u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times by iranian backed groups. good morning. alexandria: good morning, according to defense department u.s. contractor was killed after a group crashed unmanned ariel vehicle into a building in northeast syria 1:30 local time. once determined it was iranian origin, the war posing group says eight iranian fighters were killed in that action. lloyd austin said the airstrikes were conducted in response to attacks by the group irgc. we will defend our people. no group will strike our troops with impunity. republican congressman matt gates offered this, it is deeply sad to see americans killed and troops killed in syria. this is price of guarding oilfields in other countries. iran continue to stain desert sand with the blood of america s best. since 2021, air kurilla says u.s. troops have come under attacks by iranian backed groups and we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing. we are postured in the face of an
more than £8 billion the second largest result in its history. and australia s national football team criticises qatar s human rights record less than a month before the emirate hosts the world cup. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has accused russian commanders of craziness in their efforts to capture a town in the east of the country. bakhmut which sits in the donetsk region has been the centre of russian attacks for months. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces advancing on the city of kherson have been hampered by heavy rain. russian forces are building fortifications and bringing in extra reinforcements. the area has been at the centre of the fiercest clashes in recent weeks. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and hejoins me now. let s start off with the comments from president zelensky about the tactics of russian commanders. what does he mean by craziness? he said the most sev
las vegas. sources say the suspect possibly seen on video and what police are now saying tonight. just in this evening, news of an arrest in canada after a major manhunt for days. they believe the suspect under arrest and his brother stabbed and killed ten people, 18 others stabbed and injured, too. the war in ukraine tonight. and the new message from president zelenskyy at this hour. the major counteroffensive, he says, is working, outside ukraine s second-largest city. but tonight, vladimir putin also with a message, defiant. and what he claims about this war. back in the u.s., longtime trump ally steve bannon expected to surrender to authorities in new york tomorrow, facing charges involving the group called we build the wall. promising donors their own bricks in a wall at the southern border with their names on them. the group promising donors 100% of the money would go to that wall, that it wouldn t line someone s pockets. but tonight, prosecutors say that s exactl
entire fleet of chinook helicopters. why they re so concerned tonight. also this evening, the images, that u.s. navy ship confronting an iranian ship trying to steal an american drone. the standoff lasting hours. how this ends. martha raddatz with late reporting. the war in ukraine tonight. and new images online this evening. the smoke rising from southern ukraine, as president zelenskyy declares they will take back land seized by the russians. our team near the front lines. here at home tonight, what s believed to be the first death in the u.s. from the monkeypox outbreak. what texas officials are now saying. and tonight, the cases are now growing involving children. at least 31 cases involving kids. and mireya villarreal on that tonight. the justice department at this hour set to respond to the judge after the former president s request for a special master to go through what was seized at mar-a-lago. pierre thomas standing by with what he s learned. tonight, the