85-plus attacks that we launched yesterday in response to the killing of three americans and wounding 40 others almost a week ago. what we can tell you 85, four sites in syrias and three sites in iraq, and rocket storage facilities and began at 4 p.m. eastern time and sort of covering this, including the two b-1 bombers who flew halfway around the world. for the latest, here is trey yingst. overnight the united states struck 85 different targets in iraq and syria in response to that deadly drone attack last weekend that left three american service members dead. according to u.s. central command there were control centers and weapons storage facilities hit overnight some affiliated directly with iran s revolutiony guard, with the quds forces and military. and john kirby saying this overnight. i want to repeat again what i said in my opening comments, these responses began tonight. they re not going to end tonight. so there will be additional responses, there will be additi
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moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i
before france s top judges and betting on a crackdown: premier league clubs agree to remove gambling sponsors from shirt fronts within three years. campaigners say it s nowhere near enough. hello there. giving in to big pay demands by striking workers would be, quote, a terrible mistake so says the uk s finance minister chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who s been defending his policies after official figures confirmed the economy flatlined in february with growth of 0%. industrial action is seen as a key factor dragging on the economy with teachers, rail workers, civil servants and nowjunior doctors among those walking out in a wave of strikes over pay. mr hunt is in washington for the spring meetings of the world bank and imf, where he was asked about the strikes. the one thing we won t do, because it would be a terrible mistake, is to agree to an inflationary pay rise that means that we are still talking about inflation in one year s time. if we stick to the pl
surged 10% last year to $150 billlion. they have moved to reduce reliance on the us dollar by setting up payment clearing in the chinese currency, the yuan. former brazilian president dilma rousseff is to be sworn in today as head of the new development bank a rival to the world bank and imf set by by the so called brics countries of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. let s speak now to william jackson, who is emerging market economist at capital economics. xi has been signalling the post covid reopening of china by hosting a series of world leaders. what can we read into the fact that brazil s leader has been among the first? you are absolutely right. as china moves into its postcode environment it seems to be wanting to spread its international wings. we have seen talks between saudi arabia and iran recently, and now we have cordial words with president lula, hayes and china at the moment. there is a big political angle to this, to find a way to cement relatio