Tensions were evident everywhere today from an american officer in kabul yelling at troops who had mistakenly shot to death two civilians to wardeck province where the afghans had ordered all special u. S. Forces to leave by yesterday. There an afghan policeman gunned down two american soldiers and two other Police Officers before being killed himself. All of this, as newly confirmed secretary of defense chuck hagel concluded his first trip to afghanistan. The visit was difficult from the start, a suicide bombing outside the Afghan Defense ministry on saturday as he met with nato commanders nearby. I wasnt sure what it was. I was in a briefing. But were in a war zone. Ive been in war. You know, shouldnt be surprised when a bomb goes off. Woodruff then on sunday a verbal broadside from afghan President Hamid karzai charging the u. S. Had a role in the attack. The bombs which exploded yesterday were not taliban strength to america. It was at the service of america. At the service of amer
Latest from our middle east bureau in jerusalem. What do we know at this hour . Well, julie any International Efforts to free both have collapsed in the past hours. A senior diplomat says theyre make nothing progress with the talks and that the negotiations right now are at a state of deadlock. Even more worrisome is that it appears all communications between isis and the iraqi tribal leaders are handling the negotiations to free kenji goto and the jordanian pilot Muath Al Kaseasbeh appear to have collapsed. Isis threatened to kill al kaseasbeh if they did not release sajida al rishawi. Her suicide vest failed to detonate during a series of bombings in jord than killed 60 people. Jordan has said theyre willing to release her, in order to free both hostages but they also demanded proof that kaseasbeh is alive. All the talks appear to have stopped in the last 36 or 48 hours and the fate of both men is unknown right now. Both japanese and jordanian Officials Say theyre trying to continue
Stricken airliner make a fatal mistake in their desperate effort to save the plane and its passengers . Im wolf blitzer. You arere in the situation room. Lets get to the breaking news. The United States now rushing to investigate a shocking claim by isis that a Young American woman has been killed in a Jordanian Air strike on isis targets in syria. The humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller was taken hostage 18 months ago and held for ransom. But the terror group offers no evidence of her death beyond a photo of a collapsed building. Jordan claims the isis claim is a p. R. Stunt aimed at hurting the coalition. The claim by isis comes as jordan steps up its massive air assault on isis targets launched in retaliation for the gruesome murder of a captured jordanian pilot. Our correspondents and analysts are all standing by along with the top jordanian government spokesman. Lets begin with brian todd. He is here in the situation room with the very latest. Brian . At this hour we have no definit
Global headquarters in atlanta. And this is cnn newsroom. Portugal have defied the odds and the experts. They stunned host france to win the european football championship. The final was decided in the Second Period of extra time. Teammates mobbed portugals adair after he scored the only goal. Well have all the details and reaction in just a few minutes. We want to turn to our top story here in america. Hundreds of people have been arrested over the weekend in cities across the United States during protests against the Police Shootings of two men. Baton rouge police say they detained four dozen people sunday during rallies for alton sterling who was killed early last week. More than 100 people were arrested saturday. Here in atlanta, georgia, cnn affiliate wsb reports that several hundred protesters marched downtown. Police have arrested three people and a large group of demonstrators in washington were mostly peaceful as they marched toward the capital. The protests have also inspired
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