that was joseph dana from the popular struggle coordination committee well this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital let's check out some other world news in brief now. suspected us a missile strike you said pakistan's northwestern tribal area near the afghan border killing nine officials say had hit vehicles carrying alleged members of a well known militant group two of the strikes in the north waziristan region on tuesday killed eight the area is a stronghold for taliban and al qaeda militants who carry out cross border attacks against u.s. led nato forces in afghanistan. west african leaders are in the ivory coast to persuade the incumbent president to step down. with fuses to make way for the war carter who's been internationally recognized as the president elect. warns that any attempt to oust him could throw the country back into civil war violence since last month's election has seen over. one hundred and seventy people killed and locals are desperate to return to the normal lines. bad weather is causing chaos in australia's northeastern states with