So we begin in iraq where the government sent in reenforcements to battle Islamic State of iraq and levante in anbar and in control of 90 and if it falls it will be 100 kilometers by baghdad and carried out suicide attacks and people are fleeing and over 100,000 displaced in the last month alone and we are live with the latest from baghdad and dana what more do you have for us right now . Reporter well what i. S. I. L. Did really was a message of defiance. Now the iraq question government is putting on a very defiant attitude pushing them out of ramadi city and according to the iraqi spokesman reenforcements sent to the city and forces being helped by u. S. Led Coalition Air strikes what he called painful air strikes but what we understand from sources on the ground is that the government has still not launched any kind of counter offensive, in fact, i. S. I. L. Is still pushing forward. Yes, i. S. I. L. Controls the government compound in ramadi and houses the government headquarters
Dilemma hurting the highlands in malaysia so supporters of the pakistani politician imran khan are blocking supply routes into afghanistan for a second day. They say theyll stop nato trucks passing through northwest tabbing stan until the u. S. Stops its drone strikes. As we said in the openers, small but effective these protests. Indeed, very effective. Just to tell you, in the last few minutes the members of the provincial assembly from the Islamist Army have gone to the u. S. Consulate where they loged a protest alert against the continuation of the drone strikes. As you can see the Party Workers are on the roadblock. Just to give you a little bit of an explainer, they are blocking the points two critical entry points into the province. What you see behind me is a large checkpoint manneded by the Islamist Army. What they are doing is making sure that none of those container trucks that are passing through the last point before they enter into pakistans tribal areas on the way to the
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy, thanksgiving has come and gone and black friday is in full swing. Some of the biggest chains have been open for hours. Toys r us and, walmart and target opened hours ahead of the midnight start on black friday and macys opening on thanksgiving evening for the first time in the 155 year history. The retailers want to makeup for the shorter span this year between thanksgiving and christmas and, walmart has protests with workers demanding higher pay and better working conditions and patricia is at Roosevelt Field in new york. Sorry we do not have patricia now. We will tell you a little bit about black fridays history. Thanksgiving thursday may have given black friday a run for its money this year. Some of the nations biggest chains started the Holiday Shopping season on thursday. Kmart welcomed shoppers at 6 00 a. M. , toys r us, target annual mart opened before the usual start on friday. Retailers say they need to time beca
Keep up protests against the government. More than 1,000 demonstrating inside the compound. We start in pakistan where the military has a new boss. Lieutenant Raheel Sharif takes over as the new army chief, considered to be the most powerful job in the country. These are the pictures from the ceremony where Raheel Sharif was installed a while ago. He took over from general Pervez Ashfaq kayani. Perhaps the new challenge is the threat from the tribal north. The Pakistani Taliban and others continued to attack the armed forces. Then theres drone attacks in the northwest. Attacks on the western border with afghanistan is a challenge. Things are expected to get worse after troops pull out. Theres a traditional rivalry. Thais have improved. Border skirmishes in kashmir has continued. How is the new man portrayed and seen . Are they concerned hell be different . Everybody expects a continuity as far as policy is concerned. That is, of course, the deployment of the military as you right fully
[ music ] we begin in the middle east where millions of Syrian Refugees are spread across the region, many facing the misery of a freezing winter away from home. Many have been living in terms for more than a year and are treading low temperatures and conditions that are fast approaching. More than 2 million refugees have been forced to leave their country. 90s are living in lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt. Well go to jordan in the largest camp for refugees. First a report from a Northern Iraq camp. Its early morning. The women in this refugee camp prepare food. They have been cooking outdoors since the summer. That will have to end. Winter has some, and with it plunging temperatures and rain. This woman wonders what shell do when its too cold to cook outside. I make an effort to cook every friday. With the rain we wont be able to do this. This small treat will be taken away from us. Preparations to get the camp ready for winter are well under way. Drainage systems are being put in pla