fighters have taken mosul, tikrit and tal afa. al-shabab has been blamed for an attack on a coastal town of pecka tony, leaving 48 dead. witnesses say they attacked hotels, banks, government offices and set fire to buildings. ukraine has run out of the time to pay the gas bill of $2 billion to russia. the deadline was at 6 o'clock g.m. t. kiev faces having its gas supply cut off. >> the pakistani army says 120 fighters have been killed in air strikes, it's part of a military offensive that began on sunday, targetting strong holds in north waziristan. on monday government jets pounded targets. killing 12 people. the operation is seen as a response to an attack on pakistan's busiest airport in karachi last week. we go to kamal hyder live in islamabad. talk about movements on the ground and what is happening in north waziristan. >> as you mentioned there has been fresh strikes, not just in one division of north waziristan, but in two subdivisions. we are told that there has been casualties where 15 fighters were killed, another 12, a

the latest on ground is that tal afa and other towns are taken. the iraqi government is disputing that. >> that's right. rebel forces say they are controlling the town. they say they have put a strong fight against the government forces. tens of thousands of people, we are told, are fleeing. the government is totally refuting it. the government forces are in full control. they have sent reinforcements to the town. they cleared the town of the i.s.i.l. fighters, along with other fighters, and they say also that thousands, rather, of the volunteers arrived to back the government forces. so you have two versions of event regarding tal afa. >> what is happening in baghdad? >> i know there has been a lot of fear over the weekend. a lot of experts say that there's no way the rebels are strong enough to take baghdad because it's not as strong a sunni territory as where the rebels have had success. >> that's true. the capital baghdad is more secure than the rest of the country. you can imagine that with the scale of this crisis, the government is doing al

the late they come from tal afa, from the turkman minority. this is not their fight. >> translation: we left because of the fighting. i don't want to stay. i'm trying to reach my daughter in kirkuk. they are not allowing us to get through the checkpoint. they tell us to go through another way, but where. >> it's a question many displaced iraqis ask. kurdish authorities are overwhelmed by the daily in flux. >> when you travel through the region, you can't help put notice the people coming in from all directions. the reason they come is for safety, but this is the only place in the country where there's no sectarianism. >> we reached the outskirts in the east. there are cues, waits and exhausted faces. they are sunnis, coming from tikrit. this group arrived. they had to go through iraqi army positions and the rebel ones. >> translation: we don't know what will happen. we are living in the moment, not knowing what tomorrow will bring. people are sleeping on the floor. please find us a solution. >> the swift spread of fighters from the islamic sta

these are the new arrivals, the latest town to fall into the hand, from tal afa.hey are from the turkman minority. this is not their fight. >> translation: we left because of the fighting. i'm trying to reach my daughter in kirkuk. they are not allowing us to get through the checkpoint. they tell us to go another way - where? it's a question many ask. kurdish authorities are overwhelmed by the influx. >> when you travel through the region, you can't help but notice the people on the move. the reason they come is for safety, because this is the only place in the country where there's security. niece people are mostly sunnis. coming from tikrit. this group of young men had to go through army positions and the sunni rebel once. >> translation: we don't know what will happen, we are living tomorrow not knowing what it will bring. if you leave, you can't go home. people are sleeping on the floor. find us a solution. >>> the islamic state of iraq and levant and sunni rebels along the kurdish border - it's the most serious threat to the region since the u.s.-led invasion

the town of tal afa is turkman shia. a lot of them belong to security forces. that's why the sunni rebels will take the town. if they manage to take the town, they'll take control of another strategic town. also we hear a significant number of diplomatic developments. they are happening with the regional and international partners. the united nations is trying to build consensus with everyone that has a stake in iraq. that includes the u.s., u.k., iran and turkey. it is mulling over options. regional solutions will likely come from iran and turkey. the president says all that they have to do is ask for help. all of that has gone on. chuck hagel announced a carrier group is moving from the north arabian sea. one of the options - they are likely to be drone flight for intelligence, air trikes or missile strikes. both the iraqis and americans ruled out having american boots on the ground. lots of developments going on militarily with the sunni rebel attack outside of mosul diplomatically. trying to get all the regional and international partners together and the a