An atomic bomb. So there have been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after those u. S. Drone strikes which killed irans top military command the qassam salomone in iraq 48 hours ago no one exploded in the heavily fortified green zone near the American Embassy also the brigades that pro Iran Military group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u. S. Bases also grief and rage have filled the streets of baghdad and the shia holy cities of karbala and najaf weve seen these sorts of funeral processions taking place for sort of money and the Iraqi Militia leader dont forget the band mohan this who was killed alongside him diplomats and leaders meanwhile are scrambling to ease the crisis between iran and the u. S. This is the Qatari Foreign minister who has been dispatched to me irans leaders youve also got france the u. K. And saudi arabia all calling for calm ok that sort of coverage with some a bit of a reporting from baghdad. Multiple attacks have been reported in and around iraqs capital baghdad 3 incidents confirmed by Iraqi Security forces one took place inside the fortified green zone they predict have landed near the u. S. Embassy compound Iraqi Security forces calling it a rocket attack near the celebrations area inside the green zone the another incident happened in the job neighborhood in a residential part of baghdad and the 3rd incident and north of baghdad in sanaa had been province and ill balad base where some storerooms were head and weve also heard from one leader of the militia who has been nor has been our brigade which has been deemed as a terrorist organization by the United States that all iraqi forces should distance themselves from u. S. Bases from sunday on birds so it is a state of high alert for Iraqi Security forces as they brace themselves for what they expect is going to be some sort of a reaction and weve also seen a flurry of diplomatic activity to try and deescalate the situation in that region this is being spearheaded by others foreign minister who went to the iranian capital and met not just the president but his counterpart as well there iran insisting that this attack which happened in baghdad is a flagrant violation of International Norms and law which is something that we saw in the telephonic conversation between Sergey Lavrov the Russian Foreign minister and the really in foreign minister that was something that was repeated as well and throughout the day here in baghdad the situation remains tense but calm as protesters mourn the death of their leaders in the iraqi capital their funeral procession took place here and then the bodies will be taken from baghdad to karbala and najaf and that jeff is where i will mad the end mohan this will be buried. Oh they turned up in their thousands angry and somber for the killing of their leaders by the United States. Chanting and the u. S. Slogans the protesters included families of the supporters of iran backed fighters in iraq. God willing the resistance to defeat their merican will continue and this gathering is a response to american attacks on the need this and victory is coming. At the funeral of money and this represent the various fighting groups which constitute the Popular Mobilization forces iraqis see the assassinations as a violation of their sovereignty and of the rules of engagement by u. S. Forces individuals the u. S. Has called terrorists and public enemies are heroes to many in iraq thats why the current and former Prime Ministers came to pay their respects the leader of the Popular Mobilization forces who is also the National Security adviser also walked with the procession. Americas tyranny will fade as it exceeds its limits with our again we demand the Iraqi Government and parliament legislate to make iraq stronger with the Popular Mobilization forces the army and its people on sunday we want good news from parliament no procrastination and no delay we must get rid of dirty forces standing on iraqi chests. The banners of hezbollah brigades are prominent the u. S. State department has declared the shia group a terrorist organization its fighters were recently targeted by the u. S. On the iraq border and that was the reason cited by groups for attacking the u. S. Embassy compound in baghdad. This was the brigades former leader because we lost commanders of the hotshot who liberated iraq and liberated provinces occupied by eisel iraq force on behalf of all the world this violation has all iraqi people angry and condemning the crime. The bodies of the do leaders traveled from holy shrines in baghdad to guard. And now jeff. Will be buried while very realistic take place in iran receiving messages of support for iraqs sovereignty president has spoken to World Leaders including the turkish and french president they agreed on taking measures to prevent iraq from becoming a battleground for other countries to settle their scores and beason commanders of throwing in groups plus until the money could achieve the victory he wanted to expel u. S. Troops from iraq the parliaments extraordinary session is already under mounting public pressure to legislate against the presence of u. S. Forces in iraq but with a weak interim government with limited legislative powers the government is likely to not meet those expectations. With out of there or back that. Meanwhile the white house has sent its formal notification to congress about fridays drone strike democrats are criticizing president for approving it without advance notice that smart hammer in washington d. C. With more on this one hi mike a little bit sort of closing the days after the horse has bolted just a formality i guess. Yes it is but its a very important formality in terms of the war powers act from many decades ago in terms of which the president is obliged constitutionally obliged to inform congress notify congress within 48 hours of putting troops in harms way now such notification is a signed documents from the white house normally it would involve giving information about the reasons for the action as well as which would probably be on a classified basis the intelligence that lay behind taking such action so this is an important step in terms of the. Administrations attempts to justify this action though as you say it is after the act theres another set of constitutional provisions the use of a war or arms or sorrow to authorization act which has not been complied with according to many in congress so although the notification has been given in terms of the wartime resolution act it has not been entered the argument within many members of congress that they should have been notified before the action takes place remembering of course a very bottom line part of the constitution its a congress that declares war not the executive and the unofficial communications might the tweets whats president been saying. Well within the last few minutes President Trump after days of relative silence has issued a stream of tweets let me just run through them this 3 of them he says iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain usa assets as a revenge for our ridding the world of quote that a terrorist leader who had just killed an american and badly wounded many others not to mention all of the people here killed over his lifetime including recently hundreds of iranian protesters he was already attacking our embassy and preparing for additional hits in other locations iran has been nothing but problems for many years that the serve as a end in capitals warning that if iran strikes any americans or American Assets we have targeted 52 iranian sites representing the 52 american hostages taken by iran many years ago somebody very high and important to iran and the iranian culture and those targets and iran itself once again the capitals will be hit very fast and very hard the usa wants no more threats so very Strong Language there from president from raising the whole history of the iranian hostage siege which was between of the 1979 general in 1901 lasted for 440. 00 days in which 52. 00 hostages were held so President Trump is referring to that referencing now that in terms of announcing that 52 targets have been isolated in terms of a reaction should any action be taken against u. S. Assets mike hanna is in washington d. C. Thank you mike. And now on skype another hashimi who is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver nice to have you with us neither you him mike theyre talking about the very classically on diplomatic language of the u. S. President counted by the actual diplomacy going on what do you make of the moves by the Qatari Foreign minister to move so quickly and head stright to iran to try to diffuse this one if you import into development were on the precipice of a major war in the middle east and the prospects for diplomacy look very bleak and grim at this moment nonetheless in order to avoid a larger regional war all options need to be pursued to see if theres a prospect for deescalating this conflict so full marks and full credit to qatar for being the 1st country to send its foreign minister to tehran to examine the possibilities of deescalation im somewhat skeptical but im hoping that the terry foreign minister is going to be making arguments such as. Such as the such as you know the United States is in the beginning of an electoral cycle perhaps in less than a year there might be a new president then would increase bargaining position. Im hoping that the contrary foreign minister will also be trying to talk iran down and many sort of dramatic response to the u. Sas a nation of silly nonny that could you know just expand the instability in the region now there is there any way for any player at the qataris be at the french the saudis however to draw the United States into some sort of diplomacy here or is it simply as we heard from our correspondent there Donald Trumps diplomacy its sort of sounding off on twitter. Well you know as it said yes the famous saying goes it takes 2 to tango and so it seems like both sides are ready for war i mean your correspondent mike hanna just read from a series of tweets that donald trump has just issued. And the iranians are all talking about revenge right now so the prospects for the escalation look very bleak but as i said a moment ago they need to be explored and they need to be examined im hoping that after the Qatari Foreign minister you know other High Level International diplomats such as the u. N. Secretary general perhaps the french president who has already invested considerable social capital in trying to you know bridge differences between iran and United States will also make trips to the region in order to try and find a way out of this problem but that remains to be seen you mentioned what the iranians saying about seeking revenge and retaliation in your mind whats what form does that take i hear a lot of people talking about socalled asymmetrical warfare indirect will fit. Well i think the big thing to watch for right now which could really expand the the prospects of a regional conflict will be some sort of major announcement from tehran announcing that they have pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Agreement theyve stepped up their Enrichment Program and theyre heading toward Nuclear Capability perhaps even pulling out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty theres been talk of this move taking place within iran a moan hardline circles who feel that iran has not received. Any benefits from signing on to the Nuclear Agreement so i think thats something that we need to watch for i think its very much in the offering on top of the other things that tehran is capable of doing and they already have been doing to respond to american pressure hitting tankers in the persian gulf striking Saudi Oil Facilities attacking american bases so all of those things are on the table im very worried about some sort of dramatic nuclear announced it here and that will really you know raise the stakes of the potential conflict in the region not a hashimi with us from Denver Colorado on the news out thank you for your time. The rest of the days news is coming up from democratic republic of congo to Silicon Valley why a rights group is suing californias tech giants on behalf of childhood minus also indonesia suffering from its worst flooding in a decade with the situation expected to get worse before it gets better and peter has f. A. Come back in in support including householders Manchester City reached the 4th round. Right now the libyan medical sources say at least 30 people have been killed after an airstrike by forces loyal to the warlord how they found half a military academy was targeted in the capital the latest attack in half does ongoing offensive to seize tripoli from the un recognized government after us forces of course backed by egypt the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia his mom about the one head in tripoli to bring us up to date mahmoud. It is still. Very chaotic. At the hospitals the Public Hospitals were the victims were transferred from the military academy that was hit by a drone loyal to the warlord. We just came back from one of the Public Hospitals were the victims are receiving good treatments and medical sources there say that it was so difficult for them to identify bodies of the did victims because most of the dead bodies were either burned or torn apart by the attack now. Medical sources also say that they have been calling the Health Ministry has been calling on people to go to the hospitals to do need blood most of the victims are. Aged 18. 00 to 22. 00 and their military students from all the cities and areas in libya do not we spoke to. The commander the head of this military academy said that they dont have anything to do with the ongoing fighting for control of tripoli theyre just as students of military academy theyre not fighting against have to his forces thats where there is no reason why his forces are targeting this a military academy and meanwhile. Have to the fighter jets also targeted the main gate of m a t v airport and the. Has been halted in the airport and all flights have been diverted again to misrata airport about 2 and a half hours drive to the east from the capital of tripoli come up 108 months. Before have to has been moving closer and closer on to tripoli after launching this offensive does an attack like this tell us anything about how close is getting how much hes getting him in his forces are getting stronger and more coordinated. Will i believe it means the opposite to me is that the are able to achieve their aim to get into the city center because. Despite the fact that this military academy is very close to the city center but it means that the Ground Forces are unable to to launch the latest and couldnt as have to others forces the last week so they are targeting locations inside the city center with air strikes remember that over the past 2 days after the fighter jets have been targeting it is then areas in and around the vicinity of m 80 get airport killing and wounding innocent civilians but this is all action by have to his forces following their military corporation deal is signed with between turkey and the government of National Accord come up with are the ones who do it with those from tripoli thank you. Well hell if i have to promise to intensify his assault on tripoli off to Turkeys Parliament agreed to send those troops to libya he said his fight was now against a Court Foreign occupier and said made and women must take up arms same as. The man who has for years led a parallel government in libya now calls on all libyans to rise up against what he described as a looming turkish invasion but i do and i dont know how the enemy has announced war he is advertise aggression and decided to invade our nation he bit just a watchful defended turkish people which had tied to us in brotherhood and his mum must stand in the face of this deranged can elaborate who is leading his army into ruin noisy and i dont know much about to be at the opera we had to so a speech to the whole arab world to its people and leaders to its youth and saying that a national war is being fueled by this to raise to consult and throughout the whole region targeting to add a bit tentative from its west to its east. Khalifa haftar self declared Libyan National army has been fighting to take control of tripoli since april. More than 20 rockets hit civilian areas of tripoli shortly after his speech after is backed by turkeys regional rivals saudi arabia egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Turkey is determined to support the u. N. Backed government defending the libyan capital Turkeys Parliament approved the deployment of troops to libya last week after the g. N. A. T. Asked for military support but there are still no confirmed details on timing troop numbers or what role theyll take this has the ability to alter the dynamic