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In iraq isil fighters have seized a compound belonging to an influential tribal leader. The battle began on sunday night in Anbar Province. Nine policemen were killed as gunmen blew up the buildings. Tribes fought with the u. S. Military against alqaeda. Jane is following developments for us from bagdad. Jane what more can you tell us about this prou. S. Tribal leader . Why was he targeted by isil . Reporter well this attack is is really a strong message on several fronts darren. It marks an inc...

Mysterious death of a prosecutor the president of argentina calls for the scrapping of its spy agency. A gun and bomb attack at a major hotel in libyas capitol has left at least 11 people dead. Gunmen stormed the core ren thia hotel. Victoria reports. Reporter the attackers set off of a car bomb outside of the hotel. Masked men stormed the building wearing bulletproof vests. It was a gun battle lasting several hours. It came to an end after they blew themselves up. This was a multipronged attack...

Become fifas president hops up thanks to a jordanian prince. Details coming up. A palestinian man convicted of the kidnapping and murder of three young israelis in the occupied west bank has been sentenced by an israeli court. He has been given three life sentences over the killings in june. Stephanie decker joins us live from the west bank. Talk us through this stephanie. Reporter well, the judges when they read out that verdict, they describe it as one of the worst cases of murder and kidnappi...

Where people are living in fear. And heading for a radical shift, greeks will soon vote in an election that could see the left party come to power. First to saudi arabia where the funeral has been held for King Abdullah who has ruled since 2005 and died early on friday morning, local time. Tributes have been pouring in. Erica wood reports. Reporter dignitaryies from all over the middle east and beyond arrive to pay their respects to heard seen by many as a reformer. Among them the mayor of kuwai...

How pope francis gets a warm welcome in the latest leg of his tour. Now the United States and britain say they are working on a special initiative to help tackle the boko haram armed group in nigeria. The killing of hundreds of people last week was a crime against humanity. Amnesty international has released images of what it says is the devastating images of those attacks. This was on the 2nd of january. All around you can see streets and clusters of buildings. Here is the same time from januar...

Argentina calls for the scrapping of its spy agency. And they were sacked from nigerias army for refusing to fight boko haram, now these former solders say they are fighting for justice. Hello, a gun and bomb attack at a major hotel in libyas capitol has left at least 11 people dead. Gunmen stormed the hotel in tripoli which is used by diplomats and foreign workers. There was a siege lasting several hours. Victoria reports. Reporter the roads around the hotel have been sealed off by the police a...

Welcome to the program. The u. N. Says a peace keeper was killed in southern lebanon. Hashem has the latest. Reporter this is moments after an anti tank missile hit an Israeli Military vehicle in the disputed region near the border with syria and lebanon. Israel deployed sold ers in the area, and fired rockets into lebanon. The armed Group Hezbollah which is based in lebanon has claimed responsibility for the attack. It says it is an response to an Israeli Attack last week against its fighters i...

Undermine her. Were getting reports that a siege at a Popular Hotel in the libyan capitol is now over. Earlier i spoke to al jazeeras correspondent who was on the scene in tripoli. The situation is very tense here where the attacks happened that killed four persons including a Filipino National and three libyans and injured 11 people. Now Security Forces here are besieging the hotel. They say the operation to free the hotel and free the hostages inside the hotel is over and now they also say tha...

Death squad leader who has been called prime evil. So we begin with the latest developments in the conflict with the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Jordan has been trying to find out what has happened to one of its military pilots being held by isil fighters. Isil had threatened to kill the pilot unless a female suicide bomber being held by jordan was released. Al jazeera has evidence that resistance is growing in iraqs second largest city mosul. Always in iraq dozens of iraqi soldiers an...

The European Space agency tests technology for a new reusable space plane. The leaders of germany, france, ukraine, and russia are now in minsk, the capitol of belarus trying to get a peace deal hammered out for eastern ukraine. Since the beginning of this year hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between ukrainian troops and prorussia separatists. Rory challands with more on what the leaders hope to achieve. Reporter were talking about things like ceasefire lines, where are the front...