good morning. i'm randall pinkston. the plan to defeat isil is front and center at the united nations. on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly, the president will sit down with more than a hundred world leaders at the summit. it's not clear if russia's president will be one of them. mike viqueira is live for us at the united nations. mike, what is the president hoping to accomplish today? >> well, it's obviously a huge topic of discussion here, a very controversial discussion as we saw in plane view yesterday with the conflict between putin and obama, and whether bashar al-assad should be ousted or bolstered. president obama joining many dignitaries, foreign ministers, we understand that vladimir putin is not going to be here for this conference. what they are doing is taking stock of the coalition fight against isil, and it goes through many different forms, almost a time line, talking about first of all a very general sense of the state of the coalition against isil. the air strikes have been going on for more than a year, even the u.s. top commanders, randall say the

and syria to combat isil. with u.s. and coalition training, equipment, assistance and airpower. one year into this campaign, it seems impossible to assert that isil is losing and that we are winning. and if you're not winning in this kind of warfare you are losing. stalemate is not success. it is accurate that we have conducted thousands of air strikes against isil, trucks and fighters, bunkers and buildings. this conjures the illusion of progress but what effect has that had? isil has lost some territory, mainly to kurdish and shiite forces, but isis has consolidated the core territories and expanded its control in syria it continues to dominate sunni arab areas in both iraq and syria. it maintains control of key cities like mosul, fallujah and ramadi and efforts to retake those territories appear to have stalled entirely. meanwhile, isil is expanding globally. it's now operating in afghanistan, yemen, libya and egypt and other radical islamic groups like boko haram in nigeria and al-shabaab in somalia have pledged allegiance to isil. this apparent success of isil has allowed them

testimony on the united states strategy of military operations counter islamic state of iraq or isil. i want to thank the witnesses under secretary wormuth and general austin for appearing before us today and their continued service to our nation. it's been one year since president obama spoke to the nation about the threat posed by isil and increased to u.s. military operations against us. many of us believe the goal of the present laid out quote to degrade and ultimately destroy isil is right. many of us agree the military strategy that seeks to empower local horses and i dashed to combat isil. with training equipment assistance in their power one year into this campaign seems impossible to assert that isil is losing and we are winning. if you are not winning in this warfare you are losing. stalemate is not success. it is accurate that we have conducted thousands of airstrikes against isil trucks and fighters bunkers and buildings. this conjures the illusion of progress but what effect does that have to wax some territory in the margin mainly the shiite and kurdish forces but isil

recently. and the ypg have also been battling isil for control of their territory. this is what government forces control, so little that in july president bashar al-assad conceded that his troops were overstretched. let's get more now from peter sharp in moscow. clearly, we're already hearing that the u.s. is saying that russia started air strikes in syria already. >> reporter: yes, that's right. the rubber stamping, really, of president putins decision to authorize strikes against isil which was taken at the u.n. was a mere formality. but ironically the news of the first air strikes came not from moscow, but washington. washington had been given an hour's advance notice by moscow that it was going to attack, and that news was released by -- by the americans saying that russian planes had struck near and around homs. now we heard from the russian defense ministry about half an hour ago. it said that its attack aircraft, su-24s, and s-34s, have targeted military equipment, fuel dumps, ammunitions and arms caches and arms dumps. president putin said the only way to fight terrorism was to ac

extremism. these are the three prongs of the counterterrorism, counter isil. you will have different countries participating in each of these segments but the meeting is one pres. obama is obama is convening. the last thing i will say. >> the last, last thing. >> i just want to say a word about something we've been doing and it's a campaign called free the 20. pres. sheehy and un women are going to convene a high-level meeting, head of state meeting, 20 years since the beijing summit on women's empowerment. unfortunately around the world, including china, there are many women who will not be participating in this conference and are not participating in civic life because they have been imprisoned for actually speaking up against sexual harassment or corruption, etc. every day leading up to this event that will be convened, we are profiling one woman political prisoner and i have a little chart. we have a visual. indeed the the visual is each woman's picture will be hung so as heads of state and others walk in they will be able to see the prisoners who are being profiled. we are worki

successful pushed them along the turkish border. they want to degrade and defeat isil and he emphasized it would multi-year campaign. secretary carter was here, the nine strategies. need to dry up isil's finances and stop them. humanitarian assistance in areas we are taking back from more nd find a way to affectively counter isil's very campaign. messages as secretary carter said to the believe in july, they we have the right strategy in place. on implementing the strategy. interagency effort, across all of the departments that are involved. secretary carter and secretary kerry have been meeting together with their senior staff to in tor and identify issues the campaign and they're meeting foreign to focus on fighters. they are responsible for two of effort inside the strategy, denying isil safe i would like to speak the ly to those areas. coalition has removed some of its key leaders in iraq and syria. regained of them and partners have taken the key border town, which of isil's key lines of communication and supply and pressure on its stro stronghold. when we have credible

in organizations like isil. even if we were to wipe out the entire cod ray of isil leadership, we should still have some of these forces at work. but ultimately i am optimistic. in iraq and in syria, isil is surrounded by communities, countries, and a brood international coalition committed to itself destruction. we have seen that isil can be dpeeted on the battlefield where there is sound organization, and a government and military that is coordinating with this coalition and with our diplomatic efforts. and here at this summit, we're seeing a new global movement to counter the violent extremism that isil needs to survive. like terrorists and tyrants throughout history, isil will eventually lose, because it has nothing to offer but suffering and death, and when you look at the reports of those who are laboring under their control, it is a stark and brutal life that does not appeal to people over the long term. so we will ultimately prevail, because we are guided by a stronger, better decision, but it will require diligence, focus, and sustained effort by all of us, and i'm gratef

, he will convene a summit on counter terrorism. the first section will be the anti isil coalition. create a new set of obligations in terms of u.n. states in preventing the lifeblood for isil. the third segment will be countering violent extremism. that has to involve religious leaders. in order to really capture people before they become terror fighters and before the situation where you are in military conflict, community action will be indispensable. you will have very different countries participating in each segment. the very last thing i will say -- >> this is really my last question. samantha: i want to say we have been doing a campaign called free the 20, u.n. women will be convening a high-level meeting, a head of state meeting 20 years since the beijing summit on women's empowerment. unfortunately, all around a world including china, many women will not be participating in this conference and are not participating in civic life because they have been in prison or speaking up against sexual harassment or corruption every day leading up to this event that will be convened

isil, whatever it is to be called heads the agenda. so i thought we would start off there and with syria. so to say then, in july, you indicated that our policy in attacking isil in iraq but not syria was incoherent and the defense secretary has been extremely robust on this point in the last couple of days. but, isn't that british military incoherence trivial, and in terms of the mission, irrelevant when set within the wholly incoherent policy towards syria? as we now see it, far beyond iraq. and the point, if i recall in july that i was making is that there is a military incoherence to carrying out a campaign of airstrikes against an enemy on the ground in iraq whose supply lines originate in the neighboring country, but being unable to attack those supply lines and control centers in the neighboring country, so there may well be political arguments, and, indeed there are political arguments, and these were rehearsed in parliament on the 29th of august 2013. but, from a military point of view, it is incoherence. it is a single theater of conflict. and the supply lines run from ra

months, isil has lost territory in both syria and iraq, despite advances it's made in ramadi and palmyra. progress has been slow but steady. there are definitely been setbacks in the past year. while not 10 feet tall, isil remains a thinking enemy that adopts to evolving conditions on the battlefield. our train and equip programs in iraq and syria have faced challenges. in iraq, the pace of our program has moved more slowly than we'd like, and in syria, the stringent vetting criteria we're using at the outset of the program has contributed to smaller numbers than we'd hoped for. as the military campaign continues in both countries, we expect there will continue to be challenges clearing and holding territory. but we've also seen progress in the past year. you're all familiar with the successful operations to take back kurdish territory in iraq to defeat isil in kobani and to more recently to retake tikrit as well as other successful engagements. on the political front, prime prime minister abadi continues to demonstrate the resolve necessary to confront isil and he's striving to manage w

. inevitably isis, isil, whatever it is to be called heads the agenda. i thought we would start off there and with syria. in july, you indicated that our policy in attacking isil in iraq but not syria was in coherency. and the defense secretary has been extremely robust on this point the last couple of days. but isn't that british military in coherency trivial irrelevant when in the international policy. >> well, i think there are two issues here. the question of the international approach to the crisis in syria of which isil dash is a part but by no means the whole. and there's the question of isil in syria as part of the challenge of dealing with isil is the most extremism in iraq and as we now see it far beyond iraq. and the point, if i recall, in july that i was making was that there is a military in coherence to carrying out a campaign of air strikes against an enemy on the ground in iraq whose supply lines originate in the neighboring country. so there may be political arguments and indeed there are. these were in parliament on the 29th of august, 2013. but from a military poi

. the u.s. president says if anti-isil forces keep working tot, then the group will be defeated. >> there are profound changes taking place in the middle east. and north africa. there are problems that have built up over decades. that are expressing themselves and manifesting themselves in organizations like isil. of if we were to wipe out the entire isil leadership, we would still have some of these forces at work. but ultimately i am optimistic. in iraq, and in syria, isil is surrounded by communities countries and a brad international coalition committed to it's destruction. we have seen that isil can be defeated where there is sound organization, and a government and military that is coordinating with this coalition and with our diplomatic efforts. and here we are seeing a new global movement to counter the violent extremism. >> president obama there let's get more who is live for us at u.n. head quarters and has been following that meeting. so three e.u. members nigeria, tunisian and malaysia, what else did we hear in. >> turkey perhaps more interesting what we did not hear

isil. i want to thank the witnesses under secretary wormuth and general austin for appearing before us today and their continued service to our nation. it's been one year since president obama spoke to the nation about the threat posed by isil and increased to u.s. military operations against us. many of us believe the goal of the present laid out quote to degrade and ultimately destroy isil is right. many of us agree the military strategy that seeks to empower local horses and i dashed to combat isil. with training equipment assistance in their power one year into this campaign seems impossible assert that isil is losing and we are winning. if you are not winning in this warfare you are losing. stalemate is not success. it is accurate that we have conducted thousands of airstrikes against isil trucks and fighters bunkers and buildings. this conjures the illusion of progress but what effect does that have to wax some territory in the margin mainly the shiite and kurdish forces but isil was consolidating control of its territories and expanded control in sia. he continues to dominate su

carey. this is a major development in what is a fight against isil and syria. russia announced the first airstrike inside that war-torn country. we're expecting reaction from the obama administration, from secretary of defense ash carter. this conference is expected to start at any moment now. we'll bring it to you life as soon as it does. let me bring in my colleague from washington, correspondent mike viqueira. in some ways we knew this was coming. we're still not exactly sure what it means, though. just yesterday actually two days ago now, i'm losing my days here. at the unga, vladimir putin kind of tipped his hand a little bit that he might escalate in syria, but there has been troop build up there and equipment build up of about 30 days. off to the sidelines barack obama and vladimir putin met, speaking about what should happen about this escalation. pick it up from there. >> you're absolutely right. no one is surprised that russia has engaged in these airstrikes. the question is how they've been about it, why they've gone about it, and who these airstrikes are targeting. russia gav

have arrived as they make their way toward germany. >> two british isil fighters are killed by the u.k. but first, breaking news coming out of turkey. at least ten police officers are dead in a bomb attack on a turkish police. the explosion happened in the eastern province. government officials are blaming the kurdish workers party or pkk for the attack. this is just the latest in the string of deadly attacks. on monday the prime minister vowed to wipe out the pkk. >> translator: those mansions will be cleared of the terrorist, whatever it takes, they will be cleared. our nation's should trust our government. i ask for your support. >> armed conflict between turkey and the pkk lasted for 30 years until a peace deal was struck two years ago. the jailed leader announced the cease fire as part of peace negotiations with the government. in april the pkk said fighters would begin to withdraw to turkey. in july 2015 a suicide bombing blamed on isil killed 32 people in the mainly kurdish town just inside the turkish border. they said the turkish government wasn't doing enough to stop isil

, counter isil. you will have different countries participating in each of these segments but the meeting is one pres. obama is obama is convening. the last thing i will say. >> the last, last thing. >> i just want to say a word about something we've been doing and it's a campaign called free the 20. pres. sheehy and un women are going to convene a high-level meeting, head of state meeting, 20 years since the beijing summit on women's empowerment. unfortunately around the world, including china, there are many women who will not be participating in this conference and are not participating in civic life because they have been imprisoned for actually speaking up against sexual harassment or corruption, etc. every day leading up to this event that will be convened, we are profiling one woman political prisoner and i have a little chart. we have a visual. indeed the the visual is each woman's picture will be hung so as heads of state and others walk in they will be able to see the prisoners who are being profiled. we are working actively, diplomatically to secure the release of these

counter islamic state of iraq and the lament or isil. i want to thank our witnesses, undersecretary wormuth and general austin for appearing before us today and their continued service to our nation. it's been one year, it's been one year since obama spoke to the nation of the threat posed by isil and increased u.s. military operations against us. many of us believe that the goal the president laid out, quote, to degrade and ultimately destroy isil, is right. many of us agree with the military strategy that seeks to empower local forces in iraq and syria to combat isil. with u.s. and coalition training, equipment, assistance and airpower. one year into this campaign it is impour to assert that they're losing and we're winning. stalemate is not success. it is accurate that we have conducted thousands of air strikes against isil, trucks and fighters, bunkers and buildings. this conjures the illusion of progress but what effect has hat had? they expanded its control in syria. it continues to dominate sunni arab areas in both iraq and syria it maintains control of key cities like mowsmo

body, shiulie. ♪ >>> the security council is meeting to discuss the fight against isil. >>> a major storm drenches the region, as an even bigger tropical threat looms. joaquin is now a hurricane. >>> and for the first time in 70 years, the state of georgia has executed a woman. a man is scheduled to die later today in oklahoma. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america. diplomats are struggling to agree on a way to end the crisis in syria. as russia beefs up aid to assad's regime. russia confirmed it is flying russian aircraft over syria, and there are reports moscow has already carried out air strikes there. all of this as a united nations security council counter terrorism summit plays out on the sidelines. we're watching live pictures there as china's u.n. delegate to the security council is speaks. sergei lavrov is hosting meeting. he says it is a mistake for the u.s. and others not to work with syria's leader assad to fight extremists. >> translator: isil practically creating extremist state which possesses a large oppressive potential. isil cells are fush flourishing in other countri

syria and bombing runs began. russia said against isil near humes. the u.s. announced it too had carried out air strikes near aleppo while also casting doubt on russia's word on who and what it struck. the u.s. military announced what's called deconfliction, a process where two forces make sure they don't attack each other. al jazeera has been covering it all from the white house to the state department to the pentagon. is this being viewed as a day of serious escalation in the syrian war? >> i don't think there's any doubt and there's still a question as to exactly what vladimir putin is up to in syria. this is not unexpected but the timing is certainly catching u.s. policymakers flat footed as they have over the course of this military buildup in syria with the aim of backing al assad. three reasons why these officials are upset, why the who, and the when. the why, the essential conflict between the u.s. and its allies and vladimir putin. putin wants to back assad. the president obviously sticking by his policy that assad has to go. there's no future for him. you cannot go to t

-isil efforts are stepped off on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. violent crime rises again in south africa, we will exam why. plus, the women fighting to save one of america's largest family planning organizations. >> afghan forces backed by u.s. air support have launch add counter offensive to recapture the northern city from taliban fighters. the sudden fall on monday is a major set back for the government, and raises further doubts about it's ability to tackle the taliban. stephanie decker reports. >> there were no government retreats left here, taliban fighters are now in control of large parts of the city. here they are symbolically waving their flag. >> this battle is not over, the afghan government has announce add major military operation to recapture. >> in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties. we have already paid attention and ewith h continue. the enemy has conceded heavy damages including the air strikes i don't want to go into detail. >> special forces have been put in and the u.s. military confirmed an air strike on the outskirts on

operation against isil in syria, moscow saying it is supporting the syrian army with air strikes to tackle the group, but the u.s. says it has grave concerns that the air strikes are actually hitting syrian opposition forces. let's head to our senior washington correspondent, mike viqueira in washington. mike, of course we want to talk about what is happening at the u.n., but let's first talk about what is happening in syria with the military action by russia. what is secretary of state john kerry saying about this? >> a flurry of activity here, and obviously the situation on the ground in syria, very troubling for the united nations. it comes on the heels of those dualel opening speeches between president obama and vladimir putin on monday. vladimir putin himself in the past days deploying russian troops, fighter jets, tanks, personnel, to syria to bolster the regime of bashar al-assad. no secret he was going to initiate some sort of military activity, but the way this has happened today the targets at odds perhaps with what the u.s. and its coalition is targeting, has raised a lot of que

that we would welcome constructive russian contributions to our count counter isil campaign. so we would welcome russian coordination but the purpose of the conversations is to ensure our military activities and the military activities of our coalition partners are safely deconflicted from any military operations the russians may be planning. >> reporter: i wanted to shift over to the budget. there was some reports on cliel yesterday that the president had spoken to leaders from both parties about the possibility of a longer term budget deal that will happen over the next month before speaker boehner leaves. i wonder if you can detail what the goals for the talks are, what the parameters for the deals that you guys and the congressional leaders were on. >> well, the kinds of conversations that we are interested in having have conversations that prevent a government shutdown and conversations that ensure that our national security and economic priorities are adequately funded which means that congress needs to arrive at the kind of bipartisan budget agreement that was reached by sen

armed groups that has weakened the central libya. he talks about isil and al sharia operating in his country, and he urged the u.n. security council to lift the embargo on the libyan army. we're joined live now, he was very keen very early on to talk about what he calls terrorists operating in the country, a country that is ruled by two rival governments, james. >> yes, this is the representative of only one government. and remember, that the plan, the u.n. peace plan was to have a deal in place, a new national unity of government in place before the festival i can tell you that i've been told by libyan sources that in this speech he is going to express his misgivings by the deal put forward b. there was a deal, a plan from when they met nine days in morocco. they were going to take the two sides and come back and have a final meeting here at the united nations. with that meeting is just penciled in. there was talk that it would take place on thursday. you u.n. is now hoping that it will take place on friday. but it seems that he does have some problems still with what was supposed t

iraq in the levant. russia said it's part of an effort to coordinate the efforts against isil. france meanwhile has launched the first airstrikes against isil in syria. until now, france has carried out strikes only on isil fighters as part of the u.s.-led coalition that is in iraq. in a statement, francois hollande said his country had to intervene from what he called the murderous bombardments of the assad. >> translator: i am here in new york together with my minister of foreign affairs. i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders on what is called the syrian conflict, a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which bashar al as ads is the main person responsible. even though now and for the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atrocities. a political solution requires that all stakeholders are involved without excluding anyone. >> being said, france considers the future of syria cannot be with bashar al-assad. >> al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays in new york, you talk to a lot of people in big gatherings. is there some kind of u

cap pain against isil in northern sinai is harming thousands of civilians. they have econvicted more than 3,000 families and destroyed thousands of home in northern sinai. cairo is trying to create a buffer zone along the border with the gaza strip. they say isil is using cross border tunnels to move tweeb the two countries. >>> he says that the military's actions are unjustified. >> human rights watch recognizes the egyptian military is facing an armed insurgency in northern sinai. it's not enough to justify a broad and indiscriminate discussion of property. even if there was legitimate military objectives in parts of northern sinai, they can't do so with an impact on civilians. they need to find a way to target these, and secondly, they need to adequately compensate civilians, provide them with dew point and allow them to challenge these orders and not simply declare a buffer zone that will affect thousands and thousands of families. >>> still to come on the program, endlessly sorry. the chief executive apologizes after 11 million cars are involved in an emissions test rigging scan

propelled grenades at police trying to fill in ditches dug by the group. a curfew was ordered. >> isil attacks killed 13 near ramadi. eight were killed after isil shelled a camp east of fallujah. >> residents in iraq are trapped by fighting and relying on food supplies flown in from the outside. conditions are now getting worse. >> this is the only way to reach here, the roads are too dangerous for the iraqi military and civilians to use. that is why the government airlifts supplies into this town. this air base in al baghdadi is the only lifeline. it is surrounded by isil fighters. many people have left because the armed group has repeatedly launched too fast to capture one of the last centers in the province that hasn't fallen to forces. those in the town are largely cut off from the rest of the country. weekly deliveries helps them survive. >> one sack of flour costs around $900. most of the time we sleep without eating because we can't afford food. >> these people are poor but remain in their homes. life hasn't been easy. >> we are thankful for the aid, but there is a lack of elect

beneficiary will be isil which is fed off of the ethic and the sectarian areas of the assad regime. it is tragic, tragic, my fellow americans that we have reached this point a syrian conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people, and created the worst are refugee crisis since world war ii and spawned a terrorist army of tens of thousands and now created a platform for a russian is a autocrat to join with the iranian thee yo krat to prop up a syrian dictator. >> and those words are just spoken in the last little while with senator john mccain. and with me to discuss this is are retired general james "sp "spider" marks, and paul cruikshank, and first to you, paul, the russian general who was releasing the information on the air strikes said on the official record that they were going after isiscenters and mun homs. >> well, homs is not known to be the places where isis is to is have a stronghold. there are other places that are much more known and this is more well known to be against the assad regime. >> and the other areas, and the significance of this being the corridor for some r

fight isil on the one hand and to support bashar al-assad and his regime on the other. fighting isil without pursueing a parallel political transition only risks escalating the civil war in syria. and with it, the very extremism and ininstability that moscow aspires to fighting. so this approach that, approach is tanamount as i said then to pouring gasoline on the fire. in contrast, our position is clear that a lasting defeat of isil and extremism in syria can only be achieved in parallel with the political transition in syria. and we will continue to insist on the importance of simultaneously pursuing these two objectives. i would hope that russia would join us in pursuing these objectives, which they claim to share in parallel rather than the sequence that cannot succeed. in my phone call with the minister i told him i was prepared to send a dod team to meet with russian defense counterparts at a location to be agreed upon to ensure that we would avoid any inadvertent incidents over syrian airspace. and yesterday i directed my team to proceed with exactly such a meeting as soo

, isil, daish , whatever you wish to call it has the agenda. we will start off they're and with syria. in july you indicated the last policy and attacking isil in iraq but not syria was incoherent and the defense secretary has been extremely robust on his remarks. but it is that british military interference trivial and in terms of the mission irrelevant when set within the highly incoherent international policy? >> well, i think there are two issues here. there is the question of the international approach to the crisis in syria. of which isil/daish is a part, and there is the question of isil in syria, as part of the challenge in dealing with isil and extremism in a rack and far beyond iraq. if the point that i was making, there was a military incoherence to carrying out a campaign of airstrikes against an enemy on the ground in iraq who supply lines originate in the neighboring country, but being unable to attack the supply centers in the neighboring country. there may well be political arguments and, indeed, there are. the 29th of august, 2013. but from a military point of you it

finance minister has come under fire. pro government forces retook the city from isil in april. >> the defense minister in iraq was in a convoy southwest of the city tikrit when he came under attack. this is an allegedly an assassination attempt. only one shot was fired. he survived. it was one of his guards who was slightly wounded. now this was a success story for the iraqi people and the iraqi government. they got rid of isil fighters from one of their strongholds but it goes to show that there is anti-government forces more than likely to be isil in that area, and they're still capable of mounting attacks. >> the u.s. has delivered more arms and equipment to sunni tribal fight necessary iraq's anbar province. they're expected to join the counter offensive against isil. but they're misstrutted by government troops, and the political battle is slowing down their military advance. >> u.s. weapons given to the iraqi army are now being used by iranian-backed shia militiamen on the front lines against isil. these men who operate under the government backed popular mobilization fo

isil outflanked the u.s. and caught it flat footed. the pentagon professes to be unsure about vladimir putin's exact motives even though the russian president hasn't exactly made a secret that he is backing long time ally bashar al asaad, the man president obama keeps insisting must go. >> and there's no other solution to the syrian crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism. >> with support, president asaad is going nowhere any time soon. and as in ukraine, the u.s. is powerless to stop the military moves. reduced instead to issues dire warnings that moscow simply ignores. >> to pursue the defeat of isil without at the same time pursuing a political transition is to fuel the very kind of extremism that underlies isil. and if that's the view, that's a logical contradiction. >> russia is in the driver seat because it is willing to do what the u.s. is not p the namely put forces on the ground. just last week, retired general former top u.s. commander for the middle east told congress that putin's bold actions were

have a strategy to defeat isil ultimately in the middle east. it's largely in the middle east but it is spreading other areas. there are other dynamics in the middle east that are part of this. there's the broader conflict that has gone on for decades. the fact that many governments in that region are not very representative and have internal policies that don't give much freedom to their people so that is part of what is part of what is creating a problem. a big part of our strategy is working with these people. >> well set in one sense. does that mean we don't support the king of jordan? >> i'm asking rhetorically. we have to have a more realistic policy than that. i was just reading a book on order and last night hit the part about george and the containment strategy that maintained western unity, free world against the communist total talent terry them. it went on for almost 50 years. this is the way it was expressed. southern expansionism was real and in harwich, the conflict was inherent in the two ideologies. it is incompatible to constitutional democracy. he said, it could be

against isil. guatemala's presidential election is overshadowed by allegations of corruption against the former leader. >>> and japanese manga comics have been given their own library in the most unlikely places. hello, austria and germany say that they're dealing with an emergency situation as thousands of refugee head into the country. police say they expect up to 10,000 people in the coming hours. they will not use force to stop thousands of refugees coming in. about 34,000 have arrived so far. further east in macedonia, more refugees are making the same journey walking along real way lines hoping to reach safety and a chance for a better life. in greece boats continue to arrive. 15,000 refugees are on the island of lesbos. mohammed joins us now from the border town. mohammed thank you very much for being with us again. you've had quite a day there. tell us about what is going on and what the latest is from where you are. >> it's become quite cold and there are still hundreds here. many now in tents. some of them in sleeping bags on the road here essentially trying to stay warm. t

pledging full support to the world in his fight against isil. >>> delayed, a new trial date set for the officers charged in freddie gray's death. >>> and treating asthma in a sea otter. the fight against isil took center stage today on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly in new york. president obama chaired a meeting of more than 100 leaders to discuss ways to fight isil and violent extremism. mike viqueira joins us now, and tell me more about what happened at this compass. >> reporter: well, the fallout over syria continues over the violent clash between the two leaders in the violent stage of the assembly and the question now, what is russia's role against isil. and can president obama and vladimir putin put behind their differences, on such open display yesterday about what to do about bashar al-assad. the council with more than 100 countries, president obama said the fight would be long. >> isil will eventually lose, because it has nothing to offer but suffering and death. >> reporter: but it's now the short-term has now in question. russia's sudden support of b

. say a long-term plan is this is to combat isil but disagree over how the armed group can be did he feeted the u.s. says the syrian president is part of the problem while russia believes bashar al-assad needs to stay in power to fight isil. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york. >> reporter: a special meeting at the u.n. to boost the coalition against isil. >> i believe what we have here today is the emergence of a global movement that is united by the mission of degrading and ultimately destroying isil. >> reporter: if you listen to words the president chose, you see the problem. there has not been as much progress on the ground as the u.s. would like. >> this is not an easy task. we have isil taking root. >> reporter: taking root across large swaths of syria and iraq. including the syrian city of raqqa, mosul in iraq. >> reporter: iraq's prime minister said his government was making progress, in the last year, they did retake tikrit but lost rah mad and i all the while accord to this tur turkish prime minister foreign fighters have been streaming in. >> for be ter

, i'm here with the world news from al jazeera. barack obama says the battle against isil is not a conventional one. >>> in the line of fire, u.n. peace keepers come under attack. >>> south korea's national sport has a new martial arts rival. >>> we begin in afghanistan where a counterattack against the taliban continues. fighting is focused around the city's airport, one of the few places under government control. they have launched air strikes to protect troops trying to keep it in government hands. stephanie has more. >> reporter: there are no government troops here. taliban fighters are not in control. here, they are symbolically raising their flag in the city square. the afghan government has announced a major operation to recapture kunduz. >> translator: in the first place, we should take care of the civilian casualties. they have conceded heavy damages, including the air strikes and operations. 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 tuesday morning. it is proving

global movement to counter the violent extremism that isil needs to survive. >> and the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. fighting to save one of the largest family planning organizations. undersea sanctuary in new zealand create a huge marine reserve in the south pacific. >> we'll have all the sport including he just can't stop scoring. scoring a hat trick a for bayerbayern munich. we have the results coming up. >> the southern fall on monday is a major setback for the post and raises further doubt. >> taliban fighters control large parts of kaunduz city. the battle is not over. the afghan government has announced a major military activation to capture kunduz. >> in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties. they concede that heavy damages including the airstrikes and operations. i don't want to go into the detail of the operations. >> special forces have been brought in, and the u.s. military confirmed an airstrikes on the outskirts of the city on tuesday morning. this has proven difficult to reach kunduz because the taliban has set up booby traps along the w

next 60 minutes, russia says its jets are launching air strikes inside syria against isil targets to help president bashar al-assad. >>> afghan forces send reinforcement to retake kunduz. >>> thousands of protesters have taken part in anti-corruption marches in south africa. >>> and digging and diving for gold, the philippines is accused of failing to protect children who risk their lives in the rush to mine the valuable metal. ♪ >>> we begin with the u.n. where russia's foreign minister has been chairing a security council meeting of isil and other groups. it comes as moscow says it has launched its first air strikes against isil targets inside syria. president bashar al-assad had asked for help from the russians and has welcomed moscow's decision. the kremlin says the military operation will be limited to air strikes. the move is likely to increase tensions between russia and the west. the international community has criticized president vladimir putin for russia's increased military presence inside syria. >> translator: we believe that there is a need to include the islamic stat

combat isil. russia says it's part of an effort coordinating efforts against isil. james bays has been following developments at the u.n. you have all of the key actors with regard to the syrian conflict talking in some shape or form, but not necessarily agreeing on the way forward. now, one of the key disagreements is on the future role of president assad. everyone says there needs to be a political solution. everyone says there needs to be a political transition, but what is the role of president assad in this? this was the comments from the eu high representative of foreign affairs, fredric a when i spoke to her earlier. >> i think it would be impossible to imagine for the future of syria as many are saying, a role for assad. but it's also true that the point is how do we start the change in goverance? how do we make sure that we manage to unite forces within syria and outside syria against d.a.s.h.? >> the question mark. >> all eyes how will be on the opening of the u.n. general assembly less than 24s hours from now, all world leaders get a chance to speak and on monday, we are goi

details. >> russian fighter jets flying around the city of homs. moscow said it was targeting isil fighters in and around the city. president vladimir putin said he was committed to help his country's long-time ally to defeat the group. >> we'll support the syrian army only in legitimate fights. secondly the support will be from the air without participation in ground operations. and third, such support will be limited in time as long as the syrian army is on offensive. >> the airstrikes started just one day after leaders agreed to hold deconflicts talks. but instead of talks, the u.s. got a verbal notice one hour before the russian jets took off. the defense secretary was not pleased. >> fighting isil without pursu pursuing a parallel political transition only risks escalat ing the civil war in syria. with it, the very extremism and instability that moscow claims to be concerned about and aspire to fighting. so this approach, that approach is tantamount, as i said then, to pouring gasoline on the fire. >> but carter said he was not surprised given the russians' recent build up of

isil and al-qaeda affiliated targets are not operating. strikes of that kind question russia's real intention of fighting isil or protecting the assad regime. we have informed russia we are prepareded to hold these deconflicting talks as early as this week. but let me be clear, the united states and the coalition will continue our ongoing air operations as we have from the very beginning. we have conducted a number of strikes against isis targets in syria over the past 24 hours including just an hour ago. and these strikes will continue. let me be clear, the coalition that we have built, more than 60 countries strong, has been taking on isil for more than a year by liberating sinjar mountain, kobani, and other areas where hundreds of thousands of residents have returned home and resumed their lives. defending the adam and protecting baghdad and killing isil leaders and facilitators and taking away the entire northern border of syria from isil. at the same time, we have mounted a campaign to cut terrorist financing, curb recruitment of foreign fighters and expose the lies that isil i

propping up bash ar al asad, giving rise to isil, the world's most devastating humanitarian crisis, unfolds before our eyes. while our negotiators were giving up on anytime, anywhere inspections, iran was destabilizing iraq, reviving sectarian tensions with its shiite militia, pachinge the way for isil to move in and undo the gains made by american troops. while president obama was backing down from every single negotiating objective he had laid out, iran was taking down the government of yemen through their proxies, the hudeys. they toppled this pro-u.s. government and crippled our ability to monitor al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in short, iran set the entire middle east on fire, taking over four arab capitals and creating conditions for the most devastating and sophisticated attacks against our homeland, all while negotiating with the obama administration. and what did they get at the end of that negotiation? a deal that gives them a nuclear bomb, a missile to deliver it and the money to pay for it. the disastrous failings of this agreement are well-known by now. it gives th

national unity. local tribes stood up to isil, and are now imputed in the wider fight. >> hello again. here are the headlines. the first train carrying refugees from hungary has arrived in southern germany. the police say they expect up to 10,000 people in the coming hours. >>> in greece authorities in lesbos say that they're overwhelmed by the numbers of refugees arriving every day. there are 25,000 refugee there is, and the government should declare state of emergency. e.u. foreign ministers have discussed the refugee crisis. they say that europe needs to agree on a common response to the situation because it's not going to end any time soon. >>> at least 30 iraqi soldiers have been killed in separate attacks by isil fighters. the assaults happened at military positions north and south of the city of ramadi. military forces say that 40 other iraqi soldiers from injured. pro government forces are trying to retake the city, which was seized by ill in may--by isil in may. >> for seven months besieged by isil fighters. it was the where they faced fierce resistence. the only one who stoo

fight. >> i would agree they're less inclined to, in iraq, side with isil. they've seen what isil brings to the table. most of the sunnis don't want that going forward, but they do want to be included in the government of iraq. >> and i think that they should be. if we're going to have a long-term strategy that has productive engagement. thank you very much. i'm sorry, ranking member, for going over my time. >> thank you, senator tillis. senator king has requested an additional question. senator king -- >> not a question, mr. chairman. i want to submit for the record an extraordinary speech by robert gates in 1992 when he was head of the cia on the danger of politicalization of intelligence. it's prescient and brilliant, which is not surprising coming from robert gates, and i just want to submit it for the record. thank you. >> without objection, so ordered. on behalf of chairman kaine, let me thank the witnesses and adjourn the hearing. thank you. >>> "washington post" national political reporter robert costa on the 016 presidential campaign and the similarities between donald tr

emergence of a group united for destroying isil. we have crippled have al-qaeda core in afghanistan and pakistan's tribal regions. we are harvesting military intelligence, economic development, and the strength of our communities. now, i have repeatedly said that our approach will take time. this is not an easy task. we have isil taking root in areas that already are suffering from failed governance in some cases. in some cases, civil war or secretarian strife. and as a consequence, the vacuum that exist in many of these areas, isil has been able to dig in. they have shown themselves to be resilient. and they are very effective through social media and have been able to attract adherence. not just from the areas in which they operate but in many of our own countries. there are going to be successes and there are going to be setbacks. this does not make it a conventional battle. this is a long-term campaign. not only against this particular network, but against its beliefs. with the few minutes i have i want to provide a brief overview of where we stand currently. our coalition has g

most sustained attack on the city by syrian forces since isil took control there in may. most residents have already fled the city, while isil fighters have destroyed several ancient works of art. >>> iran says it will work are russia to help end the syrian conflict. its deputy foreign minister made the comments at a news conference in moscow. he added while both countries want a political solution, president bashar al-assad must be part of any solution. >> translator: tehran and moscow intend to use all of their potential together with syria to help it come out of this crisis. iran and russia be will continue their contacts with the syria government. >>> it is now a year since the u.s.-lead coalition entered syrias war with the ultimate aim of destroying isil. france is expected to launch air strikes in the coming weeks. syrian government forces with russian backing have also been hitting isil from the air. and isil is not only dealing with a barrage of bombs, it battling ground troops. our correspondent sent this report. >> reporter: in the 12 months since air strikes over s