Arrives in afghanistan ahead of the president ial folks. Thank you for joining us one of the most powerful people in the white house is out of a Job National Security advisor john bolton insists he resigned but u. S. Present donald trump says he was fired because of disagreements over Foreign Policy bolton was known as a hawk who wanted the u. S. To take a hard line stance against countries like iran venezuela and north korea alan fischer has more from washington and youre going to do a fantasy job of it appreciate you i thought there had been growing divisions between john bolton to his course but the end was brutal even by the standards of this white house donald trump tweet saying i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house i disagree strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration. Therefore i asked for his resignation which was given to me this morning bolton tweeted not the usual thanks for being able to se
Warplanes dropped 36000 kilograms of bombs on the island in the tigris river the Iraqi Military says the attack was part of a Larger Campaign to clear areas north of baghdad of any remaining eisel fighters including some who may have crossed from syria. The u. S. Led Coalition Says conners island had become infested with deisel fighters who are believed to be using the island as a transit hub and safe haven. At least 31 pilgrims have been killed at one of the most sacred sites muslims in iraq Officials Say about a 100 others were injured when a walkway collapsed and triggered a stampede in karbala the government fears the number of dead could rise Charles Stratford has more. Injured in a rush through the crowd stretches. Millions of shia muslims have gathered in the iraqi city of karbala to commemorate the deaths of hussein even early the prophet muhammads grandson who was killed here more than 1300 years ago witnesses said that when some people fell over slow put one of the entrances
Known for hardline pro military stances against countries like iran venezuela and north korea trump says he was fired for those stances bolton says he resigned and fisher reports from washington think youre going to do a fantastic job and i appreciate that there had been growing divisions between john bolton that his boss but the end was brutal even by the standards of this white house donald trump tweeting i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration therefore i asked for his resignation which was given to me this morning bolton tweeted not the usual thanks for being able to serve but an insistence he quit rather than being fired at a news briefing at the white house which bolton was initially listed to attend stephen secretary of state might prompt defended the president s decision the president s intitled to the staff that he wants at any moment as a s
Now. Also i mean the last few passengers are kicking in about 300 of the more than 600 you mentioned will take the 1st free flight today it will be followed by a 2nd flight on thursday we expect those flights to take off in the coming hours its been quite a long process theyve been issues around documentation some people not having the right paperwork some passports expired some people a small group of them have been kept back because they havent met the requirements by the the immigration and Home Affairs Department here in south africa we also know 1 that there have been concerns around a number of people being flagged by the department of home of face and thats caused a number of delays we know that the nigerian consulate has spent the last few days trying to assist people with the necessary paperwork so we are still to establish exactly how many people do indeed take this flight but of course many have said that they are weary of staying in south africa scared of of what may happen
Know its a problem of security itself. And you know losing one year of school goods into problem of protection psychosocial does orders etc so this this crisis if it persists. What are your concerns and what do you need. When of course its potentially if you goes on like this several years a generation which has been lost. For. Jobs and so on so we were asked to. We currently try to maintain a certain contact with. Their regular programs calling program. For children who have high that 4 months of school. To have accelerated programs of education so that they can go through several otherwise in the long run you know we just programs which allows them to go into. Training exeter etc all right thank you very much that was the Country Representative of unicef on vincent who basically has been telling us about the impact the security crisis is having on children here and work in a fossil. Catherine thanks very much i weve got plenty more ahead on this news Hour International condemnation a