At this hour we are a waiting poured from the white house has to what the president plans to do in iraq, all of this on a day when the cries let that country has only grown worth with both sides fighting for control of a major oil refinery. Mike viqueira has been following the story. Before i come to you i want to play sound from senator john mccain on the floor of the senate just moments ago. What has the United States of america done . Told we see on the front page of washington post. U. S. Sees risks in iraqi air strikes. The president of the United States going golfing and is now fiddling while iraq burns. Clearly this has turned in to a partisan war of words in wash long before any shots have been fired or for that matter planes launched. Reporter its been going for for quite a while now. The president gave a comprehensive speech a month ago. Just like the one that john mccain offered yet again on the floor of the senate today. Republicans are trying to put the onus on president o
Surrenders to police live on television. But first a Suicide Attack in lebanon, a car bombing in syria and a fight up rising in iraq, in isolation the incidents of human tragedy but they are linked and together they tell the story of a middle eastern landscape that is changing very quickly. We will be reporting from iraq in a moment but first lets go to lebanon. And we are joined now in the eastern becca valley, tell us what happened. Reporter steve, im standing right next to the check point where the explosion took place and a suicide bomber blew himself up and can confirm the head of the lebanese general security was the target of an assassination attempt. He passed by here just seconds before that explosion took place. Now, you can see behind me all they are getting is clues from the site and we just passed through the check point less than half an hour before the explosion took place. We were on our way to the becca valley to do a story about Syrian Refugees here in lebanon. Now se
Actually establish a permanent presence on the moon masses, new high stakes moon mission, ready for launch mock in a day view of one of its was powerful rockets yet im daniel schwein though the bolivian side of the border with argentina were struggling calling to be over there as crated. A bustling bullshit here. Ah. More than 1000 people have died. An unprecedented monsoon rains across pakistan. 33000000 people are affected by the worst flooding in decades. A nation wide emergency is in place. The town of cha sada in the north is one of the hardest hit areas. Nearly 200000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. Lets go straight to our correspondence, come on hider. Hes inches either in northern pakistan and come on people. They ought to leave the whole thing evacuated, but where are they going well, as far as people are concerned, they were towards or move. The Flood Warning came from the not that they were not a large body of water running down south and today low lying distr
Charm offensive. The president of france ends his visit to algeria, aimed at mending tense. Relations of pope frances names, new cardinals, who may eventually play a role in choosing his successor and in sport, liverpool when by an incredible 9 goals to record their 1st, when ad premier league sees, then im assigned to remain positive. That majesty united feeding hampton to grab consecutive victories ah, just after 1800 hours gm table saw this news out in libya where at least 13 people have been killed and fighting between rival malicious and the capital tripoli. The violence began early on saturday and a heavily populated part of the city. In the past week, tripoli has seen a build up of rival forces sir jostling for power. Its the latest threat to 2 years of relative peace after a ceasefire between allies of rival governments. Lets go live that a triply al jazeera manic. Trina is that for us . Whats the latest on the fighting malleck . Well, agent, things are definitely less intense
International issues, and also regional issues. Also a lot of deals on the table when it comes to Business Investments in the economy. And that is something that both leaders will be signing together. In the words of the official catering news agency, this is a new era in relations between the 2 countries. Ah, this is al jazeera and these are our top stories. Ukraines president has visited one of the cities that his troops re captured from russian forces. While in his young loading ears, lensky said, his soldiers will keep moving forward until they are victorious at pushing back in a counter offensive that gained momentum in at the ne, armenia has warned about fighting with as a by john could escalate into war. Theyve been gun battles and shelling along their borders since early to say at least a 100 soldiers were killed in lebanon, an armed woman and a group of activists have stormed her bank in beirut, in a desperate attempt to access their savings. Eminence banks have imposed strict