With severe sight loss to find their way around. Welcome to the program. We start with a worrying new development in the crisis in iraq. Already in control of a number in the country including mosul in the north and fallujah further south, isis extremists are reported fighting less than an hour from the capital baghdad. Were talking around the city of baquba there. With the group spread across the country, president obama has announced the u. S. Will deploy almost 300 troops to defend the American Embassy in baghdad. American officials are discussing the crisis with iraqs neighbor iran. Richard reports. Reporter november 2011, the iranian protestors attack the British Embassy in teheran. Offices and private quarters were ransacked. There was a small fire. The embassy was closed as was the iranian one in london. Now they say the time is right to put the the footing on a new situation. There are a range of practical issues we need to resolve first says William Hague. It is our intention
Hello. Welcome to the final Worldwide Exchange of the week. Im ross westgate. And im kelly evans. These are your headlines from around the world. Eu leaders are nearing a historical deal in brussels which could see the regions spending reduced for the first time. Chinese trade going gang bust ner january while inflationary pressures ease off thanks in part to the Lunar New Year effect. This company must not disappear. Thats the french government. It says it may invest in peugeot. And the yen says the currency has weakened too much. Welcome to the final program of the week. Im pleased weve got to this day. Weve had a lot of time together this week. I have. And thats not why im pleased we got to this day. Yeah, yeah. Strong numbers out of china. Thats right. We saw a big improvement there. But i have to say frankly, most peoples attention whether its here or on the other side of the pond is the snowstorm. It seems like winds, 50 miles per hour. Blizzard conditions in the u. S. We know wh
Wednesdays brazen daytime attack. We are first getting our inside that museum. You can see part of the floor was torn up. Two gunmen launched their rampage on tuesday. 23 people were killed in the attack. Most of them tourists. Survivors of the attack have given harrowing accounts of what happened. We were visiting the museum. At first we thoigt a statue had fallen rsh a hospital morgue held the bodies of those unable to escape as government sent envoys and planes to collect them. Here at the museum had closed and investigators have been studying the scene. There is a mix of disbrief and anger in the wake of the moegs deadly terror attack this city has ever known. They are horrified by the violence but equally worried about the future. Phil thank you so much for your time. We know that this attack as horrific as it is could have been much worse. What more have you learned about that . Thats what the countrys president has said. These two attackers were all that the damage and the terri
From berlin and a warm welcome to our latest edition coming at you this time with the following top stories. Sparkling cheer a german couple and their annual christmas light extravaganza. Booming business the art market is making more and more revenue on online auction. And festive treats in search of german christmas specialties we visit the city of. Well its already an age old tradition in north america where people love to brighten up their homes for the Christmas Season with all manner of lights and sparkling or even very humorous decorations well meanwhile here in germany the custom has also caught on in homes all across the countryside are now lighting up with garlands of light but one house in particular in color in lower saxony gets brighter every single year its the biggest christmas light extravaganza in the country and we visited roll folks to see how and why he doesnt. Why. Its not just tiny tots whose eyes are all aglow when big and small gather on the first weekend of the
Because we promised we would not show him in our report child labor is illegal in turkey the owner knows this but says the families would be much worse off without the work. These children might be safe from the war and terror all back home in syria but what they really need now is education and the chance to build a future despite efforts by the turkish government to get refugee children off the streets and into Public Schools many here remain out of the classroom. Many other children us and out by their parents to beg on the streets they can be seen everywhere in east im bored. Up to one million Syrian Refugees live in the city about one third of them are children no one knows exactly how many of them are working instead of going to school. And us has finished work for today she takes me home with her to meet her family. She has two Little Sisters her mother is pregnant and had to stop working they dont receive any Financial Support from the turkish state her father found a job but e