Hello there you watching r. T. International where its just gone 11 pm here in moscow the u. S. President on the trump has responded to irans missile strike onto u. S. Military bases in iraq by valuing to impose new sanctions. As we continue to evaluate options in response to a rainy and aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian Regime these powerful saying shoes will remain until around changes its behavior. The Iranian Military strike 2 weeks trump responding there were carried out in revenge the assassination of terrans top general customs for the money was killed in a u. S. Drone strike last week. Is following trumps address. Its quite a different tone than weve heard from trump in the last few days folks will remember the tweet where he threatened to destroy not only sites in iran but also cultural historical sites as well as other infrastructure and such in iran if iran dared to respond so quite a different tone we
Boy fell into a well. The United States says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. The president said that Abu Ibrahim Al qurayshi, also known as Hajji Abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed, but no us casualties were reported. The bbc S State Department correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. In a corner of Northwest Syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the Islamic State group that its leaders were still a target. The raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. Us Special Forces landed in helicopters near the home of the is leader, Hajji Abdullah. Those close by described a night of terror. Translation when we got out of the house, we saw aircraft flying over our heads. And after ten minutes, we heard them shouting, give yourself u
Of them who arent happy. Arsenal crushed chelsea 5 0 to move clear in the premier League Title Race as it heads towards the thrilling conclusion. Baroness Floella Benjamin is honoured by bafta for her work supporting young people and pioneering diversity in childrens television. It will develop into a sunny dry day for many but more cloud in the east and the south west producing some showers and still a key northerly wind down the east coast. All the details later. Its wednesday the 24th of april. Our main story. More than 50 survivors of the migrant Boat Disaster in which five people died off the coast of france are recovering in england this morning, having declined to be rescued by french authorities. The incident took place just hours after parliament approved a bill to allow the uk to send some Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The government has said the new law will reduce illegal Channel Crossings but some migrants have said it wont deter them from trying. Graham satchell reports. The
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. With so many gadgets on offer at the ces show that say they will solve all sorts of problems, we are asking what would you Like Technology to do for you . Do get in touch, just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Theres optimism at the start of the first talks between north and south korea in more than two years. The discussions are limited in scope, but north korea has agreed to send a delegation of high ranking officials, athletes, and a cheering squad, to the Winter Olympics next month. Tensions on the korean peninsular are at their highest in decades, following a series of nuclear and missile tests by pyongyang, and not forgetting the war of words between donald trump and kim jong un. Live now to the seoul in south korea and our correspondent sophie long. Some progress today. Tell us more about these talks. Yes, the meeting has been going on forfour hours about these talk