And coming up, support kata lonians make another boost for independence, boosted by scotlands bid. Welcome to the programme. The u. S. President , president obama, wants to destroy the Islamic State group, which has taken over large parts of Northern Iraq and areas in syria. The strategy includes air strikes in iraq and syria. Obama says hell send hundreds of more troops to iraq. Socalled moderates will receive training in saudi arabia. Lets look closely at the plan, and this report. My fellow americans. Reporter anyone specting to hear a shift in policy from president obama would have been disappointed listening to him as he laid out his countrys strategy on wednesday. We will degrade is ultimately destroy i. S. I. L. , through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy. Much like his approach towards alleged al qaeda targets in yemen, afghanistan and pakistan, obama promised to eradd kit is your through air tricks and proxy troops. The Counterterrorism Campaign will be w
Hamass rog et rocket attacks. We show you what it means for those caught in the crossfire. It is saturday morning in ukraine and gaza. Two volatile regions separate by 1,100 miles. You are locking at video of the crash flight of Malaysian Airlines flight 17, and live images of gaza city where the death toll is rising again. Well get to that in a moment and well begin with that. Pictures that remind us of how much was lost. Here you see some of them lined up. A picture, a surreal one of a minor searching in a sunflower watch. And then scattered in the grass a notebook with a drawing, playing cards. 298 people were killed. The investigation takes on new urgency and anger. Scott heidler was one of the first journalists to arrive at the crash site. Here is his latest report. As the sun rose it revealed the scope of how difficult the recovery and investigation will be for flight mh17. The debris is a vast area around the wheat fields, a circumference of 10km. There was an explosion in the s
Declared an International Public emergency by the World Health Organisation. Malaysia airlines taken into state ownership losing two passenger jets in five months. Welcome to the programme. The clock has run out on gazas 72 hour ceasefire. So far there has been no new israeli strikes, but theres a fear about what is to come. The Israeli Army Says 10 rockets have been fired towards israel from gaza. All landing in unoccupied areas, providing an uneasy backdrop for the talks in cairo, trying to secure a longer truce. Lets go to Andrew Simmonds in gaza city. As we have been following events, its a case of wait and see. I am sure a tense situation where you are. Thats right, a dangers case of ceasefire. The ceasefire was left with a loud crunch ahead of me, the iron dome intercepting a rocket. And a series of rockets were fired. The israelis say palestinian factions 10 or 12 all short range, not the longrange used in the past. As far as the people of gaza are concerned, many have returned
Thousands forced from their home. The timing is right. Man on the moon my conversation with buzz aldrin who strolled on the moon 45 years ago. We begin with the tragedy of Malaysia Flight 17, and the suggestion from the u. S. That russia was behind the tragedy. Almost 300 were killed, including an American College student. U. S. Intelligence confirms the plane was shut down by a russian made missile. Washington is focussed on the russian backed rebels fighting in the region. The eyes of the world are on Eastern Ukraine. We are going to make sure the truth is out. Scott heidler has the latest from the crash routine. Reporter as the sun rose it revealed the scope of how difficult the recovery and investigation will be for flight mh17. The debris rests in a vast area around the wheat fields, a circumference of 10km. Translation there was an explosion in the sky above the house. I came out to see what happened. The plane fell in many pieces, as it fell, it broke apart. All the pieces fell
Experts warn it too take six months to bring the ebola out break under corollas fears grow that it has spread. And why there is a cold front coming for feather forecasters in the philippines. Israel and Palestinian Groups have so far failed to agree on extending a temporary ceasefire. They have been holding indirect talks in cairo. Threeday truce that began on tuesday has just now expired. This is the scene in gaza right now as that 72 hour ceasefire comes to an end but its not clear whether or not hamas will agree to a new threeday truce. Israel says earlier two rockets were fired in to southern israel. But hamas the Palestinian Group which controls goose a denies it launched at tacks. Our correspondent Andrew Simons is joining us live from gaza right now. Andrew, what are we to think, israel says rockets launched in to southern israel and hamas saying they know nothing about this. Reporter what is clear is that these talks have gone right to the wire. We understand more than six hour