the islamic state of iraq and the lavant, the guerrilla army that roared east to take over big chunks of western iraq has proclaimed it s own country. it s simply the islamic state, and it s leader is a man who goes by al baghdadi. the new country calls him 9 leader. many gather around to support the new caliphate. they say that others should fall in line. who is al baghdadi. how did he emerge from syrian civil war to control large parts of syria and iraq. reporter: al baghdadi, a man with a bounty on his head may recently have made a rare appearance. in this unverified video posted online the man who appears to be the elusive leader of the islamic state spoke out for a half hour during prayers. introduced himself as ebra him. it is a burden t to accept this to be in charge of you. i m not better than you. if you see me on the right path, help me. if you see me on the wrong path, encourage me and help me. baghdadi born some 50 miles north of baghdad. he claims to trace
good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us, i m adam may, joie chen has the night off. the president announces we are going back to iraq. he laid out a plan out lining a long-term strategy to destroy the islamic state. the big announcement in an address that the war on terror will expand into syria, and 475 additional personnel will head into that region. the president stressed that no boots on the ground. we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against the terrorists. working with the iraqi government, we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian mission missions, so we hit iraqi targets. i have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are, that means we will not hesitate to take action in i.s.i.l., as well as iraq. presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. we have team coverage tonne the islamic state threat. let s go to the white house, and corresp
i caught up with her at the global offices in washington, d.c. julia gillard, welcome to talk to al jazeera. for decades, now, the world has been preaching to itself about the value of education. transform individual lives, remake society, big bang for the buck. is there anywhere where that lesson hasn t taken yet? do you still have to preach the gospel of education? i don t think we have to preach the gospel, education changes lives more educated people, higher skills, more prosperous economy. what we ve got to do is get out and not only talk about that gospel but implement it on the ground so we are changing children s lives. and whilst a lot of progress has been made and we should be congratulating ourselves for that, more has to be done. i m gad to chair, and to make a difference for the children who are still out of school and the children who are in school that the quality of their learning isn t really high enough. they are not coming out of school being able to re
seeking support at home and abroad for a sustained military campaign to dismantle and destroy the islamic state group. the president asked for congress for $500 million to arm and train moderate syrian opposition fighters. the president also announced that he is sending another 475 military advisers. libby casey joins us now from the white house, and libby, congress has had a moment now to consider the president s plan. lawmakers are saying. . coalition and letting the iraqis really split on their impression and some say that coalition building goes too far and they think that a primary reason why the islamic state hasn t been able to get as strong it was, as because the u.s. pulls out too many ground troops so they would like to see more presence. then there are other republicans that say they have concerned about arming rebels because they say how do we ensure those arms don t get into the wrong hands and they are not used against u.s. forces and u.s. assets on the grou
president obama is seeking support at home and abroad for a sustained military campaign to dismantle the islamic state group in iraq and syria, the president asked copping for $500 million to arm and train moderate syrian opposition fighters. the president also announced that he is sending another advisers to iraq rack. arab nations have agreed to help in the strategy to stop the state group. secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia to get arab partners to sign up for the president s plan, kerry met with ten arab nations. they would add to the coalition of western countries formed just two weeks ago. but there are pitfalls. nick joins us live to look at the viability of the president s plan, and a coalition here, nick, good to see you, the president said arab nations need to lead the way, what type of help has been offed so far? he said this is more difficult than iraq, more difficult than afghanistan, more difficult than anything we have seen, trying to go into ira