Prepare to face greece in their most successful world cup in history. First, the turmoil in iraq, and the aftermath of the Largest Military offensive yet by government forces. They are reported to be on the outskirts of tikrit, readying for a push into the city. The army sending reinforcements is in chrome. The people inside tikrit endured days of helicopter attacks. Mosul has been under bombardment, the u. N. Saying they had to attend a nearby camp for displaced people because of large numbers leaving. Half a million were forced to leave mosul. It takes the total numbers in iraq to 1. 2 million. As a result the u. N. Tripled the aid appeal to 3 million. We go to imran khan in baghdad. A lot of people on the move because of fighting in tikrit. Where are the people heading and what sort of help are they getting. What sort of help is down to the crisis in funding. 80 is not there, and most of the agencies tell you that they are instructing to help, to what are the certainly displaced peo
Cup. First, the turmoil in iraq, and what some sunni rebels are calling a new era, the group that led much of the fighting in iraq anoubsed a cal announced a calafat in areas over aleppo. Until now the group has been known as the Islamic State of iraq and levant and wants to be known as the Islamic State and wants all to pledge allegiance for it the imran khan is in baghdad. A New Territory for i. S. I. L. , how is this being viewed in baghdad . Are they taking it seriously . There has been no official rehabilitation from baghdad. Its early. People will be looking at the document. It was released late last night. And the audio messages. What i can tell you is the timing of this is interesting. It comes during ramadan, so people are thinking about ha it means to be a muslim, and the Islamic State as they want to be known will try to tap into that. Its designed to put pressure on the july 1st meeting of parliament, where Parliament Needs to come and announce the speaker and the president
Cup, we look at how sao paulos mix influences how much support each team gets. And al qaeda splinter group, battling the Iraqi Government for weeks says its establishing an Islamic State of calafat in the region. The Islamic State of iraq and levant changed its name and wants to be known as the Islamic State. Perfecting larger ambitions. It invited muslims around the world to pledge allegiance. The area which it claims to control stretches from aleppo to Northern Syria to eastern iraq. The iraqi army is locked in a battle to regain control in the Northern City of tikrit. Its the largest offensive launched since fighters seized the city three weeks ago. Iraqs army, here on state it gets reinforcements in the battle for tich rilt. The military insists this the road to the town is secure, and the villages along the way have been taken, and iraqi soldiers are on the outskirts. Independent sources say they are 25km from the town. Translation up to this moment more than 70 terrorists were ki
For survival. [ music ] first, the turmoil in iraq, and the aftermath of the Largest Military offensive yet by government forces. The army is report toed be on the out reported to be on the outskirts of tikrit. The army is in control. The people inside tuck rit have enjoyed days of government bombardment. Residents say part of the city has become a ghost town. Mosul has been under bombardment. A nearby camp of deplaced people is nearby. Half a million have been forced to leave mosul. It takes the total number of people displaced to 1. 2 million. As a result the u. N. Tripled the aid field to 312 million. Lets go live to al jazeeras imran khan, who joins us from baghdad. Iraq facing an humanitarian crisis. Hundreds of thousands on the move. What assistance are these people getting. Where are they heading to . Well, firstly, like you say, theres a massive shortfall of funding. Not just for the u. N. , but the other aid agencies that are struggling to get fund to help people. They have ab
Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its friday, march 25. Its good friday. Joe and mika have the morning off. Joining me on set, former Communications Director for president george w. Bush, nicolle wallace. Msnbc contributor mike barnicle, managing editor of Bloomberg Politics Mark Halperin. The former governor of vermont and former chairman of the dnc howard dean also with us at the table. Good morning. Were going to talk about gary shandli
shandling, that was shocking. One of the greatest shows on tv, Larry Sanders. We have breaking news h th i morning. Overnight in belgium, prosecutors say theyve detained seven people after raids. The Prosecutors Office didnt provide details. Meanwhile french officials said last night that police there foiled another terrorist attack which they say was in an advanced stage of planning. Police raided a home outside paris after arresting a French National early in the day. Officials called it a major arrest but said there was no evidence linking tha