247 news live from moscow this is r. T. International good to have your company as always i mean and neal. The u. S. Secretary of state defended americas assassination of irans top military commander solo money in a drone strike in iraq on friday mike pompei o has said the attack at Baghdad International airport saved american lives to send a strong message to tirant. I think the arabian leadership understands that President Trump will take action we made very clear that these responses would be swift and decisive i hope that the iranian leadership will see that will see american resolve and that their decision will be to deescalate the Early Morning or raid also reportedly killed 9 others including influential air rocky and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place. A money led the powerful quds force an elite branch of the arena and revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the units h
Of a new citizenship law. And hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat election failures israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were harding with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this hour. Itll be with us here on the news hour we begin with breaking news in turkeys president recipe the one says that he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government turkey says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long defensive by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar president and also says that hell present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. From the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assista
A deadly siege on a bangladeshi cafe in 2016. And farmers frustration how theyve taken a protest against the french governments policies to the heart of the capital. Im going to get roscoe with the sports majesties owners become the richest sports group in the world as a deal values them at almost 5000000000. 00. Welcome to the news our protests against the United Nations are spreading in eastern democratic republic of congo can rest began in beni where people have driven the casket of a man killed a cheering demonstrations around the streets ahead of his funeral in the past 2 days 6 people have died the testers are angry at what they see as a failure of un peacekeepers to protect them from armed rebels who have killed dozens of people this man. About 100 kilometers away in goma police have fired live rounds into the air to clear protesters people tried to storm un facilities but were blocked by Security Forces we also been protests in but Tembo Catherine saw is in goma and she joins m
A camp with people whove lost all of their belongings. And we look at why Climate Change matters more than the economy to many british voters. Im joined again with the sport as asian champ his cattle get set to host the arabian gulf cup which has extra political significance this year will be live ahead of the opening match. Welcome to the news a protest has been killed while trying to storm another United Nations compound in eastern democratic republic of congo hundreds are marching towards an airport on the outskirts of the city of beni where un peacekeepers a based but Security Forces stop them from forcing their way past roadblocks the protesters have been turning their anger on Security Forces and aid workers for not protecting them from armed groups peacekeepers had retreated to a us. Military base after their compound was attacked the land and amid the violence the World Health Organization has pulled almost one 3rd of its staff who are working to combat the spread of about alja
Of different other entrance is to this campus most notably a fly over behind me where protesters have set up a barricade and there have been fierce exchanges between them and police the Police Firing volleys of tear gas and also things like rubber bullets the protesters responding with more fire bombs and number of different barricades around here many protesters have been getting ready expecting that at some point the police will try to retake this campus. Another sunday another home called street turned into a battle. At the end of a week that seen a marked escalation in the level of violence. Between protesters and Police Students took over several College Campuses Polytechnic University is the last under their control and they seem determined to hold on to it i think. Because. We have of course for the freedom. They say were not behaving like students but we are fighting for a better future. Violence began early sunday when people turned up to clear surrounding streets of bricks an