And he promises a new era of reconciliation after winning the first ever popular president ial vote. Even though he is under immense pressure to step down iraqs Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki is refusing to do so and the highest court made a ruling that could pave the way for the Prime Minister to serve a third term. The court said malikis block is the biggest in government and he could retain his position and this uncertainty continues as kurdish go with the battle with the fighters on the north and we have more. Reporter an important victory in the fight against the Islamic State group and fighters from the region recapture the town of mackmor in the countrys north and hold up the countrys black flag as a trophy and fighters are still in control of large parts of Northern Iraq and their gains since june put Prime Minister maliki under intense pressure to quit but he has gone on the attack against the countrys president. Translator i warned the presidency and the Constitutional Court t
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Moshe yaalon is here. He presided over this summers 50day war between israel and hamas, the Islamic Militant group that was in power in the gaza strip. More than 2000 palestinians were killed in the war, the majority of them civilians. On the israeli side, 65 died. 60,000 homes in gaza were destroyed. The reconstruction efforts have begun, but they are concerned it will be in vain. Ban kimoon told reporters there can be no peace in the middle east while this continues. International pressure is building on israel for new peace negotiations. He latest talks collapsed in april. Speculation is rising that the six powers negotiating with iran will extend the deadline to reach a deal. They are worried that the campaign against isil will come at the expense of curtailing Irans Nuclear program. I am pleased to have moshe yaalon here at his table. Welcome. It is good to be here. I know there are some things that i say that you quarrel wi
Their return from a holiday was not supposed to be so grim. The bodies of 144 people who died when their plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula have just arrived in st. Petersburg. It was supposed to be the final destination of a flight when it went down saturday. Investigators are still trying to figure out just what went wrong on the Russian Airliner. Officials now believe the plane broke apart in midair, but they dont know why. For the latest, well turn to Nick Robertson who is in st. Petersburg. Nick, 25 children lost on this flight as well as parents on vacation without their children. It is a tragedy that has touched the whole nation. What more are we learns about the loved ones on board . Reporter well, the youngest, darena was 10 months. She was on vacation with her parents. Theres a picture of her looking out onto the tarmac where theres a plane on the runway. Its become symbolic for so Many Russians about the loss of so many children, 25 on board. Were told there were a lot of
Region of appalachian, among the white, mostly working class people who are at the heart of trumps support. Mpbls and one of the worlds richest men is pouring his fortune not into putting his name on buildings and hospitals and colleges, but into ideas, ideas that will shape the 21st centu century. He will explain. And a novel use of drones thats taking off online, using them to safe lives instead of end them. But first, heres my take. In recent days, i have had a dream. That america has a real Republican Party. A Party Offering a serious, right of Center Alternative to the democrats. Such a contest of ideas would improve the public debate and offer americans a real choice, not the Cartoon Campaign we have today. Donald trump had the opportunity for a reset this week and managed to derail it with his talk of Second Amendment people, but forget the detour for a moment. Trumps much heralded speech laying out his economic policies was an incoherent mish mash of popularism, hypocrisy and p
The military having said they had achieved total control of the nation. And now, it has been essentially run over by opponents to the coup, supporters of the government, who are now essentially occupying that studio and broadcasting out in the midst of this unfolding series of events. We do not know the whereabouts of the turkish president erdogan, an extremely controversial figure being although he has face timed into media stations, urging people to take to the streets after the coup became clear. People have responded. All of the various opposition parties, even opposition parties that have been relentlessly persecuted by erdogan, have also expressed their opposition to the coup. We also have reports of gunfire being exchanged. Weve seen videos of helicoptering shooting down at civilians. We have word of explosions in ankara. I want to go straight to our nbc news producer on the ground in istanbul. What have you heard . Reporter well, i can certainly tell you that weve been hearing