I love and i am here and moscow thanks for keeping me company as we look i was going on in the wild today. Well fast up several countries to clad in a much and see on friday and response to the covert 900. 00 pandemic spain joint neighboring the european nations which are really struggling with containment measures the u. S. Has limited travel from europe the restrictions also effect minute to pass now about switching to the pentagon while donald trump has announced the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level on response to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly for. A large amount of money for states and territories or look at these in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dram
Bringing you the latest news every hour of the day this is out International Thanks for joining us. Well lets start with how the u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. We are also in the process of bringing air Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation around remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now its important to note that the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa m
Midday here in moscow where if you are in the wild thanks for your company. Paul lets start with something thats just commented development in fact in iraq iraq is Security Officials all reported as saying that a bar was also rockets has hit a base housing u. S. Troops in the 2nd attack on the same facility this week an assault on wednesday saw 3 coalition puss in all killed and a u. S. Reprisal on friday strikes killed 6 iraqis infuriating iraqi leaders who intend to raise that with the u. N. Security council the british and american ambassadors have both been summoned for questioning in baghdad iraq says washingtons actions will have a definite effect on relations. The u. S. Bombing of Government Security in civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts and disrupt the agreement between iraq and the Global Coalition while the pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed hezbollah militia which it accuses of carrying out wednesdays deadly rocket attack against the Coal
1 pm here in the russian capital thanks to cheating and as we take a look at whats going on in the wild day. Starting something that literally just happened within the last hour in hoth Iraqi Security Officials Say a bar ourselves rockets has again hit a base housing u. S. And Coalition Troops near baghdad its the 2nd attack on the facility this week on wednesday 2 American Service members and one british soldier what killed the u. S. Retaliated on friday with as strikes against a new radio and linked group but 6 iraqis were killed in that operation leaders in baghdad say that will be consequences for relations with washington. The u. S. Bombing of Government Security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts and disrupt the agreement between iraq and the global coalition. The pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed hezbollah militia to take out 5 of the groups weapons Storage Facilities in response to this attack on an iraqi base that hosts Coalition Force
Contain the spread of the virus. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life a billions of people heres the news were following this hour spain is reporting 1500 new cases in 24 hours the Prime Minister is due to speak after meeting with his cabinet right now iran is seeing a rise in the number of deaths 97 reported on saturday are now its ordered the closure of religious sites in combe and colombia has shut its border with venezuela a crucial crossing for people to get food medicine and work before we go to our correspondents lets take a look at the global picture right now this is the Johns Hopkins university virus tracker as you can see 147746 confirmed cases of the virus totaled. Thats 5539. 00 but the total recovered 71714. 00 you can see that big cluster there in italy but also look at spain right now big red blob of madrid there confirming that spike in cases in madrid lets go live to sania gago whos in lo