Than a week plus disappointment for frances far right as the National Front slumps in regional elections. But first we have some news coming from Northern Iraq and within last hour or so we have heard that some turkish troops stationed near mosul have now been withdrawn. Their deployment of course caused diplomatic roe between baghdad and ankara and the latest from irbil in Northern Iraq and what more do you know . Marteen we know the turkish troops who have been here for weeks and causing the rift between ankara and baghdad are out and we have spoken to sources in the peshmerga and forces loyal to the kurds here in Northern Iraq and say they saw multiple trucks, militarygrade trucks arriving into iraqi territory from turkey last night and the trucks are on their way out with troops and heavy military equipment and the amount of troops are not clear and we heard numbers and turks saying 150 troops were sent and iraqis say more than a thousand troops have been stationed there but we kno
Im at the university of memphis. Welcome to the roundtable discussion of Stokely Carmichael. We thought this would be an appropriate moment to discuss Stokely Carmichael. An important locus of civil rights organizing. His political journey takes us through atlanta. Born in trinidad, raised in the bronx, educated at howard university. Moreover, at the 50 year anniversary, between the most formative experiences of Stokely Carmichaels political life. He organized the freedom independent like party. Ependent he introduced the slogan black power. He organized in atlanta and washington, d. C. He traveled the world in alliance with revolutionary political movements. Moving to ginny, changing his name and devoting his last years to the all African Peoples revolutionary party. We brought together a panel of historians and activists. We begin with charles cobb junior. A scholar of the black freedom movement. He attended Harvard University and got involved in demonstrations against segregation. H
10 u. S. Navy sailors taken into custody by iran have been released. They were detained tuesday after their two boats enter the the iranian waters. The u. S. Welcomed the release seen here in pictures published by the iranians. One member of irans revolutionary guard earlier gave more detail about their investigation. Our final finding was that it has not been a hostile crossover for espionage or the like. They had a malfunction of navigation systems, saying they did not know they were close to iranian territory. We can go to ross lynn jordan in washington, d. C. The state department and whole of the Administration Must be rather satisfied that this awkward incident seems to have been sorted out rather quickly. Thats right, martin. They are very pleased that this incident has been resolved after about we estimate between 16 and 20 hours. The crew was picked up approximately around 17g. M. T. On tuesday, but thats an estimate because we dont know exactly what time they were actually pic
Attack. People were anxious, coming to us, asking did you bring more food . Hungry for more, aid reaches syrias starving in one of the areas worst hit by the civil war. Barack obama has delivered his last state of the Union Address as u. S. President. He talked about focusing on the next five years instead of looking back. He also took aim at the republican president ial hopefuls saving his harshest comments for donald trump talking about banning muslims coming to the u. S. When politicians insult muslims whether abroad or our fellow citizenship, when a mosque is vandalized or a kid is called names, that doesnt make us safer. Thats not telling it what telling it like it is. Its just wrong. It diminishes us in the eyes of the world [applause. ] it makes it harder to achieve our goals. It betrays who we are as a country. Obama also said the u. S. Is respected for its diversity. Thats why i will keep working to shut down the prison at guantanamo. It is expensive. It is unnecessary, and it
Months ago. Aid agencies are in a race against time to get vital food and medicine to the besieged towns in syria where tens of thousands of people are starving. As winter sets in families have been burning furniture for warmth and resorting to eating leaves, even cats and dogs. The situation is pickerly bad where 42,000 people have been cut off since july. But sources say an agreement has been reached for aid to be delivered there on monday. In return aid will be allowed in two oppositionheld villages in the north. The crisis has caused an International Outcry after images of emaciated children emerged. In 2016, what is your name. Nua. How long have you been without food . Four days. And what have you taken from the hospital to survive . This packet. This packet of salt . Well, the International Economy of the red cross was let in october, and is hoping to be let in again next week. Were clear on what we do need and what the people, what they need is regular unimpeded access. As we sa