And . Celebrations of the European Space agency as after they manage to land a spacecraft on to a speeding comet. Thank you for joining us. The United Nations security counsel is about to meet in emergency session to discuss the rising tensions in Eastern Ukraine where a ceasefire agreed in september is looking increasingly fragile. They believe that russian tanks and troops have been entering the company true the border that straightests controlled. Tightings like this have increased significantly in recent days. Tanks and other military equipment on the move. Kiev said that separatists are being supplied by russia, and not just tanks but bomb cat troops, too. And allegation that nato has backed up with its own observations. Across the last few days we have seen the same thing that osce is reporting, weve seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, Russian Air Defense systems and russian combat troops entering into ukraine. We do not have a good pict
But instead have what he considered a bankrupt philosophy. One that is ultimately destructive. He said that all people especially those who are members of the muslim faith need to rise up against this sort of ideolo ideology. Are there ways to hold the Islamic State forces, are you hearing anything about that . Reporter there has been debate in the past several days what the government is prepared to do in order to help iraq prepare with the march across the country. The president has been adamant since he first announced airstrikes back on august 7th. That the usa would not be sending in ground groups as the peshmerga tried to regain territory from these fighters. The president has ruled out undeniable there would be any cooperation of any sort with the Syrian Government because the u. S. Believes it was syrians action actions in trying to crush its own Political Revolution that led to the development of i. S. So there are these concerns because the administration has been bombing is
The unarmed teenager killed by police say he was shot six times. The Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Northern Iraq say theyre close to retaking the strategically important mosul dam. Theyre trying to push back fighters from the Islamic State group, which controls large parts of iraq and syrian. The area stretches from the north of syria to mount sinjar in north of iraq to cities and towns like tikrit and fallujah. The iraqi army says it is fighting along side Kurdish Forces and that theyve reached the perimeter of the dam. An Army Spokesman said that theyre loss planning an assault to retake parts of the city of mosul to which a large number of i. S. Fight verse retreated. We go to the Kurdish Forces and were following the battle. Reporter there is an active front line in the east of mosul. Peshmerga forces trying to advance, but theyve been unable to do so. The Islamic State group, theyre approximately two kilometers away from the front line. Theyve been using sniper fire mortars to preve
Those infected by the ebola virus are flown to germany for treatment. Also, in venice for the worlds oldest Film Festival. Who will take the top prize . Hello, an open ended ceasefire and so far its holding. After enduring seven weeks of fighting in which 2,000 people in gas were killed the process of rebuilding lives and homes has begun. We start with day one of the truce, th they had this to say. I can say that military achievement, a big one, and also a very big achievement for israel. Hamas has been hit very hard and did not receive any one of the it asked in the ceasefire. Paying tribute to the families killed in conflict. They are all our symbols. They are the symbols of our victory. They are the symbols of our glory, and they are the symbols of the dignity of our people and of our nation. Of course, it was widespread relief on both sides of the conflict that there is still skepticism that peace everlasting an. I dont know what to do. I dont know where i should go. If the ceasefi
Bombing raid. U. N. Officials say they hav u. S. Officials say they have under estimated this war against isil, but many are saying those airstrikes are doing more harm than good. Lets talk to the Syrian Affairs analysts who joins us live from washington, d. C. What is your evaluation then . How successful have a week of airstrikes but the u. S. Air coalition been . Well, theyve certainly hit isis headquarters and garrisons quite severely. It has not stopped advance in kurdish regions. We have to wait and see which area the forces give way. The rumor is and reports are that theyve melted into the population, so it has become harder and harder to hit as this goes forward. How concerning is it that these reports that were getting the fact that other groups that were not in the first phase affiliated and were, in fact, sworn enemies of isil and actually defecting, are these groups defecting to isil and some reports saying thattal news are a front are swearing its allegiance now. Thats unc