To be free. Peter wont rest until theyre released from prison. The first large scale trials against ebola are getting underway in liberia. And the former head of the imf goes on trial, accused of helping to procure women for sex parties. Hello. Welcome to bbc news. The syrian city of kobane has been libertied after four months of intense street fighting and air strikes. Kurdish fighters finally drove the jihadists out with the help of allied forces. Since august the u. S. Led coalition has launched nearly 2,000 air strikes against i. S. Targets, with most of the focus being against kobane and east. But i. S. Still controls swaths of lands in northern and western iraq. Symptom estimate the Extremist Group has taken over almost 40,000 square kilometers. 8 Million People are believed to be living under partial or full i. F. Control. When the fighting in kobane took hold hundreds of thousands fled to neighboring turkey. A bbc Team Including our correspondents, have entered the ruin city an
Here. The umt n. Calls for a ceasefire in gaza since the deadliest day since the conflict started. The death toll from the conflict now topping 500. Changes at the top for tesco. The ceo Phillip Clark will step down in october to be replaced by a relatively unknown dave lewis. Investors say this is sending shares higher. And shares tumble in dubai because of uncertainty about its largest builder. Aerotech. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange. Bringing you reports from around the world. The fighting is underway near the east ukrainian station. Operations in Eastern Ukraine are in an active phase but didnt comment specifically on the troops entering donetsk. They are expected to hold a press conference shortly and well get that to you as that begins. Russia is feeling pressure after shooting down malaysian flights 17. European leaders have threatened to level new sanctions against moscow as early as this tuesday. Unless an accident investigator is allowed to the crash site. This comes amid
20 israelis were killed including 13 soldiers. Two americans fighting for israel are among the dead. Barry petersen is in gaza where families are mourning their losses. Reporter when the shelling began, the people ran for their lives. I was crying and shouting she told us. I saw bodies spread in the street. I have never seen anything like this. For hours the shells poured in. There were brief humanitarian ceasefires when rescuers raced to find the wounded, but mostly they only found the dead. I saw the israeli tanks firing rounds at us said this man, and so this was a day of grieving at the overwhelmed morgue in the citys hospital. Theres a grim efficiency about death in this place. As soon as a family identifies one body, theres another to take its place. The family of this man spent the morning mourning when his ambulance was hit by a shell. A relative tried to make sense of his loss. He wasnt a fighter, she said. He was a fighter for humanity, an ambulance worker. Why did he deserve
Down on the suv that was stopped on the tracks. Were told the driver got out to look at her jeep got in and drove forward and was stuck. A number of us were smelling fumes from the car, fuel and we said we need to get out, thefire was starting to spread fast. The suv at the front of the train caught fire. Smoke poured out of the train. Passengers were taking to a near by Rock Climbing Center for shelter. And Charles Schumer just released a statement saying a full investigation has begun and the ntsb will also investigate. That is the very latest tonight. This is the same commuter line involved in a deadly derailment just over a year ago. This one happened in the bronx. Investigators determined that the conductor fell asleep before going into a curve at 82 miles per hour. Breaking news on the middle east. Jordan executed two people linked to a terrorist group. They claim to show a jordanian pilot burned alive. This is a still frame from that video. Jordan promised swift and deadly respo
Supports almost every industry across the globe, because success takes partnership, and only through discipline and trust can we create something greater than ourselves. Mufg, we build relationships that build the world. And now bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im catty kay. Greece and germany lock horns again over the terms of a bailout deal but then agree to carry on talking. This certainly does not look like a ceasefire. Shelling continues in east ukraine amid warnings that president putin poses a real and present danger and these killer whales are some of the worlds great creatures but do they really belong in a theme park . Well dive into this fierce debate. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television here in america and around the globe. We are back there again. The face of greece and the eurozone is in limbo tonight and the fallout could go far beyond that. Germany has rejected a request from greece to a sixmonth extension to its e. A. U. Loan program. The two