Months and months which is that we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. We will always honor that commitment to take decisive rep action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic around to act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations well Simona Fulton is in baghdad she explains why these targeted airstrikes appear to be an important shift in u. S. Action in iraq. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And the p. M. S. Were fighting against isis on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u. S. And these iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular ad attack were hearing from a source in
Loaded with explosives was detonated at a busy checkpoint the explosion led to many deaths and injuries most of those died here students who were going to the schools and universities official say many of those killed by the truck bomb were university students. The explosion was very large it was close to where the 2017 bomb happened many people died here especially students i saw many dead bodies lying on the ground in my eyes some of the dead were Police Officers but also students were killed. Officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint being used by Government Troops the group was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but is still targets high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels. Also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda. Its trying to stop attacks like this from happening but for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones thats a little comfort now. Protesters in hong kong have clashed with police