Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine to face the consequences. Im Veronica Pedrosa in bangkok thailand and well that is correct a thailand airways to see if they can emerge from heavy debt to make a soft landing we start with the israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahus controversial visit to the u. S. To address a joint sitting of congress and hell teleu. S. Lawmakers why he opposes the terms of a deal with iran. Earlier Binyamin Netanyahu gave a speech to the biggest american lobby group. Reporter as in previous appearances. Binyamin netanyahu gave a speech to a. P. A. C, taking pains to ensure that differences with president obama should not split democrats and republicans in the support for israel. I regret some misperceived my visit as doing that. Israel is a bipartisan issue and should remain. Many are describing as a tactical mistake Binyamin Netanyahus accepting the republican invitation to speak before a joint meeting of Congress Without notifying the white house, saying shes forcin
The russian capital. Plus. Reporter eye am in bang to think tie lands looking at the fortunes of thai airways to find out if it can emerge from the clouds of heavy debt to make a soft landing. Iraqi force say they are making gains against isil im Senior Iranian commander is reportedly helping to direct the iraqi offensive. But the u. S. Says it isnt providing air support because it hasnt been requested. Around 20,000 soldiers and militia fighters are advancing on the city of tikrit. Thats been under the control of isil since june, jane arraf is in baghdad and joins from there now, where they say they are making gains what do they mean . Reporter they mean that they are making progress in the three front in which they are fighting around the edges of tikrit. They havent yet goon in to the city. Because this is going it be a very stuff fight. Its the biggest city they have tried to take back. And its full of isil fighters and laid with explosives. Thats one of the major worries. But what
Involved. Can you help make that happen . Because the concern is the body abaddy a lot of folks are from the previous administration. And youve had extraordinary experience in the an bar area and can you help to identify the key sunni moderate leaders to make them part of this and is that what is going to you look and say we think were going to get it right this time and how do you think this turns out . Sir, to answer both of your questions, we are encouraged and we continue to encourage the leadership in iraq to be more accommodating to the sunni population. And to do some things that are demonstrable, that increases their confidence in the leadership and in the government. And you may know that we are helping the Iraqi Security forces and the government of iraq reach out to the tribal elements in anbar and bring in the elements to train and equip them and get them involved in the fight as well. And those that we have trained and equipped have performed remarkably well. Thank you mr.
Hello, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford from new york city. A diplomatic milestone, iran and six world powers agree to a deal on its Nuclear Program. They agreed to though enrichment above 5 , and theyll receive some economic sanctions. This deal only lasts for six months. If iran follows through therell be a permanent agreement to ensure it doesnt build Nuclear Weapons. Nothing will be agreed to unless everything is agreed to. The burden is on iran to prove to the world that its Nuclear Program will be exclusively for peaceful purposes. Meanwhile the iranian president says the geneva pact seals Irans Nuclear write and its spiritual leader says it paves the way for further steps. A result after a long night, described as complicated the p5 1 and iran struck an Historic Deal the importance of which hinted by the u. S. President s sudden and unusual for a saturdaylatenight address. That diplomacy opened up a path for world security. That Irans Nuclear power is peaceful. T
In the United States i am sure you are very aware that we are in the midst of significant budget battles and dysfunctions one might say, and for those of us who watched defense we are particularly the implications of that for u. S. Defense strategy and planning. Im wondering how you would describe the cuts in defense in canada. I dont think you have quite the political environment we do right now but surely you must have the same sense of general interest in how canada plans to go forward and again strategically where canada wants to be in terms of its role in the world and how to underwrite that with military capability. I would love to hear a little bit about the efforts underway in canada including your own defense reform initiative. That looks to cut inefficiencies to free up some funds. Good for you youve got the name right. The defense renewal team has worked a year. One of the first tasks in taking on this position was the direction to maintain everyone and the numbers that i ha