Mosul. First Islamic State group is under increasing pressure in iraq and in syria area in the iraqi city of mosul, Government Troops are closing in on the jihadi held western districts, u. S. Backed forces have captured a major bridge which leads directly to their stronghold and they now control two out of the citys five bridges. Liberate mosul, the last iraqi city under isis control, began back in october. France 24 is there. What is the latest . Is what wehe latest witnessed on the ground in mosul today and over the past 48 hours. It is certainly a fluid situation. Those we spoke to are openly admitting it is a complicated task, the one they are faced with because of the fierce resistance their forces are encountering in the ground. Jihadists using hard bombs and suicide operations to stymie the offense of those iraqi troops. Western mosul is a lot more complicated to navigate than the eastern counterpart. Narrower inlot terms of the space, the alleyways and the urban planning if yo
Mosul. First Islamic State group is under increasing pressure in iraq and in syria area in the iraqi city of mosul, Government Troops are closing in on the jihadi held western districts, u. S. Backed forces have captured a major bridge which leads directly to their stronghold and they now control two out of the citys five bridges. Liberate mosul, the last iraqi city under isis control, began back in october. France 24 is there. What is the latest . Is what wehe latest witnessed on the ground in mosul today and over the past 48 hours. It is certainly a fluid situation. Those we spoke to are openly admitting it is a complicated task, the one they are faced with because of the fierce resistance their forces are encountering in the ground. Jihadists using hard bombs and suicide operations to stymie the offense of those iraqi troops. Western mosul is a lot more complicated to navigate than the eastern counterpart. Narrower inlot terms of the space, the alleyways and the urban planning if yo
Since ive been gone . What has been going on. And. Hes back. Barack 0bama has returned to The Public Eye with a speech in his hometown of chicago. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in paris. If you ever wanted an election about change, try france this weekend. French voters have just upended decades of political tradition, ousting the main parties and promoting two outliers. In almost equal numbers they voted for a young, centrist man who doesnt even have a party and an older, far right woman who captured a desire for nationalist revival. The two candidates will debate on wednesday and face each other in a second round vote on may the 7th. The meteoric rise of Emmanuel Macron has been remarkable he resigned from the Socialist Party a year ago and no one thought hed do this well. Equally showstopping is Marine Le Pen, whos transformed the Front National and made it a force in this race. The bbcs Lucy Willamson has this report. Two years ago, he was a new face in politics.
Pesquet from the European Space agency gave their last press conference from behind a glass window before they embark on the Proxima Mission named for the closest star to the sun. Two of the members have already undertaken missions on the iss, but for 38yearold Thomas Pesquet, it will be his first time there. I still cant believe it. I really need to be sitting in the spacecraft and feel the vibrations of takeoff, and see the earth getting smaller and smaller. And then it will hit me. Reporter pesquets journey has been seven years in the making, as he told france 24 earlier this year. We did some survival trainings, to survive by ourselves in case we have to wait for the rescue party for a couple days. Reporter this will also be a particularly special mission for Peggy Whitson. She will become the first woman to command the space station twice. The trio will orbit earth for 2 days inside the spacecraft before finally stopping on the iss on saturday. There they will join three other ast
Pesquet from the European Space agency gave their last press conference from behind a glass window before they embark on the Proxima Mission named for the closest star to the sun. Two of the members have already undertaken missions on the iss, but for 38yearold Thomas Pesquet, it will be his first time there. I still cant believe it. I really need to be sitting in the spacecraft and feel the vibrations of takeoff, and see the earth getting smaller and smaller. And then it will hit me. Reporter pesquets journey has been seven years in the making, as he told france 24 earlier this year. We did some survival trainings, to survive by ourselves in case we have to wait for the rescue party for a couple days. Reporter this will also be a particularly special mission for Peggy Whitson. She will become the first woman to command the space station twice. The trio will orbit earth for 2 days inside the spacecraft before finally stopping on the iss on saturday. There they will join three other ast