142 million registered to vote in the tightest president ial election in decades. And a crackdown in hong kong for the protesters to leave is hours away. The words from the United States is that it has hit a number of i. S. I. L. Targets in the last 24 hours, both in iraq and syria. Air strikes northwest of raqqa have destroyed a large unit, and further east i. S. I. L. Tanks were hit and artillery destroyed. Across the border near the iraqi city of pham uma, u. S. Planes destroyed two fallujah, i. S. I. L. Planes destroyed targets. Despite the air strikes, the group fought to the nearby town of fallujah. We explain why that is significant, imran khan. This furious exchange of fire shows the battle against i. S. I. L. Is not showing down. Backed by tanks and heavy weapons, Government Forces are in the town. This is a strategic town linking anbar with baghdad in the south of the country. Holding it against i. S. I. L. Fighters means they can reach anbar province. Translation well never
Headlines this wednesday, including formula one driver jules ou sbianchi out of his coma. So breaking news from afghanistan, first this hour, the taliban says it is responsible for a suicide blast in the center of kabul. A car bomb exploded close to the socalled green village, a heavily guarded complex which houses foreign contractors. The bomb went off in a street off of a secure zone and was followed by a bomb fire. Four attackers are dead. You heard the blast. A journalist with the l. A. Times. He joins us on the line with kabul. How big was this explosion . Reporter im actually pretty far from the center of the explosion, and i heard remnants of it. It was a low baring truck loaded with explosives that caused the blast. And they would check the compound in small arms fired at the guards. Tell us a bit more about this area, the green village. Whats the security like there . How easy or difficult would it be for someone to get in there with a car full of explosives . Its sort of outs
To voters. Why muslim pilgrims are concerned the selfie is under mining the importance of hajj. The battle against fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and levant continues tonne several fronts. In iraq and syria. I. S. I. L. Says it has taken more territory in anbar province, even though iraqs army and sunni fighters continue to go after the group. Imran khan reports from the iraqi capital baghdad. The furious exchange of fire shows that the battle against i. S. I. L. Is not slowing down. Backed by tanks and weapons, the Government Forces are in this town, linking anbar with baghdad, in the south of the country. Holing it against yil holding it against i. S. I. L. Fighters mean supplies can reach the province. Translation well never leave the city. This is our homeland that we cannot abandon, because there is a con spir si on the country. Well fight them, whether they calm themselves rebels or armed groups. We are all iraqi, christians, shia, we are all brothers. If they want their
International criminal court, first to do so. I. S. I. L, there are reports of i. S. I. L. Entering kobani. 43 missing students for the first time, promising to go after the perpetrators. A spanish nurse who helped treat an ebola victim in madrid is now tested positive for the disease. The first case of one person transmitting the disease to another person outside of west africa. A spanish priest died of the disease in august, the five u. S. Citizen diagnosed with the disease has arrived in nebraska. Ashoka mukpo had been working in liberia, hired by the network nbc he fell in. Mukpo was able to board the plane on monday and will be treated at a specialized medical unit in nebraska. An ebola clinic in liberia, doctors in the center of the capital monrovia, have been working in this specialized center, filled up be within 24 hours of its opening. So far the virus has killed more than 3400 people in west africa and infected about 7500. Just to report, we are expecting a press conference
Plus under arrest, a korean air executive who forced a plane to turn around over nuts, is behind bars. So then, we begin with breaking news out of yemen. At least 20 houthis have died at a suicide bomb attack. Elsewhere in the country at least 34 people were killed in fighting between Houthi Rebels and al qaeda. The fighting brek out broke out when houthi fighters tried take the village from, authorities. First of all what do you know about the bombing in ibb city . That building was where the houthis had organized the gathering to celebrate the the prophet mohamed. The death is over 20. The assumption is that that toll will rise because there are too many people inside that hall, nick. And then we also had this incident in rata district. Away can you tell us about that . Reporter yes well, that happened on tuesday night. Heavy fighting broke out. It started with a bomb targeting the road the houthi fighters were using. After that attack there were clashes in different villages, at lea