Last week isis released a video showing militants destroying artifacts at the ancient mosul museum. They used sledgehammers to smash some of the sculptures. Barbara starr is monitoring the situation. What do we know about the extent of the damage to this ancient city thats been bulldozed with all these historic artifacts . Reporter i have to tell you, the information very sketchy coming out of the Iraqi Government. They are saying that isis went there and did bulldoze nimrod in Northern Iraq. This is a priceless site. These are artifacts, an ancient city that dates between 900 b. C. And 600 b. C. If you look at the existing photos images you begin to get a sense of the great historic and cultural treasure that this location is. The iraqis say that it has been virtually destroyed. And of course the world awaiting more information about what exactly did transpire here. It would not be the first time isis has done this. In Northern Iraq in mosul several days ago ithey went there and destr
Tropical cyclone pam left a trail of destruction and desperation across the South Pacific islands. And now thousands of people are without homes, without clean water, and without sanitation. Officials there are struggling to assess the damage especially in remote areas. In the meantime International Aid is being rushed in. Our Senior International correspondent, ivan watson is, on the grown in vanuatu. Earlier he spoke with our john vause about the conditions on that island. Reporter theres certainly thousands of people whose homes have either been destroyed or seriously damaged around the capital here port vila. Im overlooking a valley where a great majority of trees have been snapped or denuded. By the roar winds that ripped through record winds that ripped through friday nightment im next to a church that more than 100 used as a temporary shelter since their homes were damageded friday. What im hearing from resigns is that they residents is that they are subsistence farmers. They ma
Went to a mosque known for its radicalism and was known to Spanish Police for drug trafficking. He boarded the plane the train with about 200 rounds of ammunition, a bag full of weapons including an assault weapon. The paris prosecutor said he was trying to kill a train full of people. And getting inspiration from terror web sites. Translator looking at his Internet Usage on the phone, Ayoub El Khazzani was looking at whilest he was on the tran on youtube on which a jihad there were jihadi songs and somebody inspiring people to jihadi acts. Khazzani was taken to a paris courthouse earlier this morning and a Police Escorted motorcade. Martin savidge is joining us live in paris. What are the charges sand the suspect talking, martin . Well, heres the charges that have been outlined by the paris prosecutor. They include attempted mass murder and also murder or attempted mass murder. This is under what is called the french terrorism laws and being a member of a terrorist organization. What
Newsroom. The diplomatic spat between the netherlands and turkey intensifies. Turkeys president is now threatening strong retaliation against the netherlands after the country blocked two turkish ministers from Holding Political rallies on dutch soil this weekend. That sparked angry protests on the streets of both countries. The dutch government said it barred the ministers due to safety concerns, but the turkish president compared the netherlands to nazis and he warned the country would pay the price. Cnn has more on the growing rift between the two countries. Reporter rotter dam has returned to normal after saturday night. Riot police were called in to disperse hundreds of people who gathered here at the turkish consulate angry at the banning of a number of turkish political rallies. A number of people were arrested, a few were injured, but the streets are quiet now. On a diplomatic level, however, it is still very tense. Harsh words from the leaders of both countries. The dutch Prim
First off, i want to play to you the video of the encounter between a turkish minister and dutch police. It was just outside the turkish consulate on friday evening that sort of sparked the whole problem. Higher orders to ask you to leave holland today. We can escort. We advised her, the team is to escort you in the fastest route to germany by following the team in your own car. I will go to the consulate. Im a countrys minister. There is no way in the world this can happen. I dont agree on this and im not leaving for germany. So to make sure that our viewers understand what just how unusual this is, theres this is a minister from a foreign country thats essentially being blocked from the police from this country. You dont see it in this video, shes been escorted back to the border of germany, essentially, kicked out of the country. How did this go down in turkey . Well, people would say, what happened, what played out in the netherlands on saturday defied diplomatic protocols, whether