the, the, this is deed on the news line from bill in the us and britain launch the 2nd nights of retaliatory attacks against a rainy and linked malicious washington, a london same a hip sites belonging to the who the rebels in yemen was follows us as strikes and iraq and syria also coming up in the us, the democrats kick off the contest to choose. the presidential nominate president biden wins predicted landslide in south carolina. the 1st primary in his campaign. but his lo approval ratings in the vote is still being seen as a test of his future re election. chances will have analysis and the

wives of the russian soldiers fighting in ukraine appeal for their husbands to be brought home. at least today, dozens of reporters of the anti mobilization process outside the kremlin. in moscow, [000:00:00;00] the i'm told me on logical welcome to the program. the us and britain have launched a series of abstracts on the who, the militia in yemen, washington and london put out a joint statement saying they hit dozens of targets, including underground weapons dumps miss all the systems and launches and radars. and the strikes on the who these follow alia us and strikes on of the iranian backs, militias in iraq and syria,

both baghdad and damascus condemned the attacks which killed at least $45.00 people . this is the aftermath of us retaliation. b, one bomb or jets, launched an aerosol and dozens of sites in iraq and syria. images posted friday and social media shows several explosions on the rocky syrian border . syrian state medias showed footage of what they say was one of the attacks. the 85 strikes hit 7 different sites. us national security council spokesman john kirby said us targeted sites linked to around revolutionary guard, or i, r g c and militias. it supports, he said more attacks could be expected. so the signal is the guy

r t c and to these goods attacks of guy stop. this wasn't just the message sending routine tonight. this was about the grading capability to taking away capabilities by the advocacy and the, and, and the militant groups. these were seized by we are g c and the, and the, and, and the militant groups. these responses began tonight. they're not going to end tonight. a spokes person for one, a rainy and back to alicia said the strikes on iraq failed to meet their objectives . the rocky authorities say this strikes violated their sovereignty, while the syrian regime says the attacks have increased the chances of the conflict spreading. on friday, us president joe biden joined, grieving families to honor the american soldiers killed in the jordan. drone attacks, misstatements bite and said our response began today. there will continue at

times and places of our choosing. gerald fire stein is with the middle east institute in washington, and then he's also a former us ambassador to him. and he told us more about how saturday strikes and you have and the links to the us as strikes in iraq and syria. i think that they are linked in the sense that they are responses to it with the ronnie and access of resistance that brings these various non state actors together in a n s n a and integrated a policy initiative. uh, but uh, but uh the us government also are looking at the uh, the safe passage of international shipping of the red sea in the bottom. and uh uh, and that gives the us a somewhat different uh, reason for striking the suit the targets and the looking at these attacks the,

the who, the, all the attacks on the, who the targets are they a significant escalation on from the strikes. we've already seen as well apparently they, um they increased uh the targets that so that they were hitting uh they were heading facilities that we hadn't had before. and the additional phase is the us limited. it strikes to only those uh, those uh who the facilities that were directly involved in and firing, i'd shipping in the red, se this time it looks like they expanded that to include weapons caches and, and some other uh, some other facilities, but still limited to military targets and looking at these attacks as a whole the strikes, you know, targeting these different militias. but also we've seen the cuts for us. it runs good for uh,

being hit as well. how far can the us go with these operations without actually hitting you around itself? well, this is, this is a very delicate balancing act that the bite administration is trying to to maintain, which is that the president has said repeatedly, we don't want the contract to expand. i think that they have pretty much taken out of the idea of striking at a ron itself, off the table. and therefore there is a cap on how far the administration can go. they can try to deter or degrade the capabilities of these iranian affiliates. but they can not and will not actually limit the willingness or the ability of a ron to maintain that support for these groups. you expect some kind of

response, not just from these proxies, but from the run itself. well, i think that, you know, that as the by the administration has that they don't want an expansion of the conflict. the iranians have also said that they don't want an expansion of the conflict. so again, you know, they are in as delegating physician is divided administration in going as far as they can go with that crossing us, right vines. and actually bringing the kind of expanded us the response that they want to avoid. and so what we've seen so far are iranian, at efforts to limit the damage to their own interest and to, to maintain their capabilities, but without crossing us red lines. and that also means that they probably will not engage directly against the us. okay, gerald last time from the middle east institute in washington,

d. c. a very good speaking to you. thanks for your time. pleasure. and some breaking news now the maybe a has announced the death of president highgate guy in gulf gang up was a 2 years old and had been president of the maybe a since 2015. it was recently announced that he was receiving treatment before cancer passed away. at a hospital in the capital vendor, in the early hours of sunday, let us take a look at some of the world news now to thousands of designers of ronnie and television, what have become weekly anti government process, and they're demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin as in yeah, we're over the handling of the rule against how much in gaza dozens of is randy hostages were taken in the attacks in on october 7th are still being held in should a, at least 46 people have died and more than 1100 homes have been destroyed and

wildfires, and densely populated areas. the deadliest buys of a card in the vault, but i so region defies being driven by summer, heat wave and drought influenced by the el nino, whether phenomenal or northern irish lawmakers of appointed an irish nationalist, best minister for the 1st time ever today. michelle o'neills, she and same party, 60 united, northern ireland, which is a u. k. territory with the republic of ireland. when the old appointment comes as a northern ireland assembly resumes its work after a 2 year boy called by the pro british democratic union. this policy in the us as expected president joe biden has won the democratic primary in south carolina by a landslide. still, observers have been keeping a close watch on the turn out of this election. biden's approval ratings are low at the moment and the sports has been seen as a key test of support,

especially among black voters. as he faces a re election battle with his likely challenger. donald trump. jason compet donya is los angeles bureau chief for nbc and use radio. i asked him what the landslide, when in south carolina means for job items, re election campaign, and it's going to give it a shot in the arm. it really is gonna boost a lot of the campaign, maneuverability throughout the rest of the context here. it's kind of give him some numbers that he can tout, especially being in south carolina and much more diverse population there. uh then iowa, which is much more white, much more affluent, and then the south carolina. uh uh, demographic. so he'll be able to take those numbers and use them throughout the country as the primary start taking up and taking a long. he's actually in los angeles this weekend, going to

a few fundraisers to boost, you know, those numbers as well. so it really is a massive when for the bite in administration today. and it really is a boost for the democratic party because now that they're, they're starting to see bite in um, actually when some actual contests, this will give them much more direction in the long run. well, speaking of the demographics of the primary is also being touted as a litmus test with black voters, one of those groups. so how would you rate biden's performance the so the election officials there were hoping to see a $150000.00 people show up to vote today. and if that happened, they would call that a success. black, white brown. it doesn't really matter just as long as a 150000 people show up. if a majority of those people happen to be black voters,

they show up to the polls and, and, and bode a binding. well then dividing administration, i believe will then use those numbers across the country and say, you know, then you can tell you can hang the sandwich for an outside bite child, and say, look how popular i am with black voters, like you in step city or ascension, such state in south carolina, they really believe in me, you should do it really as a marketing standpoint. so take a bite in administration, because right now most people believe that it's going to be a bite in from the election when it comes down to it in november. um, so it really will just kind of help bite and boost his diversity plan. and his, the democratic vision of, i'm all inclusive of voting experience. as jason compet donia from nbc news radio in los angeles. now, dozens of wives of russian soldiers fighting a new clean and protested in central moscow calling for the return of their

husbands. from the front line, police detained nearly about 20 reports as the most relate to released the soldiers . wives have been rallying outside the kremlin for several weeks now. for months, these women have been calling for their husbands to be pro, aside from the fighting in ukraine. writing a fine line. it's indefinite tools of beauty there, protesting but no the war itself getting dangerous of my thought media and of my child. my daughter has the right to be raised in a complete family and has the right to be raped by her father. oh, i'm here we are precisely those women who need their husbands a life at all costs that don't have to go with it. and how long do you plan to come here? the minute home. and you said, what is your actions come under pressure or there is push back. if the situation

changes how we react really deeply that i wanted to bring flowers. remember, we have to phone and so just a one to mobilize to come home wherever a family with many children. my husband is there when you bring her in front and we need him personally with strong public sentiments behind the peyton government. let the protests of these military wives go under the radar until today, when police crack down notes on the women themselves, but on the media for covering it with the russian presidential election coming up in march. authorities appears set on stuffing the wives of stories from continuing to reach the russian public. as

a reminder of our top story of the us and britain have launched the 2nd lights over . tyler, 3 attacks against a rainy and linked malicious, washington and london. say the target sides belonging to who's the militia in yemen . this follows us astride from iraq and syria state of the news from berlin. you'll find much more on our website at w dot com and told me that i will look forward to the issue started. we started to understand fully and watching. nice uh do for us, ukraine was assembled. are we moving towards europe or not? on the 2013, this does have for democracy protests in ukraine. the