[Sesay:] Hello, and welcome to our viewers around the world. I'm Isha Sesay. NEWSROOM L.A. starts right now. We begin with a story just into us here at CNN. Turkey's state news agency reports a powerful explosion at a police checkpoint in the eastern part of the country in Cazro. The town is not far from Iraq and Reuters reports it is home to a large Kurdish population. We'll bring you thing information the latest it comes into us. To Italy now. Aftershocks are hitting the town. A camera crew captured a strong one on Thursday. These aftershocks are hampering rescue efforts. Workers say the possibility of finding anyone alive is dwindling by the hour. So far, 250 people are known to have died. More than 360 are injured. Italy has declared a state of emergency in the devastated areas and that frees up about 50 million Euros in aid. Siletta, a small village saw 22 people killed. CNN contributor, Barbie Nadeau, joins us from there. Barbie, tell us what is happening where you are right now.
[Barbie Nadeau, Cnn Contributor:] We're right here in one of the hardest hit areas right now. One of the things, when you spend a little time here, you start looking at the rubble and understanding what people went through. Underneath this window, there are sheets tied here. We don't know if anyone climbed to safety. But just seeing that brings home the fact that this is not a movie scene, this is an actual real place where people died. 22 people lost their lives in this place. We know that 22 people died here. We know their bodies have been removed. They're not searching actively for anyone else in this area, but we're seeing some moment. Rescue workers, still in this area. No doubt trying to shore up this area. But all over here, you see the destruction. People who lived here, those that did survive are coming back to take a look. They obviously want to get into their houses, they want to take what's left of them. Some houses are standing, others there's nothing left. Right now, authorities are working with those people trying to give them a sense of comfort, to feel safe, but difficult to do because of the extremely strong aftershocks we've had. There was one that registered about 4.8 a while ago, shook the area, shook a lot of this rubble. And for the people who got out of these houses alive, those are the types of things they're having a hard time going through and those are the specific priorities of the workers, the civil protection people and the counselors right now that are in action trying to help those people deal with the aftermath of this, people who lost lives, loved love lost loved ones, lost their houses, now have to begin the process of starting over. And there are more than 6,000 people, officials here, right now trying very hard to make that happen for them Isha?
[Sesay:] Yeah. The damage is hard to take in. Barbie Nadeau, joining us. Barbie, appreciate it. Thanks so much for the reporting. Residents in a nearby village say they mourn for all the dead saying there are too many. Their village was spared mass casualties but has been reduced to piles of rock. Atika Shubert is there.
[Atika Shubert, Cnn Correspondent:] The village of San Angelo is covered in rubble. When we arrived, soldiers salvaged the church bell, but no one is here any more. Aftershocks keep people from returning. A mother and child were killed, crushed in their beds [on camera]: It's incredibly eerie walking through the rubble of this tiny village of San Angelo. I want to point this out. This bed sheet here, you can see it knotted to the top, tied together. I think residents inside may have used this to try and come down because as you can see, the doors are stuck because the walls collapsed around them and there was no way for people to come out this way so survivors may have tried to come out here. You get a real sense of just how horrific this was by the scenes here. Whole walls sheared off. You can see inside the kitchens and the living rooms just as they were at the moment the earthquake struck. [voice-over]: As you walk through the rubble here, we step over doors, these twisted pipes, windows that have been sheared off. But this really shocked us. What we're standing on top of now, it's actually a car that has been crumpled by the rubble of the home that's fallen on top of it. [on camera]: At the village green, a tent camp is being built to house hundreds from San Angelo and neighboring villages. Survivors rest in the shade, still in shock. This grandmother tells us there is no hope, too many people dead. Amatrice doesn't exist anymore. Amatrice has disappeared. There are so many dead, so many children. [voice-over]: The village of San Angelo is one of the places where tent camps are based and this tent camp can house several hundred people. I actually spoke to several teenagers that were right here in this playground when the earthquake struck at 3:00 a.m. That was lucky because they were able to help many of the elderly residents who were trapped inside their homes and they set up the first aid camp here. In that time, the camp has grown and I want to show you a little bit here. Many of the people from the neighboring towns and villages are coming here now. It's lunchtime, they are getting food, water, whatever medical help they need but also importantly, electricity. They are able to plug their phones in to keep in touch with their families and tell them that they're safe. [on camera]: Here, they are safe, but stunned by the destruction and loss all around them. Atika Shubert, CNN, San Angelo, Italy.
[Sesay:] We want to show you some photos now, a few before and after shots that give you a better understanding of the damage, from the 15th century San Augustus Church to the town's iconic clock tower, and even roadways to other villages. And you can see widespread destruction and bleak reminders of how life used to be. Now, at least five people are dead from a hostage standoff in Somalia. Police in Mogadishu says they stormed the center. Before the siege, a car bomb detonated near the Turkish embassy. A terror group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing. Whenever we think the Syrian civil war cannot or should not get more brutal and horrendous, it does. At least 15 people were killed in a barrel bomb attack carried out by the Syrian government. Rebels and the Syrian regime are intensifying their fight over Aleppo, which just used to be an economic powerhouse. Separately, Syria's main ally, Russia, has agreed to a 48-hour cease- fire in Aleppo. The U.N. has been requesting that for weeks, but says more is needed to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
[Unidentified U.n. Official:] Unless those step inside, unless those pauses first happen and become permanent, there's millions of people that are trapped inside the country, and I hate to think what their fate is if we could not reach them very with quickly.
[Sesay:] Jomana Karadsheh is following developments for us. Jomana, what's the latest you're hearing about the situation in Aleppo right now?
[Jomana Karadsheh, Cnn International Correspondent:] Well, Isha, what we know is these devastating images that we have been receiving overnight of that attack that took place in southeastern Aleppo in a rebel-held besieged area where they say at least two barrel bombs, these according to human rights organizations, these are canisters packed with explosives and fragments of metals that the Syrian regime is close to using, they say they are unguided and thrown out of helicopters and randomly hit various buildings. In this case, according to activists, it hit a building in this residential neighborhood and there are different casualty figures according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that keeps attract of the violence on the ground. They say at least 11 of the people were children, four others were women. And we have been going through these images and videos that have been coming out by activists since yesterday, Isha, and I have to say they're extremely heartbreaking, just unimaginable suffering that you see in these pictures and these images. And we wanted to share one video with you that we chose to show our viewers. I have to caution them that it is extremely graphic and disturbing. It is not suitable for all viewers. But it shows and reflects the suffering of one mother. And you can imagine other mothers who have lost children. This one woman wailing, screaming over her son, screaming, saying Hassan. She wants to take a photo with him. You can see how distraught she is and you can feel the anguish in their voice. It's unimaginable. And this is the suffering of one mother. And according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than a hundred children so far this month have been killed in the fighting that has been escalating in Aleppo. Dozens of other mowers going through this kind of grief and also, according to the Syrian state news agency, the regime, there was another attack on the Western side of Aleppo controlled by the regime. They say mortar attacks by rebels killed at least six people including two children, suffering on all sides of this conflict Isha?
[Sesay:] Those pictures of that grieving mother, incredibly hard to watch. Jomana, what about this 48-hour cease-fire that's been agreed to by the Russians. What are the expectations there? What are the goals for what can be achieved in 48 hours, considering there's so much need there in Aleppo?
[Karadsheh:] Well, this 48 hours we first heard this days ago, Isha, where the Russian defense ministry said they are willing to accept a 48-hour humanitarian pause in the fighting, a truce where they would allow the united nation toes bring in this desperately need aid into Aleppo. We have heard warnings from the U.N. saying hundreds of thousands of people, if not more than a million here, are facing severe shortages. And they really desperately need to get this aid, but they cannot do that unless there's a pause in the fighting that would allow them to move in. Now, the Russians said that they are willing to do this, but according to the U.N., we need to wait and hear from the other parties on the grouped, the rebel parties and, of course, the person powers including the U.S. that have the ability to broker such an agreement that would allow the U.N. to bring in this desperately needed aid, trucks ready to move according to the U.N. Isha?
[Sesay:] It is so desperately needed. Jomana Karadsheh, thanks, as always. Now, Iraq says it has forced is out of a strategic town south of Mosul. The terror group has lost a key source of oil revenue. It is a crucial step towards retaking-Mosul, which is capitol de facto in Iraq. Mosul, which is Iraq's second largest city, has been under the brutal control of ISIS for more than two years. Inside that city, a secret resistance is staging a small war of their own. Here is Arwa Damon.
[Arwa Damon, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Operating deep within the shadows of ISIS territory in Mosul is a network so secretive even its own members do not know each other's identities. The letter "M" spray painted on Mosul wall. "M" for "the resistance." The message to
[Isis:] We are here, we are among you. The Mosul battalions look for weaknesses in ISIS defenses, carrying out hit-and-run operations or waiting for a moment to strike isolated targets, like had checkpoint on the outskirts of the city. This man is one of their liaisons. [on camera]: How did the Mosul battalions manage to organize themselves?
[Unidentified Male:] It started as two friends who trust each other and they would arrest to target ISIS in a particular point.
[Damon:] The same happened elsewhere and by the end of 2014 the Mosul battalions formed. Their weapons are basic. What they found and hid in the city or what they snatched from
[Isis. Unidentified Male:] The roadside bombs they use they would steal from ISIS. Is puts bombs in certain area. And those who have previous military experience would target them.
[Damon:] They operate in two and three-man cells independent of one another. No cell knows the name of another. [on camera]: The man says he is with the battalions in Mosul. [voice-over]: He's speaking just outside the city. Talking on the phone is punishable by death.
[Unidentified Male:] We carry out assassinations, sniper operations against senior is members. We target the Houses they live in.
[Damon:] The distorted voice in this video says they assassinated an ISIS fighter. The images then show what they say is the dead man's I.D., pistol and suicide belt. He says they are providing intermediaries, intelligence and coordinates to the coalition. Here is the aftermath of a strike they say is based on their information. And they are waiting for what they call zero hour, distributing leaflets warning ISIS its end is coming. And they ready, ready for the day Iraq's army is successful and they rally the people to rise. Arwa Damon, CNN, Iraq.
[Sesay:] Time for a quick break now. Next on CNN NEWSROOM, police in Brazil have charged Ryan Lochte with falsely reporting a crime. We'll discuss what other legal options for the Olympic swimmer.