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
Ukraine is preparing for its first president ial election since the protest that toppled former president victory yanukovych. Russia president Vladimir Putin said russia will respect the out come of the election. As the vote nears violence is growing in eastern ukraine. Al jazeera has more from doneskt. This under lies an exclusive situation in eastern ukraine. Militia on militia, violence socalled antiterrorist. The defense unit stands for an united ukraine, but like the pro separatists they cover their faces, wear uniforms, and carry weapons. Now people here are extremely worried about that. They say that whoever stands for what its just another set of people with weapons on the streets. So far most of the fighting seems to happen outside of the towns and the big cities mainly at check points. But there is a real anxiety that that fighting could eventually inch closer to the city centers. People are also worried that in the next 48 hours there could be a further up tick in violence a
Live and in ht, this is abc 7 News Washington weekly. Mitt romney is in florida. That is where the debate will be held. The moderator is a cbs anchor and the focus will be Foreign Policy. You can catch every minute of the debate right here on abc 7 starting tomorrow night at 9 00 p. M. The libya issue will be one of the key topics in the debate. Tell us if you have learned anything new from the president and mitt romney about that. I do not think we will learn anything new in terms of intelligence. We will see them face off again. Last time they went at it, mitt romney came up the loser. The one thing about this whole situation is, at least with libya, its sole still seems the president does not have a full answer when it comes to the timeline and exactly what took place there. Do we expect any kind of clarification to bar . Some people are saying he should address the nation. Do we expect any more clarification on the timeline . There is a problem in the community with the information
This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening, i am jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the broadcast. 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, that claim to be baghdadi 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 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 El Bag
This is the cbs evening news. Quijano good evening. Im elaine quijano, and this is our western edition. As america celebrates independence day, President Trump is facing his greatest Foreign Policy test to date. Overnight, north korea launched its first intercontinental missile, one that could potentially strike parts of the United States. Late today, secretary of state Rex Tillerson strongly condemned the launch and called for Global Action to stop the threat. Mr. Trump tweeted about the norths leader, kim jongun, does this guy have anything better to do with his life . We have two reports, beginning with david martin. Reporter it was the nastiest kind of firework, a north korea intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of reaching at least part of the United States. The missile only traveled 600 miles because it was launched at an extremely high angle, but it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to be an intercontinental missile. Had it been launched on a standard trajectory, it would