Threatening the lives of brown pelicans in florida. Hello, many people are feared dead a after sigh loan pam swept through the South Pacific nation of vanuatu. Winds of up to 270kilometers an hour have caused significant damage to the islands and cut off remote provinces be the United Nations are sending emergency teams in to the country which lies to the east of northern australia. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter destruction in the wake of cyclone pam. Aid workers describe the scenes as unbelievable. The category five Tropical Storm has uprooted trees. Torn downpour lines and ripped off roofs. In the capital many buildings still stand but its feared the damage to villages in remote islands will be extensive. Communication is down, so assessing the full impact could take time. Its been a very, very destructive cyclone. Hitting a country that has is using a lot of traditional shelters and housing which means they are quite vulnerable to this kind of intensity. And so we are planning
Nearly half of the population has fled their homes. The u. N. s top agency say that world powers must put aside their differences to find a solution, and today the u. S. Increased the aid that it is sending to rebel forces, promising 70 million in nonlethal assistance. The opposition has been losing ground to hard line elements within syria. Rebels want the u. S. To take more direct action against president Bashar Alassad. Lets go to the white house where Mike Viqueira is there for us. So far the president has been reluctant to take more direct action. Well, its certainly true, and of all the Foreign Policy problems nat president has faced, syria is the most vexing and gained the most critics towards president obama and his policies. In the most violent year yet in a conflict of four years. Millions forced from their homes, 220,000 dead. What can the president do to stop it. So far many experts agree what hes trying isnt working. Mr. Obamas approach to stay out of the area with troops
Isil still holds half of tikrit. Turkeys coast guard has fired on a cargo ship carrying 300 syrian refugees. Turkey shot at the ship as it passed through the strait and ignored warnings to stop. 330 refugees are being detained, including 85 children Syrian Kurdish fighters are urging the u. S. Led coalition to launch new airstrikes on the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. They want to target isilheld regions. They want to help kurdish fighters. Theyve been on the front line and on the war of the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. These fighters say that theyre defending their land against isil. Theyre also the antiisil coalition on the ground. On the ground it occurred to us to fight isil. But its limited to airstrikes. It made us stronger, no doubt but were not receiving any weapons or ammunition. The u. S. Led coalition does acknowledge the advances and the air support that it provides, but its careful to avoid identifying the fighters as the ypg. In its statement it calls the
Forces. Scientists trace the deadly ebola virus back to the person who was first infected. And swedish prosecutors finally agree to travel to london to question the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange about Sexual Assault allegations. Hello. After four years of political turmoil an ambitious economic recover plan has been unveiled for egypt. At a global summit. Egypts gulf neighbors pledge more than 4 billion to support the countrys economy. Its president says he hopes Economic Growth will reach 6 over the next five years and unemployment will be cut by 10 . Translator Egyptian Society represents 25 of the middle easts population. Stability in egypt has an Important Role in the stability across the whole region. We need to make sure this strength benefits the stability of the nation as well as the entire region. This is the comprehensive development sought by the whole region. Development will gain strength in all fields and all domains in order to chive an balanced development, a fair d
Stephen thank you so much. Good to have you with us. Please, everybody, first off, everybody at home watching right now, i want to thank everybody in here, out there, all around the world. But if you are just if are you just joining our broadcast already in progress, you may be noticing this. laughter this will all be explained later. laughter for now just enjoy the ride. laughter i know i am. But first, folks, its a great day for america. And i could not be angrier about it. laughter i try getting angrier and i couldnt do it because i started getting happy about how angry i was. laughter and its all because of major news from our war in afghanistan. First were still fighting in afghanistan. laughter who knew that thing was still going. Its like the greys anatomy of war. laughter but this weekend, the conflict grabbed headlines. A u. S. Soldier captured by the taliban five years ago is free and hes coming home. Bowe bergdahl, sergeant United States army. The taliban snatched him while