and that border area, syria and northern iraq and that borderarea, but syria and northern iraqright now and a lot of focus. but obviously, when something like this comes along, and a high—value target like al-qurayshi presents himself, they can take that limited action to go in there and do it, get out, and they have had success this time around. gary, thank you _ success this time around. gary, thank you very _ success this time around. gary, thank you very much _ success this time around. gary, thank you very much indeed. i rising energy prices are causing a major squeeze on incomes across the world. in the uk, the energy regulator today announced big rises in bills that will affect millions of households. the average household bill for gas and electricity will go up by nearly £700 as the energy price cap. rises to nearly £2,000. this is a huge challenge for families and for the government — which has announced financial support to ease the impact — totalling £350 for the average household. our business editor simonjack reports. for households like suzanne's, the news today o

of course, the whole region there into northern iraq that have their own a desires on sovereignty on independence. very much their own way of living. there highly skill, highly trained, highly experience after so many years of war and their back by the u. s. and turkey for example. and they're really from the u. s. perspective, the force on the ground where the u. s. can't, for political, diplomatic reasons, can't really show such a public face of a u. s. presence there. all right, well i'm, we're going to leave it there or we're still waiting for us to president joe biden to come out and deliver those remarks and tell us more about what exactly happened . but we do know for a fact that the ice leader has been killed in a u. s. military rate. thank you, william or catch up later to the pandemic, the united kingdom and then mark are among the 1st european countries to lift most of their corona virus. restrictions, despite relatively high case numbers, there governments have decided the virus now poses less of a risk to citizens and public health care systems. but while many are hoping

. >> general hertling, you knew this person from your time as commander in northern iraq or knew of.l about his importance in isis after al baghdadi was killed? >> i can tell you history in northern iraq when i was there in 2007 and '08 is he was one of the deputy amirs of moezal. as you remember, it was spook central in terms of what was going on with isis and the evolution of al quaeda into isis at the time. he was captured in 2008 by joint special operations command, interrogated multiple times, and gave actually some false information back and forth, was imprisoned and then later released by the iraqi government. he then became al baghdadi's deputy and has watched al baghdadi until he was killed in 2019 and then took over. but he is a theological leader -- or was a theological leader within isis. he had a degree from the university of mosul. so, he was a guy who took sort of a contrary view of what isis could be from a strategic standpoint living under sharia law and ensuring that it was executed throughout the global environment. so, i think -- i kind of disagree with peter a li

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kur tisch militants killed three turkish soldiers in an attack in northern iraq last december.he strikes come as international attention remains focused on ukraine. >>> ice hockey is one of the most watched sports at the winter olympics, but in japan, the fastest game on ice has never taken off in a big way. nhk world's chris core day shares the story of a team helping to build a home for hockey here in tokyo. >> the jerseys all sport the symbol of canada. but this is hockey night in suburban tokyo. >> got a mix of some canadians, americans, japanese, and it feels good to have that little thing from home, so to speak. >> reporter: a group of expats formed the tokyo canadians 26 years ago. they shared a passion for hockey in a city where it's not a big thing. >> hockey community here is such a small. so pretty much we know everyone. >> reporter: these are competitive players, but this is not professional hockey. their goal is just to play games and make connections. the canadians' captain is an american who came to tokyo 16 years ago. the friends he has made through hockey have

he was born in northern iraq in 1976. and later rose to become an officer for the former iraqi president saddam hussein's army. he joined. that'll kind of affiliate up to the us invasion of iraq in 2003, but was detained by the u. s. a year later. the founder of i sal albuquerque. but daddy was detained in the same prison crash she is said to have cooperated with the americans helping identified dozens of al qaeda and i saw members and that reportedly led to him be released now he later joined the ranks of i, sol as a close, aided to by daddy, he was known for playing a major role in attacks against the z. the minority group. p. j. crowley is a former us assistant secretary of state. he says, the operation will raise many questions about the actions of special forces and the ongoing threat. poor posed by eyes any time that you can, you know, put a dent in the leadership of a group like this. it's meaningful. think about al qaeda, for example, is never quite been the same. so it's a loss of them or some have been lot. so le

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this follows massive airstrikes carried out by turkey in northern iraq and syria. turkey's defense minister said the bombings targeted members of the kurdistan workers' party, known as the pkk, as well as the syrian kurdish ypg militia, both of which turkey claims are terrorist groups. one turkish air raid that destroyed an electric power station in northern syria also injured nearby civians. >> i was inside having dinner and then i headed out for tea and then i heard theound of a warplane and ran to tell my colleagues. i don't know what happened next. all i remember is that i heard the sound of two explosions. amy: kurdish forces said the u.s.-backed coalition open and airspace corridor for turkey to bomb northeastern syria. meanwhile, iraqi security forces condemned the airstrikes as a violation of iraqi airspace. the pentagon says it's sending a guided-missile destroyer and fighter jets to the united arab emirates as houthi rebels in yemen step up attacks. the uae's military said it shot down three houthi drones wednesday, the fourth such attack in recent weeks.

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army's first armored division and task force in northern iraq for 15 months during the surge. he served as an advisor to the nonprofit organization mission readiness in california. operation gratitude in washington, d.c.. we sent in general, we are delighted to have you with us as well. i think what i would like to ask each of you, and i will start with you. my question for each of you, and we will take it and turn, is why do you believe now is a critical time to reauthorize child nutrition programs? what is unique about this time that makes it so essential? >> thank you. so i think right now, the pandemic has really underscored the critical role that the school meal program has made but it highlighted the need for reform by shining a spotlight on the rules and regulations. the pandemic in general in the last few months in particular have really been challenging. they have had to deal with higher food costs, unpredictable full schedules and labor shortages which have shown remarkable dedication. while the usda has taken many steps to address the situation, congressional action

for example in august 2014, dod carried out 25 strikes in northern iraq, to slow isis advance on air deal and allow the disease to escape the genocidal onslaught. these strikes likely save thousands of civilian lives . let me say a few more words about why it's so important to protect civilians in the course of drone operations. the law of armed conflict includes the distinction principle which requires competence to distinguish between combatants and civilians and to target only the former. it includes the proportionality principle under which combatants must avoid causing incidental harm to civilians that excessive in relation to the military advantage to be gained. beyond these legal requirements the obama and ma trump administrations both adopted a default rule that a drone strike may not take place unless there is near the civilians will not be harmed. this standard appears to offer even more protection to civilians and what is required by the law of armed conflict. as for the morality of avoiding civilian casualties, attacking innocent human life is a fundamental american value

labeled a genocide of the yazidi ethnic minority in northern iraq. he was a mysterious figure rarely seen in photos. he never recorded messages for isis foot soldiers, and u.s. officials say he communicated by courier. but the u.s. says he personally directed operations in syria and iraq, including last week's assault on a prison in northeast syria. it was the largest isis attack in years. allied mostly kurdish troops and american troops had to fight back for days to maintain prison control. and u.s. officials say qurashi provided inspiration for the isis fighters responsible for attacks in afghanistan and for a resurgence in sub-saharan africa. gen. mckenzie: i do think it makes it harder for them to come up with an integrated global approach. and i think what you're going to see is a continued devolvement to the regional level of these ganizations. when you don't have a central re that can disperse money and share money among competing franchises, it makes it harder for them to be resourced. nick: it was a risky raid that won't stop isis' ideology,

iraq, and then killed randy's shout. it was tucked down to the red sea through sinai, for example, that just keep developing during sunday, throwing the rain across northern parts, iraq, snow, excessive, now think it in southern caucasus. then eventually about that, you bring that shamal that comes all the way south and see temperatures drop in q 8 there. ha, not until monday. and then you got a brief hiatus where things are better than the event. but that normally breeze is just a hint of the next one starting to develop. so this picture on monday that there's the shamela talking about it will be a dusty one, but i'll take the cold one, leaving sunshine behind. right, it's jumps ice, same line of longitude, very active so to well, just the bottom of your screen and the rains are starting to come, doth into uganda with a few showers in the us, your ethiopian highlands, but still the most active weather is for the south and is fairly, obviously not so much now in south africa as in madagascar. m naughty to land full during tuesday. aah! cutter. one of the fastest growing nations in the world news ronnie cut needed to open and develop it into national shipp

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in northern iraq. the situation here is very different. we would face a risk of having to shoot down russian planes. that is something that i think the house would want to contemplate with caution. >> in locking out russian state money, i hope the prime minister can give me reassurance that that will include overseas to lurch -- protests in a number of russian cities across russia at the moment and celebrities in russia have been speaking out. i hope that we will be offering all of the support we can to those people who are likely to be sean by the fascist/imperialist beijing. >> i can say that one of the reasons why i want to keep our fantastic british embassy staff in moscow, even though the temptation is to sunder into diplomatic relations, i want to keep them there and support groups, such as the one he mentions. >> i have given evidence for war crime trials. it was a genocide and crimes against humanity, people were charged with. could i ask why the house and the right honorable friend, to agree with me that any russian who kills our

i remember the no-fly zone in 1991 in northern iraq. the situation here is very different. we would risk having to shoot down russian planes, and that is something i think the house would want to contemplate with caution. >> in locking up russian state money, i hope the prime minister can give me reassurance that that will include our overseas territories and dependencies who must be included in this? and i note that there have been protests in a number of cities across russia at the moment. russian people have been speaking out. i do hope we will offer all the support we can to those people likely to be shunned by the fascist putin government? prime minister johnson: yes, and one of the reasons why i want to keep our fantastic british embassy staff in moscow, even though the temptation is there to end diplomatic relations with putin, i want to keep them there. >> i have given evidence for war crimes trials. it was genocide and crimes against humanity that people were charged with. could i ask my honorable friend on the house to agree with me that any russian who kills a uk

dod carried out 25 strikes in northern iraq to slow isis advance and allow the escape of a genocide onslaught. this likely saved thousands of civilian lives. it includes the distinction principal that allows them to distinguish between combatants and civilians. beyond these legal requirements, the obama and trump administrations both adopted the default rule that a drone strike may not take place unless there's near certainty that civilians will not be harmed. this standard appears to offer more protection to civilians than what is required. protecting innocent human life is a fundamental american value. this is who we are as americans. we fight hard but we fight fair. we play by the rules and one of the most important rules is to avoid inflecting the horrors of war on innocent bystanders. of course, sometimes we make mistake. i want to pause to acknowledge the powerful testimony of the witnesses joined us today from yemen. we also saw this in heartbreaking fashion in the drone strike in kabul last august that killed ten innocent civilians, including seven children. when mistakes are made and

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northern parts of syria and garage make the way further east, which as we go through friday, northern areas of iraq seeing some live down pause pushing across into iran, maybe even a shower or 2 towards queue weight. northern parts of saudi arabia, but things certainly tony, decidedly unsettled here, south of that 5 and dry, some lovely sunshine here in doha with grassy easing off, 46 celsius for us. then, on friday afternoon, at wet to whether we have across the east side of the med will bring some heavy downpours into northeastern areas of olivia, northern parts of egypt, also sing some rather wet weather, a few showers to just around the coastal fringes of west africa. plenty of showers, meanwhile, across central parts of africa, we have got this weakening trouble cycling, making its way across southern parts of madagascar. it moves through very quickly. i'm pleased to say, but plenty of showers tucking in behind. ah, killing the debate. they erased out like people from the american and global story was very powerful on line. your voice, the comment section is right hope chilling our conversatio

carried out 25 strikes in northern iraq, to slow ices advance and allow the easy these to escape theonslaught. these likely saved thousands of civilian lives. let me say a few more words about why it's so important to protect civilians in drone operations. this requires combatants to distinguish between combatants and civilians, and to target only the former. it also includes the proportionality principle. they must avoid causing incidental harm to civilians, as relation to disability to the military advantage of as well. the obama and trump administrations, both adopted a fault rule. that a drone strike may not take place unless there is near certainty that civilians may be harmed. this offers more protection to civilians, than what is required by the law of our conflict. as for the morality of recording civilian casualties, protecting human life is a fundamental american value. this is who we are as americans, we fight hard but we fight fair. we play by the rules, and one of the most important roles is to avoid inflicting the horrors of war on innocent bystanders. of course sometim

not like a concentrated, it is not ices that was an army that control of the state —like area of northern iraqied out a very substantial attack on the president which ices fighters are located. it's carried out significant terrorist actions in iraq in recent weeks. it solidified its position in western africa, and as i mentioned, but of a resurgence in the afghanistan and pakistan region noting that it's fighting against the taliban, of course not supporting them, even though it benefited from thatjailbreak that the taliban executed in liberation of afghanistan.— the taliban executed in liberation of afuhanistan. ,, , ., . of afghanistan. stephanie, you heard but the general _ of afghanistan. stephanie, you heard but the general said, _ of afghanistan. stephanie, you heard but the general said, a _ of afghanistan. stephanie, you heard but the general said, a gutsy - of afghanistan. stephanie, you heard but the general said, a gutsy call- but the general said, a gutsy call by the president. he got a lot of flakfor the way by the president. he got a lot of flak for the way the withdrawal was han

the temperature react $26.00 and q $825.00, but some showers for northern areas of iraq on thursday. that's a snapshot of your weather. ah, the weather. sponsored by katara ways into different worlds. but creatively, philosophically and 9 a world explore the surprisingly, between the addiction islamic scholar mohammed abdul and russian novelist, d o t o. in the french, audrey and literally asian thinkers, answer me on al jazeera. ah ah, your child, is it a reminder of our top stories? this are leaders of germany, france and poland, discuss ways to deescalate tension ukraine's border with russia, speaking in berlin, they all agree. their common goal is to prevent war in europe. schools in connecticut state in southern india. how in order to close for 3 days because of growing anger about a banner muslim girls wearing head scarves. y'all positions accusing the willing b j. p, which controls the state government of discrimination. public healthcare workers in sri lanka have begun an indefinite strike to demand higher pay and a failure system for promotions. only emergency and critical c

iraq, and then curled around these showers. it was tucked down to the red sea through sinai, for example, thought of just keep developing during sunday, throwing the rain across northern parts, iraq, snow, excessive. now think it in southern caucasus. then eventually about that. you bring that shamal that comes all the way south and see temperature dropping, q 8, and there are not until monday. and then you've got a brief hiatus where things are better than the vent. but that normally breeze is just a hint of the next one starting to develop. so this picture on monday that there's the shamela talking about it will be a dusty one, but i'll pick the cold one, leaving sunshine behind. right, it's jumps ice, same line of longitude, very active sort of well just the bottom of your screen and the rains are starting to come off into uganda with a few showers. and yes, your ethiopian highlands, but still the most active weather is for the south. and is fairly, obviously not so much now in south africa as in madagascar, m naughty to land full during tuesday. ah, dictatorships to democracies, activists to corporations, control of the message is crucial. oil companies have becom

but 1st the pitcher rounds of rain through the levant, northern areas of syria, iraq, and that is dropping down to the south. in fact, to wait, may see some showers. we go in for a closer look. 2 things i wanted to point out here. southerly flow that's pops up the temperature ria, 26 same goes for q 8, but look, there is some of those showers that may leak in there, the risk of it, and maybe even some funder downpours did see quite intense downpours in karachi. also a suburb $150.00 millimeters of rain within hours. so all of that to say water logged roads were certainly an issue that energy has shoved away. so we're back into the sunshine and temperatures are lifting. for example, in karachi, 27 degrees a high for you on thursday, while wet and windy conditions we had in is stumble, but that energy has shifted out toward the east were also seen. it pushes into the caucasus as well on thursday. take it to africa, we're talking about the potential to break some records here. shark, the red, the hired, the temperature jew, but $42.00. the record for february is $43.00 degrees. we have pourin

cloud drifting around northern areas of the middle east that may generate some showers into northern syria in iraq. but other than that, it's fine and dry. we go in round the gulf, we see a southerly flow of air here. so over the next few days, that's going to pop up the temperature and re added stellar forecast here. but then that wind shifts back to the northwest so that drops you down your temperatures to more line with where they should be for this time, the year through pakistan, things are fairly settled. here are a few showers, not too far away from the horn. in fact may plague the hor, off to iran in afghanistan. few clouds floating around here is wall. now leftovers of what was storm dudley's start to sink into turkey. moving west to east. we've got snow over the higher ground and a quick shot of some showers for is stumble with the high of 13 degrees. central africa looks like this. we can find heat from juba into bungie. read through to a boot. boot may hit 40 degrees on friday. okay, now we've got somewhat weather here with leftovers of cycle loan slamming into central, northern mozamb

we're still in that just your region in the border region between iraq and syria and northern syria. and also remember the grievances that the leveraged to enlist support from the local population. this is a really important point that you saw in am ar province. during the 1st insurgency in iraq, you are able to leverage, you know, in some ways lou, legitimate grievances, whether it's aside the regime, russia, or even the united states and their support for their s d f and the excesses of the student. democratic forces in places like hasn't been so um it raised a lot of concerns. the group is not fully eliminated. it retains the ability to conduct these kind of stripes. and also one thing to mention, there are thousands of former ices fighters and or their families, including minors, children who are now still in detention after 3 years across detention facilities in the north east under the guard of u. s. back forces, the s d f. and you know, one of the horrible situations of this research prison break is hundreds of boys apparently were in that jail and we believe many have been kil