a special report on the islamist state -- aerosonic -- on the islamic state organization. >> the islamictate organization is better connected, even more bloodthirsty, and stronger than al qaeda. these mutant barbarians, as it calls them, will be even harder to fight than bin laden's group. one interesting thing that we've been experiencing here in the media -- the difficulty of naming the islamic state group talking about it. we've been calling it isis, islamic state organization. it is not a state. it is more like a war machine that controls a patchwork of various territories. is that a good excuse to use a catchphrase to name these terrorists? if we use the name they have invented for themselves, are we falling into their propaganda trap? >> francis calling it an abbreviation of the islamic name it has given itself. let's move onto french politics. the man of the hour is former president nicolas sarkozy, who might be running for president. >> we've been talking about this for months maybe even years. we all sound like broken records. most of the french media agrees it's not a question

airstrikes target the islamic state organization in syria. ve arab states have joined in that action to directly hit their syrian headquarters in raqqa. the assault comes despite a threat by a group linked to the islamic state to kill a french hostage. there is 138,000 kurdish refugees leaving turkey for syria. there is a plan to welcome a talent of 400,000 on the run from the arise of islamic militants. let's take a look at what has been grabbing headlines around the world. let's start with the world climate summit that opens today in new york. >> the incredible announcement that the rockefeller family is polling all investment in fossil fuel industries. check out this headline today. "the rockefellers go green." they were once called america's royal family of oil. this is a symbolic and important victory for environmentalists. a lot of papers are focusing on how hopeful the summit is. the heat is on for those 120 world leaders. this climate summit comes at a hopeful juncture. their worst of the financial crisis has been weathered and this is

the country's east while giving and a state to all those that fought in the conflict. the pact was signed in kiev intended to bring it closer to the eu. taking on the islamic state organization, washington has launched its first airstrikes southwest of baghdad. the u.s. continues to build an international alliance. president barack obama gives the ok to the u.s. to send some 3000 military personnel to help fight the ebola outbreak in west africa. welcome back, it is time for the daily press review and to take a look at what is making headlines around the world. joining melots of papers are continuing to focus on scotland. this is one hell of a story. just a couple of days to go before the historic referendum. >> and suspense is running high. let's begin with "the daily record," an incredible front page. leaders of the three main parties and winston starr signing a pledge to devolve more powers to scotland it may reject independence. you can see they talk about the bow, almost like a wedding gown, and you can see it was signed by david cameron, ed miliband, and nick clegg. just a quote it says, people want to see change. a no vote will deliver faster, safer, and better change

the headlines this monday -- barack obama is to outline his strategy for data when the islamic state organization -- claims in the french press that there was a plan for an attack in paris on the fourth of july. there are no elements of that in the investigation so far. the german government says the cease-fire in ukraine is not sufficient. other issues such as border patrol and a prisoner exchange have yet to be addressed. violence has marked the fragile truce. -- has marred the fragile truce. also coming up for you in the next hour of "live from paris," hopes rise for a vaccine tos are showing monkeys injected with an experimental drug were immune to ebola 10 months later. have the mysteries of the past finally been unraveled? a detective says he can prove the identity of jack the ripper using dna samples from the murder scene -- from a murder scene. u.s. president says he won't leave the country -- lead the country back to a war in iraq. obama says he will be seeking u.s. lawmakers' approval in congress and then will set out the american approach to taking on isis in a speech this wednesday, o

let's look at the islamic state organization now, who they are. >> 21st century hellfire to bring back an ancient empire. in seventh century, there was a unified muslim nation across the middle east. today, the islamic state organization wants to re-create this caliphate, complete with sharia law in one supreme leader. >> our fighters have rushed to the caliphate and appointing imam their leader. it is a duty to muslims that has been lost through the centuries. >> already controlling large parts of syria and iraq, the group wants to, in its words free palestine and conquer jordan and lebanon. >> only one country. we also have only one imam. >> u.s. officials say it has 15,000 active fighters from 81 countries. >> we have brothers from bangladesh iraq, cambodia, australia, u.k. >> islamic state members say anyone not part of their group is not a true muslim and therefore a legitimate target in their holy war. islam's highest authorities reject the ideology totally. >> it is painful that such inhumane crimes are committed in the name of islam, which is a religion of mercy. >> their ideas

the oil refineries. united states say they bring in about $2 million per day in revenue for the group. >> fresh air strikes in syria aimed at cutting off the major source of financing for the islamic state organization. wednesday's air raid targeted a dozen small oil refineries under extremist control. saudi arabia, the united arab emirates bahrain, qatar, and jordan have taken part or assisted in the area campaign over syria since tuesday. at the un's general assembly, the u.s. president called on the entire world to join the fight. >> the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. today i asked the world to join in this effort. >> more than 50 countries have committed to -- to military, humanitarian, or financial support. france began bombing targets in iraq last friday. britain received a formal request from baird -- from baghdad for airstrikes. the u.s. central command says so far it has conducted together with partner nations, more than two dozen airstrikes in syria since monday night. in iraq, around 200 air raids have been carried out before this. >> kurdish forces in

french president saying that the target was a logistics depot used by the islamic state organization. francois hollande reiterated a point that no french troops are to be on the ground. the only french planes will be used in this effort. he also said that the french parliament will be informed of the ongoing operations and that a debate is to be held next week. we will of course have more on this in the rest of our bulletin. next, let's move onto other world news. that is scotland. independence referendum. prime minister david cameron and the rest of british political establishment, they are breathing a huge sigh of relief. this friday, voters in scotland have said no to independence. the final results came in early this friday, capping in a whirlwind 24 hours to the historic vote. 50 5% said no to independence. 44.6 offered -- opted for a split from the u.k. we have been following events over the past week. catherine, i'm sure that those involved in the no campaign must be quite happy this friday. >> absolutely. there is relief and joy among the no campaign this friday. one man told

the french president says there is no time to lose in the fight against the islamic state organizationconflict over a third beheading of a british citizen. david cameron is making a last trip to scotland to try to drum up support for the no vote. the vote on independence is just three days away. >> and air france kicks off its worst strike in 16 years. several flights are due to be canceled today. also coming up for you this hour, what do pop music communism, and drove kerry having, and you go an 80-year-old french festival. we will take a closer look at why netflix is getting such a frosty welcome here in france. but first, top officials are in paris to try to come up with a plan to fight the rise of islamic state militants. the group was behind the beheading of a third western hostage this weekend. here is more from french president francois hollande. >> let me remind you that for the past three years, the syrian crisis has killed 200,000 people. 200,000. the chaos helped terrorists, so we must support those who will negotiate and make the compromises next very to preserve the future

organize control in the area. fighters conducted searches to make sure the last militants had been killed or captured. >> we stormed in and we have cleared the area of the islamic state organizations. there is nothing -- the forces. we have secured the whole world. >> the defeat comes after militants were removed. the siege lasted over two months. maliki visited the town on monday. >> the town has turned out to be the town of martyrs, steadfastness, and challenge. >> significant work remains before the two towns are totally secured. even the main roads are not completely safe. >> is being cleared of the booby-traps. the good news is the siege has been lifted. >> the u.s. airdropped hundreds of bundles of emergency supplies. britain, france, and australia also contributed. >> tough new laws would tackle homegrown jihadist that go to war zones to fight. >> measures may be -- after britain raised its terrorist threat level. >> we will fill the gap by colliding -- providing police with the passport at the border. they will be able to investigate the concerns. additional measures include internet restrictions and cooperation pacts with airlines. the move comes amidst fear

turkish soldiers agree to pass it on across the border. >> the organization of the islamic state is inur village. no one can go there to see what is going on. our animals are caught between the border fence and there. many have died of hunger and thirst. >> turkish soldiers are keeping a close eye on the violence next door. jihadist fighters are attacking kurdish villages just a few kilometers away. >> no one can guarantee. >> no one can guarantee? >> yes. >> those who made it safely into turkey tell us that the lives they left behind are ruined. >> became inside our village and killed those who fight -- tried to fight back. they were destroying everything. i don't know what happened to my house after i left. >> these people who have been observing the fighting are wondering why turkish troops posted at the border are not taking shots at the jihadist on the other side. >> here in france, it was a triple whammy over the weekend for former president sarkozy. after months of speculation, he finally confirmed his return to politics via facebook and an interview on television. he was coy ab

the united states, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has said he could recommend the use of ground forces in iraq. that goes against barack obama's current stance on the fight against the islamic state organization, and the white house was quick to reiterate the u.s. will not put boots on the ground. nicholas rushworth explains. >> troops on the ground in iraq and mission creep those of your possible. >> my view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. i believe that will prove true. but if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the united states, then i would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u.s. military ground forces. >> that contradicts barack obama's clear statement there will be no u.s. troops -- u.s. boots on the ground. dempsey was asked to clarify. >> has the president ruled it out? >> at this point, his stated policy is that we will not have u.s. ground forces in direct combat, so yes. >> including operators embed it on the ground? >> that's correct. but he has told me to come back to him on a case-by-case basis. >> the white house issued an immediate rebuttal to dempsey's remarks. protesters who managed

. >> barack obama is due to deliver his key speech on the fight against the islamic state organization, details are emerging of what the u.s. president could have in store. senior administration officials say he is prepared to authorize airstrikes in iraq and inside syrian territory. obama has been meeting members of congress ahead of his keynote speech later this wednesday. >> during a one-hour meeting barack obama told congressional leaders he already has the authority to act against the islamic state but that congress would help with the plan, a plan he will unveil on wednesday night. >> there is a serious threat that has to be dealt with on many levels. i am hoping the president will align -- will outline his strategy. >> obama will deliver his plan in a televised speech. obama reportedly wants to expand and operation to syria. it could prove tricky. obama is expected to back a plan to arm the moderate element of the syrian opposition. a similar train stalled on capitol hill. the u.s. president who campaigned on ending the war in iraq has assured that no ground troops will be sent

airstrikes target the islamic state organization in syria. five arab countries have joined in the action to hit them in their syrian headquarters. the assault in syria comes despite a threat from a group linked to the islamic states who killed a french hostage if paris fails to stop there campaign against the i.s. a sit

during that time and an estimated 600,000 people were forced to flee their homes this as the islamic state organization continued to size large chunks of the country, and massacring and beheading people on the basis of religious or ethnic backgrounds. the u.n. has now asked the top human rights body to investigate crimes against the civilians. the german chancellor angela merkel el has defended her decision to send weapons to help the kurds. during her 259-minute speech, she said that europe's security is at stake, so rocket launchers, rifles and other things worth in the region of 70 million euros are accept there in three batches. >> germany as a rule doesn't export weapons into combat zones. the struggle against the islamic state's jihadists is proving an exceptional case. they have accept aid to northern iraq. now it is adding arms to the cargo. this despite strong opposition within its own parliament. some feel this could change to militaryism. the chancellor said it was in germany's and europe's interest. >> when terrorists take control vast territory to give themselves and others a base for the

consider any request from the iraqi government of assistance over the growing threat of the islamic state organization they are the group behind the beheading of two u.s. journalists. the family of steven sotloff has now spoken publicly for the first time since his death. in a moving tribute to reporters , a family spokesperson said he was not a war junkie, he was just someone who wanted to give a voice to those who had none. >> here and for a tranquil life or he could enjoy miami golf and games on sunday. and an office job on monday that would provide him a middle-class existence. but the arab world pulled him. he was no war junkie. he did not want to be a modern-day lawrence of arabia. he merely wanted to give voice to those who had none. >> india is putting several provinces on high alert after al qaeda said it was forming a new branch there. there have been no al qaeda presence in india up until now. in a video posted online, the al qaeda minister renewed a long-standing vow of loyalty to the taliban. that seems to be a snub to the islamic state. international health experts are meeting in geneva

taking on the islamic state organization, washington launches its first day of strikes southwest of baghdadthe u.s. continues to build an international alliance. president barack obama ok for the u.s. to send 3000 military personnel to help fight the evil outbreak in west africa.

france has said it is prepared to take part in air strikes against the islamic state organization in iraq if necessary. the president's plane is carrying 15 tons of humanitarian aid to be delivered in the kurdish capital later this friday. for more on this story, i am joined by our international affairs editor. we are seeing francois hollande in iraq. it is quite a strong showing of support for this new iraqi government. >> yes. the strong showing of support should not be understated. it is symbolic seeing him there. this is the first head of state to visit the new prime minister, a prime minister whose country is in the midst of what he says is a deteriorating security situation to say the least. you still have much of the country in thrall to the extremist fighters. there have been recent successes in the efforts to push them back. mostly the u.s. airstrike efforts to regain infrastructure and cities. they're still very much there and have resources. they are very motivated. francois hollande is there to say we will stand by you. it is a show of solidarity saying if necessary we are

the headlines this monday -- barack obama is to outline his strategy for data when the islamic state organization -- thats in the french press there was a plan for an attack in paris on the fourth of july. there are no elements of that in

a second american journalist has been beheaded by militants from the islamic state organization. this, as washington authorizes more troops into iraq to beef up protection for u.s. citizens there. and and angola -- ebola patient escaped a treatment center in library, causing panic in the streets. this, as dr. city are losing the battle against the disease. -- doctors say they are losing the battle against the disease. also coming up for you this hour, going to the vanilla capital of the world in madagascar are to look at the troubling state of the farmers there. you can see how -- hell has no. as a woman scorned. -- has no fury as a woman scorned. that is from shakespeare. but it is true on their stormy relationship. the president just up found out about it today. first, reports on whether a cease-fire deal has been reached on the fighting ukraine. the cranium president said he and russian vladimir putin had agreed to a truce, but that was immediately shot down by the kremlin. to try to get a bit more clarity on all of this, let's go to m ariopol. is there a cease-fire or not? >>

the fighters of the islamist -- islamic state organization have just fired a new round at the town.urdish activists quickly decide to head to the border, but are stopped by police and soldiers. >> these turkish troops have received orders to no longer standby, but to start acting in order to push the kurdish protesters back as far away from the border with syria as possible. >> reporting there from the border of turkey and syria. on top of the threat of the islamic state group, iraq is faced with the challenge of dealing with thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons or idp's. the situation is critical as thousands of families flee the jihadist group and local areas are already overwhelmed with refugees from syria. but this is the biggest refugee camp in iraq. six 2000 syrians live here. it has been -- 60,000 syrians live here. it has been full since the start of the year. this is close to the syrian and turkish border. it is needed to house the thousands of iraqis fleeing the islamist state onslaught. >> the number is even more than 500,000. >> dramatic as the situatio

the french president says there is no time to lose in the fight against the islamic state organizationthird beheading of a british citizen. david cameron is making a last trip to scotland to try to drum up support for the no vote. the vote on independence is just three days away. >> and air france kicks off its worst strike in 16 years.

a second american journalist has been beheaded by militants from the islamic state organization.his, as washington authorizes more troops into iraq to beef up protection for u.s. citizens there. and and

southwest of baghdad in an area that witnessed many activities of the militant fighters of the islamic state organization. >> and rafid, i mean, the u.n. is already warning that any air strikes by the u.s. must be proportionate, must be targeted, not affecting civilians and so on. do we know precisely what the u.s. is targeting in these areas? is it people? is it supplies? what is it? >> reporter: well, yes, we know. the source is the american military. the statements said that six vehicles were destroyed in the north and nearby baghdad, the target was a military position of i.s. fighters. and we didn't hear any complaints from civilians in that area. let's remember that many civilians have actually deserted many, many areas where fighting had been going on, in many parts of iraq, at least 1,800,000 iraqis have fled their homes since the beginning of this year as a result of the intense fighting. >> okay, rafid, many thanks indeed. >>> now, a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital of kabul has killed at least three members of the nato-led military forces, injuring many others. the explosion targeted a

the united states. he was found to be a terrorist. detention knee iraq. so we had him. the leader of the islamic state, the organization responsible for the behe had headings of james foley and james sotloff, in this saturday, the beheading of another british journalist, baghdadi is responsible for all of that and so much more. baghdadi was responsible for ordering the murdering of literally hundreds and thousands of individuals in iraq. we saw baghdadi line up hundreds soldiers in iraq, iraqi soldiers and were brutally and murdered, being shot in the back. we saw beheadings occur and we heard the horrific tales of how stooped soamic state low that they buried alive women and children in graves in august. mr. speaker, i despise being as graphic as i am, but i -- we must be face-to-face with the facts we are facing. this is an evil philosophy with an evil goal. they are equally committed to killing jews, as they are committed to killing christians, as they are committed to killing any muslim who doesn't agree with their sick, failed philosophy. the other thing we need to recognize, mr. speaker, is that this has a religi

we stand in the first line of confrontation of terrorism and against the islamic state organization which has attacked iraq and displeased thousands of its citizens in the north and the occupied areas and has killed hundreds of our citizens and others and had targeted religious minorities. these areas have suffered sectarian and religious lensing that changed demographics and restored cultural legacies. targeting and killing them in the streets, and other various citizens. isis is a mixture of extremists which claim allegiance to islam and they are actually causing more damage and have adopted sectarian rhetoric and also creates problems with all groups. this is not an internal organization. it is a transnational organization that derive strength from the ideological cover consisting of the theory of religious opinions that provide hatred for the other and finding pleasure in shedding blood and beheading others. the financing network and president of several states that provide liquidity to this organization in addition to all smuggling networks in iraq and the territories under the contr

they conclude the islamic state is far more organized than previously thought. >> we are witnessing the process of nationbuilding that include provision of service is -- of services. the islamic state is just what it says it is. >> where do british jihadist fit into the picture? get assigned specific roles. none of them appear to have reached the upper ranks. >> they are given menial task because they tend to arrive with no skills. it is assumed they are better off dividing support services. they are unlikely to have the is ise is -- the skills looking for. >> inside is the hard evidence they say .2 the leaders of the islamic state responsible for some of the actions carried out in.. the leaders will be almost impossible. there is another problem. there is no cord yet ready to try them. yet ready to try them. >> ukraine and russia announced there could be a cease-fire as soon as friday. this has been met with some skepticism. it is likely to be the subject of a lot of debate at the nato summit in wales tomorrow. >> president obama being greeted just over 100 miles from the russian borde

in the changing political landscape, he has condemned the rise of the extremist organization islamic statebut he remains a supporter of al free tod is now to -- speak openly once again. june kelly, bbc news. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- melinda gates and the wrapper michelle teaming up to promote gender equality. criminal courtal has launched an investigation about atrocities in the african republic. the icc issued a statement outlining the alleged crimes, which they say cannot be ignored. >> who was responsible for this? these images came from the capital in january. the flames are still burning. in the investigation. they are accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes, , andding murder, rape attacks against humanitarian missions. the violence started after a power.group seized of usingaccused children under the age of 15. prosecutor has vowed that they will face justice here in the hague. the icc is now watching. >> as the investigation moves toward, we will continue review any new crime against civilians that might be committed in the central afr

territory the islamic state controls, so they don't have the kind of attention, media grabbing power that the islamic state has at the moment but they are a deliberate and patient organization. >> william braniff, good to have you on the program. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> home depot has confirmed that its payment systems were hacked, anyone who shopped in its stores from april onward could be affected. jonathan betz has the story. >> home depot is one of the largest home retailers and hackers have been stealing information from it for months apparently unnoticed. home depot says it first got word of suspicious activity last week. the retailer launched an investigation with the help of banks, i.t. firms and even the secret service. and it told customers there might be a problem. >> usually they ask me if i wanted a home depot credit card, she didn't do that today. >> home depot confirmed its payment system was breached. at risk, those who paid with credit card or debit cards as far back as april. home depot expressed regret over the hack, they say that no customers will be responsible for fraudulent charges to their accounts. the company says it's n

the muslim faith? >> i think lots of organizations and individuals across the british communities, muslim and otherwise are working together in order to highlight the very un-islamic nature of an organization that calls itself the islamic state. and it's actually, in its actions, closer to an un-islamic state of the lots of organizations and individuals issued statements, created a lot of projects and campaigns, where it came together to show each other and wider society that there is nothing theo logical sound about the actions of the group. >> do you think the behead iption have an impact on young british people, men mostly, who want to go off as jihadists and join the i.s. group. >> i think anybody that feels inspiration or aspiration to join a group like this, and join in the committing of acts of murder and pillage can be safe in the knowledge that this is not anything to do with their faith, and if the inspiration comes from their space, that can be disqualified immediately. lots of people who feel that this organization hijacked the name of islam are shocked by the murderous activities of what essentially are thugs. for other people, men or women, to join a group like this from here in britain or anywhere else in the

we stand in the first line of confrontation of terrorism and against the islamic state organization which has attacked iraq and displeased thousands of its citizens in the north and the occupied areas and has killed hundreds of our citizens and others and had targeted religious minorities. these areas have suffered sectarian and religious lensing and changed demographics restored cultural legacies. targeting and killing them in variousets, and other citizens. extremistsixture of which claim allegiance to islam and they are actually causing more damage and have adopted alsorian rhetoric and creates problems with all groups. this is not an internal organization. it is a transnational organization that derive strength from the ideological cover consisting of the theory of religious opinions that andide hatred for the other finding pleasure in shedding blood and the heading others. network andg president of several states that provide liquidity to this organization in addition to all andgling networks in iraq the territories under the control of isis. third, the support that this from recruit

australia, have pledged their support, and stand ready to assist in the fight against the islamic state terrorist organizationthe president also planning to meet with congressional leaders, this upcoming tuesday as they return. congressman lynn westmoreland is a member of the house intelligence committee. he joins us right now. congressman, good to have you on the program. thank you for joining us. >> well thank you, maria. thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the latest out of nato, and, of course, the president has said that the u.s. will form a core coalition to counter isis. what's your take on that? >> well, i think the coalition partners are going to wait and see exactly what this president's strategy is. wednesday when he makes the announcement. of course, he's meeting with congressional leaders tuesday. it's just hard for, i think, people to have a lot of confidence in what this president says by just his past actions. and so it it will be interesting to see what this core coalition will actually do once he lays out the plan. >> what do you think it should look like? of course, we saw more air st

isil, which the president has been using, refers to the islamic state in the lavon -- the levant. some news organizations are just using the term islamic state. all of those terms are interchangeable. speakingdent will be shortly from the white house. he will be on the main level of the white house, called the cross hall. room insee the board his background and he is due to begin speaking very shortly. a new nbc-wall street journal poll says that the islamic is a threat to americans. 61% of americans agree. americans feel that airstrikes only will be enough and

strategy in fighting the islamic state militant group, and why tehran has ruled out working with washington to defeat the organization. >> warner: minister zarif, thank you for joining us. >> very good to be with you. >> warner: today, france joined the u.s. in launching airstrikes in iraq against the isis militants. do you think that's going to be an effective strategy to counter these militant forces? >> well, i believe the international community should come to realize that this is a common threat, a common challenge and it requires a

the islamic state. >>> the number of ebola victims accelerating. the world health organization meets to learn how to fast track treatmen treatment. >>> hello and welcome. i'm at the nato summit in wales. within the last hour or so, nato's secretary general has said the international community as a whole he believes has an obligation to stop islamic state advancing further. david cameron has been talking about the situation of the british hostage threatened by islamic state fighters. he warned no ransom should be paid. he orders other leaders not to pay fundings that help militants. these are among the pressing issues for the 28 leaders meeting here currently. >> reporter: inrepor>> reporter aarrive in wales for a new sense of purpose. for the prime minister, the fate of the hostage captured by members of the islamic state. >> when a british person is taken anywhere in the world, i make sure every part of zbochlt comes together and i supervise personally to make sure the intelligence agencies, police, security forces, whoever else, and ask what we can do to help. >> president ob

the islamic state. >>> experts with the world health organization have been studying an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. they say the virus has left 31 people dead and they say it's a different strain to the one affecting west africa. authorities reported the outbreak last month. they say it began in rain forests about 800 kilometers northeast of the capital --. ebola hit the country 40 years ago. w.h.o. officials say there have been seven outbreaks since then. they say the latest started with someone handling infected meat from wild animals. >>> public health officials in tokyo are working hard to identify the source of an outbreak of dengue fever. the number of people infected has been brought to 36. than ahave installed traps to catch the mosquitoes that are making people since. everyone infected was in or near a park in central tokyo last month. the officials believe all of them were bitten by mosquitoes. authorities are draining ponds in -- park to try to prevent jeelts from breeding and they installed traps at ten locations. the traps contain dry ice that emit carbon dioxide to

the islamic state group. and the world health organization is warning that $600 million will be needed to tackle the ebola outbreak. more than 1900 people have died in west africa. we have president barack obama has vowed to baltic allies that what happened to ukraine could happen to their countries. following a meeting with his counterparts in estonia and latvia. he is now on his way to a summit. we're in newport for the summit. take a wild guess, i'm expecting ukraine to top the subjects there. >> reporter: because of the dispute o dispute of the election there, there will be a lot to discuss. the situation in iraq, syria, so many conflicts. the one that overshadows everything in regards to this summit is the conflict in ukraine. n.a.t.o. officials say that everything changed in terms of this summit and n.a.t.o.'s role last march when the russians went into crimea and took control of crimea. the efforts at the summit will be trying to stop further what they say is putin's aggression. >> reporter: on his way to the may toe summit president obama on a visit to estonia, an assess tin nation deliberately chosen to s

that the islamic state does and the oil sales, really oil and gas sales that both the islamic state has engaged in in the region. and we need to make it very painful economically for any organization, any nation that deals with the islamic state or trades with them. >> senator, when president obama spoke last week and gave his statement that we don't have a strategy for dealing with the threat of isis in syria, he was compared unfavorably with the british prime minister david cameron who spoke the next day and seemed to give a very forceful address about the threat there have islamic extremism and what the uk was going to do. what do you want to hear from president obama about the beheading of steven sotloff and about the threat from isis? >> well, jake, i think those -- the comparison between the two is not grounded, in fact. i think if you look at what the president has been doing, all the elements are there, at least the initial elements of a broader strategy which may not be completely worked out yet, but there's no question that the president was very prudent and i think very effective at putting in place the air strikes, based upon good intelligence, but you can't just unlea

the united states and some of its arab allies have carried out more airstrikes on islamic state jihadists in syria. >> coming off a major stream of islamic state organization funding at the source. u.s. officials say airstrikes have crippled most small oil refineries controlled by the militants in syria. those still standing will be targeted in the coming days. >> the kind of attacks we are conducting our strategic. we are trying to remove the means through which this organization -- itself. >> they are in as much as $1 million. most is being smuggled through jihadist controlled territory. some analysts believe the later strikes will not stop the flow of the organization oil. they make most of the money from crude oil and not from refineries. france began bombing targets in the iraq and followed it up with a second round of airstrikes on thursday. paris has increased support to syrian opposition forces. for the moments, the country will not be extending its military operation across the iraqi border. >> this is an opportunity not presenting itself today. we have an important task and we will see how the situation evolves in the coming days. >> the move com

allies that are determined to take the necessary steps to help iraq to stop the advance of the terrorist organization, islamic stated i warmly welcome that. i think the international community has an obligation to do all it can to stop this dangerous terrorist organization. the other track is the nato track, and we have decided that if we receive a request from the iraqi government, we are ready to consider a defense capacity-building mission in iraq. >> well, jane is in the iraqi capitol, bagdad. she sent us this update. >> reporter: iraq's new government is expected to welcome an offer by nato for more help in the fight against the islamic state group. in that new government is still taking shape. a few days from now is the deadline for a new cabinet. but officials have indicated that they will welcome any assistance short of boots on the ground. and no one is offering to send combat troops, and that offer would likely be rejected if it came. but what iraqi government and kurdish officials say they do want are transfers of arms, heavy weapons, and iraqi officials would certainly welcome training and coordination

the president winding down the nato summit and calling the islamic state a savage organization. he said our nato allies agree that the time for action has come. >> our goal is to act with urgency and also make sure we are doing it right and we have the right targets and there is support on the ground if we take an air strike. >> what is new in the president's tone? we'll talk about it with john mccoric. and chris moody mrnlg reporter with yahoo news. the white house said the president doesn't pay attention to what is going on in the news and how the media is reporting what is going on inside of the white house and doesn't concern him. you got the sense from the speech and new's conference. his handlers are telling him to take a tougher tone against isis. >> words that love the president's lips are important. in this case far more important than anyone else here. it was far different than the president obama we saw last week, discussing this and saying we don't have a strategy. it was far tougher this time. and i think the primary aim was two- fold. one to say yes, we have a goal

he set the tone by condemning extremist groups like islamic state. >> there is nothing islamic about the terrorist organizations wreaking havoc in the region. these extremist groups are a clear threat to international peace and security. that requires a multifaceted international response. >> reporter: u.s. president barack obama explained why the u.s. resorted to military power to counter islamic state militants in iraq and syria. >> the terrorist group known as isil must be degraded and ultimately destroyed. this group has terrorized all who they come across in iraq and syria. there can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. so the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. >> reporter: the hard line islamic state has seized a third of iraq and a large part of the territory in syria. its spokesman used social media to call on muslims to attack citizens of all nations in the u.s.-led coalition. the u.s. received permission from officials in baghdad to launch air attac

the islamic state. i think they are feeling the heat. al qaeda losing credibility. the organizers losing credibility, finance, recruit. and argument so i think this is an attempt to revive al qaeda. we have to remember al-qaeda are, since 9/11, al qaeda organise on a regional command structure. arabian peninsula, iraqi now they have lost, and another organization controlled pakistan, afghanistan and the subcontinent. now we are talking about a new command, an indian sub command to take the responsibility from another organization. it's an attempt. >> what is it going to take for those people - you talk about islamic in the arabian peninsula. what will it take for those people, those fighters to swear their allegiance to the is cal fate and assign al qaeda, per se, to history. >> yes, we have a new wave, actually. many of the fighters, many of the groups, small groups, which used to be attacked bit the organization, shifting and changing loyalty to the is, the islamic state. so ayman al zawahiri trying to fight back and say that al qaeda now recognise the leadership of them in afgh

training and fostering and helping a lot of these groups, like al-nusra, which is the al qaeda organization, or the islamic state that are now out of control, in response to a beheading video. which to me makes no sense because saudi arabia beheaded 19 people in august. >> this past august? >> yes. >> yup. >> for -- >> one was for witchcraft or sorcery, several for drug possession. in saudi arabia, you can be beheaded for a whole list of offenses, including adultery and homosexuality and -- >> but these are our good allies in this -- >> these are -- >> -- new coalition. >> and this is where i think a lot of us say, what are we doing here? this makes no sense. all we are going to achieve is perpetuation of this conflict. now at least i think the pentagon and the white house has been honest about that, this is going to take years, but what's going to be achieved? how are we going to achieve it? are we just going to bomb? i think it's quite striking that the president said the model for these operations will be somalia and yemen and then almost as soon as he said that, yemen descended into utter chaos. hundreds are

insult of the islamic state is threatening to execute david paints a british citizen david haynes reportedly had experience with the british military and he did security work for nonprofit organizations leader now the islamic state doesn't just working americans in the video they warn other governments against becoming part of quote unquote this evil alliance of america against these lawmakers state after the killing of james foley president obama made it clear that the executions would not stop the airstrikes some u.s. officials say for anything murders like these could only make america more involved in the fight against the jihad is. middle east expert joshua landis told us that the fight against islamic state militants will turn into another afghanistan for the u.s. it's very difficult in this situation because isis dominates a region the size of great britain in both syria and iraq if you're going to destroy them and kill them. and hit their buildings you have to have somebody else to replace them otherwise they'll just spring up and you'll infuriate the sunnis that are trapped in between baghdad and damascus so the u.s. has to come up with a strategy somebody has to pay for it