Missions to mars. First, the turmoil in iraq, and the aftermath of the Largest Military offensive yet by Government Forces much the Government Forces are reported to be on the outskirts of tikrit ready for a push into the city. Iraqi state television says the army is sending reinforcements and is in control. The people inside tikrit enjoyed days of heavy attack. Mosul is under bombardment. It has to expand a nearby camp for displaced people because of people leaving. The u. N. Refugee agency say says the numbers displaced in iraq is 1. 2 million. The u. N. Tripled aid appeal to 312 million. Im ran kahn joins us from baghdad. Imran khan joins us live from baghdad. Hundreds have been killed, hundreds of thousands on the move, what is happening to these people. What help are they getting and where are they heading too . Well, all the aid agencies, not just the United Nations is facing a shortfall. The u. N. Says theres about 278 million short of what they need. That means that most people
Arrested for drug and prostitution activity you have less than an hour to decide get helped or get booked. That story coming up. Good morning to you. Welcome to al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. We begin this morning with a plea from the white house. The Obama Administration asking congress for more than 2 billion just to try to solve a growing humanitarian crisis. Tomorrow president obama will send a letter to lawmakers asking for Emergency Funds to curb the surge of unaccompanied children crossing in the United States from central america. President obama homes to give whomland security more power to they can deport immigrants home, and tougher penalties for coyotes. Since late last year 52,000 kids and 39,000 women and children have been caught making the journey. President obama addressed the influx in a Television Interview asking parents to stop sending the kid north. Our direct message to the families in central america. Do not send your children to
By the state of the economy shrinking 11. 3 in 2020, not recovering for a full two years. Indeed, five years from now, itll be 3 smaller than had been expected. Stefanie bolzen, when you look at those figures, we are told that the british economy has not shrunk this much since the great frost of 1709. Not sure how they worked that out, but there you go. The government has a lot more power now than it has in those days to shape the economy. What do you make of rishi sunaks response . Well, it has been very interesting to see how the chancellor, who was also supposed to be one of the possible successors of borisjohnson, and who is highly popular currently in the uk, how he is trying to bridge the situation. So on the one hand, protecting people and we have a kind of new lockdown coming on in the uk on the 2nd of december which is called tier system which, in the highest tiers where cities such as manchester will still be in, is quite stark. Pubs and restaurants cannot open. But on the ot
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Hello and welcome to the programme bringing together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents who file their stories to audiences back home with the dateline london. This week england emerges from lockdown only up to a point. Why has ethiopias man of peace turned to war . And in washington, transition begins, but isjoe biden too invested in the past . To discuss all that, were joined by stefanie bolzen, uk and ireland correspondent for germanys welt. The author agnes poirier, who writes for the french weekly news magazine marianne. With me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor for the bbcs Daily News Programme newsnight. Now, after the good news about vaccines, a harsh reminder this week that covid i9 will shape our lives for months notjust the restrictions that almost everyone in england will be under when the current lockdown ends next week, nor the christmas rules agreed for once between all four countrie
Su ccesso is supposed to be one of the possible successors of borisjohnson, and who is highly popular currently in the uk, how he is trying to breach the situation. In the one hand, protecting people, and we have a kind of new lockdown coming on in the uk on the 2nd of december, which is called the tier system. In the highest years, we are city such as manchester will soon be in, is quite stark. Pubs and reference cannot open. 0n the other hand, keeping the economy going. If you look around europe, this is the dilemma you have everywhere. In germany, my country, where cases are lower, still than in the united kingdom, government is keeping the lockdown until christmas. It is even harsher than it has been before, and no restau ra nts a nd it has been before, and no restaurants and pubs, nothing is opening. There is a real big crisis all over europe in terms of covid. Agnes poirier, we have on saturday during the course of the weekend, the shops opening up in france for the shops opening