1 pm here in the russian capital thanks to cheating and as we take a look at whats going on in the wild day. Starting something that literally just happened within the last hour in hoth Iraqi Security Officials Say a bar ourselves rockets has again hit a base housing u. S. And Coalition Troops near baghdad its the 2nd attack on the facility this week on wednesday 2 American Service members and one british soldier what killed the u. S. Retaliated on friday with as strikes against a new radio and linked group but 6 iraqis were killed in that operation leaders in baghdad say that will be consequences for relations with washington. The u. S. Bombing of Government Security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts and disrupt the agreement between iraq and the global coalition. The pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed hezbollah militia to take out 5 of the groups weapons Storage Facilities in response to this attack on an iraqi base that hosts Coalition Force
A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky aaron our top stories several countries declared an emergency on friday response to the covert 19 pandemic spain joined in neighboring european nations which are struggling with containment measures the u. S. Has limited travel from europe the restrictions also affect military personnel there according to the pentagon while donald trump has announced the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level and response. To unleash the full power of the federal government the effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly for. A large amount of money for states and territories are loco that is in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the United Sta
A rob war policy. That it. Was. A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky aaron its great to have you with us now later this thursday in moscow the russian and turkish president s are expected to discuss spiraling tensions in the deescalation zone in syria the countrys armies are operating in close proximity to one another on opposing sides raising the risk of a direct clash well ahead of the meeting tempers boiled over in the Turkish Parliament m. P. s from the ruling and rival parties brought after an opposition m. P. Criticized president on the over the military intervention in syria and iran verbally hit back describing the opposition as dishonorable and treacherous the question. Turkish military operations. As for the fighting back in syria its long seized to being a local conflicts between the government and insurgents maria phenomena looks at the other states weighing in and how its affecting the region. And you wave of refugees flooding towards
A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky aaron its great to have you with us our top story this hour u. S. Stocks have risen slightly this friday after several wall street indices suffered their worst shocks in decades and the fear is the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world towards recession the bounce back comes after the Federal Reserve pledged to inject 1. 00 trillion dollars into the markets to ease the strain on thursday the day jones industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday in 1987 other major american indices also closed significantly lower donald trump gave a Rare Oval Office address to the nation but failed to carmine investors nervous about the economic damage covert 19 is causing. This is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world in todays boom bust on r. T. Week other expert analysis to try and map o
A shed with expose i mean he was also make initiators and destinations. Its just gone 1 pm here in the russian capital this march the us state thanks for keeping me company as we talk through the biggest stories of the day so. Lets start with this one imprisoned u. S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court this friday manning has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury well earlier on in the day i got more on the developments from correspondent like us did. But it was allegedly a very very close run thing because the guards when they found her she was hanging by a sheet in her cell unresponsive unconscious and blue already blue they got there in time fortunately the they took her down administer 1st aid she was still breathing they rushed her to hospital and then it is now 5 there is no danger to her health she shes responsive shes talking to her lawyers