Were an evening stroll. It is the perfect, stunning backdrop for making romantic moments utterly unforgettable. Ive lived in this city for years, but hong kong makes me fall in love with it time and again. And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am babita sharma. Down onside is backing who to blame after the turkish shooting of a russian airplane. There were no warnings, not on the radio or visually. No contact. Babita avoidable human error. That is what the u. S. Military says caused a hospital in afghanistan to be bombed, killing at least 30 people. And oliver with a modern twist. Dickens classic comes to the stage with a modern twist. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. The downing of a russian jet by turkey has sparked a war of countries. En the neither is backing down. Russian state television aired an interview with a man that was said to be one of the pilots. Saying that he never got a
9 11, tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. How america is remembering the fallen. One hour from now president obama will address the nation, he will lay out his plan to dismantle the Islamic State group. And for more than a year the United States has he avoided the syrian action. Mike viqueria joins us. Mike. We expect president obama to announce not only are thee beefing up air strikes over iraq where they have been going on for over a month. They are also going to be increasing military assistance to iraq. The big story, air strikes against the Islamic State group inside syria. Hours before the president s speech, secretary of state john kerry turned up in pag baghdad, vowing support. But the fight against the Islamic State group is no longer confined to iraq. Tonight president obamas expected to outline a plan to expand the campaign into syria. He spent the day on the phone with key allies like king abdalla of jordan. An nbc wall street journal poll shows that 61 of
We are not going to agree with them. We dont in everything, but we should be focused, they should be focused, and i think we are in many ways, on where we can cooperate. They are great power. They will continue to be a great power. We are a great power. We have made a point on the asiapacific we balance, that was not about trying to contain china. Or to cut shine of short. We dont want that to happen. We are a pacific are. We been a pacific power. We have strong obligations and treaty obligations there in that area. Our economic interests are in that area. We can cooperate. We want to make sure the air and maritime channels are free and open. Thats clearly in her interest in the interest of the world, not just economic interest of the world. So yes, we are going to have differences. We do have differences but we have far more areas with we can agree and thats where we should be focused. As a volunteer observation, i often saw the connective tissue between his military both actively and
Witness accounts were true. He was shot at least six times. Following a night of violent protests. National guard is moving in. Looting, carrying guns. A major battle is waging in iraq. Air strikes are helping iraqi and kurdish troops re claim the damn. A ceasefire extended for another 24 hours. Gaza needs hospitals, schools, houses not rockets, tunnels and conflict. In india more than 300 villages are flooded. Its the same fore every year, floods, land slides taking the lives of hundreds. We begin in the streets of ferguson, missouri, governor jay nixon lifted a curfew, hoping it would help to restore peace after nights of protests following the shooting death of moun by a white policeman Michael Brown by a white policeman. Permits of the Missouri National guard elements of the Missouri National guard and captain ron johnson said that while peaceful protests will be allowed. We will not allow vandals, criminal elements to impact the safety and security of the community. An independent
Bikes. And we look back on the one of the biggest stars lives in the a arab world. She has died at age 87. Hello. Theres been a second night of angry protest in the suburb of ferguson in missouri following the decision not to prosecute the white Police Officer who shot dead a black teenager. With hundreds of extra National Guard troops on the streets, there was no repeat monday night. We have this update from ferguson. Just to warn you, the report has flashing lights. Protests have been going on a few hours now. Police are outside the Ferguson Police station. A police car has been brought out. Police have tear gas to disperse demonstrators telling people to go home, face arrest. You can see the calls are falling on deaf ears. 100 to 200 gathered here outside the Police Station. The National Guard is deployed in huge numbers tonight to keep ferguson a more Peaceful Place than the night before. They are standing by. So far youd have to say its been a much more peaceful night perhaps more