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New protests over a nato strike that killed two dozen pakinstani troops. hundreds of demonstrators raging against last weekends cross border attack. officials in afghanistan say afghan commandos and u.s. officials were working with pakistan from the afghanistan side when they took fire from inside pakistan. so the coalition responded. pakinstani officials deny that their soldiers fired first and now pakistans foreign minister says the country will stop working with the united states military if ...

The government might have been involved? >> relations between iran and britain has been strained for years and came to a dramatic head last week after britains heightened sanctions on the iranian banking system following a report put out by the united nations nuclear agency on irans nuclear weapons program. irans parliament voting over the weekend to expel the british ambassador, which pushed the protesters into action. the british foreign secretary says the attack on its empassy wont be tolerat...

Trashed i were told hard line iranian students managed to get through the gate, then tossed the fire bomb, set fire to at least one embassy vehicle and reportedly stole classified documents. the london telegraph newspaper reports the attackers wrote a statement in blood, calling the british embassy a den of spies. today on studio b, the harvard professor nicholas burns said this was no spur of the moment protest. >> i dont believe its possible for a mob to have attacked the united kingdom embass...

Strike that killed two dozen pakinstani troops. a strike that could very well jeopardize our relationship with that nation and seriously complicate our war in afghanistan. the united states military maintains the cross border attack was likely a case of mistaken identity. details of this incident are still murky. and there are differing accounts of what exactly happened. that said, pakistan claims its soldiers did not fire first. while the afghan government reports that nato and afghan troops we...

>> u.s. has been working closely with the british and other european allies to try to reign in irans secret into you can clear program. the attack on the british empassy clearly raises tensions. president obama saying today hes deeply disturbed by the incident and by the lack of response by iranian authorities. >> for rioters essentially to overrun the embassy and set it on fire is an indication that the iranian government is not taking its international obligations seriously. so obviously were ...

Through those very convoys. our conner powell is live in kabul, afghanistan with the latest. hello, conner. >> shepherd, pakistan also announced today that they are boycotting an upcoming international conference to discuss the future of afghanistan as a result of this attack. now, while the diplomatic fallout continues, the entire investigation also continues and details are extremely murky with several different accounts being offered. the pakinstanis insist that they did nothing wrong, that t...

Afghanistan. here is his best most updated explanation about what led to the cross border attack. >> in an operation of afghan national security forces and isa forces in the board arer area of one of the eastern provinces close to the pakistan border a tactical situation developed on the ground that caused the coalition to -- the coalition force to call in for an air strike for close air support. this is what happened and high lie likely caused the casualties on the pakistan side. >> the general...

cnns rez acehal joins me from islamabad. first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account were getting is from pakistani officials. its important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakist...

exchange because many palestinians were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against israel. well be heading to shalits hometown where fred pleitgen is. this is a very heart-wrenching moment for many israelis who are concerned about potential retaliation given how many of these soldiers have been released and with actual euphoria from many palestinians. fred pleitgen is with us now in gilad shalits hometown. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, christine. certainly the p...

says the reporter who blew the whistle on the uk hacking scandal has been sound dead. his name is john ford, he was found today in his london home. police are calling his death unexplained. this is important because were going to have much more on this story, got a lot of questions for our correspondent in london, well bring that to you coming up. but i want to begin this hour with a warning. i want you to listen to a warning. this is a warning that im about to show you a video of 16 m...