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deadline passes for coup leaders to stand down. in port we hear from the japan rugby team. they in and out have scotland and the world cup quarterfinals in their sights. eu ministers pushed through a deal to relocate 120,000 refugees. there was fierce opposition from central and eastern states within the bloc. hungary, the czech republic, romania and slovakia all voted against the plan while finland abstained. it will see eu countries forced to take a share of refugees, many of whom have seen war, oppression and poverty in the middle east and africa. the ministers are under pressure to reach a deal ratified by eu leaders at a crisis summit on wednesday. they thought to down-play the disunity saying even opponents have agreed to fully implement the scheme. let me clarify it. i might succeed. i don t know. let s try it. it s relatively simple. the commission made a proposal. we know that some member states rpt not in favor of the proposal, but those member states sa ....
ideals, not baby them at this crimina critical time. we must give expression to our hopes, not our deepest fears. this institution was founded because men and women who game before us had the foresight to know that our nations are more secure when we uphold basic laws and basic norms and pursue a path of cooperation over conflict. strong nations, above all, have a responsibility to uphold this international order. let me give a concrete example. after i took office i made clear that one of the principle achievements of this body, the nuclear nonproliferation regime was endangered by iran s violation of the npt. on that basis the security council tightened sanctions on the iranian government and many nations joined us to enforce them. together we showed that laws and agreements mean something. but we also understood that the goal of sanctions was not simply to punish iran. our objective was to test whether iran could change course, accept strengthens and allow them to ve ....
doctrine. you heard the president wrap it up neatly saying that the history is littered with false prophets and dictators who have failed trying to emphasize things that president obama has emphasizeed and has been criticized for nationally and internationally for almost the seven years of his presidency. talking about the need of instituting democracy around the world. the deal with iran, the deal with cuba after 54 years of acrimony and mutual suspicion across the states. ukraine, part of the obama doctrine. democracy is essential before force is moved. talking about sanctions against russia after the annexing of crimea and they are ongoing but president obama perhaps looking at the brightest possible interpretation talking about the crippling effect that those sanctions have had on russian individuals and the russian economy and again talking about the south china sea, something that is very volatile as china asserts its independence and asserts what it regards as au ....
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 specia ....
marine reserve in the south pacific. hello there. thank you for joining us. afghan forces backed by u.s. air support have launched a counter offensive to recapture the northernty of kandos. reporter: taliban fighters are now in charge of large parts of condition do you see city. the afghan government has announced a major military operation to recapture the city. translator: in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties. we have already paid attention and will continue. the enemy has conceded heavy damages. i don t want to go into the 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 has proven difficult to reach the area, because the taliban has set up booby traps along the way. taliban gunmen broke open the prison, releasing hundreds of inmates most of them former taliban fighters. taliban forces have issued a statement ....