Arabia says it will lift its ban on women drive us is not a sign of wanting to reform in this notoriously conservative kingdom. On the European Commission office new proposals to fix the a use migrant crisis but the bloc remains thus divided as africa. Plus well bring you an exclusive report on the fight against al shabaab in somalia civilians are paying a heavy price in the struggle to defeat the jihad ists thats on top of the hardships of first teen years of civil war. And name on code take home as they get champions munich a professor face big spending power resounds among the highly anticipated Champions League clash. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. An overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds have voted in favor of independence from iraq announcing the results of mondays referendum the Kurdish Election Commission said that the vote to secede had been backed by more than ninety two percent of the referendum took place in iraqs autonomous kurdistan region as well as disputed areas
An hour and a half after the first collapse, more of the huge tree fell into independence avenue. That time police had everyone away from the tree and no one was hit. Workers then spent the rest of the afternoon taking down what is left of the big tree. Many of the tourists and others stopped to watch. There is no rain or wind, ice or anything like that to cause it to fall. Something like this is unusual. Sam and as you can see, what you can see back there are the remnants of the work they are doing. They are right there in front of the Longworth House Office building. They have basically taken the tree down. They have taken it down and i guess they are clearing the debris from the street. Obviously, rush hour has started now. No traffic is moving along independence avenue. Speaker paul ryan issued a statement of the family of the worker. He has a wife and two children. Reporting live from the u. S. Capitol, im sam ford, abc7 news. Nancy sam, thank you. Also breaking this afternoon, th
A cliff hanger president ial election. The almost all votes county Deputy President william router has taken a slim leaped. Im mystery surround a mass fish die off and a river between germany and poland. Now a joint task force is investigating a growing ecological disaster. Ah, im so gale. Welcome to the program. To date marks a year since the taliban regained control of the Afghan Capital ending 20 years of us led military intervention almost overnight. A year ago today, thousands of people fled to cobbles, air force as the taliban closed in trying to board any play that would take them to day. The fall about marking the event were televised prayers and speeches. But since their return to power, the former insurgents are presided over an economy in freefall, which is fueled one of the worlds worst humanitarian disasters. Sandra pattersons report contains images that you may find disturbing. Ah, this is chassis at b, b. O. She was born just before the taliban returned to power, shall h
Russia Supreme Court designates that ukraines ass off regimen to a terrorist organization is made the unit with far right. Routes can face harsh sentences, any of the as of soldiers who were captured in mateo, all are in russian prisons waiting to hear that fight on the us kills one of the key plots is of the 911 attacks president bible says out kite a lead. Im and i was, i was hearing a died in a drone strike in afghanistan after years in hiding ah, im forgetting welcome to the program. Us how speak and nancy pelosi has landed in taiwan after weeks of speculation over whether she would visit the island. The china claims as its territory. Time is described, the trip is a major provocation and says it will respond with targeted military operations. By ones Defense Ministry says 21 chinese jets of ended. What it calls time was added. And so this is pillows this as a visit reflects americas unwavering commitment to support in taiwan democracy. Why asked taylor for vowels from the Massachu
Just condolences following the weekends mass shooting in which 9 people. Working to stop coral reef from. Underwater. Efforts to keep them alive. Im well so the program. Pakistan is downgrading its diplomatic relations with india as a result of the indian governments move to be folksy autonomy the part of kashmir it controls pakistans also suspending trade and one report says it has expelled indias voigt to islam about kashmir remains in lockdown with security forces. But many shops close residents say they are running out of fresh food telephone and Internet Connections have also been cut Indian Security forces imposed a curfew over the weekend but all Communication Channels blocked kashmiris outside the state had no news about the safety of their families. Nasir is or has a real home. He does not know if he will be back because he does not know if he. Is a police under lockdown ever since india has kept the specialist on the status of the state has enjoyed for 70 years. On his way to