Iraq and syria, and resolve to fight the situation. More than 15,000 foreign fighters from 80 nations have traveled to syria in recent years. Many have joined terrorist organizations such as alqaedas affiliate, al nusra front, and isil, which threatens people across syria and iraq. Mike viqueira with me, and he has been following the president s entire day. Its been a busy one. This resolution requiring countries to take firm action to address the threat of foreign fighters the world over. Fairly extraordinary. You have the president of the United States the chair of the United Nations this month. But chairing this meeting in Security Council today and organizing to insure domestic laws are passed in each individual country. It is enforceable, but as a practical matter, tough to do. You see many countries, the majority directly affected by terrorism. Weve heard from francois hollande. They suffered a blow when one of their citizens were murdered. And the king of jordan, they have a Lar
Civil Disobedience Campaign on chinas national day. Hello, thanks for being with us. United states has carried out a third night of air strikes against i. S. Militant positions in syria. 12 small Scale Oil Refineries in three parts of Eastern Syria were attacked in a bid to damage the groups financial assets. Here we are, one, two, three areas there. The u. S. Department of defense estimates that those refineries have been making the militants Something Like 2 million a day. It also confirmed that war planes from saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates were involved in the attacks, and reports suggest 14 jihadists along with five civilians have been killed. Those u. S. Air strikes have gained further International Support at the u. N. General assembly in new york. And we will be bringing you all the latest in the course of the next 15 minutes here on bbc world news. As clive murray joins us on the turkeysyria border. Reporter yes, hello to you. And welcome to the turkeysyria border.
More than a million more people are put under quarantine in sierra leone as the number of dead in the Ebola Outbreak nears 3,000. Well be speaking to an aid worker just back from the region. New figures reveal an alarming rise in mass shoot ngs the United States. Were in colorado asking why new strict gun laws arent being enforced. Were in colorado askiw strict gun laws arent being enforced. Aaron is taking a look at some unwelcome curves in business. Apple may have celebrated selling ten million new iphones last weekend, but now a problem. Bendgate. Complaints from around the world that this is happening to the new iphone 6 plus. On top of that, apples got some new software programs. So were going to take a look at all of this with one of our tech gurus. Hello. It is midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. 2 00 p. M. In syria, where overnight air strikes have struck at the heart of Islamic States financial empire. U. S. , saudi, and emirates jets targeted Oil Refineries that
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