The former u. S. Vice president defends brutal torture techniques at guantanamo bay. A top story coming out of libya where the. Abruk government has accused forces of being like isil and trying to take over resources in order to sponsor what they call terrorist activities, that follows the closure of the companys two biggest oil ports due to fighting. Libya has seen instability as armed groups loyal to the two rival governments battle for control. A professor of International Politics joins me now from san antonio. Thank you very much, sir, for being with us. If you could, just explain to us this stoppage of the shipping terminals. How does this affect the countrys resources . Its going to affect it tremendously, especially now when libya is going to face extreme deficits in the coming years. Not only this year, next year. This is going to make it much, much worse. Its going to put tremendous pressure to the government to come up with some solutions to the economic situation. I thinks
The Global Climate agreement reached in peru. Hello. Welcome to the program. We start in syria now where theres been intense fighting in the province of aleppo. Rebel fighters say they killed several soldiers and destroyed vehicles. But the Syrian State News Agency quoting a military source says the government remains in control of the village. Kurdish fighters say they have made advances again isil in kobani. Elsewhere isil is taking on Syrian Government forces for control of an airport. We explain the strategic importance. Reporter the airport is one of the last remaining regime strongholds in the east of syria. The forces of president Bashar Al Assad held onto the airport and parts of provincial capital while isil consolidates its hold on the rest of the province. There are oil fields around the airport. Winning control of the airport gi gives isil control of the oil. Isil has made previous attempts, but the fighters have been beaten by Syrian Forces and the pr proassad channel play
Cows, coming back to life after a conflict leaving thousands dead. Former u. S. Vice president defends the c. I. A. s torture techniques. Starting in australia where hostages are being held in a sydney cafe, bringing much of the Central Business district to a standstill. Within the last hour two hostages have been seen running from the building. Ill tell you anyway, its not known if they escaped or were released two in the last hour. Earlier, three others made it out through the fire exit. It is unclear how many are inside. Some have been seen with their hands pressed against the windows. The siege began at 9 45 in the morning local time, when a man believed to be armed walked into the lindt cafe. At one point a flag was put in the wind, on it was written the islamic creed which said theres no god but allah, and mohammed it his messenger come for islams. The information i have is no harm has come at the moment. We have been working through negotiations to try to make sure that the peop
From the strained relationship with russia to the bitter divide between israel and palestinian, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has a lot on his agenda, he met with Sergey Lavrov, who is raising seriousness about the prospects of u. N. Sanctions. Im appreciative of foreign minister Sergey Lavrov changing his schedule and travelling on short notice to be here. I look forward to our conversations. We have more from rome. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry are and russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met here in roman sunday, a time when u. S. And russian relations reached a low, particularly after last thurks the u. S. Senate thursday, the u. S. Senate passed a ukraine freedom account bill, proposing to impose sanctions against moscow, and relieves 300 million in hardware to help fight back the parties in the southern regions of crimea. The russians didnt appreciate the bill, and put out strong words calling it an overtly confrontational message, saying they are antirussian, and r
Hundreds of armed police sealed off martin place, in sydneys Central Business district. New South Wales Police asked people to avoid the area. An Australian Broadcasting corporation reporter said gunfire was heard on the scene. That is yet to be confirmed. Major landmarks in the area, such as the opera house have been evacuated. Its been reported that the air space above the cafe has been shut down at the moment as Police Continue the operations. You are looking at video from channel 7 in sydney. Hundreds of armed personnel trying to get the situation under control. We are trying to confirm the affiliation of the black and white flag this witnesses report seeing with hostages holding in the window. Its the black standard, a flag with arabic writing, on display. Once again, Police Confirmed the surrounding area has been evacuating, we see a lot of personnel with federal force and local police with rifles and heavily arm, trying to get the situation under control. I want to go to anthony