Welcome to countdown. Im caroline hyde. Im manus cranny. Coming up, another deal deadlock. Diplomats gave differing accounts on what is needed to reach an agreement before the selfimposed deadline. Campaigning for the u. K. General elections officially kicks off today. Prime minister David Cameron is expect it to visit the queen of buckingham palace. Anna edwards has the story. Really it begins without pomp with the pomp ceremony. Yes. The official start. The official start of campaigning. This is in the financial times. This is the advert the labour party has taken out. The threat of an eu exit. Really trying to rehabilitate the image of the labour party with the Business Community on capping energy prices. There is some work to be done to rehabilitate the image. Beyond that, we have that other details to show you what were going to hear a little bit later on. A vote on the eu would be a recipe for two years of uncertainty here there is the europe focus. That could play well with some
Latvias Prime Minister resign after last weeks supermarket cave in. And celebrations in dubai as it becomes the first middle eastern city to host the world expo. Berlusconi has been expelled from Parliament Due to convictions of talks fraud. His supporters gathered outside of his home in a show of solidarity. Hes lose the political power that he has enjoyed oh for two decades in italy, but i have no doubt that hell continue shouting loudly. He is a very wealthy man and he controls a media empire. This is a bleak day for italian democracy as far as hes concerned, but hell carry on fighting. Is there going to be a wide impact on italy . Reporter well, undoubtedly. He has been the dominant figure from 1993 on wards. I think despite the bravado that youve heard from him today, despite the enthusiastic reception that he has gotten from his supporters here in the center of rome there is a perception that were nearing the end of an enare a an era. He seems to have toppled, and then houdinilik
But to help build this country. This is our first task as a society. Keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged. And their voices should compel us to change. And thats why last month i asked joe to lead an effort along with members of my cabinet to come up with some concrete steps we can take right now to keep our children safe. To help prevent mass shootings. To reduce the broader epidemic of gun violence in this country. And we cant put this off any longer. Just last thursday, as tv networks were covering one of joes meetings, on this topic, news broke of another school shooting, this one in california. In the month since 20 precious children and 6 brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun. 900. In the past month. And every day we wait, that number will keep growing. So im putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of joes task force. And in the da
Paraded through a crowded street in cages. The militants also threatened all peshmerga soldiers telling them to abandon their jobs or face a similar fate or job. Cnn cannot independently authenticate the video. Lets go now to ben wedeman on the ground in erbil, iraq. Do you have any idea whether this will have an impact . Reporter theyre trying to sew a feeling of insecurity and fear among the peshmerga fighters by parading 21 of their comrades in these cages. And clearly the implication hanging heavily over that video is that they will suffer the same fate of so many others who have fallen into the hands of isis but when you speak to people here whether its people on the front lines or just ordinary people in the streets of the kurdish areas, they really dont pay much attention to these videos. For one thing, theyre not really widely broadcast on the local television stations. And the attitude of most people is that isis and the kurds simply cannot coexist. That rare are those who act