Chemical factory complex. Residents living nearby have been advised to stay indoors. Hast, the battle for mosul begun and is on schedule according to the latest report. Backed by the United States, the iraq he army has teamed up with tens of thousands of kurdish fighters to oust the Islamic State group. Around 5000 isis fighters remain in mosul and they are put up to expected to put up a fierce resistance. With the first light of dawn, troopsurdish peshmerga advanced toward mosul. Islamic state has placed boobytraps on the roads surrounding the city. I have joined my brothers, the peshmerga, to take revenge for the death of my father, who was killed by the socalled Islamic State group. The operation will go on until we achieve our objective. Recaptured three villages under control of the jihadists. The offensive has been under preparation for months. For now, fighting is concentrated in the villages surrounding the city. While the International Coalition offers support from the sky, Ku
U. S. President Barack Obama Warning of a tough battle ahead before the ultimate destruction of the socalled islslamic stat. In a picturesque town in russia wrestles with its past, all because of one person was born there. Guess who . It is good to have you with us. Trying for peace in ukraine again. German chancellor Angela Merkel is preparing to host a summit in berlin on wednesday. Shell be joined by president putin of russia, the ukraine, and france and they will try to revive the accord. It was supposed to bring a degree of peace to eastern ukraine. An insurgency, however, has an going on there for 2. 5 years. Reporter it has been a little over one year since merkel and putin negotiated face to face. Even then in paris it became clear that the treaty is more of a pipe dream than reality. A later a year later, the chancellor tried to play down expectations. The assessor do taking stock of where we are. Purely one cannot expect miracles from the meeting, but it will be worth the eff
Because of one person was born there. Guess who . It is good to have you with us. Trying for peace in ukraine again. German chancellor Angela Merkel is preparing to host a summit in berlin on wednesday. Shell be joined by president putin of russia, the ukraine, and france and they will try to revive the accord. It was supposed to bring a degree of peace to eastern ukraine. An insurgency, however, has an going on there for 2. 5 years. Reporter it has been a little over one year since merkel and putin negotiated face to face. Even then in paris it became clear that the treaty is more of a pipe dream than reality. A later a year later, the chancellor tried to play down expectations. The assessor do taking stock of where we are. Purely one cannot expect miracles from the meeting, but it will be worth the effort. Reporter not especially optimistic. At the time, the french president and the german chancellor succeeded in getting the ukrainian president and putin to sign the agreement. We now
Debating fresh measures against moscow. We will find out what leverage the eu has against moscow. And during protests, against Rising University tuition fees. We will go to johannesburg to find out more. Im brent goff. Donald trump keeps stunning the u. S. And the world with democracy on his terms. Today, he said he will accept the outcome of the election if he wins. That came after last nightss debate bombshell, he refused to confirm whether he will accept the results of the election at all. He said that he wanted to keep people in suspense. The Republican Party in damage control tonight, Hillary Clinton describing the comments as horrifying. We begin in las vegas at last nights debate. Threatening the foundation of american democracy is what Donald Trumps critics warn hes doing. I was shocked and i sort of expected it from him. If it doesnt go his way, he says it is rigged. It is very childish. Trump was trump. There is no other word to describe it. He stood by his comments and says
Departs on wednesday afternoon. Clouds should linger well into thursday with a return to much above normal temperatures by friday. In fact, many areas have a good shot at 70 degrees again by friday afternoon, with warmer than normal temperatures going well into next week as well. Today isolated showers developing late in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tonight showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. Windy. Wind se 1525. Low 50 tomorrow showers and a few thunderstorm s likely, mostly in the morning. Windy at times. Wind var 1020. High 56 tom. Night mostly cloudy and cooler. Wind nw 515. Low 42 for a second term in the us congress. Hes running against democrat Monica Vernon in iowas first congressiona l district. Kcrgtv9s Katie Wiedemann talked with blum about his bid for re election. Congressman rod blum will be the first person to tell you where he came from. I am a Small Business man whos operated in the private sector for my entire career. I ran for one reason and o