All of what he said to me but im slowly dying here. Youre watching r. T. International im whereas other loquitur thank you for joining us. From baghdad says it is summoning the u. S. Ambassador over the latest airstrikes on iraq and syria that killed 25. 00 people the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended those attacks insisting that they were to terence against iranian aggression aunties caleb maupin has more. The u. S. State department has defended the decision to conduct air strikes in iraq in syria saying that this was done to deter the influence of iran in the region now 25 people were killed in the raids and dozens were injured one of the things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect American Forces and. American citizens in a room will give you a mission of restoring deterrence against me and aggression now its important to point out that the target of these strikes was an iranian backed militia and according
Could have here in the uk. Also tonight. The army is out on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. The fake covid Test Certificates with a negative result being sold online. And taking on one of the uks toughest races despite an unexpected medical diagnosis. And coming up in sport on bbc news its transfer deadline day for clubs up and down the country well have the latest, including the man set to join champions liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Urgent testing is to start in parts of england as the south african strain of coronavirus has been detected in 11 of the cases there is no known link to the country. Its raised fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. Door to door testing will be carried out in the affected areas of london, the West Midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseyside. Health officials are confident the vaccines will work against the South African Variant but pr
Sounded awful and he said to me but im slowly dying. Life from moscow where its just past 4 in the morning youre watching r. T. International welcome to the program. Baghdad says it is summoning the u. S. Ambassador over the latest airstrikes on iraq and syria that killed 25 people iraq Officials Say they were not able to prevent the attack with their objections being ignored by washington. I said this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this well after the attack hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of the iraqi capital they condemned the u. S. s strikes and expressed support for the militia who were appalled and the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended the operation insisting it was meant to deter rain in a question on the scale of hope and has. The u. S. State department has defended the decision to conduct air st
Could be a fire risk. A warning that children in refugee camps on the greek island of lesbos increasingly feel life isnt worth living we have a special report. Firefighters in australia are battling to prevent raging bushfires from threatening a major power station in New South Wales. And how a pop star came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. And coming up on bbc news, several top clubs in italy condemn a serie a anti Racism Campaign which features monkeys with painted faces. Anti Discrimination Group fare have called it a sickjoke. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since his election victory and promised to pass a law ruling out any extension to the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. The uk is scheduled to leave the eu onjanuary 31st, and enter a transition period which is due to conclude next december, but that can be extended for up to two years if talks arent complete. Critics say that