Rediscovered, and its loaded with treasure. Iraqs Prime Minister has protests against turkish troops in his country. The soldiers on the other end of mosul earlier the iraqi president said that president s violated International Law. Hyder al abadi said that its forces are able to push isil fighters out alone but increasing scrutiny about the way in which it does so. Highlighting human rights abuses by iraqi and Security Forces in parts of iraq reclaimed from isil. We have more now from erbil. Kurdish peshmerga troops keep watch on isil positions. Theyve had success in recapturing territory in Islamic State against the northern iraqi town of sin i cant. Now theyre hopeful they can defeat the group with the help of their allies. The International Coalition has been using airstrikes. As a former officer, you need troops on the ground, the americans must intervene with or without permission from the iraqi government. But Prime Minister Hyder Al Abadi disagrees. He said that iraq has no ne
They have been fighting saddam for years. I think the main reason the government is as strong as it is. It has been going now for almost 20 years. First essentially liberated the kurds in the first gulf war in 1991. They have basically been autonomous since then. 1991 is essentially the birth of the kurdish government. They have been at it for a long time. They have had to protect that area and fight for it and its very ethically homogeneous there. They have had a big head start on everyone else. Fromie a lot of support american airstrikes more so than coalition. Dexter everyone is dropping out. Charlie its really america from the air and the kurds on the ground. From all the contacts you know they would not want to take basel because basel mozul . Dexter that is my impression. The americans would love it if they would. Charlie the iraqis would love it if they would. Dexter yeah. Maybe they will be persuaded to do it but if you look back to went intowhen isis mozilla and western iraq,
Gangs. A dazzling display of color in the night sky as the northern nights make a rare appearance across the uk. And also aaron is here. How times have changed in india. David, you know asias Third Largest economy was once seen as a Rising Economic star with growth in double digits. Indias economy has plummeted in recent years. We go to mumbai to see what can get indias star shining again. Welcome to the program. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 2 00 p. M. In the capital of ukraines autonomous region of crimea. The question is this. Who is taking control of that region . Armed militia have moved into the civilian airport in simferopol. Ukraines interior minister says they are russian and this is an invasion. The government has called on the u. N. Security council to hold a special session on the situation in the country. They will speak to our correspondent. And both kiev and moscow for the the latest on those. Reporter unsettling images for the new authorities in t
Were crunching the numbers for you. The u. S. Is set to go over the fiscal cliff in five days. That means taxes will go up for nearly every american. Dramatic spending cuts will kick in. President obama and congress will be back from vacation tomorrow. But will anything get done . Plus, wild Winter Weather sweeping through the country. Well bring you the latest details on which part of the u. S. Could be hit next. Cnbcs Worldwide Exchange starts now. And welcome to a special edition of reside worldwide. Ross andcle reoff today for boxes day in kelly are off today for boxing day. For now, you is us. Well start with a brief check on the markets. Energy and metals are trading higher now, wtis up about 55 cents. Brent crude up 65 cents. Also want to check in on the gold price, as well. Gold right now down about slightly under the flat line there, 1,658. Well below the 1,700 mark. The cme globex has been closed for christmas. Its going to reopen at 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. That goes for tre
End of next year. Our White House Correspondent Mike Viqueira is in washington. What else can we expect to hear from the president today . Reporter we can look at today as the third in the threeact play. The president had the surprise visit in the heart of afghanistan over the memorial day weekend on sunday there addressing the troops. Some of the 32,000 left there now after a peak of 100,000 at the time of president obamas surge way back in 2011. Then we saw the president yesterday, another surprise appearance frankly in the rose garden where he put some flesh on the bones of something he announced long ago, and that was his goal to remove all american combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year. What was new . The number that will be left in that residual force you just described by the end of the year, 9800, by the end of next year half that pament and by the end of 2016 a normal embassy force with security personnel of course around him. But then today whats being bille