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camp, with little food or protection from the cold. even worse, you could be held hostage by traffickers and beaten until you pay them for passage. every day, stories like this emerge from migrants trying to cross north through macedonia, a key country on the main route into the eu. critics fear that plans to strengthen continental borders could make a humanitarian disaster even worse. the route seems even longer if your legs are short. braving freezing temperatures, these refugees have reached macedonia, the first stage of the western balkan route. they re driven on by the fear that borders along the route could close down ahead of them, and they re more than glad to leave greece behind. in the camp it was really bad. there is no good food, no warm place. they just told us there are some houses like this, but there is no heat. 48 hours we spend there and they gave us some paper to let us go into europe. but only those who are from iraq, syria or afghanistan are a ....
camp, with little food or protection from the cold. even worse, you could be held hostage by traffickers and beaten until you pay them for passage. every day, stories like this emerge from migrants trying to cross north through macedonia, a key country on the main route into the eu. critics fear that plans to strengthen continental borders could make a humanitarian disaster even worse. the route seems even longer if your legs are short. braving freezing temperatures, these refugees have reached macedonia, the first stage of the western balkan route. they re driven on by the fear that borders along the route could close down ahead of them, and they re more than glad to leave greece behind. in the camp it was really bad. there is no good food, no warm place. they just told us there are some houses like this, but there is no heat. 48 hours we spend there and they gave us some paper to let us go into europe. but only those who are from iraq, syria or afghanistan are a ....
saints. hello there. thank you for joining us. the battle for the iraqi city of ramirez is intensify ramadi with some reports that the city has fallen to isil fighters. 22 security officials. this amateur video shows what appears to be their forces driving into the city. the u.s.-led coalition is hitting isil positions in ramadi and in iraq. the council, sunni, is allowing shia malitias to join the fight. it is in the northeast of iraq and the capitol of anbar province which has been mostly under isil control. it is 100 kilometers from baghdad. more now from the capitol. reporter: isil is one of step closer to taking the whole city of ramadi. they are besieging government forces inside the anbar command center headquarters. isil on the offensive, the government on the defensive. now, the anbar provincial council actsking shia led coalition to join the fight. this is not going to be welcome by many sunnis who it is allied to the government and the council is not re ....
of people displaced by the fighting in afghanistan. the islamic state of iraq in levant is claiming a major victory. the group says it has taken control of ramadi where iraqi forces have been filmed fleeing. the prime minister has asked forces not to the abandoned their posts: the capture of the city could allow isil to establish display lines from syria to iraq. aiding the group to bring in weapons and fighters from the de facto capital. ramadi is 110 kilometers west of iraq s capital, baghdad. it s capture is the latest victory which continues to dominate large swathes of land. the group controls three major cities. mosul in the north of the country, raqqa and from washington here is kimberly halkett. still visible high above the ramadi skyline. down below gunfire wriningz out in the city streets. the city undertac from isil fighters using car bombs to reach the center of the city for government buildings where they are located. the battle with iraqi forces is inten ....
that is what western governments are saying good when pressed, europeans are hesitant to impose tough sanctions against moscow. many countries in europe have close business ties with russia and risk inflicting damage to important sectors. austria gets more than 60% of its gas from russia. many tourist destinations play host to a high number of wealthy russian visitors every year. naturally, the austrian government is worried about the impact tough sanctions against russia might have on its economy. this is the valley of dreams for many russian oligarchs. it has been raking in the rubles by doing business with wealthy customers from moscow and st. petersburg. they sleep only in the best hotels and enjoy the idyllic lifestyle. i have been coming here with the family for four or five years. we come to ski every winter. the kids feel it is a pleasant town for parents and children to spend their vacation in. the russians love of the town has given up real estate pr ....