States, canada, and all around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is Cnn Newsroom, Israel And Hezbollah exchange more strikes after israel says it targeted Hezbollahs Leader in the lebanese capital of beirut, the latest on rising tension hes in the region. Kamala harris visits the border and outlines her immigration policy, how the democratic president ial nominee is trying to make gains on Donald Trump and whats left of. Hurricane helene is still causing problems for parts of the Southeastern Us level. Look at the wide ranging impacts of the monster storm atlanta. This is Cnn Newsroom with Kim Brunhuber in lebanon and its capital is reeling from the worst round of israeli strikes in nearly 20 years. While some of its residents no longer have a place to call Home Cnn crews at the Scene Say Beirut was pounded continuously overnight and strikes are still underway across eastern and southern lebanon. Were also hearing some hospitals in Southern Beirut will be evacuated. Thats where the idf
happened in those days, the question is what can happen going forward to have a strategy that s really going to work. isis has rapidly grown in strength and numbers since the start of the civil war in neighboring syria. something kerry acknowledged, though he rejected the idea that america s failure to intervene militarily in syria helped spark the crisis in iraq. kerry had pushed for air strikes on syria, but president obama ultimately decided against action. the reason that the decision the to strike syria didn t happen was because we ultimately came up with a better solution after the president made his decision to strike. on chemical weapons, but that hasn t but the purpose of the strike was to send a message to assad, don t use chemical weapons. not a strike that was calculated to end the regime or get involved in the war directly. it was to end the use of chemical weapons.
hasn t satisfied people here. they want to see political reform. sama foesen in bangkok. and across iraq, car bombs, suicide attackers claiming dozen of iraqi lives. this happened over the weekend in some of the worst violence in years. these attacks were blamed on insurgents linked with al qaeda, which has been on the rise ever since u.s. troops pulled out two years ago. one critical factor is the ongoing civil war in neighboring syria, which is now fueling unrest in iraq s anbar province. cnn s martin savidge spoke with two former u.s. marines to fought to liberate the city of fallujah. they say they re now afraid that victory is slipping away. reporter: americans fought for fallujah not once, but twice. that rocket, you know, whistle coming. and the explosion was just massive.
all that earth crashing down on several homes below. rescuers digging through the muck looking for survivors, but they say some of the victims were carried away in rising flood waters. five children were among those killed. egypt. riot police use tear gas to clear hundreds of muslim brotherhood supporters from tahrir square. most were college students angry over the death of a classmate allegedly killed by police. the escalation comes as the same supporters of mohamed morsi continue to demonstrate for his release. jordan. clowns performing for some little ones who suffered some of the worst days and nights imaginable. these children, refugees now in the civil war in neighboring syria, in camps like this one. the u.n. estimates of the
22,000 in the manufacturing sector alone. we ll have much more on the numbers in a few minutes with moody s mark zandy. turning to breaking news on another front. in lebanon, the state department has ordered all nonessential embassy personnel and their family members out of beirut. they ve also issued a travel warning for lebanon and turkey as well. all of this is, quote, due to threats. both lebanon and turkey have seen the increased violence as civil war in neighboring syria rages on. president obama returns to washington later today after wrapping up a summit which has been dominated by syria. an issue which could go along way toward defining his foreign policy the next three years. it s been a tough sell persuading his g-20 colleagues in pursuing military action. moments from now, the president will meet with the president of france.