on each of these fourment wills the coalition is surging to our iraqi allies and iraqi led efforts. the germans are helping organize these stabilization activities, others are providing significant support, the italians for instance are playing a substantial role training the effective iraqi police forces that are being reconstituted. several coalitions have made sizable coalitions. this funds will allow the iraqis to make an immediate investment to meet the urgent needs of those who have suffered the daily degradations for so many months, and to restore critical infrastructure such as water purification and electrical distribution. through the support of baghdad this provides populations what they need so badly, and it creates the opportunity to strengthen the connection between the capital and the people in fact being liberated this ought to be considered as reckon sell yags from the ground up. these kinds of stabilization efforts will eventually be just as critical to syria where fighters have made a series of recent gains. the coalition is enhancing our cooperation to capitalize

in iraq, and talk to a member of the iraqi parliament, and he is in the iraqi government of baghdad. what is your assessment then, one year on, of the effectiveness of the air campaign, primarily the air campaign launched against i.s.i.l. a year ago? >> thank you very much for having me on this show. and about the campaign, the air campaign, fighting i.s.i.l., from the beginning we see the air campaign is not enough to fight i.s.i.l. after a year, i.s.i.l. have more ground, power and have more cities in iraq. and we are facing very organised - criminal organization. unfortunately, there is no serious action from the central government or from others to help the local people, the tribal people who are fighting i.s.i.l. on the ground. we find more disciplined people, more refugees, iraqi refugees inside the country, and no one help them. we are facing a humanitarian crisis, and are very bad situation for children. no education, no future for them. so i think the air campaign alone is not enough, and is useless. >> i think you were referring specifically to the situation in the west of

this is according to the iraqi government officials.as another attack that happened about an hour earlier than that in the southern part of rah made, this was also all suicide car bomber. iraqi officials saying this was an isil suicide car bomber as well. this attack was foiled the bomb went off and none of the troops that were targeted in that configuration, none of those troops were injured. all of this going to show just how tough the battle to try to retake control of ramadi has been going and how many challenges lay ahead for the iraqi government in their offenses. >> why is it that the battle to retake ramadi has taken so long after the government said they expected the offensive will be over quickly? >> reporter: yeah, it's a good question. time and again since this offensive started about 15 days ago, we have seen iraqi prime minister abadi come out and promise iraqi people this offensive would be over in a matter of days, two weeks plus on and still it has not happened. the iraqi government has actually addressed this in the la

iraqi politics are notoriously slow. as you mentioned in your lead in to me, right now you have the decision that's been made. then the cabinet must meet with the prime minister. they need to approve it. then it gets really bottlenecked. because then it goes to parliament. and that's when sectarian politics are really going to be an issue and you're going to have a lot of debate and a lot of argument. i would say that it's safe to assume that this is a process that could take weeks, could possibly take months. because these kinds of things are going to be very difficult to get through parliament. at least that's the mood here in the street in baghdad as far as what people are expecting. then if it were to the ratified in parliament it needs to go back to the parliament to be executed and implemented. even though this is causing shock waves today, this is a big headline, it is not something that is going to happen immediately and you can bet there will be a lot of members of parliament that will be disapproving it and it

iraqi forces are struggling to defeat isil in anbar province. fighters from the group seized the capitol rimadi in may. while the number of civilians being killed in this conflict is climbing, people in fallujah say they are living a nightmare. you may find some of these images disturbing. >> in fallujah, bullets and bombs don't discriminate and the wounds have only grown deeper. residents say the young are now just as likely a target as the old, that civilians of all ages of under siege from both isil and the iraqi army. >> look at this, this happened as a result of artillery shelling by the army today. look at this, are we terrorists waging the war? are these innocent children waging war? this is my daughter. she's dead now. what did she do to serve this? >> many parents who thought the hardest trial would be surviving this war are now faced with a far crueler fate, surviving their children. >> we're in a dire situation here but we can't go outside the city limits. my son here has a small daughter who got killed by the shelling. she was a year

soldiers are training iraqi troops. as of may, the combined operations cost the u.s. $244,000,000,000. on average, the u.s. is spending almost $9 million a day on its fight against isil. in baghdad, many are doubtful the strategy is working. >>> with hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, it's a mournful atmosphere for the patrons of baghdad's cafe. here, they sip and smoke what small comforts are provided. but not even these decaying momentos are enough to counter all of the reminders of the dangerous present. >> the majority didn't think that america has effect on the ground. nothing on the ground. >> political analyst tells me that in the years since the u.s.-led coalition began airstrikes against the islamib state of iraq in the lee vant, many have grown more distrustful than ever of their government's alliance with the united states. >> they think they have global 308. >> ask them to review their strategy and dealing seriously with iraqi forces to help them fight isil. >> others, though, put the blame o

the only flags allowed were iraqi ones. demonstrating a unity long absent in iraq's government. >> since the days of saddam until now nothing has changed. the only thing changed is during saddam's time we had only one saddam. now we have thousands of saddams. i'm about to graduate but i'm confident i won't get a job. so many basic needs are not available to us. we hope these demonstrations will bring some tangible improvements to the iraqi people. >> a rallying cry for a generation that suffered mightily over the past decade. now during a record heat wave they find themselves without electricity and air conditioning for many hours a day. they're beyond the breaking point and while they may be lacking power they promise to keep taking on the powerful. mohammed jamjun, al jazeera baghdad. >> after a four year election day, haitians are finally heading to the polls. >>> also the most powerful fine of year slams into taiwan and china is next, the strength of the storm and the damage it could do. do. >> hunted to the >> in our o

offensive continues, attacks against iraqi security forces in the area also intensifying.wednesday two notable attacks that happened earlier in the day. one in the northern part of ramadi city. this was on isil suicide car bomber. 15 iraqi soldiers killed as a result of that bomb going off. and ten more severely wounded. there one was foiled in the southern part of ramadi also another isil suicide car bomber. this bomb attack was foiled. the bomb went off, but no soldiers in that attack were wounded or killed as a result. also happening east of fallujah targeting hideouts those strikes killed at least nine isil fighters and decimated two armored weeks that belonged to the islamic state of iraq and the levant. all of this very much underscoring just how sense the situation remains always how tough it has been for the iraqi security forces even backed as they are by the coalition to try to retake anbar province and cities there from isil. now this -- this offensive has been going on now for over two weeks. when it first started, iraqi officials stated they believed they coul

isil until now, it's strong and the iraqi forces, militia, iraqi army, security forces cannot really doing the actual action, because they don't have a real airstrikes. they cannot manage to get in war for a long period, because it will make the economical crisis more base. it will not make advantage for isil. >> we thank you for your time and thoughts today. >> you are most welcome. >> search crews in indonesia have found the black box and recovered all bodies from the plane that card in papua on sunday, carrying 54 people, including five crew when it went down 10 minutes before landing in the remote settlement. bodies have had to be transported by helicopter because of the remoteness of the site. bad weather hampered recovery efforts. >> the head of china's top work safety wash dog is under investigation following last week's explosions which killed 114 people. they gathered oh remember the victims of the blast. firefighters and police were among the mourners who held a moment of silence for those victims. seventy other people, mostly firefighters are still missing six days after t

it has released video of iraqi fighter jets. the iraqi air force strikes forced heavy losses in men and commitment. it's unclear when it was carried out. meanwhile, isil fighters have destroyed an one and a half thousand-year-old monastery in syria. fighters of the group demolished the monastery with a large tractor. the village 85 kilometers from the city of homs, it included a syrian catholic church once home to monks who farmed the countryside until the end of the 17th century. >>> well, in other developments of syria, people have been killed in eastern aleppo. medical sources say that the planes targeted the countryside, and currently under isil control and a regular target for government forces: syria's conflict is still no closer to resolution, and they've been accused of not doing enough to bring it to an end. 1500 people were killed in a sarin gas attack. they're still waiting for justice. we have their story and a warning that viewers may find the images in the report upsetting. >> the dead and the dying. there was no b

s hands and a counteroffensive have been launched by iraqi forces and shia pli replies yas. at the end of the day, i.s.i.l. ii.s.i.l -- shia militias. the alternative is a shia-led government had baghdad, shia militias, not a united iraqi army. that's how i.s.i.l. gains its strength. this fight cannot be won unless shia and sunnies come together in iraq. the very fact they can move between iraq and syria gives them strength. lack of partners on the ground especially in syria. >> schoard, livzeina khodr, livn that area. >>> macedonia he police there have started to let in bands of refugees. hundreds of people still waiting to get through. on friday security forces fired stun grenades to stop them from crossing over the border. jonah hull, are on the greek side of the border any sense how many have been let in? >> reporter: to be honest, there hasn't yet been permission for 96 to cross over this formal border. they're talking about repeating what they did later in the day. as your pictures indicated there are hundreds perhaps a couple thousand at this point on a rail line. ess

led coalition forces into an operation to drive the iraqi's out. imran kahn reports. >> iraqi forces enter kuwait in the early hours of the morning august 2 1990, forcing half the kuwaiti population to flee. 400,000 people were on the move. the united nations passed 12 resolutions demanding iraq leave kuwait. sadaam hussein refused saying he had the support of the kuwaiti people. by mid january 1991, a coalition headed by the u.s. launched operation desert storm a moment that many say was the beginning of a long end for is a doom hussein and his government. iraqis living in kuwait fled, including this man and his family. >> there was no border left, and when the bombardment started the most important thing for us was to go back to safety. my children were young back then. i drove the car straight from kuwait to iraq. >> since that invasion, iraq's had a turbulent history years of sanctions between 1991 and 2003 followed by the u.s. invasion and occupation and their civil war between 2006 and 2008 and now isil fighters taking over a third of the cou

iraqi forces are trying to recapture it. tens of thousands of people gather in japan to mark the 70th anniversary of the hiroshima atomic bombing. it killed 140,000 people. more than 200 people trying to cross the mediterranean in an overcrowded fishing boat are fears to have drowned. the vessel capsized off the libyan coast. about 400 people were rescued. >> reporter: plucked from the mediterranean, a family reaches safety. this one-year-old girl is taken on to a rescue boat where medical teams are standing by. she's alive but the trauma of the experience is etched on her face. she is among hundreds of migrants packed on a fishing boat which capsized. it issued a distress call less than 30 kilometers off the libyan coast. rescuers from the italian coast guard, irish navy and doctors without borders arrived to see the boat overturned. many rushed to one side of the boat causing it to capsize. what followed was a furious search and rescue operation. helicopters and merchant ships joined in. they have saved hundreds of people

we have more details from the iraqi cap fall in baghdad >>> the iraqi prime minister's decision to rid the government of the positions of vice president and deputy prime minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment, it's not surprising considering how much pressure the prime minister has been under because of mounting protests growing in cities throughout the countries, activists calling on the government to end rampant corruption. the people have been coming out. all that we have spoken with, saying they are apolitical in nature. they want a return to basic services. they want electricity, airconditioning at a time when iraq is experiencing a blazingly hot record heatwave. they want clean drinking water, clean water to bathe in for them and their families. the country is at a juncture were there is mounting anger towards the government and the prime minister showing that he's doing his utmost. on friday, the decision issued by the religious authority, guidelines issued by the highest shi'a cleric, in which support was given to haider al-abadi to do what he needed

crossing over to the iraqi capital to talk about that particular attack but another series of attacks in ramadi. >> yes, that's right. two attacks to tell you about in ramadi in the last several hours. the one that you mentioned, which was i.s.i.l. car bombing, that the configuration of military units in that attack the suicide bomber exploded in the vehicle. 15 iraqi soldiers killed 10 wounded. about an hour or so before that in southern ramadi there was another attack. this one foiled another car bomber, suicide car bomber according to officials. it was foiled the bomb went off, none of the soldiers targeted were injured or killed. in addition to those two attacks in ramadi underscoring how tough the battle against iraqi forces is right now, you have a strike that we heard about a few minutes back an iraqi air strike targetting i.s.i.l. positions east of fallujah. this happened a couple of hours ago in that attack. nine i.s.i.l. fighters were killed two armoured vehicles were taken out. a lot of the activity in iraq highlighting how tough the battle is here that is it waged by not j

at the end of the day agency lies with iraqis, and we hope that the iraqis will stand up and rise up and save their country, even though it is a very difficult and complex challenge, indeed. >> life for us in new york. thank you. >> now seven people have been sentenced to death in pakistan over a series of attacks. including an assault on a school that killed more than 150 people, most of them children. and an eighth person will now spend life in prison. >> the attack on the public school was not the first time that a place of learning had been targeted, but the scale of the assault which killed 151 people most of them students, shocked pakistan and the world. it led to protests in many cities, and the government reacted by announcing new measures that they said were aimed at combating terrorism. these are the seven men that carried out the attack. they all died in the assault. now they've confirmed the death penalty linked to the attack. they were tried behind closed doors after pakistan's parliament amended the constitution to allow such courts to try terrorism suspects. the men se

are agreeing with the protesters in public they are worried behind closed doors at a time when the iraqinment is preoccupied most of all fighting i.s.i.l. and ensuring the safety of the citizens and by most accounts people skeptical about what the iraqi government can do on the front and if they are effective on the front and they can deal with mounding protests with the civil society grass roots movement and even from the top tier of power here people concerned this could be very damaging to the iraqi government and they could really grow in breath and scope in the coming days. >> reporter: mohamed, thank you very much. well myanmar's president is urging people in low-lying areas to evacuate as swollen rivers are still rising and heavy monsoon rain washed away villages and crops in the southwest region and at least 74 people have died and florence traveled to rakhine and one of four states the government has declared disaster zones. >> reporter: one of the worst effected townships in rakhine state and several days ago people tell us this place was completely submerged, the water was bet

secretary rumsfeld have asked that we train the iraqi army. have had great experience in that area was training the afghan national army and was on the initial mission of that in february 2002 very early on in the afghan war. so i was used to dealing with tribes, dealing with setting when it's hard to vet people and all of those things. i had an adaptation of a national plan put down in a microcosm for our area of operations and became very successful very quick way. we never had any infiltration with our iraqis that we hired because i did it through the tribal chieftains. we just said look you are complaining about not having jobs, we have got jobs and we'll train you. what ultimately ended up happening is they were clamoring to look for success stories for this iraqi training effort is a part of national policy and tag we were it. we were one of the early success stories so mr. wolfowitz came to our area and he looked at the training and it was was on robo-call james bond island. it was the resort island in the middle of the tigris which is

streets calling for the brazilian president to resign >>> finger pointing after the fall of an iraqi city. baghdad making an effort to reform the iraqi government >>> and more on the bomb, and civilian rights. >>> we begin tonight with a possibility that the days of president dilma rousseff could be numbered. tens of thousands marched in rio de janeiro, brasilia and sao paulo. the protesters wanting her impeached. smaller gatherings are taking place in towns and city, the third time people have taken to the streets after protests in march and april. it's on political corruption, and they blame rousseff for the bad economy.

know these are not iraqi sunnis.n differentiate between sunnis who are moderate, who adopt a national discourse from the extremist, from the -- from those terrorists who are -- have this very extreme discourse. it's clearly not sectarian. i mean, although the motivation behind the attacks is sectarian, because isil believes that shia and moderate sunnis should be killed, they are not muslims. this is not going to raise any -- any tension. this is going to draw -- maybe distract the attention given to the areas where daesh is occupying. this is going to distract the attention of the government from focusing on basic services from solving the political problems. maybe this is going to be the main -- i mean the main negative or the main problem that this attack or such attacks will create. ♪ >>> the death toll from huge explosions in the chinese port city has risen to at least 50. these pictures reported by a camera drone show the aftermath of the blast. as many as 700 are injured and 36 firemen are still missing. adria

>> as the fight against isil drags on, we'll find out why iraqis are growing ever more wary of their countries alliance with the u.s. you're watching al jazeera live from london. coming up, a palestinian father is laid to rest one week after israeli settlers fire bombed his home. nowhere else to go, the migrants who have taken over a school in paris. >> haitians get the chance to make their voices heard in the countries election. >> hello, there, thank you for joining us. it's been a year since a u.s. led coalition began airstrikes against isil in iraq and then later in syria, as well. the group's rapid advance prompted iraq's government to ask for international help to flush them out. the u.s. coalition includes bahrain, jordan, qatar, the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. on the ground, 3,000 u.s. soldiers are training iraqi troops, as of may, the combined operations have cost the u.s. $2.44 billion. on average, the u.s. is spending almost $9 million a day on its fight against isil. muhammed is in baghdad, where many of doubtful that the anti isil strategy is actually working.

i talked to all of the iraqi generals. they will tell you there were nuclear weapons. they believe there were. the bottom line is they absolutely believe there were nuclear weapons on the ground. to say we shouldn't have gone in there now because we know there wasn't any reason find any, i think that's a little bit of hindsight. by the way we don't know where we would be right now if saddam hussein was still in the power. he was moving towards terrorism, i believe if we can you do have -- continues to have problems you don't know what he might , have done in terms of being part of the problem of terrorism. i think it's very difficult to say was it worthwhile. the decision was made, we did it, deal with it. we have to try to make it come out the best way we can. >> given your experience in iraq can you talk earlier about the growing conflict between shia and sunni and the increased influence now of iran. inside iraq, even militarily. do you see any possibility of reconciliation between the sunni and shia? gen. odierno: it is becoming more difficult by the day. i think t

[laughter] (iraqi accent) oh, these boston red sox are-- oh, boy. that's right. but the defeat of saddam hussein may be but the appetizer on a banquet of american whoop-ass. though the united states military has digested and passed an entire middle eastern country its maw hangs slack and drooling for more. syria in particular has been the subject of much saber rattling among the hawks and the bush administration, or as they're collectively known, the bush administration. [laughter] secretary of state donald rumsfeld has said he believes syria is harboring low level members of saddam hussein's regime. when asked recently if syria was next after iraq, the secretary responded, "it depends on people's behavior. certainly i have nothing to announce," a dark hint from rumsfeld, who is the only high ranking member of the united states government ever to speak entirely in dark hints. [laughter] deputy secretary of defense paul wolfowitz whose ideology is a wheelchair away from dr. strangelove's, is also casting an eye on damascus, as mentioned on a recent "meet the press

should consider embedding american troops with the iraqis. he spoke at the pentagon for about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. gen. odierno: i would send my prayers out to those killed in afghanistan this week. a member of the special forces group. we have ours that soldiers around the world doing dangerous and important things every single day. that is a reminder of the sacrifice they made. my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. i want to thank the press for what i believe to be a positive relationship over the last 15 years for me as i have worked around the world and here in the pentagon, i really do appreciate the work you do. i've reshoot the candor and dedication that you have, especially how you recover the army in many different parts of the world. i always found it important that the press raises issues, keeps us honest, helps us to work through tough issues that we have, and i truly appreciate the relationship we have had. enjoyed the time i had with the press. thank you very much for that. ready to go out the door, couple of p

iraqi politics are slow, especially when it comes to parliament. it is expected this debate would probably mean the sectarian politics would flare-up. this is something that could take weeks, could even take months. if it were to be ratified by the iraqi parliament, it would go to the desk of the prime minister. this is a process that it is expected that could take quite a bit of time to implement. >>> a year after the u.s. backed coalition began targeting isis, activists have been telling al jazeera the strategy is not working. the group lost some territory, but it's still firmly controls the capital. we have a report from across the border in southern turkey. >> reporter: these men are from isil's capital for two years. they have safe, but they hide their identities. some of them have been killed. but this hasn't stopped them and their informants from continuing with what they say is a campaign to save their city. their information suggests that u.s. led coalition air strikes have done little damage to isis. the strategy that relied on the kurds

state television so it really goes to show how much politicians here are trying to proof to the iraqie they are listening to demands. what are we expecting? the measures we expect by hadi will be discussed and voted on and not just those measures there were 16 additional measures that were proposed by parliament yesterday and all measures are to fight corruption and pair down parliament, other governmental institutions that people here are saying have become too fat with bureaucracy and cutting down body guards and pm and parliament in iraq and it shocked the country announced a few days ago for hadi to cut the vice presidents as well as the three deputy prime ministers and expecting it will be debated and also we are expecting they will be approved. after that then here comes the hard part the devil is in the details and implemented, is that when it will start and we don't know at this point and we are really trying to show they are working as hard and quickly as possible. >> i'm just going to jump in there because we are hearing here in the newsroom that parliament has indeed passed

and the iraqi army >>> you're watching al jazeera, liver from doha. also coming up, disbelief and anger. families question what malaysia airlines says is debris from malaysia airlines flight mh370 hon you aring the victims, hiroshima marks the day it was flattened by an atomic bomb, 70 years ago. >> rescue crews in myanmar struggle to reach thousands cut off by monsoon floods. >>> first to iraq, where frustration is mounting over the deteriorating security situation, and the rising number of civilians caught up in the battle against i.s.i.l. bombings are becoming almost a daily occurrence. look at this scene, that's in baghdad, after an attack on wednesday, a minibus explodes killing 7, including children. no one claimed responsibility. therefore regular protests against corruption and a lack of basic services, a lack there of. the government's problems are piling up. iraqi forces are struggling to defeat i.s.i.l. from anbar province. fighters seized the capital in may. the number of civilians killed in the conflict is climbing. we have this report, p

iraqis is here. iranis is here. africaen is here. africas is here. >> other people been waiting much longer? >> much longer. how long is this? >> 23 days. >> nobody has helped you in that time? >> i want to go in germany. >> and why? what do you think you'll find in germany? >> because i think my future is there. >> we have here some survival kits, baby kits. >> the area is under control? >> basically they are tired. you can control something 100 people. but something 1,000 is different. >> so it's lard. >> it's differently. >> providing temporary accommodation, sanitation and documentation to two and a half thousand people. there are schoouiveld syrian exn board. for many other nationalities ools who are not allowewhoare n. say they are strimented agains d against. >> woowe have complaints to almt everyone here. that is horrible. . >> you think that is specifically because you are africans? >> that might say but what i see, they yourself should know that it is because we are afri africans. >> even here floating on a holiday lilo the

from the rooftops of ramadi, iraqis try to take back the city from isil. it's a slow and tough battle. and once stifled by still in a, heroin addicts are offered a different kind of help to overcome their habits. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> top stories here on al jazeera. a small explosive device is thrown from a bridge towards on pier just one day after a blast killed 20 people in the city center. police are searching for clues to find out who is behind monday's attack. votes are being counted in veer lank ka with result its expected to be coming in. amness city international is condemning all sides fighting in yemen saying they have shown a wanton disregard for safety of civilians. >>> u.n. security council has given its support to get peace talks started in syria. it paves the way for u.n. special envoy to progress with his plan

we asked iraqis how they think it's going. >> i'm mart seen dennis you're with al jazeera. also coming up a funeral for a palestinian man who died a week after israeli settlers firebombed his home >>> >>> /* >>> in tune with democracy. hatians prepare to vote in long-delayed elections. live to port-au-prince >>> plus... >> i'm florence louie in myanmar. people in a flood-ravaged country are not sure what will happen to them when aid runs out. >>> it's been a year since the u.s.-led coalition began air strikes in i.s.i.l. and iraq and expanded so syria a month later. the rapid advance of i.s.i.l. and the threat to stability prompted several countries to come together. the coalition includes bahrain jordan, qatar, u.a.e. and saudi arabia. it carried out 6,000 strikes since the campaign began, at a cost of 3.2 billion. the focus of the mission is i.s.i.l. held cities of mosul and fallujah. the coalition carried out about 1400 attacks have been carried out in syria, focussing on raqqa, kobane near the turkish border and other places. >>> our coent has been speaking to iraqis wh

allies and the iraqi-led efforts. while the germans and emirates are helping organize these stabilization efforts, other coalition partners are providing significant support. the italians are playing a substantial role training the effective iraqi police force being reconstituted. and several coalition nations, including the united states have made sizable contributions to a u.n.-administered stabilization fund. and this fund will allow the iraqis to make immediate investments to meet the urgent needs of those who have suffered the daily dep -- depridations under daesh's heal for so many months and to restore water purification and electrical distribution. through the support of baghdad, this provides populations what they need so badly. and it creates the opportunity to strengthen the connection between the capital and the people, in fact, being liberated. this can be considered and ought to be considered as reconciliation from the ground up. these kinds of stabilization efforts will eventually be just as critical to

people in fallujah are caught in the cross fire between isis and iraqi army.fighters swept through fallujah in january and iraqi forces are trying to recapture it. tens of thousands of people gathered in japan to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing in hiroshima. the bombing killed 140,000 people. >>> more than 200 people tried to cross the mediterranean are feared to have been drowned. about 400 people were rescued. >> reporter: blood from the mediterranean, a family reaches safety. this one-year-old gill wa was r. she's alived. but the trauma is etched on her face. she was among hundreds packed on to a fishing boat which capsized. the vessel had begun its journey when it issued a distress call. rescuers from the italian coast guard, irish navy and medical charity doctors without borders arrived on the scene only to see the stricken boat overturned. many migrants rushed to one side of the boat causing it to capsize. what followed was a furious search and rescue operation. helicopters and ships joined in. they have saved hundreds of people and also

the afghan national army was corrupt and incompetent like its iraqi counterpart. what we look at and look over what is happening in the middle east, what we are saying is societies and countries which are in a state of extensive collapse and failure there is nothing the united states could have done to patch this situation up. trying to with stablish democracy in afghanistan and in iraq with schools and the united states should have instead maintained a hands-off approach and it is not just the best policy but the only -- the best worst policy in dealing with countries in situations like that. given your experiences in afghanistan do you think this would have had a completely different outcome, needed a different point. than we are. if a different strategy and different policy followed. >> there have been a lot of mistakes made in afghanistan. we struggled because we have vacillated between policy of trying to turn afghanistan into a viable democracy and one of narrowly focusing on our own interests. one thing we got to keep in mind with afghanistan is in the earl

engaged with iraqi officials.king through the house he says was destroyed by government bombing raids, he points out all of the blood stains. we can't even find the young kid under the rubble he says. they say they are targeting isil. where is isil in here? are young children now somehow affiliated with isil. more expressions of pain come from this gave yard where two sisters, their mother and aunt all killed as a result of air raids are laid to rest. while the anbar offensive started a few weeks ago, for residents here war is all too familiar. the city has been the scene of insurgencies and counter insurgencies. many civilians feel caught in a seemingly never-ending conflict. iraqi officials say they have arrived at the moment of truth. families in fallujah worry that promise only means they are face more fighting and that their reality will become far more harrowing. >>> chinese family of missing passengers from mh370 say they don't believe that debris has been found from the airport. the malaysian government sa

soldiers would train iraqis and moderate syrians to do the fighting on the ground. a year in, the plan working. critics say it just isn't. >> if you look at the data, you have to say no. in terms of numbers of fighters that isis has on their side, it has surge by the thousands. in terms of territory, they have held on to an enormous amount of territory. >> reporter: this is the territory this controlled before the u.s. took to the skies. this is what they have now. iraqi troops refuse to fight to hold ramadi and in syria, a year after it began, only 54 fighters have been trained. almost immediately after joining the fight, five were captured, one killed, many more deserted. the white house says the training program is having some problems but defends the strategy pointing to some success. >> the coalition has taken out thousands of positions, bombs, vehicles and training camps. isil has lost 30% of the territory. overall, isil has lost more than 17,000 square kilometers of territory in northern syria. that's over the course of the last year. >> reporter: the pentago

he was also an iraqi. he's from mosul. he knows the area. he has military skills, he knows the people of the area, and in one way or another it gives him or gives the organization some legitimacy. yes, isil has lost a lot of support, but being an iraqi, knowing the people in the area gives them some legitimacy. he knows how to deal with them. but at the end of the day isil still controls mosul. it's iraq's second largest city. it is deeply entrenched in mosul. and it regulates everything in the city. it regulates what people wear, when shops open. they tell people how to live their lives. we understand hundreds of thousands of people still live there. killing or getting rid of a military commander undoubtedly a blow to isil. still isil controls territory, and mosul has been controlled for over a year and just months ago mosul was able to take control of anbar province in iraq. not much progress on the ground, but this is a blow to organization in which top leaders all share the same cleanses, people who are iraqi. people who spent time in u.

fighters and the iraqi army. i.s.i.l. fighters sweeping through, and iraqi forces are trying to recapture it >>> nigerian group boko haram reportedly captured 135 people in noib ouring cameroon part of a regional force fighting the group >>> aid agencies are scrambling to help those affected by flooding in myanmar. the water is contaminated and areas have been cut off by electricity. monsoon rains and a cyclone led to areas being submerged in floodwater. florence louie has the latest. >> reporter: this is one of four states declared a disaster zone because of the severity of flooding and is the state that recorded the highest number of people killed. in the capital, planes have been flying in and transporting relief supplies. it's not just air force planes but domestic carriers involved in this effort. >> the international red cross is ramping up an emergency response because of a severity of the humanitarian situation. in some parts of myanmar areas are cut off. aid workers have not been able to reach the areas because t

is it possible for the iraqis to pull this off? in terms of going into these sunni cities and not relying on these shia militias? going back to the turkey issue obviously, isis has been supported greatly by these foreign fighters they continue to go through the border of turkey. what will this announcement mean to cut off that military support for isis on the ground? general allen: i have spent a lot of time with the tribes, and it was the ability to organize the tribes and motivate them and ultimately it was the deciding factor in the defeat of al qaeda. i have still maintained close contact with many of the sh eiks, and they are committed to the defeat of al qaeda, the defeat of daesh. importantly, while they and 0708 were skeptical of the maliki regime, from the governor's i spoken to of the sunni provinces to many of the sheiks, they have seen a big difference between a sense of attitude from baghdad and the attitude today. they do feel that abeidi will support them. he supports the opening of the new facility. he issued a five

a member of the iraqi parliament told us u.s. coalition strikes against isil in iraq and syria are useless. the armed group now controls more territory than when the bombing began a year ago. the white house said it needs for time for its strategy to to be if he gottive. >> a man buried after suffering burns from an israeli settler attack on his home. the attack killed his 18-month-old baby son. >> the ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi complained he's being given food in prison he suspects may have been tampered with. he made the comments in court in cairo where he and 10 others appeared on charges of espionage and leaking classified documents. we talk to former president mohamed morsi's son. he'll speak to us through a translator. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. tell us about your father's condition. i'm wondering, mr. morsi if you can hear me. are you able to hear me? this is martin talking from doha. we seem to have a few problems with the line there. ahh, actually..., no, we haven't got it with that we will

why has it been so difficult for those iraqi security forces that the u.s.with air strikes and so on in training, why has it been so hard for them? >> it has been hard. ramadi is a must-win for the iraqis to prove they can boot isis out of there. but for the u.s., very strategically, it is also a must-win. the obama administration has to show they can get iraqi forces back into the field fighting and get them to take ramadi back. what have they been up to? they've been circling the city, trying to cut off isis supply lines into the city. these iraqi forces struggling a bit, we are told today, because while they've had some success, basically the northern approaches to ramadi still very much opened a isis resupply line. isis is still after all this time able to come down from these northern routes, from mosul down into ramadi and resupply fighters and weapons in the city. and unless the iraqis can really cut it off, they're not going to be able to get it back. >> doesn't bode well for mosul either in the north. we were there as ray odierno, what was your take

soldiers are training iraqi troops. as of may have, the combined operation have cost the u.s. $2.44 billion. on average the u.s. is spending almost $9 million a day on its fight against isil. many doubt the strategy is working. >> with hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, it's a mournful atmosphere for the patrons of the cafe. here, they sit and smoke what small comforts are provided. not even these decaying mementos of iraq's glorious past are enough to counter all the reminders of its dangerous present. the majority, they didn't think they see effects on the ground, nothing on the ground. >> a political analyst tells me that in the year since the u.s. led coalition began its airstrikes against islamic state of iraq and the levant, many iraqis have grown more distrustful than ever of their government's alliance with the united states. >> they think the exercise, they have global policy and they want to use this war for their global policy. >> a short walk away, the mood is livelier, but not much happier.

in ramadi is still strong and joint iraqi forces are still weak. not been able to put an end to that organization in the 70 days since the start of the anbar offensive. >> reporter: defense ministry maintains security forces are fighting as effectively as possible. but scenes like this in which a shoulder mounted rocket propelled grenade launcher is helping the government seem to underscore questions regarding how well trained these men are. still no matter how competent they are at warfare the intensity of this struggle would leave most fighters warn out. these days an ox government faces a convergence of crisis. one on the battlefield the other in the court of public opinion as tens of thousands of fed up iraqis continue demonstrating against corruption and demanding a return of basic services including electricity and air conditioning. iraq's prime minister abd rabbuh mansur hadi have been quick to pass measures many say that is not enough and they vow to keep coming in the streets no matter how hot it gets and how long it takes. many say it's a

i think they seek to re-establish the iraqi kurdish border.hat is going on within syria, they've been changing partners and clients. are for the past year they've been working with the kurds, while tacitly accepting the expansion. of the kurdish economy zone. now they seem so have switched forces and are working primarily with the turkish government. again, with a tacit agreement with the turks, that will basically allow them to fra and present the consolidation. that makes for a very messy and complicated and distrusting situation on the ground, doesn't it. >> well, it is a messy and complicated and distrusting situation on the ground. precisely. and i think it's going to get even more so. i mean, there's the whole issue that - the set of issues that your correspondent mentioned. for example, seeking to train syrians not to serve any syrian agenda, but rather to serve an exclusively american agenda, of taking on the islamic state movement or not engaging in confriend stations with the government, about the syrian government. which is a priori

wants because most iraqis know most who are behind these attacks are not iraqi sunnis and we can differentiately between sunnis who are again i.s.i.s. and who are moderate to adopt a national discourse from the extremist, from the terrorists who have this very extreme discourse. it's clearly not sectarian although the motivation behind the attacks are sectarian because i.s.i.l. believed that shia and moderate sunnis should be killed and not muslims and this is not going to raise any tension. this is going to draw maybe distract the attention given to the areas where da'esh is occupying and going to distract the attention of the government from focusing on basic services and solving the political problems, maybe this is going to be the main i mean the main negative or the main the problem that this attack on such attacks will create. ♪ now, seven people have been sentenced to death in pakistan over a series of attacks including assault on a school that killed more than 150 people. most of them children. an 8th person will spend life in prison as we report. >> reporter: the attack on the army pu

>> she is an iraqi citizen. i refer you to the iraqi criminal justice about that.here is the reason to be is skeptical of the syrian justice system at this point. with the charges that she bases i will refer you to the iraqi criminal justice system. but that is the tissue is a citizen of iraq. >> [inaudible] >> i think we have been forthright and candid a about the challenges we face to implement this strategy when it comes to recruiting recruiting, training and supporting moderate syria and opposition fighters. to take the fight to lou isil on the ground for the one of the most significant challenges is conducting background checks. there is a priority to make sure those individuals who receive significant to equipment are not individuals who are prepared to do a turnaround to use that training equipment against a coalition force. or for the opposition element. this has been and a difficult challenge that i have often said the united states that the president and his team is interested to major we're constantly reviewing the politics we have in place to refine tho

on the front lines iraqi security forces battle isil one shot at a time. despite the promises to recapture quickly, the battle has so far been slow. >> while the defense ministry insists things are going well, and have moved on to phase two there, part of the largest anbar offensive some are skeptical. >> i believe isil and ramadi is still strong, and the joint iraqi forces are still weak. they haven't been able to put an end to that organization in the 70 days since the start of the anbar offensive. but scenes like this, in which a shoulder which are helping the government, seem to underscore questions regarding how well trains these men are. >> still, no matter how competent they are at were fair, the intensity of this struggle leaves most worn out. these days iraq government faces a convergence of crisis. one on the battlefield. the others in the court of public opinion. and demanding a return of basic services including electricity, and air conditioning. while iraq's prime minister have been quick to pass measures many iraqis say that's not near enough

we know now that the iraqi army is not effectively trained or equipment. i don't think anyone is expecting the army to withstand the big assaults as we have heard them from the i am not s i.s. the more leading role is by the militias supporting the army, they are taking a backseat role. in order to effectively carry out the battle against i.s.i.s., we need to strengthen the army and investigate as to why they have withdrawn from those places. taking a few generals, i don't think it's going to achieve much. >> government forces are battling houthi rebels for control of the city. fighters loyal to haider al-abadi say 50 houthis have been killed in fighting in tiaz south-wests of the capital. the main security headquarters was retaken by pro-government forces on saturday. pro-government forces are in full control of a province, which has substantial oil reserves, and they hold five of the yemen's six provinces in the south. >> children are among dozens of migrants bordering rafts in turkey hoping to reach the greek island of cos. if they manage to reach there

i spoke to the iraqis that have contact in mosul. what it said was that their contact informed them that i.s.i.l. lost a high-ranking member. but in one way for another. in man had a legitimacy or credibility if you like, because he was an iraqi or a foreigner. he knows the area, the people, the culture. this, of course, is an advantage, specially since i.s.i.l. lost a lot of support among the population because of this interpretation of islam, the way it rules, the very fact that it doesn't accept any form of dissent. undoubtedly this is a setback. we have to remember something. i.s.i.l. is a secretive organization. there's intelligent information that the power structure is not centralized. leaders outside iraq, al qaeda and iraq had a centralized command structure. leaders learn from that. adapted, whereby they give flexibility. over all operations are not affected if they lose a leader. in the short term, undoubtedly we'll have to see how it affects the situation on the ground. >> zeina khodr live in baghdad. thanks for that >>>