tonight bringing us the context are amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. exactly 20 years ago today, us forces, with the uk and other allies, invaded iraq. the stated aim to rid the country s dictator saddam hussein of his weapons of mass destruction weapons that in the end were never found. it was part of the us s war on terror , started by president george w bush after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. let s remind ourselves those first moments of the war. on this day in 2003, the first raids were on the capital baghdad it was called shock and awe . it took the us just over a month to defeat iraqi forces and saddam hussain s regime collapsed. president bush declared iraq to be free. but rather than an end to conflict, it was the beginning of many years of bloodshed for iraq and the wider region. the failure to plan for the aftermath of the invasion led, in part, t
donald trump calls president biden an enemy of the state at his first rally since the fbi searched his florida resort for sensitive files. hello and welcome. the frontrunner in the uk conservative leadership race, liz truss, says she ll act within a week, to help people with soaring energy bills, if she becomes prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak says he d target further financial help, to the poorest. the victor will be announced as the next tory leader on monday, with the result expected around lunchtime. the queen will then formally appoint the winner as the new prime minister on tuesday at balmoral, in a break with tradition. that would usually take place in london. here s our our political correspondent, iain watson. with serious economic challenges to confront, you might wonder why anyone would want to move in here, but this week there will be a new occupant of number ten. the pollsters favourite is liz truss. rishi sunak has described himself as the underdog. the
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been left standing. residents are searching through the rubble in hope of finding survivors or belongings as they wait for help. the red cross has warned time is running out to prevent what it calls a disaster within a disaster if water and food aid don t reach survivors soon. at least 300,000 people have been impacted by the quake that s according to un estimates. disaster experts from the us arrived in morocco on sunday to help assess the damage and response. the moroccan government says it has accepted aid from four other countries the uk, spain, qatar and the uae. meanwhile on the ground, aid groups are working to help survivors. the red cross and red crescent federation says, quote, the search and rescue effort is the focus at this point and trying to get heavy machinery into those remote areas of the atlas mountains to help with that is a priority. our partner on the ground the moroccan red crescent is really working to provide first aid and ke
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