Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Iraqi forces and shia millis is she and militias are on the defense. It is the biggest push against the militants who of overruns large parts of the country. A victory would the strategically and symbolically important. Reports. Nik nowhere is the fighting more intense than here. It is where Iraqi Government forces have launched their biggest offensive against the militants calling themselves the Islamic State. The iraqi forces and shia militiamen are advancing on the center of the city after retaking a large part of northwestern parts of the city. They have been met with joyous celebrations by local people who believe their city is on the verge of liberation. I am very happy, said this beaming child, that the you came in to rid us of the militants. The hometown of Saddam Hussein is one of the largest cities held by isis and is final. It will give iraqi forces a supply link in the battle for moz oh, the second city and i asked and issa stronghold. And isis stronghold. All of the iraqi flags, the Iranian Military has been heavily involved, they be even overseeing it. Speaking in washington, americas highest ranking official welcomed their involvement, albeit with a caveat. The support for the Iraqi Security forces is a positive thing in military terms against isil. We are all concerned about what happens after the drums stopped beating and isil is defeated. And whether the government of iraq will remain on a path for inclusive government for all of the various groups. We are very concerned about that. The battle is no means over. The iraqi forces seem to be on the verge of their most significant victory of the conflict. Laura for more on the battle, im joined by a retired general who once headed the training of iraqi forces. You may have trained these very forces. Are you encouraged by their progress . I think the combined forces, the shia and sunni militias with the Iraqi Security forces are doing as well as i expected. There will be a lot of learning on their part. The battle will be very difficult. It is not quite complete yet. They will learn things that will be applied to most to mosel. Chairman dempsey had it right. What the concern is is what happens after the battle. Will there be death squads, secretary and activities, ethnic cleansing, or a relatively inclusive governments. If it is the latter it will bode well for the future. If it is the former, it will have big problems. Laura if they can get the city can they hold it while they could ready for the battle for mosel . This is what they are learning. This is what the iraqis have to learn. How to maintain momentum on the counteroffensive without losing gains from previous battles. Laura the americans are not involved yet, but they will be in the battle for mosel. . Who knows if it will be next or if the iraqis will do something in the euphrates valley to make sure isis stays off balance. Laura will they stay off balance . How important is it to keep going . The tempo of the counter offensive is important. It doesnt have to be unrelenting, but it has to be at a pace that isis cannot recover and reestablish defensive positions. Laura what about the Islamic State in syria and libya . General dempsey had it right. The main effort is a rock. The supporting effort is in syria. We can do something in syria but we cannot do everything until the campaign in iraq is over. The key is to make sure the Iraqi Campaign goes well. Laura as you watch from afar after being closely involved, after so many years of the u. S. Going wrong in iraq, do you fear do you feel a corner is being turned . They went wrong in 2003, in 2009 and 2010, they went wrong. Maybe they are going back in the direction now. Laura general james to general james, thank you for joining us. A report by a Global Coalition of eight agency criticizes a counsel for letting down civilians and calls on the government to boost have military and to boost humanitarian responses. 8 Million People have been displaced. Good news does not come out of syria often. In the last few days the you win read a delivery to a Palestinian Refugee in damascus that has been smashed by the war. What makes it more cool is that the end more cruel is that the end is not insight. The statistics on serious dissent into hell is shocking. What is more shocking is that politicians have given up on the syrian crisis. It is remarkable that after two successive counsel evolutions calling for humanitarian aid for the syrian citizens, practically no improvement has been achieved in the flow of aid. What is worse, because of the continued fighting, the situation in the country has gotten worse. Last year was the worst so far for civilians. The worlds most powerful countries have not been able to make their own u. N. Resolutions work. That wouldve taken the kind of intervention that has been ruled out from the beginning. When i met the rebels from the freesyria army from the winter in the war in damascus, they wanted the west to help them overthrow the regime. He was a syrian officer who joined the fsa who hopes for more western backing. The Syrian People are suffering. Whether they are living in the regime or in isis, they are suffering from the bare bones of the regime and the humanity that isis is putting on them. Both areas do not have choices. Syrians are waiting for someone to give them their lives again. Four years on the revolutionaries has been eclipsed by armed rebels. There are fighting groups ranging from moderates to isis and al qaeda. The American Allies have intervened by bombing the jihadists. The where is going on thinks to military aid. It is hard to stop the war because it its complexity. It has become a proxy war between iran and to saudi arabia and fused with conflict in iraq. President assad seems more secure than it any time since the war started. He believes the rise of the Islamic State means western powers have effectively put a stake in his survival. Satellite pictures track the lights going out in syria the last four years. No one can say when they will come on again. Jeremy bowen, bbc news. Laura a rescue operation off the florida coast after an Army Black Hawk Helicopter Crash during a nighttime training mission. Seven marines and four soldiers are presumed dead. Pieces of the wreckage have washed ashore. It is not clear if dense fog had anything to do with the crash. A bbc is investigation uncovering details about chinas child trafficking. The children are being sold online for thousands of dollars. It is estimated up to 20,000 children are abducted every year and sold to adoptive parents. The demand is field by childless couples and is devastating for those whose children are taking. Martin patience reports on oneman search for his missing son. Martin these are the faces of chinas stolen children. 20,000 are adopted every year. A few of the missing are on display. Among them is xhao who was snatched off the street at the age of 5. His father has made it his mission to find him. I used to have nightmares when he would say, you dont want to find me. Now i jim a finding him and we are both happy. Now i dream of finding him and we are both happy. Martin police carry raids on traffickers. The demand driven by chinas childless couples. Snatched children are sold online under the guise of adoption. We investigated how easy it is to buy a baby. Online there were many suspicious postings. And china it is not against the law to advertise a child for adoption, but it is illegal to sell one. This posting explicitly advertises a baby for sale. The baby girl is a months old, healthy, and yours for dirty thousand dollars. 430,000 for 30,000. Our researcher contacted the seller posing as a buyer. We were shown the baby on a mobile phone. Not even 1yearold. Too young to ever know she had been put on sale. The seller told us she was a single mother of three. She said she could not afford to look after her children. We passed on the information to the authorities, but this is far from the only case. Our investigation reveals that children are also being sold in hospitals. Filmed undercover, this doctor told us babies were for sale. This father desperately wants to know what happened to his son. For eight years he has crisscrossed china in search of his boy. His journey will only end when he finds him, or he dies. In a country as vast as china, the chances are vanishingly small. Martin patience, bbc news. Laura the police chief in ferguson, missouri has resigned. Thomas jackson came under scrutiny following the shooting of martin Brown Michael brown. The administration was criticized for racial bias in a report by the u. S. Justice department. Im joined by correspondent kim. Kim he had resisted calls to step down. After the shooting of Michael Brown last year by one of his officers. He resisted the calls despite the fact he was criticized for his handling of the aftermath, the protests in practice and for weeks after. After the report last week issued by the department of justice, it highlighted him and one other official very much as the alleged racial bias in the practice of the police and court system. Pointing out there was a moneymaking enterprise taking place. It mostly targeted the africanamerican community. We have the resignation of john shaw the city manager, the most powerful official in the city. Today we have the resignation of Thomas Jackson who was in his position since 2010. Laura is seems like there is an effort to change the culture of policing in ferguson . Kim there is an effort underway. This resignation would be due to believe that is what is happening. Mayor James Knowles has promised there will be reform to the city in the suburb of st. Louis. There will be resistance. Residents of the city say their city is being unfairly criticized and they do not see racial bias. That is probably coming mostly from white residents. Eric holder, the attorney general, that there was a toxic environment and mistrust and resentment that was set off after the shooting of Michael Brown. Laura still to come on tonights program, four years after an earthquake lead to a Nuclear Accident in japan residents have given up on the idea of returning. A british woman has won a Landmark Court case. Correspondent Clive Coleman has the details. Clive coleman they separated after two years and divorced in 1992. A few years later at the Glastonbury Festival he invented a machine to provide a wind powered telephone service. At the to him creating a wind Farm Business worth 57 million pounds. His business interests also include this highperformance electric harp. His exwife tried to bring a financial settlement two decades after his divorce but in but he got it flung out. Today in reversing it the court highlighted kathleens life after separation. There were 16 years of hardship for her and her family. They lived in caravans. Moved home frequently. Lived from hand to mouth. Clive coleman this means a claim from a spouse decades after divorce cannot be thrown out of court. This is not just a couple of extra fees, one of whom became fabulously wealthy, it could be much broader. In a statement he said i feel we all have the right to move on. Divorce law needs to catch up. The Current Situation is absurd. Kathleen left today and have them being told there was a prospect to buy a more comfortable home. Clive coleman, bbc news. Laura today japan marked the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left 19,000 people dead and sparked a crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear plant. The Prime Minister will draw a fiveyear plan for rebuilding the new plant. Family say they will never return to the area. Rupert wingfieldhayes reports from fukushima. Rupert it is 6 30 in the morning on the outskirts of fukushima city. The relentlessly cheerful music is doing little to lift the mood. These people are refugees. Only the old are left. The young have moved on. It has been at four years since he was forced from his farm house that he had lived in all his life. The stress of not knowing when he will be able to go home is taking its toll. After the Nuclear Accident i got so stressed i had a heart attack. Sometimes i get so depressed i stopped eating. We have no idea what will happen to us. It has been four years since the first explosions ripped through the fukushima plant spewing a cloud of radiation across the surrounding towns and villages. The japanese government tells a story that the mess of fukushima will be cleaned and everyone will be able to go home. It is still just that. A story. One many no longer believe. Im driving through the contamination zone to the home of yoshi. For 300 years his family has lived in this house. 16 generations of pottery makers. In his fright yard it is a hot and his front yard it is a hotspot. The radiation levels are high. No one knows when the cleanup will begin. He is not waiting. This is his new home and new workshop. Many nuclear evacuees he has given up on going home and starting again. My family has been doing this for 300 years. It would be a tragedy if the Nuclear Accident ended my familys business. I have decided it is time to start again. I asked him how he felt about tokyo electric power. The Company Responsible for the nuclear disaster. I dont when he here that company name he said. Some scientists are saying the danger of radiation from the plant is usually exaggerated and people should return home now. Most people from here have already made up their mind. They will not be coming home. Rupert wingfieldhayes, bbc news in fukushima northern japan. Laura after an endless winter, spring training is underway. Major League Baseball parks will be packed soon. One of the greatest talents come from cuba. Until now they had to defect to join the team. As relations between the countries change, that could change. Look at what that could mean for the players and the game. Cuba is the country to watch. Current champions of the caribbean series cuba plays the best baseball in the world and has an impressive record in producing prodigious talent. For years that talent has been confined to the communist island by combination of the u. S. Embargo and cuba straight immigration rules. Washington and havana are trying to turn the page on the past and cuban baseball may soon come in from the cold. Majorly they spell is watching the diplomatic game playbyplay. For some Young Players who earn 40 a month in cuba the prospect of multimillion contracts with the red sox and the yankees are mounting. Third baseman was considered the best player in 2006. He tried in japan during the offseason but fears of his chances of reaching the u. S. Major leaks. Major leagues. It is never too late, but i wouldve liked for it to happen at the start of my career. Even at this age, i try to make the most of it. During myself into this like every day was the first day. Theyre currently more questions than answers about how the u. S. Will benefit cuba. The National Sport is no different. The involvement of major League Baseball and scouts bringing contracts to cuban players could change the game significantly. For the powers behind the scenes and cuban baseball, the responsibility for a normal arrangement lies firmly with the u. S. Government. We are per the proposals of the new baseball commissioner in the u. S. Who is waiting for changes that lifting the economic embargo would ring. For now the cuban embargo is still in place, so we will wait. There may be opportunities to play in the major leagues, and we have the talent, but it is a slow process. Away from the politics they are enjoying their close rivalry on the field area for many fans even losing their best players would be worth it to see cubans hitting home runs on the world stage. Will grant, bbc news, havana. Laura change in cuba. You can find details on our website. From all of us at world news america, thank you for watching. I am laura trevelyan. Tune in tomorrow. Make sense of International News at bbc. 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My name is agent olive. This is my partner, agent otto. This is my lucky basketball. But back to otto and me. We work for an organization run by kids that investigates anything strange, weird. And especially odd. Our job is to put things right again. [ ] [ ] olive who do we work for . We work for odd squad. [distant thunder] [sigh] hey, olive dont say it. I was just gonna say that i know that we havent had a case yet today. Dont. If you say it, ms. O will give us one. What . Thats ridiculous. Try it. Hey olive isnt it kind of weird we havent had a case yet today . You two in my office i have a case for you. Whoa told you. Ms. O weve got reports of timetravelling laser chickens in the park. Over here, people [loud explosions] otto they look really angry. You try travelling through time and space looking for a homeland while being chased by morlocks. I may know a bit about them. As long as you follow olives lead and do exactly what she says, youll be fine. Well, what are you waiting for . Go [beeping] obrian send us to the park. Preparing to squishinate squishinating what happened . Sorry, olive, it looks like your tube is broken. Oh, okay. Ill just use this one. Preparing to squishinate squishinating
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