with a fox news alert. retaliatory airstrikes have begun in the middle east. according to the pentagon the u.s. military conducted strikes against iranian backed militias in iraq and syria striking more than 85 targets. the u.s. says it hit command and control operations and intelligence centers. this comes after three american soldiers were killed and dozens more injured in a drone strike in a base in jordan this past weekend. launched by iranian proxies. iran is responsible for pretty much all the trouble in the region. here is jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. any word on why the targets were not in iran considering they are the source of all of these proxy attacks and terror attacks? sean, officials who i spoke to said they were ruling out striking inside iran in this first set of strikes. and they want to message to iran they are not trying to go to war with iran. they are hoping iran gets the message based on these strikes against their proxies and the irgc str
Olympics in pyeonchang. Finishing 7th place in the mens skiathlon the best performance by a briton in an olympic Cross Country event. Meanwhile in the arena north korean cheerleaders mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. In halfan in half an hour, Rebecca Jones meets Award Winning irish author roddy doyle. They will be talking books. A good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The government has threatened to cut off all state funding and help for oxfam, and other charities, if they fail to ensure that Vulnerable People are properly protected. The International Development secretary Penny Mordaunt has described as horrific the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. The chair of trustees at the charity says oxfam prides itself on being a Transparent Organisation working hard to improve the lives of the poor and has apologised unreservedly, saying i share the anger and shame that
The rain is not letting up. What a week. The impact of the big win today. Out of nowhere, a truck suddenly explodes into a huge ball of fire and starts a ball of flame along a part of the highway. Right now, rain and flooding across our region. Heres a live look from center city as weve seen inches of rain coming down nearly everywhere in our area. Good evening. It has been a rainy, soggy mess no matter where you are. Tonight we are extending our first alert for parts of the area until 9 00. Heres a look at the first alert radar as we track the rain and flooding. Live Team Coverage to make sure you know whats happening out on the roads and whats next. First, steve . Good evening. For some of you the weather is Getting Better and for some of you, you have several more hours to go. In this case it is south jersey and southern delaware. Were not done with the heavy showers and storms. What you can expect, one to three inches of additional rainfall. Weve even had thunderstorms out there wi
Olympic games and its u. S. Is coming in on top. Well take you to the action and introduce you to a 17yearold snow border. Good day, its sunday, february 11th, few days from valentines day. Did you get a gift yet close to my heart. He wont kisss tell. You got a lot of papers over here, youre a scientists today. It is busy, ultimate doppler is lit up. Moderate to heavy rainfall, you can see all of the rainfall, look at the reds, the yellows, the oranges moving up from baltimore, washington, dc, moving into delaware. Were talking rainfall half inch to an inch per hour with the activity moving up from the south and west. Well zoom into wilmington, New Castle County as we move to parts of south jersey, salem, cumberland, Atlantic Cape may county. We got you covered, berks county, lancaster right now. Moving towards southwest to north and east. That is the projected panel. You can see it stretches all the way to the gulf of mexico. What youll see is what youll get for the bulk of your sunda
Board. A defiant israeli Prime Minister to continue operations in syria day after one of his warplanes was down. To be honest im not sure she really understands the food horror of what has happened here a call from britains foreign minister. Supervised the return of refugees to me in march plus. A month ago the cloud bridge project in costa rica where reforestation efforts could provide an important lesson for the rest of the world. And best and russia say theyre looking at all possible causes as the hunt for clues began to why a plane crashed soon after take off all seventy one people on board were killed the difficulties investigators face can be seen in these pictures from the crash site near moscow wreckage of the plane is lying in fields covered with thick snow debris and human remains were spread over a radius of one kilometer now the short haul flight took off from dont want to Dover Airport on sunday few minutes later its in the air on the city on the way rather to the city of