Descent. We begin in iraq where fighters from Islamic State of iraq and the levant are edging closer to gaining complete control of the western Anbar Province which is close to the border of syria and runs to the capital baghdad. The u. N. Says 180,000 people have been displaced in and around th the strat central tow. Top level generals retreated from the base. Anbar province is where i. S. I. L. Has made other strategic gains. Fallujah is partly under its control. Zena hoder has the latest for us in erbil. The iraqi army is calling it a tactical withdrawal but undoubtedly its another setback for the military in this province. Theyve been losing ground over recent weeks. Iraqi officials appealing for help military assistance as well as Ground Forces, foreign Ground Forces to help them hold anbar, a strategic province. I. S. I. L. Really has an open corridor between its corridors in iraq and syria. The iraqi army calling this a tactical withdrawal but it really raises the question on th
Labor unions hold a nationwide strike to protest the deposits austerity policy. Its been called the biggest attack of its kind in two years. Afternoon assault by rebels in syria kills dozens of government soldiers. A 16hour hostage crisis in australias largest city is over. Heavily armed police stormed a cafe in sydney, releasing several hostages in the process. Local media reporting the hostage taker himself has been killed. Now 4 00 in the morning in sydney. Live pictures coming to us from that city. Kim vanel has more for us on the days event. Hostages take a moment and run for their lives. Moments layered, police storm the central sydney cafe. One officer appears to throw a stun grenade. Either gun fire or flash explosions. Paramedics were already there and quickly ran towards the building. One woman could be seen being carried out. The siege began during monday morning rush hour. That woman was summoning police, she had the phone to her ear. Three police on motorcycles and others
New zealand. The Worlds Largest dairy exporter where the economy is being hit because of exporting prices. The efforts to end the political crisis in yemen has suspended its participation in talk to form an government, calling it an absurd dialogue. Al jazeera georgia malel shallal shallal. Much of the north is under the control of the houthi Rebel Movement that has essentially taken control at gun pont. Point. There are equal partners in the negotiations and there is nothing to force or to convince the houthis from relinquishing the power. Roughly 70 of yemens economy is based on trade and other things in the south of the country. If the southerners as you say they are,ful looking to break away from yemen and pursue that role as well then it could cause a huge issue and further fur deepen the crisis and make things significantly more critical. These demonstrations are taking place, and while we havent seen huge demonstrations there is Building Momentum taking place and there are more
Year and celebrating the year of the sheep. Good evening and welcome to the International Hours of al jazeera, im antonio mora. Im stephanie sy. All but conceding an important railway town to proRussian Forces. About 2500 forces withdrew from debaltseve coming under fire as they departed and six soldiers died. This happens three days after a ceasefire went into effect. 80 of the troops are out. The separatist takeover is being widely condemned internationally. The u. S. Joining critics Vice President joe biden saying, if the procedures continue to violate the ceasefire. Military vehicles taking over residential areas. Most forces have been right retreated. Pushed out by relentless bombardment from separatist artillery and ground assault from separatist fighters. All this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. The ukrainian wounded were taken to arteminsk. There are no words to describe it. Along the entire way we were blanketed with shots. They fired at us with machine
Staff for their service. Young american children, young cuban children, by the time theyre adults, our hope is that they think its natural that a u. S. President should be visiting cuba. They think its natural that the two peoples are working to the. Their future is what we work for so hard, and im so grateful to all of you for making it happen. Thank you very much. Thank you. The first family went on a walking tour around old havana in what was clearly pouring rain. They visited the historic havana cathedral and later had dinner at the privately owned San Cristobal restaurant, a symbol of the communist nations growing private sector. The trip was not without controversy on either side of the caribbean. From what it means to be a cuban dissident to the president s reception by the cuban government. Its very chic, its very chichi for leftists to celebrate vicious communist dictators. My father fought in the cuban revolution. My father was imprisoned and tortured as a teenager by batista