Begin in the north of england. Iraqs kurds are one step closer to full independence as their president asked parliament to prepare for a referendum on their fired. He has infuriated the iraqi Prime Minister who has loft support from the kurd and other major groups as well. Well go live to iraq. But first a report from erbil. Reporter this man came to parliament to deliver an important message. The president of the iraq Kurdish Regional government said it was time for kurds to take a step closer to achieving self determination. Instructing them to make preparations for a referendum on iraq. Translation we are the only ones who decide our destiny. Without a doubt, we have many allies and enemies. Maybe this is a rick, but the time has come to tell the world what we want. No one can blame us for doing that. Reporter the move was refused positively as a crowd of people gathered outside the government building to show their support. Translation we come to show support and backing for the an
United states. Hello, israel has deployed further troops on its border with gaza, and tensions grow with palestinians. The family of a murdered teenager has been due to bury him on thursday. But the body wont be released until after friday. Israeli misfound his body on the outskis of jerusalem. In east jerusalem, the anger is still smoldering. In a few hours this community will bury a 17yearold, it says was killed to avenge the murders of three israeli teenagers. The tex hangs in the air here, outside nothing has been cleaned up, and inside a mother surrounded by her family says theres a hole inside of her. I feel, she says hike my heart has been ripped out. They say that mohammed was taken right next to their house. And when the news spread of his death, this neighborhood exploded. Palestinian protestors used to fight police yesterday, the two sides fought for more than 12 hours. Todays violence has two fronts. Rockets are beginning to find their targets. Last night and this morning t
His tour in seoul, south korea. Still providing new in sights, the latest findings in cambodia. Ill have all your latest sports news, including poster boy for the word cup, so why is he crying . Well look at how brazil are coping with the pressure as hosts. We start with syria where fighters from the Islamic State seized control of two oil rich towns, used to be strongholds of the front. They are the large evident oil fields in the country. The second place is under their control, in both cases, the towns taken without any fighting after withdrawal from the strategic towns. We are live in beirut. Tell us more about the fronts withdrawal and the fact that most of that province is now under the control of Islamic State. Its a major advancement, but whats going on now is that the i. F. , the Islamic State fighters have control now over a large area from the iraq and Syrian Border almost to the edge of aleppo and the northeast. They have control of cities and all these tribes and fighters
A picture of north korea as its biggest ally moves closer to its arch enemy. Iraq kurds have taken another step towards independence. There are already semiautonomous in parts of iraq, but now their president has asked the Regional Parliament to prepare for a referendum on creating their own homela homela homeland, which borders turkey. Elsewhere in the shiadominated south, theres disagreement about the future of president nouri al maliki, a shia. The leadership is not united on the issue. The biggest is the concern of the Islamic State fighters in vast areas of Northern Iraq and syria. It has already taken mosul and is fighting for control of tikrit. Saudi arabia said it deployed 30,000 troops to the border of iraq. Iraqi troops have left their posts. Thats an accusation that iraq denies. Were in irbil where the kurdish president gave his speech to parliament. He has two main messages to the parliament here in the semiautonomous region. The first was disputed areas like kirkuk which f
Travel season, why Homeland Security is sounding the alarm on flights heading to the u. S. From overseas. I was born an alcoholic, im going to diane alcoholic. Toronto mayor rob ford opening up about his drinking and drug problems, telling about what hes done and how hes trying to move on after rehab. Gavin newsom, im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Tropical storm arthur has been upgraded to a hurricane. It is picking up speed and setting its sights on North Carolina banks. Funeral services are expected to take place today for a Palestinian Teenager who may have been killed in retaliation for the murders of three israeli teens early neither week. A rocket launched from gaza struck in southern israel overnight. The military bombing several target in gaza this morning, come ago day after sevens were injured in fighting in east jerusalem. Nick schiffron is in jerusalem right now. Are we expecting more clashes there today . Del, the police are trying to seal off that whole area, but there ma