Countries at war in conflict. The air strike killed 22 aid workers in a northern air gan city of kunduz. 12 others were injured. Msf wants to mobilize the humanitarian Factfinding Commission to probe the attack. The commission was created in 1991 after the gulf war, but has never been deployed. The top u. S. Commander in afghanistan admitted during a Senate Hearing that the attack was an error. To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a u. S. Decision made within the u. S. Chain of command. A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. U. S. President barack obama tell us the International Precedence of msf. White house officials said obama apologized and offered his condolences. He made a commitment to find out what went wrong and said he would find ways to prevent a similar occurrence. Russian military Officials Say theyve stebed up an offensive in syria against militants with the Islamic States. Its the first attack
The air strike killed 22 aid workers in a northern air gan city of kunduz. 12 others were injured. Msf wants to mobilize the humanitarian Factfinding Commission to probe the attack. The commission was created in 1991 after the gulf war, but has never been deployed. The top u. S. Commander in afghanistan admitted during a Senate Hearing that the attack was an error. To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a u. S. Decision made within the u. S. Chain of command. A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. U. S. President barack obama tell us the International Precedence of msf. White house officials said obama apologized and offered his condolences. He made a commitment to find out what went wrong and said he would find ways to prevent a similar occurrence. Russian military Officials Say theyve stebed up an offensive in syria against militants with the Islamic States. Its the first attack from sea since they began thei
Three crew members are unconscious. Well have more on this story as details come in to us. In other news members of the United Nations Security Council are trying to choke off terrorist financing. Theyre targeting sources of funding for the Group Islamic state. And theyve unanimously adopted a resolution calling for global cooperation. Russia drafted the first outline. The resolution was jointly proposed by more than 30 nations, including japan. It threatened sanctions on anyone buying oil from territory under Islamic State control. It bans all trade in antiquities from syria and iraq and calls on countries to stop kidnap ransom payments. Translator the resolution marks an important step toward cutting the flow of funds to terrorists. The loss of people like muaf kenji, haruna, and kayla deepens our resolve to eradicate the Violent Group that cuts their lives short. Western nations and russia have been sharply divided over the syrian crisis. But they have cooperated over responses to I
Base. The Officials Say all of the three crew members are unconscious. Well have more on this story as details come in to us. In other news members of the United Nations Security Council are trying to choke off terrorist financing. Theyre targeting sources of funding for the Group Islamic state. And theyve unanimously adopted a resolution calling for global cooperation. Russia drafted the first outline. The resolution was jointly proposed by more than 30 nations, including japan. It threatened sanctions on anyone buying oil from territory under Islamic State control. It bans all trade in antiquities from syria and iraq and calls on countries to stop kidnap ransom payments. Translator the resolution marks an important step toward cutting the flow of funds to terrorists. The loss of people like muaf kenji, haruna, and kayla deepens our resolve to eradicate the Violent Group that cuts their lives short. Western nations and russia have been sharply divided over the syrian crisis. But they
Collective selfdefense. The two sides will also discuss the issue of chinas growing defense budget. Officials in beijing say spending will increase by more than 10 this year. Their counterparts in tokyo say theyre looking for more transparency in chinas defense policies. Diplomats from the two nations will join their south korean counterpart next week in seoul. Theyll try to hammer out an agenda for a meeting of foreign ministers. Sugiyama will meet with Chinese Vice Foreign minister lu geminning and south korean minister foreign affairs. Representatives from the three sides met in september for similar talks. Japanese officials are hoping the discussions will be a stepping stone toward a summit between the three countries. Members of japans Ruling Coalition are getting ready for talks that could bring a turnaround in Security Policy. Theyll be discussing an outline of laws that would allow their country to exercise its right to collective selfdefense. Japan would be allowed to exercis