Years celebrations have been cancelled. Now cities around the world concerned about possible attacks are clamping down. And critical vote. Polls have closed in Central Africa republics president ial and parliamentary elections, voters there hope it will end years of violence. Hello everybody, im David Schuster in new york. You are watching al jazeera Americas International news hour and we begin tonight with the battle against i. S. I. L. In iraq. Coalition leaders say there are as many as 700 i. S. I. L. Fighters hiding in ramadi three days after iraqi forces recaptured the city. Iraqi soldiers have also found hundreds of boob 80 traps. Escalating between iraq and turkey, baghdad has gone so far as to threaten military action. Turkish leaders say the troops were deployed to train iraqi militia, no control over a third of its country. Al jazeeras Osama Ben Javad has more from iraq. More iraqis have been forced out of their homes in the fighting against i. S. I. L. And the military. The
Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares theres also been an arrest in the shooting death of a College Student in den ton, texas, in what m m been an act of road rage. The suspect is a marine corporal, eric johnson, arrested today in yuma, arizona. Hes accused of gning down a 20yearold early newew yearssay as she drove with friends home from a party. In another big story today, floodwaters are reseeding along some parts of the mississippi, but rising in others. Tonight, 23 illinois counties areas. This is where the Mississippi River is p pring into one of the poorest counties in the state of illinois Alexander County. Im standing on a small levee which failed four days ago, andd now that breach is nearly a mile wide. More than 125 properties in Alexander County have been flooded. Vid willis owns three of them. The Mississippi River i
What a night to say the least. It was only a few hours ago thousands packed these streets now cleanup crews are working to bring some normalcy back to las vegas boulevard. Take a look at some video from just a few hours ago. People from all over the world packed the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year. And it seems everything went off without a hitch. The fireworks display lit up the sky. A soon as the clock hit midnight. And thousands celebrated the start of 2016. Metro police had a very strong presence out here from the beginning of the night. And many remain out here controlling the crowds. And blocking off traffic from the boulevard. Everything should open up again a little bit later on this morning. Back out here live. Again the cleanup is underway. The Public Works Department is sweepers out here cleaning up all the mess that was left behind. From all the partiers here on the Las Vegas Strip. Patrick, michelle . Patrick Walker any word on the number of arrests . Michael Steve
The British Parliament is up this arms over reports that the latest murderous spokesman for the Islamic State was arrested on terror related offenses times. He was released each time and by the time the British Government sent a letter ordering him to surrender his passport, he was on the way to syria. We have a report from london. Please be to allah. He was raised a hindu and converted to islam as a young man. He joined a band radical group led by the extremists. In 2014 he was arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism, but released for lack a break for syria and joined isis, tweeting what a shoddy Security System britain must have to allow me to breeze through europe to the Islamic State. Later using his isis name, he posted a photo of himself holding a g g and his fifth child. In the recent isis video that apparently shows the execution of five men, the man is masked. In it he taunts the British Government. How strange it is that a leader of a small island his sister cant be su
Friends. There has been an arrest in the shooting death of a College Student in what may have been an act of road rage. Hes a marine corporal who was arrested in yuma, arizona. He is accused of gunning down 20yearold sarah early new years day as she drove with friends home from a party. In another big story today, floodwaters are receding along parts of the mississippi and rising in others. Tonight 23 illinois counties have been declared disaster areas. We are in olive branch. This is where the Mississippi River is pouring into one of the poorest counties in the state of illinois. Alexander county. Im standing on the small levy now that breech is nearly a mile wide. Nearly 125 properties have been flooded. David owns three of them. The Mississippi River is at his front door. Looks like you built this in the middle of the lake. 30 years ago this didnt happen. He was one of the people who accepted a state buy out and agreed to leave. Buy out . After the floodwater went down. Yes. And you