Famine. We have more on premier league games coming up. Hundreds of iranian soldiers have taken part in a joint operation inside iraq with kurdish forces. Thats according to forces on the front line. It is believed to be the first time that iranian troops have been involved with fighting thon scale. They have the peshmerga taking the town from Islamic State, what more can you tell us about the iranian fighters who are there . Reporter well, it was an operation aimed by iranians protecting their own border. The place theyre fighting is to kilometers from that frontier. There has been iranian involvement in this fight in the sense of advisers, iranian backed militias and Security Officials that come and go between the two countries. They say they were engaged in the fighting and retreated very early this morning back across the border. The peshmerga said they were going to continue their effort to retake the town of diyala. The Iraqi Government is participating with helicopter strikes an
Arch we begin in iraq who aere fight against the Islamic State group is widening. Hundreds of iranian troops cross into iraq to help kurdish fighters take back a city from the i. S. Its the first report of iranian soldiers directly involved in the situation. Jennifer glasse has more from erbil. Reporter it was an operation aimed by the iranians, it seems, as protecting their own border essentially because the face where they are fight something 30 kilometers from that frontier. There has been iranian involvement in this fight in the sense of advisors, iranianbacked malitias, Security Officials who come and go between the two countries but this does, indeed, seem to be the first time that regular troops have been involved. They stayed. They were engaged in the fighting, and they retreated very early this morning, we are told, back across the border. The peshmerga say they are going to continue their effort to try to retake the town where they are not fighting not justice lammic state fi
Boy was killed in a mortar attack. We begin this hour with the growing violence from the Islamic State as western governments try to come up with an Effective Response to the rebel group it rages on. New information from the United Nations shares 190,000 people have been killed in syrias civil war. It received a strong are you beak from the Security Council today saying it has not been doing enough. The killers and torturers in syria have been embolded and war crimes and war crimes against humanity have been committed time and type again. If the security counsel has failed to refer it to the International Court where it clearly belongs. Michael the Islamic State has crossed syria into iraq. It has launched major attacks to recapture the northern cities of jalawla and sadiya. There have been deadly attacks on hamas and 70 people were killed inside the city mosque and the eastern part of the country when a shia armed group open fired. And International Plan is needed to deal with the thr
Dont shoot. More than 2,000 march in new york city. Theyre calling for justice for two black teens killed by police. [ explosion ] more israeli airstrikes in the gaza city today. This time a 12story argument building is destroyed. Two dozen people were injured. Israel said that it targeted the building because it housed a hamas operations room. Meanwhile, they push to jump start a new round of peace talks. Reporter after more than six weeks of fighting. [ explosion ] this is perhaps the largest act of property destruction by Israeli Forces in a single strike. Distraught residents left the area with little more than clothes on their back. Many were injured including children. We were informed a half hour before the shelling. This tower has 11 floors and 32 families living there. Immediate after we left there it was targeted and f16s targeted it. God help us all. Reporter Israeli Military said that it was targeted because the building was used by hamas but residents deny this. They mark
A russian convoy leaves ukraine after crossing without permission. Todays move does little to ease tensions. Palestinians make another effort to end the fighting in gaza. The move comes assis conducts 20 airstrikes. Two missiles leveled a 12story Apartment Building there today. Palestinian Officials Say almost 2 dozen officials were injured. They say the hamas operations were in that building. Palestinian authority reinforced the longterm ceasefire with el sisi in cairo. They talked about ways to reestablish talks between hamas and israel. More from there. After more than six weeks of fighting, this is perhaps the largest act of property destruction in a single strike. Residents fled with little more than the clothes on their back. Some people were injured, including many children. This tower has 11 floors and 32 families were living there. The minute we evacuated, the plates was hit by warning rocket. After, the f16s fired two rockets. The building collapsed completeli completely. Ite