>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello welcome to another news hour from al jazeera, live at our headquarters in doha, i'm adrian finighan. more us-lead air strikes target more towns as the fight to defeat isil continues. in the u.k. parliament is debating whether to join that fight. in yemen houthi rebels take to the streets to celebrate what

they are calling a victory. ♪ we begin with those air strikes on targets held by the islamic state. there have been ten strikes in the last 24 hours. those attacks the u.s. says have controlled armed vehicles and control center held by the isil fighters. the latest targets control two areas in the eastern province. an area in the northeast has always been hit as well. and an oil refinery has been attacked again. that has been targeted several times since tuesday.

it's clear they are going for these control and command centers and oil fields undermining isil's ability to raise funds from oil. >> undoubtedly these air strikes will weaken isil, like you mentioned. they are targeting their infrastructure, bases, headquarters, check points. isil will no longer be able to travel in large convoys for example. but it is just going to weaken the group not defeat the group. to weaken the group you are going to need boots on the ground. these air strikes as well are not stopping the civil war which continues to rage in syria. there have been a number of air strikes, syrian government strikes that are going on, including in a suburb of

damascus. it seems the syrian government is pushing to end the war around the capitol. we're seeing more and more people take to the streets demanding that the international community take action and target the government instead. >> what effect is this having on the loyalty grouping fighting on the ground in syria. >> we understand there was a meeting along the syrian border, the purpose really is to show the world the face of the syrian opposition, or to be more resighs, who the united states considered their partners on the ground, but the rebel commanders at this meeting really hold little sway on the ground. they don't have that many fighters. what is more important to note is who was not at that meeting,

like syria's al-qaeda group, and as long as you don't have these groups you don't stand of defeating isil. we can get more now from monica who is live with us in bagdad. monica? adrian, repolice are saying that 52 fighters as you were saying, and the precision they attacked was an university. it's significant they are attacking alkind, because that is the most important border

crossing between iraq and syria, and the main route that isil is getting supplies et cetera. the iraqis have also been asking, if you fight them here, they can go back to syria and regroup. >> okay. thanks, monica. part of the syria opposition is evacuating its headquarters in the northwest of the country. members of the front say they are leaving after days of air attacks of the us-air attacks. >> translator: the sites are now empty, it's part of a redeployment of fighters in the arenas in line of engagement with the regime forces. we're expecting more coalition

attacks. the targeted different opposition sites and the fear that they destroy everything. >> as we were hearing, activists in syria say seven people have been killed after a helicopter dropped barrel bombs. there are also reports from lebanon that syrian jets have argets the outskirts of a town. there have been five air strikes there. but as we are hearing there have been protests in several parts of syria. crowds have been on the streets in several towns carrying banners that read stop shelling civilians. while in the aleppo area, protesters charged no war against criminivilians, the big

criminal is assad. david cameron has denied that he is doing little to solve the problem, and blamed the politics of syria and iraq for the rise of the group. >> i am not claiming by air strikes alobe we can roll back this problem, this requires a comprehensive strategy, including an well-formed iraqi government and armed forces. the two principle causes are the fact that in syria assad has been butchering his own people and acting as a recruiting sergeant to the extremists, and in iraq we had a government that did not represent all of the people of iraq. >> barnaby phillips is outside of parliament. barnaby is there going to be a vote and if there is, will the

prime minister win it? >> there will be a vote, and i can't predict that the prime minister will win it. he has the support of most, so we won't suffer a repeat of last summer when parliament voted against attacks on the assad regime in syria. but that does not that everyone is happy. the debate has been very active. i have heard a lot of members asking about the logic of only striking isil in iraq why not also in syria, given that that organization operates across that border with impunity. i'll put that question to my guest. does it make sense if the british are joining this coalition, and it looks as if that is going to happen, to be

only attacking isil on one part of the territory that they control? >> strategically it makes no sense at all just to focus on isil in iraq. but it is important to bare in mind that britain is just one part of this coalition, and the coalition is going to cross the border and taking on isil across all of the territories that it occupies. >> what will britain's military contribution be, and is it important? >> britain's contribution is going to be quite limited. we are only talking around six fighters, compare that to 16 that were used in libya four years ago. it has a lot more significance from a it will call perspective. the u.s. is doing very well

constructing a coalition. but it really likes to have britain on board. it is seen as the most faithful ally. the fact that it is still in afghanistan 13 years on, says a lot. if britain is involved, president obama is say, look our friends are with us. if britain is not involved, as we saw over syria last year, it makes it a lot harder for a u.s. president to make the case that an intervention of this sort is a good idea. >> fair enough. another point is the fear that british involvement will lead to a radicalization of muslims in this country and other parts of europe, and that will come back to bite people in this country, if i can put it like that. >> it is a legitimate concern.

isil has primarily been fighting against the assad regime, the iraqi government, and kurder forces. this transforms it into a fight between isil and the west. there are believed to be 500 britishish fighting in this isil. >> 500? >> that was the number the prime minister used this morning. he said there have been six plots already failed. his argument is the radicalization is already happening. isil already know we're here, and they have made it very clear on anyone who disagrees with them, they have said those people should be killed. sew with are already isil's enemy. whether we attack them or not.

>> james strong of the london school of economics. the debate going on in parliament behind me. russians foreign minister has confirmed that his country is ready to support iraq in its efforts to deal with terrorist threats. he says the first effort is to fight isil. the palestinian president had success last year, but can he do it again. plus -- i'm faiz jamil, coming up, we'll look into what may have caused the worst flooding in more than a century. and one of new york's favorite baseball players signs off at yankee stadium in

spectacular style. jo will be hear with the details in around 40 minutes. ♪ now to yemen, where it's the first friday when the houthi rebels took control of the capitol. they are calling it the friday of victory. armed houthis have also taken over a number of mosques. a peace deal was signed last sunday, but the rebels didn't agree to believe the capitol. let's go to mohammed on the line from sana'a and can tell us more about what is happening. >> yes, the -- the [ inaudible ] gathering after friday prayer on the road to the airports, the size of the number of people as you have seen on the screen, came to celebrate on this friday

after the takeover of sana'a. and the mosques owned by the sunnis, it a different scenario there, the houthis came with their guns. apparently no violence took place during that operation, but it is -- it happened in several mosques in sana'a, including the central mosque, and they did that, and also we have reports of houthis continuing their complain of looting and storming of houses belonging to their oppoo oppone opponents. and there is this standingoff with regards to the appointment of a prime minister. it is overdue now. a prime minister should have

been appointed on thursday, but it didn't happen, because different parties are insisting that their own party be appointed. and [ inaudible ] is insisting that one of his candidates should be choosen, and yemen is in dead lock, and in a situation of real uncertainty and fears of what may follow. >> mohammed many thanks. now let's go to the former advisor of the prime minister. i just want to get your reaction to this -- these demonstrations, this friday of victory. when you look at those pictures, there's huge crowds on the streets of sana'a. >> well, such crowds are trying to reassure people, i think, but

the new people who have arrived, i think, instead of boosting, you know, the expectations of people, on the contrary now they have raised many, many worries, and people's fears have been increased, and if these people have tried to show that they arement doing to boost, you know, confidence, and -- and also to confront the frustrations and disappointment. i think now on the country, they have managed to, you know, on -- on the different road they have managed to raise those worries people are very much afraid in sen central sana'a now. >> after the peace deal on sunday, an irane commander

congratulated the yemen people of their glory victory. to what extent is that kind of outside influence fuelling what is happening in yemen now? >> it's undoubtedly that there is a lot of outside influence which has been playing in to yemen from a long time ago. the [ inaudible ] initiative was presented by the gcc countries. the people to a big extent have been behind the scene trying to find a new way to manage the country. a lot of differences happened between the powers which have arrived in sana'a after the february revolution, and the

crackdown between such groups have created a vacuum which the houthis have managed to exploit. >> so what would it take -- very briefly if you can, sir -- what would it take to end this crisis? >> well, i think as all -- as all of the global and regional powers have said as well as the -- internally they have agreed on this new accord of peace and national partnership. they have got to stick to the stipulations of that accord, and if they stick to it and start going on the route of implementing, i think that would reassure people. but rying now there is that whole air of uncertainty in sana'a. >> okay. many thanks indeed sir.

>> thank you. in afghanistan hundreds of taliban fighters have taken control of a province. at least 70 people are reported to have been killed there in the past five days. that's in the east of the country. 12 people are reported to have been beheaded. >> reporter: local officials in the district in the west say this fight has been very brutal going on for nearly a week now. and the taliban have been launching attacks against the police. they say the taliban have been burning down many homes, brutally murdering any civilians they feel have acted against them. the taliban trying to take over the district headquarters. we understand they attacked four check points along the road.

they say they have killed many police with explosive devices planted in the road. the governor says he believes afghan forces will per vail, but he is waiting for reinforcement and it's difficult to get there. 400 reinforcements have been sent, but are running into trouble along the roads. we have seen this kind of fighting around afghanistan, a very difficult fighting season for the security forces, but this is considered particularly brutal with at least 70 people having been killed, the government waiting for reinforcements from outside, the local police holding their own against the taliban in yet another time here. in a sensitive time, afghanistan's new president is set to inaugurated on monday. afghans hope this will bring more stability to the country.

this attack just the latest in a difficult fighting summer for afghan forces. the u.n. general assembly continues in new york, the palestinian president is set to address the general assembly. he is expected to demand that israel withdraw to the pre1967 borders. they divided palestine into 1937. a green line was agreed in 1949. it is also known as the pre-1967 borders, and that's what abbas wants to return to. there are now more than half a million settlers living in the

west bank show here in white. israel continues to force thousands of palestinians from their land. >> reporter: it's not easy for this man and his son to come here. this is where their home once stood. in march, israel demolished it as part of plans to evict communities from several areas across the occupied west bank. he says just standing here fills him with anger, but he won't leave. >> translator: we are like strangers in our own country. all bedwin communities, ours included, refuse the be relocated. >> reporter: israel is forcibly convicting for this 4,000 bedwins. it's part of plans to expand the

sprawling settlement and connect it to jerusalem. a u.n. spokesperson as described the forcible eviction as a stake through the heart of the two-state solution. and that it will make jerusalem inaccessible to thousands of palestinians. on friday abbas will make a peach to the united nations general assembly, he is expected to outline a new proposal for the outlain of a new state, and to set a time line for israel to end its occupation. >> just like the palestinians don't like it when israel takes unilateral steps, israelis don't

like it when palestinians take unilateral steps. >> reporter: but for this man and his family, loosing their home is no laughing matter and they hope abbas's plan will help them to rebuild without fear. people in indian administered kashmir are recovering from the worst flooding in more than 100 years. questions are now being raised about why it was so bad. faiz jamil reports. >> reporter: it's the worst flooding in more than a century. it's simple to see why, homes livelihoods, and lives were all destroyed by this flood. and it has happened before. >> plenty of these wet lands have been converted into organized colonies. >> reporter: this man was just a

boy during the flood of 1959. since then he has seen the city grow and the lakes shrink. >> are used to be part of a lake. >> reporter: urban growth around the region has also seen lake capacities dwindle, as well as legal and illegal development over flood channels. this was built after the great flood of 1902. it channelled away water and saved lives when the next flood hit. but in the past few decades people and government alike have built over these flood areas. >> you can see a lot of wet lands and water bodies that used at this point, and they slowly

[ inaudible ]. >> reporter: a state report of 2010 warned of a massive flood within ten years, and called for a protection plan. but bureaucratic delays stalled the funding and work. >> you can [ inaudible ] about 50% of the [ inaudible ] what we get in this summer, yes. >> reporter: 50%? >> 50 to 60%. >> reporter: the state's chief minister says it's time to cut the red tape and move forward. >> i hope moving forward, the government of india will sanction this project. >> reporter: but flooding is a recurring problem across this country. governments have to balance development and the environment or risk both. >> if you do that kind of

willful destruction, you will get flooding and devastation of this nature. >> reporter: after the flood of 1959, much of the prevention measures were destroyed by unregulated development. critics hope the lesson has been learned so the next flood won't be as severe. faiz jamil, al jazeera. rain or at least too much of it, certainly not good news in that part of the world. there is a part of the world which is enjoying much-needed rain. steph? >> you are very right, adrian. normally we associate fire with this part of the world. let's take a look at the fire burning to the east of sacramento. this is california of course, in the u.s., and leer it is very dry. but if we look at the satellite

picture, we can see a finger of cloud here that has been edging its way eastward. it has brought some very decent amounts of rain. we have seen around 60 millimeters in some parts, and this is a part of california which has a lot of reservoirs. so it may have knocked out some power lines, but in the long run we could do with more rain. and a couple of more clouds will be developing, and more showers. most of the showers will be in the southern parts of california, but as we head into saturday the rain really gets going. some more intense rain is makes its way across the rockies. it will then sweep towards the

east. so more of us seeing some wet weather. >> stephanie thanks. still to come here on the news hour. >> it's a growing threat to regional and global security. >> the most important thing is of course action, action, and action. >> translator: we're talking about nothing less than the potential melt down of the continent. >> world leaders call for action on ebola. and anger on the streets of indonesia over a local law that prevents the public from electing leaders. and find out whether it's europe or the u.s. who have taken the upper hand at the ryder cup.

♪ good to have you with us, adrian finighan here in doha. the us-lead ten air strikes on targets of isil in the last 24 hours, and at least 52 fighters have been killed in an air strike on the iraqi border. the british government is discussing whether or not it is going to join in the right against isil. hundreds of taliban fighters have advanced in afghanistan province south of kaboul, at least 70 people have been killed in the the last open road five

days, and 12 are believed to have been beheaded. u.s. president barack obama says there is a big gap between the effort to fight ebola and what is really needed. he made the comments in new york where the world leaders at the u.n. general assembly have made ebola an urgent issue. ebola is just one of the crises that the world health organization is responding to right now. the w.h.o. says it is facing an unprecedent number of crises. the west africa ebola outbreak has put 52 million people at risk. and there are 5.8 million people in need at south sudan. syria and iraq, more than 30

million people are in danger or have been displayed due to fighting. we're joined by the director of the world health organization. thanks for being with us. the opening remarks he said you could be thinking the world is falling apart. how is an organization like yours able to respond to everything that is .happening right now? >> well, as you said, this is really an unprecedented period in the history of humanitarian assistance. we're responding to five what we call grade 3 emergencies. these are the highest level of emergencies. it's where we put all hands on deck. employ our best and brightest, our a teams. we would expect one of these types of emergencies ever two to

four years, and we're in this situation where we have five on our hands. the ebola outbreak, the crisis in iraq, syria, south sudan, and the central african republic. so it has been an incredibly demanding period for all humanitarian agencies, including the world health organization. i think perhaps the silver lining is they have occurred at a period under which we have taken major reforms, and i think for those reasons we have been able to maintain a good level of effectiveness. >> you have been able to maintain this good level of effectiveness, but is the w.h.o., the world health organization, getting the support that it needs to

continue functioning at this level? >> well, i think that all donors are finding it hard to mobilize the necessary funds. again, if you look across all of the crises, every measurement that we make is a record breaker. the number needed for humanitarian assistance is over 100 million right now. the amount that we are requesting globally right now is $16.6 billion. and our donors are working hard, but there are financial restrai restraints. so we are still well short. we are funded at less than 50% of the level that we need. we continue to work with our donors and partners to mobilize those resources. >> i don't want to end on a

negative note, but how long can the world health organization ma maintain this? what happens if a sixth or seventh crisis comes akrolong? >> well, a colleague said to me three months ago, when we had three emergencies, we're at breaking point. since then we have had the crisis in iraq escalate, and this major ebola outbreak. we are still standing and maintaining that level of effectiveness. we certainly want to be doing a lot better, and we are looking at our reforms, the way we operate, but it is a difficult time. if there is another crisis, we'll respond, but we'll be even further stretched. so we really do need much more

support, a strong sense of solidarity with the people in need as well. >> okay. we wish you all the very best, dr. rick brennan from the world health organization. >> thank you. anti-government protests are taking place in egypt. tear gas has been fired south of cairo, and there has been fighting in cairo itself. u.s. president barack obama has asked egypt's president to release three al jazeera journalists, as world leaders are in new york, al jazeera took out ads on time square and in the new york times newspaper saying that journalism is not a

crime. the three are falsely accused of aiding the out louded muslim brotherhood. mohammed got an additional three years for having a spent bullet casing in his possession, which he picked up at a protested. australia's prime minister has signed a new deal with cambodia. angry protesters greeted morrison outside of the australian embassy? cambodia. it will take in an unspecified number of refugees held by australian. in exchange they will paid cambodia, $35 million. india has passed a bill to take local elections out of the hands of the citizens.

steph has more. >> reporter: passions run high as in the indonesia parliament. they wanted to maintain people's right to vote for mayors, and governors, a right given only nine years ago. but a coalition lead by a former general who lost in july's presidential elections wanted regional heards to be elected by legislative assemblies. his coalition won, after the ruling party walked out. despite his party's decision to leave, he insisted he is in favor of direct elections. >> translator: i'm disappointed with the result of the vote. i want to tell the people that i will file an appeal against this decision. >> reporter: but many feel the president has betrayed them. >> sorry to say, sorry to

say -- >> translator: the president is only trying to save his image. he had several possibilities to stop this law. he could have rejected the vote, but he didn't do it. >> reporter: many are shocked and angry over what they see as a serious setback from democracy. on the street people were also defiant. >> translator: i don't agree with this law because it's against democracy. this means the end of our reform process. >> translator: in the era of the president we also could not vote for our leaders, then all of the positions were just divided along the elite, that's not good. >> reporter: the former presidential candidate celebrated his legislative victory with his coalition partners. they promised to continue to

fight against the new government of the general who is scheduled to be inaugurated on october 20th. hundreds of high school students in hong kong are boycotting class in protest to restrict electoral reform there. beijing decided in august that it would hand pick candidates for the 2017 elections. energy ministers from russia and ukraine are in berlin right now for talks with the e.u. on solving their long-running dispute of the gas supply. europe gets more than 30% of its gas from russia half of which runs through ukraine. in june russia cut off the supply. all the while the e.u. is continuing its sanctions against

russia. nick spicer is live for us? berlin. what are the chances of getting an agreement or is this business or geopolitics or both? >> reporter: it's really both. in financial terms russia has cut off gas to ukraine. it did so in june, following the revolution there, the people power movement which overthrow the president and replaced him with petro poroshenko. during june, gazprom, the state monopoly supplying gas to europe, set a price $80 higher than the highest price it charges any other european client, ukraine said no, and so

there has been no gas coming in. the european union wants to make sure it has the gas it needs to stay warm during the winter months. there are some reserving, the european union says it is time to double those reserves. so there's a lot riding on these talks, but the mood music isn't good. vladimir putin had just written a letter to the european union, saying the commitment should be radically changed. and is calling on hungary. >> on that note we have information that ukraine has

suspended gas supplies -- i'm sorry, hungary. >> reporter: yeah, hungary. there are a lot of countries involved here. but hungary says it is just a technical matter. however, there's speculation that the hungarian prime minister is coming under pressure from the kremlin. the european commission has called on budapest to start supplies again. >> all right. many thanks nick spicer, making sense of it all. thank goodness someone is. in berlin. jo will be here on the latest of golf's ryder cup. and we'll get the later from fifa's executive committee.

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♪ take a look at this, more than ten years after concord went out of service, a swiss company is trying to beat its record of flying from london to new york in 3.5 hours. ter rick bahsly visited the company's headquarters in switzerland. >> what we're seeing here is -- >> reporter: this is one of a new generation of aerospace

engineers, and this is his baby. the swiss space system's rocket plane. these images are so sensitive, each and every shot we viewed has been vetted. the company wants to avoid giving competitors any clues. >> we want to make sure we're going the right way. >> reporter: this space plane is currently being tested in a wind tunnel. >> what sets this company apart is what they intend to launch from this shuttle here. they are going to focus their business on the growing demand for satellites. >> reporter: this spacecraft is launched on the back of a modified airbus aircraft. once clear, its own engines take

it. the technology could also be used for passenger flights. >> you take off on the runway, at 10 kilometers you have release of the systems, and you begin to have small vibration, and you have the boosts, for 200 seconds you have a big boost to go under [ inaudible ] kilometers of altitude. >> reporter: the aircraft is then able to drop down on almost any destination on earth. the flight time between london and new york could easily been less than two hours. >> if we could fly people from point a to point b, then we have a valuable business motive. >> reporter: the company is up against virgin gal lactic. currently it's launch plans grounded after defects were found in its wings.

a u.s. company is also selling tickets on board the space plane and another u.s. company is developing $75,000 balloon trips. but all of these rides are aimed at tourists rather than point-to-point air travelers. they hope their initial focus on satellite launch will give it the thrust it needs to one day revolutionize air travel. fascinating. time now for sport, here is jo. >> thank you. fifa president has been speaking to the media. a big question hanging over the two-day meeting is the report of possible corruption will be made public. lee joining us live from there. what has he been saying on the issue? >> well, for the first time on this issue and others was trying

to say as little as possible about it. he deflected it to a fifa lawyer who say it is in the hands of the ethics committee, and it would be up to him and them to decide how much would be made public. i pushed him on this, and asked him what is his personal view in more and more people say this has to be made public. and he said, absolutely, absolutely, it should be. and hopefully we can have some news in november. we have already heard about spring when finally we'll see if individuals are punished, but he should be held to account now, because he has publicly said he wants transparency in fifa. >> and he seemed to be a bit

more keen to talk about his future at fifa, wasn't he? >> yes, it's an easier subject to deal with. it's far more straightforward, jo, because if you look at the presidency here, he is looking at over 20 years of being in charge here, because he will win an election, almost certainly. and this is a really surprising twist that fifa will finally stand up and challenge his reign. so it's easy to talk abou bakr al-baghdadi -- talk about him here. >> and an interesting development also about the future of ja brawl ter. tell us about that. >> fifa are still not

recognizing them. they are now recognized by uefa, so you would think naturally there would be a progression. this is not the case. it all might end up in the court or arbitration for sport. >> all right. lee wellings, thank you. the ryder cup is underway in scotland, and the usa has taken the upper hand. taking a 2.5, to 1.5 lead. they blitzed the first match over bubba watt season and webb simpson, but the usa got it back with [ inaudible ] and his partner by the same margin. another match was held before

they faulted on the final hole to give a point for the usa. derek jeter has said good-bye to his home stadium after two decades with the new york yankees. he hit the winning run over the baltimore orioles, bottom of the 9th, jeter at flaet. he connected and antwon richardson was able to get safe. >> derek jeter ends his final game -- he secured his victory, he will conclude his illustrious career in boston on sunday. >> i really thought i was going to break down, but next thing you know they tied it. so -- i don't know.

i'll have to get a tape of the game and watch it. it was sort of an out of body experience. the argentine national rugby team the pumas are in the big league with southern hemisphere giants. however, they have yet to win a game. >> reporter: these are the pumas, just back from their latest game in australia, where they came close to that elusive first victory. next up, the all blacks. one of the best all black sides of all times. does and argentina have any chance at all? >> translator: personally i think we need another two years

before we reach the levels of the southern hemisphere powers. we're still two or three years from reaching their level. >> reporter: rugby has been played in argentina for more than 100 years. introduced by immigrants. now as then, it is mostly an amateur game. this is the first of two big games. and as you can see it's a fairly low-key affair. but there is still some way from the levels seen in new zealand, australia, and south africa. some like things the way they are, while others are searching for the professionalism to push argentine forward. >> translator: there's a very

strong amateur base in argentine rugby. to reef the rugby elite there is a level that must be professional. >> translator: the playing standards in aragain tina have gotten better at the club level. there are good players being developed and i think we're seeing that in the pumas. >> reporter: the best argentine players go abroad like this fellow, who enjoyed a glittering career in ireland, england and france before returning to norman for where him it all began. what are the dreams of the next generation of promising players? >> translator: the truth is, i can train as much as i would like. but it's not the same as having a contract. something that blinds me a bit stronger.

so i believe we have to move towards professionalism, whether it's the pumas or the argentine club if we want to become a powerful rugby force. >> reporter: there are tv rights. there is money in argentine rugby, it is spent on training and to run the clubs, but not on players wages. plenty want to keep it that way, while others insist that professionalism will level the playing field and bring that elusive first victory. i mentioned the ryder cup a little bit earlier. it is the opening day this friday. usa leading 2.5 to 1.5 now. of course the winning team has to get a total of 14.5 points by the end of sunday's singles matches. >> jo many thanks indeed. more news straight ahead here on

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>> iraq's prime minister warns of a terrorist plot against the u.s. american officials say they know nothing about it. after six years attorney general eric holder is stepping down. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this". we'll have those stories and more ahead. >> iraq's prime minister says his government uncovered a possible terror plot by i.s.i.l. >> aimed at subways in the u.s. and paris. >> u.s. intelligence officials, white house officials say they know of no such plot.