Well before the fight to Liberate Mosul began in midoctober 2016, military experts warned could this be a very bloody affair, certainly been that and a whole lot more. Now, a war stories team is once again on the front lines of what may well be the last major battle against isis in iraq. Looking at these images of mosul before and after isis, its easy to forget the promise this city once represented to a free iraq including arab muslims, sunni and shia, kurds, christians and yazidis. Its being described as the most complex military operation since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003 by u. S. Led coalition. This time Iraqi Special forces are leading the fight centered in control of mosul. Once a vibrant city of 1. 5 Million People in northwest iraq. An estimated 5,000 Iraqi Military and police are engaged in bloody housetohouse fighting against suicidal isis jihadis. This as urban warfare and close quarter combat among hundreds of thousands of hostage civilians used as human shields. Isi
Well before the fight to Liberate Mosul began in midoctober 2016, military experts warned could this be a very bloody affair, certainly been that and a whole lot more. Now, a war stories team is once again on the front lines of what may well be the last major battle against isis in iraq. Looking at these images of mosul before and after isis, its easy to forget the promise this city once represented to a free iraq including arab muslims, sunni and shia, kurds, christians and yazidis. Its being described as the most complex military operation since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003 by u. S. Led coalition. This time Iraqi Special forces are leading the fight centered in control of mosul. Once a vibrant city of 1. 5 Million People in northwest iraq. An estimated 5,000 Iraqi Military and police are engaged in bloody housetohouse fighting against suicidal isis jihadis. This as urban warfare and close quarter combat among hundreds of thousands of hostage civilians used as human shields. Isi
Anna very warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. From here in london. Let us get straight to the numbers in ubs. Profit has increased substantially. Let us talk through how well they have done over the estimates including a rally in equity boosting banks security. You seeof those areas substantial improvements. Increasing profit year on year. To give you an idea of the uplift in profits, fourthquarter pretax profit 848 million swiss franc versus 234 million swiss francs, the same period a year ago. Inus is on the ground switzerland talking to the ceo of ubs at 6 45 a. M. London time. Let us pull up the risk radar. Show you where we are on various metrics. The boj is evident here. Substantial weakness in the japanese currency coming through this morning. To buy is stepping in bonds. Aiming to keep the 10 year yields at 0 . Away, therried Japanese Central bank stepped in to bring that back down. He boj meets next week no changes expected. Cpi data out of japan. We will discuss those
And thank you tonight for cspan for being here. This is a first for me. Maybe you guys are used to this. Im going to cover just a few basic things before we get started. Copies of the book are available downstairs. I think they are at the register. You can purchase them there and then bring them up here to get signed after the event. If you could take a moment silence your phones, i think we would all appreciate that. Youre welcome to take photographs. You can post them on social media, if theyre good. And then after the event, or after the author has finished speaking it will be a q a. Then if you could please wait for a mic, come by with a a microphone so we can all hear your question, that would be great. All right, lets get started. James hornfischer, hes a writer, a literary agent and a former book editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller neptune inferno, the last and other 10 can sailors and the ship of goes. Hes widely acclaimed historical accounts of the u. S.
To overcome. Nightly news begins now. Good evening. The gracian crackdown has begun as we go on the air tonight President Trumps executive action is causing some people enters the u. S. To be detained. Others sent back. Some stopped boo they get on flights. Protests have broken out at several airports, theyve become a backdrop for politicians and lawyers calling for people to be released, but many of President Trumps supporters applaud him for keeping a key campaign promise. At the white house, in the past few hours, the president said this not a muslim ban but we are totally prepared to work it out very nicely. You see it at the airports. You see it all over. We have full coverage at the evening unfolds. We begin with Anne Thompson at jfk airport in new york. Anne . [ chanting ] [ applause ] reporter caught in the confusion over President Trumps extreme vetting order, the iraqi interpreter for the u. S. Military detained for some 18 hours at jfk even though he had a valid visa. Releas