Ukraine without permission. The top official calls it a direct invasion, but says kiev will not respond with force. Our reporter explains why the famous apes find a life behind bars after too much social behavior. Also in the program, aaron is here with worrying times for polands apple growers. Its crunch time. Did you know that poland is the largest producer of this fruit . Theres a problem. Most apples went to russia. Not anymore after the ban. With the harvest about to begin, were going to talk about the time to decide what to do. A very warm welcome to gmt. Its midday in london, 2 00 p. M. Baghdad, 7 00 a. M. In washington d. C. Where the Obama Administration is coming under pressure to expand the response to the Islamic State movement. Americas most senior military officer Martin Dempsey describes the threat as apocalypse. He said it could be defeated in syria as well as iraq. In the wake of global revulsion at the execution of american journalist james foley is the u. S. On the.
Crash site itself. There have been more air raids on gaza. There are attempts to broker a cease fire. Were talking sanction as in the wake of the crash. Absolutely yes. Ministers talking about tougher sanctions to hit russia where it hurts. The economy imposing sanctions that hit the whole economy s. It that simple . The commercial relationship works both ways. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington, 2 00 p. M. In the ukrainian town where pro russian and Government Forces have agreed to a cease fire to allow investigators full access to the Malaysian Airlines crash site. A member of the osc Monitoring Team says will there are three teams of experts at the scene. The black box recorders have been handed over. A full sweep of the site is needed to determine who downed the plane. 200 bodies have arrived by train to the ukrainian city of kharkiv. Lets take you to ukraine live to the capital and join my colleague tim willcox. You join me live in the ukrainian capital where there h
Christmas. But whats your drinking nationality . We have a booze calculator to tell you. Hello. Its small, but significant strike against Islamic State. Kurdish forces in Northern Iraq say theyve carried out their biggest and most successful military offensive against the extremist group. 8,000 kurdish fighters backed by u. S. Led air strikes have broken the siege of mount sinjar, liberating, they say, thousands of ya zidis. In august, many who had taken refuge there were eventually air lifted to safety, but thousands more who came after that were then trapped. Our hope is that all those people will eventually be able to go back to their own homes and villages and towns, but those that are in need of evacuation, now a corridor has been open to evacuate those people. Well, for all that, the town of sinjar is still under i. S. Control. As is nearby mosul. That, of course, is one of the countrys biggest cities. Overall, though, this operation being seen very much as a success. 53 precisio
Babies switched at birth are awarded 2 Million Euros in compensation. Hello, a very warm welcome to you. We begin in syria. President assad insisted his country is not a failed state. Speaking exclusively to the bbc, he admitted his government is receiving communication from the u. S. Coalition against the Islamic State. He bears no responsibility to the humanitarian crisis engulfing parts of his country as they enter their fifth year. An estimated 200,000 people lost their lives. More than 9 million forced from their homes, many to refugee camps in neighboring countries. Well documented evidence as barrel bombs have been dropped on rebel held areas. In an interview, president assad denies uses forces. Cities and homes have been reduced to ruins. President al assad was speaking to bbc. President , you have lost control of large areas of syria. The jihadist group, Islamic State emerged. 200,000 syrians are dead many lost their homes. They call it the most serious humanitarian crisis sin
Seats and out of the building. Another Taliban Attack in afghanistan as Militants Attack a bank and kill at least six is. Soldiers are said to have are mistreated iraqi detainees in 2004. Why the new York Premiere of this film poking fun at north korea has been cancelled due to threats from a hacking group. Hello. Pakistans Prime Minister is meeting all main Political Parties to discuss how to respond to the Taliban Attack on a school in peshawar. More than 140 were killed, nearly all children. The Prime Minister lifted a moratorium on the Death Penalty on cases of terrorism. The first journalist to see the devastation in the school, there are disturbing details in her report. Reporter they were shooting from the stage . Yeah. They were shooting from the stage and then also came to the seat rows. You will see the students were trying to get out of the rows and come on the main aisle. Thats where you see most of the blood from. Reporter okay. So were walking toward an area now thats cle