Vice president ial hopefuls and mike pence slug it out in the 1st and only t. V. Election debate but it was a high flying crush who stole the headlines. Worldwide this is r. T. International from moscow i want to break the world News Headlines stories for you this hour 1st russias cost a major doubts over the evidence the west claims it has the proves kremlin critic alexina valmy was poisoned with the nerve agent his agents previously said that shed taken a suspect water bottle from his hotel room to germany where it was then tested but moscow now claims that it never left the country with more details. The saga involving russian opposition activists alex has become even more time gold an Ongoing Investigation led by local russian authorities have conducted so far on 230 interviews trying to get to the bottom of what happened on that plane from siberia to moscow has brought a new turn crucially their findings cause doubt over a key piece of evidence believe it or not a bottle of water
A shoulder and is not to worry about any disruption this to the states effect meanwhile is really strikes continue in gaza. At least 31 palestinians are killed in an attack on me. Sarah from central guns, the whole it is now 1800. 00 cmt. And for those of you who are just joining us, weve been doing special coverage here of breaking news out of iran, a helicopter occurring rainy and president abraham raw, you see on the foreign minister has crashed in bad weather conditions. President wry, you see, it was reported late on his way to the city of temporaries in northern iran. You see at the end of the board with as a by john ron says rest of your teams also searching for the crash sites. We understand ambulances have also been sent to the area beyond. The chief of staff has ordered, has ordered the use of over the horses for the rest of your operation. We understand present, right . You see was in the region to enroll graze down near the border with azerbaijan, along side of that country
The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the statement by chairman mccain who is not here today. We are enjoying this morning by a group we all know well. We have all been before the committee. As i mentioned a minute ago and i think most of the members of this committee had seen you in action in the field and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a diplomat in residence, Woodrow Wilson school of Public Affairs chris university. He has been all over the map and ambassador eric edelman, Counselors Center for strategic and budgetary assessment. By macaque this is your ninth appearance before this committee. Does that sound right to you . Yes. And ambassador james jeffrey, distinguished fellow, university of Washington Institute for near east policy. I remember being with you in turkey and other places. Of course, ambassador stuart jones, Vice
The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the is policy and strategy in the middle east. First of all and foremost i want to submit for the record the i want to submit here today. We are enjoying the and ambassador ryan crocker, you have been a diplomat in residence, Woodrow Wilson school of Public Affairs chris university. He has been all over the map and ambassador eric edelman, Counselors Center for strategic and budgetary assessment. By macaque this is your ninth appearance before this committee. Does that sound right to you . Yes. And ambassador james jeffrey, distinguished fellow, university of Washington Institute for near east policy. I remember being with you in turkey and other places. Of course, ambassador stuart jones, Vice President your presence was both in jordan and iraq. It is great to have all behavior much of the nations attention over the last two decades has gone to the middle east in terms of military operations. And appropr
The political stories that made the headlines this week in politics europe. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The former Prime Minister, sirjohn major, has weighed into the debate over theresa mays future, calling those conservatives whore seeking to undermine the Prime Minister self absorbed and disloyal. Mrs may has admitted her difficult speech at the Party Conference last week had been uncomfortable for her but says shes resilient and determined to carry on in the job. Heres our political correspondent, susana mendonca. And there is some flash photography in her report. If i win, i shall continue as Prime Minister. Fending off the plotters was a full time job for sirjohn major. When he was Prime Minister, he faced a leadership election and won. More than two decades on, hes now coming to the defence of theresa may against those plotting to take her down. Writing in a sunday newspaper, sirjohn said, the country has had enough of the self absorbed and frankly disloyal behaviour