Say shows the countrys economic strength. It might seem like an extraordinary celebration to mark the opening of a street, but its about so much more than that. And we will introduce you to the hard line republican lawmakers, who are threatening the president s agenda. But are their voters loyal to the Freedom Caucus or are they loyal to donald trump . Hello, i am katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The largest Non Nuclear Bomb ever used has been dropped by the us air force on a remote area of afghanistan that was being used by so called Islamic State. The weapon is know in short hand as the mother of all bombs, and it is so destructive it has never been used by the us military before. The area they targeted was the Achin District of Nangarhar Province in the east of afghanistan. It is one of the most remote regions of the world, and, of late, we know isis fighters have moved in, across the pakistan border. At the weekend a us soldier on Special Operations was kille
Is about to carry out its sixth nuclear test. And 750 million miles away nasa says one of saturns moons may now be the single best place to look for life beyond earth. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News an away goal at anderlecht, as Manchester United attempt to gain the upper hand in their Europa League Quarterfinal Tie in belgium. Good evening. Syrias President Assad says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100 fabrication. Instead, hes claimed america worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american Missile Strikes. And he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. But tonight, chemical weapons investigators said allegations of a Chemical Attack last week were credible. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report it contains distressing images. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas and Rescue Workers strugg
Uks City Of Culture. And matt has the weather. Good morning. The extended weekend will be a little bit on the cool side, with the clouds they are, and some rain here as well. There will bea some rain here as well. There will be a decent amount of dry and sunny weather to go with it. I will have your full easter forecast in around about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story the us military have dropped the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon ever used in combat, in afghanistan. President trump described the mission, to destroy a series of Underground Caves thought to have been used by so called Islamic State, as a very Successful Mission. 0ur North America editor john sopel has more. This is the gbu as, also known as a moab, a massive 0rdnance air blast, or as it is more commonly known, the mother of all bombs. The largest Non Nuclear Weapon ever deployed. The target so called Islamic State in afghanistan. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around
Happenstance . Yes, absolutely. The irony of roger stone rejecting a conspiracy theory. And so today, april 13th, 2017, was the day that america woke up to the sudden knowledge that bombs have mothers. That all of the conventional nonnuclear bombs in the American Military arsenal have one big beautiful mother. And there she is. The bombs official name for Bookkeeping Purposes in the military is the gbu43. The letters on the side of the bomb describe its function, what you can expect from it. Massive ordnance air blast. But the military doesnt want us to call it the gbu43, or the moab. Names are important to the military. They name their bases after war heroes, after general, including
generals who have committed treason by fighting in the Confederate Army against the United States of america. The biggest u. S. Military base in the world, the one with the biggest Military Population is in fort hood in texas, named after Treasonous Confederate General john bell hood. But the militarys mo
but into the middle of that fight yesterday, the new administration decided to roll out a gigantic super bomb that had never been used before in combat. the united states has had these megabomb gbu-43/b, mother of all bombs for 14 years. they cost about $16 million each. no other commander in chief has ever seen the need to use one before now. but yesterday, they decided to roll one out in afghanistan. why not? for context here, the united states does not have an ambassador in afghanistan. the president has not spoken on afghanistan or said what he wants to do in that country. but militarily he s just something that s never been done before there or anywhere. for some reason he just used the most unimaginably giant bomb the united states military has got short of a nuclear weapon and he