city, about 1.9 million people. and hundreds and thousands of them haved in and many moved to a city east of most sell. and, now dana has been traveling and sen us this report from midway between them. >>> beyond the bridge is isil taifer tore, mosul the biggest toward person territory, they are cut off from the rest of the country. >>> the people who want to leave and they have to pay isil a huge amount of money which they don't have and they have to provide guarantee like the house to prove they plan to come back. they live in a prison. >>> these people are porch born and raised in most sell, and, they left. all didn't have access to the city but these journalists who have access inside and they explain how isil uses every opportunity to brainwash them, and they even preach. >>> hides it weapons in civilian neighborhoods so people will turn against u.s. led coalition, and they have some support and, it is able to a support and, many have felt targeted by the makelish that's. >>> the majority may not support isil,

that was when it took control of mosul iraq's second largest city as troops fled. more now from iraq. >> beyond the bridge is isil territory. mosul the biggest urban center in northern iraq. come two many people are believed to zillion live there, cut off from the rest of the country. the people who want to leave but they have to pay isil a huge amount of money which they don't have, they have to provide guarantee like their house to prove their plan to combat they live in a prison. >> these people are born and raised in mosul, they fled to therd cannish controlled north last year, when isil took over. al jazeera doesn't have access to the city, but these journalists have contacts inside who secretly film. they explain how isil uses every opportunity to brainwash the people, they even preach in malls. according to these journalists isil hinds it's weapons in civilian neighborhoods so that people will turn against the coalition when it targets the area. but isil does have some support. it is able to exploit sunni grievances many have long felt targeted by the militi

the announcement comes a year after isil took control of mosul, iraq's sect largest city. al jazeera has discovered evidence in the group recruiting thousands of children in the city. reaching an agreement to end libya's power vacuum ended without a deal in berlin. tuesday the u.n.-backed government said they that the agreement gave rivals too much power. >>> president vladimir putin met with pope francis. >>> which is prosecutors have said it data from football's world governing body fifa for the scandal investigation. well the opening match of copa america kicks off if two days in santiago on thursday night. the shadow of the fifa scandal hangs over the tournament while the stadium itself houses a dark history. we'll speak with al jazeera's but first his report from santiago. >> the final touch has been applied to the national stadium ahead of chile's opening in ecuador. it's a stadium that hosted many sporting triumphs. they would go to the 1973 cup final. >> the surprise for many of us was how stadium built to entertain the people could be turned into a torture center,

city. we have more from northern iraq. >> beyond the bridge is isil territory. some 2 million people are breeze to still live there cut off from the rest of the country. >> the people who want to leave but they have to pay isil huge amounts of money that they don't have. they have 20 provide guarantee to prove they plan to come back. they live in a prison. >> these people are born and raised in mosul. they fled to the north when isil took over. journalists have contacts inside who secretly film. they explain how isil uses every opportunity to brain watch the people of mosul. they even breach in malls. according to these journalists isil hides its weapons in civilian neighborhoods so people will turn against the u.s.-led coalition when they target the area. but else has some sport. support. some in the community have long felt argentina targeted by the government and by militias. many prefer isil over the kurds who they believe want their land. >> they have managed to hold the lines with the

the police also told us he had been arrested in one of jordan's largest cities 20 kilometers east of the capital. he was bailed out really shortly after his arrest, but he has to remain in the country. he has to refer to the police on a daily basis, and his passport is now with authorities, who refuse to give up more details about his whereabouts in jordan. laura: this attack happened decades ago. why has he only been arrested now? gail: in jordan, there are over 2000 palestinian refugees, and he could really easily blended and without coming under the radar of the jordanian authorities. he was arrested in not only jordan's second largest city with over half a million citizens but it's also one of the cities with the largest number of palestinian refugees in the country, so that is something that could have made it much harder for the jordanian authorities to arrest the man was identified three months ago. laura: are israel and arch enemy hamas holding secret talks on a peace deal? there's regulation that is what is behind a one-year-old union. the threat of jihadi groups with links

one year after isil took control of the largest city, president barak obama administration is get ready to send in the trainers and, they will will send in additional coming from the prime minute center and they work alongside alongside the forces and our national curty jamie why is this push for more troops being made right now? >>> well, you know, the president, when he said he didn't have a complete strategy for battling isil, this is what he was referring to, putting the piece together of ramping up the training of troops and it's interesting because these 400 additional trainers will be setting up a fifth training location in, iraq, at the military base, in anbar, that is located such south of where all the iraqi forces are massing to retake ramadi from isil and the interesting thing is, that's a sunni area, of iraq, and, these new advis source are supposed to work directly with some of the local tribal fighters there the sunni tribes got them into the fight, and the president's strategy has three points to it, training more troops, empowering the sunnies and get another anbar awak

they attacked the largest city in north-east syria. we have this report. >> reporter: injured in kobane after another attack by the islamic state of iraq and levant. there are reports of villagers executed before i.s.i.l. fighters stormed in. others are brought across the border. suicide bombers in cars hit kurdish forces in the town struggling to fight off those that disguised themselves in uniforms of the y.p.g. kurdish forces have been fighting for control. they are backed by u.s. air strikes and are under attacks again. they launched an attack on haas anger, a last remaining town in the north. >> there has been clashes between the syrian military against islamic state terrorists in the district. it's home to many syrian refugees that came from this area. it comes as the islamic state terrorists entered into the area. >> the government denied fighters and say i.s.i.l. fighters entered from the western side of the up to inside syria. >> claims that d.a.e.s.h. cross in into kobane from turkey is lies. we deny it it's not true. >> i.s.

mosul is the second largest city, home to around 8 million people. hundreds, thousands, fled after i.s.i.l. moved in. erbil was the destination for most of them fleeing. zeina khodr is on the outskirts of mosul. . >> the road behind me is the road to mosul. a few kilometers from here is the i.s.i.l. controlled city. we have no access to i.s.i.l. we have to rely on contacts inside and people that speak to family and friends. people are cut off from the rest of the country, they are not allowed to leave. if they do, they have to prove they are coming back - paying a large amount of money, which they don't have or provide a guarantee, like their house. they are cut off from the rest of the country. people complain about jobs. i.s.i.l. regulate everything - tell women what to wear and are running the schools. what we understand from people is they are gratedueding -- graduating young boys from the school, almost like breeding a new generators of supporters. if they lose territory, they have support on the ground. it will not be an easy battle to retake m

one year after isil took control of iraq's second largest city, the obama administration is sending in hundreds of additional american military trainers. it will also reportedly start up a new training site for iraqi troops in anbar province. it will increase training sites in iraq from four to five. patty, there are some 3,000 american troops already there in iraq as trainers and advisors. why is there a push for more now and does this represent a change in strategy? >>reporter: not necessarily. we don't know that yet. let me explain that. the president has complained saying they are not training the iraqi forces fast enough and he's put the blame on the iraqi government saying that we have the capacity to train more. they're just not getting us the recruits. so this is showing the president thinks they need more trainers on the ground but what's important is where the training is. that's another location in anbar province seeming to indicate they're going to try to target sunni soldiers. so here's the big question and why i say we don't know if this is a change in strategy. the presi

troop to say train iraqi forces to fight isil one year after the group took iraq's second largest city. >> this is aljazeera america good morning live from new york city i'm randall pinkston. after months of waiting a mixed ruling in the killing by police of a mentally ill black man. one officer involved did vital policy the other did not. >> they don't even get discipline, they can just murder people. >> protestors interrupted that announcement just the latest in months of demonstrations demanding action in the death of 25-year-old ezel ford. police confronted him just two days after michael brown was shoot in missouri, saying ford was acting suspiciously and reached for a gun. that's when they shot and killed him. >> the final decision on discipline for the two officers will be left in the hands of l.a. police chief charlie beck. now that the citizenry view is completely with that the district attorney will look into criminal charges and that can't come soon enough for those seeking justice in the shooting death of the 25-year-old a man who's mother said had the mental capacity of so

built for business. >> a year after isil took control of mosul iraq's second largest city. al jazeera has discovered evidence that they're recruiting thousands of children in the city. >>> a year after u.n.-backed talks in libya broke down in morocco, two rival governments are now meeting in berlin. it's hope that the negotiation will put an end to the chaos that has over taken the country. >>> in egypt a suicide-bombing egypt's interior ministry said that two bombers were shot. one was killed and the other badly injure: no tourists have been hurt and there is no immediate claim of responsibility. it's the second attack to target egypt's tourism industry. >>> tunisia's navy has rescued 250,000 migrants off the southeastern coast. they have left libya for lampedusa, but the makeshift vessel broke down. four of the rescued migrants including a pregnant woman are being treated in hospital. >> reporter: well, this latest rescue reminded that tunisia is not immune from the crisis affecting libya and also europe. the coast guard managed to can you these people, and 400 of them ha

fighters routed iraq's military and seized the country's second largest city mosul. in the year since, president obama has launched a campaign of air strikes aimed at rolling i.s.i.l. back in iraq and in neighboring syria.

. >>> thousands are preparing to retake the city of mosul. mosul is iraq's second largest city. in syria an american citizen was killed fighting against i.s.i.l. keith bloomfeld is likely the first u.s. citizen to die fighting alongside the kurds. >>> jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with more on the fighting. jamie how confidence are u.s. officials that more u.s. advisors will be able to turn things around? >> well, imran these advisors have one mission and that is to whip some war weary iraqi troops who are routed from ramadi back into shape so they can retake the city. the white house describes the dispatch of 450 american troops as a training mission. part of the president's pledge to ramp up training of iraqi forces to capitalize on what it says is the successful training of almost 9,000 iraqi troops so far. >> there actually are some locations in anbar near the other training base in anbar at al asad air base where we have seen iraqi security forces that have been trained by coalition forces that have received about the benefit of advice and assistance of u.s. military pe

. ♪ cebu city, located in the middle of the island is the second largest city in the philippines, following manila, the capital. english-language schools have been opening all over cebu city. at present, there are more than 200. they range from schools with only a handful of students to schools with thousands. ♪ the majority of the students are young people from asia. last year alone the number coming to cebu to study english grew to 150,000, with the figure rising every year. cebu city's largest english school sits in a district of government offices. smeag global education opened two years ago, through a joint investment between south korean and japanese firms. it has three buildings in the city, accommodating about 1,000 students in total. ♪ all the students stay in dormitories. there are cafeterias, stores and other facilities for students to enjoy, so they don't really need to leave the campus. there is also a movie theater, which screens english-language films only. one of the major appeals of the school is that they offer cheap, one-to-one lessons, something that would be extreme

florence looi is in myanmar's largest city. >> reporter: the government hasn't revealed a lot of information about what it plans to do with the 727 people found on board a boat in its waters on friday. now the minister of information says they would be taken to an undisclosed location but refused to clarify whether they would still be on a boat or allowed to disembark, they will be held until all identities have been a verified. he told us earlier they would be taken to bangladesh suggesting that the a very indication exercise has already been completed. so there's a lot of confusion surrounding the entire matter and a lack of transparency. we do know reporters who tried to reach the boat and speak to the people were turned back by navy boats. they were requested. cameramen and photographers had to defeat whatever they had on their memory cards. this also comes days after there was a regional meeting in bang kong where one of the purposes was to tackle the root cause of the migrant and refugee crisis in southeast asia. myanmar is seen as one of the problems because of the way it treats the r

they will play a supporting role if and when a decision is made to recapture iraq's second largest city. >>> the iraqi government's plans to do so have been stalled but isil has been preparing for that battle. it has dug a trench around the city and placed concrete barriers as a line of defense and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> the isil are recruiting children. they have brainwashed children. [♪ singing ♪] >> a major part of isil strategy is to control every aspect of the lives of the people, and even if it loses ground it insures that ideology will endure for years to come. al jazeera, northern iraq. >> well, linda robinson is an international policy analyst at think tank rand. she has recently returned from a trip from iraq. she joins us from virginia. as i'm sure you're aware it has trained iraqi forces for years and support the sunni tribes in so-called awakening council. what is new that the u.s. has not tried before? >> they were not able to achieve what they wanted to, which is to turn back isil. they will increase the coordination among the forces fighting

these pictures show isil's lightning fast takeover of the city, in june 2014, it is the second largest city, and home to 1.8 million people, hundreds of thousands escaped when i was sill moved in, and many moved 90 kilometers east of the mosul and, sent this report from midway between them. >>> beyond the bridge is isil territory, most sell, some two million people still live there. >>> the people who want to leave but they have to pay isil a huge amount of money which they don't have, they have to provide guarantee like the house to prove that they plan to come back, they live in a prison. >>> these people are born and raised here and they fled to the north last year when i was sill took over, and allen didn't have access to the city but they have access who secretly film they plain how they brain wash people, they even preach in mosks. >>> according to these journalists, they made the weapons she so people will turn against the u.s. led coalition and, isil does have some support, and many in the community have long felt targeted by the militias will. >>> the majority make not support

it's the largest american city to take that step. the u.s. environmental protection agency is moving to curb emissions from commercial aircraft. e.p.a. declared today that greenhouse gases from passenger airliners, cargo planes and business jets are a danger to public health. military aircraft and smaller planes would be exempt from any new regulations. the top federal health official warned congress today over a looming supreme court decision on health care. at issue is whether federal subsidies apply in 34 states without their own insurance exchanges. if the court says "no," more than six million people would lose their subsidies. at a house hearing, the secretary of health and human services, sylvia burwell, said lawmakers will feel the heat. >> if the court says that we do not have the authority to give subsidies, the critical decisions will sit with the congress, and states and governors to determine if those subsidies are available. >> woodruff: the supreme court's decision is due before month's end. pope francis created a tribunal toda

and mosul the largest city in northern iraq now a stronghold, plans delayed indefinitely. few expect the new u.s. trainers will change the battlefield quickly. >> they are on the move in syria and everywhere else. i don't see this stopping. we need a change in strategy. 400, 500 more trainers is a start but not enough. >> reporter: in washington, the president's move failed to satisfy iraq hawks. some republicans see half measures. >> it's a step in the right direction, but as the president admitted the other day he has no strategy to win. what this is another tactical move. >> reporter: some democrats see mission creep, a new risk the trainers are positioned to isis' front lines. >> this is exactly how vietnam started. if you don't think you are putting them in harm's way than you are not living in the real world. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe the sunni tribes are ready to take the fight to isis in anbar with the help of u.s. forces advising them. the addition of these 450 brings the total number of u.s. forces on the ground to 3500, up from close to zero a year ago

it is indonesia's third largest city with american 3,000, 3 million residents. >>> off-duty officer was taken to the hospital have after being trapped inside his car. according to police, 9500 block of, for germantown avenue when he crash in the tree. it happened just before 1:00 a.m. that officer was taken to the emergency room to be treated for his injuries. this morning there is no word for his condition. >>> philadelphia police, stilled upon a horrific scene late last night while responding to a report of the double shooting in west oak lane. they found a pregnant woman shot and man injured nearby. let's get to jennifer joyce live at philadelphia police headquarters with more on the disturbing details jennifer. >> good morning. both victims were transported to einstein medical center, the man is listed in stable condition, while the woman is listed in critical condition last night it was around 11:15 when doctors say her unborn baby, didn't make it. the shooting happened around 10:15 in the west oak lane section of the city on the 3700 block of theron avenue after shots rang out pol

most are in the port city of karachi, the largest city. there, temperatures reached 113 degrees farenheit. the government arrived the military to help with the crisis. a state of emergency has been declared in some areas. gerald tan reports. >> southern pakistan is sheltering. three days of high temperatures causing wide-spread heat stroke. in the largest city karachi, hundreds of patients are being treated for dehydration and exhaustion. >> translation: her blood pressure shot up because of heat. the stroke affected her hand and leg. >> most of the victims have been the elderly. many people in pakistan ab stain from food and water during the daylight hours. to complicate matters, the local electricity grid collapsed because of increased demand. in the city used to power cuts many are criticizing the government. >> i'm really worried that i have no wart or power in the home. i have been wandering here and there for an hour to find ice. i finely got little ice. >> the government is responsible for this whole crisis. the houses are deprived

it's been one year now since the terror group captured iraq's second largest city, causing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. it's now estimated that 1 million residents remain under the extremists rule there. and fresh off of taking thesy of beiji they're focussing on ramadi. the terror group is now threatening a key military base nearby where iraqi forces and militia are said to be preparing for an all-out assault on the extremists. our nick payton walsh was with the troops on the front lines and files this exclusive report. >> reporter: a long, edgy road leads to the iraqi base, the closest the iraqis have taken western television since it fell to isis. huge, sprawling. it's meant to be where soldiers, both shia and sunni are to be amassing. but we're told they're mostly deployed outside. and here, it is the iraqi army along the northern edge of their base in a vicious front line with isis along the river. isis have blocked a dam upstream to lower the tides and help them attack. it is minute by minute here. the situation can change. and that river bed very much the front lin

in early june the second largest city, with its treasure trove of threat -- treasure trove of weapons and money. >> among many jihadist groups. turning an idea into a reality. reporter: early july the group's leader would order all muslims to obey him and to support a state that is growing daily. now in control -- now in control of 300,000 square kilometers, the group has managed to take the cities. killing and terrorizing thousands along the way. this despite vows to stamp out the terrorist organization. president barack obama: we are leading a broad coalition to destroy the terrorist group. reporter: and international group has driven the jihadist from the turkestan -- from the turkish border. the persecution of tens of thousands. a fight on a global scale is proving difficult. 20,000 foreign recruits have joined the islamic state ranks. 30,000 terrorist organizations have pledged allegiance to it. tom: five police officers and's -- and the six militants have been reported to have been killed. the nigeria's -- the nigerian islamist group carried out the attack. chad is one of the le

the chinese government provided and it's the second largest city. it has also poured over $600 million to build the first major highway. chinese investments have increased tenfold by the last decade. it's a fund for the cash trap. >> we can not afford to borrow any additional money. this is why we're attractive. the investments from china are far more significant than the u.s. >> earlier this year china invited representatives of the countries including caribbean nations to beijing. they discussed how china money could be used to strengthen the ties across the sectors. >>. >> translator: lateen america and caribbean nations have sources. it's one of the emerging regions with the greatest potential for development. >> this tieny island nation has been searching for a spark sings it shun down the sugar company industry. in 2005 the, the government soot down and that's the dominating force on the country. since then it's searched and started to sell citizenship. condos with a price tag over $370,000 comes with an off er of citizenship. for many that's

temperatures in the country's south of been about 45 degrees for days with the largest city hardest hit. hospitals have treated 80,000 people. the controversy over the confederate flag continues to rage in the u.s.. the governor of alabama has ordered it to be removed from that state capitol building. critics say it is a symbol of racism. calls for its removal have grown since a mass shooting south carolina left nine black people dead. european leaders are brussels for a summit about greece. ben: we've been talking about progress, but not anymore. finance ministers were hoping to wrap up a deal today. instead, the meeting was abruptly ended. leaders were saying that things looked rosy for a cash for reforms agreement but it is the internatinal monetary fund that has rejected athens proposal that says it would only hinder growth. time is running out to prevent greece defaulting on its debt. >> leaders arrived in brussels but there organization was shadowed by the endless trauma regarding greece's financial straits. from what i heard we have not yet made the progress we need. in some resp

city. isil has been preparing for that battle. it has dug a trench with a line ever concrete barriers as a line of defense and it is breeding a new generation of fighters. >> isil is recruiting children. there are thousands of new graduates. >> a major part to control every aspect under the rule. even if it loses ground ensures more to come. >> still to come on the news hour. >> in the central philippines. we'll be reporting on why the united nations wants to applaud the country for what it calls it's strong tradition. >> and for a royal rumble, it's just 100 days for the world cup. >> we have breaking news. in the past few minutes. some breaking news on corruption investigation at fifa. we know that the attorney general in switzerland says that fifa football governing body has now handed over it data as part of the investigation. they opened criminal proceedings against individuals on suspicion of financial irregulators. earlier it was announced that the 2026 world cup had been put on hold

it is worth noting that the murder rate among the 15 largest cities in the u.s. is down. homicides are up in new york. consider that in 2014 there were 328 killings. in 1990 there were more than 2200. >>> and that is new york. chicago also seeing a rise in its crime rate shootings and homicides up drastically. city leaders are looking at major steps to end the violence there. ashar quraishi has more from chicago. >> reporter: just a snapshot of how fast and furious violence can hit the windy city. saturday night, may 23rd, '12:. 20am two males left in crit cap condition. an hour later, 1:28am a mother and son shot in their car. the same night, 2:24am, one person shot multiple times in the chest. c.p.r. administered. the victim unresponsive. three shootings in two hours. all told by the end of the memorial day weekend, a dozen killed 40 wounded in the troubled south and west side. the mayhem erupted days after a second inauguration speech was used to spotlight on young chicago and lost to violence. >> when young men and women join gangs, we as a city must and can do better

if you look at the 15 largest cities murder is down 5%. i think we need to hold on and think about how we can invest in these communities for long-term public safety output. >> lynn martin and bernard parks, joining us from los angeles this evening gentlemen, both of you, thank you for taking a deeper look. >>> coming up, the american city that claims it is ending veteran homelessness. and one day we may change the way we explore space. >> in houston the city has met a milestone. it has effectively ended homeless homelessness among military vets. houston accepted the first lady's challenge to end homelessness by 2015. >> texas contributes more military recruits than any other state in the u.s. houston alone there are more than 300,000 veterans. the country's second largest veteran population. and thousands more are expected to be returning home from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> even one homeless veteran is a shame. >> when first lady michelle obama challenged cities to end veteran homelessness by the end of the year, there were cit

in spain, leftist women have been sworn in as mayors in the country's two largest cities. ada colau, a former anti-evictions activist who has been arrested for protesting banks, has become the first woman mayor of barcelona. in the capital madrid, manuela carmena, a retired judge and former member of spain's underground communist party, has become the city's second woman mayor. both women have vowed to oversee sweeping reforms, including slashing their own salaries and stopping evictions. to see our interview with ada colau, go to democracynow.org. los angeles has become the largest city in the country to enact a $15-an-hour minimum wage. the measure signed by mayor eric garcetti requires employers with 26 or more workers to pay at least $10.50 an hour beginning next july, then raises the wage each year until it hits $15 in 2020. in dallas, texas, police shot and killed a man they say planted pipe bombs outside police headquarters and opened fire on officers. james boulware reportedly had a history of domestic violence and blamed police for taking away custody of his child

temperatures in the country's south of been about 45 degrees for days with the largest city hardest hit. hospitals have treated 80,000 people. the controversy over the confederate flag continues to rage in the u.s.. the governor of alabama has ordered it to be removed from that state capitol building. critics say it is a symbol of racism. calls for its removal have grown since a mass shooting south carolina left nine black people dead. european leaders are brussels for a summit about greece. ben: we've been talking about progress, but not anymore. finance ministers were hoping to wrap up a deal today. instead, the meeting was abruptly ended. leaders were saying that things looked rosy for a cash for reforms agreement but it is the internatinal monetary fund that has rejected athens proposal that says it would only hinder growth. time is running out to prevent greece defaulting on its debt. >> leaders arrived in brussels but there organization was shadowed by the endless trauma regarding greece's financial straits. from what i heard we have not yet made the progress we need. in some resp

but so far any plans to recapture iraq's second largest city have stalled. an estimated 1 million residents remain under isis rule there. on monday, president barack obama sat down with the prime minister on the sidelines of the g-7 summit. >> when a finalized plan is presented to me by the pentagon, then i will share it with the american people. we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the iraqis as well about how recruitment takes place, about how that strange takes place. the details of that are not yet worked out. >> there are new details on information learned by u.s. officials during a raid in syria last month include the possibility that isis wives may play a greater role in the terrorist group operations than previously thought because they attract less attention. the raid led to the capture of the isis leader's wife. she has given significant information and intelligent helping the u.s. better understand isis communications and organization. and the united states had intelligence for months on probable loc

city. see light volume. nice shot of the bridge there see reflection of the sun off the delaware river, nice start to our tuesday morning. forty-two freeway moving freely at this hour, looking at the headlight northbound, to problems this hour, we take you out to 422 saint gabe's curve, right ariot around the trooper area. battle some sun glare as you start to head eastward. sun up this morning dealing with little cloud cover have the sunglasses hand any case. travel times look great so far this morning on 95 north, from the vine street expressway, to woodhaven, that's 14 minute trip. seventy-six east from 476 to the vine, still looking good with clear conditions. that's a look at your ride, erika, back to you. >> thank you weaver some new video just in from that crash in indonesia. an indonesian air force transport plane crashed into neighborhood just two minute after take off the her cool is c130 reportedly was turning back to the base because of engine trouble when it slammed into the ne

it is worth note nag the murder rate among the 15 largest cities is down from last year. murders have fallen by 5%, from 2015 to this year, down from 871 to 828. and although homicides are up in new york, consider that in 2014 there were 328 killings. in 1990 there were more than 2200. al jazeera. >> richard aborn is the president of the citizens crime commission a nonprofit organization focused on criminal just sis and public safety. she is washington d.c. d. tonight. one this in part of the ferguson effect, where some say there's been a slow down on the part of police. >> absolutely not the rises we have seen preceded ferguson. so we have been having. >> nothing to do with that. >> i don't think it does. >> what do you think? i can only spoke for baltimore, i believe in baltimore it is arise of the ferguson effect, because in may there were actually a decrease in arrests and there was an increase in homicide. and what the residents are saying is there are no police on the streets so the police have gone from overpolicing to basically a work slow down and no policing at

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fighters routed iraq's military and seized the country's second largest city mosul. in the year since, president obama has launched a campaign of air strikes aimed at rolling i.s.i.l. back in iraq and in neighboring syria. the pentagon has also sent 3100 united states military personnel back into iraq to train and advise iraqi forces, the iraqi forces that americans trained. and earlier today america ordered 450 more american force intees iraq. forces into iraq. four years after american forces officially withdrew from iraq they're back there. iraqi forces have managed to retake tikrit and advance on baiji. as troops get diverted to the west of the iraqi capital, seize the city of emramadi, by i.s.i.l. imran khan has the story. >> the battle in anbar province for ramadi and fallujah as well is where the battle with i.s.i.l. is really being fought here in iraq. now reasons for that are many fold, you have a number of shia militias who are taking towns and villages and roads for this assault on ramadi. also you have i.s.i.l. who control two of the largest border crossi

medan is indonesia's third largest city. the plane crashed on empty buildings, otherwise the death toll would have been higher. by sunset on tuesday the airport announced it would no longer fly the hercules c 130 until they know why this crash happened. it's not the first time that a military airport crashes into a civilian area here in indonesia and it's already prompted calls from applications questioning whether the military is operating planes that are too old. but there are no answers yet why this accident happened. the investigation could take a couple of months. stephanie dekker. al jazeera. >> the eyethe tests carried out on a 17-year-old boy showed positive results for ebola. you >>> haitian officials have warned that dominican republic will force thousands back over the border. sparking a humanitarian crisis. and the poorest nation in the americas is struggling to cope. >> on haiti's northern border, people are crossing back. some deported. some heading to haiti. >> the dominicans force to you leave even when you s

seizing mosul, iraq's second largest city and fallujah. a city u.s. marines once subdued after a brutal campaign of house to house fighting. but more than a year later both mosul and fallujah are still under isil control. part of territory including large swaths of both iraq and syria. one major reason, isil is adept at replenishing their ranks through social media. >> they can get the west to react simply by a tweet. >>reporter: patrick skinner is a former cia case offerser. now he tracks isil online. he says the group's online recruiting is like nothing the intelligence community has ever seen before. >> i think it's unprecedented. i mean, mostly because of the timing. they came along right when social media exploded. so if it had not been them, it might have been somebody else. >>reporter: last week an assessment first reported by the new york times times said isil propaganda and brutal videos and its thousands of twitter followers has so far trumped coalition efforts to present an alternative narrative. branding. >> they have an iconic isis look.

but it is the west, the most populated area of syria, with the largest cities. even that area is increasingly under threat. a city like homs is west of helm era, which of course the islamic -- of palm era -- of palmyra. molly: adam pletts recording -- reporting from beirut. from petro poroshenko after a surge of violence in eastern ukraine, at least 26 were killed. one of the worst outbreaks of violence since the february cease-fire was signed. with more, here is our correspondent. >> the fragile truth in minsk -- minsk seems closer than ever to collapsing. with talk to the cease-fire agreement giving way to that of military offensives. >> the cease-fire has already been violated because they are showing at us, and we cannot just sit here in trenches. we can only go forward and forward and forward. i am not the only one saying this. everyone is talking about this. >> wawrinka is on the -- marinka -- both sides blame each other for starting. resting on the road to the town come ukrainian soldiers say the rebels struck first. an opinion shared by the osce. they ar

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the plane crashed into a hotel in a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city. everyone on board is dead and they are still trying to find the victims on the ground. we had details on what officials say happened right before the plane went down. >> a fiery and deadly plane crash sent first responders scrambling. there were 113 people on board 101 passengers and 12 crew members. according to officials shortly after takeoff this c 130, of the four engine turboprop transport came down in a residential area in some mantra. crushing cars, burning buildings, all in front of a three-story hotel. dozens were killed at the scene. these are large aircraft to transport troops or cargo. the cause of the crash today remains under investigation. the officials declare that there was serious engine trouble. back in december, 162 people were killed when an air asia jet crashed into the sea. >> authorities say that they do not know yet how many are military is now and how many are civilian, as they are still in the ross s of recovering and identifying bodies. in new york, abc. >>

the second-largest city one year ago today and leave behind so much u.s.-supplied military equipment and then more recently they did exactly the same thing in ramadi. >> in ramadi there wasn't an equipment issue. it was an issue. we're looking at that thoroughly. in mosul, that's a very big disappointment for all of us in iraq and certainly for the region. we can not accommodate isis being there. we need support of others as well. however we are a new democracy. u.s. troops left us without even a single fighter plane. let's not forget that. and i think we need to get our politics right but we need the support of others. >> you heard, though -- >> let me be clear, wolf. >> please. >> others we need as much as they need us. >> you heard ash carter tell our barbara starr, pentagon correspondent, that your troops in his words showed no will to fight in ramadi. >> i don't think anybody will benefit from such words. the americans as much as us. we have partnership, we have the will for it everyday. everyday we have these fights on different operations different

that area in indonesia is third largest city with over 3 million people and residents there. >>> a mother's unborn child is dead this morning after a gunman shot a woman inside a car overnight. >> so sad to hear that. forty-seven year-old man was also shot, he was shot several times, this happened in west oak lane just after 10:00 o'clock. jennifer joyce is now live at philadelphia police headquarters, such a sad one there, jennifer. >> reporter: it is very sad. a a man is in stable condition and a woman is in critical condition. her unborn baby, did not make it. this double shooting happened around 10:15 last night in west oak lane, on the 7300 block of theron avenue. after shots rang out police located the two victim, a 46 year-old man lying next to the dodge suv and a three two-year old woman who was sitting in the passenger seat vehicle. the man had gunshot wound to both of his legs. woman had a gunshot wound to her lower back. both were taken to einstein medical center. it man is in stable condition. again, would the man is in critical condition and her unborn child is dead. >> upon ar

it is indonesia's third-largest city. curious residents have in flocking to the crash site to see the wreckage. they are showing what remains of the deleterious transport plane and the lives that perished with it. it is unclear how many of the dead recovered were killed in the plane, and how many died on the ground. the number of those who died continue to rise, and families are left to wonder what caused the aircraft to fall out of the sky so soon after it took off. another hercules crashed into thousand nine and killed nearly 100 people. many in indonesia are calling for an update of the military hardware. the country's economic woes are making it unlikely to increase the defense budget anytime soon. laura: the tunisian government is trying to -- 88 people were killed during an assault. -- 38 people were killed during an assault. >> a reassuring presence today. the president of tunisia has admitted that security forces were caught off guard by the massacre on the shore, despite an attack on torah study museum three mont