Russia has fired cruise missiles at targets in syria in a major display of military fire power. War ships in the caspian sea hundreds of kilometers away. The u. S. Defense secretary says the strategy is a fundamental mistake and that Coalition Forces would not cooperate with russia. Peter sharp reports from moscow. Reporter from the caspian sea, russia opened a second front in the syrian war unleashing cruise missiles at isil positions. The missiles bearing the nato code name sizzler were launched without warning from the sea. These images quickly broadcast on russian state television. The targets were well within reach. Moscow said it obtained permission from iran and iraq to overfly their territory to enable the missiles to reach targets. Russia released graphics showing the course of the missiles over iran and iraq but avoiding southeastern turkey. This morning we engaged the caspian flotilla ships. All targets were destroyed and no civilians were harmed. The strike was totally unex
The u. S. Is considering escalating its military campaign against the Islamic State of iraq and levant in iraq and syria. Ash carter said a proposed policy will mean Additional Air strikes and action on the ground. Rosalind jordan has more on the strategy shift which still needs approval from the president there is a military strategy called the three r. Retaking raqqa, swooping in on ramadi. And the u. S. Troops getting more involved. We will not hold back supporting capable partners. Carters statement comes after a raid last week where u. S. Special forces jumped in to help kurdish fighters. If to, that would be a change for the u. S. President obama had promised no Ground Troops to fight i. S. I. L. Carter told a Congressional Panel on tuesday that despite a decision to launch air strikes in syria. The u. S. Will pressure iraqi Prime Minister to not let russia join the strike on its territory. We are the partners, we are consistent. And ramadi repeated the pledges. Theres another co
There are Widespread Evacuations in missouri this morning as hundreds of homes face the threat of flooding. The state governor is calling in the National Guard as rivers and streams from swelled to unprecedented levels. Welcome to your world this morning. Im stephanie sy im del walters. Al jazeeras correspondent is live in valley park missouri. How prepared is the state to handle the flooding . By all accounts, del, as well as can be expected. They are used to flooding in the area. Take a look. Its a major intersection that would be busy off internet 34. You see the water, this is the river that has flown over the banks. We see a highway flown over. As high as it looks now, and we are guessing 56 feet. Its getting higher. More by four feet, cresting by tomorrow. Theres the threats and the waters still rising. Along the rising windows, neighbours are lining up with sandbags. Some suburbs submerged. We need help. We really need help. We are saving my house now. Reporter hundreds of roads
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Warnings are in place today for millions of americans living in areas at risk of severe flooding. Missouris governor is seeking help from the National Guard for what he calls an historic flooding event. Residents of one suburb are being ordered to evacuate. Rivers are expected to crest at record levels over the coming days. But nixon is hopeful the cleanup phase will begin soon. Andy roesgen is live. I imagine the water is continuing to rise where you are. How bad is it out there . Reporter getting worse, stephanie. In fact we have been watching all morning long. This business now throwing down sandbags trying to keep the water out. All of this water is coming west of us, from the west of us at the river which has now crested at 35 feet, 20 feet above flood stage, all of that water is now heading this way to another river. Which at this stage is about 6 or 7 feet above the ground. All of this water is now heading east
So we need to do the same thing in syria. Mr. Speaker, another reason for action now is that success in iraq in squeezing the caliphate is put at risk by our failure to act in syria. This border is not recognized by isil and we tamper our efforts if we stop acting when we reach the border. When we come to the question, why now, we have to ask ourselves whether the risks of inaction are greater than the risks of taking action . Every day we failed to act is a day when isil can grow stronger and more plots can be undertaken. Mr. Speaker, that is why their all says yes,ved that the risks of inaction are someto some of our asking specifically whether taking action can make the u. K. More of a target for iso. The judgment of the direct general of Security Service in the chairman of the joint Intelligence Committee is that the u. K. Is already in the top tier of countries that isil is targeting. I am clear that the only way to deal with that reality is to address the threat we face, and do s