.

worst mining disaster in turkey history.police deployed, hundreds of people out on the streets of the small mining town outside the hospital. ambulancing moving around, as well as funeral vehicles as the number of the dead continue to increase. the rescue workers are trying to work depths of perhaps more than a mile under ground to reach the hundreds of miners that are still believed to be trapped under ground. the latest death toll is 200 people killed. mostly as a result, we believe, of smoke

. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, a minder of the top stories, egyptian presidential candidate has accepted defeat in the election but says there were serious violations in the vote. meanwhile, supporters of the former military leader al sisi says he won the election with more than 90% of the vote. pakistan's prime minister has order his government to investigate the killing of a woman in the city. she was beaten to death by her family who were angry because she married a man against their wishes. at least 14 people have been killed in ukraine, after pro-russian separatists shot down a military helicopter over the eastern city. it comes as a convoy of pro-russia separatists were seen heading towards an everything airport also in eastern ukraine. >>> now, turkey's highest court has ruled that a man ban on youtube violates self expression, it is a major bush back for the president. joining us from the phone is a anita. how did it happen? >> reporter: well, it's another court ruling that has overrul

. >>> and protest compromises cal the resignation of turkey's preside president, many are furious after his visit to the mine. >>> and rapper jay-z and his sister-in-law are speaking out after the infamous elevator braw brawl. >>> a one-way brawl there at the elevator. >> yeah, we saw the tape. >> yes, we've all seen it. and finally we're hearing a little more about it. we'll bring it to you later. you're watching cnn news room, i'm natalie allen. >>> and i'm errol barnett. thank you for joining us. >> and all of this unfolding in the past few hours, the country, hindu bjb party, traditionally hindu, as you see there celebrations are under way although that is a tame version of what is taking place in india right now. a spokesperson for india's ruling congress party already is conceding defeat. and here we'll break down the latest numbers for you, with 544 of india's 543 constituencies reporting, the opposition bjp leads in 275 of thoconstituenci crossing the barrier, the congress party leads in 49 districts, that is a staggering number to reach. the maximum number is 210, the maximum n

because turkey, saudi arabia, the gulfar abs will continue to -- gulf arabs.the boarder of the two countries runs down the middle. they are not nations. they hate each other today. >> i'll stop you there. >> without separating people, it will be difficult. >> i have to wrap it there. we'll have you back. joshia, sunni and fasil. thank you, that brings us to the end of "inside story". i'm ray suarez, from washington. >> 120 mine yours still trapped underground in turkey. the prime minister says 238 are now known to have died. ♪ >> hello there, you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also on the program, fearing more mass kidnappings like this villagers in northern nigeria have reportedly killed dozens of boko haram

and now, turkey's agony has turned to anger.many here accuse their government of being too lax on safety standards and are demanding better working conditions in the country's mines. after visiting soma yesterday, the turkish prime minister, tayyip erdogan, was heckled by an irate crowd who called him a murderer and a thief before he was driven off. and these photos, which show one of the prime minister's aides kicking a protester during the same episode, have sparked outrage in turkey. the government has promised a full investigation into what caused this disaster, but that won't bring back the men they're grieving in soma. this accident and its aftermath have sparked protests in several turkish cities, and, scott, the government here has responded by using water cannons to try to force the demonstrators off the street. >> pelley: holly williams covering in western turkey for us tonight. holly, thank you. it's been more than a month since islamic terrorists kidnapped more than 200 school girls in nigeria. tomorrow, nigeria's pr

. >> mine explosion, common in turkey where safety rules are often ignored. more than 1100 miners killed between 2001 and 2012, accounting for more than 10% have all accidental deaths in turkey. compare that to six mining deaths annually in the u.k. the world's deadliest place for mine accidents is china. 32 people have died there in just one year. >> we'll speak with the mine rescue foundation about tools and technology used in underground rescue efforts. >> a new mining accident in china leaving seven dead, officials saying the workers there were killed wednesday during it is construction of a mine in china. 26 workers were rescued, six trapped inside. an initial investigation showing a cement pipe fell ideas a shaft. that mine is being built by a government-run coal company. >> the captain of the south korean ferry that sank has been charged with murder, the captain and three crew members indicted over the disaster that killed 280 passengers. prosecutors say the men abandoned the sinking vessel before passengers could be rescue the. 11 other crew members w

turkey will hold a presidential election in august. erdogan is expected to run and to win.f he does, he will probably pick a devoted follower to succeed him as prime minister. those who do not like what he does and say so will face an emboldened and unbridled president, just like the people of soma did. >> it's almost time for us to go here on "european journal," but before we do, here is one more story that has absolutely nothing to do with politics and a lot to do with love of animals. a special kind which used to be common in european households until space became an issue. keeping chickens as pets has become hugely popular in recent years, at least in britain. >> for most chickens these days, life is not much fun. it spared the rotisserie, they tend to spend it in crowded industrial farms under inhumane conditions, but enroll england, people here have begun to describe the chicken as a pet, and they pamper them with all the comforts due to their little darlings. the luxury coupe in the yard, like this one for instance, designed by this dynamic young man. now his company

is likely to be a decisivive year in turkey. >> there is a new award. you have heard of the pull it'sers and the memmies. how about the kremlins. you have to be russian and loyal to moscow's narrative on ukraine. on may 5th, the veda mosti said putin issued a decree last month with the awarding of the fairyland medal to more than 300 russian editors, four of the articles said their high-level professionalism and objective coverage of events in crimea. poopt's spokesman confirmed it to the moscow times but refused to add details. among those honored, russia today's chief editor simyonyan who at the height of the crisis tweeted ukraine rest in peace. >> and on television saying russia is the only country in the world that is realistically capable of turning the u.s. into radioactive ash he missed out on this round of honors but got the same medal three months ago for what the kremlin called many years of conscientious work. critical journalists did not make the cut. there are some parodies of the awards including one that says send that studio a medal. .

according to the most recent figures there were 7.2 deaths in turkey in 2008. that compares to 1.72 deaths in china. questions are being asked about whether the prime minister's ruling could compare to better safety standards at the mine. according to politicians in the areas where the accident happened ten inspections found more than 60 safety violations. turkey's labor and social security ministry said that the mine had been inspected five times since 2012 including in march of this year and no issues of violation of work safety were found. the government is being accused of ignoring warnings and rejecting a proposal for inquiry into mine safety in the region. politicians with the ruling ak party voted against the inquiry only last month. the mining company said in a statement that the accident happened despite measures taken to the highest and sustained inspection process. protesters gathered at the company headquarters in istanb istanbul. the graffiti on the wall reads "murderers." >> they privatized the mine. success stories were told. they came out and ta

the underrepresented rural class in turkey. and he is -- he represents their point of view that have been for so long for much of the 20th century repressed. >> is he that man? is he who he represents himself to be? in fact, in practice. >> well, he has actually shown over the past six months when all of the correction charges have come up against him, with all of these protests that started last year. and throughout turkey he has shown him to be playing to this core constituentsy, that really -- his poll numbers go up when he lashes out and he behaves in this belligerent manner. >> right, so who are his opponents right now? and what do they want? is are they a real threat to the ed leer ship? is. >> that's a great question, and i wish that you could say that they were opponents in turkey. but there's no real opposition in turkey. >> right. >> that's part of the problem. >> there is strife within his own party, isn't there? >> there is strife within his own party, but he still retain as lot of power, and he is the charismatic l

an explosion in turkey leaves at least 200 dead. rescuers are racing against time trying to save the 200 more still trapped inside. rolledy of a 26 are journalist was found tuesday by -- a 26-year-old journalist was found tuesday. officials say she was caught in an ambush. the cannes film festival kicks off today but not without controversy.

said to him the stands ready it assist our cannds in turkey any way we and the ministers gathered for the friends of syria core group observed a minute of silence in memory of the lives lost in turkey. hosted a series of meetings this morning starting ith a meeting of the fortune ministers of france, italy, germany, united states and the crisis in cuss the ukraine. we unanimously welcome the government's efforts to promote constitutional reform including the first meeting of that was al dialogue held yesterday and this was clearly a successful first meeting. we strongly welcomed that. we welcome the fact that reparations for the presidential elections on the 5th of may are proceeding well and the great majority of christi ukraine. we strongly reported the osce and the work of the work of the osce on the ground. united kingdom has committed nearly two million pounds to for their work in ukraine and i can announce an additional 500,000 tion of another pounds to the special monitoring mission. are enough there monitors and resources to truthfully onport what is happening on the ground ca

. >>> and the coal mine disaster in turkey is now the country's worst mining accident. at least 282 miners were killed, and hope is fading for another 150 who are missing. today rescue efforts in soma are being hampered because a fire continues to burn inside the mine. public outrage over safety conditions at the mine is growing. four large unions have called a strike today. holly williams is in soma. >> reporter: relatives cried in anguish as rescuers carried bodies from the entrance of the coal mine, the scene of one of the worst mining disasters in turkish history. an explosion sparked a fire in the mine shaft on tuesday as more than 700 workers prepared to change shifts. carbon monoxide killed many of them, but others are still trapped and others believe parts of the mine are filled with poisonous gas. some of workers made it out unscathed, but turkish government officials say that hope that more survivors will be found is fading. mining accidents are common here in turkey and safety standards are low, but the sheer scale of this disaster is already fueling public a

i'm joined by andrew simmonds from soma turkey. good of you to join us. is there a chance that the trapped miners may be alive? >> reporter: highly unlikely. all the rescue workers we spoke to, and government officials and the ministry believe that the carbon monoxide in the mine has killed everyone. and now we are in a position where the figures, as they stand now, 282 miners dead. they have been recovered, but inside an unknown number. it's, at least, 100 estimated left. and as i say, it's likely they are all dead, but there has been a lull in activity, that the pit had behind me. that is unclear in terms of why because they are saying now that a fire was extinguished about 24 hours ago now. completely extinguished, but we are not getting any increase in the recovery of bodies, it's unclear what is going on, and that is worrying relatives of the dead, who are queueing up, wanting to know word of their loved one, in desperate stakes. the enormalitity of grief is hard to describe. the area is consumed with a level of emotion rarely seen in this sort of ac

>> yes, as you know more than a million syrian refugees who live in turkey, for them the election is not a priority. as i can tell you, we saw two syrian families sitting on the side of the road, they had just escaped illegally into turkey. some cross legally, some illegally, their priority the escaping, this is part of a charade is what they are calling it. a lot of them are growing helpless because they feel that the government is pushing forward with a military offensive, regaining territory. the rebels are bogged down in fighting, people feel the elections really mean that the election he will go long and there is no sort of political solution in sight. activists in turkey have encouraging people inside syria, those who live in government controlled territories not to participate ar in the election because they are taking partly in the bloodshed. >> a well-known syrian actor has created a, campaign, the syrian activists released videos reiteratridiculing the poll. >> we want to basically try to get the people that had not very pro giamb regime, are we try to, stay add home, do no

turkey's government feels the backlash after the death of hundreds of coalminers. make it worse, pictures of an advisor to the prime minister attacking a demonstrator. hit by two mondays of rain in less than two days. lift off. >> and more on why space has become the new frontier. tensions between moscow and washington. >> nothing. can ever break us. >> and the u.s. president opens new york's 9/11 museum, some of the victims families aren't happy. >> tickerdy's government is facing an angry backlash. water cannon and tier gas to break up a protest by trade union. four of the country's biggest unions called for the strike. they say workers lives are being jeopardized. the sense of aingeer and frustration isn't being helped by pictures showing an advisor to the prime minister kicking a demonstrator. he appears to attack the man as he is held on the ground by police. but for the families of the dead, the grief goes on, funerals have been held for dozens with more rescues all but lost. first andrew simmons has this report. >> all over this area, the grief is intensifyi