19/06/2014 World News Today

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US President Barack Obama says he will send 200 military advisers

Obama's comments come as Iraqi government forces battle Sunni

militants for control of the country's biggest oil refinery.

US President makes clear US intervention be limited. American

forces will not be returning to combat, but we will help Iraqis as

they take the fight to the terrorists.

Spain's new king, Felipe VI, calls for ?a new Spain we will

build together? as he is sworn in at a ceremony in Madrid.

The moment eleven days of misery came to an end as a German

cave explorer is rescued from the darkness in Bavaria.

It's do or die in the World Cup as Uruguay and England fans prepare

for their sides' crunch match in Sao Paulo.

Within the last hour, President Obama has announced that the US is

sending up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help the Iraqi army

But he stressed US troops were not returning to combat.

On-the-ground fighting between the two sides is continuing.

There's confusion over who's in control of

Although the black flags of ISIS are reported to be flying

above the plant in Bayji, it's still not clear if they're

Let?s hear what President Obama said at the White House a short time ago.

We have had and advisers in Iraq through our embassy and we are

prepared to send a small number of military advisers, up to 300, to

assess how we can best trained, advice and support Iraqi security

forces. American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq. But we

will help Iraqis as they take the fight to the terrorists. He has only

just started speaking. -- finish. He was adamant she stressed these

aren't troops returning to Iraq. -- to stress.

After intense negotiations, the conclusion from President Obama

seems to be that this is not America's fight. He gave the caveat

that if the situation changes, there could be limited action perhaps in

the form of air strikes that has been discussed by the national

security team. He said he would discuss with Congress if that was

the case. But he said it twice, American combat troops are not

returning to Iraq. For the moment, the president seems to have made a

decision that it is not in America's national-security

interests. He was very adamant that this is not

a military battle, it is a political one, calling us directly to the

Iraqi Government saying that their leaders must rise against their

differences. There is clearly a military battle

on the ground between the insurgents, but what the president

wants to stress is that there must be a political solution. He says

they are continuing to give advice to the Iraqis and they have done

since American forces withdrew and his message right now is we have

told you all along that you have to have an inclusive government, you

cannot come now that there is a crisis and expect a military

solution from America. The pressure from Washington on Baghdad is

political. The other thing that he mentioned

was that it was not the place for America to choose a rack's leaders.

-- Iraq's. Yes, he said the whole point of

installing democracy there was that we should give Iraqis the chance to

pick her own government. He also said America did not have a role to

take sides between Sunnis and Shias. He made an agreed reference

to the initial intervention in Iraq back in 2003 saying, the one thing

we have learnt is that there is a need to ask hard questions before

the US takes military action abroad. Clearly, his security team deciding

that the moment has not come. Thank you.

President Obama just finishing speaking on that announcement.

Well, Iraq is home to three main sectarian groups:

The research group D3 Systems interviewed 2,200 Iraqis and asked

them whether they were satisfied with how democracy is working.

The survey found that 63% of Kurds, who are mainly in the

semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north, were satisfied with the

This compared to 46% of Shia Arabs, the biggest group in the country

who were widely marginalised under the rule of former dictator Saddam

Hussein, and only 15% of Sunni Muslims, who say they have been

sidelined since the 2003 US-led invasion, said they were satisfied.

With me is Matthew Warshaw, Vice President of D3 Systems,

the research company that carried out the survey.

Thank you for joining us. The findings pretty much echo what we

come to expect in the way that Iraq is divided into its groups. We have

been watching this for many years, doing pollen from 2004. But from

2002 until recently, we have seen increasing dissatisfaction amongst

Sunni Arabs while Kurds are increasingly isolated and not being

part of central government and only the Shia population feeling any eye

in -- One thing being stressed by Obama is

that the government is to work for everybody. But your survey found

that the different groups have different needs and perceptions of

where their country is going. This is a huge political crisis that is

overlaid over economic and social and ethnic tensions. The Kurds have

a much more secure region that they are living in, not as worried about

security, more worried about economic pressures. But Shias are

more concerned about services such as electricity and four Sunnis the

overwhelming concern is security. -- and for.

And whether they will be safe in the future. One other question you asked

is whether you believe decisions made by the Iraqi Government are...

Again, very different aspirations. Very different. Once again, the

Sunnis other least likely to feel that decisions made by central

Government are legitimate and binding. The Kurds are also somewhat

discouraged by. Only the Shias feel there is some it is a must see.

There is an enormous political problem. -- some legitimacy.

Only Iraqis can provide that. They need to be the ones that come

together and find a way to include these different groups and finally

government that can represent everyone. Nouri al-Maliki is having

meetings with different groups, but it feels a little late. It may be.

The elections gave his party 92 seats, but he needs 163 to have a

majority. It is not clear that other Shia parties would line up with him.

Whether or not he can bring together a coalition for 163 votes is the

question. Thank you. We Shell watch and wait. It has been fascinating.

-- we says Russia has moved more

troops to the Ukrainian border. NATO's Secretary General,

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said several thousand more soldiers

had been deployed. He said that is a matter

for grave concern. NATO: Russia to stop the flow of

weapons. To stop the flow of weapons from

Russia to separatist groups in eastern Ukraine. We call on Russia

to stop the support for pro-Russian armed gangs in eastern Ukraine and

recall Russia to stop is stabilising the situation and engage in a

constructive manner with the political leadership. -- and we call

on Russia to. Fighting is still raging in eastern

Ukraine as the Army battles pro-Russian insurgents. Daniel

Sandford is in the city of Luhansk. We have had a reasonably quiet 24

hours until recently. There has been a grim exchange of bodies by the two

sides. The Ukrainian army and the rebels handing back the debt to the

other side, so that they can be given a burial. That is what has

been going on for the last 24-hour is. That said, there have been

reports recently of some quite heavy fighting breaking out in a heavily

fortified town to the north of Donetsk. Here we have not seen

fighting today, but we have seen lots and lots of evidence of the

aftermath of fighting. One of the things that has happened today is

that the leadership of the Donetsk People's Republic have been

appealing in Moscow saying they feel they are outnumbered and are looking

to Moscow for support. Of course, it is a difficult

situation there. The question over the troops, over the Russian troops

being brought back to the Ukrainian border which will be very

inflammatory, as well. Yes, it is. I think there is no

doubt now that our Russian troops building up on the other side of the

border. The reasons for that aren't clear. In fact, they are paid. NATO

were saying that they were hoping that it might mean that Russia is

trying to control the border batter, trying to prevent weaponry and

people coming to help the fight is here coming across the border. But

there are noises coming out of Moscow suggesting through sources,

nothing to direct, that the build-up of troops is to apply pressure on TF

after the Russian embassy in the year was of course attacked at the

weekend. -- on Kiev. One thing that is certain is that if

this tension keeps building, lots more people will die here and many

of them will be civilians. What everybody needs to be doing is

getting around the table and trying to get right things and we do not

see much sign of that. TRANSLATION: Were disadvantaged in numbers of

troops and lose in terms of armaments. -- we are. They have

another big advantage, the support of the West, which justifies all of

their actions, absolutely all, no matter how absurd.

You can see there that that requests for assistance from the Russians not

really a sign of people trying to de-escalate things. Back to you.

Thank you. Spain's new king, Felipe VI,

has called for unity and respect for diversity, at

a swearing-in ceremony in Madrid. It was a low-key event,

at a time of austerity and hardship for many Spaniards and when the

country is threatened by a growing Spain's first royal succession

follows the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos,

earlier this month. The BBC's Chris Morris has been

watching events in Madrid. The morning after the night before,

the world champions may be out of the World Cup, but Spain has a new

king. This is the start of a new era.

Felipe VI received a red sash from the outgoing king, his father. It

signifies the rank of Captain General, the highest rank in the

Spanish army. Then to parliament where he was sworn in as head of

state. There were no foreign leaders

present, no coronation, this has been a day of deliberately

restrained ceremony. In the most important speech of his life, the

King appealed for unity without playing down the challenges that he

and his country face after years of economic and constitutional crisis.

TRANSLATION: I have communicated my sincere and honest feelings,

convictions and commitments about Spain I identify with, one I love

and aspire to. And the parliamentary monarchy I believe in. It has to be

a renovated monarchy for new times. And then the moment many people were

waiting for, the royal procession through the streets of Madrid. Here

is the new king. This is the first royal succession in Spain since the

restoration of democracy in the 1970s. Plenty of questions are being

asked about whether the monarchy is the right institution to take this

country forward. We have studies that say that monarchies are cheaper

in fact than republics. I think that Felipe VI will be the king of all

Spanish people. So I do not mind the Republic question. I think that

monarchy now is the better option, the best option for Spain. Finally

the appearance on the balcony of the Royal Palace. Waving to the

assembled crowds. But this cannot be business as usual for the Spanish

monarchy, and the new King seems to accept that. Now he has to deliver

on his promise. There's been a dramatic rescue

in Germany. Johann Westhauser was trapped

for 11 days in the Riesending cave, which is on the border of Austria

and Germany. The Riesending cave in

Southern Germany is the deepest Our Berlin Correspondent Stephen

Evans has the story. 11 days trapped underground, but now

it is over. Sometimes you hand best Hauser has been squeezed through the

tightest gaps. -- Johann Westhauser. It has been inch by inch. Up from a

whole 1000 metres deep. There was tension among the rescuers right to

the end. TRANSLATION: I have the joy his duty to let you know that the

injured man has no arrived at the clinic in a good state and we have

managed to fulfil the essential aim of the operation. The complex of

caves in the Alps is on the border with Germany and Austria. But there

are dangerous drops, sometimes 300 metres straight down. The caves

stretched horizontally to the injured man. 200 people had been

involved in the rescue, helicopters have constantly ferried supplies to

the top of the mountain, where a tiny hall gives access to the caves.

Cavers normally take out insurance, but this will go nowhere near

covering the operation. As temperatures rise in the UK

and Europe, thousands of people are expected to flock to holiday resorts

to soak up the summer sun. But new research reveals that

the sun's rays can be addictive and can give frequent sunbathers

a fix, much like heroin or morphine Well, Dr David Fisher

from the Harvard Medical School is Thank you for joining us. You are

suggesting that the sun is as addictive as heroin? It appears to

activate the same response, the opiate response, in the skin. It

creates a molecule which is our body's one version of the opiates.

Feel-good hormones? Yes, the study did not measure the euphoric sayyid

of it, but it measured the addictive qualities -- the euphoric effects of

it. A dependency would occur if we suddenly interrupted this, they

would be withdrawal symptoms, shaking and things of that nature,

due to the effect of EV radiation. We know that the sun and

overexposure can be dangerous for our skin, but what you are saying is

that it is addictive and we need to treat it with care? That is right.

It suggests that the strategy to break the sun seeking behaviour may

be more than a simple casual discussion but perhaps something

that recognises that there can be the behavioural influence of

carrying -- influences or carrying. There have been studies that have

been carried out in people to suggest that there are addictive

features. I think that this helps us to understand without happily exist

and perhaps that these would be regulated in a different way if the

process is activating a potent addiction like mechanisms in people.

You were using mace, critics have said that these were nocturnal

animals, they do not usually suffer from sun exposure. -- mice. What

conclusive results can you then take away from these mice and give to

humans? Any studies done outside of humans have to be validated in

people and the direct impact of that must be carefully analysed before it

is assumed to be absolutely identical. There are several key

features which we do to be quite confident that we can -- that what

we are looking at is very similar if not identical. There is evidence

that UV responses in the skin are very similar, again, if not

identical in mice as they iron men. Mice, even though they are fiery,

they still tan, -- furry. It was important was that the doses of UV

that we used were very low doses. These were not inflammatory doses,

these were very low, because we did not want to look at the effects at

an unusual exposure of UV. We are so sorry, we're out of time. But thank

you for that very serious message, be careful of the sun, it is

addictive. Now to the World Cup

and another big footballing nation could be following Spain towards

the exit door later. England kick off against Uruguay

in Sao Paulo shortly, The early game,which has just

finished, saw the two unbeaten teams from Group C, Colombia and

Ivory Coast, in action. It was a clash at the top of group

C. Emotions were running high, with both teams unbeaten so far. It

opened at blistering pace, end-to-end play with both sides

getting in shots on goal. Ivory Coast also had a chance. And then

this move almost put Colombia in the lead. In the second half, the goals

came. A superb header from this corner saw the South Americans call

one nil ahead. Then this call from the substitute. But Ivory Coast came

back and produced a spectacular goal. They kept the pressure on rate

until the end, but it was not enough will stop Colombia two, Ivory Coast

one. So coming up next, in just over half

an hour, a must-win game for Uruguay and England after both teams lost

their opening games. And the late game is another clash

between first-round losers, Here in the UK 20 million people are

expected to be glued to their sets So with anticipation building

and nerves jangling, we leave you tonight with a bit of blatant bias,

a patriotic call to arms! This special poem,

penned and filmed by the poet Henry Birtles, harks back to the

first and only time England won the Have we finally learnt our lesson,

do we finally know the score. Has reality come home to roost

and knocked on every door. In a land where blind conviction

never ceases to amaze. When you weigh up all those barren

years, Have we woken up with open eyes

and seized the reins of truth. Are we reckoning on nothing;

it?s the basement not the roof. Or yet once again has reason

from our senses taken leave. Has it forced us to declare

in hope; in England we believe. From the cobbled streets

of Holmfirth, Can we see our Lions prowling,

can we count upon these men. Will they interrupt the Samba

and evoke the ghost of Moore. Will they burn out,

will they whimper, From the Peckhams to the Beckhams,

from The Bridge up to The Lane. From The Valley to The Cottage,

is it four more years of pain. Are the car flags and the banners

just reminders to forget. Or will Gerrard?s Cross find Rooney

and will Rooney find the net. It?s that time again for all of us,

that time when we unite. Let the Scots cry Argentina,

let the hand of God be right. We won?t shy from blinkered passion,

so it?s time we gave what for. From the Stretford End to Rovers,

from the Hawthorns to Turf Moor. We will rally, we will gather,

we will throw all colours in. For our Team and for our Country,

for our Queen and for our kin. And when all is done and dusted and

they?ve dragged us through the dirt. We?ll still celebrate the honour

of Three Lions and The Shirt.