Boy fell into a well. The United States says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. The president said that Abu Ibrahim Al qurayshi, also known as Hajji Abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed, but no us casualties were reported. The bbc S State Department correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. In a corner of Northwest Syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the Islamic State group that its leaders were still a target. The raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. Us Special Forces landed in helicopters near the home of the is leader, Hajji Abdullah. Those close by described a night of terror. Translation when we got out of the house, we saw aircraft flying over our heads. And after ten minutes, we heard them shouting, give yourself u
in just a few moments, with former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, meanwhile we have new reaction from donald trump s lawyers after the four person for the special grand jury investigating alleged investigative interference gave a series of candid interviews earlier today. trump s lawyer say her comments could impact a possible trial. we ve lost 100% confidence in this process. we feel this process has been compromised. this 30 world foreperson has actually provided us a lens, and made us aware that every suspicion we have as to this questionable process was in fact a reality. a new reaction to the marjorie taylor greene s proposal for a national divorce. earlier today, her republican colleague michael mccaul dismissed her tone, and stated goal to divide this nation by red and blue states. divisive rhetoric, i think polarizes this nation, and i think it hurts this nation. i think we need a voice that can unify this nation on things that matter. like the econo
and this is cnn newsroom. the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraine s response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the country s overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is monday, december 26. if you are in the commonwealth country, it is boxing day. a very happy boxing day to you. don t worry if you don t understand boxing day. most of us don t. it is 9:00 in the morning in london, 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states. by the end of the brutal temperatures is in sight. there is relief finally for millions of americans after this historic winter storm which left at least 37 people dead. now, conditions did begin to improve on sunday, and that
little bit less here than meets the eye. the notion that china is considering whatever that may be, sending ammunition, is not at all that surprising. sort of like united states right now. we re considering sending along roger tiller enough 16th. the doesn t mean that anybody s taken a decision to do it. i d be a little surprise of inside beijing, there were lots of conversations about whether or not to support the russians. number two, i m a little skeptical. i should say, i ve not seen the intelligence to be referred to here. i m a little skeptical. if you look at the 12 point peace plans that china just released, a lot of sort of platitudes and that sort of thing. a crazy idea for the division of ukraine. if you look at the last point and that, the chinese were saying we should really focus on reconstruction. reconstruction. the shiny see a lot of potential business there. you know how you get no to ukraine reconstruction business? you could know if you contribute to the destructi
the easing of the zero covid strategy. there has been emphasis on good samaritan stories, emphasis on positive stories. for example paxlovid now being available, but people inside beijing know the real deal, it is hard to get that medication and the situation in terms of the covid surge, it is getting worse in the next few weeks ahead. kristie lu stout, thank you. we ve been living with covid for more than two years. and in 2022, there were other stories that dominated the he had lines from abortion to baby formula shortage. sanjay gupta takes us through the ten biggest health stories in the year that was. 2022 was a year where we began to really see the ripple effects of living through a