Taiwans Pro Independence leader in power much to the annoyance of china. Now iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u. S. Forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash well the iranian president Hassan Rouhani tweeted saying the armed forces and tunnel investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and deaths of 176 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake but well go live to rob reynolds in washington d. C. In just a moment but lets begin with a setback in tehran. This admission is coming off to days and days of denial so whats precipitated this now. Well yes it has come after
Im sorry kelly walked into the program more tear gas in hong kong as hundreds of protesters gathered outside a Police Station and yet another violent clash into territory prodemocracy demonstrators had been marching through a Residential District the latest clash follows 2 days of mass protest at Hong Kongs International Airport that at times turned violent. Correspondent tb kong is standing by with the very latest from hong kong now and we are just hearing these fresh reports of protests that just kicked up again in hong kong as evening falls what more do we know. Yes protest says they originally they can enhance i. F. A. Stations in downtown hong kong slice to mock the annual goat festival which is a childish and chinese religious festival and protest says open standards press has traditionally read shows like burning paper offerings and praise on things over there and some of them as august gathering eli they events pointed to later scenes at the Police Station with people also chan
Says ukrainian drones have attack moscow. The strike damage to buildings, not far from the kremlin and columbia, as teenage superstar puts events in germanys bid for the football world cup and a match that went down to the final seconds that and was coming in sports news, the hello im Claire Richardson. Thank you so much for joining us. West african states have given the qu, leaders and new share a one week ultimatum to give up power. The echo was regional block is threatening to use force if new jersey also the elected president is not reinstated. The president of neighboring chat is in new jerry trying to resolve the crisis days off the new jersey army else that is democratically elected leader. Thousands took to the streets of the capital, naomi, many of them support because of the cube gathered outside the French Embassy, a form of colonial power. It just has got to be the people are suffering, jerry and shouldnt be living like these people are coming out to support the purchase be
Ukrainian offensive Authorities Say 250 ukrainian troops or killed in 16 tanks destroyed. Charles stratford has more from keith. Its impossible to independently verify these claims and counts of claims by both sides. But that certainly seems 11 and some suggest some heavy fighting in various points along the Eastern Front line, the front line of around a 1000 kilometers. It started earlier today with the claim made by the Russian Military that they had repelled. Well, they describe is a large scale ukraine in operation pushing into the southern zone thats region in 56. 00 is the Russian Military said. And as i say, impossible to independently verify the voltage that the Russian Military supplied alone with those claims. Us secretary of state antony blinking, says washington will not let it run, develop nuclear weapons. Speaking of the american israel, Public Affairs committee blinking, also urge tv normalization of relations between saudi arabia and israel. The former us Vice President
Student freed from north korea opening up about seeing his son for the first time in 18 months. I knelt down by his side and i hugged him. And blaming president obama for why it took so long to get his son home. Do i think the past administration could have done more . I think the results speak for themselves. All that, plus the manhunt for two escaped fugitives. Oa fiery blimp crash at the u. S. Open Golf Tournament. And a live concert from country superstar, shania twine, june 16th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Thank you for joining us. It is a busy morning. Weve said that before. A lot going on in your world. We got it all covered this morning. The Russian Military says that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed in an air strike. Keir simmons, what can you tell us . Reporter this raid of russian fighter jets over syria, was carried out a