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parades through the streets of donetsk is a show of defiance. i m andy richardson with today s sports as teammates turn on each other on the formula one race. first, he spent almost two years in captivity in syria, but an american journalist has now been freed. peter curtis was captured in october 2012 according to information from the fbi. his last known location was in turkey where he said he had plans to end syria to teach english. he s been handed over to a u.n. representative. and the news comes just a few days after the killing of the american journalist, james foley. he was beheaded by the islamic state group. he was working for global post, a boston haf based news website when he was abducted in syria in 2012. foreign governments have been enfwajed in talks this year to resolve kidnappings in syria. officials from qatar also negotiated a deal to release a group of greek orthodox nuns taken from their convent and held for three months by syrian rebels. a germ ....
we pay tribute to film great richard attenborough who died at the age of 90. welcome to the program, we begin with developments out of syria, the chairman of the u.s. joint chief of staff, martin dempsy says he will recommend the u.s. after islamic state fighters in syria if they become a direct threat to u.s. security and the comments come as they seized a major military base in northeast syria, the last stronghold and gives them complete control of the province, we will take a closer look at that in a moment and the latest on a u.s. journalist who has been freed in syria after spending nearly two years in captivity and curtis has been handed over to a u.n. repetitive in a deal by katar and patty has details. reporter: in this video obtained by al jazeera boston-based journalist curtis appears to be reading from a script sending reassurances. i have everything i need, everything has been perfect, food and clothing and even friends now. reporter: his family is cre ....
ahead of their son s funeral. and we ll have all your sport, including algerian football suspended after a player is struck and killed by a rock thrown by a fan. we start in news hour in syria where the government is positioning itself as a potential lie in the fight of potential terrorism. he said his country is willing to cooperate with international efforts to defeat the islamic state drop. but warned all airstrikes should be coordinated with damascus. we re live in northern lebanon, clearly quite an important development here. talk us through. yes, well, what we ve established is the syrian air force is still hitting target for the islamic state group, so they re not giving up on that fight. but ex-handing control over mortar tore, may be pushing all drive concerning allies. on the ground in syria the islamic state group is getting stronger. after a week of intense battle its fighters took over the air base. it was the last stronghold for the syrian governme ....
napa california trying to recover from what could be billions in damage. thousands of people packed a st. louis church today to say goodbye to michael brown. brown s funeral took place more than two weeks after he was shot and killed by a police officer in nearby ferguson. the shooting triggered days of unrest. during the service, brown s stepmother recalled a conversation of which she said brown predicted his own death. he said because i have been dreaming of death. i have been seeing pictures of death. he said i see bloody sheets hanging on the clothes line. and it just it truly touched my heart. and when i went out there and i saw mike mike, that s exactly what he was laying up under. so he pretty much prophesied his own death and didn t even realize it. diane estebrook joins us she s on the phone from ferguson, diane, tell us more about today s service. reporter: tony, it was a very emotional service. there was also a very lively service. there ....
except for the baby. an ploacia emotional battle o reunite this mother with her children. pulls at my heart. tonight a piece of nostalgia mixed with a bit of americana. a thundering herd of bison. back home and free to roam. good evening everyone, thanks for joining us. i m adam may in for joie chen. , we begin with the fast moving developments in syria. as the white house authorizes surveillance flights and ponders other potential military action he, there are growing concerns tonight over americans drawn into this conflict. this is raising security and safety issues with some americans fighting for the rebels and other americans held captive. first of all i want to thank you all for coming out here. emotional and relieved, journalist peter curtis speaking publicly for first time since hihis reason sunday from jabat l nusra. what kindness they have in their hearts and to all those people i say a huge thank you from my heart from the bottom of my heart. i ha ....