soldiers of oden. protecting the citizens from refugees. he hung in in a survival epic, now leonardo dick caprio wins big. a lively push for the premier league. 2-1 win by arsenal title rivals - now just two off the top rising tension on syria s border with turkey. thele prime minister says tischingy will keep fighting back. turkey wants the y.p.g. fighters to withdraw. where they have support for the u.s., they are refusing, pushing back advances from i.s.i.l. syria s government is intervening. zeina khodr reports from the turkey city. the northern countryside of aleppo enters. they continue on the opposition forces on the ground. there are russian air strikes targetting the last remaining stronghold of forces, like the the pressure continues, the syrian government trying to achieve two areas in aleppo. close to that, just 2km away from the siege to the neighbourhoods in the city, and trying to reach the boarder towards turkey. the air strikes are facing many enemi
in afghanistan taliban fighters are firing missiles at the main airport of the northern city of kunduz where security forces are stationed, the city was seized by taliban fighters in the early morning rain on monday and first stephanie decker has details. there are no government troops left here and taliban fighters in control of large parts of kunduz city and here they are raising their flag in the city square and this battle is not over, the afghan government announced a major operation to recapture kunduz. translator: in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties and the enemy has heavy damage including air strikes and operations, i don t want to go into detail of the operations. reporter: special forces have been brought in and the u.s. military confirmed an air strike on the outskirts of the city on tuesday morning. it is proving difficult for some reenforcements to reach kunduz because the taliban set up boobie traps along the way and they br
down. sanctuary under the sea. new zealand unveils a massive marine reserve that s twice of country s size. hello. we begin in afghanistan where security forces are struggling to retake the northern city of kundas from taliban fighters. they took control of the city on monday and broke hundreds of prisoners out of jail, many of them their own fighters. let s go live on the front lines with afghan security forces. east just south of kundus. what s the latest on this operation to retake kundus? reporter: hundreds of afghan security forces with hundreds of are going towards kunduz. r there s ied ez, roadblocks, so for three times they tried to break all these ambushes. you can see them. the cameraman can pan. they are waiting here to see what will be next. afghan commanders in the field here telling me they re missing a lack of communication and a lack of leadership. there are many units from different afghan security forces. afghan special forces, afghan army special forc
together on the latest mission to the international space station. hello, saudi arabia, says that nothing is off the table in doing what is necessary to fight the islamic state of iraq and the levant. the saudi foreign minister spoke just a few moments ago in paris. he says that the coalition will take two different approaches to tackling violent groups such as isil. the as part of this effort, there will be a joint operations room set up in riyadh that would coordinate the efforts on two tracks one is a security and military track that involves the exchange of information, training, providing of equipment, and forces will necessary. the second track involves combatting the ideology. how do you develop effective messaging? how do you deliver that messaging? how do you counter the messages of violent extremists, and how do you protect our youth. they are putting together a military alliance which includes 34 mainly muslim nations. reporter: it was a rare news confe
stranded since july. and there is still some life left in these rusting old georgian cable cars. welcome to the program. prime minister modi is in pakistan, the first visit by an indian leader in over ten years. this surprise visit comes after a long period of bad relations between the two countries. those relations have been strained over a series of cross border exchanges of fire by each side blames on the other. there were talks scheduled for august. those talks were canceled who said what to whom to get them from that point to what we re seeing today? reporter: well, you are absolutely right. the two sides were not talking to each other. however, after that, there was intense pressure from friendly countries like the united states on india to come back to the negotiating table. and there was an ice breaker when both of the prime ministers met in paris on the sidelines of the climate conference. after that the national security advisors of the two countries met ban
city where the telegram is still proving popular. hello. it s been confirmed within the last hour that the leader of the rebel group has been killed in syria. he died in an aerial raid by targeted his group s headquarters in damascus. the group says it s secret headquarters were targeted by what they describe as russian planes. al jazeera has gained first-hand access to the site of a maternity hospital damaged by russian air strikes in syria. at least 14 people have been killed in the most recent attacks on aleppo province. translator: there have been russian air raids against the syrian city in aleppo on the border with turkey. the raids targeted this maternity hospital. this is not the first time this hospital has been hit. as you can see, the outer fence has been destroyed, and there are many injured inside of the building. this is some of the damage. and nearby, a petrol station was also targeted by the russian jets. as you can see the flames are still rising. acc
hearted. a cabin in the sky in a georgian mining town. and i ll have all of the day s sport, including lebron james and cleveland prepare to meet the golden state warriors in a rematch of the final. the leader of the rebel group has been killed in syria. he died in an air strike which targeted his group s headquarters in damascus. the group says its secret headquarters were targeted by what they describe as russian planes. i m joined by hashem ahelbarra from turkey just across the border from syria. how significant of a figure was he? reporter: lauren he was the most powerful opposition military commander in damascus. he has an army of more than 20,000, well-trained, well-equipped fighters operating in areas in basically the eastern outskirts of the damascus capitol. he was always seen as the immediate threat to president bashar al-assad. they told fire rockets targeting areas not far from the presidential palace. and his basic task was to wait for the moment when the
first former israeli leader to go to jail. and the west african country of guinea is officially ebola free, but the search for a vaccine still continues. we ll have a special report. and in suppor sport, benitez said he s the victim of unfair criticism, and he ll fight for his future at real. hello, the u.s. and iraq say they have killed a number of leaders of the islamic state in iraq and the levant in airstrikes in syria. hyder al abadi has paid a visit to the recaptured city of ramadi. they raised the flag in the center of the city, and mr. abadi pledgings to take mosul left. there were ten isil leaders killed in the last month. roslind jordan reports. this isage alleged leader, the mastermind of the recent paris attacks. with plans of his own to attack other western targets. the u.s. military said that they killed him in an airstrike somewhere inside syria on december 24th, and he was one of ten isil leaders targeted this month. our ability to dismantle, and the
in the u.s. state of missouri rivers are still rising. the syrian army backed by russian airstrikes say that it s troops have fought their way int into the rebel-held town. syrian rebels say the assault was supported by the heaviest russian aerial bombing campaign so far in the south. it s part of the government s first major offensive in southern syria since russia joined the fight at the end of september. well, syrian observatory for human rights said that moscow strikes on syria have killed civilians, a third were children. russia has denied its air campaign has been hitting civilians. we ve been following the story and have this report in turkey. it all started with intense airstrikes by russian fighters jet paving the way for government troops to advance towards the opposition stronghold. the rebels say that despite the losses, they are regrouping and they are planning towards a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. the area is very cru
in missouri where rivers are still rising. now we start with some breaking news this hour from syria where it is being reported that ten people have been killed and at least 25 others injured in three blasts in the northeast of the country. we ll bring you more information as we get it. but right now reports of three blasts in the northeast of the country, ten killed and some 25 people have been injured. now this the new offensive focuses on the strategic location on the main road collecting damascus to the southern cities. the assault was supported by the heavy russian aerial campaign so far in the south. it s part of the government s first major offensive in southern syria since russia joined the fight in september. well, the observatory for human rights say that russia s strikes on syria hav, 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. russia denied its air campaign is hitting carefullan. ash har quaraishi has been following the story and sent