and rocket attacks in baghdad as that country sees upheaval not witnessed for years. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and president zelenskyy telling troops to go home as they gained ground in south. ukrainians have retain foul villages from russian occupation. you can see a couple right here. they re near the crucial taking of kherson. kherson was the first city, of course, to fall to the russians months ago. and announcing the counteroffensive, a claim that failed miserably and heavy losses. we re live on the ground. and political chaos gripping iraq as deadly clashes play out in baghdad s green zone. at least ten people were killed. more than 200 injured after a powerful cleric announced he s stepping down from politics. hundreds of protesters stormed the presidential palace. they were met by tear gas in live fire. and just getting word that four rockets damaged straight ahead. and one year since the final plane left afghanistan. the cnn special report an how life
the first thing you got to do is pick a president. they couldn t even get to that point. looking at the countries, you see why the world has an interest in a stable iraq. far from that right now. reena ninan, thank you so much. today marks one year since the final plane left afghanistan, the last moment in a frantic situation that left thousands and thousands behind as the taliban took control of the country. joining us now cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward who was there. clarissa, i want to play something when you said that last plane had left. in the coming weeks and months, dare i say years, there will be time as well to reflect as a nation on what this meant and what it was all for. and what the residue is and what the repercussions could be. and what will happen, ultimately, to afghanistan, as it will now be under taliban control.
and rocket attacks in baghdad as that country sees upheaval not witnessed for years. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and president zelenskyy telling troops to go home as they gained ground in south. ukrainians have retain foul villages from russian occupation. you can see a couple right here. they re near the crucial taking of kherson. kherson was the first city, of course, to fall to the russians months ago. and announcing the counteroffensive, a claim that failed miserably and heavy losses. we re live on the ground. and political chaos gripping iraq as deadly clashes play out in baghdad s green zone. at least ten people were killed. more than 200 injured after a powerful cleric announced he s stepping down from politics.
affiliated with iran and other parts of the country. the u.n. is said saying the very survival of the iraqi state is now at stake, given the climate in the iraqi capital. this began back then when the movement won the largest bloc of seats but they weren t able to form a government coalition, and they refused to speak to their main rivals a shia faction affiliated with iran. he came out and an snunsed he s pulling out of politics. that s when his supporters went to the green zone. some were camped out there. they stormed what is known a republican palace, a palace that dates back to the day, of saddam hussein. took over the building, not
why this is so important, people are watching this, the oil, when we re talking about the situation in russia and ukraine, many of the gulf region saying they re tapped out. they weren t produce more. they were hoping iraq might be the place to tap out oil production. when there s civil unrest, shiite versus shiite, that puts all of that oil in jeopardy. muqtada al sadr is operating around baghdad. this is largely shia. right. there s almost no central government at this asserting its over the country? basra, we ve seen, i m mentioning basra because there was a great deal of unrest there as well, there s concern about it, as i mentioned the production. but this where it was, sadr was as ben laid out had the largest number of seats.