Bolivia, where the government is fighting economics in the fight against Illegal Drugs polls are open in tunisia for the first president ial election since the revolution in 2011. Voters have 25 candidates to choose from. Three main frontrunners have emerged. Ahead in the polls is 87yearold beiji. He is chairman of a party that won the october parliamentary elections. Second is Current Interim president who has been in the position since 2011. And third is a business tycoon, his party has the Third Largest parliamentary block ahead of tunisias other party and enactor. Im joined from the capital. The polls have opened. Its a significant moment for tunis yaps. What is the mood there . Yes, well, the polling station has just opened. We are actuality at a polling station, and are expecting one of the leading candidates to turn up toon. If he does, well try to speak to him if we can. Mood is one of excitement. Its the first time in the history of tunisia. They have a choice, and many candid
Plus. Rest in peace, my little brother, ill see you out in the middle. Cricketer phil hughes laid to rest in his hometown as the nation says its final farewell. Thank you for joining us. The International Coalition that is fighting isil is winning, but the groups final defeat could be many years away. The words of the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry after a meeting of representatives from the 60 countries that make up the coalition. From brussels here is tim friend. The coalitions assertion that its making process against isil would be created with skepticism here as they wait for the next attack. A small team of doctors and nurses providing the only remaining medical services in the Syrian Border town of kobane is preparing for a new serge of admissions as fighting intensifies. A single aid station is all that is left of two of the three medical facilities were destroyed when isil attacked the town in midseptember. Injured from the coalition of kurdish and Free Syrian Army fighter
And we go to the arctic. Is there a new cold war . Art sales make records in new york. What is driving up the prices . We start in kenya where alshabab fighters have ambushed a bus and killed 28 civilians. The bus was traveling to nairobi. Harry smith has this report. Reporter witnesses say that the victims were forced from the bus at gunpoint. They were ordered to read passes from the quran to separate out the nonmuslims who were forced to lie down before being shot in the head one by one at point blank range. 60 passengers were on board. 28 were killed. 911 women and 19 men. The attack happened near the kenyan border near somalia. The bus was traveling to the capitol of nairobi. Its believed there were about ten gunmen, Kenyan Police say theyre trying to track them down. The kenyan government said it was determined to bring them to justice. They have been identified credit they come from, and we continue to make inroads to make sure that we bring to news those responsible. The Islami
Fastest growing industries in africa. Syrian government has agreed to participate in negotiates to restart peace talks in moscow. Russias Foreign Ministry said it hopes to host talks between bashar alassads government in late january, but its unclear who will officially be taking part. Vice president of the building syria state party, which opposes the regime in damascus. Speaking by phone with the syrian co capitol, he said that only a peaceful solution will calm the conflict. You have bombardment in some years, and you have groups attacking some areas. This is not something that should stop us from going to the political solution. This should encourage everybody to go to the solution because as the end the political solution is the only path to stop all this violence and all those killed, and of course, there solution on the part of the regime or the armed groups. We should bring to attention that there is grave danger of isis. Isis is not any one of the syrians. It is a danger for t
Police drills with targets dressed up as muslim fighters. A cargo ship is being towed to italy after its captain and crew abandoned hundreds of migrants on board. It cost power about 65 miles off of the coast. It is now being taken to the italian coast. Well thats the second migrant ship found abandoned by its crew off of italys coast. More than 700 syrian migrants were captured days ago. Despite the dangers of a perilous voyage across the mediterranean sea, migrants continue to risk everything. The turmoil of the arab spring has caused an increasing number of migrants to risk their lives, crossing the mediterranean in overcrowded routes. Another popular route involves traveling to yemen and saudi arabia before continuing the journey to europe. According to the Italian Interior Ministry 60,000 migrants arrived in the country in 2013. But last year that figure almost tripled. Many were escaping syria and the countrys civil war, and their journeys are dangerous. In 2013, the u. N. Estima