Months and months which is that we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. We will always honor that commitment to take decisive rep action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic around to act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations well Simona Fulton is in baghdad she explains why these targeted airstrikes appear to be an important shift in u. S. Action in iraq. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And the p. M. S. Were fighting against isis on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u. S. And these iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular ad attack were hearing from a source in
Homes as bushfires flayer in another state. Finally home ukraine im told russian separatists complete a food place or swap after 5 years of war. Busking for a living venezuelans to escape their countrys economic crisis struggle to build new lives abroad. Hello there good to have your company well the u. S. Is calling them precision defensive strikes the iraqi Prime Minister has labeled them a breach of sulfur and say an american attack on the bases of a shia armed group is causing new friction at 3 camps of. Were hit in iraq one of them near him and 2 more inside syria itself at these 19 people have been killed the pentagon says its in response to repeated welkers attacks on iraqi bases the most recent one killed an american civilian contractor just a few days ago. Well u. S. Secretary of state michael impale has blamed iran for the attacks on americans inside iraq what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months w
A test of President Donald Trump influence republican candidate who arrived by horse to cast his ballot in the city of gallant hes been accused of Sexual Misconduct against teenage girls when he was in his thirtys allegations that have overshadowed the campaign endorsed more but many other republicans have shunned. The democratic candidate doug jones who voted already or is all going to pull off an upset in the traditionally republican state patty bill hayden has more now from birmingham alabama. Doing a little bit of a tour of birmingham alabama voting stations this is our second one this is a slightly more fluid area of borough of birmingham earlier we are in a predominately africanamerican church and in both locations the judges here tell me the turnout is much more brisk and consistent than they have seen in past elections now do want to do too much progress to katie when it comes to what that could mean but for doug jones to have any chance at all of this deeply republican state o
Has contributed to the crisis those are your headlines counting the cost is next but by. Hello im has im sick of this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week how corrupt is your country well talk to Transparency International about the latest global rankings also this week the petro venezuela becomes the first government in history to launch its own crypto currency plus south africas new president needs to plug a hole in the nations finances as cape town faces running out of water. But despite efforts to tackle corruption around the world progress is still frustratingly slow thats according to the latest report from Transparency International its annual Corruption Perception index reveals some Alarming Trends it shows corruption is still a huge problem for two thirds of the worlds economies to the point uses a scale of zero to one hundred to rank countries where zero is highly corrupt and one hundred is very clean syria south
Of their im julie with donald this is sound as they were live from london also coming up yes special forces capture a libyan man linked to the twenty twelve attack on the u. S. Diplomatic compound in benghazi. Anger in Opposition Strongholds as it were kenya to steer the winner of kenyas president ial run with ninety eight percent and calm in catalonia despite spain taking direct control prosecutors seeking rebellion charges against the regions leaders. U. S. President Donald Trumps former Campaign Manager pomona ford has been charged with crimes including conspiring against the u. S. Along with one of manifolds Business Associates rick gates well the pleaded not guilty in court and the charges stem from the investigation into the links between russia and the trunk campaign its also emerged that a former Campaign Advisor has pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About contacts with people who claim to have links to top russian officials a White House Correspondent kimberly how could