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bombers. coming up later in the show the ambassador talks about the looting of antiques in iraq and how if u.s. the trying to get them back today is the anniversary of the 2003 attack of iraq. it would be more than eight years in october of the 2011 before most u.s. forces withdrew from iraq. 404,846 u.s. troops died during operation iraqi freedom >> tensions rising in yemen. two fighter planes opened fire forcing the president to evacuate the area. he's calling it an attempted
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coup. 13 people died many more were wounded. there is more fighting on the way. >> we take the special forces loyal to the former yemen president. it was a short but tough battle with passenger planes within range of the bullets. they refused to put up their arms and fort if i their barracks. the fighting got so intense the airport was shut down. forces loyal defeated loyalists and surrounded them.
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>> they're now in control of the north and want to make sure fights are happening in aden. >> later on thursday an unidentified war plane hit their base and he is unharmed. he fled ferv after shia fighters took control of the capital and is trying to build a power ways in aiden. it would have weakened him who has declared the city as the capital. the obama administration says it is re-evaluating its role in the israeli palestinian peace talks following -- that again he supports a two-state
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minister. >> united states to -- relationship using the speck or the of palestinian voters -- >> to be the prime minister of all of israel's citizens arabs and jews alike. >> but the white house was having none of that. the tactic was a transparent effort to marginalize citizens. thursday president obama called netanyahu to congratulate him on his win a call many expected to be made earlier. in a statement the white house said the president and the prime minister if plan to resolve the
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israeli palestinian conflict. republican support for netanyahu is holding firm. the speaker of the house lauded netanyahu as the best choice to fight terror. >> in is an opportunity to renew our commitment to confront threatings and continue to strengthen the bond between israel and america. >> they're going to be holding a vote that would allow congress to give a thumbs up or down approve or reject any deal that the president might reach with iran on his nuke nuclear gauche
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about the arab israeli offenses devicive suggestive about palestinian state hood could lead to the u.s. scaling back its support of the u.n. to proceed on tight deadlines. >> the way the prime minister expressed himself as i said before maybe that one bit but i do believe that it's election day. very stressful. you know the polls again i'm not trying to excuse it but i think that was maybe not the main issue. on the contrary unfortunately another round of violence unfortunately as you
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know. why. >> that's what makes them even arabs of course but much more involved in israel society yesterday today and forever. >> what about israel u.s. relations. conservatives in israel are blaming preponderate obama -- the president of the united states request -- that is something that he doesn't appreciate very much. >> do you really think that if
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the prime minister would go to the congress at. beginning of the month relations between netanyahu and obama would have been better? i think no. yet, at the same time they're not supposed to go to the movies and restaurants together and eat popcorn. they're leaders of two important countries to work together and there's no other choice to work together and it's a question of sharing values and interest. and the question is of course what's next? we're not korea. i think that is not something that will stay for a long time. but i don't think that in the coming two years they're going to be best friends. >> real pleasure to have you with us. thank you. no popcorn for us. >> no popcorn. i can't see that in the future dozens of artifacts worth
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civilization. they started in afghanistan. destroyed statues statues and moved to mali and libya and syria and now iraq. >> there was another example in recent history and that's when the taliban destroyed the -- back in 2001. they were 1,400 years old. why do people have such a reaction to seeing these archeological pressures destroyed, in this case they were bombed? >> well that's the goal of isis to destroy the people and kill the people and the memory of
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people. >> has died at the age of 85. he served as prime minister from 1975 to 1983. his government career began in 1955 when he was elected to parliament at the age of 20 the deadline the quickly approaching for iran's nuclear program. delegates continued negotiating. the u.s. state department says speculation is
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stop. >> we don't actually have the right. >> so if you want to say we're allowing them to do that you might say who we need to allow it >> robert kelly, very good to have you with us. >> in washington, senate democrats and pubrepublicans voted -- the administration has said that could derail progress as negotiations approach the late march deadline a small victory today in the retrial of our colleagues in egypt. witnesses for the prosecution admitted in court they had not seen all of the video evidence against our two journalists. prosecutors have alleged they spread false news to help the muslim brother hood. the trial is adjourned until next week the coalition of troupes
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from nigeria and niger -- >>reporter: soldiers from chad say they killed more than 200 boko haram fighters when they retook northeast nigeria on wednesday. flags and the group's slogan could be seen even after liberation. large supplies of weapons and ammunition were also recovered. >> it wasn't easy to push them out but we did it and they were reduced to the bear minimum. >>reporter: soldiers then celebrated. it's one of several places that have been recaptured by west african soldiers fighting boko
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military. >> but that sun likely. many of the nearly 1 million people displaced like these people are afraid to go home just yet. >> there has been conflicting information from the forces fighting boko haram before but if they are winning the war against the group, it means it's more likely people will be able to vote safely when elections are held this week. >> two months after the death of a prosecutor from washington argentina continues to demand answers. and the perilous journey of cubans crossing mexico to seek asylum in the united states.
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kremlin at a london hotel in 2006. he accused russian russian president vladimir putin of ordering his assassination. the men accused denied charges and moscow has refused to allow their extradition. now one of them is willing to speak with investigators >> now to another mysterious murder in the death of an investigator found in his apartment with a gunshot wound to his
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at least not yet which only leaves people in argentina asking if their political system is serving the people they're supposed to serve. rule by decree >> cubans try to get to the u.s. not just by sea but treacherous lands journeys. with the u.s.a. and cuba on the verge of diplomatic relations -- that may soon go away.
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>> this group of exhausted migrants from cuba have crossed six countries. the police in columbia extorted us us. relatively straightforward even if you don't have documents. >> they stick to the back roads constantly on the lookout for gangs that rob and kidnap migrants to bypass the many border patrol checkpoints.
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>> we won't have this opportunity to enter the u.s. they'll send us back to cuba and that will be very traumatic for us. that's why we left now. >> like many before them they began their journey in ecuador. from there it's about 4,000 kilometers to the u.s. and immigration is on the agenda on a two-day summit of eu leaders to takes action to limit the expectations of would be asylum seekers. the document also says more needs to be done to control migration by transit country
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coming mexico start got cast as one of the many women in the film. i believe that not only the bond girls eh involved but also the movies. time passes by and that's why this franchise is still so successful. is and that's why the producer says he's coming here to mexico city to shoot that sequence of day of the dead for one of the
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city's most mysterious holidays. he's due in theaters this november. >> tourists have gone to denmark to see friday's eclipse. they're hoping to see it. 'em ma hayward is there. >>reporter: it's not unusual to see the full force of four seasons in a day but here they're hoping for a short, clear window and the clouds to break. this group one of many that has travelled to this rugged place to watch the
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eclipse. stunning. they've got this massive sense of ewe for-i can't and it just goes back to normal and you look around and think what was that. it was unusual. in all, more than 9,000 people have come to the islands. >> several hundred years. but these happenings are not strange here. in the 17th seven which you
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areally, four brothers found themselves suddenly in darkness promising themselves they would be better men. the sun then came out again. >> there was no -- it's the land of maybe. to dependent it is on the elements. the there are no guarantees the skies will provide the perfect view but new memories will be made here whatever the weather. almost every day we hear about new developments in 3 d
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