Πάνω από 30.000 άμαχοι εγκατέλειψαν την A.Γούτα

Περισσότεροι από 30.000 άνθρωποι έχουν ήδη εγκαταλείψει από το πρωί την ανατολική Γούτα, το προάστιο αυτό της πρωτεύουσας της Συρίας, της Δαμασκού, μέσω του σημείου ελέγχου της Χαμουρίγια,  όπως δήλωσε ο εκπρόσωπος του Κέντρου για τη Συμφιλίωση στη Συρία που ανήκει στο ρωσικό Υπουργείο Άμυνας, ταγματάρχης Βλαντίμιρ Ζολοτούκιν.

Video: Ρωσικά υποβρύχια εκτόξευσαν πυραύλους kalibr κατά του ISIS

Επτά πύραυλοι κρουζ τύπου kalibr εκτοξεύτηκαν σήμερα από δύο ρωσικά υποβρύχια που κινούνται κάπου στην ανατολική Μεσόγειο εναντίον στόχων του Ισλαμικού Κράτους στα προάστια της συριακής πόλης Ντέιρ αλ-Ζορ, αναφέρεται σε ανακοίνωση που εξέδωσε το ρωσικό υπουργείο Άμυνας.

Τουρκία: Χειροπέδες σε στρατιώτες που κλωτσούσαν νεαρούς πρόσφυγες

Έπειτα από σάλο που προκάλεσε βίντεο που έδειχνε ομάδα τούρκων στρατιωτών να κλωτσούν σύρους πρόσφυγες που είχαν εντοπιστεί στα σύνορα, οι τουρκικές ένοπλες δυνάμεις ανακοίνωσαν τη σύλληψη των εμπλεκομένων.

ΗΠΑ: Καταρακτώδεις πλημμύρες στην Αριζόνα με 9 νεκρούς

Τουλάχιστον εννιά άτομα πνίγηκαν ενώ κολυμπούσαν σε ποτάμι της Αριζόνα όταν παρασύρθηκαν από αστραπιαίες πλημμύρες μετά από καταρακτώδεις βροχές στην πολιτεία, που έχει υποφέρει από ξηρασία, είπαν χθες οι αρχές.

Μεγάλη φωτιά σε πύργο 27 ορόφων στo δυτικό Λονδίνο

Μεγάλη φωτιά ξέσπασε σε πύργο 27 ορόφων (Grenfell Tower) στα δυτικά του Λονδίνου τις πρώτες πρωινές ώρες σήμερα.

Τρια παιδιά μεταξύ των δέκα επιζόντων από τη χιονοστιβάδα στην Ιταλία

Τρία παιδιά διασώθηκαν σήμερα από τους τεράστιους όγκους χιονιού και συντριμμιών στο ξενοδοχείο που καταπλακώθηκε από χιονοστιβάδα στην κεντρική Ιταλία, ανακοίνωσε η Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία της Ιταλίας.

Turkish Airlines: 32 νεκροί από τη συντριβή εμπορικού αεροσκάφους

Τουλάχιστον 32 είναι οι νεκροί από τη συντριβή αεροσκάφους μεταφοράς εμπορευμάτων Boeing 747, κοντά στο αεροδρόμιο Μανάς.

Benjamin Netanyahu: Υποστηρικτής του ISIS ο δράστης στην Ιερουσαλήμ

Oλες οι ενδείξεις υποδηλώνουν ότι ο οδηγός του φορτηγού που σκότωσε σήμερα το πρωί τέσσερις Ισραηλινούς στρατιώτες σε πεζόδρομο της δυτικής Ιερουσαλήμ ήταν υποστηρικτής του Ισλαμικού Κράτους, δήλωσε ο πρωθυπουργός του Ισραήλ Βενιαμήν Νετανιάχου, όπως μετέδωσε το Reuters.

Erdogan: O συνασπισμός υπό της ΗΠΑ στηρίζει το ISIS

Ο Πρόεδρος της Τουρκίας μιλώντας σήμερα σε συγκέντρωση του κόμματός του στην Άγκυρα τόνισε πως ο συνασπισμός των ΗΠΑ που βρίσκεται στη Συρία έχει βοηθήσει τρομοκρατικές ομάδες μεταξύ των οποίων και το ISIS.

Βίντεο με Τούρκους στρατιώτες να καίγονται ζωντανοί δημοσιοποίησε το ISIS

Οι τζιχαντιστές του ISIS δημοσιοποίησαν βίντεο στο οποίο δύο Τούρκοι στρατιώτες καίγονται ζωντανοί ενώ είναι δεμένοι, στο βόρειο τμήμα της επαρχίας του Χαλεπίου.

Πέθανε ο Φιντέλ Κάστρο

Πέθανε, σε ηλικία 90 ετών, ο Φιντέλ Κάστρο, ηγέτης της κουβανικής επανάστασης.

Bashar al-Assad: Οι Αμερικανοί βομβάρδισαν σκόπιμα τον συριακό στρατό

Οι Αμερικανοί βομβάρδισαν σκόπιμα τον συριακό στρατό στην Ντέιρ Αλ Ζορ, δήλωσε ο πρόεδρος της Συρίας Μπασάρ Αλ Άσαντ, σε συνέντευξη του στο πρακτορείο Associated Press.

Η Ρωσία δίνει στη δημοσιότητα βίντεο από την αυτοκινητοπομπή στη Συρία

Το βίντεο μεταδόθηκε από τον ρωσικό τηλεοπτικό σταθμό Rossyia 1 και συνοδευόταν από σχολιασμό του εκπρόσωπου του ρωσικού υπουργείου Άμυνας Ίγκορ Κονασένκοφ.

Η Μπόκο Χαράμ έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα βίντεο με τις μαθήτριες που έπεσαν θύματα απαγωγής το 2014

Η ισλαμιστική οργάνωση Μπόκο Χαράμ, που δρα στη Νιγηρία, δημοσιοποίησε βίντεο στο οποίο φαίνεται να συμμετέχουν δεκάδες από τις μαθήτριες που έπεσαν θύματα απαγωγής πριν από δύο χρόνια. Στο βίντεο αυτό, αναφέρεται ότι μερικές από αυτές σκοτώθηκαν από τους αεροπορικούς βομβαρδισμούς.

Σε εξέλιξη μεγάλη πυρκαγιά στο κέντρο της Λευκάδας: Τέσσερα παραδοσιακά ξύλινα σπίτια έχουν τυλιχθεί στις φλόγες

Μεγάλη πυρκαγιά ξέσπασε  στο κέντρο της Λευκάδας, για άγνωστους έως στιγμής λόγους.

Νότια Κορέα: «Κατασκευασμένο» το βίντεο με τη δοκιμή βαλλιστικού πυραύλου

Οι ένοπλες δυνάμεις της Νότιας Κορέας πιστεύουν ότι το νέο βίντεο που έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα η Πιονγκγιάνγκ και υποτίθεται ότι δείχνει μια δοκιμή βαλλιστικού πυραύλου υποβρύχιας εκτόξευσης (ΒΠΥΕ) είναι κατασκευασμένο, μετέδωσαν τα τοπικά μέσα ενημέρωσης.

Thousands evacuated after fire engulfs Dubai tower. No casualties caused by blaze...(video YT)

A huge fire engulfed one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai's Marina district, sending bright yellow flames several stories high, but there were no reports of casualties, civil defence officials said.
The fire broke out at about 2am on Saturday in the 86-storey Torch tower on the northeast end of the densely populated district, which is packed with multi-storey skyscrapers.
High winds whipped through the area and debris from the fire cluttered nearby streets after the blaze appeared to be extinguished.

The civil defence officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there were no reports of deaths or injuries.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
The Marina area is home to dozens of towering apartment blocks and hotels, many of them built over the past decade. The apartments are popular with Dubai's large number of expatriate professionals.
Police blocked off areas around the 336 metre-high Torch tower, which still had power. Lights were on in many of the apartments inside and multiple fire trucks and police vehicles were on the scene.
Residents of at least one neighbouring tower were told to evacuate as a precaution because of strong winds, but they were later allowed back inside.
One witness said the fire started in the middle of the tower before spreading down, describing it as like "the Titanic going down". Flaming material falling from the initial fire then set a lower part of the building ablaze, witnesses said.
Rescue efforts
Torch tower resident Steve Short, 53, of Liverpool, England, praised the work of firefighters who arrived quickly. He said fire alarms alerted residents to the blaze and building management sent workers knocking on doors to ensure residents got out.
Resident RJ Morlock, 33, of Houston, shot video on his phone that showed bright yellow flames reaching what appeared to be several stories on two separate parts of the building. He said residents were nervous coming out but fire crews were able to bring the situation under control.
"I was really surprised they got it under control pretty quickly," he said. "It looked like it was going to go up."
As daylight broke, residents waiting across the street to be allowed back home were able to see the extent of the blaze: External cladding on the corner of more than two dozen stories from roughly the 50th floor to the top were mangled and charred black.
Cleanup crews dressed in orange uniforms swept up pieces of shattered glass and other debris covering the street outside the building.
 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/thousands-evacuated-fire-engulfs-dubai-tower-150221012315584.html
21/2/15
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Floods paralyze Indonesia's capital (the rain will continue for another seven days)

 Parts of Indonesia's capital have been paralysed by floods after torrential downpours swamped the city overnight.

Heavy rain disrupted transportation throughout the city. Thousands of train passengers were left stranded when two of Jakarta’s main stations flooded, some areas left 2-1/2 feet deep in water.


The head of the country's Regional Disaster Management Agency, Bambang Surya Putra, told reporters at city hall Monday that many houses had been flooded, but no one had been displaced.

 "2,698 families homes were flooded, but residents remained in their homes, usually moving all their possessions to the second floor of their houses," Putra said.

The Southeast Asian country is halfway through a months-long rainy season that typically peak in Jakarta in January.

• The agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics has predicted that the rain will continue for another seven days.

Flooding has also hit other areas on the country, namely; Bandung, West Java, Central Java, South Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, and Bali.
www.aa.com.tr/en
9/2/15
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Massive rallies across France in memory of terrorist victims (video YT)

An estimated 700,000 took to the streets in cities across France Saturday to hold silent marches in memory of the 17 people who died in several terrorist attacks during one of the most traumatic and emotional weeks for the country in living memory.

According to local officials in the southern city of Nice, 30,000 people marched along the famous Promenade des Anglais on the beachfront, holding placards reading the now familiar message: “Je Suis Charlie”.


“Make the most of this silent march because we are a people who will never stay quiet,” another sign read.

There were similar scenes a few hundred kilometers west in Toulouse, where around 120,000 people took to the streets, according to police figures, in a city of 440,000 residents.

In Pau, in the southwest, some 30,000 people turned out to march – almost half the town’s population of 80,000.

Around 75,000 marched in Nantes in western France behind a banner reading “Living together, free, equal and united”, and in Orleans (population: 113,000), 22,000 took part in another silent vigil.

Demonstrations also took place in Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Lyon and numerous other towns and cities across the country.

In total, around 700,000 people took part in the marches across the country, said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

Saturday’s marches were just a small taste of what is to come with a vast demonstration set to be held in the capital Paris on Sunday. More than a million people are expected to attend, including President François Hollande and several other heads of state from around the world.

‘An exceptional moment’

The marches are a chance for French people to come together in both grief and determination following one of the darkest weeks in the country’s recent history that started with the murder of 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.

The two gunmen in that attack were killed in a dramatic end to a hostage siege near Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport Friday.

Seconds later, police stormed a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris where a gunman held several people captive. The gunman was killed, but four hostages also lost their lives in the siege.

But though the worst may now be over, fears remained acute and security levels were kept at France's highest level Saturday, the fact that the girlfriend of the gunman killed in the supermarket siege remained at large a cause for particular concern.

Hundreds of extra troops were deployed around Paris, beefing up security on the eve of Sunday’s march.

But those who took to the streets were keen to show they would not be cowed.

“I’m in my ninth month of pregnancy and, being pregnant, it’s even more important to defend our values of liberty, equality and fraternity, said one woman at the march in Nice, 29-year-old Piérine. “I want my child to be born into a better world.”

“I never demonstrate “, added Emmanuell, 48. “It is an important and exceptional moment – to defend certain right and to pay our respects to the French citizens who have died."

(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS)
http://www.france24.com/en/20150110-vast-rallies-across-france-memory-terrorist-victims-charlie-hebdo/
10/1/15
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First of four Fukushima reactors cleared of nuclear fuel (VIDEO aljazeera)

One of four heavily damaged reactor buildings at Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant has been cleared of radioactive fuel rods, the operator said on Saturday (Dec 20).
It was a significant step in the decommissioning efforts, but workers still have three heavily crippled reactors to clean up after they were sent into meltdown in the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. The overall clean-up work of the Fukushima plant is expected to take decades.

A total of 1,535 fuel rod assemblies have been now taken out of the building after Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO's) year-long operation, a company spokesman said. "Completion of the removal work is a milestone, but the decommission work will continue," plant chief Akira Ono told reporters.

The nuclear fuel was removed from a pool used to store the rods - which were mostly spent - in the reactor number 4 building, which was offline for regular check-ups at the time of the March 2011 disaster. 

The tsunami battered the plant's cooling system and sent reactors number 1 to 3 into meltdown, setting off the worst atomic accident in a generation.

TEPCO will remove fuel rod assemblies from the pools of other damaged buildings before extracting the melted fuel from the reactors.

- AFP/al

 [channelnewsasia.com]

20/12/14

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Related:

• All spent fuel removed from reactor 4 pool at Fukushima No. 1, Tepco says ...

• Earthquake with an intensity of 4 on the Japanese scale of 7 rattled the Hamadori area of eastern Fukushima Prefecture at 6:31 p.m. Saturday, the Meteorological Agency said.....

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Related:

• Fukushima Water Treatment System Fails Again

• Effectiveness of Fukushima Ice Wall Unclear to Experts

• TEPCO finds water leak area in crippled Fukushima No.1 reactor

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• TEPCO moves 22 fuel rods from the 4th unit of NPP “Fukushima-1” to a special pool...

• Fukushima operator to start fuel-rod removal. -Japan's engineers prepare to move uranium and plutonium fuel rods as part of plant's decades-long decommissioning plan.

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