Hello, im sorry, im noisy in london, just a quick look at main stories of following now. And its been several months of political instability and indecision and iraq. And thats now culminated in a standoff in around the countries parliament. Thousands of protest is backing politician looked under all saw their account inside the building, refusing to leave the area until there is some sort of political change or concessions on monday. Supporters of rival groups moved in to state their own position. For the 1st time since the worn ukraine began, a ship filled with corn is legally left port under un broke, a deal struck with russia. Millions of tons of grain has been stuck at ukrainian ports for more than 5 months. Now. John henry reports from odessa. Oh, this is a ship that could launch a 1000 others. The rezone is the 1st cargo vessel to carry ukrainian grain through the black seasons. Russia invaded on february the 24th, so j a said he was a great feeling. I felt as if we became free
Spoken since the russian invasion we set along that if we thought there was any opportunity to advance our diplomacy to and russias aggression against ukraine. We would of course, take it unfortunately, tragically, weve seen no, ah, opening willingness on the part of russia to engage meaningfully on ending the aggression at the same time. Ive also said that if there are issues where it could make a difference in senior russians hearing directly from me or from colleagues, we would of course, um, pursue that. Meanwhile, ukraine and russia have accused each other of attacking a prison and the separatist held dumbass region and killing at least 40 prisoners of wool. A judge in the u. S. Has war that civil law suits brought against libyan wall article. If a hafta can be heard in federal courts after who is a us citizen is accused of war crimes and extra judicial killings. Patty calhoun has more from alexandria and new york state of virginia. This is a civil case brought by defendant here i
Ah, hello there, im the associate a and her with the top stories here on out as era. Chinas military says its carried out precision strikes during military exercises and the taiwan strait. Beijing began conducting drills around the island after you as how speak a nancy pelosi met with taiwanese officials in taipei. Taiwan has deployed Missile Systems and ships to track chinas air force and navy, while pelosi is now in sol. The meetings with south korean officials. So reportedly visit the Demilitarized Zone on the border with north korea. Had tore of asia, has also included stops in singapore and malaysia. It will end in japan, or tony chang is in bangkok with more on the talks between pelosi and south korean officials. It wasnt expected that she would see a president noon on this trip. He is on holiday, but it was announced yesterday evening. They would exchange a phone call. South koreas foreign minister is at the and meeting him non and but i think that in some ways is an advantage f
Hello, Adrian Finnegan here in dough. With the summary of the news on al jazeera, the u. S. Says that its killed the leader of al qaeda. Im an hour heavy and a drone strike in afghanistan. U. S. President joe biden said that intelligence officials truck. So were hearing to a house in central cobble where he was hiding with his family bite and approved the operation last week. After months of planning, ill just say were shebra chauncy reports. The u. S. President of the execution of im and i was that were here. He was approved for the u. S. And could be effective, and its Counter Terrorism operations. Even after the troop withdrawal, he ordered from afghanistan, when i entered our military mission of kansas almost a year ago, i made a decision that after 20 years of war, the United States no longer needed thousands of boots on the ground in afghanistan to protect america from terrace who seek to do us harm in administration. Officials said that the 2 hellfire missiles fired onto a balco
Actions around the islands. Shebra tansy reports from washington, d. C. After days of expectation, nancy pelosi landed in taiwan the 1st time a u. S. How speak has visit type, pagan, 25 years at the airport. She was greeted by taiwan, foreign minister and stuff from the American Institute in taiwan, the de facto u. S. Embassy and i pay i pay Storage Building also proclaimed its welcome. Soon after her arrival, pelosi tweeted that her visit was part of an ongoing effort to support democracy against autocracy. Comparing it to a trip to ukraine in april. But also after she touched down, there was swift condemnation from beijing. Allan announcement that live ammunition drills would take place surrounding tie one of the White House National security spokesperson, john kirby emphasize as he has for several days that theres been no change in policy. The u. S does not support taiwanese independence and Speaker Pelosi was acting in our own capacity. United states will not and does not, will not