Joining hundreds of Syrian Kurdish and opposition fight tours take on the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The peshmerga have been waiting on the border since wednesday. Reconnaissance teams have been sent in over the past few days. Now it seems that theyre ready to begin the fight. Now kobane has gained great significance not just for the Kurdish Forces defending it, but also for turkey. Its leaders have been watching developments there closely. Well have more on that a little later. But first an exclusive report from inside kobane. Reporter we are now standing in the western neighborhoods these neighborhoods represent the springboard where theyre fending off isil attacks. They have a firm grip on alias to the east. To the or the out of kobane, where the high ridges can be seen in the backdrop, on these ridges the turkish army and its forces opposition closely monitoring the fighting taking place inside the city. Now deployed to the front lines fighting isil, waiting for orders f
Protest. In sao paolo where it is the last day of campaigning before brazilians go to the polls to vote for a new president. The former haitian president jeanclaude duvalier has died. Jeanclaude duvalier returned to haiti after 25 years in exile. His home coming shortly after a president ial election. When he died he was being accused of corruption and human rights abuses. When only 19 years old he took over presidency after the death of his father. His father, papa doc, had declared himself president for life, and his rule was enforced in large part by his personal militia, accused of killing many thousands of haitians. Baby doc introduced some cosmetic changes to his fathers regime but most haitians did not benefit from them. While duvalier was president , thousands were killed, and thousands left the country to escape. In 1985 when duvalier claimed 99 of the vote, there was high unemployment, poor Living Conditions and political oppression. When the haitians military and the United
And people elect the party. And venezuelas were as a matter of facts say it is not helping the situation. We begin in yemen where houthi leader has for the first time addressed his supporters since fridays coup. He justified the takeover calling it a revolution. The houthi criticized former president , president hadi, for stepping down, saying his resignation was a deliberate step to create a power vacuum. The houthi leader warned against those protesting his takeover of the government, saying it was the best thing for yemen. The yemeni people have a right to live a dig need life. The yemeni people have a right to obtain their rights and wants. The Historic Movement by our people yesterday. This move comes to address the vacuum italy which other forces meant to undermine the efforts of our people, some Political Forces and collaborators within and outside of yemen fails to understand that the yemeni people are adamant that they will achieve their legitimate lawful and just demands. Jam
And china celebrates the start of its new year, but not everyone is looking forward to the year of the sheep. Hello there warm welcome to the program. Ukraines president says that his troops have pulled out of the key town of debaltseve. In what he described as as a plan and peaceful way. Its been the scene of intense fighting over the past few days despite the crisis fire. But now it has fallen to prorussian separatests. It is considered a prize asset as a key rail hub delivering coal supports. We have this report from near debaltseve. Theyre beaten and in retreat. Ukrainian soldiers on wednesday pushed out by relentless bombardment from separatist artillery and ground assaults. And all this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. The ukrainian wounded were taken and spoke of running a gauntlet of fire. There are no words to describe it. Along the entire way were blanketed with shots. They fired others with grenade launchers. They used everything. Until this morning wer
The u. S. Secretary of state says that russia has repeatedly lied to him about its activities in the ukraine. He told a committee that he thinks russia is engaged in what he termed an extensive propaganda exercise. Britains Prime Minister says the u. K. Will send military personnel to ukraine. David cameron said they will help train the countrys army. All of this while peace talks have ended. It was called off with tension over who is at fault for the continued violence. Fears are growing that the city of mariupol could become the latest battlefield. Paul brennan has seen yuan ukrainian soldiers digging new defensive positions. Reporter the ukrainians delivered fresh tank to the front line on tuesday. While its true that the guns have fallen silent along large sections of the line of conflict its not happening here. Bombing every day from separatists, and we cant give him reporter youing cant rely. We cant. Reporter you are under orders. The fire is only one day. Reporter we passed aba