at a showcase for the best and brightest ideas in innovation and he did sign. hello, everyone, u.s. president barack obama says he s determined to beat isil. the u.s.-led coalition is intensifying its campaign against the group with some of the heaviest bombing since it s began airstrikes last september. at least 19 of these air strikes were carried out in a rack and syria on sunday. president obama says the folk soys taking out isil s leaders and its infrastructure and the reason knowledge players in the middle east are united in the fight. isil s strategic weaknesses are real. they are surrounded lie countries and communities committed to its destruction. it has no air force our coalition owns the skies isil is backed by no nation, it relies on fear, seems executing its own disillusioned fighters. it s unrestrained brutality often alienates those under its rule creating new enemies. in short isil s recent losses in syria and iraq prove that isil can and will be did
for some of the best and brightest ideas in innovation and design. so with starting with news developing out of afghanistan a suicide car bomb attack in kabul. jennifer glasse is live for us there in the afghan capital to tell us more, jennifer. reporter: kamal, that attack happened just about a half an hour ago. a huge car bomb explosion you can see a large plume of smoke. it happened a couple of kilometers east of the center. policemen tell al jazerra on the scene that they say the target was a convoy, a car carrying international advisers. they were not in military uniform, it was am armor the car and one eyewitness says at least three allegan civilians were wounded in the attack. kamal it s the second car bomb attack in kabul in a week. last tuesday, just a week ago on the airport road another massive car bomb targeted an international military convoy in that attack one afghan civilian killed several injured. the foreigners were not hurt. okay, jennifer, welcome
plunged into a race after comments by an olympic swimming legend. if they don t like it go back where their parents came from. we don t need them in the country if they act like that. reporter: called a blatant racist by the target of the words australian tennis player nick karias. only four years almost to the day actually since south sudan was created but the world s newest country is this the grip of a bitter civil war and both are fighting as hard as ever and no progress on peace talks but al jazeera has been in rebel-held territory for a lock at what is look at what is happening on the ground and south sudan gained independence in the north bank in 2011 following a peace deal to end africa s longest running civil war and it was short lived because a new war broke out in december 2013 after a power struggle between the president and his deputy. since then look at the numbers 10,000 people killed in 1.6 million displaced internally in south sudan. last month while pe
francis s message during his south american tour. it is only four years, almost to the day actually since south sudan was created and the newest country is in the grip of a bitter civil war and both sides fighting as ever and no progress on peace talks but al jazeera has been inside rebel-held territory for what is happening on the ground. before we show you that we want to put context in 2011 when the line was drawn for independence and south sudan became a country following a peace deal to end africa s longest running civil war and the peace was short lived because war broke out in 2013 after a power struggle between the president and his deputy and look at the resulting numbers, 10,000 people killed, 1.6 million people internally displaced. now last month while peace talks were underway rebels captured the capitol of upper nile state. it s an important oil center. this town has been retaken by the army just recently but much of the rest of the state remain in rebel hands
the battles of south sudan, an exclusive report on the rebel forces fighting to bring down the government. an australian sport has been plunged into a racism controversy after comments by an olympic swimming legend. if they don t like it go back to where their fathers or their parents came from. we don t need them in this country if they act like that. dawn frazier called a blatant racist by nick kurios. but first these are crucial hours for the future of greece s economy, but there s no sign of progress towards a new bailout deal. euro zone finance ministers meeting in brussels are trying again to forge an agreement over what cuts greece will make in return for billions of euros in loans. the ministers have said they want serious proposals from greece, but in the end, they have had nothing in writing so far, and it could hardly be more urgent. the banks are said to be on the verge of running out of cash. as the european central bank tightens access to these vital eme