>> the u-s began bombing isil in part to rescue stranded yazidis on a mountaintop. but as refugees continued to leave the area two weeks later they said the help was not enough. >> there were so many allegations about what went on on mount sinjar, president obama called it an impending act of genocide others called it a humanitarian crisis. unfortunately it seems the entire incident was used as a sound bite in a presidential speech to justify us intervention once that sound bite was used no one remembered them anymore. >> where are you coming from? >> they've been on the mountain for about two weeks? how did they escape? >> for families tied to the land such displacement can be devastating. >> here comes another truck now. they're just now leaving syria about to go into iraq. they have the threat of the islamic state behind them, but what they don't know is that the hardest times may be yet to come. because what lies ahead of them is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people don't have access to regular food, water, shelter or sanitary needs. >> the re

these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis released by i.s.i.l. last week. between them they have nine children, whose whereabouts are unknown. >> translation: they took my daughter. she is 10 years old. it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i'm dying every day. i wish more than anything to see her again. >> reporter: it's not clear why i.s.i.l. is releasing prisoners. only the elderly or young are freed. even those with nothing say living here, it's one thing they need - to be reunited with their loved ones >>> cubans welcomed u.s. president obama's proposal to remove their country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. it's seen as an important step to normalizing relations. >> reporter: the u.s. and cuba have been at loggerheads for half a century, the historic handshake between raul castro and president obama given substance. by the announcement that the u.s. is to remove cuba from what it says are state sponsors of terrorism. >> i think it's good. it's time that it happened. raul and president obama raul and president obama uniting for

isil is targeting yazidis. many fear that their people will never recover. >> this camp is vast. there are 15,000 people here two and a 2500 families. >> these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis realized from isil. between them they have nine children whose with a abouts whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. she's ten years old. it's been nine months since i saw her. i'm dying every day. i want to see her again. >> only the elderly and very young are freed. they say there is only one thing they need, and that is to be reunited with their loved ones. >> protesters attack the head of a central bank in germany. >> it will be the first-- >> protesters were detained. they would continue with the briefing. >>> for the first time ever the police believe they have found evidence that mysterious dark matter may not be oh dark after all. what we can see in the universe is apparently 5% of what is out there. this is invisible dark matter makes up 85% of the universe. and it's what holds rotating galaxies together. without it they would fall apart as they spin. it give

these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis released by i.s.i.l. last week. between them they have nine children, whose whereabouts are unknown. >> translation: they took my daughter. she is 10 years old. it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i'm dying every day. i wish more than anything to see her. >> reporter: it's not clear why i.s.i.l. is releasing prisoners. only the elderly or young are freed. even those with nothing say those living here, it's one thing they need - to be reunited with their loved ones >>> now, antigovernment protesters in guinea postponed rallies next week after the prime minister asked for dialogue. it happened after two days of violent demonstrations after violence, which killed two and injured others. they are demanding that the president step down >>> mexico's government is trying to reform its police force and root out widespread corruption local officers are saying they are overworked underpaid and need more support from the superiors. john holman reports now. >>> the mexican government is trying to reform its polic

these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis released by i.s.i.l. last week. between them they have nine children, whose whereabouts are unknown. >> translation: they took my daughter. she is 10 years old. it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i'm dying every day. i wish to see her. >> reporter: it's not clear why i.s.i.l. is releasing prisoners. only the elderly or young are freed. even those with nothing say those living here, it's one thing they need - to be reunited with their loved ones >>> houthi rebels in yemen accused the united nations of supporting aggression after it voted to impose an armed embargo. russia wanted an arms embargo on all sides ab stained. air strikes killed 750 people. our diplomat, editor james bays has been following the developments from the u.n. in new york. >> reporter: the u.n. security council sending a tough message to the houthis - before them for a vote, a resolution calling on the group to withdraw from all the territory they have taken in recent month, including sanaa. the resolution passed, but with one sign

. >>> the yazidis women falling victim to isil fighters. new report documents the atrocities. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. hillary clinton now has some competition for the democratic presidential nomination. former senator and rhode island governor announced that he is running for the white house. he is a former republican who became an independent and then changed parties. >>> the vatican has ended its controversial investigation into a group of u.s. nuns. a group was accused seven years ago of taking positions that undermined catholic teaching. the vatican says the group is now following church mandate. >>> and veterinarians say more than a thousand dogs have been sickened with a flu believed to have come from asia. >>> a new report says isil committed war crimes in its treatment of yazidis women. it's the second report to document the crimes. they say they committed organized rape sexual assault and other crimes against yazidis women and girls. thank you so much for coming in. how did these stories come to you? >> well we have

isil is targeting yazidi. many fear that they will never recover. >> there are 15,000 people here. 25002500 all of them are unsure what they'll find when they return home. >> for now family is front of mind. these two women were among hundreds of yazidis released last week. between them they have nine children whose wear whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. it's been nine months since i saw her. i'm dying every day. i wish more than anything to see her again. >> it's not clear why isil is releasing prisoners but only the therly or the very young are being freed. they say there is only one thing that they need. that is to be reuniteed with their loved ones. >> we're off to south america. soldiers killed by farc fighters where there is supposed to be a cease-fire. we're live in bogota. >>> it makes up most of the universe but you've never seen it until now. dark matter. we'll she had shed some life. >>> and we ask why there are so few black players in the nhl. >> being a musician, there's no demand

these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis released by isil last week. between them they have nine children whose whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. she's just ten years old. it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i'm dying every day. i wish more than anything to see her again. >> it's not clear why isil is releasing prisoners but only the elderly or very young are being freed. even with nothing those living hearsay there is just one thing they need that, is to be reunited with their loved ones. al jazeera northern iraq. >> well, sexual violence is an all too common feature in conflicts around the world. the u.n. has been debating the issue in new york with a clear message that such actions will not be tolerated. >> the history of war zone rape has been a history of denial. it is time to bring these crimes and those who commit them into the spotlight of international scrutiny and send a clear message that the war will not tolerate the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and terror. >> thousands of people have been forced

isil is targeting yazidis. many fear their people will never recover. >> this camp is vast. there are 15,000 people, 2500 families. they are not sure what they will find when they're able to return home. but for now family is the front of mind. these three women were among hundreds when were remained last week. between them they have nine children whose wear whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. she's ten years old. it's been ten months since i saw her. >> even with nothing those live hearing say there is just one thing they need, and that is to be reunited with their loved ones. al jazeera northern iraq. >> south korea is marking one year since the ferry capsized killing more than 300 people, most of those on board were high school students. harry fawcett takes a look back at the disaster. >> on april 16th last year south korea was confronted with these painful images. a passenger ferry full of school children sinking off the southern coast. the mobile phone footage that emerged over the succeeding days authority more. those children caught between laughter and

. >>> of a group of yazidis were released. they were handed over to kurdish forces near kirkuk. last summer isil fighters attacked i can't sill di attacked yazidis killing and capturing many of them. >>> in israel a palestinian was shot after stabbing two soldiers. it happened in the city of shiloh. >>> a white officer in north charleston, south carolina, has been charged of murder. erica wood has more. >> reporter: protesters demand an end to the targeting and killing of african-americans by police. >> why should i have to be afraid of the guy that's supposed to protect me. >> they're responding to this amateur video that went viral on the internet. it shows a white police officer shooting 50-year-old walter scott several times in the back as he ran away. he had been pulled over on saturday for having a broken taillight. the officer stated in his report that scott had attacked him stolen his taser and that he was in danger. but the video shot by a witness nearby shows a different story. the officer now has been charged with murder. >> i have watched the video and i was sickened

isis released 217 yazidis, many of them elderly. exactly why, they don't know. six terrifying days before setting them free. among them were mahmoud's parents. we didn't know if they were going to slaughter us or what they were going to do with us his father says. of course i was so happy. i couldn't believe that i was in the home of the enemy facing death and then got away his mother adds. her own parents are held by isis. she cannot escape the haunting memories of all she witnessed and went through. she was saying the hardest moment for her in all of this was when the isis fighters began taking away the little girls, the young women, to be used as sex slaves and they would, at times, tear these girls away from their mothers, dragging them off by their hair as they were screaming and shouting. she was spared. i would hide or i would stay dirty, and i was breast-feeding she says. that is what ultimately saved her. we're told that isis slavery rules prohibit the use of women who are breast-feeding for sex. the thought of those that are is what torments her most.

isis released 217 yazidis. many elderly. exactly why, they don't know. isis moved them around for sick terrifying days before setting them free. among them were mahmoud's parents. "we didn't know if they were going to slaughter us or what they were going do with us," his father says. "of course, i was so happy, i couldn't believe that i was in the home of the enemy facing death and then got away," his mother adds. her own parents are still held by isis. she could not escape the haunting memories of all she witnessed and went through. she was saying that the hardest moment for her in all of this was when the isis fighters began taking away the little girls, the young women to be used as sex slaves, and they would at times tear these girls away from their mothers, dragging them off by their hair as they were screaming and shouting. she was spared. "i would hide, or i would stay dirty, and i was breast-feeding," she says. that is what ultimately saved her. we're told that isis slavery rules prohibit the use of women who are bred e breast-feeding for sex --

. >>> isis has released more than 200 ethnic yazidis in northern iraq. they were reunited with their family on wednesday. isis killed or captured hundreds when they overran the towns last summer. yazidis are one of the oldest religious communities in the world. >>> meanwhile, the iraqi army is fresh off its victory in isis in tikrit and planning its next military moves. >> it's hoping to regain ground in anbar in baghdad. arwa damon reports. >> reporter: past the flattened farmhouses, amid the date palms, craters left by roadside bombs. positions fortified with sandbags line the new-tranquil road. the isis fighters even dug trenches that lead all the way up to these fighting positions. since june, isis was only pushed back three miles, along this this particular battle line in anbar province, west of baghdad. it took month for the paramilitary force part of the predominantly volunteer shia volunteer army to break through this line of defense. "we tried to advance from the front," he says, "but we couldn't. we flanked them from behind." and that was only

these two women were among the hundreds of yazidis released by size as i will last week. between them, they have nine children whose whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. she's just 10 years old and it's been nine months since i saw her. i feel like i'm dying every day. i wish more than to see her again. >> it is not sure why isil are releasing prisoners but the elderly and young are the only ones being freed. they say the only thing they need is to go reunited with their loved once. >> at least four people have been killed in durbin. the immigrants are blamed for the countries high unemployment rate of 25%. in 2008, more than 60 immigrants were killed in similar unrest as locals vented anger over the lack of jobs. >> opposition parties in guinea have suspended protests following two days of fighting between supporters and security forces. at least 10 people were injured after bullets were fired at protestors. we have more juror as confrontations between protestors and security forces intensified, opposition parties announced a temporary pause in their campai

i was very unclear when i was asking questions about the plight of the yazidis what we did to try andt them, what we are doing now to try and protect them, and in fact, all the religious minorities of iraq who are under threat. >> i think in the case of the yazidi, going back to when they were trapped on mt. sinjar, we were involved with the united states and others in air drops of food and emergency supplies to them. and supporting krg forces in trying to secure and escape route from the mountain for them. and it became clear over time that the overwhelming majority of those that wanted to get off the mountain had been able to do so. and i think in the north, certainly, our engagement with krg forces, the leverage that engagement gives us, the anyway quite generous instinct of the krg forces towards minority communities in the north is the best support to offer to those minority communities. but of course it remains the case that those who belong to religious minorities in areas controlled by isil can expect a horrendous fate to await them. as the iraqi government eventually rolls ba

this is the second time that isis has released yazidi captives.in january where 250 yazidis were released, most of them elderly. we tonight know the exact conditions that led to their release. we know it was somehow coordinated through arabic tribal leaders southeast of the city of kirkuk. those who were released appearing in videos to be relieved, yes, but many in tears. seemingly continuing to be shocked. understandable given what it is that they have gone through. these yaz di is were captured in august when the terrorist august swept through their homes in the mountains. one cannot imagine what it is they must have gone through. skies still believed -- syracuse still believed to hold thousands. they have claimed to have enslaved 1,000 women and girls, going so far as to show family float as who to how they -- to show how they can be used as sex slaves. girls who have not come of age as sex slaves, as well. despite those who have released, we heard a heartbreaking clip of a woman crying out for loved ones she to leave behind. cnn, baghdad. >>>

so the civil society is doing its best to work against the trafficking of the yazidi women, to speakst the oppression of isis. the people, we are being sandwiched between a culture of shia islamism from the government and soon you barbaric islamist schism from isis. if you are young person in iraq, young person in iraq, you're totally alienated because there are massacres left and right. and there is enslavement in the 21st century. and everybody tells you, this is a democratic time that we are living in. amy: what do you see? >> i see only secular answer to the real solution. it cannot be done in a short time. it will take its time, but it is the only savior for all the people of iraq. the muslims, the sunni, the christians, the yazidis can only a secular government and constitution can save everybody. amy: your valuation of what happened after the u.s. invaded iraq in 2003 and what responsibility today do you think the united states has and what the u.s. should do at this point? >> when the u.s. invited iraq under the oppression of one single dictator. and there wasn't much discrim

isis released 217 yazidis, many of them elderly. exactly why, they don't know.round for six terrifying days before setting them free. among them were mahmoud's parents. we didn't know if they were going to slaughter us or what they were going to do with us his father says. of course i was so happy, i couldn't believe that i was in the home of the enemy facing death and then got away his mother adds. her own parents are still held by isis. she cannot escape the haunting memories of all she witnessed and went through. she was saying that the hardest moment for her in all of this was when the isis fighters began taking away the little girls, the young women, to be used as sex slaves and they would at times tear these girls away from their mothers, dragging them off by their hair as they were screaming and shouting. she was spared. i would hide or i would stay dirty, and i was breast-feeding she says. that is what ultimately saved her. we're told that isis slavery rules prohibit the use of women who are breast-feeding for sex. the thought of those that are is what t

has done to the yazidi children, forced into suicide bombings. it's on every imaginable level. >> it is, and it is - among almost every group involved in this, there have been atrocities by all sides. including literally selling children. i have seen on the internet a list of the prices that they get when they sell children and women. outrageous experiences. >> little girls forced into marriage, and used as sexual slaves. >> children being taken in as child soldiers. there, and, of course, in other areas of the world as well which we work very hard on. >> i was in homs a year ago, in syria, and met with some families who had just gotten out from a besieged area. and the stories the children were telling of not being able to walk on the streets because of snipers, so they were going through underground tunnels to pop out in abandoned houses to look for canned goods left over. they were hunting cats to eat. they were barely surviving. and, again, you can imagine the trauma for these kids. we went across a line then into a rebel held area in homs. w

. >>> isil has released 216 yazidis from northern iraq. they had been abducted eight months ago. >>> greek prime minister is in moscow today. russia's president says greece has not asked for money. rory challands has more on why these talks have some in the e.u. worried. >> reporter: there is a nightmare scenario that goes like this. greece decides it doesn't want to pay its debt defaults leaves the euro zone and runs straight into the arms of russia. russia offers a aid package, in return for weakening sanctions on moscow. that's a possible scenario but maybe not that likely. greece is saying it wants to sort out its financial problems within the euro zone and you have to ask whether russia can afford to bail out greece when it has plenty of economic problems of its own. maybe smaller trade packages like lifting of russia's embargo on fruit and vegetables just for greece or an energy package for athens. but greece will have to offer something in return and the big question is what will that be? >> rory challands reporting from moscow. >>>

but we have seen with the situation with the yazidis that military force actually stop isis and saved numerous people in so doing. why wouldn't you call for a strategic focused exercise that would be conducted by a coalition of member states as you are talking to these governments to get in there and work out some sort of surgical way toed a least immediately address the crisis at hand and then deal with things as you say, in a peaceful way? >> well i'm not here to discuss about military strategy whether it's surgical. or [ inaudible ]. sometimes it may be necessary when it is absolutely necessary. that's why i have been asking the countries of whoever has a capacity and means, influence, to defeat this isil daesh, extremism and terrorism. at the same time we should look at addressing this issue at the root and try to establish inclusive society, and engage in dialogue with the people the people and that is the way all of the issues should be addressed. that is why presence of general assembly and myself in this close cooperation with our lines of civilization are going to hold a high

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targets many minorities yazidis for example but why do you think they focus specifically on christians and do you think perhaps the pr exercise of these videos is different when it comes to christians? >> as you are saying a lot of minorities are attacked. the majority of people who are dying under the hands of i.s.i.s. are actually muslim populations but in terms of the christian executions is a very specific move to feed into this fear of an islamic war against christians. there is a strong desire from i.s.i.l. to feed into that type of rhetoric, to make muslims the target dom look like the attack is on christians which we know is not case. by feeding into this rhetoric, i.s.i.l. is trying to manifest into a reality. it's very, true that they are meeting i.s.i.s. exact lib where they want to be. >> many militant groups have joined forces with i.s.i.l. and how militant are they getting and can we really know. >> particularly if you look in terms of iraq and more specifically syria they do have a stronghold, they have land, they have territory they actually have revenue generation. tha

either convert, pay taxes or be killed. 4-d yazidis dare not people of the book. they are considered devil worshipers by isis so they consider them as legitimate targets to enslave their women, kill the males and expel the rest of outside areas. it's like basically sectarian cleansing or religious cleansing so they can't find justification for these thin

fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant released over 200ycy 2 yazidis that they were holding captive. the captives thought they were being driven to their extension but instead happened over to kurdish forces near kirkuk. a palestinian man who stabbed two israeli soldiers has been shot dead in the west bank. one of the soldiers was critically hurt while the other was likely wounded while he shot the attacker. it happened near the jewish center of shiloh. >>> after months of negotiations two warring groups of the central african public has signed a peace agreement which could bring an end to the fighting. the deal was signed in kenya, a representative of the mainly christian rebels, but the deal is not recognized by the u.n. or french mediators. >> i wish to remind you as leaders of the people of the african republic, you must never forget that your principle interest is the well-being first and foremost of the people of the central african republic. >>> to talk more about that i'm joined by james snyder. thank you for joining us. give me the outline of this deal. is i

most of them of yazidi in the sectarian sense. because of tribal spirit, loyalty is not guaranteed. this is a moment when it is expedient to announce loyalty to hadi. let me note this, the sectarian ideology is not enough to warrant dying for the cause. the two sects were living side by side for thousands of years. now this is new only the houthis are taking that hard line. it's not surprising for us to see shifting from this side to the other but also not reliable, because bribe leaders and army leaders they act upon expediency and money and benefit and so on. if you ask hadi's camp, they will tell you this is very good in an outward show, but it is not reliable. >> what is the latest to drive out the houthis from taiz and aden? how successful have the strikes been? >> the reports today talk about heavy bombardment in and around taiz. like aid in, it is one of the most popular cities in yemen sunni majorities against the houthis. if there is a third capitol of yemen, it is taiz in every with respect. several have shifted to had. the elite republican guard before i go gate 22 is the

. >>> freedom for yazidis held captive for months. captured by i.s.i.l. near the syrian border eight months ago. a kurdish commander says most of those are in poor health and showed signs of abuse and neglect. 200 others were released in january. >>> a warm greeting, but a request for cold cash, appears to be off the table. up next, the greek prime minister meets with russian president vladimir putin raiding eyebrows across europe. >> i'm tim friend in poland where nervesness nervousness over the ukraine conflict has growing interest in paramilitary groups. [office phone chatter] [frogs croaking] you know what, let me call you back. what are you doing?! [scream] [frogs croaking] [yelling and screaming] it's back! xfinity watchathon week. the biggest week in television history. it's your all-access binge-watching pass to tv's hottest shows, free with xfinity on demand. xfinity watchathon week. now through april 12th. perfect for people who really love tv. >> greece has apparently taken a financial handsout from russian rurs off therussiaat least for now. t

either convert, pay taxes or be killed. 4-d yazidis dare not people of the book. they are considered devil worshipers by isis so they consider them as legitimate targets to enslave their women, kill the males and expel the rest of outside areas. it's like basically sectarian cleansing or religious cleansing so they can't find justification for these things. if you talk to an isis member and say why did you do that they would immediately refer you to religion and they can talk to for hours about how this is justified. >> these two questions together please. >> on the subject of ethnic cleansing the-gram wet article that the professor talked about mentions the possibility of genocide if isis takes over parts of a significant shia population. what do you think the likelihood that isis could create full-scale slaughter of people they declare to be otherwise not in compliance with what they see as proper worship? >> i agree with you when you say it's impossible to counteract isis and air and into moderate muslim discourse that i come from france where you have a lot of

first launched its intervention they were in the process of committing genocide against yazidis. yemen is much more of a question mark because you have a deeply complex conflict there where we're being placed on the same side of that conflict. some of whom we're going to be deeply uncomfortable with. but i think iraq is clear. yemen is less clear and i think it has to do with concerns about iranian expansion and some of the deeply-held views of the u.s. in terms of its allies in the gcc. >> it is extremely complex. thank you very much david, we appreciate it. >>> coming up on this broadcast, a new admission by lufthansa about last week's crash in france >>> this is designed to end bigotry against people. eople. >>> from germany, news that andreas lubitz told the airline he suffered from severe depression. he deliberately crashed an airplane into the french alps last week killing all 150 people on board. >> they discovered correspondence between lubitz and the flight school where he trained which could shift the burden of liability more squarely on the airline. >> exactly one week

because he that been recruiting only during the last few decades recruiting his army only from the yazidis. we have two powers helping each other here. >> you're saying a ground operation becomes more urgent from the saudi-led coalition. >> and the them knee foreign minister has been reiterate that go exactly saying that the airstrikes will not -- however let's say here that see how the two sides are playing the saudis and allies thinking that they need time and putting troops on the ground now could be dang be russ for those troops so they are probably beth on more strikes more weakening of the defenses of the houthis and saleh's troops. they know they can't finish this war successfully without putting troops on the ground. >> we also have been can go the question what's the strategy by the saudi led campaign, but has is the houthi strategy? >> attrition and defiance. by defiance they think if they take aid that, they prove that the saudis are failing in this cam page, and that the people who have the upper hand actually are the people who are on the ground. as i said in those mountains a

shiite muslims as well yazidis, these old religions that are in that area of iraq and syria they control they're all targets. what's particular about it when they go after christians is that part of that message is meant for us. it's showing that you in the west are targets as well and they know that these images have particular provocative power for them. >> the -- one group beheaded another group shot in the head is there a symbolic difference from the perspective? >> i generally have no idea. typically they've beheaded their victims. but, you know, there is nothing in the koran about shooting people because obviously these kinds of weapons didn't exist in the seventh century. i don't get it. >> the other video that's come out they're trying to recruit young people and i'm going to show some of the video to our viewers right now. using kids in an amusement park this is in iraq trying to brain wash the kids a about the isis terror group. is this an indication isis is feeling some sort of pressure from iraqi forces shiite militia forces especially after the latter helped liberate tikrit

isil has released more than 200 members of iraq's yazidis minority after reportedly holding them captive eight months. among those released are children and senior citizens. they were on abducted in northern iraq. no reason was given for their release. >>> israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian man after he stabbed two soldiers. one of the soldiers is in critical condition with a stab wound to the neck. >>> a judge in pakistan is ordering criminal charges be brought against two former cia officials in connection to the deaths of two civilians. they were killed in 2009 by a u.s. drone strike that was part of a cia program. now pakistan has developed its own missile firing drone. nicole johnston reports now there islamabad. >> reporter: the drone is designed to kill. a remote controlled aircraft be laser guided missiles. pakistan has wanted one for years. in the end it developed its own, and is using it on the border with afghanistan. >> it boosts our capability because these are not airplanes that can carry out aerial bombing, it is the drones. >> reporter: wur one bureau tracks dron

the girl is one of over 200 yazidi christians released by isis last week. has been flown to germany for medical treatment. aid workers say she is so young, she could die if she delivers the baby. hillary rodham clinton has kicked off her bid for the democratic presidential nomination with her first formal campaigning in iowa. clinton told supporters she intends to focus on four areas -- see support because additional mend and to get on dependable money out of politics. mrs. clinton: we need to strengthen families and communities, because that is where it all starts. we need to fix our dysfunctional political system, and get unaccountable money out of it once and for all, even if that takes a constitutional amendment, and lead to protect our country from the threats that we see, and the ones that are on the horizon. so, i am here in iowa to begin a conversation about how we do that. amy: two college students have been charged for a sexual assault that florida police say was witnessed in broad daylight, but that no one tried to stop. cell-phone video shows th

we're better off helping train the yazidi christians and our allies, the kurds, we've got to get on topbeen able to make some gains in iraq itself but every other time we do a gain it's like pushing something in a balloon. it goes somewhere else. we've got to get all of this going at the same time. what's critical here is during the current discussions with the iraqi prime minister it will solidify a game plan strategic game plan to work more closely with iraq. the problem is this we still have a very much pro iran pro shia government in the form of the body government. the danger is if that becomes overwhelming, you continue to alienate the other group, the sunni regarding everything that they've been doing. i have a friend of mine one of the trainers on the ground in iraq and tells me that the sunni elements of the iraq army are watching carefully and still betting on isis winning over the central government winning. it's a very dicey situation. >> the senate is moving quickly towards an agreement giving them the right to vote on our iran framework deal and they are not the only ones

. >> woodruff: in northern iraq, islamic state militants have released more than 200 minority yazidisheld captive more than eight months. the group included 40 children, but most were elderly and in poor health. iraqi officials said today that many showed signs of abuse and neglect. they were taken away by ambulances and buses. the militants gave no reason why they released the prisoners. >> ifill: air traffic controllers in france walked off the job today in a two-day work stoppage. about 40% of flights across france were canceled. the french civil aviation agency said staff shortages mean about 50% of flights will be canceled tomorrow. the controllers want better working conditions, and they're protesting plans to raise the mandatory retirement age from 57 to 59. >> woodruff: police in britain have launched a manhunt in a jewelry heist of epic proportions. over easter weekend, a gang of thieves stole up to $300 million in cash and gems from a central repository. jane deith of independent television news reports. >> reporter: all day people slipped through the black doors looking for

either convert, pay taxes or be killed. 4-d yazidis dare not people of the book. they are considered devil worshipers by isis so they consider them as legitimate targets to enslave their women, kill the males and expel the rest of outside areas. it's like basically sectarian cleansing or religious cleansing so they can't find justification for these things. if you talk to an isis member and say why did you do that they would immediately refer you to religion and they can talk to for hours about how this is justified. >> these two questions together please. >> on the subject of ethnic cleansing the-gram wet article that the professor talked about mentions the possibility of genocide if isis takes over parts of a significant shia population. what do you think the likelihood that isis could create full-scale slaughter of people they declare to be otherwise not in compliance with what they see as proper worship? >> i agree with you when you say it's impossible to counteract isis and air and into moderate muslim discourse that i come from france where you have a lot of

isis has brothels in syria where they take christian whim, yazidi, minority, and turn them into sex slaves. we're still -- at least one of the brothels in syria the capital of isis, is run by british women. god save the queen. british women running an isis brothel, where, when isis fighters come off the battlefield, they have sex slaves literally. i don't use that term lightly. sex slaves waiting for them. this is happening. right now. one more thing i have to mention about the u.s. threat before i move on a bit. the southern border. i've been told it's slightly pourous. one of the most chilling conversations i had in the book was with a former cia clandestine services of. this is a hard-core guy who has worked in hot spots around the world for 30 years. and he said, erick, the thing that keeps me up at night is the possibility that an isis jihaddist will smuggle a chemical or biological agent across that southern border. folks, we could practically have a neon sign flashing, jihaddists welcome, at our southern border. it's that appealing that enticing. we're shaking our haven'ts about it.

others have more or less minorities christians yazidi or others.hadist ideology. divide the world in mind of it es subscribers to two. one you can kill at will are those christians jews, baha'i other muslim moderates. we're dealing with a word problem, not just a terror problem in kenya. this is a world problem. bill: what is the real goal for attacks like these? is it just about christianity do you believe walid? >> christianity or judaism or muslim sects with a different point of view are the alibi. they're always there. but in fact i see ominous goals by shabaab in this case. they are entwined to promote sectarian fights in they're trying to divide the country. trying to provoke warfare as retaliation. fortunately kenyan government and christian community in this case are serious enough to understand this is a terror war. they need to retaliate against jihadists. they african and international support to back them. bill: is that support coming? there are mom believe no one is fighting on behalf of the christians today? >> well, i have spoken wit

degraded isil and give local kurdish military forces enough momentum to break the siege and free the yazidis from the end happened on mount center. and although i have shared with you my confident assessment of the progress that we've made and some examples thereof and i think it's fair to use governments initial atrocity prevention efforts have wretched very many important achievements, clearly challenges remain. and chief among these are resource constraints. while the apb coordination process doesn't require anything the, effective prevention, tools, survey do. they depend on resources, particularly source of funding that can be accessed quickly and deployed weekly. and in a constrained budget environment we often see prevention needs that we are unable to meet. and, of course, in addition to building our own capacity where seeking to encourage and collaborate with like my department. i led a group of state and usaid officials to meet with the u.n. interlocutors who oversee issues of atrocity prevention in new york. not a atrocity prevention in new york. they are in new york where the wor

south of that area, sanaa, the capital, has been led by a yazidi president since the end of the yemen civil war and revolution from september 22nd 1962 through march 14th 1970, where saudi arabia backed the northern monarchists and southern sunni tribes. these divisions of shia/sunni are not as pronounced as they are in other places. there's intermarriage between the two. there's a softness commonalty between the two. it's not the issue that the western outside media makes it to be. these are two in the north and one area of the north just to the east of the capital where the countries -- part of the country's mineral wealth is. coming down to the south, what used to be the border between the north and south, the second largest city in the north and furthest one to the south but south towards aden is another world. this used to be known as a western protector and into this area that the houthis have advanced in the last two weeks. and posing a challenge and threat to aden. there's aden itself, a crown colony great britain had only five during the reign of queen victoria. these were th

why they went after that tiny 2nd of yazidis who were totally powerless because they viewed them as an inherently apostate. only book i'm going to recommend today. fascinating book written on the minority religions of the middle east by a retired british civil servant fluent in both arabic and farsi called, "heirs to forgotten kingdoms." all the minority religions in the middle east. there are still two hundred how samaritans there. so -- 200,000 samaritans there. so certainly there is a good samaritan. it is fascinating. but the point is, isis is the opposite, they have a vision they have a strategy they think they're right. but, they are anti-inclusion in the extreme. and people are voting with their feet as you see. it will not be the future but it can not be ignored. it has to be countered. so as america charts its course in the world and tries to restore broad based prosperity and opportunity at home, tries to get back more in the future business to accelerate all these great technological and biological developments going on, it is well to remember that we need to make our purpos

the shia of yemen or the yazidis. . issue is the u.s. relation with yemen basically is based on security issues. what do we do with al qaeda. what yemen -- what kind of role yemen plays as far as that is concerned. the question is definitely broader than the united states wants to look at yemen around. i don't like to talk of sectarianism and yemen is for everybody. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> waiting for the story to end. yeah. [ speaking foreign language ] ko [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> i'm sorry, what? [ speaking foreign language ] >> okay. >> translator: he's relating a little specific piece of information that before the operation to -- before the current operation between saudi arabia and gcc, he adds the united states to it we wanted -- basically everybody wanted to limit the houthi influence in yemen obviously. th