Heaviest saudiled air strikes yet. The head of the Catholic Church delivers a caring message to cubans during his first visit to the island. Were in doha with all the sports including the latest from the Rugby World Cup as favorites new zealand again the defense of their trophy. Lets begin this news hour with some breaking news from greece. A short time ago the center right party leader conceded defeat in the election, and this paves the way for Alexis Tsipras to return to the power. Partial official results show that voter turnout was about 54 . Thats slightly lower than the last election in january. Alexis tsipras just tweeted in front of us lies the long road of struggle and hard work. Meanwhile, this was the leader of the conservative new Democracy Party conceding defeat. Translator the race for the first party has been completed with great dignity and in a civilized fashion. It appears that tsipras does have the first place. I do congratulate them. Barnaby phillips is live for us
Catalonia push for plans to vote later this year. The Spanish Government says it is illegal. Go first isil fighters in Northern Syria have been targeted by airstrikes from the u. S. Led coalition. More than 150,000 people have plead from kobane. Were just outside of kobane, and there were airstrikes around this town. Especially to the east. We heard one of these airstrikes in the morning. We moved east to check out the front line around 10 kilometers east of kobane, where we saw an active fight between isil fighters and kurdish fighters. In the last couple of hours weve seen a few shells landing, which has made many more people cross into turkey, there is a refugee camp where they can see their homes, but they cant go back. Simply the kurdish fighters dont have enough to fight the strengthens of the isil fighters. Even the airstrikes seem to not have done very much. Its a days operate situation for the people here. We still see people coming across this border because the fight is nowh
Undercover police admit to calling socalled radical muslims without trial, an al jazeera exclusive. And the simple technique saving the line lives of premate babies in india. We begin with breaking news from the past hour, that palestine status has been upgraded at the criminal court. It effectively opposit opens thr war crimes to be investigated in the territory. This comes on the same day that israel launched its own investigations into eight more alleged crimes by its forces in gaza this summer. We can speak to imtiaz tyab, but james bays is joining us from new york to tell us more about this decision, james. What is going on in new york is a meeting of the all the signatories, what is made up as the assembly of States Parties is all the countries that signed this treaty which sets up the court, doesnt sit here in new york, but in the hague. They also let other countries, other nations from around the world who have not signed the icc treaty, they let them attend the meeting. Now fo
How a fight over weapons could help to drastically change the u. K. s political landscape. I am rob robin adams with all the sport. One story dominating all around the world pacquiaomayweather hours away from throwing their first punches in the fight of the century, we are live to las vegas for the latest. Thank you for joining us. We begin the news hour in syria where there are signs opposition fighters are making progress in their battle against Bashar Alassads forces. A coalition of rebel groups backed by turkey, qatar and saudi arabia. Has made gains against the government in Idlib Province. They say their next move is to capture a strategic city and determined to capture president is assads hot land but its still claiming civilian lives. Reporter medics wash the body of a man they say was exposed to chlorine gas. Syrian activists say government war planes dropped barrels containing the toxic gas on the town in Idlib Province. Its the seconds alleged chemical attack on the town thi