This morning u. S. Air strikes are pounding the iraqi town of sinjar. They are there helping Kurdish Forces in their battle to retake the key northern iraqi city from i. S. I. L. Good morning, welcome to your world, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. More than 7,000 peshmerga fighters are closing in on sinjar on three fronts. Sinjar is important. Sitting on highway 47. A key resupply route for i. S. I. S. Force. By seizing sinjar, we believe it will restrict the supply route. We go to jamie mcintyre, National Security correspondent. What are you hearing from kurdish fighters. We are hearing from Kurdish Forces that the offensive will take days. What they are doing at the moment is moving towards towns and villages on the outskirts of sinjar, they are taking those and are going to use it so go into sinjar. Some suggest theyll be within sinjar, and there may be a penalty of a week of strikes. They have been planning this operation for a long title. I. S. I. L. Knew they were coming and met
Worlds smallest and isolated countries could save the global bee population. The e. U. Has signed off on an agreement that creates a 2. 2 billion dollar Emergency Trust fund for africa to help tackle the refugee crisis. They have been meeting in malta. What is this money exactly supposed to buy for the europeans . Reporter well, its a sweetener, to be honest. Thats not my opinion. Thats what a senior european official described it to me last neat night as being. It is basically trying to get over the migration crisis is to appeal to african countries and say, look, if we give you this as an additional amount of money for economic development, then in return we expect you, they say this is legally binding, to help remove African Economic migrants from the continent and help repat tree eight them into africa. Theyre wanting to send money back home and more managed migration, but this trust fund was always going to be the center piece from the european perspective of their offer, if you l
Festivafestival Kurdish Forces say theyve taken full control of gin jar from i. S. I. L. Fighters. Sinjar from i. S. I. L. Fighters. It sits on a highway which links two important towns. It is on the second day of a long waited offensive. They surrounded the town on thursday, cutting off supplies from both the east and west. Several strategic facilities in that Northern Iraqi town have been secured in the Islamic State. In an effort to defeat the group according to those in the know, i. S. I. L. Defeated and is on run according to the news agency. In Northern Iraq. Whats the latest . Reporter i can tell you that from the north the Kurdish Peshmerga went into the town of sinjar. They are in control of all of the town. We were expecting a retort, but that hasnt happened. Intense fighting yesterday. It is actually quite unusual. You have i. S. I. L. , they on the back side. Iraqis forces went in a few months ago. What happened is they do had attacks against them. What is happening at the
Help with the shortage in south africa. Aung san suu kyi Opposition Party has won the myanmars landmark election. The Election Committee has released more results showing the n. L. D. Party has gained more than the twothirds it needs to control parliament. Aung san suu kyis n. L. D. Has secured more than 329 seats gaining control of both houses of parliament, but a quarter of the seats are allocated to the military which means it will remain hugely influential. Myanmars constitution also bars Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president because she married a british citizen and her children have british passports. Still a very good day for her. Wayne hay, what was the response to this . Reporter wayne, im not sure if you can hear me. I was just asking about the response to this quite dramatic news for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party. I think weve lost wayne there. Sorry, we will try and get him back later on. Kurdish forces say theyve entered some districts of the sinjar as they attempt to
Accused of conspireing to smuggle cocaine into the u. S. Aung san suu kyis Opposition Party has won myanmars londe mark election, the countrys Election Commission confirms. It has released more results that show the n. L. D. Has gained more than the twothirds it needs to control parliament. Aung san suu kyis n. L. D. Party has secured more than 329 seats, gaining control of both houses of parliament, but the quarter of the seats are allocated to the military which means it will remain hugely influential in myanmars con decision also bars her from becoming president because she married a british citizen and her children have british passports. Wayne hay live from yangon, so an important moment for Aung San Suu Kyi an her party. Talk us through it. Reporter yes. Certainly a big day for the n. L. D. A day that comes incidentally five years ago to the day that Aung San Suu Kyi, the leaderer of the n. L. D. , was released from the military from her latest spell in house arrest. Now she is o