The nice and im quoting against a proposed extradition rule thousands to announce up to the government ignores the deadline from protesters to withdrawal the bill is on the ground out of raleigh. And dozens are injured in tbilisi as protesters try to storm georgias parliament they were trying to stop a visiting russian lawmakers from speaking there. Plus in the womens World Cup Team usa make it 3 wins out of st the defending champion screws into the goal of this knockout stages with a 2 no victory against we didnt. Play. A minute Cripps Mackinnon thanks so much for joining us Global Leaders all calling for restraint tough the reports that the u. S. Authorized the military straw. Against iran but then step back at the very last minute President Donald Trump had approved the military action after iran shot down a u. S. Spy drone over the strait of hormuz multiple airlines are also now rerouting flights to avoid the region. Iranian military released this video showing what its a is a surface to air missile sheeting down the american drone. The footage cannot be verified but to iran say the u. S. Aircraft was clearly flying over iranian territory when it was attacked iranian t. V. And what it described as wreckage from the drone a member of the revolutionary guard said they alerted the u. S. To the strike before it happened. Multiple warnings are being given to this aircraft in 2 stages. But the u. S. Military disputes the iranian version of events and has produced its own map to show the drone was in International Airspace when it was downed. So far the messages from washington on how the u. S. Will respond have been mixed early the president appeared to want to play down the incident by suggesting it had been an error by iran. I think probably iran made a mistake i would imagine it was a general or somebody that they were mistaken shooting the drone down unfortunately yet it was just hours after the statement that trump ordered the u. S. Military to prepare to strike targets in iran reports say u. S. Warplanes were already in the air and ships were already in position when they were called back big difference. Big big difference the threat of escalation remains real some airlines are rerouting their passenger jets or stopping services entirely to avoid the area. The downing of the trueness compounded tensions flared again last week after the u. S. Accused iran of attempting to. Something to iran deny iran says it does not want to but its also adamant it will defend its territory. Over the salat in washington is following the story for us and he joins me now for more all of that if reports in the New York Times are confirmed that president bush approves military strikes against iran before changing his mind now this would be quite the flip flop by trump and is an administration wouldnt what more do we know about whats actually happened in washington on thursday evening. So the president had already is sent out some mixed signals yesterday in the 1st place he called this attack a big mistake and then later step back and said perhaps it was not even carried out intentionally now as regards so these reports they are not confirmed by the wide hole so far above Senior Administration officials were quoted on the behalf of staying on the on the and also later yesterday a congressional leaders were bringing in the wives whole situation room they called on the u. S. President to deescalate the situation and they also claimed and called for a congress to be involved in any potential military action against iran among them was one of the most senior figures of american politics the speaker of the house nancy pelosi and she warned about the risks involved acting unilaterally and warned about that the United States might stumble into a war that nobody really wants and yet the u. S. President has repeatedly said that he wants to avoid of involving the u. S. In a new war bus of course there are many different voices weighing in on this right now and. Thats right the big question right now is which side is going to prevail there as there are the baits behind closed doors in the Us Administration between hardliners and lot of forces and among the hardliners are for instance the secretary of state. Also National Security advisor john bolton who are more open for military action against iran top pentagon officials on the other hand warned that the risks involved are too high the iran would be a very able to fight back with its missiles and the huge risks involved for American Forces in the region and now iran says it gave multiple warnings before shooting down the drain whats reaction whats washingtons reaction been to this hasnt been a reaction so far its clear that the United States claim the position of the shot down drone was in International Airspace and from that perspective it would not make a difference if they warned or if they were if they havent warned iran in turn continues to claim that the drone entered. Iranian airspace is the problem here is that we might not even know what is the real version of this there hasnt been a track of the plane of the drone published so far and also with regards to last weeks attack to tankers we still dont know exactly which of the versions is correct there is still the International Community is still in dollops of all the authenticity of the provided evidence all right many questions still to be answered on a phallus in washington thanks so much all right lets bring in our brussels correspondent masses to get the European Reaction to this standoff have you leaders voiced any concern about whats going on between the u. S. And iran. I just came back from the press conference with the german chancellor Angela Merkel and she looked rather concerned she spoke of a tense situation that should be resolved in the diplomatic in a political way and thereby she pretty much follows the line the European Union has followed so far emphasizing a diplomatic solution so it was that message was also reiterated. By the french president in his final press conference after this 2 day summit here in brussels and now has the e. U. Reacted to passively regarding the tensions between the rising tensions between the u. S. And iran and that question was pushed to the head of the European Council donalds tosca and his response was that sometimes its better not to intervene the biggest problems in our history were always provoked by too active politics not too passive and then he went on to say that he urges both sides to restraint and thats diplomats diplomats are in contact with the 2 all right matters in brussels thanks so much. Lets have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today and indonesias North Sumatra province at least 30 people have been killed in a fire that swept through a house that doubled as and much factory several children are among the dead millions of indonesians work in unsafe conditions and poorly regulated industries and accidents are on the. Chinese president xi jinping has wraps up a 2 day visit to north korea and boosting ties between the 2 countries come yang provided a lavish welcome is the 1st chinese leader to visit north korea in 14 years china is north koreas closest ally and also its economic lifeline. A british junior minister has been suspended after he was filmed grabbing and pushing a female Climate Change protester at a dinner for the finance industry foreign. Office minister mark field at a cost of the protest when she tried to approach chancellor Philip Hammond as he made a speech the incident is being investigated by police. And antigovernment protesters in albania have stormed polling stations across the country ahead of upcoming municipal elections the balkan state was thrown into turmoil at this year after a mass resignation of opposition politicians. Now protesters a flooding the streets of hong kong in another round of demonstrations after leader carried ignored a deadline to withdraw a controversial extradition bill activists are demanding the lamb scraps a proposed bill by thursday but these calls have been ignored they want land to resign and they also want to release a number of antigovernment protesters detained last week thousands have surrounded hong kongs Police Headquarters. And for more were joined by the delis mathias pulling out whos in hong kong material whats happening where you are at the Police Headquarters right now people have been besieging these Police Headquarters for hours now the masses are not getting smaller big if anything people demand an apology from the police for last wednesdays operation that people here piece perceived as over overly brutal the police fired rounds and rounds of tear gas that they they used rubber bullets for the 1st time since hong kong was returned to china 22 years ago and Police Demand the police the police chief to resign or to come out and apologize for this they also demand the withdrawal of this bill that has been postponed but not formally withdrawn and also the resignation of the chief executive kerry. And maybe we can hear what they say. Now there we are calling for the release of the writing suspect and also strongly condemn Excessive Force used by the police. Is only wolf. Were angry because we feel helpless actually we feel to achieve any of our goals we asked for withdrawal of the bill but the government just suspended it we are just the police to respond to its violence but we simply feel as a right and. How. Complete withdrawal of the bill is still the most urgent demand but our action today targets the police as well with. More people stand up and tell the government that we are not going to surrender we will continue protesting until they genuinely respond to us. Ok so the protesters there very determined clearly keeping up the pressure do they have any chance at all of having all of their demands met. Well i dont think theres any chance of having all of their demands met and i would also be skeptical if any of their demands would be met because 2000000 people taking to the streets up to 2000000 people according to the organizers last sunday did not change the mind of the government they did not scrap this bill they postponed it to keeping open the option to bring it back although its hard to imagine how they would do this without risking things to ask further but we also did not think they would back down at all maybe a week ago and thats because beijing does not like giving in to pressure by by the population they see this as a weakness so weve already seen some concessions here i would not risk. A stern prognosis here and say as we were saying that on monday that carry lamb step step down theres no likelihood that she would resign we are not seeing any signs she went to see the press a few days ago she apologized for her handling off this case she did not apologize for the Police Action on that day and she did also say that she wanted another chance she would stay in office we might see on the long run that beijing may be on the probe aging camp will withdraw her that they they will not stick to her but they will not immediately do so it would be seen as giving in to pressure and again thats page what beijing tries to avoid at all cost that is stunning and hong kong thanks so much. It what she knew still to come the u. S. Intel forces they cruise call sweden into the womens world cup last 16. With us to georgia where dozens of people have been injured in the capital tbilisi off for a night of clashes between protesters and Riot Police Outside the parliament the violence fled amid widespread public anger over the visit of a russian lawmaker who addressed the assembly from the seat of the parliamentary speaker crowds of protesters tried to storm the Parliament Building and they were pushed back by police and the Parliament Speaker has since resigned georgia has no diplomatic relations with moscow and it for a short war with russia in 2008. The protesters sweeping the streets in front of georgias Parliament Building. Quite a few steps away police do their part to clear the debris after a night of may have. To police the looked like a city with a hangover after a shocking explosion of violence. I just a few hours earlier police and protesters had battled for control of the Parliament Steps the riot erupted after a russian politician whod been invited by georgias government spoke in the Parliamentary Chamber i fear is protesters stormed the building i leased it wasnt just a fight because i come and visit but i think russian i mean i think again georgia i think this will be i think this will all be repeated i i took a chance to sort of look i was going to go to the wall to show you what they could do although not totally loath to feel that i got to see i sure i went to your guest is not to turn the Protesters Police turned to rubber bullets i the crowd repeatedly surged attempting to break into the building but were turned back i the fighting continued until the early hours of the morning and left scores of people injured i. Georgias president has cut short a trip to belarus and is returning to tbilisi to help deal with the crisis. More lets bring in our correspondent moscow emily show when emily georgias parliamentary speaker has just resigned of yesterdays protests well this apply kate the protest is in any way. Well it will certainly be seen as some sort of a victory for protesters a step towards placating them perhaps the protesters had been demanding the resignation of the parliamentary speaker this is a direct reaction from the government to their demands and to this incident with the parliamentarian the russian parliamentarian speaking in georgias georgias parliament. The question is though whether it will completely pull a cape the demonstrators opposition politicians are still calling for protests to continue until the parliament is actually resolved and snap elections are called and it seems likely that protesters will take to the streets again later theres a planned protest tonight but this step shows that the government is trying to stave take a step towards the protesters they had already agreed with the protesters about how bad this this step in the parliament was we saw both the head of the Georgian Dream party agreeing with poached protesters and also the president of the country agreeing with protesters so it seems theyre looking to placate the demonstrators in any case the protests expected could you give us a little bit of background on the roots of the ongoing conflict between russia and georgia. Well russia and georgia fought a short war in 2008 over the breakaway regions of. Setia russia has since recognized the independence of those regions. Calls them independent states and they also still have troops stationed there in those 2 regions georgia on the other hand sees russia as an Occupying Force within its borders the people that i spoke to in georgia when i was there just a year ago i was actually at the de facto border to itself the city had they very much see this war in 2008 as not so long ago the fear there is still very much real but tensions are real and people around the country see russia as an Occupying Force but i think its important to point out that its not just these tensions these existing tensions that seem to have pushed people out onto the streets in fact maybe they were just the push for that to happen theres a lot of dissatisfaction with the government in georgia and weve seen social people on social media kind of commenting and saying look this has nothing to do with russia we want to determine our own future and it seems that the government in georgia does know that and is and is looking to appease protesters at any cost and we show that in moscow thank you very much. Some sports news now and at the womens football world cup the u. S. Have beaten slayton to nil to advance to the knockout stages with a perfect record of 3 out of 3 many thought the game would be the americans 1st real test but in fact they made short work of their opponents. The americans waited less than 3 minutes before taking the lead against sweden the tournament favorites quick off the mark for the 3rd game in a row means a home run beating the swedish defenders to a new sport from a corner to grab her 2nd of the tournament. The usa how did he bag 16 goals before this game more than any other team so far so it was no surprise when they extended their lead at the start of the 2nd half this time it was for woods tobin heath who produced the finish. This reads had once again failed to get the ball under control in their box and were once again punished. To nail the final score the usa become the latest team to go through with a perfect record of 3 out of 3 wins and show again why theyre tipped to go all the way. All right weve got some breaking news just coming in now that relates to our top story today President Donald Trump has confirmed that he called off an operation to launch strikes on iran just minutes before it was to go ahead trump said he stopped the strike 10 minutes before proceeding because it would not have been a proportionate response because he was told the air strikes would have killed 150 people the attack was planned in retaliation for the downing of a u. S. Drone this week. Of course be following that story for you as it develops throughout the day but back to sports now and the 1st game of the 2019 africa cup of nations kicks off today it sees hosts egypt the most Successful Team in the tournament history plays in the way also