At all. Exploring close and beyond intergalactic missions for the year. Lets start forces are battling to retake more villages from i. S. I. L. The Islamic State of iraq and levant. We go to sal tan abdullah a village which Peshmerga Forces managed to retake. There has been a lot of fighting. How was it for the peshmerga to drive i. S. I. L. Out of Sultan Abdullah. Not quite easy we are on the edge of Sultan Abdullah. Its a few hundred kilometres down here. We are in peshmerga. The village is within site of i. S. I. L. They are firing on peshmerga inside, but on the outside, where we have seen mart areas that have not ex mortars that have not exploded. They have told us the peshmerga have told us that the fire is coming in mortars killing some of the peshmerga fighters inside. This village, Sultan Abdullah is where we saw the extent of fighters two days ago, facing off with the fighters. We are seeing some of the fighting going on between the i. S. I. L. Peshmerga, and they cannot it s
Critical condition, the attack on a young israeli girl that could push a fragile situation over the edge. The cyber war rages on, just when you thought it was safe to watch ginseng on line, hackers hit your living room. Welcome to alJazeera America. On Christmas Day, the president marked the end of americas longest war. It is still one week before the end of the year when the u. S. Officially ends its 13 year combat mission in afghanistan. Yesterday, president obama thanked Service Members for their sacrifices and said afghanistan is not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. The u. S. Military effort to out of the the taliban began in 2001 following the september 11 attacks and even though the combat mission is about to end, some troops will remain into the new year. John henry smith joining us now. It has taken six years of his presidency, but president obama appears to be on the verge of fulfilling a campaign promise. The president and first lady brought Christmas Greeting
51 of students attending Public School were from low income families and eligible for free for reduced price lunches. A little more than a million nationwide. Today on inside story well look at that finding with the studies author talk to teachers about what it means to work with a student body burdened with poverty does it change how you teach and run a school. And later well be joined by jacob ward taking ugs inside the kids heads. How does prolonged poverty affect the brain of a youngster. We have a new time and as you can see a new home. Americas Public Schools and poverty, its the inside story. The burden of poverty on states Students School systems doesnt land everywhere pt same way. Take a look at this map from the Southern Education foundations findings. There are 21 states shown in red where the percentage of Public Schoolchildren in poverty is above 50 . The numbers come from the National Centre for education statistics. They came up with the numbers by tracking which student
History, how a black king pin started something that blacks and hispanics still feel today. Im ali velshi, and this is real money. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to give a controversial speech to a joint meeting. U. S. Congress, controversial because in a break with protocol the Prime Minister accepted the invitation from the House Speaker john boehner, and not the white house. Controversial because the invitation is a move by republicans on capitol hill intended to embarrass president obama over foreign policy, controversial because Binyamin Netanyahu, who is fighting for his political life in israeli elections on march 17th is banking on bolstering election chances by playing along with the attack on president obama. Some argue Binyamin Netanyahu is centered around policy. Dont believe the hype. Hell urge u. S. Lawmakers to take a hard line on iran. The u. S. And other countries are nearing an accord with iran over the controversial nuclear programme, the Prime Mini
Icarica. How extensive is the damage . We are going to find out. Were going to walk every trail, stream, or swamp we come across to see whats out there. Im phil torres. Im an entimologist. Ready . Yes. Ill share it with a biologist. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. Hey, guys, welcome to techknow. You guys know, ive spent a lot of in the jungles. I do my research in the tropics and usually im looking at spiders and butterflies. But this time i went down to costa rica to look at something different. We know there are a lot of scientific issues out there protecting our rain forest is one of them certainly but maybe its not quite high enough on the list. Because were realizing now that rain forests are doing Incredible Services for us in society. And theyre doing them for free. Completely for free. We dont usually think about ecosystems like rain forests providing fundamental services. It takes so much to keep new york running, so many systems, the rain forest is so much more comp