Where at least 15 people have reportedly been killed in hundreds injured. As flashes erupted in baghdad after protest or storm government offices in support of a leading opposition, kia clark booth announced steve, quitting politics after he was unable to form a government and chinas growing presence in latin america. Its becoming worrisome for the wife with ecuador joining other latin american countries in announcing it will sign a Free Trade Agreement with beijing. With hello from rti, International Studios in moscow for wherever you may be watching on payroll is about. Welcome to this hours top news stories from around the world. Happy could join us. We start with breaking news from ukraine. Work caps troops. Ive been beaten back in the country south after theyve tried to launch and offensive theyre. Thats the latest from russias defense ministry. Moscow says that ukrainians try to advance on 3 friends at once, but have suffered heavy casualties as a result losing more than 500. 00
Drones as they claimed. Cnn is tracking this fast moving story from all parts of the world. Nick paton walsh is in tehran. Kylie atwood is also with us. I want to start with you nick the president starts with the rhetoric but then does not follow through. He also did not call it out like secretary of state mike pompeo did. So is locked and loaded talk or a real threat . Reporter locked and loaded means bad things at this part of the world. But at the same time the tweet was being put out, the iran foreign minister was reminding people that the things trump tweets lasts about 10 minutes here. So against the allegations thrown against them, they reject them but they also learned the departure of the National Security advisor, john bolton, theyre dealing with an administration in turmoil. And irans foreign minister said theyre giving way to maximum deceit. Weve heard irans president speak saying he believed the drones issue is less about oil and more about regional stability and security.
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