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
it s monday july 18th. lawmakers have released a 77-page report outlining a series of missteps by multiple law enforcement agencies who responded to that school shooting at robb elementary school in may, including failures to adhere to their active shooter training and prioritizing the lives of the victims. the scathing report says authorities who responded to the scene displayed, quote, an overall lackadaisical approach. and while investigators say they didn t find evidence of malice, they did find, quote, egregious poor decisionmaking. the majority were from the u.s. border patrol and from the texas department of public safety. one texas state representative says the report contains difficult truths. it s hard to hear that there were multiple systemic failures because we want to tell ourselves that systems work. we want to tell ourselves there s one person we can point our fingers at. we want to tell ourselves that this won t happen again. that s just not true. what happe
live from cnn center, this is havcnn news room with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of a new barrage of russian missile strikes in mykolaiv as the city is still reeling from similar strikes on friday. there are no reports of casualties. russia also fired five cruise missiles elsewhere in the south but three were shot down. russian missiles also set an industrial facility in kyiv on fire. and in the east ukraine says it is holding the line in the donetsk region and says eight settlements came under fire but russian troops didn t make any gains. t ukraine s artillery has been stepping up attacks behind the front lines s in recent weeks. president zelenskyy says his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. translator: ukraine has withstood russia s brutal blows. we have already managed to liberate part oof the territory that was occupied after february 24th, we will gradually liberate other regions of our state that are currently under the occupation.
Reduction of annie. Isnt she too likeable to be a villain . Production of annie. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The white house has defended Donald Trumps decision to pull the us out of the paris climate agreement. Officials say it is up to other world uses to sit down and negotiate a deal. Speaking at the white house, scott pruitt refused to say whether Climate Change was a hoax and described withdrawing from the agreement as a brave decision. The president made a very brave decision yesterday. He put americas interests first with respect to environmental agreements. Interests first with respect to environmentalagreements. I appreciate his fortitude and leadership in this matter. The discussion of the last few weeks has been one of thoughtful deliberation. He had many voices across a wide spectrum of points. The president made an important decision for the benefit of the country. Some us cities and states have still said they will cut emissions despite the us withdrawal. America
Reduction of annie. Isnt she too likeable to be a villain . Production of annie. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The white house has defended Donald Trumps decision to pull the us out of the paris climate agreement. Officials say it is up to other world uses to sit down and negotiate a deal. Speaking at the white house, scott pruitt refused to say whether Climate Change was a hoax and described withdrawing from the agreement as a brave decision. The president made a very brave decision yesterday. He put americas interests first with respect to environmental agreements. Interests first with respect to environmentalagreements. I appreciate his fortitude and leadership in this matter. The discussion of the last few weeks has been one of thoughtful deliberation. He had many voices across a wide spectrum of points. The president made an important decision for the benefit of the country. Some us cities and states have still said they will cut emissions despite the us withdrawal. America