multiple rocket attacks in iraq missiles hit the air base where u.s. troops are stationed as well as the highly secured green zone containing at the u.s. embassy and a residential area in baghdad. in the meantime fill the streets of the iraqi capital holding it. for those killed in friday's u.s. air raid including iran's top general protest against american air strikes in more than 70 cities across the west demanding that the u.s. out of the middle east. and scandal in armenia as a criminal scheme is revealed which helped foreigners illegally adopt youngsters for over 2 decades.

are broadcast direct from our studios most of this is international and sean thomas certainly glad to be with us. violence is ramping up in iraq and the u.s. has confirmed that several rocket attacks have taken place including in close vicinity to the american embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the northern city of mosul earlier you know neal discussed of the details with our stuff. well something is definitely in the air and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can draw conclusions out of the situations so far 3 confirmed

strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the so-called green zone areas indeed yes it is it is like a city within a city i've got the general baghdad and then there's a very an area where not all people are being let in that is heavily guarded apparently towards targeted as well as some mortar shells landed not far from an american embassy there which is located there some unconfirmed reports of air strikes not far from the city of mosul of an iraqi regional army base where apparently american troops are stationed as well now as i'm saying this is not clear whether or not they were targeted and again we do not know were those strikes originated from so still we still have to look into that now all of that comes

again it comes against the backdrop of the killing of the reigning in general in iraq seems to be money he was the 2nd most powerful figure in iran and in so top a top general also hezbollah in iraq a militant group that has enjoyed support of iran it has warned the rocky government that they that their people that the rockies should probably stay away from any bases where american troops are located where american troops are stationed. has ball in a. that. everyone should stay away from it least one kilometer away from those from those places so a lot of tension in the you know world war 3 has been trending in the past in the past few days and in general this whole conflict between iran and the united states and with the escalation that they got by the killing by killing this top general my

colleague. he's been looking into that and he's has we're told. the u.s. leadership has been saying on almost every platform they can find that they are working to deescalate tensions with the islamic republic of iran that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from crossing still a bombing in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation it's not an easy case to make killing the country's 2nd most powerful person most well known military leader and commander of the elite could force of the revolutionary guards doesn't look like deescalation however washington insists its actions were a defensive measure at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad to buy killing costumes still in money this strike was aimed at

deterring future iranian attack plans the iranians are already promising revenge the supreme national security council of iran held an emergency meeting on friday and announced that they had made difficult decisions at the right time and place the vengeance will be extracted the south of aggression by the us i mean they should they should expect anything as it is a lot of this this aggression the international community is now gripped by fear that we could be on the brink of war there is no justification under international law and moral law our constitution is just aggravation and the fact that we're there in a. wait as a guest and have an embassy there we'd never had been given any authority to do what we did i think it's morally wrong and if they're doing this to make us safer they said that we had they had to do this to make american safe complete nonsense i feel less safe because there will be retaliation and expansion and who knows what is going to lead to.

washington says it's an ally of the iraqi government and it's working in iraq's best interest however baghdad is completely unhappy with this move the assassination of an iraqi military commander is an aggression on iraq as a state government and people it's a flagrant violation of iraq's sovereignty and dangerous escalation that triggers a destructive war in iraq the region and the world it violates the conditions authorizing the presence of u.s. troops on iraqi soil the iraqis don't consider this to be a particularly friendly gesture what does he want to restart the su war again among the shia who don't want this to happen what has happened is a blatant violation of iraqi sovereignty the fact that he's a high state official in a government that we're not at war with we've crossed the rubicon not only in tehran but in moscow beijing pyongyang caracas they all have to sit there and say to themselves all right the americans now feel entitled to kill anybody and our

government because of what over disagreements over syria or whatever else. the international response has been vocal china says it is concerned turkey is angry and syria accused the united states of spreading instability it's a pity to see. the great but what if the united states used. to kill somebody. the way gangs do it but not everyone agrees though israel says job well done. president roh deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully the size of your business with the united states in this to a struggle force peace security and so firms america's nato allies are not thrilled at all we have woken up to more dangerous world the us action did not make it any easier to reduce tensions parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our

interests. they didn't exactly go over well at home either american media has echoed all sorts of allegations about solid money most americans had never heard of before saying he is the new face of terrorism and evil but democrats say that trump is rushing the country to war without congressional approval the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east is acute. and immediately. this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now donald trump is defending is he says he saved lives and that he's protecting the country however in some of his responses he's actually said that solomonic should have been killed years ago so why now is perhaps donald trump trying to play the card of

being a national savior in the lead up to an election i don't foresee the iranians making a rash choice because they understand the neo cons who are behind chums policy and trump him so funny iran they don't want anything more than to have iran do a very who are high profile strike back the us propaganda machine is in high gear demonizing stolen money who 99.9 percent of americans had never heard of 2 days ago . is worse than hitler killing americans left and right none of this is true none of this is supported by facts but the propaganda machine is on high high high alert and americans are being prepared for another war so i don't see the iranians taking the bait on saturday the iranian military warned that it has dozens of potential targets for reprisal attacks president trump made clear his position as well. the

strait of hormuz is a vital point for the west and a large number of american destroyers and warships cross their crucial american targets in the region have been identified by iran some 35 u.s. targets in the region as well as to leave are within our reach let this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american assets we have targeted 52 iranian sites and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard the usa wants no more threats. it has not taken that long for the iraqi government to react either and iraq military spokesperson has announced the country will limit the action of american forces on its soil in light of recent events from now on the u.s. will be able to conduct military operations only with iraqi consent he also called the drone attack that took gen solomon is a life a stab in the back middle east expert edmund ghareeb gave us his assessment of its . but clearly you want us to do well that he was assuming the parliament the

government the role of u.s. forces will they want us will drop as one of them for the. traditional. intelligence agency. colonel lang who's a middle east expert who said if we don't really going to be seen. and if we will this little also influenced and you want to position well the research president trump has always wanted to get out of the wrong so this may be a chance if that. were all. meanwhile protesters are marching in around 70 american cities with one of the biggest rallies taking place in new york's times square several 100 people are waving iranian flags and holding portraits of general sum of money they are also urging the u.s. to leave the middle east activists from groups veterans for peace the anti-war coalition and other pacifist organizations are there as well earlier hundreds

gathered outside of senate minority leader chuck schumer's apartment block shouting no war with iran. and people are rallying in the iraqi city of in a job where the coffins of general cost him the money and the deputy leader of iraq's popular mobilization of forces muhammad ali ebrahimi have arrived earlier in the capital baghdad where the assassination took place thousands of militia men and supporters chanted america is the great satan during a funeral procession so i'm a nice body is due to be returned to iran on sunday. the number of dead caused by brush fires in australia has risen to 23 with 6 people also missing in 2 states new south wales and victoria the nation's largest warship is being sent to help with evacuations from the fire hit areas. $3000.00 reserve troops have also been called up on saturday hundreds of fires broke out damaging

power lines and cutting off electricity skies turned red in the south east of the country after wildfires intensified because of strong winds the 1st outbreaks started back in september amidst record temperatures so far around 1500 homes have been destroyed. scandal is rocking our media where a criminal network has been uncovered which for more than 20 years forced mothers to give up newborns against their will to be sold for adoption abroad years artie's marie for national. this is a story with many children involved but it is not one of these typical happy ending tales a team might expect to hear during holiday season an investigation is on to go in now in armenia into an alleged black market adoption network believed to have been operating for years to citizens of the republic of armenia using their contacts in

one of the republican obstetrical institutions organized the adoption of more than 3 dozen children more than 30 babies to italy and there were also cases of adoption by u.s. couples one of the victims has been trying to achieve justice for almost 2 decades already her name is susana she says 20 years ago doctors pressured her to give up her daughter stella threatening to report her case of a 16 year old mother to police and her father she signed papers refusing her rights . because i held my baby in my arms after he was born but that i stayed in the hospital for another 2 days of but i didn't see him ever again they told me that he was born prematurely and didn't survive and i was given some peoples to sign but i was too weak to understand what i was signing in december the armenian authorities detained the country's chief ops attrition who sits on the accuses of threatening. her and other officials as part of the probe does make

a better man was relieved several days later due to lack of evidence a spark public outrage might add because then you're a lawyer who has represented susanna since 2013 has he's explanation for 7 long years we were shouting about it at every corner this is a mafia that is stronger and more powerful than the one controlling drug traffic i can say there were relatives of the rulers involved. in 2017 human rights watch released a 102 page report titled when will i get to go home documenting thousands of cases of children in armenia needlessly often forcefully isolated separated from their families and placed to institutions more than 90 percent of them have at least one living parent and said they international ngo then tried to draw attention to disturb in inaction by authorities the government of armenia has made

some bold commitments to reduce the number of children in institutions but needs to make sure this promise is backed by serious sustained action 2 years later last september the authorities noticed that 4 times as many children went to foreigners rather than to locals and started investigation all adoptions have since been suspended in armenia which might be a good news though changes little for those who believe their kids were wrongfully given away years ago that there must be a legal solution so that we could do validate they don't shoot the child it's about selling children i will do everything i will not die down there must be a fair trial. the anger is palpable in france over divisive pension changes and an american banker awarded france's highest honor is raising eyebrows for his alleged links to the proposal that is right after the break stay with us this is our 2 international.

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a symphony of strings. this is our t. international a huge discontent over pension reforms in france are drawing thousands on to the avenues and boulevards of paris once again this weekend police are out in force using tear gas to disperse the crowds. yellow that's protesters have joined the call to abandon the changes which would see the retirement age for many increased transport service workers doctors and teachers are among those who have turned out in the french capital protests are

also occurring in other cities including my say in strasbourg another meeting between the government and unions is scheduled for tuesday with hopes that it may defuse the situation. saying with. once the country has revealed the nominees for its highest state award the legion of honor but some of the names are causing more than a little consternation including the head of the french branch of an american asset management company linked to the country's controversial pension reforms blackrock is one of the world's largest asset management firms and has operated in france since 2006 when asked summer and apparently pushed for privatizing part of the french pension system with a us style format it is accused of trying to take advantage of the country's deeply divisive reforms which have led to crippling air strikes or strikes rather trying to gain looks at whether the company could cash in if the reforms get through. to be awarded france's a legion of own a medal is to receive the country's highest award so no doubt this year's

recipients were pleased as punch to know that they'd been given the nords when the list was announced one name provoked. appreciation it was that of visual francois civilly head of the french branch of the american management company black rock why well critics accused of trying to cash in on the controversial pension changes that are currently being pushed through by the french government. blank row could directly benefit from the pension reform. the jets to honor the lead of blackrock france is nothing but an anecdote blackrock is simply the dark side of the pension reform john transource you believe president of blackrock france is promoted to officer of the legion of warner on january the 1st as a reward for parallage an overworked pay as you go passions the presentation of the legion of honor it isn't francoise to relieve the provocation it reveals the close

ties that exist between the graun and the world of finance he's selling the retirement system to american pension funds it's a big deal strikes against pension reform and now into their 5th week it's the longest running strike in half a century across problems people have taken to the streets to let the government know that plans to merge 42 different pension plans into one universal system at the same time as raising the age of retirement are not welcome. if you lose on pension reform lose and everything and the next issue is the form of social security and social protection and. we are not at all in favor of the status quo we are in favor if improving the system but not tearing it down and we will go on until it is withdrawn and improved but has already come under fire off it was accused of attacking french pensions now it's alleged to have provided

recommendations to the government in regards to reform and way and it will benefit from any privatization of france's redistributive pay as you go pension schemes something the government and but cork is at pains to deny in no way have they sought to exert an influence on the current pension system citron what dispatches the french market is a box of trees from player clock to stop talking nonsense. and there is a big but in an internal document unveiled by french t.v. in many t.v. last month that books of. streets is a lot bigger than the secretary of state to my time do you believe it outlines the high market value in france and how black orchid wanted a piece of the pie critics say bestowing the legion of honor on black ops manning fronts is a rude for the pillage of the country social retirement system and while blackrock perhaps isn't as well placed as others to take

a huge slice of french pension savings it certainly is primed and ready to jump into the market a lot of people are afraid that the complete pressure pension scheme is going to change and that this is just a 1st big step to go to something to do more article which would be totally funded scheme which is the courtroom was going to do in france and this is obviously from a political point of view very bad time and the middle of this message strikes which is we're going this is a new strategy going on for practically over a month we're reaching records now a lot of people and so satisfied a lot of people who are very tired of these strikes from the people say that they will stop the strikes until the government draws back from its initial that it's giving the impression that there is a plan b. that there is something created by the government is actually just laying down to the grounds of the 1st product but there's something worse coming out. this time

of year is known as the season to give and for one toddler from florida it is proving to be life changing she was born with a prominent facial birthmark but now a russian benefactor has come to her family's aid. was. the. big. fear having like that's a lot of bad situations to people calling her or her monster and make a career in the church and nato tchiowa this current mother when mom would stand on the her face and her mother was like oh my god that's a monster that's 2 other big and that's was the worst situation but a lot of people like pointing this jury at the only caveat is that conceives.

because of the location is very difficult from the point of view of classic surgery it's almost impossible to remove it without creating serious trouble for her eyelids and the outcome of such a massive skin graft would be rather modest plus a small baby doesn't have enough to shoot for transplantation. he contacted me with better results than in the us compare each thought that the doctors that i saw in usa he was one of the best actually before i came everybody's are calling me crazy for life to fool here to try something so far so the french you know. very often mistake. is like a 5th you don't know the fine the weasel. the of the a very heavy because we've beaten me to the. exist in there is the tradition of

surgeries could be her piece it would be a very heavy i mean we talk a lot to my parents to t.r. for all the time and if you do the head there you could be. you're watching our international be back with more news at the top the hour. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy people in front a shouldn't let it be an arms race is on all fronts very dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very

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northern hemisphere that we recorded with them but we're still here in the southern hemisphere and i have some headlines i'd like to look at you know looking into 2020 now that we are officially there b.b.c. fight back over election savaging as chiefs plan to increase broadcast the midlands and the north b.b.c. chiefs are planning a big expansion of broadcast from outside of london to assuage critics as they came under fire today from both sides of the new house of commons the corporation is aiming to demonstrate that it is listening to the whole of britain following the general election campaign when it was accused of glossing over the strong views of leave voters in the north and even of letting its impartiality slip oh no the impartiality slip b.b.c. . right well i've read the tory manifesto that boris johnson wants to try to encourage the b.b.c. to to take.