Boko haram fighters in nigeria. And back home, three Freed Al Jazeera journalist peter greste returns to australia afterwhile being concerned for his colleagues still imprisoned. I worry for my colleagues and all those who were r in prison along side us. Thank you for joining us, we begin in jordan where the king has vowed to step up the assault on isil after the group produced a video in which the jordanian pilot is burned to death. King abdullah promised a severe response potentially paving the way for jordans pleas increased participation. Jordan has already retaliated by executing two iraqi alqaeda linked prisoners. Reporter jordan warned of an earthshaking response to isils murder of jordan pilot. Another iraqi prisoner was also executeed. Sentenced to death by hanging for murdering a jordanian truck driver in iraq. The government confirmed its pilot was killed on january 3rd, a month before isil released the video apparently showing him being burned alive. Al jazeera will not sho
A warrant for the ash of argentinas president was reportedly found. The home of a prosecutor who died under mysterious circumstances. And a controversial technique that will allow doctors to create a baby from the dna of three people. A harsh response to the apparent killing of the pilot held captive by the Islamic State of iraq and lavant. It released a video that reportedly shows moaz alkassasbeh being burned alive. Security forces now tell al jazeera that rishawi could be executed within hours. Reporter grief and anger in jordan after reportedly showing the killing of moaz alkassasbeh. State television confirmed the dead and said that kassasbeh was killed. King abdullah cut short his visit to the u. S. Where he was meeting with secretary of state john kerry. We received with sorrow the killing, the martyr moaz alkassasbeh. President obama was one of the first World Leaders to react. This is one more decision more indication of the issues viciousness, and i think it will redouble the
This evening were taking a closer look at challenges ahead for carter and the u. S. Military. We begin with mike viqueira. Hes at the white house for us. Mike . Reporter tony, it was a rarest of occurrenses. Ashton carter contradicted the president on a key issue. President obama had said that arming the Ukrainian Army in their fight against russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine could never work because no matter how much arms you give to the Ukrainian Army, they will never be a match to the russian army. Ashton carter in his hearing said that that is actually a good idea. I think we need to support the ukrainians in defending themselves. The nature of those arms, i havent conferred with our military or ukrainian leaders but i incline in the direction of providing with arms, including to getting what im sure your question is, lethal arms. Now administration spokesmen spent the day back pedaling saying there is no change in u. S. Policy and they would not be sending arms to ukraine any time
Arizona journalist peter greste is free. He was reece released from an egyptian prison a few hours ago and deported. He flew to cyprus from where he is expected to continue to australia. He is said to be in good health. His colleagues Mohammed Fahmy and behar havebeled held for 400 days. They Said Campaign to Free Campaign in journalists will not end until all three have been released. Gerald tan reports. Reporter this was the most rebate protest against the detension of al jazeera staff, marking a year since their arrest journalists rallied in london and around the world, sydney the hague, sarajevo. It had been a year of agony for the families of the men. Australian peter grestes parents were in cairo hoping for his release by christmas. Giving him a hug at the end was quite difficult. Just to say good buy and to leave him for the rest of the day knowing that its not the best place to be. No one expected it to go on this long. I believe there is a misunderstanding and it needs to be c
Are betting on a great year. First the Iraqi Government and a powerful shia militia declare victory over isil. The fight has been led by the badr core. The group held a victory rally and is now saying its ready to move north into isil strongholds. We have this report from baghdad. Jane. The celebration illustrate the growing power of sheena groups here, including the badr corps. They are in control of their own operations. Theyre working with the iraqi good afternoon and with those forces have now taken over according to the militia members, militia leaders and Iraqi Government officials pretty much all of the province, a major stronghold of isil. It hasnt been without a cost, as they drove us through part of the territory, you could see abandoned villages, houses destroyed, even mosques destroyed in some areas, we were told. What we saw really indicated a region the formerly rich region that had been abandoned to the fighting. They are also investigating an alleged massacre in an area