Can see the chance of a shower late and temperatures still pretty mild for this afternoon and as far as the rest of your weekend we could track a few clouds, more on that forecast coming up. It is 4 am and it is a very tense morning as the Us State Department is telling americans in iraq to leave immediately after a us airstrike in baghdad killed a top military coof iran. Iran is vowing to strike back. Reporter the leader of irans revolutionary god, is dead and he was among several killed when an airstrike it is convoy near baghdads international airport. The order for the military attack coming directly from the president did not immediately respond in the aftermath but he did to it a picture of the American Flag and in a statement the department of defense the strike and offense of move saying in part that at the direction of the president us military has taken decisive defensive action by killing general Qassem Soleimani the head of the Iranian Revolutionary force, us designated For
Officials warn residents to be ready to evacuate. And in sport the Olympic Committee is banning protests at the 2020 tokyo games the i. O. C. Warned that political statements like this one not be tolerated and happily break the rules will be punished. There are growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176. 00 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran u. S. Intelligence officials have already indicated they believe the plane was most likely brought down accidentally by iranian ed defenses and the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed he has seen intelligence which backs up the claim we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile this may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation int
Were going to do this job the 3rd just turned 3 pm in hours as mentioned my name is kevin owen here about h q with your world news update and 1st to that breaking story that came in from rock earlier this morning the United States has assassinated irans top military commander of money in a drone strike on Baghdad International airport the Early Morning air raid also killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders solomon e a lead the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign Operations Unit was heavily involved in the fight against i still in iraq and syria in the u. S. Though the general was listed as a terrorist the pentagon said hed been actively planning attacks against u. S. Diplomats and military personnel iranian Supreme Leader has warned there will be harsh reprisals against washington now over the assassination. The u. S. Act of International Terrorism targeting a
President signed an unprecedent trade deal with china putting in prospect more economic growth, more job, a stronger relationship with china. The president on his run of record achievements in just two days. Usmca passed senate one of the biggest state bills ever made and yet today you know china passed and something that is extraordinary. And it is going to be tremendous far reaching effects including our relationship longterm with china. Our farmers and manufacturers and bankers its jobs like weve never seen before and something very special and usmca a passed by a comfortable vote very high vote. We are very proud to have that. So weve done two of the biggest trade deals they are two biggest trade deals in the world ever done, and were honored to have done them. And investor s today express something close to jubilation over the president s reshaping of not only u. S. Trade. With with china, and north america, but a new balanced and reis sip are a call trade model for all u. S. Trad
So as a fragile temporary cease fire largely holds in libya the warring leaders have moved closer to make it more permanent the head of the un recognized government thats pfizers arise and warlord hurley for half the a both in moscow for negotiations brokered by russia and by turkey from there is that. The aim of mondays meeting in moscow west of formalized a cease fire that started in libya on sunday 24 hours earlier russia and turkey invited fired out satch Prime Minister of the un backed government and war lot to sign a more permanent truth thats aimed at paving the way towards formal negotiations to end the b. S. 9 year long civil war but after 7 hours of talks one signature remains missing to an emotion that was reached today we can report that a certain progress has been achieved and the chairman of the government and National Archives of libya mr starch and the chairman of have consul of state mr. Has just signed it marshall shaft out of the comment of Libyan National army and t