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Election but others have decided to boycott the poll all together. Hello we begin in saudi arabia where they say they foiled planned attacks by the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. They say 431 people have been arrested in a serious of raids and some of those have been linked to deadly attacks in the kingdom. With raids and sue series, saudi saudi arabia security say that it has dealt a massive blow to isil. They recently arrested 431 people they say are tied to the armed group. Within the ...

Hello, u. S. Forces in afghanistan are investigating what appears to be a mistaken attack which killed at least seven Afghan Soldiers, six others are thought to have been injured, police in the province say u. S. Helicopters attacked afghan Army Checkpoints in the district in the province its an area known for its heavy taliban presence and Jennifer Glasse has the latest update from kabul. That incident in the province happened just a couple hours after dawn Early Morning and Police Authorities ...

From rumba we will hear about the democratic republic of congos symphony orchestra. Hello and thank you for joining us Turkish Police fired tear gas and plastic bullets outside the offices biggest newspaper. Authorities have seized control of the publication in a crack down on a religious group whose leader the government has accused of treason. The European Commission is urging turkey to respect the freedom and here is carolyn malone. Used tear gas, water cannon and plastic bullets for people d...

Tributes to nancy reagan who dies at the age of 94. The greek Prime Minister is expected to seek the immediate relocation of thousands of refugees stranded within his countrys borders at an e. U. Summit in brussels on monday. They will use this meeting to push at members to tackle the crisis. This huge bottleneck at the Border Crossing where up to 14,000 people are stuck on the greek side of frontier with macedonia. By the end of this month there would be a hundred thousand refugees and migrants...

You ill. Now, techknow goes inside the federal testing program. Im makin a shrimp powder. Thats supposed to protect the food supply. Dr. Shini somara is a mechanical engineer. Shell share the results of her investigation. Now how dangerous is that for human beings . And im phil torres, im an entomologist. I visit a shrimp farm in the middle of indiana. Yes, indiana. That could revolutionize the industry. Wow, this is like a Little Laboratory here. Yes it is. And a shrimp farm. Cara santa maria i...

This. An explosition of color and the return of these native animals. How many plant speices do you have in here . But volunteers trying to bring back one of the planets most complex ecosystems ran into trouble. We just needed something to help level the playing field. Why a certain animal from americas past was needed to pull off the impossible. Weve just arrived at the nachusa grassland and im seeing these bisson for the first time. Marita davison is an environmental biologist. Tonight, a trip...

And well meet nigerian children getting a chance to rebuild their lives. Plus. Im lucia newman, in havana, coming up, ill tell you here why politics and religion will mix. Hello, yet more bickering and confusion from eu states about how to handle the refugee crisis. More than 14,000 have entered the croatia. Now sending thousands back not only to hungary but also north to slovenia. Germany their bid for asylum will be assessed. Lawrence lee reports from northern croatia. They are moving in the r...

Japan moves special troop restrictions into law. Im lucia newman. We begin with the latest refugee crisis in europe. Thousands of refugees are being moved on to from country to country where theres no sign of political solution to the crisis. Croatia has reached saturation point it says and cant take any more people in. Its now starting to bus people to hungary. Hungarian officials are furious at the move. Meanwhile, Slovenian Police use pepper spray, hundreds of people are chanting for border t...

Dengue fever gets approved in mexico. The United States says its ready to step up the fight against i. S. I. L. In iraq. Ash carter has offered to send personnel and machinery to help push out the i. S. I. L. From romadi which was captured in may. It was seen as an embarrassing setback for the iraqi forces were prepared to assist the iraqi army with attack helicopters and accompanying advisers our correspondent imran khan joins us now. If you could just quickly update us on the situation in roma...

Time in a decade. Russias air force says it hit more than 200 i. S. I. L. Targets across syria in the past 24 hours. Russian air covers also helped Regime Forces retake a strategic prize, the mountain in the northwest. The mountain overlooks the main rebel supply route between the part city of latakia and Bashar Alassad stronghold and aleppo. The syrian army says it captured the mountain after breaking through the defenses of the alnusra front armed group. Peter sharp is in moscow. Talk us throu...