A hospital that killed 22 people. This is live from paris. We start here in france and reactions across the political spectrum with the air france protests. President hollande has described the scene at Charles De Gaulle airport, where workers stormed a Board Meeting as bad for the countrys image. A Restructuring Plan centered on job cuts and other costcutting measures, which management said he needed to turn around the underperforming airline. Our france 24 reporter. Report the french Prime Minister lashed out at what he called thugs, referring to the Union Members that attacked the air france officials at Charles De Gaulle airport. Speaking at the airline headquarters, he echoed s commentsollande that frances image had taken a hit internationally. Realizes that the pictures from yesterday were seen around the world. Not only did they shock our fellow citizens that have raised legitimate issues, it has hurt the image of air france and put france itself at risk. I know as well that ima
Historic deal. And David Cameron chores flooded northern england. And a surge of home of calls for think the flood defenses. First though, 2016 will be the year the Islamic State group is finally defeated, so says a rats Prime Minister on the day his military and announced to the recapture of the city of ramadi. Has held the city since may. Our correspondent tells us how the iraqis one. City thatramadi, a has been in the hands of the Islamic State more than half a year. Ramadi has been liberated. We have defended our dignity and our lands. Iraqi troops recaptured the government compound on sunday, flushing out the Islamic State Group Fighters and suicide bombers who had been lying in wait. The operation to recapture months, andlast backing from u. S. Led airstrikes helped pin down the islamist fighters. Two areas were hit on sunday, wounding approximately a dozen militants. The city is the capital of the province,largest anbar. Some parts of ramadi had appeared to be completely destroy
Giving an address to the nation this new years day. Makeresident vowing to 2016 the year that america steps up and control in the wake of a series of massacres. We know webama cannot stop every act of violence but what if we try to stop even one . What if congress did something, anything, to protect our kids from gun violence . Myew months ago i directed team at the white house to look at any new action i could take help reduce gun violence. On monday i will meet with our attorney general, limited lynch, to discuss our options, because i get too many letters from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do nothing. Afghanistan next, where the taliban claims responsibility for an explosion that killed two people and wounded a dozen more in trouble. Happened at a restaurant popular with westerners. Engulfed instaurant flames and Security Forces surrounding the area. The explosion rocked this central Residential District of abul new years day, targeting a french restaurant owned by
Continued to defile the corpses of his victims. French officials have now confirmed he died in this predawn raid in paris on wednesday. We know today that abaaoud, the orchestrator of these attacks, one of the organizers, because you have to be especially careful, was among the dead. Attention is turning to have one of the worlds most wanted man was able to travel to paris undetected by the authorities. Frances interior minister insisting that they had no knowledge he was in europe before fridays atrocities. It is only on november 16, that the attacks in paris, an Intelligence Agency from outside europe indicated that he was thought to be increased. In greece. Reporter abaaoud has been linked to a number of foiled plots, including the attack on the the foiled attack on the belgium train heading for paris. Violent acts planned overseas, perpetrated by inadist in jihadists european countries, trained to use weapons, then sent back to our territory to perpetrate their attack. Reporter inv
Worldweather around the spells misery for thousands. Or a sign an anomaly of Global Warming or both . A french member of the Islamic State Group Leaders been killed in recent american airstrikes in the middle east that is among the latest news from the pentagon. A spokesman announced that he was among 10 senior members of the militant group who died in the air raids in syria and iraq. Warren said he had links to the attacks last month. Earlier on, we got more details from our correspondent in washington, d. C. Warren speaking on behalf of the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting against the Islamic State insisting on the importance of the elimination of the frenchman presents,. S. Official talks about as a midlevel sometive responsible for of their external operations and who was linked to the paris attacks. He was directly to the mastermind of the paris attacks, and also linked to another important part the former bus driver who blew himself up at the concert hall in paris and frenchman grew