Music industry. Hello, Iraqi Government forces and shia militia are advancing into the city of tikrit. Their aim is to recapture the city from the Islamic State in iraq and the levant, which has held it since last june. Iraqi forces are said to move from the north where theyre in control of a military hospital. Also pushing towards the center of the city. The video shows troops and militiamen along side heavy vehicles in the neighborhood, recapturing tikrit giving a supply link against isil in the major Northern City of mosul. This is northeastern Tikrit Iraqi Army and sunni tribesmen are trying to push isil out of the city. We want to tell the iraqi people that tikrit will be liberated and retaken from isil troops. We will liberate tikrit from isil. And from there well move to mosul. They shot footage on wednesday. Tikrit is controlled by isil. The city is on the highway linking baghdad to mosul further north. Progress has bid slow here. Partly because of boobie traps left by isil and
Plus monopoly, the true story of greed goodness, and americas most iconic game. He was the Ferguson Police chief for five years. Tonight hes out of a job. Chief Thomas Jackson resigned. He was outspoken defending the department in the days after the shooting death of Michael Brown but today at a press conference fergusons mayor made the announcement that chief didnt show up. Randall pinkston is here with that. Randall . John, the events that began with the police chief started when Michael Brown himself was shot and killed in ferguson last summer. Officials seem intent on staying put for a while but that all changed last week where the department of justice finally released a longstanding investigation. Police chief Thomas Jackson is the sixth ferguson, missouri e employee to step down. Ferguson mayor James Knowles announced the departure Late Wednesday afternoon. The city of ferguson and police chief Thomas Jackson have agreed to the Police Chiefs resignation from ferguson. He made no
Missing after a landslide in northwest columbia plus, a rally in support of macedonias Prime Minister after mass protests urging him to go. Hello, shia militias are assembling near the iraqi stay of ramadi. Iraqis groups fled the city. Hundreds were killed and 25,000 people have fled. Zeina khodr has more from baghdad. Reporter they were caught in the crossfire and have no place to go. 8,000 were forced to leave ramadi when fighters belonging from Islamic State of iraq and levant advanced into the city. People headed to baghdad are being questioned before enterle capital. The gas saying it wants to make sure no fighters could enter the city. Reporter why arent we allowed to go to baghdad, arent we in the same country. Its better to die than lead the life anger towards the government runs deep. Theres a feeling among people that they have been detroit. We spent two days on the road. Humiliated at government checkpoints along the way. We cant understand how security retreated and withdre
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im john henry smith. Thousands are fleeing their homes in into eastern iraq after ramadi has fallen under isil control. Some 8,000 have been forced to leave. Secretary of state john kerry spoke about isil during his trip to south korea. He said the group and others that he calls daesh are growing stronger in the region, and as such the Iraqi Government has no time to waste. Particularly in anbar where you dont yet have the presence of the Iraqi Security forces in the full numbers necessary to take the fight to dash everywhere yet i underscore yet. There are targets of opportunity like ramadi or somewhere elsewhere dash has the ability to inflict great damage. The head of u. S. Central command met with iraqs defense minister in baghdad today, and thousands have arrived to kick start the fight. They were caught in the cross fire and now they have no place to go. According to the International Organization for migration 8,000 people were
It has been six years in the making and finally here and counting down to the historic event and the race to challenge for the top futbols top jock details coming up. Tanzania coping with a crisis and tens of thousands fled violence in burundi are crammed into Transit Centers and refugee camps and there is not enough space and conditions are appalling, at least 33 people have died of cholera and kim has the latest. Reporter they fled their homes in search of safety but their journey has just begun. On 100yearold fishing boat they are moved south of the border, a stadium turned Transit Center is their next stop. It was two days traveling and we had to walk long distances and police could stop us on the way and when we crossed the border it made it difficult. Reporter weeks of cramped conditions and poor sanitation is wreaking havoc and many arrive in the transit camp with acute diarrhea and others the chlorea and they are brought to centers and pumped with saline. Diarrhea cases are tre