missed that. on the - relocation plans. i m sorry, i| missed that. on the embassy relocation plans. i m sorry, i- missed that. on the embassy when relocation plans. i m sorry, i missed that. on the embassy when you say it will remain open, will it remain open in the current location? let me be very clear, this is a point where i want to leave no uncertainty about. the embassy remains open, we continue our diplomatic work from our diplomatic mission in afghanistan. we will continue to do the priority functions. that includes supporting peace and security, assistance, cooperation on counterterrorism. consulate services as we have been talking about. especially in the context of the special immigrant visa programme. we are always come as i sat at the top, reviewing the environment and especially complex operating environments and of course that includes kabul. so this announcement is really a continuation of one of our most
in lahore pakistan. at least 14 people have been killed and another 60 injured. the taliban is claiming responsibility for those attacks. security is heightened at the u.s. embassy in saudi arabia and american citizens there are told to be on alert. consulate services are canceled for sunday and monday. this follows embassy warnings that militants might target western oil workers in the country. aid workers in australia are on their way to storm-ravaged vanuatu. the full extent of the damage from tropical cyclone pam is still not clear. six people are confirmed dead on the island chain and that number many say is expected to rise. iraq s military continues to fight for the city of tikrit but it is the city of ramadi that has been under a major isis offensive the past few days including a double suicide attack that killed two members of iraqi special forces.
boris nemtsov will be buried this morning in moscow. he was gunned down friday while walking outside the kremlin. the 23-year-old ukrainian model with him said she never saw the shooter. she said he was shot from behind. the kremlin describing this killing as a provocation designed to stain the reputation of vladimir putin. let s go to moscow and bring in senior international correspondent matthew chance. matthew, tell us more about the ukrainian model who was with him who witnessed the killing of boris nemtsov. reporter: anna skyer. she is 23 years old and works as a model. she is from ukraine. she has been handed over to the consulate services in russia. she is now back in her home country. yesterday, cnn spoke to her mother. actually on the ground in
with him, she says she never saw the shooter. the kremlin describing the killing as provocation designed to stain the reputation of vladimir putin. let s go to moscow. i want to bring in correspondent matthew chance. let s talk first about the witness. the closest witness we have. the ukrainian model, his girlfriend. what did she say she saw and there is the controversy if she was detained by russian authorities or free to go. reporter: she has been free to go now. she has gone back to ukraine. she was handed over to the consulate services of the ukrainian embassy in moscow. they took her back to ukraine at the first possible opportunity. she gave an interview to a television station here yesterday on skype from moscow. saying she could not add much to what was known about the killing
marine corps told jill tahmooressi her son has to show up. if he didn t show up he would have a dishonorable separation and lose his v.a. benefits. i reached out to the consulate services in tijuana, mexico and mr. whitaker intervened and i received and e-mail that he said his orders for muster would be excused. excusing a marine from training while he is in a prison cell. then tahmooressi got to tell his story in court. cameras were not allowed so we don t know what happened but the hearing lasted nine hours and the judge did not release our hero marine but sent him back to a prison cell. what is the mexican side of the story? we don t know. they say the room is too small