The u. N. And United States are appealing for calm on both sides. Fresh protests erupted at the catalan capital of barcelona. The government is refusing to drop its bid for independence. Plus, calls for justice growing louder in malta following the murder of an anticorruption journalist. Demonstrators take to the streets to pressure the maltese government. And from great hope to great misery, south sudan is one of the worlds newest states, but today, millions of the people there are reliant on food aid. We have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and feed her family. Brent im brent goff. Good to have you with us. Tonight, residence in the syrian city of raqqa are bringing to a close their first day free of the rule of the socalled Islamic State. The syrian city was the capital of the Islamist Groups socalled caliphate. Troops fighting i. S. Say they have captured one of the militants last holdouts, the hospital you see right there. But there are still pockets of resistan
Terror attack. But what or who was the intended target . And marking 500 years of the protestant referendum reformation. Germans pay tribute to Martin Luther king to town of wittenberg where the monk first challenge the authority of the Catholic Church. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. We begin with breaking news coming to us from the united states. Police in new york city are investigating a shooting in lower manhattan. Immediate reporting multiple casualties. One person has been taken into custody according to the new or police department. The incident took place near battery park city. Police are asking people to stay away from that area. Our correspondent in the u. S. Is on the line. What can you tell us about these developing situations . Carsten to be honest to not much more than what you just said. Of course this would be another shooting incident, unfortunately , in the u. S. These incidents happen quite regularly, not always on the scale as what we saw in
It. We will explore what the fallout could be. And saudi arabias crown prince accuses iran of an act of direct military aggression. He claims iran supplied missiles to yemen that were fired at the airport over the weekend. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you witnessed. Tonight, the ousted Catalan Leader Carles Puigdemont has made a surprise appearance. Not in spain, but in a rally at brussels. It is his first appearance since answering a spanish arrest warrant. He was cheered by around 200 mayors from catalan communities [their call for independence to the door of the European Union. Outside the offices in the belgian capital, the intensified air calls for the eus leaders to intervene in a standoff with madrid. Puigdemont fled for brussels after he declared independence from spain. Earlier i spoke with our eu correspondent who witnessed this unexpected appearance. I asked him what pudemonts message was today. He had a simple message for the eu member states, and that was, do
Everything and are now facing an impossible future. And the people worst hit by Climate Change are often poor. Now wealthy nations and other groups are giving a boost to a strategy that aims to ease their plight. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. I never lied that is what u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions told members of congress today. He rejected allegations that he deliberately misled lawmakers earlier this year about his knowledge of possible communications between russia and trumps president ial campaign. Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee that he doe now recall a meeting with former Trump Campaign manager is her George Papadopoulos in which russian connections were discussed. In previous testimony undergrowth, under oath, sesame citizens sessions denied those contacts. I do now recall the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel that mr. Poppa topless attended that George Papadopoulos attended, but i have no details of what he said. To the best of my
Brent the eu poses a record penalty on google. The company is giving its own shop line Shopping Service and unfair advantage over its rivals. A major milestone for colombia. The countries rebels declare an end to half a century of war. They officially lay down their weapons. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Tonight, a massive cyber attack is underway, disrupting businesses and government offices around the world. As you can see behind me, this ransom ware attack is spreading quickly. In just a few hours, this is where ransom ware hits have been confirmed. We are hearing that this malware is similar to the ransom ware that locked hundreds of thousands of computers in 150 countries last month. It was in ukraine where the latest hire attack was first noticed. At the airport, banks, and government institutions he screens all show the same message. Oops, your important files are encrypted. If you want to recover them, send 300 in bitcoin to the following address. We do