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Investigation over political fraud case, and more tea with your sugar. Indonesians being told to say no as the country battles the bulge. People in the gaza strip leaving their shelters tried to assess what has happened to their homes on the first day of what could be a longterm ceasefire with israel. The United States says at 17,000 homes were destroyed or damaged in seven weeks of the conflict. It has been estimated it will cost billions to restore those buildings. Andrew simmons sent us the u...

Problem on his own. He does that hoping that House Republicans will come to their senses at some point and pass a piece of legislation that would be even more impactful in terms of solving those problems and would supersede any action he would take. But the president is determined as ever to take that action on his own, simply because House Republicans have blocked the ability of congress to try to solve the problem. Jim . Reporter we know the president was talking about a strategy for isis in s...

Jpmorgan chase, data from millions of Bank Accounts are compromised. We begin in syria, where the regime continuing to fight rebels across the country. That was the scene in aleppo a short time ago, protesters marching through the streets and calling for an end to president assads regime, that comes as the government in damascus says it has retaken control of three villages north of aleppo. Further north, fighting inside syria is inching ever closer to turkey. [ gunfire ] there has been intense ...

As the u. S. Hits iraq with more air strikes trying to stop the march of the Islamic State group, the pentagon says further action is being assessed. The fighters who have seized control of portions of syria and iraq, have been condemned by western leaders, and even condemned by other extremist groups like alqaeda. The u. S. Says they are beyond anything they have seen before. Libby is in washington. Libby do we have any better sense whether the u. S. May expand its operations against the Islami...

Neighboring turkey. Afghanistan reaches an agreement that will keep u. S. Troops in the country. And protests still spreading in hong kong. And well be looking at an effort to save nigerias drill monkeys with a report that half of the population has disappeared. Two months ago, iraqi forces were caught very much by surprise when a large part of their country was overrun. Now they say they are fighting back against isil, and having some success. Significant gains the army says have been made agai...

With a referendum for independence from spain. And in formula one they are just mad about the boy. The 17yearold makes history as the youngest ever drive to be involved in on f1 weekend. But first, syria has issued a warning to turkey saying it will regard any intervention in its war as aggression. This comes as heavy clashes are reported around the town of kobani. Kurdish fighters are involved in a desperate battle to keep it falling from isil. Reporter the tanking taken from the iraqi army, fi...

But a break through is unlikely. The leading u. S. Ballet company is trying to attract more minority groups to an art form traditionally dominated by white dancers. We begin in syria and reports the u. S. Will fly spy planes over the region to gather intelligence on the Islamic State. Ice fighters are continuing to take ground there. On monday they said they had taken over the entire province. And while syria has said it will work with the International Community to fight its socalled terrorists...

[ explosion ] meanwhile iraqi forces make progress against isil, forcing them from the oil town of beiji. Flying into political storm, the russian president , Vladimir Putin arrives for the g20 summit, against a backdrop of conflict in ukraine, and warnings of a new cold war. And i have all of the days sport, including, ecuadoral guinea will host the african cup of nations. U. N. Investigators say the Islamic State of iraq and the levant, isil is committing war crimes on a huge scale across syri...

Included in apac. The president announced new plans to extend visas for tourists. But when the president hosted the leaders of 11 pacific countries later in the day, he didnt invite his chinese counterpart. Because president obama was lobbying hard for a Transpacific Partnership which would create the largest trading block in the world. It would remove trade barriers between these countries that have borders on the pacific. But china has been left out of these talks. Indeed its aggressively purs...

How to respond to the threat posed by the Islamic State group . That is the question the United States and other World Governments are trying to answer today. The rebel militants who have seized control of portions of syria and iraq have been condemned by western powers, even condemned by other extremist groups like alqaeda. The United States says i. S. Is beyond anything they have seen before. Lets turn our attention to libby casey in washington. Libby is there any indication that the u. S. May...