here is that the u.s. defense secretary paid a meeting here to try and shore up support to help resolve some of these differences between different american allies in the region in the middle of this critical and deadly battle taking place in mosul. after that meeting, carter told journalists that it appeared that there was an agreement in principal for turkey s future participation in the mosul operation but that the practicalities still had to get sorted out. now, why would turkey be so concerned? part of it is that it has taken in millions of refugees, mostly from syria, but also from hundreds of thousands of refugees from iraq. mosul is considered to be a largely sunni muslim city in the north of iraq that turkey has long standing historical and cultural ties with. the turkish president, air due want sees himself as a protector
aren t just battling forces on the ground, they are also up against bomb dropping drones in the skies as our own nick paton walsh reports. 30 militants sustained attack against key security and government buildings. seven of them dead, many casualties. sort of a way i think of suggesting isis will strike where it was. the violence continuing around mosul itself. as we saw ourselves yesterday, isis able to use drones both to spot the positions on of those attack them but deliver explosives of tense, bloody times on those front lines. day four and perhaps the biggest push yet. from the north into the plains around mosul. trying to dislodge the
well, it certainly is bringing them closer to, of course, what is going to be the main and most difficult battlefield, iraq s second largest city of mosul. and they have been encountering the closer they ve been getting to the city itself on the different.fronts an even stronger resistance from isis. the organization s best weapon are these suicide car bombs that are sometimes laying in wait when they think they ve cleared the city, all of a sudden a vehicle comes careening to their positions they ve set up and isis has shown abilities to launch attacks elsewhere, citing the city of kirkuk. there were fierce battles there yesterday and still fierce clashes going on. but to give you an idea of what the front line looks like, we
iraq s prime minister is offering extra security forces into kirkuk. 175 kilometers or about 170 meals to the southeast of mosul. this comes after isis mill at that points attacked police stations and kurdish security buildings in that city sparking gun battles. it is thought isis may be trying to divert iraqi forces away from mosul. tear gas could have caused evacuations of the london city airport on friday. officials say they found a can of cs gas spray which might have been discharged accidentally. authorities are investigating whether a passenger got rid of the canister before checking in. mexican authorities have arrested a possible mastermind behind the disappearance of 43 students. the former police chief of the city of iguala has been captured after two years on the run. officials are now hoping felipe flores vasquez could help the prosecutors.
were down with the iraqi special forces who are with the counterterrorism unit as they advanced on the christian town of batalah. attack helicopters swoop overhead and fire. a truck bomb is dead nated by forces on the ground. that s what s left of it. 25-year-old corporal mohammed yasser says as we push forward. his humvee has been hit so many times, he can barely see through the bullet proof glass. when we finish lebraiding mosul, i m going to ask for me sweethea sweetheart s hand in marriage. he dreams of the future, but now has to focus on surviving the present. a bulldozer barricades side roads. to defense against one of the biggest ongoing threats, suicide car bombers. it s one of the ways that