Taiwans democracy on the line as the selfwill island chooses its new president. Thank you very much for joining us after days of denials iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday killing all 176 people on board president Hassan Rouhani says it was an unforgivable mistake that iran deeply recreates the military says a boeing 737 was mistaken for a hostile target it was shot down just hours after Ukrainian Missile strikes on u. S. Forces in iraq those strikes were in response to the u. S. Assassination of an iranian general costs emslie money or we live to washington in just a moment with brunell standing by with reaction from baghdad for us to speak to our correspondent in tehran assad big assad an admission of responsibility from iran after days of denying whats prompted it. Absolutely theres been days of denial from the government officials here but we did see canada and the United States say that they did believe that the airline was bought dow
Watching our 2 international bring your line news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. We start with breaking news this hour iran has admitted that its military unintentionally shot down the ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday to human error foreign minister zarif it happened at a time of crisis caused by u. S. Adventurism tehrans investigation chief says the black box data will now be sent to france correspondent all cornered joined me earlier in the studio with the latest. Well most recently we heard from the canadian Prime Minister who called this event a National Tragedy and he also said that he expected full cooperation from iran in the investigation we also heard from ukraines president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects irans take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from irans president who promised just that and called this a vent and an forgivable mistake the
A lot of fear and anxiety and just worry about whats to come and what customs in amman his assassination is cause fear among iranian americans in the United States. Its just going to tell you im in baghdad 830 in teheran it is midnight in washington d. C. Im kemal santa maria following developments here on aljazeera out of the gulf this wednesday the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles at 2 iraqi air bases which host u. S. Forces this is in response to the assassination of the iranian general qassam so the money it was killed in a u. S. Drone strike on friday its the analysts that air base in Anbar Province which was hit also another air base in erbil was targeted no wood yet on any casualties but irans revolutionary guard has also warned of a harsh response if the u. S. Retaliates against these attacks and also says u. S. Allies will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against terror. The other development is that the us a federal Av
Overnight his lawyer stated he has a long history of Mental Illness. New yorks governor is calling the act an act of domestic terrorism. It is the latest in a string of incidents in the area. Lets begin our coverage with lucy kavanaugh where they were attacked inside of a church. What can you tell us . Reporter poppy, this morning the community here is grappling with the aftermath of yet another senseless act of violence. The attack taking place just before. 11 00 a. M. During the sunday services. At that church behind me yesterday. You see in the video because the service was live streamed, theres a man sitting in the back dressed in all back. He walked to the front of the church appearing to talk to somebody else before pulling out a shotgun and opening fire. Two Security Officers who were armed fired back. The whole thing over in just six seconds captured on camera. I want to show you that clip and warn our viewers that it is difficult and disturbing to watch. Keep your eyes on the
Hello there we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed at the u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General qassam somani on friday the formal funeral for the top iranian commander as well as of a wadi alma hondas the Deputy Commander of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces is on the way on this will later be buried not in iraq manis body will be flown to iraq lets go live to some more fulton whos in baghdad similar so this is a chance for people to pay their respects. Thats correct and thats what theyve been doing since the Early Morning hours the processions began here in baghdad in the car the area where holy shrine of them is located and the procession is now under way and part of it has reached the area a part opposite of the fortified green zone where the u. S. Embassy is located now earlier today we saw actually just about an hour or half an hour ago we saw the crowds actually reaching up to one of the gates of the green