Grinding up their streets. But not everyones happy. Islamist militants linked to al qaeda are advancing deeper into iraq. Theyve captured the second largest city, mosul. And are about to keep pressing on farther south. Nhk worlds sochiko takeda has more. The militants belong to a group in the lavant. They attacked government offices, police stations and other buildings in mosul. About half a Million People have reportedly fled. The militants over around the consulate general of turkey and they took about 50 people hostage including the consul general. Translator any harm to our citizens or staff would be met with the harshest retaliation. Reporter u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon and members of the Security Council have denounced the militants actions. Im condemning in the strongest of possible tones such terrorist attack against diplomatic offices. Reporter the spokesperson for the u. S. State Department Says secretary of state john kerry discussed the situation with turkeys foreign
Trump seems to be climbing the walls with worry over his election prospects. Sources say he has told aides to break the law if they must to build the border wall before the election and offer pardons for any wrongdoings. An outwater threat. Satellite photos now suggest kim jongun may be building a huge Nuclear Capable submarine that could pose a major new threat to the United States. What is going on in that north Korean Shipyard . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news, a new forecast is just in for Hurricane Dorian, now a category one storm, is ripping through the u. S. And British Virgin islands and approaching puerto rico, home to three million americans. The storm is expected to intensify. And could pit flori, hit florid the Labor Day Weekend as a category three hurricane. Puerto rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which killed nearly 3,000 people two years ago, and as the island braces for impact, slammed by p, who calls it one of the most corrupt
Have you seen the evidence that proves that iran was behind the attack . Well, its looking that way. Trumps words coming after he tweeted, in part, quote, the u. S. Is locked and loaded. Locked and loaded is, of course, a big threat and a senior revolutionary guard commander from iran said overnight that the country is quote ready for a fullfledged war, of course, the problem with hot ret vic it can go hard fast. Playing fast and loose with facts and words ask not loose for trump. He threatened iran worse in 2018 when he tweeted to president rouhani, never threaten the United States, or you will suffer consequences, the likes few throughout history have ever suffered before. Well, there were no consequences, certainly not the likes few ever before suffered. Trump likes to issue threats and do if you can. Take, for example, north korea. Remember this . North korea best not make any more threats to the United States, they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. Fire
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