Launched more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles at joint us in iraqi facilities in iraq at least 2 bases have been targeted one of them is in erbil and also the iron base in Anbar Province also irans revolutionary guard has issued a warning to israel and other u. S. Allies in the region saying they will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against teheran now in the last 20 or so minutes weve had. Reaction from the u. S. President on twitter of course and he starts by saying all is well missiles launched from iran to military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful most well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement tomorrow morning. And then weve also heard from irans foreign minister Mohammad Zarif this is what he said he said this before donald trump i should point out as well iran took and concluded proportionate measures in selfdefense under article 51 of t
Protests in cyprus as a british teenager who said that she was raped by up to 12 israelis gets a 4 month suspended sentence for public mischief. And after another battle to get into Congress Venezuelan Opposition Leader why dole is sworn in as the National Assembly president. And im far as my have all the days sport including senegal forward saudi amman a is named african footballer of the year ahead of riyadh maher as an liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah. The assassination to reign in military commander in the money has been buried but later than planned after a stampede broke out as the ceremony began where than 50 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in the crush as the funeral procession started in his hometown of catamount it rather has continued meanwhile to talk of revenge with the head of the revolutionary guard telling the crowds at the funeral that u. S. Allies would be set ablaze irans foreign minister zarif says retaliation of or so the money is this will bring an end t
A disappointed adult hes only what im very hes just sad im a bit bemused and disappointed and in whats been going on particularly that as far as hes concerned what was in his words a wonderful conversation with the ukrainian president is being spun and hes pointing to the transcript that he was what the white house calls a transcript was in fact a memorandum it was it basically based on Voice Recognition software and the memories of various officials it was very clear in what was released of this wasnt on the transcript but as far as hes concerned that clears it clears the look at no threats here there was no pushing that was there minas Lindsey Graham that the right wing senator who was formerly doldrums great enemy and great supporter looked at the transcript who knew you could be so nice to someone what are people talking about when they say that you were threatening the ukrainian president with a quid pro quo either investigate the bidens or dont get your military aide as far as th
Selenski is saying that is clearly implicit kyron hagans that professor at the school level and a former prosecutor thank you for joining us on your insights on al jazeera and today mr hagen thank you thank you. Plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including down but not quite out israels Prime Minister get some political breathing room despite failing to win outright in last weeks election. Digging deeper argentina looks to shale oil to help its troubled economy. And in sports heroes life celebration unlike the women at the Rugby World Cup it will be for that stock. Now irans president says there wont be any negotiations with the u. S. While this country is under american sanctions Hasan Rouhani said this during his address to the u. N. General Assembly Washington has blamed iran for the attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities earlier this month and stepped up sanctions against tehran iran says it wasnt behind the attack reports. His speech was closely watched by friends and rivals loo
And we find out what these adelie and Gentoo Penguins in antarctica have to tell us about global warming. Hello and welcome. We begin in beijing where the Winter Olympics torch relay has just got under way. Over the next three days, 1,000 people will carry the torch past chinese landmarks, including the Summer Palace and great wall. Its a scaled down event with very few spectators because of coronavirus restrictions. But despite the governments commitment to a zero covid strategy, the Omicron Variant is spreading. The Beijing Olympics organiser says 32 new cases have been detected among games related personnel in the last 2a hours. Lets go to beijing and our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. You are covering every twist and turn as these games are about to begin. Talk us through todays torch relay. This about to begin. Talk us through todays torch relay. Todays torch relay. This is nothina todays torch relay. This is nothing like todays torch relay. This is nothing like the todays