the islamic revolutionary guard corps has said and it's telegram channel reportedly that if iranian territory is bombed it will target cities in the united arab emirates and in israel should those sort of threats be taken seriously. precisely yes it's going to happen there is there is no point the u.s. reached a point of no return by attacking the independent country you know and by attacking actually people of war the independent country on the territory of the country it occupies which is iraq and 'd you know there's going to definitely use its own force but also its allies in the region and there are many. just. imagine there is there is not only it out anymore there is a big part of the iraqi. military which is siding with the riches on the same side . that is led by the on that is there is syria of course and yemen and others so if the u.s. is going to escalate the situation there is going to be a war although tired of middle east political analysts on travel technic you for your time and your comments today. thank you. we now go back to our breaking news story of the plane crash in iran

for years, the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless qud's force, under soleimani's leadership, has targeted, injured and murdered hundreds of american civilians and servicemen. the recent attacks on us targets in iraq, including rocket strikes that killed an american and injured four american servicemen very badly, as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad, were carried out at the direction of soleimani. soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi and london. today, we remember and honour the victims of soleimani's many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. live now to washington and our correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary, it was a short statement. did president trump explained his long iran strategy? no, i don't think he did. i mean, he did say that he wasn't seeking regime change into ron, which, of course, some of the more hawkish elements in this country have long called for, but he said in offence he was calling time oi'i said in offence he was ca

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public the gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could see force and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve past the battlefield in apr

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit it's a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoke in public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve possible actual field in april la

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit it's a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoke in public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't evolve possibly actual field in april las

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes force runs a runs foreign military and claimed to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain and turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve past the battlefield in ap

revolutionary guard corps, quds force. in the days since, i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a a striker was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions, however, hadr, seemingly incread the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. it's indicative of president trump's foreign policy record, which is riddled by chaotic, uninformed, erratic, and impulsive decision-making without adequate consideration for the consequences in just about every foreign policy area president trump touches, we are worse off than we were before he started with it. with china, north korea, syria, russia. the president has careened from one impulsive action to the next with no coherent strategy. north korea today, despite what president trump said, we don't have to worry about then, is a greater nuclear threat than they've ev

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve possible actual field in apri

revolutionary guard corps. and its reach is very long both in terms of being able to react in terms of a proxy confrontation against american forces in iraq, even american forces in afghanistan, where i am, where afghans are now worried about where this crisis will 90, worried about where this crisis will go, but even as far—reaching as in european capitals. there is now a sharp of breath to say the retaliation will come, but where and how will it unfold? that is the key question many people are asking themselves, especially in terms of how difficult the situation is within the persian gulf and the proxy war being fought between iran and saudi arabia. our viewers will remember that month after month in 2019, we reported on the tensions in the persian gulf, the fear of another war, how they came to the brink with attacks on tankers in the gulf and how president trump would a lwa ys gulf and how president trump would always pull back at the last moment, even when there was an attack widely blamed on iran and sa

the senior commander of the runs elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down the ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. well it's me don't you don't you were not heard that the flight had been shot down i wish there was a debt as i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. you also added in a defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision the commander added they had requested the establishment of a no fly zone before the incident but it wasn't approved for some reason ilya tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of involvement in the downing collegiately invigorate discuss this with all these dumb quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expect he expects iran to take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised j

revolutionary guard corps, quds force. in the days since, i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a a striker was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit it's a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoke in public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military inclined to stein operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon and syria germany kenya bahrain and turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon to terry shoot during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the u.s. and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve past the battlefield in

they say that this will be the islamic revolutionary guard corp. is warning the u.s. that this is just the beginning of a crushing response in case of new aggression. what are you hearing over there in baghdad? >> reporter: just very scant information at this stage. all we really can confirm is that it does seem as though the al-assad air base has been hit by at least ten rockets. let's look at the context at which all of this is happening, wolf. there's been all sorts of mixed messaging about whether or not the u.s. military is going to be withdrawing. there was that whole debacle over the letter that was inadvertently sent to the iraqi government that made it seem like the americans were beginning to pull out. and you had very strong statements from the u.s. side from the secretary of defense, from president trump, about how the americans were not withdrawing. president trump has been threatening sanctions on iraq. and those threats, those positions, have had a reaction from a number of iran's proxies in iraq saying that if america doesn't withdraw, they are going t

does ignatius' the islamic revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization with this designation we are sending a clear signal a clear message to iran's leaders. including some sort of money in his band of thugs that the united states is bringing all pressure to bear to stop the regime's outlaw behavior we ask that our allies and partners around the world do the same but salomone had the full support of iran's government we received iran's highest military award last year as tensions between the us and iran solomonic continue to support shia militias including the hezbollah brigades who were targeted in 5 u.s. is strikes last week after they fired rockets at a us space he survived many attacks on his life inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where shia militias trained by his could force killed hundreds of americans that the u.s. indeed has writing age 62 charlotte ballasts al-jazeera. it is the 12 g.m.t. and 3 pm in baghdad i met clark across the middle east on this friday it is a tense morning after the u.s. killed iran's top military commander major general tsunami t

major general custom solomon a was a senior commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and the hit of its a late could force he graduated to the role 20 years ago and was regarded as the mastermind of iran's military strategy in the region he really spoken public but gave this interview in october saying iran's i.o.c. had expanded islamic resistance to half a 1000000 square kilometers connecting iran through iraq and syria to lebanon on. the codes for us runs a runs foreign military and clandestine operations the us attributed it to campaigns in iraq lebanon and syria germany kenya bahrain in turkey so money delegated iranian diplomats to meet with u.s. officials after the september 11th attacks and they briefly worked together against the taliban but the relationship soon deteriorated during the iraq war the us sit around through the could schools and shia militias killed more than $600.00 american service members 17 percent of all u.s. deaths in the war the us and iran's priorities aligned once more in the fight against eisel but didn't devolve possible actual field in ap

that would be very very difficult because the regime from the islamic revolutionary guards corps to the alcoves force to the higher ups at the with around the ayatollah himself and various different clerics every united because they have benefited from the crony capitalist slash public high for the economic system whereas a number of different protesters those who are taking to the streets have actually suffered from economic sanctions so very very much doubt that in a system so centralized that we still will see significant fallout however if there is a continued protest on the street this will only our pressure to the regime considering that they cannot be afford they cannot afford to look weak in front of these protests because they also have essentially anti around protests happening in iraq right now and it's proxy an ally in lebanon his will also under pressure from street level protests let's talk about this the downing of this plane the iranians or any gods of apologize to the nation they say they've taken full responsibility how unprecedented is the gesture. quite. i've been se

islamic revolutionary guards corps and spending billions of dollars of iranian treasury money on distant lands and militias from baghdad to desk us through southern lebanon to yemen all of those criticisms have now gone away because his assassination is seen as an act of war that was not only uncalled for but that it further struck and. those who. were very insistent on and much more. stringent split system in iran are going to have to leave it there hassan bonna assistant professor at the hamilton legal school at indiana university thank you very much for your analysis. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in tripoli the 1st funerals have been held following saturday's deadly is dr going to libyan military academy the strike killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded dozens more libya's internationally recognized government has blamed the attack on forces loyal to rebel leader. somali islam is the militant group al-shabaab attacked an army base in kenya on sunday morning according to the u.s. military at least one u.s. soldier 2 contractors and 4 terrorists died in

for years, the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless qud's force, under soleimani's leadership, has targeted, injured and murdered hundreds of american civilians and servicemen. the recent attacks on us targets in iraq, including rocket strikes that killed an american and injured four american servicemen very badly, as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad, were carried out at the direction of soleimani. soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi and london. today, we remember and honour the victims of soleimani's many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. soleimani has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilise the middle east for the last 20 years. what the united states did yesterday been done long ago. a lot of lives would've been saved. just recently, soleimani led the brutal repression of protesters in iran, where more than 1000 innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government. we took action last night to stop a war. we d

islamic revolutionary guards corps and spending billions of dollars of iranian treasury money on distant lands and militias and from baghdad to desk us through southern lebanon to yemen all of those criticisms have now gone away because his assassination is seen as an act of war that was not only uncalled for but that it further struck and. those who. were very insistent on and much more. stringent split system in iran were going to have to leave it there hassan bonna assistant professor at the hamilton legal school at indiana university thank you very much for your analysis. go to venezuela now and as the economy day continues its collapse collapse just about the only thing the country has a surplus in is presidents until sunday there were 2 climb and socialist nicolas maduro are an opposition leader. now there are 2 men claiming to be palm in tree president a majority supporter took the oath of office while go i don't know and his supporters were kept outside but later on lawmakers held a virus in a nearby newspaper pyper office and said that they have lawfully elected quieter i was on

the head of the quds force, the foreign part if you like of the islamic revolutionary guard corps of iran. the people who essentially were tasked with going abroad to fulfill iran's policy objectives in the region. very successful frankly, bringing iran to -- at the height of its powers for quite some time in about sort of 2015 or '16 or so. then also, too, being part of the iranian bid to assist iraq and parts of the syrian regime too in pushing back isis in that fight as well. so a man of incredible influence, operating in the shadows but also possibly gaining celebrity from that bid to be secretive. he intermittently popped up on social media. fans posting pictures of him on the front line over time, becky. >> just how significant was his influence where you are in lebanon? >> reporter: well, as i say, he was the man tasked with foreign policy, and so was often the intermediary who would explain to lebanese hezbollah if there were specific things that iran would like them to do. he would often be the man who was tasked with that message. in fact, there have been u.s. officials say

rfo years, the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless forces under soleimani's leadership has injured and killed hundreds of servreemembers. thnt attacks on u.s. members, including missile attacks that killed servicemembers badly, ands well as a assault inarank debt wereed out at the direction of soleimani. soleimanith mad death of innocent people his sick passion , contributing to terrorist plots as far away asew delhi and london. today, we remember and honor the victims ofoleimani's many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over. >> gary it was a srt statement. did president trump explain his long-term iran strategy? gary: i don't think you did. he did say he wasn't seeking regime chae in toronto, which some of the -- tehran, which of somece of the f called for, but he was calling for tehran'in proxy efforthe region to destabilize and to create difficulties. they had to end now. in some ways, perhaps that is warning to iran about the future, but it was, ihink, a president who was trying to make the argument that, we had to do this now bec

. >> for years the islamic revolutionary guard corp and the quds force has targeted and injured millions of american service men and the targets in iraq and including rocket strikes that killed american and injured four service men very badly as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad were carried out at the direction of soleimani. soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as da remember and honor the victims to his atrocity. we take come north in knowing his reign of terror is over. he's been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years. what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. a lot of lives would have been saved. just recently soleimani led the brutal repression of protestors in iran, where more than a thousand innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government. we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take acti have deep iranian people. they are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage and unlimited potential. w

revolutionary guard corps is taking credit and warning the us of more quote crushing response is in case of new aggression on iran state-run tv. this was an ag divorced president trump tweeted late tuesday night assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far only making a statement tomorrow morning this after us defense secretary mark esper said earlier to say the us is looking to settle things diplomatically with iran we're not looking to start a war with iran. but we are prepared to finish one top trump officials said they had quote deep intelligence that the sum soleimani was planning imminent attacks on americans that he was plotting to kill wanted to attack american facilities and diplomats soldiers sailors airmen marines were or look at those facilities president trump says the killing was done in response to all the american lives soleimani's taken and warned if iran retaliates the us is prepared to strike back with prepared to attack if we have to as retribution. so pres

designated iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps as a terrorist organization but so in money had the full support of his government the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei awarded him iran's highest military honor last year same so a money had survived many attempts on his life both here in iran and abroad but now his death will likely embolden the groups who support it as a rains mark 3 days of national mourning many here are looking to see what will happen next door. to iraq. where u.s. secretary of state might propose says the airstrike has made the world a much safer place as washington had intelligence that saudi money was actively plotting an imminent attack and do our best to release everything that we know that's appropriate that we can that doesn't put anyone at risk what will do our best we want the world to understand that there was in fact an imminent attack taking place the american people should know that this was an intelligent teligent space and that's where the drove this on fisher joins us live now from the pentagon so we heard there from mike pompei i was saying

>>iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps is taking credit and warning the us of more quote crushing response is in case of new aggression on iran state-run tv. the white house said in a statement quote we are aware of the reports of attacks on us facilities in iraq. the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team. this after us defense secretary mark esper said earlier tuesday that the us is looking to settle things diplomatically with iran we're not looking to start a war with iran. but we are prepared to finish one top trump officials say they had quote deep intelligence that qassem suleimani was planning imminent attacks on americans stay he was plotting to kill wanted to attack american facilities and diplomats, soldiers sailors airmen marines were or look at those facilities president trump says the killing was done in response to all of the american lives soleimani's take it and warned if retaliates the us is prepared to strike back. we're prepared we're totally prepared. and likewise we're prepared to attac

guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard it had been shot down. never wanted to witness such a sudden. he added an defense system operator faulty communications just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision military around a bit of this military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing iran's chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent to friends and colleagues actually bigger disgusting to those with aunties donald quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expect he expects iran to take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised just that and called the vent in an forgivable mistake the armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired you see human error coups the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and the deat

by its defense systems the top commander of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps expressed his deepest condolences saying he had never felt more ashamed in his life. i swear to almighty god that i wished i were in that plane that crashed with the men had burned but did not witness this tragic incident we made a mistake and a number of our compatriots were martyred because of our mistake but it was an intentional we apologize we are sorry but we will make up for it. and officials in washington have spent the past 48 hours or so throwing their backing behind the protests and donald trump was among those to warn iran over its next moves so the leaders of iran do not kill your protesters thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you and the world is watching more importantly the usa is watching turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free stop the killing of your great iranian people i think about some pressure campaigners work in the mosque for this work and there's no other way for them to get the money they need to fund the guard to fund their regime to fund their ma

revolutionary guard corps the run successfully carried out operation martyrs to the money. we warned the great satan our good american regime that any further malice or mobilization will result in a more painful response hours of the us government which have given their bases to the terrorist army of the country are warned that any territory used for hostile acts against iran will be targeted we do not consider the zionist regime of israel to be in any way separate from the american regime in these crimes. now that's the way it about israel not being separated from the united states or something of course the israelis are taking very seriously since last friday the israeli army has been in a state of high alert on the country's northern and southern borders nar there is an intercept patient that iran could activate its proxies and thus in gaza and hizbollah in lebanon and in fact we've actually heard from and from from iran that should israel respond in any kind it will activate hizbullah with some kind of retaliate reaction we haven't had any official comment from the isra

revolutionary guards corps has accepted for responsibility for shooting down ukraine's passenger plane on wednesday also extended his apologies to the nation earlier tehran admitted that its military unintentionally hit the jet due to human error and military statement carried by state media also says the plane was mistaken for a hostile target iran's investigation chief says the black box data will now be sent to france for analysis ukraine's president has reacted by calling on iran to admit for sponsibility as it has now done but iran's foreign minister blames the whole crisis on us and ventress of that's our global news for now thanks for tuning in. bad guys are financial survival guide liquid those that you can convert an insignia as quite easily. to keep in mind though as if i'm into a place to watch guys record. good food descriptions sound up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be a sophie people belief we

revolutionary guard corps deputy commander general ali davi announced that the response would not just come from iran it's going to involve all the territories where the axis of resistance exists. to more world news the number of dead caused by bush fires in a stray or has risen to 236 people. so still missing in 2 states new south wales and victoria the nation's largest warship is being sent to help with if i can ration from the fire hit areas 3000 reserve troops been called up on saturday hundreds of fires broke. and cutting off electricity skies turned red in the southeast of the country after wildfires intensified because of strong winds they 1st started back in september amidst record temperatures so far around $1500.00 homes have been destroyed. a scandal in armenia a criminal network has been uncovered there which for over 20 years force mothers to give up their newborns against their will so that they could be sold for adoption abroad but the story artie's read from the national. this is a story with many children involved but it is not one of these typical happy ending tales a

revolutionary guard corps of iran successfully carried out operation martyrs sulaimani. we warned the great satan our good american regime that any further mobilization will result in a more painful response. now we're also hearing from iran that should israel take any action it will activate hizbullah and israel has been particularly concerned since last friday that iran will use its proxies in the region these include hamas . the israeli southern border by gaza and his me of the israeli northern border of lebanon and in that respect israeli troops have been on high alert along both those borders for the past few days as of yet no official reaction from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu no doubt he is being briefed and he has held meetings with his top security brass so the situation at the moment extremely tense here in the region but all eyes will be on the united states to see what if any response trump and i'll take the u.s. federal aviation agency has banned all u.s. flights over the persian gulf due to security concerns previously dog from threatening

commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard why it had been shot down i wish i was jet i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. he also added an air defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds in which to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing surrounds chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent my colleague jacqueline vega discussed details with our quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised just that and called this a vent and an forgivable mistake the armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regret

revolutionary guard corps deputy commander general ali davi announced that the response would not just come from iran it's going to involve all the territories where the axis of resistance exists. or in just a recap of the story it has been a busy 3 days if you will 1st united states led airstrikes on the baghdad international airport and that general sort of money was killed as long as well as other iraqi members were killed in that action the next day the united states struck again in the suburbs of baghdad targeting some militia there as well now there have been some retaliation strikes in the united states the u.s. confirms the international coalition confirms 2 attacks took place near its bases in iraq on saturday of course on his room is following the situation it is always developing we'll keep you up to date. and the number of dead caused by brush fires in australia has risen to 23 with 6 people also missing in 2 states new south wales and victoria the nation's largest warship is being sent to help with evacuations from the fire hit areas $3000.00 reserve troops have also been

revolutionary guard corps a very prominent figure in iran that he apparently has been killed in this strike that took place outside of the baghdad airport this comes it's important to note in the aftermath of an announcement from mark aspart the u.s. secretary of defense that the united states was planning action against iranian forces in the region and that the u.s. say it believed that iran was planning a strike against the united states this is what we heard from mark as for hours beforehand through some indications so that they may be planning additional attacks if that happens and by the way if we get word to the taxes some type of indication will take preemptive action as will to protect american forces to protect american lives now on tuesday a crowd of protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad in response to the usa said it would deploy $750.00 more u.s. troops to the middle east furthermore $100.00 u.s. marines were moved from kuwait to protect the embassy in a show of force we had the united states helicopters flying over the compound firing flares as kind of a warning

revolutionary guard corps quds force. in the days since i've become increasingly alarmed about the strike, a strike that was carried out with insufficient transparency, without consultation of congress, and without a clear plan for what comes next. president trump had promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions, however, have seemingly increased the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such a war. it's indicative of president trump's foreign policy record which is riddled by chaotic, uninformed, erratic and impulsive decision making without adequate consideration for the consequences. in just about every foreign policy area president trump touches, we're worse off than we were before he started with it. with china, north korea, syria, russia, the president has careened from one action to the next with no coherent strategy. north korea today, despite what president trump said we don't have to worry about them, is a greater nuclear threat than they have ever been.

revolutionary guard corps however the u.s. department of defense continues to describe this this move as if it was somehow a defensive measure this is what the u.s. department of defense has said. at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad by killing qassam still in money this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans the united states will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world now the iranian supreme national security council has confirmed in a statement that it held an urgent meeting and it made necessary decisions in that meeting the council valid that at the right time and place it will engage in actions that will do to the united states a basically make clear that this was the biggest strategic mistake for the usa in the west asia region basically the uniform and pretty clear message unanimous message from the iranians seems to be that there will be conseq

start with breaking news the senior commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said that the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard that the flight had been shot down i wish there was debt i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. he also added an air defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing of iran's chief investigator says that the black box data will now be sent to france michael exactly discussed the details with donald quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised just that and called the vent and on forgivable mistake the

trump also said soleimani had been decttingmmers of ar tro mi>> for years, the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless quds force under soleimani's leadership has targeted, injured, and murdered hundreds of american civilians and servicemen. >> reporter: a senior administration official tells cbs news the trump cabinet was in full agreement on the strike. t,st night, as news of the httack was breaking, the tedsident was spotted huddling inside his resort with white house communications aides, house minority leader kevin mccarthy; and his son-in-law and top adviser, jared kushner. in the aftermath of the strike, the president said the u.s. does not seek regime change in iran. >> i have deep respect for the iranian people. they are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage and unlimited potential. >> reporter: with an eye always on the upcoming election, the president went right to miami for a campaign event with evangelical supporters. >> he was planning a very major attack, and we got him. ( cheers ) >> reporter: as you just heard, the crowd cheered when the presiden

the senior commander of iran's elite military unit islamic revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down the cranium passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard that the flight had been shot down i wish i was that i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. he also added an air defense system operator had faulty communications and had just 10 seconds in which to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing iran's chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent to france. to discuss details with artie's donald quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who. it's just that and called this a vent and an forgivable mistake the armed forces internal investigation has conclude

the senior commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard why it had been shot down i wish there was i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. and you also added in their defense system operator had faulty communications that had just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing of iran's chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent to france my colleague jacqueline vega discussed the details with r.t. is donald quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised just that and called the event in an forgivable mistake. the armed forces intern

>>iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps is taking credit and warning the us of more quote crushing response is in case of new aggression on iran state-run tv. the white house said in a statement quote we are aware of the reports of attacks on us facilities in iraq. the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team. this after us defense secretary mark esper said earlier tuesday that the us is looking to settle things diplomatically with iran we're not looking to start a war with iran. but we are prepared to finish one top trump officials say they had quote deep intelligence that qassem suleimani was planning imminent attacks on americans stay he was plotting to kill wanted to attack american facilities and diplomats, soldiers sailors airmen marines were or look at those facilities president trump says the killing was done in response to all of the american lives soleimani's

revolutionary guard corps otherwise known as the odd i.r.g.c. claiming responsibility for that missile attack the 1st one on the al assad air base in iraq u.s. troops are stationed there the pentagon says another base in bill was also targeted of course this is highly significant this is the 1st direct retaliation that people were predicting after the period of mourning had passed for the iranian iranian general concepts of the money 3 days of official mourning. there is a distinct sense that one gets a direct attack on u.s. forces greatly increases the danger of some sort of ongoing ugly asymmetric conflict between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil or indeed in various locations around the broader middle east let's talk to osama bin he's a correspondent in baghdad and i notice as well osama the revolutionary guard saying basically israel is potentially a target as well because they see israel as a u.s. ally in the killing of sulaimani that was pretty predictable. absolutely peter if you remember on friday night that's exactly what we were discuss

designated iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps as a terrorist organization but solomon he had the full support of his government the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei awarded him iran's highest military honor last year same so money had survived many attempts on his life both here in iran and abroad and now his death will likely embolden the groups who support it as a rainy and mark 3 days of national mourning many here are looking to see what will happen next. al-jazeera to iraq. has praised some other news not far fighters and a strangely i say it's very likely more homes will be destroyed by bush far as but their focus no is on saving lives where the conditions for saturday are being described as catastrophic felicity davey reports from sydney. australia and prime minister scott morrison seen for himself the latest areas devastated by bushfires in new south wales the day after he was confronted by angry residents in the town of go this woman refusing to shake his hand so many people have lost their fire here the prime minister said he wanted to offer comfort to those affect

designated the islamic revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization with this designation we are sending a clear signal a clear message to iran's leaders including his band of thugs that the united states is bringing all pressure to bear to stop the regime's outlaw behavior we ask that our allies and partners around the world do the same. but salomone had the full support of iran's government we received iran's highest military award last year as tensions between the u.s. and iran so the money continued to support shia militias including the hezbollah brigades who were targeted in 5 u.s. is strikes last week after they fired rockets at a us base he survived many attacks on his life inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where shia militias trained by his could force killed hundreds of americans that the u.s. indeed has writing age 62 shallow ballasts al-jazeera. what on lebanon's foreign ministry has condemned the killing and has asked for the country to be spared from any repercussions comes after lebanon's hezbollah leader issued a statement value to pursue the puni

revolutionary guard corps a very prominent figure in iran that he apparently has been killed in this strike that took place outside of the baghdad airport this comes it's important to note in the aftermath of an announcement from mark asper the u.s. secretary of defense that the united states was planning action against iranian forces in the region and that the u.s. say it believed that iran was planning a strike against the united states this is what we heard from mark as for hours beforehand through some indications so good that they may be planning additional attacks if that happens and by the way we get word to the taxes some type of indication will take preemptive action as will to protect american forces to protect american lives now on tuesday a crowd of protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad in response to the usa said it would deploy $750.00 more u.s. troops to the middle east furthermore $100.00 u.s. marines were moved from kuwait to protect the embassy in a show of force we had the united states helicopters flying over the compound firing flares as kind of a warnin