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troubled country. we ll have a special report from afghanistan. the u.s. has announced it will send more troops to iraq to help train government forces in their fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. 4050 soldiers will be deployed to 450 soldiers will be deployed to help those who are already there. there are also plans to provide more support for sunni tribal fighters as concerns grow over the ability of iraqi troops to overcome the isil threat. the u.s. department said that it s about empowering sunnies. it is in anbar province. and this will be an effort in local fighting forces. this is sunni fighters. they have a stake in this. they have a stake in this fight. this is their region. it s about giving them the training certainly but also the equipment and the training they need to take to the fight of isil. let s go to the state department in washington, d.c. roslind, is this a return to past military missions or is this something actually new he ....
the speaker of the iraqi parliament assess the u.s. decision to use hundreds of advisors is part of a plan. the u.s. announced 450 military trainers will boost the 3,000 already working in iraq and they ll be at the air base in anbar, one of the few areas in the province under iraqi control. when i.s.i.l. captured mosul, many welcomed them as liberators a year on it may have lost the support of many because of its brutality. we have this report from northern iraq these men once helped the iraqi government and u.s. troops fight al qaeda in iraq. sunni troops part of the awakening councils. last year when the islamic state of iraq and levant arrived in their city they didn t have the arms to fight back. they were forced to leave. and are now displaced and jobless, and blame the government for not formally integrating them into the security forces and providing them with arms needed to prevent the takeover. they were people waiting for the right time to emerge. when ....
albert einstein s personal letters up for auction. al jazeera learnt that there could be a deal in brussels to prevent greece defaulting on its debt. athens has until the end of june to pay 1.8 billion to the international monetary fund. the debt stands at $352 billion. of this, 8.5 billion has to be paid by august - mainly to the european central bank. john is in athens and can give us the latest. the athens stock market seems very happy. what are you hearing about a possible deal. that s right the stock market appears to be bouncing back from yesterday, when it was uncertain if alexis tsipras would meet with his counterparts. he has done that and the result is that there seems to be a possibility of an interim deal financing greece through the remainder of this year and beginning of next year while leaving issues such as pensions and restructuring of the grease debt for a later date. that should allow some things to be agreed upon now. that was the february 20th r ....
peace keepers. and a symbolic message for i.s.i.l. a festival against terrorism by baghdad artists. al jazeera learnt it could be a deal in brussels to prevent greece defaulting on its debt. athens has until the end of june to pay 1.7 billion to the international monetary fund. debts stand at $352 billion. of this, $8.5 billion have to be paid by august largely to the european central bank. john is with us in athens what are you hearing. that s right, government sources are telling us after the meeting with alexis tsipras, and counterparts from the e.u. that a deal may be reached in brussels today or tomorrow. it may see two things happen. one is that it may close a shortfall. greece would agree to raise that from consumer tax. and that would alleviate some aspects. and greece would repay its debt, service its debt. if that is done, greece would receive a reprieve in renegotiating, rescheduling its debt repayments over the next several decades. this agreement woul ....
in liberia a judge in the u.s. state of ohio ruled that there s enough evidence to charge two police officers, one with murder over the killing of a 12-year-old african-american boy last year. tamir rice was wearing a toy gun when shot by police. bisi onile-ere has more. reporter: thursday s decision comes days after a group of clergy and activists used a little-known law asking the court to order the roast of arrest of police officers involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice in november. the people decided to take the opportunity to make the government work for them. this is not a contradiction. this is not a circumvention. this is simply appplying the law that is available so that our government is responsible and accountable to us. the boy was playing with a pellet gun in a park. the officers pulled up. the shooting caught on surveillance video. the judge released his opinoin on thursday, stating that he found probable cause that the officer b ....