Wine is a beautiful thing. This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. I am jim axelrod. We will begin tonight with abu bakr elbaghdadi, who may just be the worlds most wanted man right now. He is the leader of the Islamic State of iraq in syria or isis, seized control of large sections of iraq. He is certainly among the worlds most mysterious and elusive men, for instance, there are just two confirmed photos of him in existence, which is why it was such a big deal when a video was posted on two isis web sites today to claim to be him speaking at a mosque, seemingly unconcerned by the 10 million bounty placed on his head by the u. S. Charlie dagata picks up the story. Reporter the leader of the most extreme Islamist Group in iraq and beyond emerged from the shadows in order, to order all muslims to obey him. God ordered us to fight his enemies, he said, to carry out jihad and to spread the religion. A video posted on isis website claims to show abu bakr elbaghdadi delivering a
We begin with some Significant Developments in ukraine, where there has been a major turning point in the fighting between Government Forces and prorussian separatists who declared their own republic in the east. After pledging to take back cities and buildings seized by rebels, president Petro Poroshenko declared his first victory today by regaining control over slovyansnk. The city set off the insurgency that swept Eastern Europe ukraine and sent the nation into a spiral of violent unrest. The tide now seems to be turning in kievs favor. The show of force has driven separatists from slovyansnk. Ukrainian troops moved into the former strong world stronghold of prorussian separatists. They are reportedly regrouping near donetsk. We are winning. We are confident. We are p. M. Kiev time. The flag was raised. The Ukrainian Military is working on the resumption of activity by Law Enforcement agencies in the city. President Petro Poroshenko called for National Unity and paid tribute to the
And get ready to wiggle, america. Were kicking off your july 4th celebration with a sizzling party in the park. Pop superstar, jason derulo here live, arriving in central park in style to get you moving. Good morning, america. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I jet ski by the statue of liberty all the time. Jason derulo, coming in style. Were not going to let the weather slow us down on this Independence Day. Check out that crowd for the party in the park, with jason derulo. Want to welcome dan abrams. And we have gio benitez here. And ryan smith. You heard it here, america. Well wait for that when we get up on the park stage. We should mention, big weather headlines. Arthur moving north right now. A live shot of Virginia Beach. You can see the heavy surf there. And they are really feeling the wind as it is passing by to the east, this hour. And look at this. The eye of the storm from space. This storm is literally 400 miles wide. So many people impacted by hurricane arthur. Lets get to our coverage.
Who closes one of two labs in sierra leone. More sugar with your tea indonesians are told to say no as the country battles the bulge. Lets start in gaza where after 50 days, the skies over the strip are calm. Palestinian factions and israel agreed to a permanent truce. This is the scene on the ground in gaza, where families have been leaving shelters to assess what has happened to their homes. The u. N. Reckons that it will cost billions to restore buildings, damaged by israeli air strikes. We can talk to our correspondent who is there in gaza, and i would imagine that people would have taken some time for it to sink in, to fuli realise there is a ceasefire, theyve had so many false starts before. Yes, we are in the first day after the ceasefire. We are in the main center in gaza city, which is called palestine center, and we assure you the atmosphere here will be normal. People are shopping in the streets here. The men market in the center of gaza. People feeling calm and, you know, w