Governments mishandling of tragic events. Will begin this news however with some breaking news out of iraq where rockets of struck an area near baghdads International Airport it follows days of tensions in the city after attempts by protesters to storm the u. S. Embassy there angry over american airstrikes that killed 27 shia fighters of some a binge of a joins us live online from baghdad summer what else do we know. Weve just heard from witnesses living near the area that they can still hear sirens and helicopters in the air after 3 could do sure rockets hit me at the Baghdad Airport biden hitting very close to the airport and to the landing site. 3 at these 2 vehicles of being burned. By security. Things that do belong to civilians and not confirming any coalition or iraq. Among the casualties so far we dont know if people have been killed but according to local media. Early reports suggest that there are some casualties its worth noting that the point of attack was very close to the
A cease fire and an effort to end a conflict that has claimed 14000. 00 lives. Syrian on the Russian Forces pound the rebel held province of idlib with air strikes killing dozens of people and displacing thousands. And we could keep the noise on the lot. No hope of finding any more survivors on new zealands white island after a volcano erupts killing 5 people 8 more are still missing. We start in the u. S. Where the House Judiciary Committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump attorneys for both parties presented arguments for and against impeaching trump hes accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden is there was how does your castro has more. Fireworks inside of mondays impeachment he. Likely the last before the House Judiciary Committee draft articles of impeachment came not just from protesters but also republican members committed to showing that they believe the proceedings against trump are a sham
Is next in line for the presidency. On friday police raided homes and detained several activists the authorities are on high alert. For the 1st time in almost 3 decades the voters will have a choice or an appearance of choice at least but failed to show up at this t. V. Debate a sign he doesnt take the competition seriously. But competition does include a genuine government critic i mean it. May take a share of the vote but he isnt optimistic we could put this nearly some voters will boycott the vote but not those who support to cry of im afraid these votes will be taken from me by those who are organizing the boycott today i ask people to boycott the boycott. The students may vote just as they were required to attend the rally off camera one you dorgan eyes a put it this way failure to comply means failing your exams that is the kind of pressure that will benefit at the ballot box robin 1st year Walker Al Jazeera no sauterne lawyers for russian investigative journalist or Van Gaal Mun
Me a statue that he fought to get a wrecked in in 2017 so this is mrs maggie cleaned out walker. Born to an insulated mother Maggie Walker was the 1st black woman to charter a bank in the United States the st luke penny savings bank. Statues say to the community and say to the world this is someone whose fault to put on a on a literal pedestal that is a woman to be honored and that is a woman to be memorialized so thats what is so disheartening and despicable about the confederate statue because they fought for slavery. Sedition secession and racial segregation and so those are not honorable virtues for which to fight nor are they american there is no other country on the planet that honors and statuary the losers of a civil war itself that my ancestors who were burned be brutalized raped by a confederate confederate thinkers that is a constant symbol to me the confederate statue that we have now honoring a dishonorable man and a dishonorable cause and a dishonorable confederacy. Statu
Been doing mostly to issue a very large number of temporary working permits but colombia has so far doesnt want to recognize them as refugees something that the u. N. Says now the International Community should do when discussing ways to deal with this extra there is the largest possibly that last you know mike has ever seen now we also know that the mayors and governors of the cities and regions along the border between colombia and business well are asking for more help they say thats the social services are under huge strain extensionally medical services that their hospitals are collapsing and thats because now were seeing a large number of venice what is that riding with more complicated that the season is. Only says that its very difficult for these small towns in colombia to deal with its a very complicated that is to ation and of course what colombia is hoping for is that a change of regime or at least the beginning of a transitional period going towards new elections inside bu