Was no distress call. We are in kenya where one persons waste is another persons energy. It could solve two environmental problems at once hello. Polling stations to close in less than an hour. The general election is a challenge for the a. K. Party. It failed to win seats in the poll in june and couldnt form a majority government. It comes amid security concerns. Since june theres been a wave of violence leaving hundreds of home dead. Bernard smith is in the southeast and omar saleh. Polls are closing in about an hour. How has the turn out been so far. Well, its been very high vetter turn out across turkey. This is what we are hearing. As far as the polling station where i am, there are 7,500 registered voters. In about 50 minutes ago i asked the head of the polling station and he said around 85 of the voters showed up. It is pretty high. Turkey is known to have one of the highest turn outs in the world. In the june elections 86 of the 54 million voters showed up. Turkish citizens hav
And coming up, support kata lonians make another boost for independence, boosted by scotlands bid. Welcome to the programme. The u. S. President , president obama, wants to destroy the Islamic State group, which has taken over large parts of Northern Iraq and areas in syria. The strategy includes air strikes in iraq and syria. Obama says hell send hundreds of more troops to iraq. Socalled moderates will receive training in saudi arabia. Lets look closely at the plan, and this report. My fellow americans. Reporter anyone specting to hear a shift in policy from president obama would have been disappointed listening to him as he laid out his countrys strategy on wednesday. We will degrade is ultimately destroy i. S. I. L. , through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy. Much like his approach towards alleged al qaeda targets in yemen, afghanistan and pakistan, obama promised to eradd kit is your through air tricks and proxy troops. The Counterterrorism Campaign will be w
World cup but can they go all the way without their superstar . And, a fabulous fourth. Hurricane arthur couldnt dampen all the celebrations as americans nationwide celebrated our countrys independence. Well have a starspangled highlights, today, saturday, july 5th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a saturday morning. Hope youre having a good weekend. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside d l dyl dylan. Did you watch fireworks last night . No. You worked. I worked, i slept and then i worked again. I have been up all night. Isnt it funny when you watch the fireworks, you naturally go oooh, aaah. Its fun. Youve seen the movie before but it still works every time. We want to get right to todays top story for a lot of people to focus on fireworks and arthur on the fourth of july. This morning, arthur was downgraded to a Tropical Storm but not before leaving a big mark on ca
Good morning. You are watching the pulse. I am guy johnson. Francine lacqua not here today. She will be back on monday. Mark reckless of the u. K. Independent party has claimed a victory in the rochester parliamentary by election. Maybe a slightly bigger win was anticipated. , he madectory speech the point that ukip is gathering momentum. I wish i had the words to say how grateful i am. This is your victory. If we can win here, we can win across the country. If you vote ukip, you get you cap. Get ukip. Rec list affected to you cap from the conservative party. The chancesraises that more mps could make the same move. Speaking earlier this morning, ukip leader nigel farage praised reckless. These men have left the conservative party and had the necksge to put their on the line by forcing by elections. The kind of behavior we havent seen in british politics for half a century. Nigel farage speaking to anna edwards earlier. Rob hutton joins us on the phone from rochester. Good morning to y
The two nations met in china to boost relations spanish football is in crisis. We are waiting for a court to rule on a player strike which looks set to ruin the rest the season of the live to mad ride for an update. We begin in burundi where an attempted feud has caused fighting in the capital bujumbura, heavy gunfire has been held all around the capital. Media outlets have been targeted. The had of the army said the coupe failed and forces loyal to president Pierre Nkurunziza is in control. Burundis president tried to return home from tanzania where he was attending, but was not allowed to hand. Lets cabinet the latest from malcolm webb. Malcolm, we know that the president has been trying to get home. Any idea where they are now. What are the chances of them returning. Well, the last we heard is he is in tanzania, in their capital, with plans to travel here. The last he heard is soldiers supporting the leader of the coup. We keep getting new bits of information. Some key locations are