Being associated with the paris attacks. Our top story so far today, the french president Francois Hollande is continuing his whirlwind mayor tonight to gain support against isil. Today he will meet the italian Prime Minister and then fly to moscow for talks with the russian president Vladimir Putin. Hes expected to try to win over the russians finding a political solution to syria and a larger International Coalition against isil which would include both the kremlin and the United States. While in britain the Prime Minister there, david cameron, hes due in Parliament Later on try to continue vinc convince pe more military and competing versions of what happened in turkey. The Turkish Military is insisting it downed the jet for crossing in to its territory but only after it had sent several warnings. However, the russians are denying this. There were two pilots flying the jet, one died and the other was rescued by the syrian army. This is his version of events. Translator there has bee
Im in the jungle of eastern colombia where farc rebels are preparing for peace after 50 years of conflict. At least 37 have died in a Taliban Attack at kandahar airport in afghanistan. It is one of the most heavily fortified compounds in the country. Nine attackers were killed during nearly 24 hours of fighting with the Security Forces. The Defense Ministry said one gunman is still holed up inside. This video released is said to show the gun battle between taliban fighters and Afghan Security forces at kandahar airport. As dawn broke, the damage was easy to see. Its a heavily fortified facility, but at least 10 armed men got into a School Building without being challenged. They passed through several security checkpoints. Once inside, the gunman seized families as hostages. Gunmen entered the air field from where civilian families live and where there is a market. These are said to be the attackers armed with automatic weapons and dressed in what appears to be afghan Army Uniforms and
Hello. The authorities in the chinese capital, beijing, are asking people returning to the city to quarantine themselves for m days to prevent the spread of the covid 19 virus. State media says those who refuse will be punished. The order was issued to coincide with the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, extended this year to help contain the outbreak. Speaking in munich, the Chinese Foreign minister defended beijings management of the epidemic and criticised what he called the overreaction of some other countries. Translation this is a new virus, so it takes time for people to understand more about it, and it will be a gradual process. The same has happened in other countries. If we look at the past epidemics, we will see that the government will eventually make decisions based on a series of tests, research and development. That is responsible government. The Chinese Government promptly picked up clues of the emergency at the first available opportunity, informing the world health or
The authorities in the Chinese Capital beijing are asking people returning to the city to quarantine themselves for m days to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. State media says those who refuse will be punished. The order was issued to coincide with the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, which was extended to help contain the outbreak. Speaking in munich, the Chinese Foreign minister defended beijings management of the epidemic and criticised what he called the overreaction of some other countries. Translation this is a new virus, so it takes time for people to understand more about it, and it will be a gradual process. The same has happened in other countries. If we look at the past epidemics, we will see that the government will eventually make decisions based on a series of tests, research and development. That is responsible government. The Chinese Government promptly picked up clues of the emergency at the first available opportunity, as well as individual cases, and we infor
The authorities in the Chinese Capital beijing are asking people returning to the city to quarantine themselves for m days to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. State media says those who refuse will be punished. The order was issued to coincide with the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, which was extended to help contain the outbreak. Speaking in munich, the Chinese Foreign minister defended beijings management of the epidemic and criticised what he called the overreaction of some other countries. Translation this is a new virus, so it takes time for people to understand more about it, and it will be a gradual process. The same has happened in other countries. If we look at the past epidemics, we will see that the government will eventually make decisions based on a series of tests, research and development. That is responsible government. The Chinese Government promptly picked up clues of the emergency at the first available opportunity, as well as individual cases, and we infor