francis hollande is co-chairing the conference. do we know the french commitment to the coalition at this point? >> it's becoming clearer. francis hollande is co-hosting the conference with the iraqi president whom he met in baghdad on friday. this comes as the french defence minister announced that french planes are taking part in reconnaissance flights in the iraqi air space, helping the u.s. with air strikes, against a group calling itself the islamic state. clearly francis hollande wants to be seen to be a lead nation backing up the u.s. in the fight against the i.s. group. francis hollande has said, clearly, that france is prepared to take parts in air strikes if called upon. it's worried about the repercussions here in france itself, as my colleague jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: a french navy fridayingate crossing the -- fridayingate crossing the mediterranean. france includes an aircraft carrier, making it an important partner in any operation against the islamic state group. francis hollande was in paris, and is provi

french president francis hollande arrived in iraq. france says it will join the coalition against the islamic state group. >>> francis hollande's plane was carrying 15 tonnes of humanitarian aid. let's talk to sue turton. francis hollande, we know, is the first head of state to visit iraq since the islamic state group overran large parts of the country. what is the visit all about? >> they would say that he's bringing humanitarian aid. more importantly than that, it's symbolic. he's the first of the western leaders to come to iraq since the war against the islamic state fighters began. it's him patting the iraqi government on the back, getting a government together a few days ago. it demonstrates how france is at the point, the front, really, of the european nation's backing the u.s.'s broad coalition. you may remember a few weeks ago, the french foreign minister came to iraq and cuttingly said that he could see people dying when the other foreign ministers were out having a holiday. it wasn't until days after the that the foreign min

>>> french president francis hollande says the world must not waste time in coming together to defeat the islamic state group. >>> hello, i'm nick clarke from al jazeera headquarters in doha. the other top stories - the leader of sweden's social democrat says he'll try to form a government without the help of the far right. >>> anger in south korea following the allegations of the abuse of h.i.v. patients. plus... >> i'm lawrence lee in europe's energy capital aberdeen, with a big question about the scottish energy referendum - is there enough oil to fuel the nationalist dream, and what happens when it all runs out. >>> francis hollande says the world must not waste time in coming together to defeat the islamic state group, or i.s.i.l. foreign ministers from around 30 counties are meeting in paris to decide how best to push i.s.i.l. out of large areas of iraq or syria, which are under its control. >> translation: the struggle of the iraqi people against the terrorists is our struggle as well. we have to act together. this is the purpose of the conference. we have to stand by the iraqi

president francis hollande underlined his commitment. they are providing weapons to the kurdish peshmerga, fighting the militants, and is willing, if necessary, to take part in air strikes. >> translation: we stand by you on the humanitarian and security level, because you are facing an enemy that does not recognise borders. it's a terrorist group forming tensions on the ground. the french military is engaged in africa. more than 5,000 troops are involved in counterterrorism and peacekeeping operations in several colonies. france nose the battle against the islamic state could last for years. >> france has been here before. a year ago it was poised to carry out air strikes against the bashar al-assad regime. the united states had a change of heart, and the air strikes never happened. france believes a failure to act back then is a region why the situation in the region is bad today. >> france believes hundreds of its citizens enrolled in its movements overseas. people accused of shooting dead four at a museum in brussels. evidence emerge

francis hollande is holding a summit to coordinate 20 countries willing to fight the i.s. group. australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the u.a.e. to help battle the troops. >>> let's focus on the kitting of the u.k. aid workers, and a video apparently has been sent of the beheading of the father-of-two. president obama said: >>> britain's prime called it fewer evil, saying they would do everything in their power to face justice, however long it takes. >>> we go to erbil in iraq, first to emma haywood outside the british parliament. david cameron called the killing an act of evil. what is happening there in terms of snons. >> well, david cameron welcome back to doungt, issuing the statement, calling the act despicable and an appalling act of evil. it was echoed by others. barack obama called it a barbaric murder. islamic groups condemned it. including the society in britain, here, david cameron will host an emergency meeting with advisors and ministers to decide how to respond. it will be interesting whether we see a shift in policy towards iraq, coming out of that m

he calls on the french president francis hollande not to intervene in iraq. french citizens would be targeted. france says it is taking the threats seriously. >> reporter: the foreign ministry issued a statement confirming sadly the authenticity of the video of airman taken hostage. the threats from the group are serious, and testimony of cruelty of this movement we call diash known as the islamic state and all that support it. a few hours ago i spoke with the foreign minister. everything is being done in close cooperation with the algerian authorities. we must not hide the fact that this situation is extremely critical. >> a reminder that al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been detained for 269 days falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy received seven year sentences. mohammed got an additional three for having a spent bullet in his pocket. the three are appealing their convictions. the u.k.'s forei

francis hollande will organise a meeting to discuss the killing. the group demanded france stop military action against i.s.i.l. in iraq. >> the u.s. is expecting afghanistan's plelent christopher gibson to sign a -- president-elect to sign a security agreement next week. ashraf ghani will be sworn in and a document will be signed to allow u.s. forces to remain in the country. >> now to yemen. a deadline to appoint a new prime minister has been missed. houthis have taken over more buildings linked to the government. fuel prices have been cut to ease tensions as part of a piecemeal deal. the rebels have not left the capital and an al qaeda-linked group in yemen has declared war on the houthis. kristen saloomey has more details. >> reporter: with houthi rebels effectively controlling the yemeni capital of sennal, the world leaders gathered to discuss the tense security situation. the united nations sealed a deal, but the rebels are yet to honour it. this group, the forehands of yemen, consists of 31 countries, including the u.k. and saudi arabia, who

president francis hollande is holding an international summit on monday. australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the u.a.e. to help the international coalition battle the group. >>> let's focus on the killing of the british aid worker and the islamic state group released a video showing one of their men beheading the 44-year-old father of two. he was kidnapped in syria last year, and his killing follows the beheading of the steven sotloff, who was taken in 2013, and james foley was kidnapped in 2012 president obama called is barbaric and said: we'll go to erbil in northern iraq in a moment, first to emma hay board outside the british parliament. david cameron called this killing an act of evil. what else has he been saying? >> yes, condemning it in the strongest possible terms. when he arrived back at downing street he issued a statement saying we'll do everything in our power to hunt down the murderers and and ensure we do justice. the words echoed across the u.k., and many groups, the islamic society of britain coming out to condemn the killi

the secretary of state is in france where president francis hollande is holding a summit on monday. the aim is to coordinate 20 countries willing to fight islamic state. australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the united arab emirates to help the international coalition. the islamic state has released a video, showing one of their men beheading the 44-year-old british father of two, david haines. he was kidnapped in syria last year, and the death follows the beheading of u.s. journalist steven sotloff this month. he was taken in 2013. and the death of another u.s. journalist james foley, kidnapped in 2012. the u.s. president barack obama has condemned what he described as a barbaric murder saying: appear >> we are off to erbil in iraq in a moment. first to emma haywood outside the british parliament. we can see off air pictures of downing street, where we expect the british prime minister to appear any moment to give a statement on the death of david haines. he has already made a couple of statements. tell us what he said, and what he is doing about it. >> well david, he

secretary of state is in france, where president francis hollande is holding an international summit, coordinating more than 20 countries to fight the i.s. group. australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the u.a.e. to help the international coalition. let's focus on the killing of the aid worker, and the islamic state released a video apparently showing one of their men beheading the 44-year-old father-of-two. his beheading following that of journalist steven sotloff, also taken in 2013. and another u.s. journalist james foley was kidnapped in 2012. >> u.s. president obama condemned what he described as a barbaric murder, sake: let's talk to emma haywood, live from west minister in london. emma, david cameron called this an act of pure evil. what else has he been saying there? >> yes, the british prime minister condemning the murder of david haines in the strongest terms in a statement last night, and said: those words have been echoed by other political leaders in the u.k. other groups in the u.k., like the islamic society of brit yin, and barack obama, the u.s. president

. >>> french president francis hollande says the world must not waste time in coming together to defeathe islamic state group. >>> hello, i'm nick clarke from al jazeera headquarters in doha. the other top stories - the leader of sweden's social democrat says he'll try to form a government without the help of the far right. >>> anger in south korea following the allegations of the abuse of h.i.v. patients. plus... >> i'm lawrence lee in europe's energy capital aberdeen, with a big question

s david cameron, and france's francis hollande. a new image for a country thought of as a major threat and diplomatic headache. iran is not the biggest problem in a region engulfed in conflict. when it comes to i.s.i.l., president hassan rouhani sound like a u.s. ally. >> translation: terrorism has become globalized from new york to mosul, from damascus to baghdad, from the eastern most to the western most parts of the world, from al-qaeda to da i.s. h. extremists of the world found each other and have put out the call. extremists of the world unite. >> reporter: the u.s.-iranian relationship is complex. no face-to-face meeting between president obama and hassan rouhani this year. still, progress is measured in small steps. it wasn't long coog that hassan rouhani's -- ago that hassan rouhani's predecessorued the visit to berate the world and direct rhetorical missiles at israel or make comments like the one about banning gays. so it was a big change when a moderate president took to the international stage last year. there was no a

president obama, david cameron, prime minister renzy of italy, and president francis hollande of france at the meeting. they are trying at this meeting to come up with some sort of, in smaller groups, a larger participation of all the n.a.t.o. members which will take place later on. there's 21 members, a large it alliance, particularly from the east, those concerned about security in russia. this was an opening meeting before the summit was taking place. at that meeting, we are told, started 45 minutes ago. the formal summit will start 10 minutes ago. i think that pre-meeting with the important leaders, with president obama there, president petro porashenko, and the others may be overrunning a bit. that is why the formal ceremony that starts. the actual summit has been delayed. >> russia has been making noise, not only saying ukraine should never have come within sniffing distance of membership of n.a.t.o., but saying let's give peace a bit of a chance and see restraint from the ukranian troops and the pro-russian separatists. why is the secretary-general rasmussen of n.a.t.o. saying th

francis hollande will organise a security meeting in paris to discuss the killing. the group demanded french stop action in i.s.i.l. against iraq. >> two car bombs killed 13 people, south of baghdad. the level of violence is at its worse since 2007. united nations says more than 1200 were killed across the country last month. >> still to come, the world health organisation says a vaccine for ebola might be available before the end of the year. >> being smart about smartphones. making the minerals that go from the conflict zones to our phones more ethical. >>> a new york court rules on the fate of a former race car champion involved in the death of a fellow driver. those details coming up later. . >> let's move on to yemen, where the government is denying reports that the national security headquarters has been taken before by rebels. houthi fighters have seized about 95 military tanks. houthis over ran the capital sanaa, taking over key government buildings and roads. the government missed a deadline to appoint a new prime minister, part of a peace deal signed on su

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