racist if i just want someone who knows how to fly the damn plane, not someone who got in because they checked a couple boxes and maybe there s a big boy in the room to teach them how to do it in case something goes wrong. super genius, donald trump jr. with the republicans latest racist talking points about how diversity, equity, and inclusion is going to get us all killed on airplanes. wait a minute, i thought the real danger was critical race theory. also tonight, the shocking audio recording of trump ally roger stone calling for the assassination of two prominent democrats. plus, my conversation with charlamagne tha god, on why the mainstream media is so obsessed with him, and why president biden is struggling with black voters. but we begin tonight three days before the iowa caucuses. now, in normal times, i would be telling you to keep a close eye on iowa and then new hampshire because that is the usual like start to the election season. but these are not norma
we ll ask who could be behind it. also coming up. the un secutiry council is due to be talking about the attacks on ships in the red sea. we ll cross to that live in new york. in lebanon a warning from the head of he says the killing of a hamas leader in lebanon will not go unpunished. in england junior doctors have started their longest ever strike. we ll ask a doctor what could end the ongoing disputes. and the darts a 16 year old is in the world championship final right now. can he go all the way? we should know in the hours ahead. irran 100 people killed, two explosions. two bags of explosives detonated by remote control. this picture shortly afterwards. this happened during ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasam soleimani.he was a top commander in the revolutionary guards a branch of the iranian armed forces. soleimani was killed in 2020. in a us air strike in iraq. let s ta ke let s take a look where these explosions happen. southeast of the
in-person meeting with g7 leaders as the u.s. plans to announce more military aid to the country worth hundreds of millions of dollars. on again, off again as talks to extend the united states debt ceiling start and stop, the hope of a deal happening this weekend becomes dimmer. and syrian president bashar al assad welcomed at the arab league summit after a 12-year suspension. i ll talk to an expert on how he s being received. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touched down in hiroshima, japan, just moments ago to take part in the g7 summit. it s the latest stop on his whirlwind diplomatic tour to boost support ahead of his country s expected counteroffensive against russian forces. cnn white house reporter kevin liptak joins me now live from hiroshima, japan. well, arguably the guest of honor has touched down. what kind of reception will he get? reporter: yeah, we did see him land here
following allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by four women. clashes break out following last night s match between west ham and az alkmaar when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that on this, the asoth day of the war the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. here he is
welcome. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce which, as you see here, prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warnings across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. the white house also wel