Also this hour a critical test for venezuelas Opposition Leader one he seeks reelection as head of the National Assembly. M nor intended london with a top storage mirror been trading counting is underway in the croatian president ial runoff in a vote that could influence the u. K. s for exit negotiations. With all the baseball its over and for the reigning super bowl champions as the new England Patriots lose in the playoffs. Thank you very much for joining us its been a day of fast moving developments in the middle east says the u. S. Assassination of Senior Iranian commander kasim cinnamon he causes major reverberations iraqs spawn amende has passed a resolution urging the government to expel all for. Foreign troops from the country but influential shia politician says that doesnt go far enough he wants security agreements with the u. S. To be cancelled and its embassy to be shut caretaker Prime Minister ayad abdul mahdi address on it. The logic. No foreign troops are to do military
Bloodiest days of violence since the antigovernment protests erupted in early october it was just over a year ago that abdul mahdi was appointed Prime Minister as a consensus candidate between iraq political blogs. Throughout the streets on friday cheering singing even dancing optimism on full display oh shut up to dave iraqi people are happy but we only consider this as a 1st step we demand the resignation of all lawmakers and we call on the judiciary to put them on trial immediately. The protesters making it clear that cosmetic changes will not suffice they are after a complete overhaul of the political system in iraq the mood here a dire square has turned celebrates worry but all around us there are stronger reminders of those who have lost their lives during these protests here you see people who are praying for the memories of antigovernment demonstrators who were killed by Security Forces most College Students told me he and his fellow protesters are more encouraged than ever to
The president of france says that nato is brain dead and that terrorism is now the enemy of the not russia and the neo mccall wants his criticism to be a wakeup call for the military alliance so what does it mean for nato is future an organization the us president also once described as obsolete this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan after world war 2 and facing a rising threat from the soviet union a group of european and north american countries banded together and signed up to the north atlantic treaty they believed a collective defense was the best way to ensure future peace in the is that followed the organizations membership and goals expanded there are now 29 countries committed to protecting the security if they chose members but on the alliances 70th anniversary some a questioning its effectiveness just weeks after calling nato brain dead frances president a manual mccraw that the organizations boss for talks in paris as Erasmus National buffer r
Sri lanka former president Banda Rajapaksa is sworn in as Prime Minister joining his brother to run the country. Back with support joins him a raynier takes training at tottenham for the 1st time and says hed relishing the chance to develop the clubs younger player. A man once considered an ally of donald trump has linked the president s decision to withhold military aid to ukraine with a push to have kiev investigate his political rival but Gordon Sandland said that he has no evidence that trump ordered that directly the Us Ambassador to the e. U. Testified before the impeachment inquiry on wednesday sandland implicated other top officials saying that everyone knew what was going on and the inquiries a major topic in the latest democratic president ial debate candidates attacked trump accusing him of being corrupt and a criminal. In a few hours theyll be more testimonies were expecting to hear from the white houses top russian expert fiona hill and from david holmes a stuff at the u.
2000000. 00 for misusing his foundation to advance his election campaign. We begin in iraq credit least 7 protesters have been killed the Security Forces broke up a sit in in the Southern City of basra another 150. 00 have been injured it comes off or at least antigovernment protests as was shot dead by Security Forces in baghdad clashes broke out in the capital when demonstrators tried to remove barriers leading to 2 bridges ahead of baghdad Security Forces says that is now a ban on the use of military grade take aspirin a day on demonstrators off the Amnesty International said they were used to kill protest is not dispersed them a crackdown against mostly protest as has killed more than 260. 00 people since last month its actually going to has more from baghdad. Says he came to talk or square with his brother may yield on october 1st ready to push for change. Carried him out that day after a tear gas canister sliced open his stomach the unemployed teacher died last week from complica