You re watching bbc newsroom live 7 its 10 am and these are the main stories this morning iran vows to take revenge after its most powerful military leader, Qassem Soleimani, was killed on the orders of President Trump in a us airstrike in iraq. The attack on Qassem Soleimani seen as the second most powerful man in iran took place in baghdad last night now the us tells its citizens to leave the country immediately. The Australian Navy has evacuated around 1,000 tourists and residents who were trapped in the fire ravaged town of mallacoota on the victoria coast. Three companies are to pay a total of ten and a half Million Pounds after the power cuts in august which left a million customers without power
and caused travel chaos. In life, as in football, we all go through highs and lows. Also coming up Prince William encourages football fans to look after their Mental Health, in a short film to be played at fa cup matches this weekend. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita
On his staff day in, day out. Thats not changing. Two question friday again. First congratulations on your first on air camera appearance. Thanks. Well see how it goes. Lets hold the champagne for a little while. I know you you said the president is neutral over the president of france. President obama talked about winners and losers in israel, egypt in its first election and japan. Will the president do the same with the two candidates in france . I would imagine that would be the case. Hes made a practice of reaching out to foreign leaders all over the globe. I would imagine he will do that once this election concludes. I would imagine that takes plac place. Going back to the president s executive order on the john sign mendment, nearly 20 years ago, congressman walter jones of North Carolina introduced the first legislation to repeal the Johnson Amendment and said at the time that it would take an act of congress. While the president s executive order tells the irs agents not to enf
Streets in tehran. Hundreds of thousands of people are mourning the death of general Qasem Soleimani who was killed by the u. S. Last week. Iran now saying they will abandon their obligations under that 2015 nuclear deal. President trump has renewed his threat to attack cultural site ifs iran retaliates. That would be a war crime. The president is also promising very big sanctions on iraq if they follow through to expel u. S. Troops from the country. Congress returns to this crisis with iran today. And an impeachment trial against President Trump looms in the senate. Want to begin our coverage with Cnns Frederik Pleitgen who is live on the streets in tehran. Were looking at these remarkable pictures, this flood of humanity mourning the death of general soleimani. Yeah, good morning, john. Ive been in the thick of all of this pretty much all morning. You know, obviously theres a lot of grief being kprexpressed here. There are some people who have come out here who said they believe well
I understand the meeting is still going on. What do we know about whats happening on day three of the talks . Reporter these have been marathon meetings. We know investigators are making significant progress. They feel as though mexico has been coming to some of their requests. A little bit more than when the talks began a few days ago. What is mexico saying its willing to do. The big question is will they be able to get to an actual deal. I asked mark short who is the Vice President s chief of staff earlier today how these talks were going. Take a listen to what he had to s say. They were set forward but insufficient. As negotiations continued yesterday, we were more encouraged that they came forward with some of the things we put on the table wednesday to say they were open to that. Theres a long way to go still. Thats the bottom line. Reporter long way to go still. The devil is in the details. President trump really striking a similar note aboard air force one. This was his tweet no
Far. We may be out of iraq now because of this. It will be a question of who lost iraq now and the iranian people, who everyone tells me have never been against americans, its the government and the ayatollahs weve had a problem with. Now because of talking about cultural sights and thretes and their entire persian legacy, the president has made the iranian people the enemy. Its the fault of our policy so far. We have a dangerous situation because the ayatollah has to keep his people happy. Im watching the scene nto see t what the president has to say but what the iranian people have to say. Will they think this basically harmless attack was enough, enough of revenge . Didnt look like revenge. They may not see it either. Chris, stand by for me. This is the grand foyer of the white house residence. President trump is expected to take that podium any moment now. We believe we just saw the remarks placed on the podium a few moments ago. Chief White House Correspondent standing by. Hallie,