and the red carpet is waiting for hollywood s biggest stars. we ll be live in los angeles for the latest on the build-up to the academy awards. hello there. thank you for joining us. egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi defended his division to launch air strikes in libya. the attacks targeted fighters linked to the islamic state of iraq and levant, who killed 21 egyptian coptic christians. in a keynote address broadcast on state tv abdul fatah al-sisi said the operation was planned meticulously to avoid civilian casualties. he thanked gulf neighbours saudi arabia united arab emirates bahrain and kuwait wore their support and accepted that innocent young people may be locked in the egyptian prisons, a matter he urged the interior ministry to look into. let s hear what else he had to say about the egyptian strikes. we launched an offensive against targets. these targets were subjected to strict and accurate surveillance. intelligence information was gathered in security.
turkey send tanks and soldiers no syria to rescue the remains of an icon and evacuate troops protecting the tomb. we begin with the iranian nuclear talks at a make or break moment. john kerry arrived in geneva it s unclear how long the secretary state or iranian negotiators will stay there. there s no progress towards an agreement that it can accept. the participation says it will depend on what the u.s. decides to do. but the iranian president says his country wants to g et deal down. the combination of nuclear negotiators showed steadfast determination to have interaction with the world. rosalind jordan is in geneva. how serious is the u.s. threat to walk away from the talks, or is it posturing. we heart president obama say that he didn t see a reason to extend the talks. that s ahead of a deal or a potential final deal and the secretary of state john kerry repeated the president s comments when i asked him about it on saturday, when we were in london. the basic premi
japanese aid groups are facing new challenges in assisting syrian refugees. and a dance troupe in central japan is bridging the gap between two cultures. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has lost a key member of his cabinet. agriculture and fisheries minister koya nishikawa has announced he s stepping down. nishikawa came under fire after a media report said his political organization received a donation from a company subsidized by the government. he returned the money when he realized it could have been deemed illegal. translator: i ve tried to explain but it never seems to be enough for those accusing me. so i submitted my resignation to the prime minister. i explained everything and i ve done nothing illegal. nishikawa says he told the prime minister he doesn t want the allegations to hinder ongoing diet deliberations. translator: as the prime minister, i am responsible for choosing cabinet ministers. so i want to apologize to the public for causing the trou
embargo japan imposed on all north korean products in 2006. the ban was in response to the north s nuclear test. in march japanese police raided the man s father in connection with similar charges. the man has close ties with the country s leadership. north korea reacted sharply to the raid accusing japan of trying to destroy relations. u.s. defense department officials have announced a plan to deploy a special operations squadron of aircraft in western tokyo. they will station osprey at the air base starting in 2017. it will be the first placement of the tilt-rotor aircraft outside of okinawa. the first three will arrive in the second half of 2017 and an additional seven are scheduled to be on base by 2021. american leaders say the new deployment will increase the capability of u.s. special operations forces to quickly respond to crises and con tin generalsies in japan and the asia pacific region. the u.s. air force proposed sending them to oak that but the plan was report
we see peshmerga soldiers in cages. they threatened them telling them to abandon their jobs or face a similar fate. cnn can not independently confirm the authenticity of the recording. cnn is on the ground in iraq. let s go to senior international correspondent ben weidman who is live in erbil. you have been on the lines with these fighters. do you get the sense, do you surmise this video will have any impact on their resolve? it s clear from the video itself, george, that s the aim of isis in putting out this video showing 21 of their comrades in cages and certainly hanging heavily over this video is an implied threat that these people will suffer the same fate as so many others we have seen in libya and syria. and iraq but it does not appear this will make a major impact on the resolve of the kurds. they realize this is in a sense, a fight for their very existence. isis has very little tolerance for the fact the kurds seem to want to determine their own fate and not throw