He says the group has lost about 40 of the areas it once controlled in iraq, thanks in part to Iraqi Military advances on the ground, and he said his defense secretary will travel to the middle east this week to ask Coalition Partners to provide more military assistance. Officials from Doctors Without Borders have revised the death toll from a u. S. Air strike on their hospital in afghanistan, and they say the number of fatalities is higher than initially believed at 42. The u. S. Military says its aircraft mistakenly targeted the hospital in the Northern City of kunduz in october. The medical charity had previously counted 30 dead, including patients and hospital staff, but the Group Carried out an investigation that included other hospitals where the injured were taken, and they identified more fatalities. Even in afghan culture, its a safe house, and its really surprising for me. Were asking for an independent investigation to find out why and what actually happened. Last month, u.
Games. And we take a look at the strength of frances far right National Front and what it means for the country. People in new zealand are considering whether or not to change one of their national symbols. Theyve chose an new flag design that could replace their current one featuring the British Union jack. Voters picked the winner from more than 10,000 entries. It features stars in a Southern Cross formation and a silver fern against a black and blue background. It was created by an australiabased designer. The silver fern also appears on uniforms worn by the rugby players. The Election Commission says about 1. 5 Million People took part in the poll. Thats 48 of eligible voters. Theyll get the chance to vote again next march on whether the winning design should become their new national flag. The u. S. President is hitting back against critics who says hes come up short in the fight against Islamic State militants. Barack obama laid out the progress made so far and said hell call on
Declaring victory. All the candidates have flown on to New Hampshire, the next battleground in this primary contest. Theyll vote in six days. This mornings washington journal is giving you reaction to the first in the nation voting last night and whats next for these candidates. 2027488001. Emocrats, 2027488000, and independents, 2027488002. Iowa, New Hampshire voters, we want to learn from you how you Hawkeye State and how you plan to vote in the Granite State. 2027488003 is your line. Join the conversation on twitter cspanwj or facebook do dom csan. Good morning. Ed cruz has been declared the winner on the republican side or a virtual tie as Bernie Sanders has called it. This is the results from the New York Times this morning. That rate is called on the epublican side, senator ted cruz got 27. 7 of the votes. That gives him eight delegates of iowa. T donald trump with 24. 3. Hell get seven. 23. 1 . Rubio, the senator, he too will get seven delegates. Side, only ratic points separati
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Fear a arrest and torture as the government threaten tops send home boat people. A big day for a massive country. Absolutely. Indias new government delivers the budget aimed at attacking the Third Largest economy. Growth of soaring consumer prices, infrastructure. Were going to find out if this is a budget that delivers. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington, 2 00 p. M. In gaza trip. Palestinian officials are now saying at least 78 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. The United Nations is warning the situation is on a edge demanding hamas stop firing rocket at israel and urging the Israeli Government to exercise restraint and respect. Egypt has now opened the main Border Crossing into the gaza strip so injured palestinians can receive treatment. Hundreds of targets have been fired on overnight. The most deadly attack. The grimly familiar morning routine in gaza inspecting the damage of overnight air raids. This is the town where a beach cafe was hit while peop