Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
Cameron called for unity. Pm cameron i would like to reclaim a mantle we should have never lost, a mantle of one nation, one United Kingdom. That is how i will govern if i unfortunate fortunate enough to hold a government in the coming days. Olivia it was a crushing defeat for labor leader ed miliband and raises questions about his political future. The Scottish National party won 56 of the 59 seats in scotland almost shutting out the other two major parties. We will know in 2. 5 hours from now whether marchs disappointing jobs report was more than a onetime event. Job figures at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time this morning. 235,000 jobs were raised and the jobless rate fell. 1 to 5. 4 . In march, employers hired the fewest workers in 15 months. President obama is in Portland Oregon today where he will push for the asian trade deal and have an appearance at nike headquarters. Nike announcing that if congress oks the trade deal, the company will increase manufacturing in the u. S. Nike says tha
We begin in the u. K. Where Prime Minister David Cameron has defied expectations by winning a decisive victory in the general election. What was billed as a neck and neck race turned out to be anything but that. His conservative party on track for a narrow majority in the u. K. Parliament. Both labour and the liberal democrats suffered major losses, and Prime Minister deputy Prime Minister, rather, nick clegg, has just resigned as head of the liberal democrats. Let you listen to what he had to say. That Clegg Nick Clegg i expected the selections to be difficult for the liberal democrats given what we have had to bear in government and the most challenging of circumstances but these results have been immeasurably more crushing and unkind than i could have ever feared. For that, of course i must take responsibly, and therefore i announced that i will be resigning as leader of the liberal democrats. A leadership election will be taking place according to the partys rules. Myuran sukumaran
Is a country with unrivalled skills and creativeness, a country with such good humor and such great compassion. And i am convinced that if we draw on all of this, then we can take these islands, with our proud history, and build an even prouder future. Together, we can make Great Britain greater still. Thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] ed miliband thank you for your kindness, friends. Friends, this is not the speech i wanted to give today because i believe that britain needed a labour government. I still do, but the public voted otherwise last night. Earlier earlier today i rang David Cameron to congratulate him. I take absolute and total responsibility for the result and our defeat at this election. I am so sorry for all of those colleagues who lost their seats. Ed balls, jim murphy, margaret curran, douglas alexander, and all the mps and indeed candidates who were defeated. They are friends, colleagues and standard bearers for our party. They always have been, and they alwa
Regime, took part in fighting regime. The 19 standards of the british legion. It is a sign that now we have a sign that the celebration begins. The anniversary must bring back memories, for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. On this date 70 years ago peace at last in europe. The most destructive conflict was finally over. Shortly, and barriers will be removed and the public, having laid there readswreaths, will disperse too. Germany marked the end of the war with a ceremony. The event included speeches by the heads of both houses of parliament as well as a historian who wrote extensively about germany in the 20th century. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Federal president , madam chancellor president of the federal Constitutional Court excellencies colleagues, guests the 8th of may was a day of liberation. When these words were spoken in the address to the german bundestag 30 years to ago today, not the first person to express this, but the first to do with the authority that