Big questioning about the Scottish Referendum is there enough oil here to fuel the nationalists dream, and what happens when it all runs out. Representatives from around 30 countries are meeting in paris to debate how to combat Islamic State. The United States is trying to build an International Coalition to defeat the group in iraq and in syria. Lets go straight to paris and speak to nadeem basha. Francis hollande is cochairing the conference. Do we know the french commitment to the coalition at this point . Its becoming clearer. Francis hollande is cohosting the conference with the iraqi president whom he met in baghdad on friday. This comes as the French Defence minister announced that french planes are taking part in reconnaissance flights in the iraqi air space, helping the u. S. With air strikes, against a Group Calling itself the Islamic State. Clearly Francis Hollande wants to be seen to be a lead nation backing up the u. S. In the fight against the i. S. Group. Francis holland
By president barack obama. At a meeting in paris, 25 countries including iraq agreed to offer military assistance but failed to pledge any concrete new measures. Iraq is calling for a mix of humanitarian and military aid to roll back deep Islamic Stated dances into its territory. Exit is a day many iraqis have been waiting for World Leaders gathered in paris to throw their weight behind the iraqi president and his new governments efforts. A growing International Coalition is mobilizing military assistance to fight the group. The u. S. Has been fighting against ias since early august. Now french jets have begun their first surveillance flights will stop the message is very clear no country will be abandoned if it is to be attacked i terrorists. The whole International Community will stand united. In addition to parts of iraq, i is controls much of eastern serious. The u. S. Says it is prepared to take the fight there also, but that was not discussed in paris. Several arab nations pledge
Well report from south africa at the site of the famous battle that inspired the film. Hello and a very warm welcome. The Pakistani Army says the chase is on after another attack at Karachi Airport. It comes a day of Security Forces it regained control of the airport from militants to gunmen on motor bikes firing shots at Security Forces just outside the perimeter. The taliban says it was responsible, and the hunt is now underway for the gunmen. And it after militants attacked the airport on monday, the Pakistani Military carried out air strikes in retaliation, killing 15 militants. It happened just near the border with afghanistan. Thats just after a brazen assault by taliban militants at the international airport. Seven more bodies have now been recovered from a building at the airport. In total, more than 30 people died there, including ten militants. The Pakistani Taliban says it carried out the raid as revenge for the killing of the groups leader last year. We will, of course, con
Philippines, people who once demanded u. S. Forces leave the country now want them back. Well tell you why. U. S. President barack obama is seeking International Support for a streak on syria. He arrived in stockholm earlier and is holding talks with fredrik reinfeldt. In russia he hopes to convince g20 leaders that military action is necessary. The u. S. And britain and france say they are convinced Syrian Forces used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of civilians last month. The regime of syrian president ba Bashar Al Assad needs to be punished but faces stiff opposition from the leaders of russia and china. Vladimir putin and jinping also stated their objections to a military strike. Putin says russia may resume selling antiaircraft missiles if western countries attack without u. N. Approval. Putin could start shipments to syria and added that accusations about the use of chemical weapons in syria should be based on solid evidence and not on rumors, intelligence from eavesdropping o
Our intelligence when it came to combating terrorism. What i can say with confidence is that when it comes to our domestic operations, the concerns that people have back home in the United States of america, that we do not surveil the American People or people within the United States, that there are a lot of checks and balances in place designed to avoid a surveillance state. There have been times where the procedures, because these are human endeavors, have not worked the way they should, and we had to tighten them up. And i think there are legitimate questions that have been raised about the fact that as Technology Advances and capabilities grow, it may be that the laws that are currently in place are not sufficient to guard against the dangers of us being able to track so much. When it comes to intelligence gathering internationally, our focus is on counter terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, cyber security, Core National security interests of the United States. But what is tru