Pope urges action to tack emclimate change. Tackle breaking new. Lebanese army has received the body of a soldier killed by news Road Accident front rebels in a long awaited Prisoner Exchange deal. More soldiers are expected to be handed over on the lebanese syria border. A number of soldiers will be freed by the rebels in exchange for the release of prisoners held by the government. Burkina faso has a new president after a year of turmoil. Roch mark kabore won more than 5 pa of the vote. Sundays president ial elections were the first since an uprising in october last year that led to Blaise Comparore resigning after 27 years in office. Al jazeera moham ed ado has more. Reporter celebrations in the results of the elections. Former Prime Minister mac mac was proclaimed the winner. He will be the first civilian leaders in almost five decades. In his victory speech he promised to follow through on his campaign promises. Translation we owe to those who sacrificed their lives for their coun
And puerto rico owes millions of dollars to its creditors today, but it may not be able to pay up. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im del walters. We are find thatting new details out about that u. S. Effort to defeat isil. Ash carter saying more special operations troops will be headed to iraq. In full coordination with the government of iraq, were deploying a specialized expedestrian a decisionary targeting force. So assist iraqi and Peshmerga Forces to put more pressure on isil. They will overtime be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture isil leaders. This force will also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations in syria. Carter saying that is separate from the special Operations Forces the u. S. Already says it will deploy to syria. Carter saying the u. S. Is making gains against isil thank in part to an increase in Coalition Air strikes. Jamie mcintyre joining us by phone from the pentagon. Are these new numbers or just
This is day two of the International Climate talks in paris and this morning World Politics are over shadowing efforts to stop Climate Change and president obama met with turkish president one week after they shot down a russian plane, good morning im stephanie sy. And offering a motive for the shoot down and protecting the oil trade with i. S. I. L. And demanding proof and president obama is trying to diffuse the tensions. We all have a common enemy and that is i. S. I. L. And want to make sure that we focus on that threat and i want to make sure we remain focused on the need to bring about some sort of political resolution in syria. Reporter our senior washington correspondent mike has been monitoring the talks for us and mike president obama using the gathering in paris to have support for defeating i. S. I. L. And what came out of the meeting this morning with the turkish president. Its interesting del since the shoot down of the russian su 24 war plane over the skies of turkey sho
The head of facebook, their new baby, and the other big announcement. Promising to giveaway 45 billion . Good evening. And its great to have you with us on a tuesday night. And we begin in chicago, where the police chief is now out of a job tonight, after that controversial video of a deadly shooting. Just a short time ago, the attorney general in illinois called for the u. S. Justice department to investigation whether Chicago Police broke federal law. Authorities say the teenager was shot 16 times. Police allegedly firing even after he fell to the ground. The teen walking in the middle of the road. Cops moving in, weapons drawn. And tonight, this new image, officers inside a nearby burger king, allegedly combing through surveillance video, moments after the teen was shot dead. Leading to new questions over how the investigation was handled. Abcs alex perez leads us off from chicago. Rising tension in this city, chicagos top cop out of a job. Chicago mayor rahm emanuel, bowing to publ
Some are calling a bit bizarre. Good tuesday morning. Im aditi roy in for reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. We are tracking several breaking stories starting with that Police Shootout in atlanta caught on camera. You can hear the gunfire. People eating in nearby restaurants calling the scene chaotic. Police say they stopped a jeep going the wrong way and the struggle ensued. The driver was arrested right away blue the passenger fled. He was later shot to death by an officer in a parking lot behind an scale hotel. Ey say drugs, weapons and money were found in the jeep. And also breaking right now the cause of that air asia crash from last december, indonesian Officials Say a faulty computer that controlled the rudders was a major factor. Investigators found that the system failed four times during the flight. The pilots turned off the they lost control in stormy weather, instead. 162 people died when the flight to singapore crashed into the java sea. Weather now. Also happening, a major sn