Were going to do this job the 3rd just turned 3 pm in hours as mentioned my name is kevin owen here about h q with your world news update and 1st to that breaking story that came in from rock earlier this morning the United States has assassinated irans top military commander of money in a drone strike on Baghdad International airport the Early Morning air raid also killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders solomon e a lead the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign Operations Unit was heavily involved in the fight against i still in iraq and syria in the u. S. Though the general was listed as a terrorist the pentagon said hed been actively planning attacks against u. S. Diplomats and military personnel iranian Supreme Leader has warned there will be harsh reprisals against washington now over the assassination. The u. S. Act of International Terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon money the most effective force fighting dying. Ill kind it at home is extremely dangerous and foolish escalation the u. S. Bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism just as unprecedented in how how tense things are how both countries are in this is this is the abbotts this is the abas to kill assassinate the man who is referred to as the 2nd most powerful man in iran a potential successor to the Supreme Leader he was killed after arriving at the airport in baghdad the u. S. As he was he was targeted i mean this operation was preplanned they knew he was coming they knew where to strike the they were targeting him and the fallout has been global weve had leaders all over the world officials come out for against you know urging calm and deescalation the reunions convening National Security council they have one message the entire iranian hierarchy that there will be consequences retaliation there is as of yet no indication how exactly the iranians will respond to it respond to this but they havent launched any missiles yet and you know the they are stupid theyre intelligent people they probably understand a war with the United States is the last thing they need but i doubt that the leave this you know without without an answer and so how is the u. S. Justifying the myth while the United States is saying that he was the ultimate bad guy this is this is from the state department this is in American Press that we just killed the worlds number one bad guy this is this is simpson in mining he was at the forefront of the fight against isis in iraq when it seemed like isis the jihad this would go to take the. The whole country was he who helped organize the maps the Popular Mobilization forces the iraqi civilians banding together to resist sizes and successfully while the army was in shambles as they got their things in order help by the coalition but they defeated isis what the United States has been saying is that he is responsible for the deaths of 517 americans over the years that he was complicit that he had a rule to play in recent in the recent spate of attacks on u. S. Bases culminated in a u. S. Led air strike against syrian and iraqi units military units that again led to the siege of the u. S. Embassy again unprecedented in the green zone a fortified embassy that was that was besieged in. By the way rainy and bad rainy and backed proxies as they were referred to that urged protesters to withdraw to leave the embassy a little nevertheless the United States said that the threat presented by him was continuing that he had done plenty of bad things and that this was the United States this saying defending themselves at the direction of the president the u. S. Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad to buy killing costume so in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world reaction is very polarized to this both among us Public Society people are split some are saying this was a stupid escalation that you know pushed america and iran to the brink of war others are saying that they support president trumps decision to carry out this attack trumps immediate comment on this assassination was. To tweet an American Flag just just an American Flag and interesting thing one of the one of the 1st responses is a retreat of his he accused president barack obama of attempting to start a war provoking a war with iran to boost his ratings to boost his poll numbers and now were in a situation where trump is accused of doing so especially with impeachment just around the corner but ultimately well have to wait and see how this all ends whether this will continue to escalate in the lab hinges on irans reaction to this brazen assassination. Solomon hes killing is to give an outpouring of grief and anger in iran where the general was widely revered 3 days of mourning have been announced now and thousands of iranians have turned in cities across the country dorner and as for the iraqi Prime Minister hes also condemned the u. S. Strike describing it as an act of aggression overside Mohammad Marandi a professor of politics and run university believes that an understatement. Of this was an act of war the americans killed a high ranking iranian official that wasnt for a general stolen money there probably wouldnt be a syria today and there would be black flags over them ask us thanks to the United States and its allies and if it wasnt for general stolen money probably there wouldnt be in iraq today and the capital over the capital we would have had the black sides of isis iraqis except for those bathurst who supported Saddam Hussein in isis supporters who are celebrating the overwhelming majority of iraqis supports general saleh money and are grateful to him for helping save the country wherever the United States goes and destroys its all for its all to defend democracy and freedom and the American People which is all nonsense this is the language of a racist euro centric heritage that weve weve been seeing for the last few centuries the same language that we that existed in the 19th the 20th century to justify hate germany plunder death and destruction is being used today but in the in a different way they disregard sovereignty to disregard the government they disregard the people of iraq there their utter arrogant behavior is has made the whole region outraged and then they wonder why people hate america. So immediate ramifications then the u. S. Is now urging american citizens to leave iraq immediately and not to approach the embassy in baghdad the secure green zone where the American Embassy and recchi government are located is in lockdown right now still the u. S. Secretary of state is said to that he believes many iraqis have welcomed. Iraqis iraqis dancing in the street for freedom thankful that general salim army is no more. We are american iran should solve their problems outside of iraq we do not want them to solve it here we do not celebrate the killing of so the money or anyone else because this will not serve us at the end of the day. In the wake of the strikes when iraqi lawmakers been calling for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the country and in the us leading democrats also furious that donald trump took such a risky step without Congress Approval for. Their administration has conducted tonight strikes in iraq targeting high level Iranian Military officials and killing Iranian Quds Force commander kasim silly money without in the thirtys ation for use of military force against iran further this action was taken without the consultation of the congress. Actually to do what they did today and the previous airstrikes before the assassination of general cotton for a money is a violation to 1st of all not only to the International Law but also to do it against the american constitution and access a nation at this big and this is an important person in the region that will lead the whole world the whole region to a war no he needs the year the approval of the congress and he did not approve he did not have it so he did that violate the american constitution and i do think the American Democratic party will use that against him in congress then there should be an in this. Ignition in the United States for who did this is why when and we are and the trunk should be punished because he did. Break the constitution and this is not the 1st time. The big stories to tell you about several countries have condemned the Turkish Parliament decision to send troops to libya theres deep concern from israel greece and i was cyprus of reports of all escalation of the conflict in the region are calling turkeys move reckless the turkish decision to deploy troops in libya presents a dangerous threat to regional stability the repercussions of such reckless moves will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region in a phone call with the turkish leader the us president raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya but both agreed to maintain the Diplomatic Corp libya is a cause currently in a jewel so complicated theres a un backed government of National Accord that h. Q. To the capital tripoli theres also the alternative socalled eastern cabinet headed by general holy for hafter over into brooke and a 3rd region is controlled by local tribes and militias libya has been in a state of war since an uprising in 2011 for the killing of longtime leader one the gadhafi in recent months the government of National Accords been losing ground to the rival administration of general Khalifa Haftar who leads the selfstyled Libyan National army general have to his forces currently control to most of libyas territory crucially including oil and Gas Resources at the un backed government formally requested military aid from turkey last month well libyas neighbors of also major reservations about whats happened in the last 24 hours the Egyptian Foreign Ministry is calling on the International Community to respond urgently weve been hearing analysis from turkey and beyond on anger is military plan and its possible repercussions now going forward. We see a very soft announcement by the arab league we can see that theyre unified only by name were seeing turkey become more and more now the major player in not only libya in the north africa and the east and the middle east turkey is showing that its not going to shy away in present add one is willing to use his military muscle to get the results he wants at the diplomatic table as well turkey made a very important chess move. Greeks. Egyptians. Of course are very disappointed by did decision by. Turkeys strategic move will. Bring some. Advantages strategic advantages for turkey we will see the method the manner of how turkey is dealing with this problem and challenges in the coming days if turkey sent more troops then general haftar will also look at more support from the governments hes already there are already back including and especially egypt the United Arab Emirates they will send their own proxies or troops or more weapons so in that sense the situation could definitely escalate in a military sense. So its a new decade another 29. 00 teams just been consigned to history books lets take a moment again to take stock of some of the defining events of the year just gone. And heck this was such a big story wasnt refrig for so many people in april a blaze told through not true done cathedral in paris nearly destroying the 850 year old landmark charlotte have been ski reports next on just how deeply that was felt in france and how the scars are set to remain too for decades to come. Fronts was shaking to its core in april foyer ravaged the jewel of paris not to dumb. Across the world they was show too with blanket coverage over the place and hair in paris thousands came out to the streets Standing Shoulder to shoulder what ching they sang trees old cathedral. My heart just dropped like. Are you kidding me it was completely shocking and i was just constantly like ok the couple when he would say the tears everything just complete just. Just refreshing cautiously looking for any sort of update and i thought it was gone i thought there was no way you know they were going to put it out at all with. Everyone at work we just kept refreshing the page and seeing what caused it what had happened we couldnt believe that notre dame was on fire we were at home in seattle and we had literally booked our plane tickets to france the night before and was going to be one of the highlights of course it was it was a little bit of a blow relief came in the early hours that it could be saved but it was. That cost was being counted with a price tag potentially reaching billions of euros money polled in from wealthy benefactors and people chipping in what they could but that provoked anger itself many frustrated that the money was so forthcoming for a building when people were struggling to make ends meet the outrage intensified when the authorities were accused of not being completely upfront about lead contamination in the area following the fire some 450 tons of lead in the roof and the steeple melted during the blaze schools were closed for decontamination but many accuse the state of putting the reconstruction of the cathedral ahead of Peoples Health and Environmental Defense association decided to take matters into its own hands it accused the authorities of having lacked in their response and in transparency it is a question of establishing who is responsible for this miscommunication which has left the population uninformed on the dangers to which it is exposed in our opinion peoples lives have been in danger since the night of the disaster because the environmental code requires elected officials to provide precautionary information in real time on public airwaves unfortunately. We never heard this advice and people and journalists stayed around the cathedral on the forecourt and whole families stayed on the ground on the terraces with all the windows open watching this disturbing show without knowing that the plumes hitting them consisted of extremely toxic lead dust and were dangerous to health but officials claimed there was no risk and somewhat angry about the coverage of the contamination at the site saying that all old for as in buildings were built using leds and there was too much fear mongering dont. You really have to lie on the ground and leak it if you want to be in fact in this story about lead has been around for a long time and its causing inundation a problem for the not true don destry it was isolated knocking down from the tourists travel agents across the world were forbidden in a certain way to come to paris near not to die because of the risk of contamination which didnt exist 8 months old and this is what surrounds not a huge perimeter fence safeguarding the sites tourist numbers through here though more of a trickle than the flood that they used to be and that has hit the businesses around the cathedral hot too at least we have lost tourists we have lost the pilgrims we have problems with the restoration work or not saddam and with the level of security is because the building is still not secure and we suffer from all these how the businesses here have seen their sales figures drop at least by 80 percent during certain periods currently in the month of december an average 70 percent trade is hey want to return to the status quo but the work to secure this so i can restore it to its former glory is expected to take years in the meantime some businesses fear that they may end up on the cheap too just like much of not in 2019. Paris is 20 past the hour coming up a story. Right now we have 5 putting their faith in Animal Welfare litter in the last briton recognizing ethical very good ism is a belief that should be legally protected will tell me why a story of a mans fight for. Seems wrong. To say proud to stay active. Engagement equals betrayal. When something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest race in truth to stand losing you since you just the right questions and the right answers. Question. Again this is Art International live from russia next ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and now from today protected by law in the u. K. After employment tribunal ruling is literally just happen a lot more case comes after a very good man claimed he was sacked for his Animal Welfare beliefs his name jordy customer john a 55 year old guy says he was fired after accusing his former employer the league against cruel sports for investing in animal testing with his pension fund something it denies before challenging his dismissal he took legal action to try and prove that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief which the court has just said is just ruled in his favor that means similar to religion its protected from discrimination under the ukase equality act 2010 well lets break this down a bit more ethical vegan is defined by not just excluding animal products from meals but also by choosing a particular lifestyle avoid all things that would lead to animal suffering mr kassim it john his former employer says though he was fired for gross misconduct and in principle its not against me get is im becoming an official believe. The league against cruel sports is an inclusive employer and as this is a hearing to decide whether veganism should be a protected states is something which the league does not contest it would be inappropriate for rose to comment further. We discussed how far Legal Protection should should extend with a representative from britains begin society and also political commentator andrew walker. I would like to say my pen should be a damaged and undermined by somebody who insists that you call impacts in war normal to compensate we should not be the lowest common denominator if something is ridiculous we should be allowed to call it ridiculous if you want to criticize something we should be able to criticize it as an instrumental instance and but arent and you have the choice to invest in ethical action and hes not saying everybody hes just saying hes working for and i dont rise and are ancient i think the consent and the very real Health Dangers of if he can die when you are a child. It will only just a nice status in clinic in bags children pregnant and breastfeeding women for their people as well doesnt want to do it because under this in the future i believe its better for the animals for the planet for help so its something that all of us can do to help combat Climate Change and to be kinder into the animals that we should spend but this is the very socratic problem is that because obviously there is no financial motive and this is whats been going except on the support for the Climate Change are in my view effectively taken religions they have their if im jealous of people who want to demonize you for being evil can find go and get a job and they for example require me to wear leather shoes and i have a choice to wear not what if i go into work and say that is my folly but i shouldnt look search im praying every day and by the way im extremely chain sounds fairly state lobstering shanker in every day i have a moral and philosophical belief that my lifestyle will be back such things like this blows down to is that i have a fair amount of respect your for your life sounds you have no respect for my fil it state law and champagne lifestyle and your you were shopping malls protected in law and you wish to observe you dont wish for example in iraq which i think is really the problem here is about trying to do your best to avoid an expression you can compare to some ridiculous thing that this is an ethical. Money to the hilt and for many people that dictates how they need lives i genuinely do not see why just because you refuse to eat a sense you create you should have the rights and sense you want i you are still killing of carrots just as youre killing a rabbit and thats all it would cost to invite you states that if you have no right to kill i dont think i know both of them why would you have the right to tell a plant something i dont know the difference so dogs fall for it and tell them all the elements. Everybody knows that guns dont have a sense and there was nothing so it will be anyone just picked him better ive lost your life weve got no right to take away the lights on a reason. In the conversation went on its 26 past 3 in the afternoon here in moscow thanks for watching this particular edition of the world news update this friday january the 3rd my name is kevin allen but with more in just over half an hour check it out t. Dot com or social media for all the latest that may happen between now and then. Leeks loss leader. When you. Look at the distance was most of the book a buck. Chose to squish the states of the. First. Just for the. Thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the countrys military and the decision little sheltered lives every thing came to a complete. The day that i was right only be instructive here you know told to shut up or theyd kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and he grabbed my arm and he write me with his birth ink area if you take into account that women dont report because of the extreme retaliation and its probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing. But ive never seen trauma like. Women who are veterans who suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished than the offender behind an almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave that up to report a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry simply in is sheer power and violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats a man or woman. Frees the generic by guess Dennis Prager says its under attack and eroding daily whats behind his claims on this edition of politics. Welcome to politicking im larry king a thought provoking new documentary no safe spaces claims the 1st amendment is being eroded on American College campuses closing minds and putting free speech at risk Dennis Prager a radio host bestselling author is a key figure in the film he joins us here in los angels what led. To this this whole document well a hit show you the reason its important is safe space is what colleges have created i dont even know if you know this larry because it amiss i know you will i will see because liberals and conservatives both treasure free speech thats one thing we have and one thing that separates us from the world exactly you know and that no no that suggests why we got the statue of liberty and nobody else did and the bill of rights yes its exactly right so for the 1st time in American History free speech is threatened and its threatened most on the College Campus so the