Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and across the world. Im errol barnett. Thanks for joining us. This is cnn newsroom. Well begin this hour with isis and its latest disturbing video. The propaganda video that youre seeing shows children in fatigues what appears to be an isis Training Camp. We should point out that we cannot verify where or when this was shot. This comes as the u. S. National Security Agency admits it doesnt have enough intelligence about isis. The agency chief tells us leaks from Edward Snowden created blind spots in tracking certain terror groups. Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been fairly successful at taking territory away from isis in Northern Iraq. Our Senior International correspondent, ben wedeman, has been on the front lines of the battle and joins us live from erbil in Northern Iraq. How are the peshmerga able to maintain their territory considering many are outgunned by isis . Reporter well, its important to remember that theyve actually
I talked to them about their american influences. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. This morning were learning isis militants kidnapped at least 90 people from predominantly christian villages inside syria. Activists on the ground are reporting the terror group struck a string of towns in Northern Syria on monday and the militants reportedly bragged over walkietalkies they had captured quote, crusaders. Becky anderson live in abu dhabi with more on this. Hi becky. Yeah hello. Good morning. This is what we know at this point. Isis militants abducting, as you rightly point out, at least 90 a syrian christians from two villages in northeastern syria. This information coming from a variety of organizations, not least the londonbased syrian observatory for human rights who said and i quote, reliable sources overheard isis militants talking on wireless devices about having detained some 56 as they described them crusade
Thanks for joining us everyone. As israeli Prime Minister in the the netanyahu the prepares to address Irans Nuclear program before the u. S. Congress next week new reports are raising doubts about a past assessment. Now, were talking specifically about this mr. Netanyahus 2012 address at the u. N. General assembly. Thats where he claimed that iran was less than a year away from building a nuclear bomb. The Guardian Newspaper and al jazeera say leaked documents show his own Intelligence Agency did not agree. The revelation comes amid reports of progress between senior u. S. And iranian officials at Nuclear Talks in geneva. So lets bring in Senior International correspondent nic robertson. He is live in london with the latest. So nic, this aapparent contradiction, what are we to make of that . Reporter israeli official will say dont make anything of it. There is no contradiction that men were saying the same thing. What you have is Benjamin Netanyahu at the u. N. In september of 2012 ma
Stage of Nuclear Enrichment necessary to make a bomb. All right. We should note cnn has not been able to verify the authenticity of those documents or if Benjamin Netanyahu and the spy agency had different opinions on how dire the situation is with iran. Joining me now, Cnn Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson. Tell us more about these leaked documents, nic. Reporter what al jazeera and Guardian Newspaper have more than 100 different documents ranging from confidential to top secret. One document is a briefing given to the south African Intelligence Agency and notes written by the south African Intelligence Agency a month after that speech at the u. N. By Prime Minister netanyahu and the headline that al jazeera and guardian have taken from this is that the iranians were not working they believe were not working to produce a weapon but they are trying to Close Technology gap by legitimate means and if they are successful in that then the ability to produce a weapon could be