Blatter suspended by the Ethics Committee. Thank you for joining us. Four russian cruise missiles have crashed in iran according to u. S. Officials. Russia denies the climb saying that all their missiles hit their targets. The missiles were launched from russian ships in the caspian sea and were intended for targets in syria. Russia launched a total of 26 cruise missiles on wednesday intended for 11 targets in syria as part of russias military campaign there. Because of where the missiles were launched, they had to pass through iranian air space to reach targets in syria. Lets go straight live to Rosalyn Jordon who joins us from washington d. C. Reporter there have been some confusing responses coming from u. S. Officials. A short time ago at the beginning of the Daily State Department briefing the spokesperson had to the to say about the report of four cruise missiles going off course. If its true that a couple of their cruise missiles landed in iran, again, im not going to get into g
Quality, but i think that it is quite a good list of names, politicians, personalities, that will do their best, i am sure, to take their country out of this crisis. The second matter, of course, is to thank all the personalities that have participated and have provided names, ideas, suggestions for these lists of names. There is a political agreement, and this is the result of many hours, many days and months of work and equally, this list of names the same. Desist the sacrifice, the capacity to work, to team up together to overcome differences of all the personalities that are here with me, and others that are not here today and we think and remember them as all the ones that are here. And their carriage, generosity, creativity deserves, from all the libyans and the International Community, recognition and praise. Let me equally thank the International Community, all the special envoys, ambassadors, representatives of different countries. They are, most of them also here with us, int
Hundreds of thousands of is sigh lum seekers could be di deported within weeks. The leaders of phren france and germany have stressed unity. Reporter if ever there was a rallying cry from europe he should here it was. When chancellor merck and president hollande arrived at the European Parliament they face aid continue net beset by challenges. The u. K. Conflict. Youth unemployment and the linking affects of the greet debt and eurozone crisis, its the humanitarian crisis and the arrival of nearly half a million refugees irefugees in europe ths created rifts between countries willing and able to help and those who want to keep them out. In the mediterranean, e. U. Warships have begun patrolling the waters. Its hoped this joint e. U. Task force will help tackle people smuggling 3,000 people have died trying to make the crossing to europe this year. Hungary, the check republic, romania and slovakia have reject the the noons share refugees numbers a is who the continent but president holla
Rescuing canadas lighthouses in an age of modern technology. First to syria where the chief of staff of the armed forces says the military has started a major offensive to take back towns and villages. The army is getting support from russian support. Translator the arab Syrian Armed Forces formed armed Ground Troops, the most important of which is the fourth legion raid. We began a wideranging attack with the aim of eliminating the terrorist groups and liberating the areas and towns that suffer from their scourge and crimes. Zana hoda reports from lebanon. Reporter the syrian army is on the offensive. They have sent Ground Troops to the front lines in the west of the country. The Syrian Army Commander saying that a big assault is underway, and the syrian army confirming that this is a coordinated assault with the russian military. Both militaries are involved. Russia is going to provide air cover as the Ground Forces push deep into contested territory. Its important for the syrian arm
Discovery about pluto. Our top story at this hour, a Stunning Development in the gop ballot for house speaker. The front runner, Kevin Mccarthy dropped out of the race to replace john boehner, and he announced his decision during a meeting with House Republicans gathered to select a candidate for speak, and mccarthy said that his bid threatens to divide the gop. I dont want making the speaker a tough one, i dont want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. I think that the best thing for our party right now is if you have 247. If you want to be strong, we have to be 100 united. Lets bring in our aljazeera reporter, michael shure, and can you describe for me please the level of dysfunction today represents for the gop caucus and beyond . Well, tony, there are a few ways of coming at that question, and one of them, theres a segment of the Republican Party, the freedom caucus, they call themselves, 304 members, very conservative, who say this is about as functional as the party gets. A