There. No, christi. It is important to stress that baghdad doesnt appear to be under threat at the moment. Keeping in mind saz sprawling city of 9 million. And the majority certainly would not welcome isis. Where they are making progress is of course in Anbar Province, iraqs largest province. Provincial officials tell me more than 80 is under isis control and they continue to expand. We understand now the town of hadifa is now completely surrounded by isis. Some good news, apparently what we hear from also provincial sources, a police official, that this afternoon there was a strike on a large isis convoy by Coalition Aircraft describing many military vehicles including two apcs being struck in that hit. But by and large the worries are the Iraqi Military simply isnt capable of keeping isis back. We heard this provincial official appealing to government in baghdad to get the americans to deploy Ground Troops but the Iraqi Government has rejected that and certainly it is a political hot
Authorities in paris have detained at least a dozen in connection with last weeks terror attacks. The paris prosecutors are suspected of providing what are described as Logistical Support for the attacks. President obama and the british Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the Terror Threat during a lengthy white house meeting today and the two made plans for cyber attacks. The president had ways to fight the terror attacks in the u. S. And europe. Most of our discussion focused on continuing threat of terrorism. In the wake of vicious attacks in paris as well as the news surfacing out of belgium, today we continue to stand ungive cli with french friends and allies and all partners dealing with this. I know david joins me when we say well continue to do everything in our power to help france seek the justice needed that all our countries are working together seamlessly to prevent attacks and defeat these terrorist networks. We want to get more details on the terror plot and arrests
Belgian terror cell. This is the guy. Then theres the worlds most wanted woman. Weve been talking about her now for just about two weeks. The widow of that paris kosher market gunman. Cnn is now tracking how Hayat Boumeddiene may have escaped to syria. All of these men believed to have helped smuggle her out of turkey. As the reach of isis extends deep into europe back on their turf. Japan now has less than 72 hours to come up with this 200 million ransom for the return of these two japanese hostages. To the Prime Minister of japan, although you are more than 8,500 kilometers away from the Islamic State you have willingly taken part in this crusade. This is significant. This is a first. Really until now, isis has never publicly demanded cash ransom for a hostages life. And the 200 million ransom was not chosen at random. This is the precise dollar amount that japan had pledged in aid for regions affected by the war on isis. Thats why that number is significant. A lot to talk about. Let
From russian. Its something the russians deny. They say they feed weapons badly. At the same time as you said the government here in kiev as well as the europeans and the russians are trying to get the peace negotiations off the ground. They are set to meet wednesday in minsk, the capital of belarus. As we speak today, there is a meeting to try to get some of the details of such an agreement going. The big question is going to be how much territory are the prorussian separatists going to get . There was an agreement to a ceasefire that happened last year in september. Since then the prorussian separatists have gained so much more control over the line there. Are they willing to accept to give some of that up chris . Thank you very much from kiev. Lets move to what is actually happening on the ground. We have Nick Peyton Walsh who is monitoring the situation. He was the First Western journalist in the town of Eastern Ukraine leveled by prorussian separatists. Nick i hope you can hear us
Peninsula. Jim sciutto joins us live now from washington. Good morning, carol. The focus of this meeting in london secretary kerry arriving today, 21 countries represented. The focus there, foreign fighters returning from syria, iraq and elsewhere to bring jihad, it is feared to europe. Its the first time the Coalition Members have met since the attacks in paris. Operations in belgium tracking former foreign fighters as well. Its a real problem, and now the concern growing because isis has one more potential safe haven in yemen. The terror group isis, a yemeni official tells cnn, now active and recruiting on a new front in yemen, competing for influence in a country now dominated by al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Aqap believed to have hundreds of members in yemen compared to dozens from isis. Theyre promoting themselves as isis rebranding of a new militant group. The understanding we have is they initially started recruiting within aqap ranks, but now recruiting in the travel area.