Up a task force to gather information and get ready to take action as necessary. Officials at the pentagon say theyre reasonably certain a u. S. Air strike in syria killed the Islamic State militant known as jihadi john. He has purportedly killed a number of foreign captives, including japanese. Its still early. We are reasonably certain that we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is jihadi john. The Officials Say u. S. Forces used a drone to target a vehicle believed to have been carrying the militant in raqqa. They say intelligence theyve gathered indicates he was killed. Jihadi john with his fluent british accent in english appeared in numerous videos showing the purported murders of u. S. And british hostages and japanese journalist kenji goto. Goto covered numerous wars over his career. He described how vulnerable ordinary people become in war, especially children, and the high price they often pay. Goto traveled to syria and was captured by Islamic State militants.
President. Scientists from around the world do an adoption of declaration and the nuclear arms. And the Opposition Leader say that is she is worried that citizen will not get a free and fair vote in the general election. The president s of china and taiwan will sit down for a historic meeting this weekend. It will serve to promote relations between the two sides. The summit mark the first step of having the leader meat on a regular basis. He said the talks in singapore are aimed at hane taking piece and ability. Here is what lead to the decision of the summit. This is what chinas tv says. Holding the meeti matches the p trend of the times. In 1949 he lost the civil war against the communist and with drew and cross relations have been tense ever since. They refuse to recognize each other and relations remain hostile for a while. It began when they met for the first time in singapore. The country conducted missile drills and raising cross station tensions. He said that a had a state to s
Israeli troops and Palestinian Militants have been trading rocket and missile fire for over a week now. One israeli has died in the fighting. Israel has vowed to escalate its campaign and is urging the evacuation of over 100,000 residents in gaza. Israeli air force planes taking off for gaza. This time instead of bombs, they are dropping fliers calling on gaza residents to evacuate their homes and seek cover before the next air raids. Palestinian authorities report that more than 200 people have been killed here during israels current military offensive. Three palestinians, including a 10yearold boy, lost their lives in this car. It is unclear why they were targets. Next i in the immediate momen, israel has to take action to defend its citians citizens as any nation would against terrorists committing war crimes. Air raid alarms sounded again in jerusalem while norways foreign minister met with his israeli counterpart. During the lunch i had with the foreign minister, we heard some roc
Gaza Officials Say israels offensive has claimed the lives of more than 200 palestinians. Israeli troops and Palestinian Militants have been trading rocket and missile fire for over a week now. One israeli has died in the fighting. Israel has vowed to escalate its campaign and is urging the evacuation of over 100,000 residents in gaza. Israeli air force planes taking off for gaza. This time instead of bombs, they are dropping fliers calling on gaza residents to evacuate their homes and seek cover before the next air raids. Palestinian authorities report that more than 200 people have been killed here during israels current military offensive. Three palestinians, including a 10yearold boy, lost their lives in this car. It is unclear why they were targets. Next i in the immediate momen, israel has to take action to defend its citians citizens as any nation would against terrorists committing war crimes. Air raid alarms sounded again in jerusalem while norways foreign minister met with hi
Yachi, met with Chinese State counselor yang jiechi. Japanese officials want to hold the summit without any conditions. But their chinese counterpart said japan should first recognize there is an issue of sovereignty over islands in the east china sea. Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. China and taiwan claim them. The japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved. China also said it wants abe to state clearly that he wont make any more visits to yasukuni shrine. The shrine in tokyo honors japans war dead. Those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after world war ii. Prime minister abe will fly on sunday to join other World Leaders at the apec meeting in beijing. Japanese Officials Say they have been engaged in quiet negotiations with their chinese counterparts on how to improve bilateral ties. They released the document that lays out their fourpoint agreement. It says that bot