Says a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war and persecution on World Refugee day we look at the plight of egypt Rohingya Muslims from being marked living as refugees in bangladesh. And who get the European Unions top job france and germany clashed over who should become the next president of the European Commission. Plus of the womens world cup in france some acrobatic goalkeeping by japan was not enough to tame england the lionesses put on a dominant display to secure their spot in the last 16. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st aid. Visit there talks with his host kim jong un are set to center on kangs Nuclear Weapons program a summit earlier this year between kim and u. S. President donald trump ended without any agreement and china then backed sanctions on the north so ties are currently strained between those 2 countries its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has vi
A missing activist is identified in argentina well tell you how that it could affect the outcome of an upcoming election. Hello there for the southeastern parts of china the weather is quite quiet at the moment for most of us there should be clear skies as we head through sunday and monday you can see the winds though theyre feeding down from the north and that means for some of us its going to get cooler over the next few days so shanghai on sunday getting to around twenty two but on monday a little bit lower probably no higher than twenty towards the west where theres more in the way of unsettled weather here some very heavy rain has been working its way across bangladesh now is edging its way towards the northeast it is gradually easing though so less heavy showers as we head through into monday and force in bangladesh the weather is clearing but certainly this is tim has brought us some very very heavy downpours in fact some parts of bangladesh have reported over one hundred forty
With refugees trying to find a safe haven. What to do with orphan children hello. A new video appears to show the beheading of a number of hostages, including peter kassig. It appears to show members of Islamic State of iraq and levant killing aide workers and soldiers. Kassig was captured while in syria, on a mission to help wounded refugees. The white house responded, saying if confirm, we are appalled by the murder of aid workers, and express condolences to family and friends crossing to imran khan. We have the statement from the white house, saying that they are determining the authenticity of the video. What are you hearing about this . Well, what we do know is that the video was shared on platforms that are previously called credible. We know that the video has emanated from i. S. I. L. Sources, and we know that the video shows the beheading of 12 syrians, i. S. I. L. Say that soldiers we dont know who they are, we cant confirm it. The beheading of the u. S. Humanitarian aid work
Free speech or hate speech . A court in france is about to rule on the case of a controversial comedian. Hundreds of people have gathered in jordan to mourn a pilot who was brutally killed by isil. Many including his father are crying out for revenge. In the early hours of wednesday jordan executed two convicts in retaliation. The king is now back in the country after cutting short his trip to the United States. We have the latest from amman. Jordan warned of an earth shaking response to the murder of its pilot and that response came swiftly. At down wednesday the authorities executed iraqi prisoner sajida alrishawi. She had been on death row for eight years for taking part in a 2005 attack in amman that killed 60 people. Another iraqi prisoner was also executed. He was sentenced to death by hanging for murder ago jordanian truck driver in iraq. The government confirmed its pilot was killed on january 3 a month before isil released the video, apparently showing him being burned alive.
President Barack Obama Says the u. S. Will continue its fight against alqaeda and isil and announced a joint Digital Program with theited arab imrates obviously there is a complicated history between the middle east the west and none of us i think, should be immune from criticism in terms of specific policies but the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. And all of us regardless of our faith, have a responsibility to reject it. Rosiland jordan has more now from washington. Reporter Barack Obamas message to delegates at the final day of the white houses summit on countering violent extremism is this its not just enough to confront the enemy with weapons. You have to confront them both with actions within our own countries and with counter messaging. The president s speech before delegates at the state department on thursday was quite heart felt because he said that what members of isil of alqaeda, boko haram, and other groups are doing is essentially harming the very