Space tourist industry is actually taking off. The United States has carried out multiple air strikes in libya, targeting fighters aligned with isil, that is the Islamic State of iraq and the leva levant. He have killed a man accused of helping organize attacks in tunisia. Lets go to my colleague rosiland jordan joining us live from washington, d. C. I know were expecting to hear pretty soon on camera from the state department. What have you heard from them so far . What are they saying about what happened in libya . Reporter well the state department has been putting all of the questions to the pentagon and the spokesperson there, peter cook, should be briefing any moment now, david. What we are expecting to hear him expand on is the statement from the past hour, which he said the u. S. Believes but cant confirm that the isil leader in libya was apparently killed in this air strike. Pentagon courses have told al jazeera that two u. S. Air force f15es screaming eagle fighter jets left
Of 89. Two more months in a race against time to confirm the place at at rio olympics. Well talk with the sports minister later. First to libya where the United States has carried out airstrikes targeting fighters aligned with the socalled Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The libyan Officials Say that 40 people were killed in the attacks in and around west of the capital tripoli. The pentagon said that the operation hit an isil Training Camp and was aimed at killing a tunisian operative who is accused of organizing deadly attacks on a museum in tunis and a beach resort last year. This was something that weve had our eye on for some time. And specifically he was associated with this facility in particular. We saw that thiswe believe that they posed a threat. Al jazeeras roslind jordan joins us live now from washington, d. C. Roslind, have we learned any more about the target and the impact of these airstrikes . Well, according to peter cook, the pentagon sports person, theyre still
Hello there, good to have your company. We begin with breaking news out of turkey where there has been a large explosion in the capital of ankara. 18 people have been killed, and at least 60 others injured. These are the latest pictures showing the moments of the explosions. The Turkish Military said that a bus carrying personnel was targeted and stopped at a traffic light. The explosion happened close to the parliament, government buildings and military headquarters. Were following development from the turkish city. Hi there. What more do we know at this stage . The president erdogan is chairing an Emergency Security meeting with Security Officials to discuss the attack in ankara, a powerful blast in the heart of the capital, in an area where is close to the parliament building. And close to military headquarters. Clearly a message to the government. Like you mentioned a vehicle carrying military personnel. It was waiting at a traffic light when an explosion went off. They believe it
Abuse following protesters alleged brutality. And David Camerons tight rope walk as he holds discussions on how britain can stay in the European Union. The u. S. Has carried out air strikes in libya, targeting fighters aligned with isil. Libyan Officials Say at least 40 people have been killed in the attack west of the capitol tripoli. Lets go straight to our correspondent in washington, d. C. , rosiland jordan. Rosalind what more are you hearing about this strike . Well, the pentagon spokesman peter cooke has just released a statement confirming that there was an air strike against an isil Training Facility northwest or so of the capitol, tripoli. And he goes on to say, and im going to quote from his statement, destruction of the camp and removal of [ inaudible ] also known as sabir with eliminate an experienced facilitator, and is expected to have, quote, an Immediate Impact on isils ability to facilitate its activities in libya. And he goes on to say the u. S. Is committed to huntin
Fighting between turkey and kurdish fighters means in efforts to bring peace to syria. As Virgin Galactic aims to take tourists to space, we look at whether the space industry is actually taking off. The United States has carried out multiple air strikes in libya in the west of the country, targeting Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Libyan Officials Say at least 40 people were killed in the attacks west of the cap tol tripoli. The pentagon says the operation hit an isil Training Camp and specifically aimed at killing a senior tunisian operative who is accused of helping organize deadly attacks in tunis, and a beach resort of zeus last year. Rosiland jordan joins us now live from washington, d. C. What are you hearing from the authorities where you are, ros . Reporter well, the pentagon spokesperson has said that the air strikes were aimed after going after the tunisian who was said to have been a senior isil facilitator inside libya. They have not physically confirmed that he is d