Ivory coast former first lady is being sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in post election violence. Also a helicopter collision in argentina leaves ten dead among them top french athletes. For the first time in months the iraqi army is now inside parts of tikrit continuing what is a major offensive to recapture the town from isil the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. A statement from iraqs Defense Ministry says that iraqi forces have surrounded tikrit and are now preparing to advance. It is on the main road to baghdad, and iraqs sunni heartland. The government are hoping it could persuade sunnis in other places to rise up against isil. They have already retaken a town 30 kilometers away from tikrit and two other villages. More soldiers are standing by further out. If they take tikrit they will then push further north to mosul, the biggest city under isils control. We are joining our correspondent jane arrhett on the phone now. What do you know about what is happening in an
Im jo gasiorowska, two French Olympians are killed during the filming of a Reality Tv Show in argentina. We begin in iraq. For the first time in months, the iraqi army is inside parts of tikrit. A statement says its forces have surrounded the town and are preparing to advance on the center of the city. Lets bring in our senior political analyst for more on this. This is quite significant, isnt it . Yes, it is because ta skreet not an easy place to take over. Back in 2003 it was almost impossible for the International Coalition forces to enter the city. Its a hard core sunni city. And this time around with this iranianbacked militias joining the iraqi army entering the city thats significant both in terms of overcoming isis forces there, in terms of making progress towards other regions within the control of isis but its also it remains to be seen what it will mean to the Shia Sunni Fight within the city and region. Right. You have the joint chief of staff, Martin Dempsey warning that t
Dead after filming a reality t. V. Show in argentina. Ivory coast former first lady sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in post election violence and simone known as the iron lady given double the sentence prosecutors asked for, more than 3,000 people died in fighting that began when her husband refused to step down in 2010. The 65yearold was arrested in 2011 and charged with undermining, state security and her husband is awaiting trial at the International Criminal court charged with crimes against humanity and half a Million People were displaced in the fighting between forces loyal to bagbo and rival and im joined by paris and Africa International and thank you very much for joining us and what do you make of the sentencing . What is your response . You know the sad thing is that you feel that time has done its work in terms of watering down the responsibility of bagbo and her colleagues and her husband. Because a couple of years ago when the polls and refused to accept their
For the environment. Yemens former president accused the government of destroying the country. He said president hadi whos fled from the capitol city sanna to aden should leave the country and go into exile. Tell us more about what he said and what hes aiming for muhammed. Yeah, former president is very clearly aiming for a strong comeback to the political scene. Probably he doesnt want to be president again but he has his son. We have seen thousands today rally inside sanna asking for his son to run for president in the next elections in yemen. We have seen also loyalists to him armed the country showing their presence and power. One of them is here in aden, a general who refused hadis order to move from his post and be replaced. The former president called on hadi to leave the country saying he is inefficient and destroyed the country that he is a separatist and he compared the situation in 1994 when a civil war took place because the south decided to secede. Listen to what he expres
Lets begin with developments in yemen and al jazeera has learned the special envoy is traveling to saudi arabia for talks. He is trying to broker a solution to the countrys political crisis all of this going on as the ousted president tries to put together an administration in the Southern City of aiden and we go to mohamed who is following documents for us from yemen and we will start with where you are mohamed, how are attempts faring to try to put together a government there . He has been trying hard since he arrived a couple weeks ago and today there was a meeting expected by the members of cabinet making it to aiden and i understand there are at least eight of them here already and some of them are still on their way and houthis tried to blocked them. They did not give them passage and put some of them under house arrest and five of them are under house arrest including the Prime Minister and hadi trying to get most of them to arrive here. The minister of defense came here two day