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. >> i am lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. >> also coming up.tests in bangladesh after another is murdered for posting secular views online. one of the main suspects in the brussells attacks, and the philippines presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major super power. syrian state t.v. is claiming. it says those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors from the cement company. al jazeera is unclear exactly what happened, but several of those taken have now been released. there are conflicting reports with regards to the news of the abduction of these workers, these cement workers. state television saying that isil kidnapped roughly 300 workers, however, sources on the ground have told al jazeera that the number was far less than that, one of the armed opposition groups that were fighting as well as fighting isil managed to secure the release of most of them. they say that isil initially killed or beheaded ten of those that they took captives and that less than 100 remain in the hands of isil, however, what this goes to show is t

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, i am lauren taylor this is the news hour live from london. coming up.hting flares around the strategic city of aleppo in syria, just days ahead of a new round of peace talks. >>> a stark warning from the i.m.f. about the impact the refugee crisis could have on the global economy. >>> the push for greater trans marijuana is a at the u.n. the candidates for the top job begin to put forward their case. >>> and a hero's welcome for the former or gun tin vinnie president ahead of a court appearance on money laundering charges. >>> i will be here with all the day's sport including real madrid and manchester city of the english premier league book their spots in the semifinals of the champions league. ♪ ♪ >>> there has been a surge in fighting in syria just a day before a new round of indirect talks gets underway in geneva. syrian government forces and their allies have launched an offensive to retake the strategic down south of the city of aleppo. it lies along the highway between aleppo and the capital damascus. pro-government forces say they have made advan

. ♪ >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up.rotests in bangladesh after another blogger is murdered for posting secular views online. we take a look at the philippine's presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major superpower. >>> this used to be nothing more than a giant junk yard, now it's one of america's most popular open-air car museums. and we're going to give it a tour. ♪ it's old car city, old car city usa ♪ ♪ >>> hello. syrian state tv is saying that the islamic state of iraq and the levant has abducted as many as 300 people near the syrian capitol. it says those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors. the latest on this, let's go to jamal live in beirut for us. what were the circumstances of this kidnapping? >> reporter: well, lauren, it preesty unclear. we are getting different reports from different sources as you mentioned the syrian government is saying that roughly 300 factory workers were kidnapped by isil. however sources if damascus have also said that one of the rebel groups, the armed groups

. >> i am lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. >> also coming up.gladesh after another is murdered for posting secular views online. one of the main suspects in the brussells attacks, and the philippines presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major super power.

i'm lauren taylor. this is the news hour live from london. coming up. the syrian army launches a major offensive on rebels around aleppo. >>> in bangladesh a brother is murdered for posting sexual views online. >>> we look at the philippines presidential candidate vowing to take on a major superpower. >>> i'm robinda

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. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, i am lauren taylor this is the news hour live from london. coming up.flares around the strategic city of aleppo in syria, just days ahead of a new round of peace talks. >>> a stark warning from the i.m.f. about the impact the refugee crisis could have on the global economy. >>> the push for greater trans marijuana is a at the u.n. the candidates for the top job begin to put forward their case. >>> and aer

>> hello, i'm lauren taylor, this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes, dilma rousseff's political future back in the spotlight. there are grounds of impeachment. we'll look at the latest victories that bernie sanders and ted cruz means. >>> and continuing to risk it all. immigrants determined to make it to greece even though many will be sent back. >> and in sports, swiss police raid fifa offices. and tonight, football, cristiano ronaldo and his real madrid teammates. >> another blow after the head of a committee said that there were grounds to impeach dilma rousseff. the recommendation to impeach comes ahead of a decisive vote later this month. how important is this statement? >> this is very important because it is putting dilma rousseff closer to being impea impeached. there is minimal evidence that an impeachable crime has been committed. she's being accused of manipulating the accounts for her re-election campaign. the 128 page report will be given next monday, and if tha that is proven, it will go to the vote. if t

. ♪ >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up.other blogger is murdered for posting secular views online. we take a look at the philippine's presidential candidate who is vowing to take on a major superpower. >>> this used to be nothing more th

. >> lee and her colleagues, kristen taylor and lauren cohen say the city has tried to forbid them from advising parents to opt out. months ago, this video was shot showing the superintendent allowed to tell parents they should skip the tests. >> a teacher can't say to a parent i think you should opt your parent out. that's what i'm saying. >> the opt-out movement is saying tests fail to measure real learning, waste teacher time and scores could be used to justify closing schools. >> these test, be clear, are agenda. >> if you can use the tests to say the schools are failing and you can replace them with private institutions not held to the samability e accountability. >> she says the stakes have been lowered and scores are one metric used to measure school performance. >> i don't believe in opting out. i think it's really important that we see what we're capable of. all of life will have a test of some kind or another. place. >> so far the de.o. says they haven't been disciplined. lauren cohen is in support of opting out but will only say yes, parents should pull their kids as a privat

taylor swift in love. miranda lambert's new man. >> our ben and fiance lauren already in trouble? we have moments from a home dough depot parking lot caught on tape. >> everything's going to be taken incorrectly at times. >> which is why we asked, is this exclusive video evidence of paradise lost for the bachelor couple or just a serious conversation? what we know. this 30-minute exchange went down last sat in a denver home depot parking lot. and i witnessed. >> you made your own birthday cake. perhaps frustrated. he repeatedly drops his head, rubs his eyes and at one point shook his head no. >> this moment when she puts her hand on his back seems to be the only physical contact. she touches his cheek. all appeared well once home as ben removed the shirt and carried things inside. >> quite a relief. >> that was the happy couple three weeks ago after announcing their engagement. multiple sources tell "e.t." despite that moment that appears tense, all is well. they watched the national championship game over wine. >>> moving on to miranda lambert's coming-out party with her new boyf

lauren green live for us. >> cruz and kasich teamed up to try to take down trump. is it too little too late? radio talk show host sammy bruce and strategist kathy lynn taylor. thank you for sticking around. >> thank you. >> trump 950, cruz 560, kasich 153 which is actually still less than marco rubio, so, this plan they had to go together and battle trump clearly did not work. do you think they will stick with it? >> it is already unravelling. i never told anybody not to vote for anybody else. it was a short matter of convenience. it was too little too weak. for ted cruz he is in a difficult pee significance this morning because donald trump actually and more because john kasich beat him in 4 out of five states. it is hard for voters to go to the next bopoll in indiana and vote for the guy who has come in last in 4 out of fooi states. people want to vote for a winner and success begats success. >> you understand why they did it. it was a last ditch effort. yet ironically it represents what everybody is rejecting. while it is collusion that is dynamic that is secret and bad. >> shenanigans in other words. >> a genuine strategy to try to win. clearly they rec