Hello im Barbara Starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes dont really go killers. With. U. S. President donald trump makes his position clear denying any links with russia during last years election campaign. Finding intensifies between rival groups in yemens capital sanaa with reports of at least forty dead. Protests in germany as the far right party meets to choose its leader is following its triumphant turnout in their prime there is a general election. Draw points to stay top of the Spanish League suarez and messy both school sponsored. By so. We begin the news hour in the United States where President Donald Trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the two thousand and sixteen president ial election trump appeared on face when asked about his former National Security advisers decision to cooperate with the f. B. I. Investigation as part of. On friday mike flynn admitt
A long walk across europe, extreme risks to find new lives fire and fury on the streets of beirut as thousands protest about the governments inability to provide the most basic services. After hurricanec katrinis a, new orleans pause to see remember the devastation. Back in doha, i will have your sport including yet more blues for chelsea. The champions crash to another defeat in the English Premier League. There has been worldwide condemnation in the jailing of egypt of three al jazeera journalists. A court in cairo found them guilty of aiding a terrorist organization and broadcasting false news, claims which they have strenuously denies. The retrial as they had been found guilty in june of 2014. The egyptian Bahar Mohammed where he got a 3 and a half year sentence, the producer in the cairo office and six months more than his colleagues because he was found with a spent cartridge which he maintains he picked up at a protest. Al jazeeras cairo bureau chief, the canadian mohammed fahmy
Air. And a new spin on a board game to help young South Africans deal with abuse. Russian president Vladimir Putin has denied they killed civilians during airstrikes for the second day. Russias airstrikes mark the biggest middle east offense in decades. In the past 24 hours its hit 12 isil targets, destroying a command center and weapons depots, but opposition groups say theyre the ones being targeted. Saudi arabia has criticized them, demanding that moscow end them. Heres more. Russian jets attacked a town thats not an isil stronghold, mainly in eastern syria. Instead this area is dominated by rebel groups that oppose president bashir assad, a russian ally. Its the second day of russian airstrikes, and theres concern who theyre targeting. Civilian casualties as russian bombs were dropped in homes and provinces. Say the opposition, the raids focused on command and control posts not held by isil. Translator we urge before that the russians are interfering in syria, not to fight isil. Th
The u. S. Federal reserve raises Interest Rates for the first time in a decade. Russias air force says it has hit more than 200 i. S. I. L. Targets across syria in the past 24 hours. Russian air covers also helped Regime Forces retake a strategic price in latakia. It is an area over looking the main rebel stronghold and aleppo. The syrian army says it captured the mountain after breaking through the defenses of the alnusra front armed group. We will get a look ahead from peter sharpe, the fact that russia is keeping up the pressure here. Reporter russia is definitely keeping up the pressure. This was sold to the russian people. It is a very shortterm engagement. They started bombing on 30 september with 30 fighters and then last few weeks theyve brought in super sonic jets. These are big fighters, strategic bombers that can unleach their missiles well out of syrian airspace. At the same time the russians are extending their operations, their footprint on the ground. Theyre taking over
Fighters. Russia [ inaudible ] is sworn in as turkeys new president. And banking on the future. Indias Prime Minister launches a new plan that will help millions of poor people in the country. Hello. Ukraines president says Russian Troops have invaded the country. Thats an allegation russia flatly denies. But the u. S. And nato appear to back up poroshenko, saying that more than a thousand Russian Troops were known to be operating inside ukraine. Poroshenko says that Russian Troops have been deployed in the east of the country as well as another area. And that has all been confirmed by this man, the self declared heard of the donetsk independent republic. And the prorush rebel says up to 4,000 russian citizens have been fighting alongside of them, and many are from the Russian Military. Translator among volunteers from russia there have always been many that are military servicemen. They fight for us understanding that this is their duty. They are currently serving soldiers among us, w