Chinese characters are catching on in hong kong. The president of egypt is asking European Countries and the u. S. To join him in attacking the Islamic State group in libya. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi launched air strikes there after militants announced they killed 21 christian egyptian captives. Nhk worlds craig dale is tracking developments for us. President sisi promised retaliation. Now egypt has waded into the chaotic situation in libya, where there are two rival governments, and a tangled web of militia groups including islamist extremists. Egyptian fighter jets carried out the airstrikes on monday. Military Officials Say they destroyed Training Camps and arms depots for the Islamic State group. Dozens of militants reportedly died. The strikes happened near the city of dparna militants affiliated with the group have a presence there. They also have a present in sirte close to where the egyptians were kidnapped. And they have a foothold in tripoli, too. Now keep in mind here egypt has a
Plane. Last minute talks on trying to reach a deal in Irans Nuclear program. Nigerians are voting in an election soon but how has the fall in oil prices affected ordinary people . Well tell you what they say. We begin in yemen, and the latest on the saudilead air strikes on houthi targets. Lesss bring you up to date on the latest. The strikes have destroyed iranian made missile launchers in the capitol. Egypt has confirmed it is sending four navy ships to the gulf of aden to help secure the region. Several other countries in the region are joining in the campaign. The strikes are to help support this man, president hadi. He was driven out of the capitol last month by advancing rebels. And lets kick off our coverage with this report from mohamed vall. Reporter this is a show of support tr saudilead air strikes. The city fell to houthis earlier this week. Popular protests like these against their prosense have continued but theres a different scene in the capitol sanaa. Houthi supporters
Agencies in america that are also engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of our tax code as well. Please join me in thanking senator lee and senator rubio. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Next week the United States will begin chairing the Arctic Council, a group that sets policy for the arctic, regarding drilling and other issues. Eight countries are members of the Arctic Council, the u. S. , canada, denmark, finland iceland, norway, russia, and sweden. And this morning at the center for strategic and International Studies the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, police leesiae ia Lisa Murkowski of alaska, is speaking. Some of the issues also facing the arctic such as Climate Change, pollution and the health of the Indigenous People who live in the arctic the discussion expected to last several hours should get under way shortly. This meeting happening, this International Meeting happening as a number of other International Ministers and lead
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the announcement on direct confrontation as NATO leaders and diplomats gathered for a ceremony in Brussels marking 75 years of the security bloc