Spies. And the people of gaza say they have had nothing but broken promises. It is a tactic designed to spread fear. In iraq over 100 men and nine boys, some as young as nine have been kidnapped by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. They long to one of the biggest tribes in the country. Iraqs defense minister is a member of that tribe. All of those taken come from a single village east of tikrit. In an area where isil is involved in fierce fighting with government forces. First, though, were going to go to syria, where isil forces are under attack from kurdish forces. Reporter syrias kurds have been at war with the Islamic State of iraq and the levant for months. Isil fighters were defeated in the border town of kobani now kurdish fighters are trying to force them from this area. They lost a view villages. Ilgss not an easy fight. U. S. Lead coalition has been helping the kurds with air strikes from the air. It is strategic for isil and the fight against the armed group. It bord
Francis makes a tour to the east. Well take stock of the chocolate king whos now the ukrainian president. The businessman who made a billion from chocolate looks to see if he can make anything from the busted economy. Hello. It is midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington, 1 00 p. M. Brussels where a eurosceptic irk forced politicians to come to terms with a political landscape. France, austria, britain, antieu parties and antii accomplishment parties from the far right and left celebrated stunning gains, in some gains pushing parties to first place. Le pen made huge gains becoming the biggest french party in brussels. In britain, the Uk Independence Party trumps labour parties to the top spot in europe. Overall, the pro european starters still on top. Lets go to denmark. What a different landscape today. It is a different landscape tim. It has been a night for the insurgents. Talking to people here inside the European Parliament this morning, a lot of them are pointing out its stil
70 killed in three days. Plus. Im harris in la paz bolivia, where modern technology is being used to do more than improve the quality of life of the citizens of this country. We begin in iraq where the u. S. Carried out a new round of air strikes against fighters from the Islamic State group. U. S. And iraqi forces bombed areas where they are trying to protect the haditha dam. Its the first time the u. S. Hit factoring in the superiedominated sunni dominated area of anbar. Defense secretary chuck hagel commented on the situation. First the Iraqi Government asked for support in the strikes. Second it was the Iraqi Security forces on the ground who conceived of the operation. They, too, the Iraqi Security so far as air force is conducting strikes. Haditha dam is important facility for iraq. Lets go to jane arraf in baghdad for us. What is the latest on the battle for haditha, and why are the americans focussing on haditha . Haditha is important infrastructure, the dam, the secondlargest
Also coming up this hour what started out as the ultimate tight dream is now 20 years old. A look at the origins of the undersea link between britain and Connolly Europe and continental europe. Francois hollandes twoYear Anniversary as president of france comes as he takes the Lowest Popularity score of any french president since world war ii. Marc perlman will be on hand to talk about the 18 Approval Rating and if the president can pull out of it. Lets begin in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk flights to and from the local airport have been suspended. France 24s Robert Parsons is in donetsk. What do we know about why the airport was shut down . We heard the announcement that all flights were being canceled this morning out of donetsk. I went to Donetsk International airport and i discovered that actually internal flights were about to depart. I spoke to the head of the local press service at the airport and he explained that the flights that were leaving where and exception and t
Countrys embattled east. Chinese authorities are moving ahead with a project that has raised tensions in the south china sea. They say theyve completed the first stage of an Oil Drilling Operation near the paracel islands. The plan has triggered a standoff between china and vietnam. Both countries claim the islands. Officials with a unit of a staterun oil company say equipment is in place for the next stage. They say the second phase will be completed in august. Vietnamese Officials Say the areas within their countrys exclusive economic zone. Crews on fishing boats from the two countries have joined the standoff between government ships. Vietnam staterun tv says a chinese fishing ship rammed and sank a vietnamese fishing boetd on monday. But chinas official News Agency Says the vietnamese boat was harassing the chinese vetle. Xinhua says it capsized after colliding with a chinese boat. Japans defense minister says the leaders of pacific nations should Work Together to avoid trouble in