Virtually no opposition, the Bangladesh Government wins by a landslide. Going back to basics in india could make the country a global milk provider. Thousands of people are fleeing the iraqi cities of fallujah after days of violence after the army faces resistance of tribesmen and alqaeda linked fighters and they say they have taken over parts of key cities in the providence and its preparing to retake fallujah and many people abandoned their homes and heading to a sea and majority area and seen as relatively safe. The United States says it supports iraqs fight against alqaeda but not sending troops. We are in contact with tribal leaders from Manbar Providence and showing great courage in standing up against this as they reject terrorist groups from their cities. And this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis. That is exactly what the president and the world decided sometime ago when we left iraq and we are not contemplating returning and not contemplating putting boots on the ground b
Go green in the aloha state. You can call it the big chill part two on the heels of a major cold front that socked large parts of the nation last week, another one has arrived and it may be worse, packing some of the coldest temperatures this country has felt in more than 20 years. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. A widespread arctic blast known as the polar vortex will bring freezing winds impacting 140 Million People across 45 states and exposure to this dangerous weather could result in lifethreatening frost bite and hypothermia and some people could be 40 degrees below normaler and the plains and upper midwest are bracing for cold that could dip down to minus 60 degrees and bringing chicago to a stand still and the city is expecting temperatures of minus 20 degrees but the wind chill will feel like minus 50 a temperatures in the windy city is colder than the south pole where it was minus 9 degrees sunday night and joining us from icy cold chicago is
Forecasters say a lifethreatening freeze will hit the north and central u. S. Hundreds of people are fleeing ramadi and fallujah, following days of violence. The Islamic State of iraq and levant has taken over part of two key cities in anbar province. The military is preparing to retake fallujah. Many people have abandoned their homes and are heading towards another area that is stable. United states supports iraqs fight against al qaeda, but will not send troops back. I will not go into the details, except to say we are in contact with tribal leaders from anbar province, and we know they are showing great coverage as they reject terrorist groups from their cities. And this is a fight that belongs the iraqis. That is what the president and the world decided some time ago when we left iraq. So we are not obviously contemplating returning or putting boots on the ground. This is their fight. Well help them in their fight. Defense analysts say iraq needs technological assistance from the u
Syria. The nine day stand off between separatists and the government continue. Straight away off to washington, d. C. This is the fbi giving more details of the shooting tha at e u. S. Military base. We have michael monroe, who is a special agent in charge of the Washington Field office, the nay valley criminal investigative service, and hell be followed by the u. S. Attorney for the district of columbia. We also have teresa chambers, the chief of the u. S. Park police, kenneth ellerby, the chief of dc fire ems as well as carl facilco. Thank you. We understand that that was a preliminary introduction to those people we might expect at the press conference in washington, d. C. Coming up in just a moment. Well hear from the authorities just as they appear at the lecturn. In the meantime lets go to kimberly, tell us a little bit about what youve heard from the fbi since daylight this morning . Well, we have been waiting for that update with anticipation. We have made a number of phone cal
The Costa Concordia is upright again. France and russia have publicly disagreed over who is responsible for last months chemical attack in damascus. Seeking a tough resolution at the u. N. Secure council that carries the threat of force, theres a wrist between the approach of the two countries and russia is unwilling to countenance military action. We discussed in detail the situation especially rewarding syria. We dont have discrepancies with the end goal, which wed like to see for the syrian people. To restore peace on the solvency and integrity of the country, insuring the rights of all the groups, the goal is shared by moscow and paris, though there are differences on how to achieve it. What we were not able to achieve in geneva one we can get done in two. The best case would be for the Assad Government and opposition to meet up and work in the direction of a solution, and the sooner, the better, its only then we can stop syrian tragedy. Weve got our correspondents jacki roland in