Youre watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. As we go to air, there are growing fears of region wide conflict in the middle east. The un Security Council has wrapped up an Emergency Session in new york. Wrapped up an emergency the Secretary General is warning of a dangerous escalation. And israels Prime Minister says his country has challenging days ahead. All this follows the killing of senior leaders from two iranian backed groups hamas and hezbollah both considered Terrorist Organisations by the uk and us Governments. 62 year old Ismail Haniyeh was the political leader of hamas the group that runs gaza. He was killed in an Air Strike in tehran while visiting the iranian capital. Hamas Blame Israel for the killing, but Israel Hasnt responded. Iran has vowed to avenge his death. His death came just hours after israel said it had attacked a building in beirut, Killing Fuad Shukr a Senior Commander of the hamas supporting group, hezbollah. Shortly, we
News. A declaration of victory by the taliban, moments ago in an Independence Day Statement the taliban announced they defeated, quote the powerful and arrogant United States. This morning, reuters reporting that at least 12 people have been killed in kabul since the afghan capital fell to the taliban on sunday. President biding is vowing to get 10,000 remaining americans out of afghanistan No Matter what it takes or how long even if it means keeping the recent surge of u. S. Troops on the ground at the airport in kabul beyond the original Withdrawal Deadline of August 31st. All troops are supposed to be out by August 31st. Even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, theyre going to leave . Were going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. Does that mean troops will stay beyond August 31st if necessary . It depends on where we are and whether we can get ramp these numbers up to 5 to 7,000 a day coming out. If thats the case,
viewers joining us in the united states, and all around the world, i m rosemary church. ahead uneasy chomp over the streets of moscow days after armed insurrection that ended quickly as it started. questions remain about putin s grip on power. the short term revolt in russia could have long-term effects on the country s war in kaine, how kiev is looking to take advantage of the chaos and after staying largely silent beijing voices its support for the kremlin. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. questions and uncertainty hanging over russia at this hour, after an armed insurrection over the weekend rattled the country and uth leader exposing what some call cracks in vladimir putin s 23 year rule. the streets are quiet but anxiety gripped the city saturday after wagner group mercenaries marched toward moscow a deal brought to an end and whereabouts of head yevgeny prigozhin remains a mystery. his news service told cnn
a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary yet short-lived uprising in russia that has left much of the world asking exactly how this happened and what could happen next. is putin s leadership under threat? is this an opportunity for ukraine to repel russia s ongoing invasion? we do have new developments tonight, including reaction from the biden administration. but first video has emerged on social media which shows the crash site of a russian military transport plane, reportedly shot down in southern russia saturday by the wagner mercenary group which carried out this rebellion. the russian defense ministry still has not commented on the loss of any aircraft. also, there is still no sign this evening of wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, after he apparently cut a deal with moscow and called off the insurrection. and there is no sign as well of putin after the most serious challenge to his rule since he came t
turned. canada has failed to determine its outcome. in negotiations just one hundred years mediators succeeded in teaching history and. it was the birth of modern diplomacy. six hundred forty eight to peace starts october twenty fourth d.w. . u.s. posture on drew bronson is on his way back home after a turkish court freedom from house arrest the ruling allowed him to leave turkey immediately and he was flown back to germany on route to the u.s. he was convicted of terror related charges but released because of his time served brunson s detention has strained ties between washington and i m korea. i
got him pop singer and opposition politician bobby wine has met with activist during a visit to kenya the lawmaker faces treason charges in his home country recently returning there after medical treatment in the u.s. following alleged torture by members of uganda us presidential guard. a delegation from saudi arabia has arrived in turkey as part of an investigation into the disappearance