Forces loyal to libyan warlord 25 to say theyve seized parts of the strategically important city of sirte. And the wall of red facing firefighters as they try to tackle the blazes in australia from the air. Holes who. Made racist chaunce towards Mario Balotelli but on the field kristie all the rebuilding storks the new year in store with a hat trick for your insights in city of. Hello a very warm welcome to the program out top story this hour the u. S. Army has told iraq that it is preparing to move out of the country they say in a letter to iraqs ministry of defense from the u. S. Brigadier general William Seeley stating that the u. S. Will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks he says they are doing so in jew deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq of course this follows the assassination of the Iranian Military commander money in a u. S. Airstrike and iraqs call for foreign troops to leave that country. Of aid is live for us in baghdad and
Parliament where the opposition is accusing the government of mounting a coup. Also ahead 3 u. S. Service members are killed an aircraft are destroyed after al shabaab fighters stormed a kenyan army base. Plus the treasures of ancient egyptian king tilton come on now ronald world tool will explain what the exhibit could mean for egypt. While the fallout from the u. S. Militarys assassination of irans 2nd most powerful man Major General hossam soleimani is spreading fast in baghdad politicians have voted to expel all foreign troops in the country the nonbinding moves being backed by iraqs outgoing Prime Minister. The vote was followed by a number of rocket attacks inside the heavily fortified green zone as well as incentive. Baghdad in the past few hours iran says it will no longer abide by any limits to uranium enrichment under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers but leaders of germany france and the u. K. Arjan tak iran to reconsider its decision meanwhile in lebanon the leader of
Butler is standing by for us in paris with more on that but 1st lets cross it see rory chalons is live in manchester at the conservative party conference. Boris johnson has a break proposal for the e. U. After his Conference Speech are we any the wiser as to what it is. Well this is Boris Johnson having fun once again after a pretty chaotic 2 months or so Prime Minister hes lost we receive votes in parliament cities had the Supreme Court ruled that he acted unlawfully but here he was in front of an enthusiastic crowd of conservatives he was making a very Boris Johnson joke referring to things like a spinning pizza wheel of death even a kangaroos private parts but in terms of. Bailing out the detail of what this deal is that he is proposing to the European Union there wasnt all that much substance in this speech we just heard from him a little bit there saying that there would be no checks at or near the border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland but details that have l
Who uncovers the practice. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us lawmakers in the European Parliament have chosen their new president for the next 2 and a half years they elected and italian social democrat holy who has been a member of the parliament for a decade now the vote in strasbourg completes a lengthy process of selling the used top jobs you leaders have already nominated candidates for for other posts their pick for commission chief is germanys defense minister was the last on the line now the European Parliament has to ratify her appointment but that is not a done deal. Lets bring in a man he has incest burgo where the European Parliament has been meeting today how max there has been some strong opposition to the line becoming a Commission President what are lawmakers there telling you. Those are no fun and i and is already here and step one for her is to convince her own party why is that because that party had a different lead candidate so the guy thats been ca
Suicide. And the investor immortalizing The Big Short for predicting the Housing Bubble would burst is back at it again. Why hes betting 1. 6 billion that the stock market will crash. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in hawaii with the growing questions about the role downed power lines may have played in those deadly wildfires. Nbcs dana griffin is live from maui. Some hawaiian residents are suing the Utility Company as videos emerge of what happened to the power lines during the high winds. Dana, what can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, i can tell you, we have seen a lot of videos on social media, one in particular that purports to show downed power lines and smoke, and that could have been the reignition of that fire after it was contained. Nbc news has not independently verified those videos yet. Were hearing reports from several people including one guy who says that fire started behind his home, and now there are concerns that that