prime minister haider al-abadi is vowing to fight terrorism and corruption. in a statement he says his government will be one of efficiency and integrity. on thursday, the prime minister nouri al-maliki announced he would step down. he has 30 days to form a coalition government. >> the european union is offering to take charge of border crossings into and out of gaza. this comes as talks between a long-term truce between israel and hamas continue. the blockade remains a key point of tension between the two sides. today was day 2 of a five-day cease-fire between israel and hamas. >> we have one more day of really nice weather and then the heat and humidity is back on sunday. >> you can have those. >> i'll try to keep it just for sunday. we have some changes on the way. showers and thunderstorms back in the seven-day outlook and lots of next week not looking very pretty. it's 81 at reagan national but the reason why it feels so great, the dew point levels only in the 40's. usually this time of year we're in the middle to upper 60's to around 70 and it feels rea

bill haider, to name a few. have a brand-new look at "toy story" coming out. it's a tv special. will feature a road trip gone wrong for the "toy story" gang we know so well. walt disney is the parent company of abc news. >> dinosaurs and "toy story" come together. really scary. >> really scary. >> aliens and cowboys. anyways -- >>> things are heating up for "catching fire." coldplay will be creating an original song for the film, titled "atlas." we know things won't be entirely by the book. for example, in the book, main character peta doesn't know how to swim. when josh hutchenton reprises the role, he'll have no trouble in the water. liam hemsworth is finally on twitter. but he will only use it for career updates. no shirtless selfies. >> come on, liam. >> i know. >> that's what it's for. >> ron claiborne. >> up to that one. >> that's on instagram. >>> now, take a look at this adorable baby elephant from tampa's lowery park zoo. he was born at the end of july. but he doesn't have a name. the zoo has turned to the public for health. launching an online poll for people to weigh

. >> reporter: the number of detained growing to at least a dozen, including haider alshawi, an iraqi national on his way to join his wife and son already living in texas. the family granted refugee status because of its association with the u.s. military, according to court filings. tonight, his attorney tells us his wife is in shock. >> it's obviously devastating to have your father, your husband en route and to think that he is on his way to a safe place, to rejoin you in the united states. >> reporter: others detained at airports throughout the u.s. at least nine in dallas, at least one person in chicago, and in philadelphia, the mayor tells abc news two families with visas and green cards arrived and were turned away. the ripple effect felt around the world. after two years of waiting, fuad sharif and his family, from iraq, planned to make their move to the u.s. today. but were pulled off their flight. tonight, they are stuck in cairo. >> and i'm ruined now. i don't know what to do. because i sold my house. i quit my job. my wife quit her job. and kids left school. all these -- a

he calls the appointment of haider al abadi a violation of the iraqi constitution. >>> in iraq, american military aircraft made a fifth airdrop overnight of food and water for civilians trapped on the mountain top. abc's muhammad lila introduces us to the refugees and their harrowing ordeal. >> reporter: they're the faces of innocent victims forced from their homes. this woman, old and frail. walked for days to get to the refugee camp. only to find rusty tins of food left to eat. she describes a living hell, thousands of iraq's yazidis, a tiny persecuted minority, trapped on a mountain, surrounded by isis militants waiting to kill them below. >> yeah, it's right there. >> reporter: so you don't have a tent? >> no. >> reporter: zihad khalaff was able to escape. an interpreter for american troops fighting over the years in iraq. now living in what he calls a metal cage shared with six families including a baby 2 weeks old. what would happen if you stayed on the mountain? >> we would die. no food. no water. no nothing. >> reporter: he knows america is parachuting in food and water and carry

the selection of haider al-abadi seen right here as the new prime minister has the backing of the white house. >> earlier today, vice president biden and i called dr. abadi to congratulate him and to form a new cabinet as quickly as possible. >> meanwhile as for the battle against the islamic militants. the pentagon says that u.s. air strikes have slowed isis down but they're unlikely to affect the militants' overall capabilities or operations. >> there has been a second night of unrest in a saint louis suburb following the police shooting death of an unarmed teen. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a crowd of angry demonstrators. abc's steve osunsami reports from ferguson. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: look closely the peaceful protest outside the ferguson, missouri, police department. close to 500 demonstrators, nearly spitting in the eyes of police dressed in riot gear, demanding authorities charge one of their own with the murder of 18-year-old michael brown. >> they're killing our people! and it gait to stop! >> reporter: and this was the chaos that put the

a ground assault in which iraq's prime minister, haider al abadi tells me the americans have not yet been needed. >> the only way to take back the city is by having troops on the ground. >> reporter: those are the sounds of the howitzers aimed right over there. >> reporter: another front in the war against isis, al anbar province. we were with the iraqi forces targeting the isis fighters. >> you've got isis in that factory right there? >> yes. >> reporter: traveling with iraq's defense minister he tells me they are making progress in this region, but that the battle for tikrit is just beginning. but u.s. officials say the fight into the city will be bloody, with fears that isis fighters are hidden in homes, armed with suicide vests and laying booby traps. the battle in tikrit and the one in anbar, are a test for the biggest battle to come in mosul. a plane state. once we take it back we will have killed their own ambition. >> reporter: and taking it back, the prime minister tells me will be on an iraqi time table but says it could happen even before summer. martha raddatz, abc news,

neigor, in ory inr cowmoacmohasuithaee file > tol in .th78d he nt hiney aont filed aneastd, ostshe sett haider t d vi c i 2006,anhe wan iert,s ll e ha n bn released > d, ta sc tht. r ts oer a owm, the lsh egylni a pplo. ad od dn'wet h faenoo d t sface, riinwi a kesht harns.thdove hpy>>> ene co bk,e eno th. [ reng ty aing, r? agine in thtohereat souappens eingle ght, and ted you g it, righr the rit ter e break. hey dad. hey ng.'lget better. i'm at te, ke sue sugst than ts, dad. so i thought it timeabout a fiial . (laughin im back? knowinuture is han just youso let's sking aboterm g. mu by fiviso. a big an's h edwjones kensofesng. ..ny my. whesthm kep back sticosroeo rhale r ng p pensrws prg r a ho cs a th ris deale and isof i aennoopsellon-tasmaolcilike aoste. yma ntlled yoocr wiece y n d cre ffthondiliharticte. me prseocma or asurocho buld beisng seeyo egie 12 meeeoom. bes ho a. ma orheoue fr i vedapeop.a y lpin that erda ong thied serxa lpr oo altwidiabes onpi aay ur a anhoh 'sa or b-p a seeit d y en webld esrehetheriatemecidootakif agifaig i mpmsourgacdeasll dfiltbrgor sin if fxid eked hp gh

haider with the state department of employment and housing, and our subsequent investigation, we have not seen such incident. >>> this is from a video camera in yolo county. these cameras gives fire crews crucial details about wildfires. pg&e is paying for nine new cameras in napa, marin and sonoma cameras and expected to cost up to $750,000. the goal is to have them up and running by the end of the year. >>> 100,000 people are descending to downtown san francisco for the dream force conference. howard street is closed between third and fourth street so expect heavy traffic in the area. dreamforce goes through friday. >>> never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we have 50 in san leandro. berkeley with 51. 55 in oakland. here's a look at south bay, you can see it looks kind of hazy as we look on the western side of the bay bridge. sure enough, there's widespread fog around the bay and up into the north bay valleys throughout the morning commute. that will turn to hazy sunshine on the bay for your afternoon ferry ride and a summer spread from 60s in san francisc

his comments game at the g-7 summit in germany today, where he met with iraqiprime minister haider al abadi. the details have to be worked out. isis took over the key city of ramadi. president obama says success depends on a effective coalition, backing the new iraqi leader. >> a finalized plan is presented to me, by the pentagon, i will share it with th american people. we don't yet have a complete strategy. >> there was one kward moment at the sumt. that's the iraqi prime minister sitting next to president obama. the president did not turn around once to acknowdge him. instead, continuing his conversati with the italian prime minister. some say he gave him the cold shoulder. >>> now, to texas, where a pool party erupted in chaos, as a police officer took down a teenage girl. tonight, more than 5 million has seen the video and the outrage is growing by the hour. >> reporter: the disturbing video starts with a former officer of the year placed on leave tonight. police corporal eric case bolts running so fast, he falls to the ground. >> he was aggressive for no reason at all. itas horr

is his lyrical drivers -- of ali haider gallantly -- of ali haider illani, says he believes it is his political opponents. if we don't get my brother, -- >> if we don't get my brother by this evening, we will not let the election happen in this area. impactaz, what sort of is this likely to have on the election? well, at this stage, it is wait and see. if they g -- the gillani family and this area, the most popular province and all of pakistan, if they boycott this poll, a number of national assembly seats are held there am a provincial assembly seats are held there. it could skew the election result. if the poll goes ahead as planned. there is a lot of concern as to what may happen if ali haider is not returned to his family safe. we still don't know who is behind these attacks. we don't know what group is taking responsibility. in the four weeks of this election campaign, there have been a number of attacks on campaign rallies. over 100 people have been killed and many more injured. the latest abduction adding to the uncertainty as pakistan goes towards this historic poll, which wou

haider al abadi has been elected. he is moving into the position of being tprime minister. malaki is out. they're given a change. this is a potential inflection point. now, we'll see if al abadi does actually does what needs to be done. he was the spokesman for a while on critical issues for malaki. they're both shia. both very tightly politically aligned. we'll see. but malaki could not do what needs to be done because he's got so many cronies involved in this. that's what happened to the whole iraqi military. they threw out the guys who really knew what they were dog of the he put his cronies in, and then when it hit the fan, they all took a hike and the troops bailed out, too. if the officers run, what are the troops going to do? >> exactly. very good question. defense secretary hagel refers to those troops as the extra are troops we sent in there. i wanted to ask you and our viewers at home on twitter, does this have the earmarks on mission creep back into iraq? >> this has all of the earmarks of the necessary steps that are going to be needed to make up for the misjudg

haider ahmed, who is 18 and from redhill in surrey, appeared at the old bailey via video link from feltham prison. he is charged with preparing terrorist acts and three further charges of disseminating a terrorist publication, between march and august 2016. he's been remanded in custody. lawyers representing an investment fund manager eric bellquist, who was arrested in relation to the putney bridge jogger investigation, have categorically denied that he was involved in the incident stating their client was in america at the time of the incident. the metropolitan police yesterday arrested and later released a 41 year old man, on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, after police released cctv footage in a public appeal which appeared to show a male jogger on putney bridge pushing a 33 year old woman towards the road and into the path of an oncoming bus which narrowly missed her. the eu's food safety commissioner has called for an end to countries blaming and shaming each other, after eggs were found to contain traces of an insecticide — fipronil — which can be dangerous to humans

haider shamas, who was 18 and from luton, died yesterday. rescuers couldn't revive his 14—year—old sister malika after she was rescued from the water near clacton pier on thursday. police say a third relative, a 15—year—old girl, also pulled from the sea, is expected to recover. a political row has broken out in washington following the death ofjeffrey epstein, the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender. he was found in his prison cell in new york yesterday, apparently having taken his own life while awaiting trial on new sex traffiking charges. donald trump is facing strong criticism from democrats, for retweeting a conspiracy theory linking his death to the clinton family. chris buckler reports from washington. jeffrey epstein was once a man at the centre of high society parties and a figure instrumental in the abuse of underage girls. his death in a new york prison just weeks after another apparent suicide attempt has raised many questions. some including the city's mayor have called it convenient given the all

haider shamus and his 14—year—old sibling malika, both from luton, were rescued from the water near clacton pier on thursday. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister pledges £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places and says all police forces will be given extended stop and search powers. police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government demonstrations. the fbi is investigating the death of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his new york prison cell. sport. hello. we'll see if manchester city will stay top of the table for the first premier league weekend. their big win yesterday sees them clear of liverpool, brighton, burnley and spurs on goal difference three more games today, leicester city face wolves, arsenal make the trip to newcastle, those are both 2 o'clock. while there's a tough start for frank lampard, his first match in charge of chelsea is at manchester united. i always enjoy playing at old trafford. incredible stadium, incredibl

haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister malika were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. the chinese government has told britain it should stop interfering in hong kong's affairs after the foreign secretary, dominic raab, suggested there should be an investigation into violence during the recent pro—democracy protests. beijing said the days when the uk ruled the territory were "long gone". it comes as police fired tear gas at demonstrators in a working—class district of hong kong, in what is the tenth consecutive weekend of protests. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head, has the story. there is a rich supply of materials in this city for determined protesters, and they have turned improvising barricades into an art form here. these hit and run blockades seem intended to provoke a police reaction. especially when they are surrounding a police station, as here, taunting the officers inside... 0ne even scaling the walls to disable the cameras. and inevi

police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika, who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. a 29—year—old man remains in custody after being detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer in birmingham. the suspect was cornered by armed police and tasered before being arrested in the moseley area. police said he had earlier punched an officer to the ground before running him over with his own vehicle as he tried to arrest him in connection with a car theft. the officer is being treated for head and pelvic injuries. police say two men have been charged with a public order offence after they were arrested outside the home of arsenal footballer, mesut ozil, on thursday. on friday, the club annouced that ozil and his teammate, sead kolasinac, would not play this weekend because of security concerns. both players were targeted by carjackers in north london last month. police say they're treating the arrests on thursday as a separate incident. the troubled energy company sse, which supplies almost 6 million households in the uk, has said it'

police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika, who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. a 29—year—old man remains in custody after being detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer in birmingham. the suspect was cornered by armed police and tasered before being arrested in the moseley area. police said he had earlier punched an officer to the ground before running him over with his own vehicle — as he tried to arrest him in connection with a car theft. the officer is being treated for head and pelvic injuries. part of worthing seafront has been evacuated due to an incident involving hazardous materials leaving people vomiting and with sore eyes. police are investigating the source of the chemical incident and have reportedly cleared the pier and the surrounding area. a cordon has been set up along the seafront and people have been told to stay inside and shut windows and doors. kite surfing instructor christine johnston was about to start a lesson near windsor road when she was told to leave the beach... tell us what happened.

haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister malika were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika, who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. a 29—year—old man remains in custody after being detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer in birmingham. the suspect was cornered by armed police and tasered before being arrested in the moseley area. police said he had earlier punched an officer to the ground before running him over with his own vehicle as he tried to arrest him in connection with a car theft. the officer is being treated for head and pelvic injuries. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister pledges £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places, and says all police forces will be given extended stop and search powers. police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government demonstrations. the fbi is investigating the death of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, jeffre

haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister malika were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika, who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. a 29—year—old man remains in custody after being detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer in birmingham. the suspect was cornered by armed police and tasered before being arrested in the moseley area. police said he had earlier punched an officer to the ground before running him over with his own vehicle — as he tried to arrest him in connection with a car theft. the officer is being treated for head and pelvic injuries. a cordon has been lifted at worthing seafront, following an incident earlier this afternoon involving hazardous materials, which left people vomiting and with sore eyes. a section of the beach was evacuated and two people were taken to hospital following the chemical incident in the sussex coastal town. police said both people had since been discharged. a little earlier, chief inspector simon starns, from sussex po

haider shamas and his 1a year old sister malika, were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. malika died at the scene. police say another relative, a 15—year—old girl being treated in hospital, is expected to make a full recovery. a 200 strong search team is continuing to scour dense forest near the resort where a 15—year—old british schoolgirl went missing, more than a week ago. nora quoirin, who has learning difficulties, disappeared while on holiday with her family. her mother has thanked the teams looking for her daughter. malaysian police have set up a hotline dedicated to receiving information about the teenager's disappearance. ukraine has described a visit by russia's president, vladimir putin, to the annexed crimean peninsula, as a "blatant violation of ukraine's sovereignty". mr putin, was the guest of honour, of a right—wing nationalist bikers' group. crimea was annexed from ukraine by russia in 2014, violating international law. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister pledges two—and—a—half billion pounds to create ten—thousand new priso

the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, said the militants had no choice other than to leave or be killed. sarah corker reports. iraqi armed units head for the city of tal afar, 80 kilometres west of mosul. troops have the area surrounded and for several days, warplanes bombed is positions. so—called islamic state has held it since 2014. in a televised speech, the iraqi prime minister announced the start of the ground offensive to retake the city. translation: i told them to either surrender or die. as we promised before, we promise now, we will continue the liberation process. it's five weeks since the iraqi government declared victory in mosul, iraq's second city, after a fierce nine—month battle. around 2,000 is militants are thought to remain in tal afar. thousands of civilians have fled under the cover of darkness for weeks now. it's not known how many remain. translation: if they had caught us, they would've given us a bullet to the head. thank god we fled. the situation over there is dire. they have no food, water anything to drink. the un has warned of a new wave of dis

in a televised broadcast, haider al—abadi said is fighters in the city had a choice between surrender and death. tal afar is said to be surrounded and the iraqi air force has been bombing the city in preparation for a ground assault. this is bbc news, the headlines: spain‘s government says the terror cell behind last week‘s attacks has but the hunt continues for a key suspect several of the men behind the attacks grew up in the small town of ripoll, north of barcelona. most were the children of moroccan immigrants. among them younes abuyaaqoub, now on the run, who as we‘ve heard, may have driven the van in the barcelona attack. our correspondent, wyre davies, has been to ripoll, to speak to people there about the extremists who lived among them. the small chocolate box mountain town of ripoll in the foothills of the spanish pyrenees, the last place you would expect as the breeding ground for a gang of radical islamist militants preparing to commit mayhem and murder. at least seven young men from this small town either died during the attacks or have been arrested since thursday.

haider al—abadi says iraq has been liberated and his army is now in full control of the areas along the border with syria. at the height of its strength, the militant group controlled a third of iraqi territory, and proclaimed a caliphate. but in the last few months, it has lost control of all of the remaining areas it held in iraq. translation: i thank all the countries — as well as humanitarian and international organizations — that stood with iraq and its people during this battle. i salute every iraqi fighter who took up arms to defend our land. i salute the souls of the martyrs and those injured, and their families who preserved iraq and its people. iraq survived united and victorious. donald trump's visit to the southern us state of mississippi has been met with a protest by democratic leaders. mr trump toured a new civil rights museum in the state capital, jackson. he didn't refer to the protests — but had this to say about the event: the civil rights ecm records the oppression, cruelty and injustice inflicted on the african—american community, the fight to end slavery, t

haider al—abadi said the iraqi flag was now flying across the whole country, and there'll be a public holiday in iraq on sunday. at the height of its strength, the militant group controlled a third of iraqi territory, and proclaimed a caliphate. recapturing mosul, iraq's second city, was a bloody conflict. tens of thousands of people were killed, and a city reduced to ruins. and after more than three years of fighting against the so—called islamic state, iraq has declared the war over. speaking from baghdad, the prime minister said that government troops we re minister said that government troops were now in complete control of the iraqi— syrian border. this announcement comes days after russia declared it had accomplished its mission against is in syria. translation: i think all the countries, as well as humanitarian and international organisations that stood with iraq and its people in this battle. i salute all those took up this battle. i salute all those took up arms to fight for our land. i salute him mitres and those injured defending a right and its people. iraq survived, u

haider al—abadi said the iraqi flag was now flying across the whole country — there'll be a public holiday in the country on sunday in celebration. at the height of its strength, the militant group controlled a third of iraqi territory, and proclaimed a caliphate. translation: i thank all the countries, as well as humanitarian and international organizations that stood with iraq, and its people, during this battle. i salute every iraqi fighter who took up arms to defend our land. i salute the souls of the martyrs and those injured, and theirfamilies, who preserved iraq and its people. iraq survived united and victorious. parts of north wales, northwest england and the midlands are bracing themselves for heavy snow. the met office has issued an amber weather warning, urging people to be prepared for possible disruption. some eastern areas could also be affected. olivia richwald reports. layers of thick snow a scene of beauty in shropshire, but the first heavy snowfall of the winter is bringing disruption to parts of the united kingdom. motorists are being told to avoid driving unless absolu

iraq's prime minister haider al—abadi says it'll take three months to eliminate the islamic state group. earlier, is said the last functioning bridge in its key remaining stronghold, mosul, had been damaged beyond repair by us airstrikes. it posted this video showing the destruction. the author of the children's novel watership down, richard adams, has died. he was 96. mr adams shot to fame when his 1972 book about group of rabbits in search of a new home became a worldwide bestseller and a successful animated film. argentina's former president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, has been charged over corruption allegations. a judge has also frozen more than $600 million of her personal assets. ms fernandez has previously denied any wrong doing. caroline davies reports. she may have left the presidency, but cristina fernandez has not left the public stage. argentina's former president has been indicted for the second time ina year. cristina fernandez became president in 2007, taking over from her husband. combined, they held power for 12 years. her supporters praised her for the generous w

british prime minister theresa may congratulated haider al—abadi on successfully forcing islamic state from most of iraq, but warned the extremist group are "not yet defeated". in 2014 the group overran large swathes of northern and western iraq, proclaiming the creation of a "caliphate". one of the cabinet's leading brexiteers has suggested that voters can use the next general election to have their say on a final deal with the european union and to force a future government to change course if they don't like it. the environment secretary, michael gove, made his comments in the daily telegraph, a day after theresa may's agreement in brussels cleared the way for trade talks. police are investigating the deaths of two teenagers at a nightclub in plymouth in the early hours of this morning. officers believe the deaths were drugs related and are urging people to think twice before taking any unknown substance. andy birkett reports. police were informed two men had been found unconscious by ambulance crews. the two teenagers were then taken to hospital, where the pair both later died. pol