Tuesday, October 18, 2017

So let's take for an example - my house. All right, I live in a very, sort of, urban areas, as most people in Australia do. A couple of years ago, a venomous snake decided to take up residence outside my house. I wasn't particularly thrilled and I was quite terrified by it, but it's also terrified of me. And it, you know, slithered off into the bush and didn't want anything else to do with my house. So I saw a snake. It didn't come near me. It didn't attack me, and it didn't want to. Really, it just wanted to get away from me, 'cause I was the one that it saw as terrifying.

Istanbul has fully reopened Ataturk International Airport after a suicide attack killed 41 people and injured more than 200 yesterday. At least 10 of those killed in the attacks were foreigners. 109 of the 239 injured have been released from the hospital, that according to Istanbul's governor. Three suicide bombers reportedly shot several people before detonating explosives at the international arrivals terminal. Joining us from Istanbul is Dorian Jones, who covers Turkey and the Middle East of VOA. Dorian, thanks for being with us. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. However, the Turkish prime minister said early evidence points to an attack by Islamic State extremists.