haider al-abadi - dr haider al-abadi will have a difficult time in persuading those otherwise. >> what about the project of integrating the various communities of iraq into one. certainly it's a priority of his, to win over the sunni elements as well as bringing in the peshmerga as well. whether it's bearing any fruit yet. >> i think i was speaking this morning with one of my colleagues and there is a political understanding that the national guard needs to have a reality within the law. that will constitute a second army. the iraqi national army, and na national guard will constitute each individual province. the danger of that sectarian forces and not a national guard as the quotation should be for national unitedy defending all iraq against dangers. but the idea there's a political standing at present. we need to integrate with the public mobilization in the national guards we need to integrate fighting into the national guard to unite the force against i.s.i.l. and that will become the nucleus for reuniting the country, or creating a true public reconciliation. observers of iraq wo

haider al-abadi will have a hard time to convince people otherwise. they believe their rights have been taken away from them, the oil goes kurdistan and no one has the share of the running of the government, and they want more the danger is still there the environment is still very volatile. and the danger still exists dividing iraq into two three separate states completely different than each other. >> six suspected fighters have been killed in a village in aflgz, strike was aimed at the strong hold of a taliban linked warlord. >>> ic 66 >>> it's 60 years to the day that britain granted independence to myanmar. >> if we are complacent we won't progress. there are many areas in this country that need to improve. so we can't be complacent with the current circumstances. we feed to restore the values and the mind sets which we once cherished that have now lost. >> north korea has reacted angrily to new sanctions imposed by the united states. mountain barack obama authorized those over the hacking of the film company sony pictures. pyongyang has denied i

iraq's prime minister haider al abadi has been calling for a summit. africaafrican union members have met where boko haram has dominated the talks. >> chadian army said it killed 120 fighters during a confrontation. chad is struggling to cope with the influx of refugees escaping boko haram in neighboring nigeria. attacks early this month forced many residents to cross the border. it's believed more than 12,000 people have traveled to chad in recent weeks. >> on the shores the crisis formed by boko haram is laid bear along nigeria's borders. these are some of the victims of the group driven from their villages in the northeast. they group say chad is now their home. they come here quickly as refugees cross the border daily. >> we have received a massive influx into chad from the third of january. more than 11,000 people are out during this period. the majority of refugees are civilians. >> the refugees are also include members of pro government militia. >> they kill our people. and the military do not fight boko haram: >> aid agencies are providing food

are are iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi welcomes assistance. >> i'm glad, this is quite important for the iraqi people and very important for our military. we have in the last month i have seen an increase in the air campaign against these position he in terms of number and effectiveness and many countries take part in this program and in this campaign in reconnaissance and the actual bombing of dash targets. >> the u.n. has condemned the killing of the government and pro-russian separatists are blaming each other for deaths. >>> saudi arabia's government has again postponed a flogging of a free speech activist. as al jazeera's daniel lack reports from iraqi. >> instead he got this. 50 lashes. the first of a thousand to be administered over 20 weeks. now for the second time doctors postponed the flogging citing health concerns. it is a small mercy at best for his wife, refugee in canada since 2013. she hopes to keep her husband's case in the public eye and raise the family alone. >> translator: i need to be a positive person, think positive thoughts. if i start crying and do flog

. >> not for haider al-abadi against that. >> of course he's against that. he's the prime minister. he want to make so many solutions, and the end of the solutions will be the support of the ground troops of the coalition that's why mr haider al-abadi is convincing the international community help the iraqi army help the militia against i.s.i.s., and let's work on that. at the end there's no success we will ask for your real support. >> a quick answer from you. will foreign troops inevitably have to get involved to retake mosul and anbar. they are the two key battles. >> we need the troops the internationals on the ground to fight i.s.i.s. and the americans said we are ready to send 15,000 at the end of 2016 because they knew very well that there is no really iraqi army there is no real troops against i.s.i.s., from the iraqi side, and that is why if there is no real victory an i.s.i.s.... >> good to get your analysis on this. >> the lebanese army says eight soldiers have been killed in an attack by fighters in the beqaa valley. there are fighters linked to the al nusra in that area

. >>> iraq's criticism, haider al-abadi says the coalition doesn't provide enough military support to his troops. meanwhile the iraqi army is in a long running battle with i.s.i.l. for control of villages around beji. as mohammad adow reports. >> as the sun pierces through orchard around the contested villages the army's target this morning is the village along the highway linking baghdad to beji home to iraq's biggest oil refinery. >> we are making some gains. we are now at the village north of dajalal khan. the army will be victorious over the enemy. >> reporter: as the fighting intensifies some of the troops take cover behind their vehicles. this is not a conventional war and i.s.i.l. forces, these troops say are training their energy. in the distance, smoke rises from an i.s.i.l. hideout on one of the farms targeted by an earnlarmyhelicopter. also supporting the force is this group. >> by the blessings of hussein we will kill them one by one as they call out oh imam hussein we cherish you. >> reporter: they have to move carefully because improvised explosive devices are almost eve

haider al-abadi, mohammad adow has more from the northern iraqi city of erbil. >> reporter: heavy fighting from the northern iraqi town of gwer . in pursuit of i.s.i.l. tighters who attacked their positions in town. opened fire at him. he tries escape by running. he's unlucky. soon the peshmerga arrive at where he now lies, dead. he's from chechnya one of them announces, before escaping fighters. i.s.i.l.'s attack on gwer was the worst since last queer. 45 kilometers from erbil. >> translator: i don't want to give numbers but our losses were heavy. taking advantage of the darkness and fog they came by boats and rafts and attacked us. we only managed to repel them after we took more troops gwer. >> reporter: the peshmerga say they are often outgunned by their opponents. >> we have received weapons from the coalition we need heavy arms too if we are going to get the upper hand in the almost daily fighting. >> the air strikes have made a huge difference for peshmerga. the coalition jets have been bombing the city of sul sultan abdalla. a personnel carrier is one of the targets hit by the jets

haider al abadi address various religious and political factions across the country. it is aimed at reconciling religious groups. the government is hoping to create the united front against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. we have the latest from baghdad. >> reporter: national conference is taking place at a crucial time and on the ground in the fight against isil has been a crucial past few days as well. even when the airstrikes and the military gains that kurdish forces are making in the north and shia militias with the iraqi forces are making in the rest of the country there are places where isil is creeping back in. in the west a senior leader was killed when tankers of explosives rounded into his guesthouse. and in kirkuk heavy clashes in the past few days, two senior peshmerga commanders including a major general killed by a sniper today is said to have been killed in those clashes. around the country as well in the province of diala a massacre by masked gunmen. and that was part of the backdrop of this conference that the prime minister addressed. he s

tony abbott spoke to haider al-abadi in the baghdad capital. carried out bombing raids against cite as a part of a u.n. pled coalition to wipe out the group. >>> peshmerga forces are trying retake their momentum, one in the village of sultan abdalla where peshmerga forces were reportedly in full control just a few days ago. the capitol of mosul and erbil. mohammad adow reports. >> about 80 kilometers from the capital of the semi autonomous region. there are i.s.i.l. fighters still holed up in some sections of this village. sultan abdalla is where there was heavy fighting just two days ago, between peshmerga and i.s.i.l. fighters, although at one point peshmerga fighters say they were in total control of this town, they say now there are pockets of resistance in the town and getting incoming fire from the positions of i.s.i.l. here in the camp and at this front line we have seen some unexploded ordnance, particularly mortars that peshmerga fighters said they lost to some men. what we also know is that the village of sultan abdalla is also close

[applause] ♪ what -- >> haider al-abadi became prime minister of iraq in 2014. spoke with him about events in the future in iraq. >> it is clear you said you need economic help because of the fall in oil. you need more support for your troops on the ground. are you getting any assurances from the coalition partners it will be forthcoming? >> there were 21 states at that meeting, out of 61 of the coalition. i have seen a positive response. i should be clear about this. i know we have been searching for more support. in the last days and weeks, we have been seeing little. it was a very slow start. sometimes it is hard for -- hard and frustrating. there are two time tackles. -- there are two timetables. to do with support. there has been a problem. in the last two and three weeks we have seen a synchronization of effort, and increase in numbers of airstrikes and more commanders on the ground. which has helped i perform business. -- which is not performed. [indiscernible] i think we have been promised there we deferment of payment on sales to iraq. we are waiting to

iraq's new prime minister haider al-abadi says a new in training to retake mosul but abadi says his source he are not really to attack. >> if we are talking about eliminating dash off the face of the earth that will take a long time but out of iraq that can take months. >> reporter: admitthat of the 21,000 square miles controlled by i.s.i.l. at the peak of its conquest only 270 has been retain. over 1%. >> we all rick it is a small percentage of the total but we're only six seven months into this too. >> by the spring a force would be ready that includes some of iraq's most experienced fighters including peshmerga and u.s. trained sunnis. but he says it's important that iraq be in charge and that any offense sieve on iraq's timetable. john. >> all right jamie thank you. >>> secretary of state john kerry is headed to nigeria. corey will travel olagos. the country is facing escalating violence from boko haram. today's year the group kidnapped nearly 300 school girls. earlier this month boko haram killed hundreds in northeastern nigeria. >>> in argentina the country's enbattled president is a

they are both militarily assisting the iraqi government of prime minister haider al-abadi. and so - and there is nungs indirectly through the iraqis, there's some commonality on syria. the two are opposed. the iranians want to see president bashar al-assad continue in power. the u.s. believes na ousting bashar al-assad is ultimately the way to deprive the islamic state of support in syria. remains to be seen. with the new congress could we see tougher new sanctions? >> it's possible. it's interesting that sanctions are - they are an interesting instrument of diplomacy. sanctions are a mixed record. they have a mixed record in the way that the united states implemented them. they are an instrument that you tend to employ. it's an intermediate solution between reverting to military force and doing nothing. sanctions have a dubious track record, it makes policy makers feel like they are doing something. i think the track record of sanctions shows that we can target officials, certain institutions. whether the sanctions will make a deal more likely with the iranians it's unlikel

. >> rose: haider al-abadi became prime minister of iraq in september 2014.ast week he was in davos switzerland where he made a speech before the world economic forum. before that speech i spoke with him about events and the future in iraqi. it's clear that you head that you need economic help because of the falling oil prices. you need more support for your troops on the ground. are you getting any assurances from the coalition partners that it will be forthcoming. >> i think there were 21 states out of 61 who represent the national coalition to support iraq. these are the most effective partners and i have to see the response. to be clear about this, i know we have been shopping for more support. i say in the past in the last days and weeks that we have seen]u very little and i confirm it was very very slow start. times it's hard frustrating and fearful. and we have to match, there are two time tables iraqi timetable on the ground and there's the coalition timetable to do with resources and support. we have seen a synchronization of it's. increase of number

fighters withdraw from the capital and the government be reinstated >>> iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi is hosting a summit. the main goal is to unit factions against i.s.i.l. >>> supporters of the far left party are rallying in madrid. the spanish movement wants to end austerity measures imposed by the international committee >>> legal options are running out for two australian citizens on death row in indonesia. the men are among a group of drug smugglers that could face the firing squad. it has fuelled a campaign for clemency in australia. >> reporter: in a sydney warehouse actors are rehearsing a person play. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> reporter: bondi dreaming is the story of prisoners on death row in bali. life so break they fanticise about fantasy lives. the play parallels a real-life story of two australians. 10 years ago they were arrested in bali. appeals have been exhausted. indonesia executed six others. chan and sumatran could be next. for the actors who have visited them, time is running out. >> we are doing what we can. our thing is art. i'm an akhtar. i'm trying to do my

earlier this week, iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi complained his troops are not receiving weapons and ammunition quickly enough. today, in london, he struck a more conciliatory tone. >> ( translated ): the international coalition which we attended today will strengthen our resolution to fight daesh. i've asked before for more support and i think my call didn't go unnoticed. >> warner: in turn, british foreign secretary, philip hammond, a former defense minister, sought to reassure the iraqis. >> this campaign is not going to fail for the want of some guns or some bullets in the hands of the iraqi security forces. >> warner: the conference on the heels of jihadist terror attacks in coalition member countries, france, canada and australia. and islamic state threats to kill two japanese hostages. all have intensified public pressure to go after the militants at home and abroad. i sat down with foreign secretary hammond earlier today here in london. for having us. the coalition has been saying, really since the fall, that you've stopped the advance of the islamic state in iraq, but th

. >> ifill: meanwhile, in iraq, prime minister haider al-abadi appealed for more help against islamic forces. he said the u.s. coalition isn't moving fast enough to deliver weapons and train iraqi troops. >> there is a lot of things being said and being spoken and very little on the ground. we are very thankful for the air campaign to support our military but i think you cannot achieve victory without a real fight on the ground and we are doing this fight and we are expecting other countries to match our fight. >> ifill: and in japan, prime minister shinzo abe arrived home from the middle east, saying time is running short to save two japanese hostages. islamic state militants are demanding $200 million to let them live. >> woodruff: in nigeria, boko haram militants claimed responsibility today for recent mass killings. amnesty international says up to 2,000 people died in the northeastern town of baga. in a youtube video, the boko haram leader showed off a stockpile of weapons. he warned that baga was just, "the tip of the iceberg." >> ifill: there's been another palestinian attack o

at the same time, prime minister haider al-abadi pledged in baghdad to take back all of the territory now in islamic state hands. >> woodruff: back in this country, the department of homeland security's internal watchdog concluded today that drones are too costly and inefficient to patrol the mexican border. the inspector general's report found the unmanned aircraft don't fly as much as the government says they do, and they don't help catch many people crossing the border illegally. >> ifill: and wall street skidded again for the fifth session in a row. the dow jones industrial average dropped 130 points to close at 17,371. the nasdaq fell nearly 60 points to close at 4,592 and the s&p 500 slipped 18 to 2,002. the market was weighed down-- again-- by oil. it finished below $48 a barrel in new york trading. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: the ongoing battle against ebola in west africa >> a critical u.s. ally caught in a snarl of challenges. the latest tool in the fight to protect archaeological fights, the fight over powerful painkillers and their unintended consequences.