Hatians prepare to vote in longdelayed elections. Live to portauprince plus. Im Florence Louie in myanmar. People in a floodravaged country are not sure what will happen to them when aid runs out. Now, its been a year since the u. S. Led coalition began air strikes against i. S. I. L. In iraq. The campaign was expanded to syria a month later. Critics are saying its not enough to stop the armed group. The rapid advance of i. S. I. L. Across iran and syria promised u. S. Led air strikes. The coalition include bahrain, jordan, qatar, u. A. E. And saudi arabia. It carried out 6,000 strikes since the campaign began, at a cost of 3. 2 billion. The focus. Mission is i. S. I. L. Held cities of mosul and fallujah. 1400 attacks have been carried out in syria, focussing on raqqa, kobane near the Turkish Border and other places. Our correspondent is in the iraqi capital baghdad. Remember a year ago there was none of the equivocation, was there, with the coalition, when it came to bombing i. S. I.
Ruled an accident. Plus. Im in aberdeen where thousands of jobs depends on the oil industry and where the current low oil prices are raising concerns about the future. We begin with breaking news out of mexico. There has been a gas explosion at a Childrens Hospital in mexico city. Officials say one person is dead and 54 injured. Many of them children. We are looking at the latest pictures coming from there. Its a massive explosion. Lets bring in adam raney, on the line from mexico city tijuana. What happened . A gas truck filling up tanks, it looks like at a cafeteria at this maternity and Childrens Hospital exploded and nearly collapsed most of the hospital. Theres reports following the local government chief, of two confirmed deaths. Dozens injured, many with burns. They are rushed to other hnts in the area. This is western other hospitals in the area. This is western mexico city. People are wondering if some of the people they knew in the hospital that have been evacuated, and we ma
Eastern ukraine descends into horrors of mariupol as rockets fall on residential areas. And all the day sport. Novak djokovic is in action at the Australian Open. We find out why the african cup of nations ecuadorial guinea will turn to buy footballers around the world. The u. S. Led Coalition Must do more to help forces win the fight against i. S. I. L. That is a message from kurdish leaders who say they cant do the job by themselves and need boots on the ground. Zeina khodr reports from Northern Iraq where Kurdish Peshmerga forces are battling i. S. I. L. Kurdish peshmerga have been winning battles, but the war against the Islamic State of iraq and levant is far from over. Air support has helped them but commanders say it is not enough. The slow pace of the offensive allows i. S. I. L. To regain momentum. The Kurdish Security Council Representative oversees the military operations on the ground and told me that the International Community needs to engage more. This he said would requ
Airasia flight 8501 and we look at a massive project that will map the entire planet every three days. We begin with the latest on the fate of two i. S. I. L. Hostages. The Group Released a new audio recording. The message has not been verified but i. S. I. L. Wants jordan to release an iraqi woman on death row. If not released, a jordanian pilot will be killed who was captured last december when his plane went down. Jordan is working with japan to secure the release of japanese journalist kenji goto jogo also being healed. Held. Wayne simmonds tell us about the latest audio message from i. S. I. L. With new demands. Well this going to japanese and jordanian officials. It is believed to be a genuine recording, and it states that in fact theres one part in which the japanese journalist says per for me. Ive only been held for a few months she for years. Referring to the woman who intended to bomb. She was on death row. King abdullah in a difficult decision decided to offer her release in
Take faltering steps to form a government. Families of the schoolgirls met, kidnapped by boko haram. Its the count down to the biggest match. Germany, will they be the first European Team to win a world cup on south american soil . The u. N. Called for a ceasefire, but israel is threatening more air strikes, warning people in north gaza to leave. Israeli fire power has been pounding gaza for six days, the deaths are mounding. 166 palestinians have been killed. Of those 29 are children below the age of 16. 19 of the casualties have been women. This is the scene live on gazas border with israel, where air strikes are continuing. The deadliest single strikes since israel began its offensive, killing 18 people. Gazas police chief was the target. He is in a critical condition. Most of the dead are members of his family, Stefanie Dekker reports. Reporter shortly after the attack the search for survivors and the dead. The rubble was once the house of the police chief. He survived the assault