Oh youre watching the International Im Rosana Lockwood thank you for joining us. We start with this the head of nato says the alliance was not so informed of u. S. Plans to assassinate irans most powerful general solomonic stoltenberg says it was a unilateral act by america but he stopped short of criticizing washington for the killing. This is a u. S. Decision it is not a decision taken by neither do Global Coalition nor nato but all allies are concerned about irans destabilizing or 2 beauties in the region iran support 2 different terrorist groups a young stoltenberg didnt have too much time to talk to the press on monday afternoon in brussels what he did say though was that the nato military Training Mission that was operating in iraq will be suspended with immediate effect then well deescalation more than once was the words uttered by the nato secretary general he said that this was the message that had come out of the meeting from the passages of the allies that make up nato sayin
Least on the outside here. So youre watching the Enter National im rise on a low could thank you for joining us. Now the head of nato says the alliance was not informed of u. S. Plans to assassinate irans most powerful general Kasim Soleimani he installed him back says it was a unilateral act by america but he stopped short of criticizing washington for the killing. It is not a decision taken by neither do Global Coalition nor nato but all allies are concerned about irans destabilizing activities in the region iran support 2 different terrorist groups a un stoltenberg didnt have too much time to talk to the press on monday afternoon in brussels what he did say though was that the nato military Training Mission that was operating in iraq will be suspended with immediate effect then well deescalation more than once was the words uttered by the nato secretary general he said that this was the message that had come out of the meeting from the passages of the allies that make up nato saying
A u. S. Air strike killing an Iranian Military leader in baghdad causing oil prices to spike this morning stocks dropping. Eamon javers has the latest on that from washington reporter good morning, jon now getting red siran and aroun wormd. The supreme leaders saying harsh vengeance awaits criminals behind the killing of Qassem Soleimani, that was outside the baghdad airport. In france, president macron says he discussed the situation with russian president Vladimir Putin and state department in washington, jon, saying that secretary of state mike pompeo is speaking with a number of World Leaders this morning, briefing them on the situation, including a statement suggesting he has been speaking with high ranking Pakistani Military officials. For his part, the president of the United States offered his explanation for justification for the attack on twitter, also kept a relatively muted presence on twitter you see his statement, explaining that Qassem Soleimani got caught planning addit
And the u. S. Is out with secretary pompeo showing they had intelligence showing there was going to be an imminent attack that justified this strike at an iraqi air base where Kassem Soleimani was believed to be coordinating the actions of the iranian officials in the country. David the ayatollah has said there would be serious repercussions for the United States. What is the United States doing to try to protect us against possible attack . Bill u. S. Has ordered americans in iraq to leave. It is bolstering security at key facilities. There are a lot of new potential targets for iran to strike out in the middle east. Dozens of military and civilian targets, as well as more soft targets, places like shopping malls and other soft targets in countries and the region. There is a lot for the u. S. State department and the department of Homeland Security to do in the u. S. Analysts are looking for a possible early reaction or response from iran to come on a cyber channel. Korea andith north
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