Plus, antiforeigner sentiment in south africa turns violent. Please fire stun grenades, rubber bullets and a water cannon in the capital, pretoria. We will get more from johannesburg. Anchor i am sarah kelly. Thank you for joining us. It is an assassination straight out of a spy novel and it just got more sinister. Malaysian Authorities Say a deadly nerve agent was used to kill kim jongnam. The estranged halfbrother of the north Korean Leader. He died last week after being attacked at kuala lumpur airport. The latest revelation about his death has sparked Public Health concerns and further focused suspicions on the north korean regime that they couldve dispatched to a hit squad to kill the individual. Reporter a virtual reenactment of the attack. Two women smeared the deadly substance on the victim of the fifth on the face of the victim. They know the toxin that killed him, the nerve agent vx. The chemical is illegal. It is a chemical weapon. We are investigating how it entered the cou
Iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul, the largest city still under the control of the Islamic State group. They claim to have cut the last road out of the city. Government troops, backed by a us led coalition, recaptured the east of the city in late january, after more than 100 days of fighting. Now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely surrounded, has been retaken. But around 600,000 civilians are still believed to be trapped inside. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman nico hameon have been travelling with the iraqi forces. A warning, you may find parts of their report distressing. A rare glimpse of western mosul. Urban warfare on a momentous scale. Caught below, Hundreds Of Thousands of civilians. This is the place where is proclaimed its caliphate. Here it was born, and here Iraqi Forces Say it will die. 0n the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold what they capture. They pound is positions. Then, Frantic Gunfire towards
Elected head of footballs world governing body. Voting has begun in irans first election since the lifting of International Sanctions following the nuclear deal. Turn out is so far reported to be high. Voters are taking part in two polls, one for parliament and one for the assembly of experts. That body will choose the next supreme leader. It is currently dominated by conservatives. Alarge number of hopefuls have been banned from running. About 12,000 wanted to stand for the 290 seat parliament. Only 5,000 candidates have been cleared. Andrew simmons joins us live. It sounds and it looks like people have listened to those calls for turnout. Tell us what is going on where you are. Reporter it certainly does. All the reports were hearing right now is that there have been large numbers of all polling stations across the country. 54 million eligible voters in this election. In this particular polling station has been crammed since the polls opened and, indeed, the queue goes right around t
Plus. The men and women here risking lives during and after the world war ii, they have been given the highest number. The monument former u. S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton has faced intense republican questioning in a marathon congressional hearing investigating actions over the attacks in benghazi. The u. S. Ambassador to libya and three other americans were killed in a raid on the consulate in 2012. It is the second time Hillary Clinton appeared before a Congressional Committee to answer questions about what happened in 2012 in benghazilibya, when four americans died. The head of the committee economists this line of questioning is different. The questions linger. Previous investigations were narrow in scope, and either incapable or unwilling to access the facts and evidence necessary. The former secretary of state is defend are her actions. I have lost more sleep than all of you put together. I have been wracking my brains about what more could have been done. This is the ni
Australia integration Detention Center after the death of a detainee. We begin this news hour with breaking news from the world of sports. A report commissioned by the world anticoping agency recommended that russia be suspended from all athletic competition. It tells russia has covered up test results. We have reported on interference with doping controls on many occasions. Not just in the past, but up to and including the middle of this year well after it was known that this investigation is underway. We found samples in laboratories and payments made. Well go to rory challand. Should we be surprised by the recommendations being put forward . Well, we did think that this was going to be a big announcement. But i dont think anyone in this press conference is still going on in the hotel to the right of me now really expected it to be so big. The doctor hasthe document given out is a big document, its been handed to interpol for them 20 decide what to do with it. Confirmed from what the