of a temporary ceasefire ordered by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. there are signs that days of deadlock in the us house of representatives could be coming to an end. the senior republican kevin mccarthy says he s confident he ll win enough votes in the coming hours to be elected speaker. so far, he s been blocked 13 times by hard line conservatives. it comes on the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the us capitol building. gary o donoghue reports from washington. commemorating the heroes of january 6th two years ago for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds. it was the moment american democracy teetered on the brink, as protesters, supporters of donald trump, stormed the capitol, bent on preventing the ratification of
Rescuers in mexico are desperately searching for survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital mexico city and surrounding areas. More than 200 people have been killed, including more than 20 children who died when their Primary School collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake struck exactly 32 years to the day after mexicos worst ever quake which killed 10,000 people. There are some distressing images in this report from jon donnison. Overnight in mexico city, a desperate race against time to try and save lives. Much of the focus on this flattened Primary School where at least 20 children were killed and dozens more are still missing. Family and friends clinging to hope their loved ones might still be pulled out alive. Translation the only thing weve been told is to go to the hospitals to check if our family members are there. But my family has gone and there is no news of our relatives. In some places s
Has covered this three years ago in mexico city, author of the book el narco. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Tucker it looks very much like the Mexican Government is losing control of its own country in what appears to be like a fullblown war with the drug cartels. Is that what is happening . Look, ive been covering this for 18 years, this conflict, this mass destruction here in mexico. And its really a mix between crime and war. You have drug cartels who are very heavily armed, they have 50 cals, they have fragmentation grenades, rbg 7s, but you have not really a civil war you can understand in the normal terms we can look at. You have horrific things ive covered. Ive been to mass graves with 250 bodies. Ive seen many, many tragedies, like the one we saw with the family, the real tragedy we saw on monday. And this government is really continuing a trend of various governments who have not found any kind of policy to deal with this and to deal with cartels who have billio
Three years ago in mexico city, author of the book el narco. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Tucker it looks very much like the Mexican Government is losing control of its own country in what appears to be like a fullblown war with the drug cartels. Is that what is happening . Look, ive been covering this for 18 years, this conflict, this mass destruction here in mexico. And its really a mix between crime and war. You have drug cartels who are very heavily armed, they have 50 cals, fragmentation grenades, rbg 7s, but you have not really a civil war you can understand in the normal terms we can look at. You have horrific things ive covered, ive been to mass graves with 250 bodies. Ive seen many, many tragedies, like the one we saw with the family, the real tragedy we saw on monday. And this government is really continuing a trend of various governments who have not found any kind of policy to deal with this and to deal with cartels who have billions of dollars sending drugs
Last year, an authorization for the use of force against Mexican cartels was introduced in Congress. Several senior US politicians, including a presidential candidate, have advocated for military strikes against criminal actors involved in trafficking fentanyl. What if the United States engaged in unilateral military action in Mexico? In Blackjack, an American working covertly against criminal organizations finds himself trapped when US drones begin engaging cartel targets. He struggles to reach the US−Mexico border as the bilateral situation deteriorates and chaos erupts around him. Blackjack is a work of “useful fiction” as described by August Cole and PW Singer. It brings together an engaging story with research to provide a glimpse of a near future scenario.