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Hands out long sentences to more than 150 citizens for illegal logging. Im Andrew Simmonds at the home of Barack Obamas grandmother, and shes been telling me about his first president ial visit to kenya first, u. S. Defense secretary ash carter made an unannounced trip to iraq, meeting u. S. Commanders and the Prime Minister. M imran khan has more from baghdad. Its been a bloody week. I. S. I. L. Taking responsibility for several car bomb attacks. The defense secretary will beet with Haider Alab...

Im Andrew Simmonds at the home of Barack Obamas grandmother, and shes been telling me about his first visit to kenya. The u. S. Defence secretary ash carter made an unannounced visit to iraq meeting u. S. Commanders and haider alabadi. Hes been it israel jordan and saudi arabia. And his visit coming as i. S. I. L. Claims responsibility for several car bombs, one of many attacks in shia neighbourhoods on wednesday. 17 died in those explosions targetting marketplaces. Well talk to imran khan who i...

Bring you the latest of president obamas first visit of kenya. A skyscraper once full of squatters. We take a look after the infamous power faded hello there. First, turkeys government says its launched air strikes against Islamic State of iraq and levant. Four i. S. I. L. Fighters hit. U. S. Defense say turkey allowed coalition to use a major air base on its soil to launch air strikes against i. S. I. L. Turkey has been reluctant to let washington use the airways in the past. Its about 160km fr...

Trapped in a law the fight to save some of islams oldest sites runs into an obstacle. Critics point fingers at the saudi government antibiotic infections kill 20,000 in the u. S. What doctors do when drugs dont work. President obama has wrapped up his first full day in kenya. Its the first time a sitting president visited an african country. Its at times divisive. President obama cohosted a seminar onentrepreneurialship in nairobi, praised them for advancements and announced 1 billion for new bu...

The president raising eyebrows when he addressed corruption and gay rights. Andrew simmonds has the details. President obama started his day in relaxed style, addressing the summit without a teleprompter notes or a speech. He did it ad lib and used kenyanswahili slang, and praised them for the way they were doing business, encouraging entrepreneurs to do more, and to help them, and said that africa was open for business. The economy was doing so much better. He had these words. When i was here i...

People. Final day of an historic visit to his ancestral homeland. Plus im rob mcbride in the rice paddies of hong kong with the townies being farmers for a day saudi collision airstrict targeted a military air strikes targeted a military base near sanaa. The attacks coming hours after a humanitarian pause. Its due to start 2069. Aid workers say they dont know how this will help to get aid to people. Fighting on the ground has not stopped. Some viewers may find the images to be disturbing. Report...

Start in yemen. Air attacks condition. And. And, of course im the first kenyanamerican to be president of the United States. A National Address from president obama as he ends his trip to his fathers homeland syrias president says the army is struggling to contain i. S. I. L. And rebel groups. He said his troops are tired and lacking manpower and they must define key regions to hold on to during the conflict. Translation we have new recruits every day. The military is carrying out the mission, i...

Tensions hello, Macedonian Police allowed hundreds of refugees to pass through the border from greece after failing to stop them from breaking through. The small balkan country of macedonia saw a rise in the number of people trying to cross its territory on their way to western europe. Many of them are refugees fleeing wars, in the middle east, and africa now, we have reporters on both sides of the Border Covering the story. Andrew simmonds is in macedonia and jonah hull in a border town. Andrew...

Streets of beirut. Thousands protest what they say is a dysfunctional government. Im catherine wambuasoi in a poor area. Ill tell you how that will help people get clean water, cheaply. We begin the newshour in macedonia, where Security Forces have given up trying to stop thousands of refugees crossing the border from greece. They are letting group of people through, and authorities are supplying buses and trains to take them to serbia, the next step in an e. U. Journey. Hundreds of might ants o...

Of cuban doctors that fled venezuela are caught in the limbo here in columbia Security Forces in macedonia have given up trying to stop thousands of refugees crossing the border from greece. They are letting group of people through, and authorities are supplying buses and trains to take them to serbia, the next step in an e. U. Journey. It was a different scene on saturday when hundreds of refugees and migrant made a run for the border. Security tried to use stun guns, they were overwhelmed. Thi...