Court battle. And spanish region of catalonia pushing ahead for votes on independence this year. The madrid government said it is illegal. But first isil fighters in Northern Syria are being targeted by airstrikes. Nearly 150,000 people who already fled in the past week alone. Syrias kurds are spread across large parts of the north. And isil fighters have surrounded large areas o kobane. And thats until the intervention of kurdish fighters. More than 200,000 people have left there and gone to other places. Now Kurdish Forces continue to battle near isil fighters. These are pictures that were released, and they are said to show the Kurdish Forces defending the town and are said to come from two days ago. Lets go live now from our correspondent Stephanie Decker who is not far from kobane. Bring us uptodate to what is happening today. Thats right. Just to let you know where we are. You see a refugee camp in a cruel twist of fate. In the back that is the Syrian Kurdish town of kobane. That
Underestimated the threat of i. S. I. L. As the u. S. Led Coalition Continues air strikes on targets in Northern Syria. The search for survivors in japan continues after a volcano erupts outside tokyo. Good to have you with us. Unprecedented protests grips the distribute. Lets take you there live. Its monday morning, and thousands of demonstrators of lined up. They are protesting chinas decision to vet candidates. Many see it as a step backwards in a fight more democracy. Its the least seen democracy since 1997. It could take a toll on hong kongs future. Markets will be opening. And half the countries are from mainland china. China based businesses help to drive the 3. 7 million market. On sunday police fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd, blocking roads and government headquarters. As of last night 34 people were injured and 78 people were arrested in the area. Protesters say they must stand for democracy. The message is how can people love democracy, believing its g
Anticorruption an adny party. Im imtiaz tyab. In the palestinian are settlement of hebron. Israelis are trying to impose taxes on their palestinian neighbors. Prorussian fighters have occupied debaltseve. Its fieders have cut fighters have cut off the only route into debaltseve. Charles stratford is pretty close to debaltseve. Persuade hard to confirm or disprove these claims but if this town were to be taken by the prorussian fighters what would it be . Reporter the town of debaltseve is a significant railroad hub a transport hub that if the rebels were to take it would link the territory that they control here with russia. Weve seen a steady push by the rebels over recent weeks in a number of towns taken in the very near vicinity. We have a town called gulagorsk which is about ten kilometers as the crow flies ongoing shelling there, the rentals very much in control here, having taken control here only a few days ago. So if this is indeed true that they have surrounded debaltseve, tha
To doing away with a rule that football fans absolutely hate. It is 10 00 a. M. In new york city. You are watching Market Makers. I am Erik Schatzker. I am stephanie ruhle. Sackednfl going to get i am betting you thought that was corny. I am cringing, and we know i am the cheese of the show. Lets start with the big news ebay spinning off the paypal unit, bowing to carl icahn, who pushed for the split nine months ago. Donohue opposed the move and he will be leaving once the spinoff is complete. Lets bring in senior marcus correspondent julie hyman. What arent senior markets correspondent julie hyman. What are investors saying . The conventional wisdom is this does more for paypal than it does for ebay. Why are they splitting up . Why did carl icahn start pushing for this nine months ago . He felt as though, and it seemed other investors agreed, that paypal was being held back by ebay. Than half ofmore the volume of payments from paypal comes from ebay itself. Was it holding it back in t
Im at the Cannes Film Festival looking at how real life is coming together this year courtesy of africa. Indias Main Opposition Party is heading for a landslide victory in the general election. The hindu nationalist b. J. P. Campaigned on economically viable ruling, unseating the current party. Election results trickled in. Narendra modi, being congratulated by his mother. His supporters are on the streets in anticipation of victory. More than 500 million votes were cast during the nine phase general elections. The finishing line is in site as we join our correspondent, outside a counting satisfaction. Will we know pretty soon that it is absolute, and the size of the victory . Yes. I mean the Election Commission leads, or shows that the b. J. P. Has the numbers that they require to form a majority government. They require 272 seats to form government and the Election Commission shows that they are beyond that. They have to be confirmed when the results are in. If the results validate w