Changed his mind. From there reporting, a little more this morning. Officials said the president initially approved attacks on a handful of iranian targets. The operation was underway in the early stages when it was called off according to a Senior Administration official. Planes were in the air and ships in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down. Reuters is reporting overnight this is what happened according to the headline. Tehran received a message from President Trump warning attacks were imminent. Also from reuters, iran told the United States via the swift ambassador that washington will washington for former had no here is how the president sounded yesterday midday in the oval office before a meeting he had with the canadian Prime Minister on irans bringing down that u. S. Spy drone. Here is how he sounded at this point yesterday. [video clip] when i came here, iran was in 14, 18 different sites of confliction, extremely hostile. They were screamin
we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let s show you the latest pictures but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet. hosted by the german president. this is now a three day trip. and it began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that s significant it s the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved on the german president s residence, bellevue palace. they signed the guest book and this evening are attending a state banquet in their honour. let s hear from the german president. translation: this v
Quarantine confusion in the uk as scotland and wales impose new restrictions on some travellers, but england and Northern Ireland say theres no need to isolate. And barcelona superstar lionel messi changes his mind over leaving barcelona now he says he doesnt want to drag the spanish club into court. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Im reged ahmad. Rescuers in beirut have been digging through the rubble of last months massive explosion, after a scanner suggested someone could still be alive in the wreckage. It was a glimmer of hope for a city where, exactly one month ago today, a fire in a warehouse led to a devastating blast, killing nearly 200 people and leaving tens of thousands more without homes. Our correspondent orla guerin has sent this report from beirut. Probing for signs of life, deep in the rubble. Hidden from view, sensitive scanning equipment, in the hands of a Specialist Rescue Team from chile. On thursday morning, they picked up what s
The g20 as it continues. The g the situation in syria has overshadowed talks this week with the u. S. Over voicing growing frustration over russia and china failing to back a g20, it seems to be less about business and trade these days as it is about diplomacy. It is all about syria, syria. And president obama and francois hollande, the chances of resuming peace talks are minimal indeed. Of course, russia and china along with other countries have made it very clear at this gathering that they do not support such an action, and it has appeared in what has youming very clear, but if stick to american and french officials off the record, the reality is obama is coming in not so much to find a coalition of the willing, but a coalition of not that much interest, thank you very much. As a result, focus will shift to washington next week am a with the allimportant congressional vote where he is hoping to gain support for the move tom of it even that does not appear to be secure. Reason about
It has been a week since the u. S. President told the world he would take military action on syria but there is opposition to military strike at the g20 summit at the worlds richest nations in russia. We now go to st. Petersburg where that is taking place and peter sharp is standing by. And as we see along with the economic and financial agenda, barack obama was at the summit, also pushed for support for intervention in syria, how has he done with that . Well, really the whole war clouds over syria is totally eclipsed what should have been a solid economic conference. If president obama felt this was going to be easy he will have been mistaken and it was always going to be a hard sell and the president has faced real difficulties in persuading members of the g20 that their interests lie in supporting a u. S. Strike against syria. In fact, the only countries that he can rely on within the g20 who would approve military action by america would be france and turkey and Saudia Arabia and h