Have defeated a group of ethnic albanian fighters after a day of violence. Plus the pope and the president , cubas raul castro said the catholics leader could persuade them to return to the church sport merz aidies continues mercedes continues domination in spain after days of violence houthi fighters responded to a saudi offer of a ceasefire in yemen, nothing is formally agreed. Houthi rebels say they would react positively to end the suffering of the yemeni people. An offer of a 5day pause on tuesday has been announced by the saudis. President salah has escaped unhurt after an attack on his palace, but announced an alliance with the Houthi Rebels for the first time. [ explosion ] reporter its the first time the Saudiled Coalition has targeted yemens former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The former president is unharmed. And remains defiant. Translation you should continue carrying your arms, willing to sacrifice your lives in the face of these belligerent attacks. I can describe this
The king of the blues an awardwinning musician, bb king has died. We begin in iraq where Army Helicopters are targeting isil fighters who seized a compound in ramadi. Isil fighters also burnt the Police Station in the compound. Government troops still have control of two districts in the city. Activists say isil fighters are searching the town for anyone who helped the army fight against them. Lets go live to the iraqi capitol. What is the latest you are hearing on this fighting . Reporter it was a fierce assault, Islamic State of iraq and the levant managed to penetrate the ramadi compound. They raised their flag inside the compound. This is what people in the city have told us. Ramadi has long been contested but this morning isil used heavy weapons as well as suicide bombers to penetrate this compound. This is really a military blow to the government and like you mentioned people trapped in the fighting desperate, some of them worry and fear that they will be punished if isil find ou
Plus the king of the blues, b. B. King has died. The Islamic State of iraq and the levant is engaged in fierce fighting in the province in anbar. Isil fighters are now in control of the government come pound in ramadi. Military helicopters are trying to dislodge them. Its a blow for the government which had announced a campaign to recapture the province in early april. Zana hoda reports from baghdad. [ gunfire ] reporter the symbol of Government Authority in ramadi is now under the control of the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Ramadi has long been a city that has been fought over it was also the Iraqi Governments main strong hold in Anbar Province. But isil fighters launched an allout assault early friday taking over the ramadi compound which houses most of the citys government buildings. They managed to penetrate using suicide bombers. Government forces and their local allies were not able to stop isils advance. Many were killed. It is a strategic blow to the authorities who ha
The king of the blues bb king has died. We begin this news hour in iraq where Army Helicopters are targeting isil, who seized a compound containing local government headquarters in rimadi, the capitol of anbar. Isil fighters burned down the Police Station in the compound. Government troops still have control of two districts in the city though. People there have been fleeing their homes due to the fighting. Activists who shot these images say isil fighters are searching the town for anyone who helped the army fight against them. Lets go live now to iraqs capitol, baghdad. Whats the latest youre hearing from rimadi . Well, this is really a major blow to the government. A military setback what we understand from people on the ground as well as officials is that the Islamic State of iraq and the levant has managed to penetrate inside the compound, a compound housing government buildings. Really, the symbols of the state are now in the hands of isil. Yes, you mentioned that they do, the go
And i would also remind this body that were only willing to give opec a shoverple extension by redirecting it to focus on an area that lacks investment and will have a major impact on the longterm growth of the country, and that is electricity. I cab assure the gentleman from california that this committee will continue its opec oversight but i should note that opec is not a free service. Opec charges fee this is a generate a financial return for the u. S. Treasury. To ensure that opec is not crowding out the private sector, they must demonstrate that no commercial bank is willing to provide the financing package requested directly from opec and this is the case in doing business in africa. The temporary authorization for opec, by the way, was included in the introduced version of the electry fie africa act and has remined in remain nevered following version. I would also point out that this bill includes the significant reforms, additional reforms, that i and others have been trying t