Against police brutality. Plus, feeling the fever the u. S. Takes on portugal in the world cup. Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live to new york city. Secretary of state john kerry is in egypt. To create a unified front to tack the tension in the middle east. He is meeting the foreign minister and the countrys newest president. Also a trip to jordan, belgium and france. There are reports that hell make a trip to iraq. Now, the rebel group called the Islamic State of iraq and levant took over three more towns. This happened overnight as well as a strategic crossing with syria, this as the first group of u. S. Military advisors arrived in the country, theres a fluid situation happening now in iraqs Biggest Oil Refinery in baiji. The military says its in control. I. S. I. L. Refutes the claim saying that refinery and the city is in the hands of a renel group. John kerry is expected to urge iraqs Prime Minister to embrace politics for a fractured country. When he starts
Portugal gets under way at the world cup i. S. I. L. Is a threat to all of the countries in the region. No country is safe from that kind of spread of terror. Secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east to address the growing crisis in iraq. It comes as sunni rebels from the Islamic State of iraq and levant or i. S. I. L. And their allies gain more territory on sunday. The territory takeover is significant. Fighters captured rutbar, giving them control of a highway to jordan. This as other cities in anbar, including alcrime on the border. They are a step home to haditha, which is home to a dam which if destroyed could learn to electrical flooding. Sunni rebels are in control of the secondlargest city mosul, tikrit, fallujah and tal afar. Thousands are fleeing the fighting and are in need of assistance. Many coming from baqubah, northeast of baghdad, where there has been fighting. Many have taken refuge in a camp outside of mosul. A city that is under i. S. I. L. Control. Lets g
Through as rain. Theyll be most frequent for eastern scotland and eastern good morning. Areas of england. Winning in a winter wonderland. Arsenals turnaround continues but ill have a full forecast coming with a confident victory at west brom thats three league up a little bit later on. Wins in a row for the gunners. Good morning. It is a day of its sunday the 3rd of january. Our top story sunshine and showers. And although some councils and Teaching Unions it is not going to feel at the air isa it is not going to feel at the air is a tiny bit less cold today so in england are continuing to pile many of the showers will come through as rain. They will be most pressure on the government, calling for primary frequent for eastern scotland and schools to be kept closed to the majority of pupils eastern areas of england. I will after the christmas holidays. Have a full forecast coming up a Teaching Unions have told little bit later on. Primary school staff it is unsafe to return to work beca
Vall valley. The Homeless People taking shelter in the lapped of thest tech giants. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in ukraine. In the last few hours, the airport in donetsk, in the east, has been under attack. Ukraines Prime Minister has been saying the country is in a state of war. Arseniy yatsenyuk warned that the russian president , Vladimir Putin, wants to take over ukraine and recreate the soviet union. Lets go live now. Robyn, the airport attacked. What do you know about what is happening right now. Well, david, have been hearing the ominous and continuous rum blengs of disc and artillery fire and explosions within the vicinity of the airport, a few kilometres up the road from where im standing to the northwest of the city. The airport, a strategic location which the ukranian forces held for several months. Since the cae fire agreementry came into effect. There has been continuous attacks, shell fings, views lated rockets, and it seems as if this is a pattern that has been r
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Millions more people will qualify for the Coronavirus Vaccine this week people in england aged 70 and over will start receiving invitations within days. On a visit to a company that manufactures vaccines, the Prime Minister said the Vaccination Programme is on track, which is why the rollout is being expanded. We are getting it out as fast as we can. Four million done so far. Weve now, i think, have done more than half of the over 80s, almost half of the people in care homes. New travel restrictions International Passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk
and self isolate for ten days. The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the worlds poorest countries. And just to recap on that with the travel situation, the restrictions coming into force. International passengers must now test negative for coronavirus virus ever travelling to the uk, and self isolate for ten days. And coming up, we are