That gives african money to tackle the root causes of migration, like poverty and conflict. Flights grounded, hospitals down to bare boned staffs, and many schools shut today in greece. Unions there call their first year, backede in a by the leftleaning government against austerity backed by the leftleaning government. We will take a ride in a self driving car and find out how it is planning to rival google and others in the race to bring this technology to the roads. First, our top stories. First, a major offensive against the Islamic State group is now underway in iraq. Kurdish forces are trying to take back the strategic sound town of sin jar of sinjar. The Kurdish Regional government says 7500 of its fighters known as thehe peshmerga are now movig in. Arlier today, i spoke to journalist and he told us more about the strategic significance of sinjar. Onsinjar is a border town the border between iraq and syria, a major connection hub between the two important cities iraq. S. Controls