Ambassador visit indian administered kashmir for the 1st time since its autonomy was revoked in oldest. And canada has joined the investigation to find out why a ukrainian jet crashed in iran killing all 176 people on. The us house of representatives is jews of those on measure limiting president Donald Trumps ability to take military action against iran as the fallout from the assassination of iranian general custom sala mahdi continues earlier on wednesday President Trump backed away from saw the military confrontation but democrats are not satisfied House Speaker nancy pelosi says that she doesnt believe saddam audis killing has made the us safer. We are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president s military actions ministration must use deescalate and must protect prevent further by Alliance America and the world cannot afford to war but what happened in the view of many of us is not promoting peace but an escalation not that we have any confidence in the goodness.
A bill to limit the President Trumps ability to attack iraq. In the libyan war Khalifa Haftar rejects a call for a cease fire going against a plea by turkey and russia. And the top stories including. Trying to cash in on celebrity status public shock and anger part time. And in sports the tennis world number one makes a losing start to the new year actually barty sapper is a shock to a dinner opening match the brisbane national. So we begin this news with breaking news u. S. President donald trump says that he has suspicions about the crash of a ukrainian airliner outside tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board were killed when it came down shortly after takeoff u. S. Intelligence sources of concluded that it was shot down accidentally by an Iranian Missile a view that donald trump shared with reporters. I have my suspicions it was very i dont want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. Its a tragic thing when i see that its a tragic thing. But somebody could
Iraq i would leave now if i was an american any part in southwest asia i would leave immediately thank you for that moment mom abroad is joining us there from tehran appreciate your analysis today mark kimmitt is the former assistant secretary of state for Political Military Affairs under president george w. Bush she was also diffuse director of plans and strategy at centcom and he joins us now from washington d. C. Good to have you with us so youre the perfect position to try to analyze where this may go with the strategic a military and security implications of this it seems to be very finely balanced at the moment iran is threatening to tell the i. C. Of the United States has carried out this strike and says it reserves the right for further action as will we in a rapidly escalating phases some have suggested today an open dick the russian of war whats your assessment. Well i think we are at a point of escalation right now and i would hope that both sides take a deep breath i dont t
Forecast to return with people warned to be ready to evacuate. Under the growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176. 00 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran intelligence officials in washington believe the plane was most likely brought down accidentally by iranian air defenses and in the past few minutes the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said multiple intelligence sources suggested the plane was shot down or hear from him shortly of u. S. President donald trump says he has a terrible feeling about the disaster. I have my suspicions it was very i dont want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. Its a tragic thing when i see that its a tragic thing. But somebody could have made a mistake on the other couldve couldve made a mistake it was flying it was it was flying in that our system had nothing to do with us it was flying into a pretty r
President what he wants to hear ok mr kimmitt for the moment thanks very much youre watching aljazeera and our continuing coverage of developing news out of iraq more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles have been fired at u. S. Facilities in iraq at least 2 iraqi air bases were targeted one bill and the other one at the. Base in the province of anbar iran state t. V. Says the revolutionary guards launched tens of surface to surface missiles the u. S. Assistant to the secretary of defense ensued a statement it confirms iran launched more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles against u. S. Military and Coalition Forces in iraq it is clear that these missiles were launched from iran and targeted at least 2 Iraqi Military bases hosting u. S. Military and coalition personnel. And bill the statement goes on to say we will take whole necessary measures to protect and defend u. S. Personnel partners and allies in the region were in conversation with mark kimmitt formerly an assistant secretary for Polit