Without further ado im going to introduce these folks who you all probably already know. To my left is the founder of mb long and associate an International Legal and Advisory Firm from 200709 she served as the first woman confirmed by the senate as assistant secretary of defense for International Affairs and the chair of nate es high level groups. She has previously served as the Principal Deputy secretary of defense, and she was the deputy secretary of defense for counter narco. Next we have michael durand, a senior fellow here at Hudson Institute. He specializes in middle east Security Issues and during the administration of president george w. Bush he served as senior director in the National Security council. To the left is retired Brigadier General mark kimmet of the u. S. Army, served as secretary of state for Political Military Affairs 0809 and prior to that, the deputy secretary of defense 20062008 and last but not least, a fellow here at Hudson Institute as well. His Research
British final. An early renaissance painting by the italian master cimabue is to be auctioned today, just weeks after the rare work was discovered in an unsuspecting elderly frenchwomans kitchen. Us media are reporting the military has conducted an operation against the leader of the so called Islamic State group. The white house says President Trump will make a statement later today. There are unconfirmed reports he will announce the groups leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed during a us led raid yesterday. The is leader has been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011 the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of ten Million Dollars for information leading to his capture or death his death has been wrongly reported on several occasions. He emerged in 2010 as the leader of alqaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. Mark lowen reports. A night time strike
Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa in the semi final. And in half an hour, well take a more in depth look at some of the weeks stories in dateline london. Us media are reporting the military has conducted an operation against the leader of the so called Islamic State group. The white house says President Trump will make a statement later today. There are unconfirmed reports he will announce the groups leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed during a us led raid yesterday. The is leader has been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011 the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of ten Million Dollars for information leading to his capture or death. His death has been wrongly reported on several occasions. He emerged in 2010 as the leader of alqaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. Mark lowen reports. A night time strike on the
Of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. Police moved in after hundreds of men allied with Political Parties in power attacked government demonstrators who have been in the streets for almost 2 weeks demanding the ruling elite leaves office the Prime Minister saddam how d. D. Has now handed his Resignation Letter to the president. For 13 days the lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that would stop the relation i have tried during this period to find a way out to listen to the peoples voice and to protect the country from Economic Security and social dangers today i will not hide from you i reached a dead end it is time for us to have a big shock to face the crisis. The crisis is threatening civil peace the protest movement doesnt enjoy the support of the entire country has been law is among a number of groups backing the government. I they chant the name of their leader. The iranian backed movement believes there is a campaign to t
Will commit to the deal to the terms of the agreement we still need to see on the ground what happens particularly in teller a fight and ben thats for many years the kurds were saying there is absolutely no way we will retreat from those areas which are part of the territory that the kurds say is part of their homeland in north east and western parts of syria. Many thanks i was there is hashing out of there on the turkey syria border meeting about syrias constitution is about to begin in geneva it aims to repair the fractures that many believe led to the civil war on tuesday Foreign Ministers from Turkey Russia and iran all key players in the conflict met in geneva to welcome the initiative but they will be present during tuesdays to during wednesdays discussions the group was formed after 18 months of work by the un the Syrian Government and the main opposition bloc diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva. This is going to be an Important Development the opening of this C