Around the clock across the world this is your artsy international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome we begin with breaking news several rocket attacks have hit a rock close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad and also a military base near the capital for more on that some joined live in the studio by shit down off. Tensions seemingly ratcheting up here well indeed something is clearly in the now we do not know what exactly was the target of this attack but we do know that there have been at least 3 rounds of mortar strikes and some of the some of those mortar shells they landed in close vicinity to an end to an american base right next to the rocky capital baghdad some of them landed apparently next door in the green zone now what is a green. Zone essentially it is a city within a city you have baghdad the larger area and the green zone is the extra and more carefully protected zone within the iraqi capital which is essentially home to will almost all em
Hello good afternoon youre watching r. T. International now the president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over a 50 percent hike in fuel prices and rouhani said on sunday that the government will compensate those who are worst affected however there has been trouble in at least a dozen cities so far with buildings vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader bert. Will have more details on this story a bit later on in the program. Now the u. S. President has intervened in the cases of American Service personnel convicted of or king of war crimes in afghanistan and iraq donald trump pardoned 2 u. S. Army officers and restored navy seals rank u. S. Democratic president ial candidates have attacked his decision. Theres nothing promilitary about overruling military Justice System to prevent it from delivering accountability for war crimes the president has again dishonored our Armed Services trumps intervention in the American Military Justice System to Pardon Service members accu