Since skipping bail in japan ahead of his trial on allegations of financial misconduct. Will begin though with the most serious direct confrontation between the United States and iran in decades and in a highly anticipated moment u. S. President donald trump is about to address the nation this is the scene live inside the white house where its just gone 11 in the morning it will be his 1st televised comments since iran targeted u. S. Forces in iraq last night. Well go live to that. Address as and when it begins but 1st lets take a look at how events have unfolded through the day iran fired more than a dozen missiles from its territory into a base hosting u. S. Forces in iraq the ion al assad base in Anbar Province around the same time according to iraq missiles also hit a base in erbil 22. 00 of them or fired in total and there were no iraqi casualties so far u. S. President donald trump has only responded to the attacks on twitter saying that all is well iran strikes are in retaliation for the killing of general salim money in a u. S. Strike last friday a moment well have reaction from the u. S. On across the middle east but 1st aljazeera as robertson begins our coverage. This is irans promised response to the u. S. Assassination of top iranian general Hossam SoleimaniBallistic Missiles soaring into the night sky there target an Iraqi Military base 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 their american. Kind of saving faith order because. Its an insult from the american. Iranian establishment to iranian a state all and therefore i think youre ronnie and has to retaliate on twitter this was us president Donald Trumps response all is well hes added casualties and damage are being assessed and said so far so good hes also said the u. S. Has the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far the question is whether that military will be used to retaliate against these attacks you. Troops are based at the alena sadir base in iraq one of 2 targets hit by missiles ever since president scuttled the. There has been a step. For escalation and that either sunlight can afford to give it its own look weak the leaders of both sides have committed to this escalation and its hard to see how it how it gets you know where the off of them are but the u. S. Says its killing of cars some sort of money in an air strike was in response to an attack in iraq in which a u. S. Contractor died and for which the u. S. Blames iran and iran huge crowds have been in mourning. And demanding revenge for so moneys death an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis seems unlikely. Both sides have to be really through engage in diplomacy and right now i fear that i do not see that i do not see either side the iranian or the american willing to do the things necessary to engage in diplomacy. Iran wants u. S. Forces to permanently leave the gulf region and it says there will be a harsh response to any further u. S. Retaliation rob matheson al jazeera. Irans president says revenge for saddam on his assassination will include seeing the u. S. Kicked out of the middle east. That says soleimani as these him are all very close of the head of do soleimani juice or his revered hand me his body in videos and pictures the revenge for venice is to force america out of this region the real revenge of the ultimate response by regional nations as we america is expelled from this region and its head of aggression its counsel for eva. Lets go live now to the iranian capital was there a store such a body is there for a so as we saw door so irans leaders have been speaking today the Supreme Leader said that the missile strikes were a slap in the face for the us what else did he say. Yes he was speaking at an event that was scheduled event to commemorate the anniversary of the uprising prior to the revolution in the holy city of form the Supreme Leaders position is that this was just a taste of what is to come if the United States doesnt leave this region the Supreme Leader said that the assassination of possum solo money is something that is unforgivable and crosses to the countrys red lines of course the Supreme Leader was very close to the late general they were very Close Friends for over 4 decades so the money received the highest military order from the Supreme Leader just last year and was praise for his work in iran in protecting the iran and its borders and also protecting their Regional Security and security of the middle east the Supreme Leader has said that this is just the beginning its a sample of what could be in store for the United States and its troops should they not listen to the calls that iran is making demanding that the United States withdraw completely from the middle east weve also heard this from the foreign minister the defense minister as well as the president so this is really the ultimate goal here following the assassination the iranians say they dont want war but. The United States leave this region completely that is really where this confrontation is heading somebody thinks needs to run lets go to washington then a White House Correspondent kimberly how could is the kimberly the president about to speak so far will he spoke said about this iranian attack was his tweet last night when he said that all is well. Yeah it seems that the president is by himself a little bit of time to perhaps do a bit of a Battle Damage assessment even though he said initially that if iran were to attack u. S. Interests that he would respond without hesitation in fact at times he had a very strong tone sometimes on twitter in all caps saying that he would deploy brand new beautiful red weaponry that he would retaliate against the attacks but weve not seen some of the immediacy that those tweet suggested just the opposite well you said there would be no hesitation it appears thats exactly whats going on now there has been and are you have from some of the president s supporters that instead he is showing restraint and that he will respond at the time of his choosing while watching very carefully for the president s remarks that were taking place in the grand foyer of the white house we know the president has a prepared speech there too teleprompter set up so we know that this we very different from some of the rallies where the president speaks off the cuff what were watching very carefully though is secure an explanation from this president whats going on because the strategy at times has been somewhat chaotic now this is an opportunity for the president to show consistency something hes not known for committing many thanks indeed kennedy how kapan live in washington lets go to baghdad now some wonderful teen is simona iraqs Prime Minister has been speaking about this attack today what did he say. Well he condemned the attack calling it once again a violation of iraqi sovereignty but many feel that his statement was not as strong as it should have been given the infringement that took place of this iranian attack with for example have sunni parliamentarians who came out and said that the governments response so far to this crisis has been extremely weak and that it hasnt done enough to really deescalate the situation here and of course many are also comparing his response to his reactions to the u. S. Strike that killed some sort of as well as hundreds that strike of course was also a violation of iraqi sovereignty but many feel that he. Did took a much stronger stance he called it a aggression against iraq a state and he subsequently called for a full withdrawal off foreign troops including u. S. Troops from iraq so it appears that the Prime Ministers response is not really even handed here so many many thanks indeed 0 sum of 14 reporting live from baghdad Iraqs Foreign Ministry has just said that it will summon irans ambassador to work a jacked to the missile attack with me here in the studio is my one bashar a serious senior political analyst moment irans foreign minister job serif tweeted after the missile attack saying that iran took and concluded proportional measures in selfdefense does that mean that as far as iran is concerned its taken its revenge that its over. You know its possible i think their way they sold this thing to their public is that this is a huge operation its a slap when the fish to the through the to the United States and that you know scores of americans have died than so on so forth so in us far as Public Perception there certainly did manage to settle the sort of a thing on the other hand as we all know of the oddly a told the iraqis and their uk is told the americans and their americans basically went on to the bunker and this was more of a stop on the wrist than a stop on the face do you give any credence this theory that seems to be doing the rounds certainly in the the administration in washington that that iran deliberately missed its to out its in the do paid was in the very a very accurate strike thats possible again we are also now in the midst of this Information Warfare between the United States and iran on the on Public Perception and thats why i would love to address something that our our course on that in washington just said the but in consistencies you know its probably important to underline that while a president traum might have been in consistent on the details but he has been quite consistent on the overall strategy there isnt much that he did over the last 3 years he didnt promise to do during the Campaign Including such as woods are all from syria the war and dire the hostility towards iran hiking up that and as and hes desired to would throw out of iraq so while he might been a might be inconsistent in some statements on the likes but in the over old strategy over this president hes been quite consistent and i would say i add while sumps see him as unpredictable i think this is sort of an the unpredictability with then the all for all of predictability of this person or ed so what more can we expect from this address that hes about to give to to the nation of it is a going to Say Something big something important about about this of been it must me. Especially that he did not say it last night after that meeting his lieutenants you know the defense minister in song or it must be something substantial and i would say the following he probably did not expect the all this hoopla to happen especially the reaction from iraq and the iraqis and so on so for but thats what makes this president and allow me here to be a bit technical in the term. There are 2 terms for leaders a visionary and a maverick this president is no visionary he does not and he does not show he does not articulate any major vision of sort and then the various steps towards that but he is certainly proven maverick in what sense a visionary looks forward and then of voids the problems that are coming up he knows how to do that in the vision a maverick is always in trouble but always finds good way to get out of trouble if you remember trump during the campaign every other day they would say hes done the campaign is dead and yet he was elected president now it is we say the impeachment is and they preachment that on the war in iran and this president is done with but he always seems with such tenacity to be able to rebound or at so lets speculate for a moment pure speculation is he going to announce something about the withdrawal of u. S. Forces from iraq which surely that its too soon to do that isnt it i so is to is still active in the area and right now if he makes that sort of announcement it appears that iran has won i think its not its doesnt suit the character of this very particular person of the show man to be showing any weakness so i think were going to probably going to hear im sorry to be making such a prediction but i think we probably hear 2 things at the same time one a projection of force projection of ultimatum a projection of you know a clear out warning to iran and others that america is serious about the use of its force and at the same time under this threat of the use of force to say we are tired of this area these are centuries old conflicts on the license on so forth and we want to redeploy as ive always said i want to do redeploy from the hot spots of this region we dont need their oil we dont need this and that d we dont have to be dependent on them and we probably going to take our own measures to protect our own nation and make America Great again will. Were still waiting to hear what the president is actually going to say that National Address was due to begin what now 15 minutes ago and the world waits soon as the president does begin to speak will be there live at the white house here on aljazeera for the moment though well move on to work the rest of the days news and the other big story that were following right now the crash of a ukrainian passenger plane in iran the boeing 737 went down shortly after taking off from turkey all 176 passengers and crew on board were killed among them was 63 canadians canadas Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau is calling for a foreign and transparent investigation manoli reports. A Ukraine International airline 737 bound for kiev reduced to smoke and wreckage. All those on board killed. Rescue crew and Emergency Personnel pick through whats left branson mom home any airport. Video released on social media shows a faint light flickering and then a fireball. The boeing jet set off from town early on wednesday after being delayed put almost an hour. But fortunately it didnt question the reason into area but the wreckage has scarce it around the gardens of villas within a large radius nobody has survived. This mother and father a Flight Attendant on Ukraine International airlines who waiting for his arrival in kiev now theyre waiting for any news or tools. My son is a senior Flight Attendant my daughter called at 615 this morning to say that in the u. S. They were reporting that a plane had crashed a ukrainian International Airlines plane that she asked were equal or was flying to and we said teheran and that he would return on the morning flight and then we found the video of the plane crashing. The plane was scheduled to head to boris bill International Airport at the ukrainian capital of kiev minutes after the boeing 7372800 jet left the wrong way it went down in a suburb southwest of the reigning capital. Boeing tweeted its in contact with Ukraine International airlines and is ready to provide assistance the 7372800 is a common single twin engine jet slyness use for short to medium range flights its an older model in the boeing 737 max thats been grounded for nearly 10 months following 2 deadly crashes its a huge setback for a company that has tried to regain trust and bring the 77 max back to the skies and boeing would likely have questions to answer 2 from the families of the victims of this crash. About a manly out. Of the aircraft the crashed as you heard in tehran was a boeing 737800 version was developed in the 1990 s. It was 1st flies in july 997 the last 737802 roll off the production line was delivered in december was 5000 of them are in use around the world model supposed to replace at the 737 max has been grounded since last year following 2 crashes. As an aviation wise of air transport world and says that an independent investigation will find out what caused the crash. We have to know did an aircraft vision burning into actually can fly by not can eliminate the fire we dont know the fire if there was an explosion in the engine which of course great so really a difficult situation for an aircraft that it says something about the Centers Design its an air of others ukraine in the National Debt and is changed with the max from that grounding because the media of urgently and so on down many questions remain and it is important to know what investigations well find out especially we see this in a very sensitive area around here around and the moment iran and the u. S. Situation every aircraft lets say it out to 2 engines it can find ways one aircraft an island and its cant eliminate a fire we dont know which kind of cultic situation maybe was in that aircraft this creates a lot of question marks i also find it not very well placed that make an announcement very early in the morning already it is was a technical error i think for us we need more informations because we can announce things like death so many questions remain others so i think it will be important and necessary to find a kind of object if neutral Investigation Team to this situation at least 4 people have been killed by a car bomb near somalias president ial palace and exploded at the 1st security checkpoint for the building in the capital mogadishu the Armed Group Alshabaab has claimed responsibility a week after it carried out another bombing in the city that killed 19 people. 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