Jose pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian Peter Kornbluh. Along with Medea Benjamin. This is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least eight Afghan Soldiers have died in a socalled friendly fire incident after two u. S. Helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. General abdul raziq, a senior Afghan National Army Commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. While the United States has claimed to have ended its combat mission in afghanistan, the military carried out 106 air strikes last month, more than double the number carried out in may. Greek banks have reopened for the first time in three weeks, just days after the Greek Parliament approved harsh
Washington and havana as the United States and cuba officially restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. As we broadcast from outside the Cuban Embassy in washington, we will speak with cuban attorney Jose Pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian Peter Kornbluh. Along with Medea Benjamin. This is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least eight Afghan Soldiers have died in a socalled friendly fire incident after two u. S. Helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. General abdul raziq, a senior Afghan National Army Commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. While the United States has claimed to have ended its combat mission in afghanistan
Washington and havana as the United States and cuba officially restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. As we broadcast from outside the Cuban Embassy in washington, we will speak with cuban attorney Jose Pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian Peter Kornbluh. Along with Medea Benjamin. This is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least eight Afghan Soldiers have died in a socalled friendly fire incident after two u. S. Helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. General abdul raziq, a senior Afghan National Army Commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. While the United States has claimed to have ended its combat mission in afghanistan
Down route 1 for hours. Sky 9 was over the scene just south of alexandria. Reporter investigators spent several hours on the scene, Fairfax County police say a man was trying to cross this busy highway and he was no in a cross walk. Its sad. I dont know what to say. Reporter around 6 15 Tuesday Morning police say a man who has not been identified tried to get across richmond highway near mohawk lane. A lot of people have been hit. Reporter this man didnt tell us his name but was disturbed that another person was hit. People dont cross in the cross walks. Reporter police say the driver of this damaged black suv was traveling south on the highway while a man tried to cross the street. That man died on the scene. A hat, pair of shoes, and backpack were left on the road way. Emotions ran high for people who saw this. The crash investigation here in Fairfax County. Fairfax police have not released the name of the person hit. We have new information about a story you first saw on wake up was
People. Plus, good buy apec. Hello snog. We are in beijing, where pollution is back to extreme levels. Lets start first with some breaking news coming out of iraq. Five people have been killed by a Suicide Attack in erbil. Thats the capital of iraqs autonomous kurdish region. Lets go straight to imran khan. Hes joining us from baghdad. What more details do you know at this point about that blast. Well, the attack happened over an hour ago. A driver in a car bomb drove up to the gates of the erbil governor, tried to smash through the gates. Killed two police men and two civilians, and also nearly blowing himself up in the process. So this is a key governor building, is one of the biggest Civil Servant buildings in erbil. Its not a busy marketplace. We normally see this in marketplaces. This was remote, high secure, it has to be said. The question is of the timing of this bomb. This comes 24 hours after the taking of beigy oil refinery. I. S. I. L. Said erbil, the capital of the kurdish