al-maliki asked to be asked strikes by u.s.. obama did not rule that out. he said that they had all of the military gear in the region to do that but he wanted to consult further with congress. it is quite clear that obama is still looking for political solution and especially they don't want to be part of any religious movements there. they want something inclusive. they don't want to be known to take sides with the sunnis or the shiites. they are hoping for an inclusive government, but it is clear that malik has not been the leader to do that. -- it is clear that maliki has not been a leader to do that.

>> he has to satisfy his domestic detractors. >> as you know, there has been a lot of criticism from the likes of john mccain, the senator from arizona who was a hardliner. he will probably say this is not enough. less and less people actually listening to him because the biggest concerns the americans have our mission creep. they don't want to get too involved in iraq at the moment. that is what obama talked about a lot on thursday at his press conference. it is sort of his dilemma, he is getting this bag reputation for his foreign-policy -- this bad reputation for his foreign-policy. if you ask americans what they would do differently, do you want to get more involved in places like syria and iraq, they say, no, they don't. >> let's take a look at what is happening on the ground. some of the information we are getting is sketchy. >> we will be getting the latest

from northern iraq in a moment but first this report. >> airstrikes on isis positions. this is part of attempts to push back the radical sunni militants who have held the city since sunday. a military spokesman said 50 isis fighters were killed. the battle between government troops and isis forces is still raging for the country's biggest oil refinery. there are conflicting reports about who controls the plant, but its loss would be devastating to the government. it was show its powerlessness to halt the insurgency. hundreds of thousands of iraqis are fleeing the offensive. since isis took the northern city of mosul, many have crossed into the kurdish autonomous region. as iraqi forces struggle to stop

the advance of the sunni militants, there appears to be no and to the number of volunteers in baghdad willing to help in the fight. their fear that the sunni insurgency could be the death of iraq as a nationstate. >> how dire is the situation for iraq right now? >> well, we are getting conflicting reports about what exactly is happening at that oil refinery. the government put out a statement claiming that isis had retreated. that conflicts with what they are putting up on social media. they have taken full control of the refinery. it is hard to confirm what is happening. both sides are desperate to claim they are taking the upper hand. >> would you say that government forces are on the back foot? >> it is hard to tell. the workers in that refinery were evacuated.

we have really got to go on is the government is saying. of course, we know that isis is very very good at propaganda and it is in their interests to try to same they are taking it in this battle. >> are you getting the feeling that the country is close to breaking a part of this conflict? >> certainly in the curtis region. they are making control of this area. this feels like a state within a state. how do you feel about this? we are very very happy because for the first time we are defending a kurdish order. they actually see this as a chance for them to create a kurdish state. >> you could say that there are significant winners in this

battle. thank you for joining us. thanks for the analysis. the latest on the ukraine crisis. >> nato is warning that thousands of russian troops have been returning to the eastern border. move is called a regrettable step afterwards. >> the ukraine president has promised to sign a strategic deal with the european union. >> last november, the deal's rejection by the formal readership is part the beginning of the crisis. >> ukraine's new president congratulates the country's new foreign minister. the former ambassador to germany is considered to be very pro-european. on important ally for the president who wants to send out a message to the european union. >> on june 27, i will sign the association agreement.

that is what we have been waiting for so long. what millions of ukrainians wanted and what they have been fighting for for the past six months. >> on the domestic front, the president is pushing a peace plan for eastern ukraine. the leader of the people's republic has admitted they are getting weaker. >> we have lost significantly a numbers. we are losing in terms of armament and moreover prohibited armament is being used against us. the ukrainian army also has the big advantage over us, the support of the west. >> the violence has cost the lives of 100 ukrainian soldiers. 30,000 ukrainians have fled their homes. >> paying has a new king.

>> the leaked beta six was sworn in at a ceremony. he takes over in a testing time. >> the royal family has been tainted by scandal and years of economic crisis and separatist movements. >> newly crowned the leap a the sixth stepped out onto the balcony of the royal palace in the trade to greet spain is for the first time as their king. thousands turned out to catch a glimpse of the new head of state and his family. this money was kept low key because of the economic crisis. his ascension to the throne was a solemn occasion. >> he took the oaths of office earlier in the day. in front of spanish legislators, he swore to protect democracy. his father had abdicated after

nearly four decades on the throne. his last act as king was to make his son head of the armed forces. opinion is divided in spain on fully pay -- on phillipe and the monarchy. >> i was very out of my king. i will be proud of my king. >> we are suffering from a lack of democracy in spain. we cannot choose the leadership of the nation. there has been enormous corruption in the royal family. >> many spaniards are hoping the new king will also bring a new era. at 46, he is the youngest king in europe. observers see him as modest and reserved. his wife is the first commoner

queen of spain. he will have to work hard to restore the monarchy's reputation, but he has promised to spanish people that will listen and learn. >> the debut of king felipe a was a distraction for spanish football fans after their team humiliation. >> right now, there will definitely be some nerves jangling in england. a loss could send them to the verge of the exit. >> we will talk the sports expert following this report on the clash between columbia and the ivory coast. >> columbia had plenty to celebrate but this was no easy win. the ivory coast proved a tough nut to crack. but, the match livened up after the break. -- was denied by the fingertips of the goalkeeper.

the breakthrough came five minutes later. rodriguez headd powerfully into the net. columbia doubled their lead six minutes later. ivory coast struck back 15 minutes before the end. the game ended 2-1. it was the colombians that were dancing. >> jason joins us. was there dancing to be done? >> it was unimpressive performance. the teams, they were outside of the favorites. there were a number of teams that people would talk about. julie was one of them. uruguay is one of them as well. a lot of people fancied this team. this is their first two games, they looked impressive against ivory coast.

ivory coast is probably the best african side in this tournament. i think columbia rightly deserves to be in the next round. they could be surprised. >> let shift to england. they are on the pitch at this very moment. do you think they are risking crashing out? >> there is always a risk with england. after the first game against italy, they played very well but they came out with nothing. they are stuck with the exact same team and there was a bit of criticism by wayne rooney. there are others that really shown in that match. they are playing very well. from what we have seen in the first few minutes of this game, it has been and two and stuff. it really depends on a lot of factors, what will happen in this game. even if england loses, they have a chance to go through. this could be a team with only three points getting through to

the next round. >> uruguay's chances? >> that relies on luis suarez. ironically, he plays in england. he was the player of the year, voted by players and journalists. he is probably the best striker in europe or in the world. if he has a good game, then he can change in an instant. but he has been injured, it is first game back after injury and nobody really knows whether he will be able to do it. if he does, it could be an early exit for england. >> if england manages to stay in the competition, will they come up against germany? >> that is always the fear. it might go to penalties against germany. the way germany has been playing, they're looking really good. england will be one to get through this game. >> thank you for the analysis.

we have a lot more news coming your way. >> we will be returning to the iraqi crisis. we will be asking where does isis get its money from? >> we have spent the last week reporting on the onslaught of isis. the hard-line islamist group which is celebrating of lightning advance in the north as well as parts of syria. but the fighters are well-equipped and well organized. the group even produces annual reports of its operations. as its ambition grows, so does its need for funding. >> with their pickup truck's and state-of-the-art weapons, there is no doubt that the estimated 10,000 fighters are well-equipped. but, baghdad is unclear where all of the money is coming from. the prime minister has his suspicions.

>> there is a regional conspiracy that has been planned and financed. it is backed by a massive media war. the media funded by qatar and saudi arabia have described the militants as revolutionaries. >> u.s. officials have blamed nouri al-maliki himself for causing iraq to split and warn him about pursuing sectarian policies. in paris, the saudi prince said that his kingdom was opposed to violence and sectarianism. >> saudi arabia has always refused to intervene in the interior affairs of another state. we can only hope the region will find security and stability. >> there is no concrete proof that the authorities in saudi arabia or other gulf states are suspecting isis but they suspect money may be flowing from private donors. what is certain is that these oil fields in northern syria

that are controlled by islamists are a source of income for isis. there is also money from extortion and kidnapping. and bank robberies, last week, the terrorist group stole four hundred 30 million dollars from the central bank in mozilla. this provides more money to pay their fighters and buying new weapons to wage their battles. >> joining us now from the german institute for international and security affairs. isis seized use amounts of money. do we know what else they took? >> they got hundreds of tanks and they also that helicopters. we don't know how many. i think in terms of equipment, they have got a lot. >> the group is already well-equipped. >> they got a lot of free weapons. american weapons.

i think they got so many equipments in the recent attack. >> how strong would you say they are in terms of numbers? >> several hundred. some say up to 10,000. but, they are not the only faction on the ground, there are other factions, so they are not -- >> who is leading the organization? >> we don't know many things about him. >> was sort of support is there on the ground. >> there is a support among the sunni tribes and also the youth who are angry with the malady policies -- with the maliki policies. this will not last. the differences will soon come to an end.

>> so, you would say there's not enough anger against the government to create enough support? >> exactly. they found fertile ground because of the maliki policies. not because they agree with the isis policies but because they agree -- they don't agree with the maliki policies. >> would they create an islamic state? >> is difficult to aswer this question because the region is living in chaos. they are finding fertile ground to recruit more people and we have to wait for the american answer and the position of iran and turkey and other regional players to see what would happen in the near future. >> trapped in the dark and icy

depths, almost a fortnight. the seriously injured 52 -year-old explorer has glimpsed the light of day. >> 700 strong rescue team managed to get the him one kilometer underground in a labyrinth cave in bavaria and they carefully hauled him back to the surface. >> they carefully pulled the injured cave researcher to the surface. he had been in the cave for nearly two weeks. the cave is notoriously difficult to navigate. a badly injured person has never before been freed from such a situation. >> i don't want to be melodramatic but i think that we can say that in the last 12 days here, we have written a chapter in alpine rescue history. >> the drama began on the eighth of june.

he suffered a serious head injury when he was hit by falling rock. he was more than a kilometer down. doctors who had examined him said that he could be moved. those doctors and other helpers needed 12 hours just to reach him. it was five days after the accident that the actual rescue could began. they carried him tied to a stretcher through narrow twisting dark tunnels. a series of makeshift stations were set up along the way. they reached a new one each day. >> it was a huge job, but the professional and he of all of our colleagues made it possible. we had a total of 200 to rescuers in the cave. they really work hard down there. it was a great achievement.

>> with the remarkable rescue operation a success, uncle teams have taken over the care. >> our reporter has been following the events. he describes yet this year as the injured researcher was brought to the surface. >> it was an immense achievement. the rescuers said they had never conducted a rescue operation like this. he said, it is a historic moment also for them. they have never done something like this. there were rescue teams from five nations who cooperated to get him out of his cave. we heard just now that the mood in the cave was really good throughout the whole time and they had this one goal to get him out of the cave safely. once he was out in daylight, all the tension eased and then they embraced each other and some of them started crying. it was a very emotional moment

and also for the rescuers, a very special situation. >> well, let's get to business. latest action on the financial markets. >> the u.s. central bank, the fed boosted european shares, the german dax climbed for the first time in more than a week about 10,000 points. the fed is holding steady interest rates. although the fed's outlook for the u.s. economy next year is very optimistic. traders are very happy that the cheap money must be somewhere infested, there is no alternative to shares. the prices are still rising leaving a stain at the market. >> let's have a look at the market numbers. the dax in frankfurt, it ended the day just a little bit above

the 10,000 mark. euro stoxx 50 adding more than one percent to close at 33-14. this is still underway. the dow jones is pretty much flat. the u.s. authorities have arrested a man accused of being a guard had i not see death camp. germany is requesting his extradition. >> he has lived in the u.s. since 1952. prosecutors accuse him of complicity in the murder of more than 200,000 jews. he denies any wrongdoing. it is a small albanian village reported to be europe's largest producer of marijuana. now, the prime minister is vowing to regain control of the lawless area. >> they have launched a crackdown against the village. he is hoping this will impresses european neighbors. he wants albanian to join the european union and this is seen

as a blot on his country's reputation. >> smoke rises over the village south of the albanian capital. it comes from some of the 11 tons of cannabis police say they have destroyed in a crackdown that began on monday. 800 albanian special police have been trying to gain the upper hand here. since the end of communist rule, gangs have turned this into a no go area for the law. their marijuana farmers are responding to the raid with antitank remains and machine guns. so far, there have been no reports of serious injury. speaking in berlin, the albanian prime minister said the operation showed just how far his country was ready to go to fight drug trafficking. >> we will bring normality and law and order to that region.

this action will continue to go on. the police are working on it. they are fighting against armed militants. >> this is estimated to produce 900 tons of cannabis here. the street value of around four and a half billion euros, that is almost half of albania' be. the drug trade has made some of the residence very rich. it looks like they are not about to give that up without a fight. >> updating you on the world cup action. there has been a few chances for england but so far no goals. >> that is it for us, thanks for watching. >> see you next time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

>> good evening. a short while ago, president obama of the u.s. met with his security team to discuss the situation in iraq. he took to the airwaves shortly after, saying that the united states is ready to take targeted action in the country, but ruled out any combat role for u.s. troops on the ground. instead, he announced the deployment of 300 military advisers to help iraqis stem the violence. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. we are prepared to create joint occupation centers in baghdad and iraq, to