Youre watching our Team International bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. We start in the middle east where irans u. N. Envoy says the country is not planning any more attacks against the u. S. So long as washington refrains from further aggression he added that wednesdays airstrikes on 2 u. S. Bases in iraq were sufficient revenge for the pentagons killing of its top general President Trump has limited his response to the strikes to pledging new sanctions as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rainy and aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. These powerful saying shoes will remain until around changes its behavior. The u. S. Assassination of general somani on iraqi territory last week sparked massive protests across the middle east and beyond thats prompted Iraqs Parliament to call for the expulsion of all foreign troops from the country a decisi
Experts are keeping quiet about their ties to the Defense Industry. Mental Health Patients a mixed hospital ward in england have reportedly suffered sexual abuse. Hello and welcome this is r. T. International. The longest transport workers strike in france for decades has now entered its 36 day its called over plan pension reform and today paris and other cities are witnessing get another major mobilization supported by people of different classes and occupations which is from the french capital show crowds gathering to call on the government to withdraw its plans. To show the doobies whos in the center of all the protests how would you describe the scene charlotte. Well weve already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd same paris and the crowds are huge i just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down this street is going to vote to mission 10 and put you much all the way down to app last of the police it is
Can see the chance of a shower late and temperatures still pretty mild for this afternoon and as far as the rest of your weekend we could track a few clouds, more on that forecast coming up. It is 4 am and it is a very tense morning as the Us State Department is telling americans in iraq to leave immediately after a us airstrike in baghdad killed a top military coof iran. Iran is vowing to strike back. Reporter the leader of irans revolutionary god, is dead and he was among several killed when an airstrike it is convoy near baghdads international airport. The order for the military attack coming directly from the president did not immediately respond in the aftermath but he did to it a picture of the American Flag and in a statement the department of defense the strike and offense of move saying in part that at the direction of the president us military has taken decisive defensive action by killing general Qassem Soleimani the head of the Iranian Revolutionary force, us designated For
Killing 170. 00. Well we begin with perhaps the most serious direct confrontation between iran and the u. S. In decades iran has fired more than a dozen missiles to iraqi bases hosting u. S. Forces in retaliation for the killing of them so the money Iranian Military is warning of further strikes if the u. S. Response but irans foreign minister says he doesnt want war in a moment well have reaction from the u. S. And right across the middle east but 1st rob mustnt begins our coverage. This is irans promised response to the u. S. Assassination of top iranian general high seems on the money Ballistic Missiles soaring into the night sky their targets to Iraqi Military bases housing thousands of u. S. Soldiers iranians are taking the credit to hit back. Directly they wouldnt even leave their proxies to deliver the message that theyre americans its kind of saving faith order for them because killing soleimani is its an insult from the americans to iranian establishment to iranian a state as
Africa. They are 262 49. All of the good afternoon. Hard graft for coming up on afternoon englands cricketers on day one of the second test against south live, all the sport details at 4 30pm. Africa. The batsmen have struggled to kick on in cape town. They are its live, all the sport been another mixed day for doing 0k, 172 fought for and we will englands its been another mixed day for englands cricketers in south africa tell you why they have banned after choosing to bat in the second darren bett has all the weather. Football at 2 30pm. Test, they have reached 227 for six thanks, ben, and darren bett weve seen more sunshine but it has with 30 minutes left on day one. Been colder. It will turn milder has all the weather. Ill tell you why they are not using over the weekend with more cloud and its been colder but sunnier through football in the warm any more. There is more energy in the thats at 3 30pm. Atmosphere as we move into next today. Mild weather is set to week. More details la