Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison administers shortcomings in his handling of the countrys bushfire crisis as another firefighter dies in the battle against the blaze its. America evanston its good to have you with us. Angry protests have erupted in iran thats after the government admitted its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176. 00 people on board in tehran thousands of demonstrators many of them students denounced the government for initially denying it was behind the disaster protesters say changes are needed to address peoples grief and frustration. Down with the lies who my name must step down the words of angry students gathered in front of the Polytechnic University in tehran when they heard the news that it was the Iranian Military who shot down the ukrainian airliner tempers boiled after days of denial. But she is here tells them it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. B
Command its an incredibly significant act the United States has taken if the president has taken this without debate in Congress Without any Congressional Authority its probably an illegal act within the u. S. Within the u. S. Domestic context it is it is a very significant step so its something i think we all do need to think very seriously about whether or not the 2 countries want it is it is an interesting and important question i think of course nobody wants war nobody wants to see death and destruction but on the other hand i had been hearing recently from iranian from iranian colleagues that even though it would be extremely painful for you brought in they understood the depth of sacrifice that they would have to make in such a war if they were coming to think that there was no other way to deal with the United States the president had taken the United States out of the iran nuclear geo had really. All kind of negotiation with iran as any kind of normal country or any kind of cou
Correct ways. Hello if youre watching r. T. International im or is on a lot thank you for joining us and we do start with this breaking news iran has fired dozens of Ballistic Missiles bases housing u. S. Forces in iraq the Iranian Military is calling it a revenge operation for the death of Major General. Who was killed in the u. S. Air strike last week the pentagon has confirmed that the end base in western iraq and the herbal base in Northern Iraq have been hit those 2 facilities housing u. S. And Coalition Forces alongside iraqi forces and there are now reports of iraq casualties in both strikes this of course follows irans warning that it would hit u. S. Targets. In response to the death of its top general on january 3rd the Iranian Military has named the operation martyrs solemn army and warned that further strikes are to come since news of the attack broke there has been a 4 percent spike in the Global Oil Price and the Us Federal Aviation Agency has banned all flights over the p
All is well thats how donald trump responded to the attacks saying he will make a statement later today previously the u. S. President threatened to destroy multiple iranian sites including cultural if you ran retaliated and anyway. Youre watching our Senior International bring you your live news update from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program we start this hour with breaking news coming out of iran or a Ukrainian Airlines passenger jet has crashed just minutes after taking off from the capital and moments of the crash was captured on video. So. Ok were going to be now in the studio with our style of and quarter here to break down all the latest what do we know at this stage well the plane was bound for kiev when it crashed it crashed about 2 minutes after takeoff from terrans imaam khamenei airport around 6 am local time now we know that 180 passengers and crew were on board and according to Iranian Emergency Services there were no survivors theyve had teams on the scene
Summerland. It comes after an airstrike that killed in ukrainian general last week. Reporter we heard that fifth teen missiles were fired. 10 were here and 1500 u. S. And allied forces. One reportedly landed in their area in Northern Iraq there is no report of casualties and the pentagon is discussing the damage. This video from iraq tv. They sent more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles were fired. The Iranian Revolutionary guards said this is a retaliation for last friday from the u. S. Drone attack that killed general solemani. I rounds response came as they held a funeral and Burial Service for the general. They called it selfdefense and we do not seek escalation or war but we will defend ourselves. In a tweet he said all is well, missiles launched from iran and also from two military bases in iraq. So far, so good. The president and his advisers said that killing an accurate forecast from the bay areas weather authority, that is the power of 2 was necessary. They were looking to kill