Almost all the women left in the houses. More than 200 rapes recorded by human rights watch. And a new sort of space race. The European Space Agency Launches a recyclable rocket. And liftoff. And nasa follows with the liftoff of spacex but is unable to test a key part of it. Good evening and welcome to Al Jazeera America im stephanie sy. And im antonio mora. For the first time in 13 years a u. S. President is asking congress for the power to wage war. This time, to authorize a more extensive military campaign to destroy i. S. I. L. The proposal calls for congress to approve a three year military campaign. It would allow continued air strikes against i. S. I. L. In iraq and syria and would authorize special forces to deploy under limited circumstances. The president said the campaign would give him the flexibility to wipe out i. S. I. L. But insisted it would not involve full fledge war. Allen fisher reports. For six months the u. S. Has carried out more than 2,000 bombing raids against
Use military force from isil. And 100 minutes after it launched europes space plane splashed down on schedule in the pacific. Ukraines president has warned if a ceasefire deal isnt reached with talks with leaders from france, germany and russia theyll go out of control. The meeting in the belarus capitol of minsk discussed ending the fighting between pro russian separatests and ukrainian military. The separatests have been advancing on governmentheld territory. Ukrainian forces said that force. Five people have been killed and several injured in a bomb explosion in a bomb bus station in donetsk. The burned out wreckage in the city of donetsk just hours before we get another attempt in negotiating, an end to this conflict. When i ran here i saw two people being pulled out. One was in very grave condition. He had his legs broken. There wasthousands of civilians have been killed in seemingly indiscriminate shelling. The attack came a day after soldiers were killed when a missiles hit a re
Trial about to start for his murder accused of clubbing this man for using a golf club as a cane. How that arrest is sparking a movement and a few of a tragedy, footage of a boast disaster nearly a century ago. Im antonio mora this is al jazeera america. The u. S. Wants to intensify an offensive against i. S. I. L. As the groups popularity is gaining popularity in the west. 3400 westerners, including men are fighting with i. S. I. L. And other groups in iraq and syria. It comes as the United Arab Emirates resumed their role in Coalition Air strikes, and jordan is reportedly sending thousands of troops to the iraqi border. Tomorrow president obama requests Broader Authority in the fight. He says he was heart broken over the news that 26yearold kayla muller was killed. Jamie mcintyre has the story. Reporter the white house confirmed an f16 bombed a Storage Facility in raqqa last friday. They cast doubt on the i. S. I. L. Assertion that that strike killed kayla muller. The evidence we hav
Years. Plus. Isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. Tough words from president barack obama but can he convince congress to authorize military force against isil . And 100 minutes after it launched europes space plane smashes down on schedule into the pacific. Hello ukraines president has warned if a ceasefire deal has not reached in talks with germany, france and russia, then it will go out of control. We go to the belarus capital of minsk. On the ground the top u. S. Mill commandmilitary commander had a command has accused forces. Meanwhile, at least five people have been killed and several injured in a bomb explosion in a bus station. Charles stratford sends this report. The wreckage at a bus station in the separatist controlled city of donetsk, just hours before another attempt at negotiating in end of this conflict. When i ran here i saw two people being pulled out. One was in very grave condition. He had his legs broken. There was a when i realized there was no sense
The verdict is handed down against the captain of Costa Concordia, a shipwreck that killed 32 in 2012. The family of three muslims killed in North Carolina look for answers. The leaders of france, germany, ukraine and russia are in the bella russian capital. We have reports from minsk. Leaders arrived several hours ago. They have Photo Opportunities and then they went into the discussions that begin with weather is obviously a very, very difficult round of talks. Theyve been talking now for two hours, recently in the last few minutes we have come out of the break we have also heard true various sources that theyre preparer for joint declarations. It seems that there is a lot more talking and this could go on well into the night. There are many issues they have to discuss here. They have to talk about things like the lines of demarcation between the separatists and the ukrainian army. They have to talk about things like federalization. Petro poroshenko said that he will not count federa