Out now tens of thousands of australians told to leave homes as bush. States plus. The developing world with the pledge to relinquish. Power but for those who live in the socalled sacrifice. Is too long to wait for. The u. S. Defense secretary ruling out further action after airstrikes on a shia armed group in iraq and syria iraqs Prime Minister has labeled them a breach of sovereignty 3 camps of cuts were hit in iraq one of them their al qaim and 2 more inside syria at least 25. 00 people were killed the pentagon says that its in response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent of which killed an american civilian contractor last week serious about a full team is in baghdad and says the strikes marcus shift in u. S. Strategy. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And for fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the t
That surrounds the building were still awaiting more details about it. But clearly this is the. Measure of the. Country religious authority and to remember that also the iranian consulate in karbala which is also a majority shiite city. That was attacked just a few weeks ago you have going on in several cities but many of the cities are in the country south and they are majority shia and you have many. That are protesting against what they say is iranian influence. So it really adds fuel to this crisis here at a time when the government is doing so much when protesters continue to come out this is all happening in the backdrop of just earlier this day one because thats right but we know many have. Anything happened in that 19 people have been killed in a brutal rebel attack in the volatile and democratic republic of congo this immigration anger at u. N. Peacekeepers failed to protect civilians and Democratic Forces are believed to carried out the dont attack on a village near the city
Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no
international airport. jessica is tracking the story. jessica? the must important thing is everyone is okay, which is hard to believe when you see some of the first images of the aircraft. it look like the jetliner is on its belly on the runway with a huge plumb of smoke coming from the united emirates flight. there were 282 passengers on board and 18 crew members, and according to the dubai government there were no injuries when the 777 aircraft landed. it was traveling from southern india to dubai. in the newsroom we expect to get more information on the cause some time this morning. the dubai airport is shut down right now and all flights to dubai are diverted to the united arab emirates. it look so bad it is amazing they are okay. this morning, firefighters are battling a fast growing wildfire in yolo county, which broke out along highway 128 near the southern end of lake berryessa 4:30 yesterday afternoon burning near the yolo and napa county line. mandatory evacuation
miles per hour. we re on the story and will continue to monitor the fire closely. down load the app free. today we learned an illegal camp fire started the 43,000 acre sobranes fire. i m not panicked but i know things can happen quickly. one person has died and the fire is now 18% contained. abc7 news was in the mission district as the strike team returned from monterey county. a 22 person crew has been trying to stop the spread of the flames. the crew was hiking up and down steep terrain. it s unusual and burning in deep-seeded fuels. the crew says they re welcomed by the community. neighbors would greet them with snacks and coffee every day. an investigation is under way into an early morning bus crash in percent yesterday county. the bus crashed into a poll and nearly split the bus in half. the crash happened along 3:30 a.m. today, we hooked into the bus company and safety records. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is here with that part of the story