Rebel fighters are holding 41 peace keepers. That siege coming after a day of fighting close to syrias border with israel. Kristen has the latest from the u. N. What we do know from the u. N. Is that 43 peace keepers are being detaped, by armed groups. With another 80 plus meise keepers having their movements restricted. There was fighting that starting on wednesday, and connedded into thursday evening between Syrian Armed Forces and armed groups in the area. And earlier this morning, those peace keepers were detained. We dont know officially from the u. N. What group is responsible, but we do know that jabat was fighting in the area, and took control, with other armed groups border check point on wednesday. We are not being told the nationality of the peace keepers, but we have heard from a filipino spokesperson, that some members of the filipino contingent, and also fiji are among those being detained. This is a Peace Keeping mission in the heights its been there since the mid 70s, t
Staeding the audience. Hong kongs leader has used a late night protestor, that he will not resign. See why the government was willing to talk that protestors are risking serious consequences if they escalate their demonstrations. Two protestors have threatened to occupy government buildings unless the chief executive steps down. For the past one to two days there have been students and other young people surrounding and threatening to occupy government buildings including the chief executive office, and government head quarters. The government and the police will continue to exercise the upmost restrains to allow these students and other young people to demonstrate. Al jazeera was at that prez conference, more on what he had to say. For a man whose position is in question, he was certainly very calm as he walked into the press conference, flanked by his chief secretary kerry lamb. He said he was nominating his secretary to speak about Electoral Reform. Now this was in response to a dem
Plan to take on isil wont work. 40. This is Al Jazeera America, live from new york city. Good evening. New reports today that president obama will announce a massive overhaul of the immigration system as soon as next week. This comes despite loud opposition from republicans. According to the New York Times the odder her protect as many as 5 million undocumented immaterial grants from become deported and it will give many of them work permits. Live now from washington, tell us more about this reported imagine and the white houses sean. The president is considering a number of options. What he would do is give work permits and start work deportations for parent whose are in this country illegally, or without documentation, who have children that are legal residents so those families would then not have to worry about the parents being deported. Maybe left with other releasednt haves or strangers. One other big thing they are considering is expanding on a previous action which was to allo
Europe takes more precautions against ebola. And ireland make as come back after seven years of pain, the economy is finally moving forward. Hello, and welcome to the program. Now, over the next 15 minutes we will be taking your live to Andrew Air Force base thats outside washington where president obama is due pretty soon to meet military chiefs from more than 20 countries. Patty has that story. We are also in baghdad where a suicide bomber has killed a member of parliament as well as 29 other people, and the turkish government is bombed kurdish fighters known as the p. K. K. Close to the border with iraq, with he be hearing from Stephanie Decker, first, lets go to the iraqi capital baghdad, tell us about todays events . Well, what happened is a few hours ago, the shiite area was came under attack by a driver who drove his car into a check point, exploded the vehicle there, at least 29 People Killed including a key member of the political party. Now, this is follows after a 24 hours o
Of people are being monitored for any possible sign of ebola, the risk is low but the concern is contagious. And elephant reigns supreme. Turkey is now the partner that the United States has been waiting for to battle the isil. Today military action inside syria, and iraq. Bennard smith reports. Fighters from the Islamic State of iraq are on the move. Two exiraqi vehicles one flying the black flag, the other towing a gun head toward the town controlled by syrian curds. Those threats arent just from isil according to the government. What the ruling party sees as the dangers posed by bashar al asaad. Turkey has spent billions of dollars looking after refugees. 1. 2 million refugees sheltering at camps and staying in big cities. With the latest developments 160,000, 208 syrian curds crossed into turkey as of yesterday. There was also concern about the kurdish workers party, its been fighting for selfrule since the mid 1980s. This legislation, gives the turkish government a lot of latitude