Sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. Also today there will be no Armada Heading to gibraltar. The british Prime Minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. Jared kushner arrives in iraq. The president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. The head of russias National Anti terrorist Committee Says another explosive device was later found and made safe at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. St petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time its been targeted. Richard galpin has the latest. In the immediate
for forces since the invasion began just over a week ago. and several explosions rocking kyiv than the last three hours at 40-mile condo in russian troops only about 15 miles away from the ukrainian capital. we begin tonight in lviv where she is on the ground reporting on a surging force. good morning. good morning, shannon. shannon: how concerning is this armada heading towards odessa? you had the reporting on that first breaking tonight. what is very concerning. we saw what russian amphibious uphold nomadic sold did to mariupol. one oh five the british intelligence say are completely encircled right now. he mentions the city in southern ukraine just north of crimea that is now in russian hands. that s a city of over 300,000 people. to know we are hearing about these russian warships that have left crimea, sebastopol, and had all my car
chaos, the ongoing confrontation with iran exposes a growing divide between the u.s. and our european allies. the british general serving as deputy commander of the u.s.-led fight against isis contradicted the guidance from the white house saying there is no increased threat from iranian-backed forces. european foreign ministers refused to hold a group meeting on iran with secretary pompeo. spain pulled one of its ships from a u.s. armada heading for the persian gulf. after two years of trump lying, the world seem to be saying, no, show us your receipts. joining me, admiral john kirby. what do you make of the week s confused messaging on iran? i think the basic issue here, s.e., is that this administration doesn t really know what it wants as an end result here with respect to iran. there is confusion inside the administration. i think the president really
and tricky situation regarding north korea s new jersey program. allies are confused by president trump s comments last week that the u.s. had a, quote, armada heading for the korean peninsula when frankly it wasn t heading there at all. let s go straight to cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, let s start with the russian jets buzzing alaska. how is the pentagon interpreting this action? reporter: well, jake, the key question is is it a military threat to the united states? is it a military threat to all of us? the answer right now is probably not. these russian planes haven t flown up there in about two years, but are they planning to attack the united states? nobody really thinks that. they are at least 36 miles offshore, close but not in u.s. airspace. they have got intercepted, the u.s. send aircraft right up away and they keep eyes out all the time and escorted them back out. they in fact turned around pretty quick and went back towards russia, but question is, of
not yet. the wlouhite house insisting an armada heading as a show of force. the administration knowledged one key part of that armada was actually thousands of miles away from the sea of japan. a senior administration official tole us it was all a miscommunication. sean spicer insisted because here is what he had to say. the president believed he might have spoken too quickly on this location of the vessel before it was we have an armada going towards the peninsula. that s a fact. it is happening. sean, i want to follow up on that. you know, obviously when the president of the united states says there s military hardware going to the middle of a crisis the waallies are encouraged.