Groups spiritual leader. Sports details coming up later in the program. Hello, a military coup is underway. The countrys Prime Minister says he intends to return home as soon as possible. He told al jazeera from neighboring south africa that armed men had been hunting for him. Soldiers in the capitol had taken over key buildings including the key headquarters. In june there was a no confidence vote. They were looking for me. What they were going to do, i do not know, but i need to return home as quickly as possible. Would you confirm once again there is a coup happening in your country. The definition of a coup. Okay, what led to this situation Prime Minister . Because you were part of a coalition. The coalition that you were part of has accused you of not respecting what you set out to do. And this was the reason that this situation is happening today, that you didnt respect your engagement. What do you respond to that . Those accusations are unfortunate. The problem is that the corru
Korea in celebration. The absence of leader kim jongun. First to the battle against fighters from the he is lambic state of iraq and lavevant. In the past couple of hours there has been intense fighting between Kurdish Forces andouillettes. The group has opened a new front in the southwest of the counsel. Although the u. S. And allies have launched airstrikes, it has not stopped the groups advances. Anbar could fall to isil in the next few days. One person has been killed and 11 others have been injured in the city of fallujah, that is also in anbar. Well have more on the situation. But first this report from Stephanie Decker on the latest from kobane. There is an intense battle going on we spoke to ypg source inside the city. Those are the kurdish fighters who have confirmed that. They say this is perhaps the new front, they also told us that they managed to push isil back for a little bit in the eastern side of the town. This is a position that isil has been holding. I think to put i
A new report ranks the best and worst countries for the older generation. Turkish president erdogan gave the clearest warning yet that turkey will fight in syria. Al jazeeras Bernard Smith reports on the turkishsyrian border. Reporter turkeys military is just a few hundred meters away from isil fighters. In some places the only thing that separates them are barbed wire. But so far turkey has just watched as Islamic State in iraq and the levant advances across syria. Turkey has been accused of ignoring the foreign fighters crossing the other way. But speaking to the opening session of Turkeys Parliament the president said his government was committed to tackling terrorism. They will not receive any sympathy from us. Their presence is unacceptable. Turkey is not a country that would allow itself to be used in temporary transition. Turkish government knows isil is a threat. Its hesitation about joining the u. S. Led campaign against the terrorist group was in part turkish hostages were be
Involvement in ukraine. And haitis painted shanty towns. The armed group that killed 30 soldiers last month has released a video pledging allegiance to isil. They have threatened to carry out further attacks unless the military campaign in sinai ends. We have more. In a half hour long video the group showcased what it billed as its latest triumph. It cannot verify authenticity, but it is showing the attack on the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30 soldiers. The video shows the groups fighters killing the soldiers, shooting them in the back of the head. The footage is accompanied with a message from the leader of the group which has applied itself to isil. An we have warned you time and again, but you do not listen. You take our women and children. You bomb our homes and dispel us from our lands. Despite what weve inflicted on you in this attack, we tell that you this war just begins. The group has taken, um, arms in response the militarys bombing along the sinai. Hundreds of families have