q in iraq 2 american military bases that hit by dozens of their strikes as iran responds to the killing of its top general was assassinated in u.s. drone strike last week however turan says it's not so looking for a wall if washington. all is well that's how donald trump responds to the attack saying that he will give more details later on people threaten to destroy a multiple iranian sites including at the round retaliated in. ukraine ian a passenger plane has crashed near toronto airport. ministry state all 118 people

on board were killed. blood even putin and his counterpart reject i bet i will surely launch the extreme natural gas pipeline the project will supply the turkish and e.u. markets with russian gas. thanks for joining us nichiren here alongside myself from neil harvey decease r.t. international where we start with breaking news for you because iran has fired dozens of ballistic missiles at 2 u.s. military bases in iraq the iranian military is calling the move revenge for the death of its top general. who was killed in the u.s. drone strike last week. q.

that a good academic. missile strikes happened at exactly the same time of night as the assassination also the money $5.00 days earlier and the secretary of the wrong supreme national security council tweeted this image of the iranian flop flag plus an apparent reference to trump's tweet of the us flag to staff the drone strike that killed the money the iranian president has laid out what revenge against the u.s. would mean exactly. no machine ask you the revenge for that is to force america out of this region the real revenge and the ultimate response by regional nations is when america is expelled from this region and its hand of aggression is cut off for ever. what is middle east correspondent paula sleep has details. well we've recently just heard from the iranian revolutionary guards and i must stress that

it's i'm confirmed but they've issued a statement in which they say that 80 soldiers have been killed and some 200 have been injured at the one american base that was hit in the early hours of this morning but we are receiving conflict and reports we've heard from the pentagon that none of its soldiers were killed and as for the other foreign countries that are also taking place in the coalition against islamic state we've heard from norway denmark australia and the united kingdom all of whom had soldiers at this base said that was hit in the early hours of this morning with these countries saying that they soldiers off safe we are hearing also from the iraqi military that there are no casualties so at this stage of the mains to be seen exactly how many if any soldiers were injured this morning the iranians say that they fired off some 22 ballistic missiles the target was 2 bases 2 iraqi bases where these fallen troops are currently employed the one base in the north of the country did not receive any damage the missiles landed in

a nearby field but it was this other base just outside of baghdad that has seen some extensive damage the operation has been dubbed mata solem and we have however heard some of the country's foreign minister zarif who has justified the iranian strike saying that they ought to portion it in line with the u.n. charter a clause that allows and calls for self-determination and that he ran does not want to escalate and see a confrontation with the united states but that it will defend itself if it has to . run to conclude it proportionate measures in self-defense under article $51.00 if you are in charge or targets embrace from which coldly armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched we do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against an aggression the iranian revolutionary guard defending its earlier issued a statement in which it said that. it would retaliate even further if the united states or any of its allies in the middle east respond to

a strikes earlier this morning we warned the great satan the arrogant american regime that any further malice or mobilization will result in a more painful response hours of the us government which have given their bases to the terrorist army of that country are warned that any territory used for hostile acts against iran will be targeted now we're starting to hear reaction from the international community india and pakistan have both exercised or called for extreme caution urging they citizens there to avoid nonessential travel to. the philippines has now started a mandatory. evacuation of its citizens and the united kingdom has condemned iran urging u.n. not to repeat what a course of reckless and dangerous attacks the on going on concern of course is that the situation could escalate and we could see a potential showdown between some of the major powers here in the region. the

killing of customs the money has shocked iranians with some expressing happiness at this retaliate the iraqi prime minister claims the money was on a diplomatic mission just before he was killed here is what people on the streets of tehran had to say. i'm very happy with what the i.r.g.c. did today was one of my best days and i hope this will continue i think this was the 1st move to show iran's power when i heard the news of iran's revenge for it is sas nation and. i was very happy we will be able to take revenge for all the martyrs and general so money god willing. which happened we supported and we would like to say that this is only the beginning. well countries around the world expressed concern the recent attack could lead to a far more turbulent situation israel meanwhile says it stands firmly behind the united states. to the current situation or to risk their 1st.

and also has implications for the work of the coalition. delays the rocket attack yet another example. greece called for the. first to turn up this tide of violence even further we condemn this attack on a rocky military bases hosting coalition including british forces we are to run not repeat these reckless and dangerous attacks and instead to pursue urgent deescalation germany rejects this aggression in the sharpest possible terms. the united states and the. us federal aviation agency has banned all u.s. flights over the persian gulf over security concerns previously trying to threaten to strike 52 iranian sites if it were tolerated in any way but snowfall

washington's response has been somewhat muted with donald trump tweeting so far so good. all is well missiles launched from iran a 2 military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement to morrow morning well we have a tweet from donald trump it begins with the phrase all is well followed by a statement that there is an assessment going on of the casualties and the damage done to us bases as a result of the attack by the iranian missiles furthermore we do have the white house. the trump has been briefed on the situation and it we have this point it's expected that down trump will speak to the media regarding the events tomorrow this is what we heard from the white house we are aware of the reports of attacks on u.s. facilities in the rock the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation

closely and consulting with his national security team now the response from members of the u.s. congress has been quite different depending on which party they are in we must ensure the safety of our service members including and needless provocations from the administration american world cannot afford war tonight's american and allied troops have come into direct attack by nation states and americans must come together to support and protect them and respond appropriately i condemn iran's attacks which targets you ask coalition and iraq community personnel in the strongest terms the iranian regime has made a great miscalculation by launching his attacks among trump supporters the decision to kill qassam solomonic is being celebrated as a heroic act an act against terrorism however among many democrats though they have not much good to say about qassam solomonic they seem to however argue that this was an unnecessary ask elation that put american lives at risk so many democratic

voices seem to be speaking up and saying that donald trump could possibly be asking lading to a war with iran and didn't consult the u.s. congress on that matter so there seems to be some pretty solid divisions about how to assess the recent events between the usa and iran at this time people are waiting to hear what trump will say when he does speak to the media as the new day comes in the united states on tuesday the iranian parliament you none i'm asleep pass the bill classifying the u.s. forces as a terror organization tensions in the middle east have soared in just the past week . i am. the i love baghdad.

you're looking. at least . i am. at least. if. you believe. i am. me well these are pictures from the state funeral of the slain major general he was buried in his hometown there's been an outpouring of grief across a wrong was so the money's killing cute is the death of a national hero at least $56.00 people were killed after being crushed in the

crowds during choose days funeral procession for 2 decades in the money served as the commander of the wrongs kurds force which is the external wing of the islamic revolutionary guard he played a crucial role in iran's military decision making process and helped expand iran's role in the middle east. we spoke to middle east experts about recent developments on the dangers that lie ahead. the iranian leader said last night was a slap in the face. the u.s. leave the region and i think that. iran will that this is not enough that's my understanding it was in my opinion very humiliating strike for the americans because the u.s. military was unable to intercept even a single iranian missile even though this was an air base and usually defense systems in an air base especially in

a war zone are extraordinarily good and the americans obviously must have been waiting for something so it shows the vulnerability of the u.s. in iraq against the iranian strike we definitely are both sides to this charade there's no further need for any further bloodshed i think both made their point and both parties should exercise self-restraint as much as possible this area is volatile. we have many targets that could be turned into a major war that engulfs the region in chaos. the route for international oil crude oil passes through this area there is no need for further escalation in the price of oil that will definitely cause

a worldwide recession. we think that enough life has been lost in this matter and we definitely as in iraq invasion and government we would like most eyes to see is ses to cease and stop any type of aggression on each other twice more of talking of a diplomatic. convoy that was traveling towards iran. to deliver a message which was under international law illegal under iraqi law it was illegal and and every other level of legality in the international arena will within the un charter as well was illegal it was an act of terrorism this is how it's defined by law and we didn't hear anything coming from the western media or the western governments but when the every television against an actual military bases which is found now illegal just after the bill that was drafted within the parliament in iraq that named these foreign military presence as illegal and unwelcomed on iraqi

soil we hear condemned nation coming from the western world this is typical one to one western mystery media and western governments reaction towards anything that happens in west asia. just a few hours after the strikes in a freak coincidence tragedy struck in the iranian capital where ukrainian airlines passenger jet crashed minutes after taking off ukraine's interior ministry says that there have been no survivors the moment of the crash was captured on video. well boeing be ukrainian boeing 737 took off from the capital tehran here. at 6 12 am local time and it was bound for the ukrainian capital kiev and just a few minutes around 10 minutes after taking off crashed and reports show that we

received images and footage showing the plane crashing while in fire and the crash site is reportedly around 30 kilometers west of the one in a district called shock we are. there are people of 7 different nationalities on board the doomed liner the ukrainian president vladimir selenski has cut short a visit to a man to turn to kiev on his facebook account he expressed his condolences to the relatives of the victims of the plane crash he's the account of the plane crash from the eyewitness. tells him of a toilet the right side of the airplane and one end of it were completely on fire and i think the pilot made a great effort not to hit residential houses the plane crash landed in largely park and destroyed the fence of a football pitch and then it took off again and exploded and was completely incinerated. grieving relatives have been gathering at clear international airport where flight 752 was heading people are mourning the dead and waiting for any

further information about the disaster here's what the father of one of the crew members had to say. this instead of support for you my oldest son is the steward my daughter called me from the u.s. she told me that the ukrainian aircraft crashed just where we go through i said to to run and then i saw the video of the plane crash. i see it on quarter brings us the latest about the crash. now iranian media had been reporting for a long time that that there were technical problems that brought the plane down and we also. heard from an airport representative that a fire occurred on board the plane in the engine mid flight a lot of ukrainians to to sions were quick to give their responses we've heard from the country's national security and defense council which said that they will be organizing an operational headquarters to gather more information and get to the bottom of what caused the crash in the 1st place as for ukrainian international airlines they said that they will not be having any more flights to tehran until

further notice and even president vladimir said that there is going to be an inspection of the countries of the country's entire civil fleet including a probe into the crash itself this plane is the boeing 737800 the model itself is relatively older than the more recent models but the plane that crashed itself was only built back in 2016 so the plane itself was quite quite new only about 4 years old but this model has actually had its share of crashes over the past couple years in 2016 for example over 60 people were killed in the crash where the plane was coming from dubai on route to russia and in 2010 another similar crash in india that killed over 150 people again same model and this isn't even the newer boeing 737 max model which was also grounded about a year ago for its own series of crashes now it's still tough to say it's not it's

not clear whether or not this crash was the result of some sort of design flaw in the boeing 737800 but airline officials have said that this crash mostly likely did not happen as a result of some sort of mistake made by the pilots they were very experienced and knew what they were doing as for boeing the company said that it's still gathering information in regards to this crash but other than that we haven't heard much. so you live pictures on the screen behind me from turkey now if i may putin and his turkish counterpart which at type one have just launched the tug stream not to a gas pipeline today we'll have more on that and more live reporting off the short break. join me every thursday on the all excited i'm sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

let's turn our attention to turkey now where latina putin and his to his counterparts reject type 2 and just officially launched the turks 3 natural gas pipeline just a few moments ago the project will supply the turkish and e.u. markets with russian gas this go live to correspond to the picture and who's in the city of istanbul and you've been right across this for as earlier and i think we just sort of few moments ago that the funny sort of pumping the gas have the well can you tell us. guys hi just once again i can tell you that it is official just like you said the russian national russia's natural gas sorry has a new way to be transported to the marquis and the rest of europe we heard massive round of applause here at the progress center stamboul and well what can i

say just how well things have been going on with the turkish stream pipeline project through the waters of the black sea i guess this is a real compensation when it comes to the things that have been happening this morning passed of another project which is called nord stream who that is in the north in the baltic sea where remember that was was as a result of the latest round of the american sanctions but i can tell you that in this case with the turkish stream project washington wanted to do a rail that as well however because of the personal commitments by both presidents a lot of merkel and tied very. the one it has shown that when the 2 major leaders in the region team up to withstand this pressure from the

u.s. this can lead to success stories and this is exactly what the russian president vladimir putin was talking about at the opening ceremony. the relations between russia into the queue developing in practically spheres despite the difficult situation in the world and efforts by some eggs national plays to prevent the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries let me just you. live. around the world i guess the flank you've got to be putin and that is what i was talking about to use this opportunity for more than just the opening of the pipeline. guys well let me just give you a bit more information about the pipeline project again sorry i couldn't hear the

end of that speech by vladimir putin well this pipeline project consists of 2 lines one is intended specifically for consumers in this country turkey and the other one is for european countries such as. serbia and hungry but there are expectations that this pipeline can be extended further along to other european countries as far as italy or austria so it's a very important project and i can tell you that what's really crucial here is the capacity because it is impressive i can tell you that more than 30000000000 cubic meters of russian natural gas can be transported through these 2 lines. them bind but they keep going back to your other question of course mr putin type or do they meet regularly to discuss the way to solve the syrian crisis we know that.

technically and crawl and russia are on the different sides of the barricade when it comes to the conflict there moscow's an ally of the syrian president bashar assad and his government where as turkey does support some of the elements of the syrian opposition then there's also an issue with the kurdish militia in the north of the country but the 2 presidents have shown and they keep talking about it all the time that together when their personal relations are so good they can deal with obstacles that previously were thought to be unsurmountable but in this particular case we do realize that syria isn't really something that of course it is on the agenda as well but then there's the civil war in libya where turkey just sent its troops and also we keep hearing about the escalation of the u.s. iran conflict and this is what you guys have been talking about so we are expecting

to hear from a lot of our putin whether any of that was discussed between the 2 leaders but we definitely know that they were planning to do so so hopefully we will find out some of the details of what the 2 leaders said to each other and we saw the ministers of defense of the 2 countries here even though the official ceremony was for the turkish stream pipeline but definitely many things are on the table here as well and this is something along with the launching of the pipeline this is what i discussed with turkey's former ambassador to qatar so take a listen to that. this is the 1st time he's been threatened with sanctions by the united states as you know with the russian air defense system that turkey purchased american red. the turks we can't says sanctions but turkey went ahead with the deal and now it's going to be operational in april according to the chairman of the turkish the bents industries so so the turks have showed that they're willing to

stick to their guns when it comes to matters of national security it looks like the turks will go ahead with this despite any type of sanctions threats coming out of the united states energy security is an important part of the national security portfolio and what this project gives is solid through the pyramid for the foreseeable future i don't think you want to say sorry for interrupting but it will snow fall is a long way away it's a bit late yeah i think there's a big delay so if you guys are all going to say goodbye only briefly though about with more on top stories and often now see that. leak. and we're going to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people come on you know weeks or buts be eager to. please please please

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