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: hundreds of flight grounded, air france pilots walk off the job, causing trouble for passengers. >> we begin with the fight of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. democrats around the world have been meeting in france in search of a global strategy to take on isil fighters. françois hollande comments come as planes carry out the first missions over iraq. the paris meeting follows and a u.s. plan unveiled to form a coalition against isil. the french president has called for the international community

to unite against the group. >> the struggle of the iraqi people against the terrorists are our struggle as well. we have to act together. that is the purpose of this conference. we have to stand together and there is not a moment to be lost. >> we need to prevent the indoctrination of our youth, prevent their role and break up they are resources and all those linked to it. >> do we have idea yet of who is going to do what, and how are they going to tackle the isil? there was of thing talk. iraq's foreign minister standing along side his french counterpart saying that the

conference was happening shows the world that they're standing by side by the iraqi government. now he said that was a threat to the entire region as well as the entire world. it pledged to stop the flow of cash to fighters into iraq and from helping terrorists line isil. the message was taking reaction to fighter planes over iraq

setting off from abu dhabi. some say they would be prepared to do likewise but the next few days is where who does what and the detail. >> will there be a framework from which it can operate? >> reporter: i think there is going to be demands for a timetable from the iraqis because they're stressing that every day counts. we're seeing new towns come under threat from isil. in some places the iraqi forces and peshmerga forces have been able to take back control but they're capturing not just lands but weapons. so they're very, very anxious that people act quickly. i think what the americans want to see is a broad coalition

particularly of our state and regional players like turkey. they don't want this to be seen as some sort of unilateral action from the americans and traditional allies like print which would remind people precisely of 2003 invasion and the debate over the legality of international law of that episode. the devil will be in the detail, but as of yet we just don't know how quickly they will act. >> let's leave there and take a closer look at why isil is seen as such a threat. islamic state fighters control a third of both iraq and syria. the group has taken control of iraq's biggest city mosul and is part of the heavily contested city of tikrit. in baghdad the new government is trying to unite a country that is deeply divided along

religious lines? iran supreme leader dismissed a coalition against the isil. >> in the last few days we've had excitement, and with that excitement we've been hearing from american officials making comments of making a coalition that is blank, holy, self-serving and lacking in any direction. >> the fight against the isil is one of the issues discussed by turkey's elected president. president erdogan. we go to syria's political analyst in new york. still very few details coming out from this meeting in paris. is there a question that they don't really know who the foe

is? >> we now have more kicks in the question. i don't know if that will bode well for the fine cuisine with a good number of people coming on board there is good support but there is no word of the commitment that they're coming with. it is the sort of conference that is good for pr strategy. as if the united states needs anyone to help bombard from bear. there is a lot of ambiguity, and clearly there is no division of labor. clearly we don't know how those means are going to be applied in order to get to that end of dismantling, degrading and destroying the islamic state and

isil. be as it may, i'm not sure about the serious effort on the ground anything from the air is going to help defeat the movement. >> let's talk about that a little bit more. the military effort, is that going to defeat? there is talk of establishing a better social fabric that you have to work from the ground up rather than the air down. >> there is no clear consensus now that this could be resolved in iraq only, that this has to go into syria because that's where isil is quite strong and taken over a big plot of land. likewise, what does this mean to the bashar al-assad regime, who conditions to create masters, and their role in iraq

and how that incity gates more sunni rallying around isil. so a lot of ambiguity, and a lot of factors playing here. and certainly as long as the assad gentlemen ream, and the regime in iraq supported by iran is going to continue with their onslaught of the iraqis and syrians, i think the islamic group in iraq and syria is going to give more recruits, and hence just to speak about those sorts of things in paris and talk about bombardment from air is not going to help anyone unless there is a serious effort from the ground. this people are really entrenched in populated areas, as you mentioned, in a city like mosul. that's not going to be helped by bombardment of air. >> it does not help that the neighbors don't particularly like each other. you have iran speaking out

against the u.s. you they're not neighborhood. you have turkey and qatar. turkey could get involved. how is that playing out? >> this is again the problem after three years of the united states in the western turning their back on the syrian and iraqi people after tens of thousands of casualties just over the last three years. hundreds of thousands, if you include syria now coming out after three werner westerners beheaded really rings hobble. most require a comprehensive strategy. not just one that would bode well for the public relation strategy of prime minister cameroon and president obama. one that takes the overall interest of syrian, iraqis on board.

that we haven't seen. if anyone is getting off easy today it is president bashar al-assad, who is really continuing the onslaught against the syrian people and militias and iraq who continue again with their support of iran and iraqi. all of that has to be figured out. i think support from the arab people is going to be hollow and the support of the arab regime will be only support with no serious commitment. no one knows what the end game is. no one knows if this thing escalates, what cameron and obama will do. no one knows what we're looking at this is a big mess accumulating for years and it will require more than speeches. >> you spoke about cameron and we'll hear from him in 20 minutes or so. it will be interesting to see what he will say. in egypt the muslim brotherhood top official is going to prison for live. the court sentenced him along

with 14 horse for murder and inciting a violence in cairo last year. he has 200 cases against him. hundreds of members of muslim brotherhood have been sentenced to death. egyptian activist has been released on bail. he's being retried after previously bean sentenced for 15 years in prison for violating egypt's protest law. he was leader of the revolt that toppled former president hosni mubarak. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have now been detained for 261 days. they are falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions. militia loyal to the libya general haftar say they have

shut down the port they say the closure is to cut off supplies of weapons to armed groups. it is being discussed in new york, political editor james bays is there for us. what are you hearing, james? >> reporter: a very game picture presented by the new u.n. envoy who has been in his job since the beginning of the month. he presented a summary the secretary of general ban ki-moon's report in libya. he describe it as a somber reading of the rapidly deteriorating political and security landscape in the country. basically a picture of the worst situation in libya since the fall of qaddafi almost three years ago. he said the only way to solve the ways, he said there is a very small window of opportunity is to get everyone talking. that's what we've been trying to do for the last three years in

the country, and it has proved so difficult. the security council now behind closed doors to discuss further exactly what they were going to do. before they went into closed session we heard from the libyan ambassador here at the united nations. now he said that the situation was very reminiscent in some cases of some of the worst atrocities of qaddafi. he said there was public executions on the streets again. he said the only thing different from qaddafi's rule is that it was more violent. >> nine people have been killed in aleppo. it happened after government air forces allegedly dropped barrel bombs. a woman and child are dead. there is no water in the district after the strike damaged the main water line. the united nations said it must temporarily pull its peace keepers out of the syrian sides

of the disputed goal lan heights between israel and syria following the capture of 45 fijian peace keepers. the peace keepers were released last week. just ahead can u.n. troops keep the weighs in central african republic when others have tried without success? we go live to the capitol. also fighting buy co-had boko haram. >> reporter: 60% of europe's oil and gas supplies are in the seas here. but the profits go to the u.k. or independent scotland? >> and in sport the golfer with $10 million reasons to celebrate. we'll have more with details. >> the united nations is taking over the peacekeeping operation

in central african republic, but the soldiers face a very difficult task in any two decades 13 peacekeeping missions have been deployed in c.a.r. more has brought lasting stability. 6,500 african union troops have been in c.a.r. since july last year but they struggle to stop the cycle of violence. 2,000 french soldiers will work along side the new u.n. force. under the u.n. mission 12,000 peace keepers and military police will be deployed by the end of next year. general martin is the force commander of the new u.n. mission in c.a.r. he's confident peace can be restored despite failed missions in the past. >> this is quite a different mission from the ones that all the organizations have experienced before. having said this, we are having troops coming in to 10,000.

we're doubling the troops. i would be pretending to say that that will be enough troops. but what is important is that the troops are coming and we'll move as far as we can. i will recall that this is an unbe uninter grated mission. security is just one part of this global approach. i don't think that the international community is spending money here carelessly here. we'll bring about result. peace will come. we'll continue to implement the rules of engagement. we'll continue to execute rules of engagement and continue the instruction on the part of the united nations, and we'll continue to make a posture,

which will per met people who are here to understand that we're here to disarm them. this is a country with the past 30 to 40 years has experienced political fight it will take time to disarm everybody. >> nigeria's president is setting up a task force to beef up national security to fight boko haram, which has made sweeping gains in the north. we have more on the president's plan. >> the new brigade will coordinate the nigerian government approach, mainly the boko haram crisis sweeping the country. but this is not the first time that they have tried to go up against boko haram. this is the third time that the

government has set up a new outfit. initially there was a joint task force set up by the government that includes a military, the security services and the air force to deal with boko haram. after it launched in 2009. after that more than a year ago the government set up a new battalion, and now this new outfit which comes on board shortly if it's going to take over from the joint task force this could be the third outfit the nigerian government is needing to take over in northeast of nigeria. but what many and security experts are saying that what the niger january military needs is a new outfit. it needs a boost in morale to tackle the insurgency in the north of nigeria. what they need is perhaps more air power, more equipment, because there are some allegations or accusations by some politicians that boko haram

is more armed or better equipped and better motivated by the nigerian army. >> sweden's left week social democrats ruling the center right in elections but the winners have not won enough seats to form a majority government. the far right anti-immigration party made big gains but the social democrats leader said he won't do a deal with them. scotland is just days away from deciding whether it will remain part of the united kingdom. it has been fierce and sometimes confusing debates between those for independence and those who support an union. the latest development is that cameron is on his way for another history. what is he likely to say? >> yes, david cameron will be

speaking here in aberdeen within the hour. his last visit to scotland could it be that he turns out to be the last prime minister of the united kingdom in its current form. the stakes could not be higher. he said he believes in the union, the kinship of the four countries of the british isles, that the scots will have to make the vote forever. if they vote yes they can't change their minds. they can't get it wrong. primarily he'll be saying that the scotland will be poorer financially outside of the united kingdom. and that scotland would really suffer if it tried to go it alone. the scottish nationalists say that that is rubbish. they would point to the seas behind me here. with a small country of 5 million people this is the thing that would make them richer, not poorer.

>> the granite city they call aberdeen and it is often bitterly cold. this place has been basking in the economic sunshine for years that oil has provided. kenny runs a successful con trust company yet he supports independence from the u.k. because he thinks so much of the profit has been wasted by lond london. >> oil was discovered in the 1960s when i was a teenager, and ever since i was a teenager they've been saying the oil is running out. i think we could have a stronger economy in the northeast of scotland. t >> reporter: the two sides in the debate over the future of the united kingdom agree that scotland could survive as an independent country. but oil and energy, and scotland's future income has been a source of endless furious

debate. it is absolutely essential to the argument of the scottish independent party that the oil should go to scotland, not london. but many say that the forecasts are a lie and the oil is running out. really it's a metaphor for the big question that scotland faces. is this country, as the union say, really quite poor, or as nationalists insist, really quite rich. one day the oil will run out. that much is certain, but it's replacements could be every bit lucrative. this area will create the world's largest energy scheme. after all a windy country surrounded by crashing seas looks profitable, indeed. >> we could be seeing tens of thousands of more people

employed in these fields, and much more development of these resources. i think it's a case of the let's say it's dependent on the level of our ambitions. >> reporter: yet many scottish businesses insist that nationalist claims of huge wealth are an illusion. >> you name it, we can have it. the only thing that has not been promised, we can have it all. >> reporter: the national slogan is yes we can. the unionists, no, we can't. it's all about who the voters believe. now of course the nationalists say the sea is still full of oil. the unions say it's been running out for years. can we know how much oil is left from the sea. let's go to a geologist at

aberdeen university. can we know? >> within limits. 24million barrels? >> reporter: that sounds like a lot. >> it's the size of amount. but the estimate it could be anywhere within that. as an explorationist, a geologists, i would always go to the optimistic viewpoint. there is still a lot of oil still to find. >> reporter: the pessimistic view is that it could run out in 2040 and 2050, and that discounts new technology. >> if you look at the industry, the industry, they're getting more out of each phase, and the key point is with more technology we can get more out, we can go for more exploring in

areas that we have not been necessarily been able to explore before. >> reporter: and the scottish nationalists say it could be double than they thought before? >> well, maybe that's--i wouldn't like to comment specifically on that. there is a lot of oil to find, but it's an extremely challenging area, top rate. the costs are extremely high. it's very harsh, very large wave heights means you're going have a short window of drilling operations. but it's potential, and that's where my work is based, and certainly that's where i see the future is. >> do you think its possible that an independent scotland would nationalize the oil industry? or would they keep it in private hands. >> i don't see the interest in

nationalized industry. why bring in and nationalize it. you need to have the capital to drill wells and the big companies have those lines open with the bank. nationalizing it, i basically cannot see why they would want to. >> thank you very much for your insights. there we go. we don't know how much oil is in the sea. that's the answer. what we do know is david cameron is speaking in the next hour. back to you. >> thank you for that, lawrence lee in aberdeen. still to come, a desperate short after an israeli airstrike kills one of his sons. a palestinian father makes one of the most difficult decisions of his life. more migrants rescued off the italian coast as a number of of those seeking safety in europe almost doubles. and in sport, a new start in india could be scared by the

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