Local media and syria reporting at least 9 people have died in a car bomb in the countrys west of happen in a fleeing in the aleppo countryside they have been several bombings in the region since turkey began its offensive in Northern Syria earlier this month. Now the Iraqi Military says one person has been killed after 2 rockets were fired into baghdads heavily fortified green zone it happened shortly after another incident at a nearby bridge during a weeklong protest what nessus a Security Forces shot at least one protester dead and injured many more norbert unmanly reports. Defying clouds of tear gas and reports of live ammunition these protesters a tearing down concrete barriers their aim to reach the highly secured green zone government offices in embassies. Iraqi Human Rights Commission says many protesters were injured after being hit with tear gas canisters as they face Government Forces in the synoptic bridge in central baghdad. Its the 3rd night since a curfew was imposed by
Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast here across Eastern Europe we have seen a big drop in temperature over the last few days and that is all due to this frontal boundary that is pushing down towards the south and behind the front and to the north were talking about temperatures that are in the Single Digits and actually minus 3 here in moscow so thats going to stay over the next few days but things are going to stay quite clear and cold across much of this area now out to the west its a different story were talking about a weather system that is coming in off the atlantic and things are going to get a little rough particular over here towards the southern part of the u. K. And if you do have travel plans on friday for london for paris for birmingham expect to see delays across that area were going to see a lot of rain across the region and very gusty winds coming into play across the region there so it is going to be a problem of delays and probably even cancella
Syrian opposition who boycott of the event in sochi say kid amals were ignored. U. S. President donald trump is set to deliver his first state of the Union Address to a joint session of congress in an hour its used to outline the president s legislative agenda for the year ahead well exits have been released ahead of the address the president will talk up his successes with tax reforms and also push for Cross Party Cooperation on immigration. I have attended every state of the union since one nine hundred ninety eight this president doesnt respect the office of the presidency at all its i dont want to normalise that there are many reasons firstly when you just look at his asshole comments about africa and about el salvador and about haiti my ancestors came from the continent of africa these are very racist comments and we see how they are translated into many of his policies secondly hes using our young people are dreamers in terms of a pawn in a political game and hes got them in limb
People wanted to say the jets targeted a market and then a hospital full of people wounded in the earliest strike it comes as russian launches a diplomatic push to end the war hosting a new round of talks in sochi the u. N. Is that but the main Syrian Opposition group says it will boycott the talks chalons has more from sochi. Well the news earlier on monday the another group of opposition figures was going to be staying away from sochi really exposes i think the short comings of this Congress Russia has tried to make this as inclusive as possible inviting people and groups from across the syrian cultural religious and political spectrum so the robot is here there are easy these there are sunnis and shias alawite various different political platforms including the moscow platform the rest on a platform but there are a few notable exceptions now those are the s. N. C. The syrian that Negotiation Committee which has said that it will stay away from sochi believing that this is underminin
The u. K. General election just two days away now. Well explain by Foreign Policy isnt at the fore front of the campaigns. We begin in riyadh where saudi arabias king announced the establishment of a center to coordinate humanitarian aid in yemen. He spoke at the Gulf Cooperation Council leaders meeting in the presence of french president Francois Hollande, the First Western head of state ever to be invited to that gathering. He commended the gulf states for trying to solve security crises in the region. We were able to take courageous initiatives committed yourself with the syrian opposition, fighting terrorism in the struggle against daish and able to develop the idea of a coalition of arab forces. Today, france supports your operation, because it is a question of ensuring the stat of yemen and you know you can count on friends. Al jazeeras correspondent is there. Muhammed what more can you tell us . Yes adrien, this summit has been dominated by the french president Francois Hollande