on and i'm just quoting you said this was unprofessional and childish on behalf of the syrian defense forces the syrian army but in this case as you know realize that you know in the beginning it is these very air force that is bombing a syrian state there's ducting strikes without the un mandates on a sovereign country. you know the result speaks for itself if i take seriously dude reports for open sources the only military air force a managed to attack and come back. home by to tell you another one was shot down it shows the stupidity deed nonprofessional nullity of the syrian army that do not know how to handle loose professional abilities just talking to you but i should have you mention us are in the sudan as i understand what you say sorry to interrupt i understand what you're mentioning here about the syrian army but if you could comment on the fact that it is the israeli air force that was conducting strikes without a un mandates on a sovereign state which was syria what would these israeli jets doing there in the first place to put the russian plane at risk what do you think that is

all about that coming up israeli defense forces say they're reviewing the fatal shooting of a sixteen year old palestinian boy in a protest. we speak to his family. despite iraqi authorities declaring a country free of islamic state almost a year ago we report on how the terror group remains active across large swathes of territory that. they opened fire on them straight away and my son and husband were lying on the ground to cry news the murderous told us they were from the islamic state of iraq my brother was killed after he was kidnapped at a fake checkpoint cherished. by the very good afternoon my name is kevin owen franks joining us live here at international it's just two and three in the afternoon moscow time first and the right wing sweden democrats party has won its largest ever vote of the vote seventeen percent in a general election dominated by concerns over immigration the party's leader declared themselves the true victors. your reappearance of only i know who has won this election is the sweden democrats that's how it is we are strengthening our pivotal position and inc

to twenty five percent of all the first of january next year and syrian state media says air defense forces have intercepted missiles fired at the coastal city of. them of reportedly targeting state bought industrial buildings on the east and else cuts israel on the suspected to be behind the attack meanwhile a russian. plane has disappeared over the mediterranean sea off the coast of syria . president pick for the u.s. supreme court will face questions of allegations of sexual assault along with has accused the senate judiciary committee had been planning to vote on his appointment this week a woman says he quote her and try to remove her clothes at a party and high school accusations brett kavanaugh course completely falls while his fate hangs in the balance the u.s. president has been defending his pick a judge who is one of the finest people that i've ever known. standing intellect and outstanding judge respected by everybody never had even a little blemish on his record the f.b.i. has i think gone through a process six times with him over the years where he went to harvard higher posit

so the chinese military pressures in the east china sea have been real and the self-defense forces are operating at a higher tempo today and have been for some time now because of that rising military capability and presence of the chinese maritime forces in particular. it's not the same kind of threat as north korea, though. it's not a direct existential threat to japanese safety but it does shift japanese perceptions of their own strategic needs. it does worry a lot of people, prime minister abe, of course, but others in japan because the chinese have been somewhat hesitant on the diplomatic side, they're in a normal -- back to normal kind of day-to-day, government to government discussions, but what we're hoping by the end of this year is that prime minister abe, in fact, could pay a visit to china, that there could be, again, a restoration of that high level summitry that's so important in that relationship. i don't know that there's a decision yet, but i'm hoping that that comes to fruition because it's a very important part of stabilizing the region, but it's also critical to jap

forces both in the air and on the ground russia has never violated the agreement with israel and has never used the russian they are defense weapons deployed in syria despite the fact that israel's airstrikes caused situations that potentially threaten the safety off russian servicemen. during the time frame covered by the green mints the israel air force command center received three hundred men tend not to fictitious about russian air force missions running close to israeli territory during the same time he's really should only twenty five knots if occasions it did so just before attacks. in the context of constructive russian israeli copper rationing in the syrian arab republic it is difficult for us to understand the reasons behind such actions by toll of the. this is an extremely ungrateful response to all that has been done by the russian federation for research oh and for these really people recently. i would like to remind you that as a result of the operation conducted in the south western deescalation zone in syria by government troops supported by russian airspace forces this summer the un peacekeeping contingen

command will be able to implement a centralized command of all air defense forces monitoring the situation in the air and assign targets promptly that is most importantly the syrian air defense systems will now identify properly all russian aircraft in the area third. which is the limited iranian c.-e. near easy decent to syria we will use. jamming all satellite navigation and the readers and communication systems of aircraft to take in targets in syria this shoot down some odd hands keeping them from reckless behavior that poses a threat to our servicemen otherwise we will have to respond based on the current situation. so it was six days ago that a syrian battery shot down a russian military plane killing everyone on board a missiles were launched in response to an air strike by israeli f. sixteen fighter jets and accidentally struck the russian plane at the tragic incident happened around thirty five kilometers off the syrian coast just as the aircraft was returning to base. let's get to some other stories here on our to international now the world descending no

the article was summarizing a media briefing which was held by senior officials for the israeli defense forces details from middle east correspondent paula slee. in a groundbreaking revelation published by the two recent post newspaper on tuesday it ran with a headline that these weighty defense forces confirms that israel provided lightweight pads to syrian rebels the article was immediately taken down but not before which was picked up elsewhere on the mate the division of article outlines high israel has been providing syrian rebel groups with money and arms while the i.d.f. maintains that it was not intervening in syria's civil war are minded confirm that as part of operation good neighbor israel has been regularly supplying syrian rebels near its border with light weapons and ammunition in order to defend themselves from attacks and a substantial amount of cash to buy additional arms operation good neighbor was officially presented as the idea if it should provide aid in syria but according to the jerusalem post article its real goal was to keep has been the fight has and rainy and soldie

in russia and think that the israeli defense forces are now studying and drawing the conclusions and investigating what the exactly happened but. if there will be a need these will of course will apologize about the way things look now. these early position is not of course the spokesman of the israeli government but the position is that the syrians are to be blamed. do a professional job and this was a mistake by the syrians and not these well but of course is the world will investigate what happened in the necessary conclusions it could be argued you know if israel does say it was an accident it didn't intend for it. happen when it should have been there in the first place because it's bombing a sovereign state the problem of the military iranian presence in syria which is aimed to open in you from thinking this is the israeli position and the israeli already declared. allow in the iranian presence in syria this is a red line. and the israelis made it clear also to the russians that. it's not acceptable for here and i think that it's very clear that even though there is a crisis be

board the plane as it was returning to a lot of key a province all this happened to syrian air defense forces and just kept at a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia the missiles were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is suspected is thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces who are fighting alongside the government stephanie decker has the latest from here near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sana'a putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because it was in the mediterranean you had various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to have to be placed

is ready defense forces say they're reviewing the fatal shooting of a sixteen year old palestinian boy to protest in gaza we speak to his family. is declaring the country free of islamic state almost a year ago we report on how the terror group remains active across large swathes of the country. straight away and my son lying on the ground to find. my brother was killed after he was kidnapped at a fake checkpoint cherished. by their eleven am monday morning here in moscow and call him brian this is the r.t. international world news first will bring you up to date on that election in sweden then where the right wing sweden democrats parties won its largest ever share of the vote over seventeen percent in a general election dominated by concerns over immigration the party's leader declared themselves the true victors. you will be at those for the only thing i know who has won this election is the sweden democrats. we are strengthening our pivotal position and increasing our seats in the swedish parliament we see that we are going to get incredible influence in the future and no one can t

israeli defense forces say they're reviewing the fatal shooting of a sixteen year old palestinian boy at a protest in gaza we speak to his family. and despite iraqi authorities declaring the country free of islamic state almost a year ago we reported on how the terror group remains active across large swathes of the country. straight away and my son has been lying on the ground to find. the wrong my brother was killed after he was kidnapped at a fake checkpoint terrorist. monday morning at nine here in moscow this is the news from r.t. international bring you up to date on the overnight election developments in scandinavia first where the right wing sweden democrats party won its largest ever share of the vote in a general election dominated by concerns over immigration. so with nearly all the ballots counted the sweden democrats took over seventeen percent of the vote which they see as a major breakthrough but it was a disappointing night for the ruling social democrats with just twenty eight percent it's their lowest result in a century the swedish moderates are in second place with

used today the israeli defense forces are investigating the killing of two palestinian teenagers during recent protests on the gaza border one of them a sixteen year old boy died of his wounds on saturday after he was shot by israeli forces the video of the incident was shared widely online please be aware the following graphic video coming up shows the moment he was shot. just before he was shot the youngster threw rocks at i.d.f. soldiers boy's mother told us about his traumatic journey to hospital. bill maher is less when we were halfway to the hospital his leg started bleeding like a fountain my son said he thought that it would be amputated and i said you will be fine my son he was in surgery from six pm until next thing they were giving him blood and he was bleeding at the same time without stopping them we found out that the nerves were destroyed and the vein was cut off abbott's heart stopped beating twice the doctor came out asking for us to let our meds brothers in but asked me to stay outside because the door and took my sons aside to talk to them then they came out crying an

group of israeli jets because russia and syria use different friend or foe systems the israel defense forces disputed moscow's timeline of events saying that their f. sixteen s were not hiding behind the russian plane and left the area before it was shot down r.t. senior correspondent nor i guess the looks at how the tragedy could affect relation . between russia and israel whatever side you ask no one's guilty culpable or liable everyone blames someone else israel holds the assad regime whose military shot down the russian plane fully responsible for this incident israel also holds iran and hezbollah a terrorist organization accountable for this unfortunate incident this regrettable incident is the result of the usual israeli impudence and rodents who always use the filthiest means to achieve their unsavory goals and in that very hostility in our region was that the syrians who launched a missile while fending off a surprise a raid on their country was a theory and his by law who apparently had an arms factory that just had to be bombed or was it the israelis who reportedly hid behind russi

the israeli defense forces say they're reviewing the fatal shooting of a sixteen year old palestinian boy to protest in gaza we speak to his family. and despite iraqi authorities declaring the country free of his life mixtape almost a year ago we reported how the terror group remains active across a large swathes of the country. and my son has been lying on the ground before i. told. the rock my brother was killed after he was kidnapped at a fake checkpoint run by terrorists. moscow this monday september tenth. with the world news this hour first about significant election the most significant in sweden for generations in fact where the right wing sweden democrats have won over seventeen percent of the largest ever share of the vote in a general election that was dominated by concerns over immigration the party's leader declared themselves the true victors. your reappearance well the only thing i know who's won this election is the sweden democrats that's how it is that we are strengthening our pivotal position and increasing our seats in the swedish parliament and see that we are goi

medical journal articles including by israel defense forces trauma surgeons have documented that gunshot wounds from assault rifle bullets cause severe soft tissue damage have a high incidence of complications and that any delay at the scene of injury might jeopardize limb survival. you can get all the latest on all our stories and so much more around the clock at r.t. dot com get her up as well you get all that stuff straight on your mobile device as and when it happens you never miss any headlines from us here in moscow it's coming up to twenty five minutes now past seven in the evening father time checking it's exactly that now governor and saying bye for now how do you go to union over the coming hours. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. prosecution will need to be criminals and this show. is all. over you push us off the thread you'll find somebody known to seem to i mean yeah i mean i mean political pressure on the god you've only men call told to security jennifer kno

just a quick recap of the top stories this hour now syrian state media is saying it's ad defense forces of intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run technical industry company only eastern outskirts syrian state t.v. is reporting that suspect it is raining strikes and that they lasted for nearly half an hour. well the reported attack came out after the leaders of russia are in turkey if we to set up a buffer zone in neighboring province to keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia says that means there will be a military assault. so we decided to create a demilitarized zone between the rebels and the government by the fifteenth of october this year it will be fifteen to twenty kilometers wanted rebels must withdraw from there including old news reformed according to our proposal by the tenth of october heavy artillery must be removed from the certain time of the machinery guns all removed from the sown by opposition forces of the senate judiciary committee will hold a public hearing on monday with the woman whose a

similar military response as well keep a close eye on that over the coming hours the israeli defense forces to get in the killing of two palestinian teenagers during recent protests at the gaza border one of them a sixteen year old boy he died of his wounds on saturday after he was shot by israeli soldiers a video of the incident we shared widely online to you where that is coming up now and it is graphic we showed you. the moment he was shot. before the teenager was targeted by snipers he was seen throwing rocks at the idea of the boy's mother told us about this traumatic journey to hospital bill mollison has some of it or when we were halfway to the hospital his leg started bleeding profusely my son said he said it would be amputated and i said you will be fine my son he wasn't surgery from six pm until midnight they were giving him blood units and he was bleeding at the same time without stopping then we found out that the nerves were destroyed and the vein was cut off metz heart stopped beating twice a doctor came out asking for us to let her brother in but asked me to stay outside she

and syrian state media says its air defense forces have antiseptic missiles fired at the coastal city. there were reportedly targeting state run and buildings on the outskirts of the suspected to be behind the attack meanwhile the russians reconnaissance plane has disappeared over the mediterranean sea off the coast of syria. rescue teams and northern philippines a digging through mon looking for survivors of a landslide triggered by typhoon man caught at a mining area in a province where many locals had been sheltering. from the time. to the country on saturday. we're joined now by. she is live for us on the phone from. what are the latest on the rescue effort. as. we climb down the road the morning. pretty me down and we were right there. where. they're actually. one. ration you know. we could actually see that the ground was standing on something. many. bodies. think like operations. because everything is done manually. something like. national government and they are. really. actually. want. to thank you very much for that. joining us live. thank you. more than one hundred people

of syrian state media says its defense forces have into cept a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run industrial compound but it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is expecting it's thought to have been a suspected well it's sort of been behind a series of strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces that have joined syria's war fighting alongside the government stephanie deca has the latest from and taqiyya near techies border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because it was in the mediterranean you have various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to be placed there israel has

so you go to those early debates, and again, the self- defense forces were createdlt 1954, the earlypretation does not limit japanese defense capabilities. it was just us and japan and there wasn't any major existential threat to japan. but in the abstract, no leaders at the time were willing to put a lid on japanese capability for self-defense. that is a big concept. i am less convinced that article 9 is the solution to the problem. the question is, what it would look like to have japan in the driver seat? i guess i am supporting the point of view that when it comes to japanese defense capabilities, and the use of force against aggression, i think they are in the driver seat. they may not be able to do it, depending on who the attacker is, and i think that is where things have changed. the minute you start thinking the chinese government since forces, you start seeing this question of real concern about a military engagement with china. there has always been an extensional question about threat perception and i think you really see a shift around that 2010 defense plan. it absolutel

was returning to an airbase in the coastal province of latakia all this happened as syrian air defense forces intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city they were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is suspected it's thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces that have joined syria's war fighting alongside the government stephanie decker as the latest from an taqiyya near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because of course in the mediterranean you add various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to have to be placed t

welcome to the program our top story this hour syrian state media says its ad defense forces have intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run technical industry company on the eastern outskirts syrian state t.v. is reporting they are suspected as right strikes and last half an hour well this came hours after the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in syria to keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia's defense minister says that means that will be no military assault the russian president vladimir putin struck a deal with his turkish counterpart worship type after lengthy talks in sochi for each one is reports now from moscow. for weeks it has been bracing itself for the year so it seemed imminent damascus and. asco signaled it was coming but they wanted to clear out syria's final rebel stronghold and after a lol bombs had started falling again but following a marathon meeting in sochi it looks like turkey's president has persuaded liberia putin try something different for a while at least th

become the country's longest serving leader promising economic growth and changes to the country's defense forces malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is expected in court to face twenty one money laundering charges facing a string of allegations linked to billions of dollars that went missing from the state investment fund when he was in office millions were transferred to personal bank accounts for the pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif has been greeted by a crowd of jubilant supporters after being freed on bail the high court ordered sharif his daughter and son in law to be released until their appeal against corruption convictions can be heard rescue workers in the philippines are continuing search efforts following a landslide in the wake of typhoon man caught family members in the mining town of gone have been waiting to identify bodies as they recovered canada's government says it needs more flexibility from the united states if they are to reach a deal on renewing nafta author was pushing back against pressure from the trumpet ministration to make concessions as part of a new t

syria's state media says it's add defense forces of intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia reported attack came after the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in neighboring province to keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia's defense minister says that means that will be no military assault russian president vladimir putin struck a deal with his turkish counterpart regift type at talks in sochi zone is expected to be established in just under a month's time on have one of a blog if syrian government forces backed by russia and iran attempt to recapture the last rebel held territory the un warned that a full scale offensive on would lead to the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the twenty first century. so we decided to create a demilitarized zone between the rebels and the government by the fifteenth of october this year it will be fifteen to twenty kilometers wide rebels must withdraw from there including al nusra front according to our proposal by the tenth of october heavy artillery must be removed from the t

syrian state media says its defense forces intercepted missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting state run industrial buildings on the eastern outskirts israel is suspected also a russian reconnaissance plane returning to an airbase in letter kira's gone missing over the mediterranean sea. south korea's president is on his way to pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong un the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade and talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda. argentina's former president cristina kirchner has been charged in a corruption scandal the judges are asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted so she can be detained who is accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes when she was in office last month the senate partially lifted her immunity so she could be investigated. a u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser will be called to testify before the senate judiciary committee next monday kimberly how has that. u.s. president donald trump's nominee to the highest court in the co

russian military plane off the coast of syria that's according to the russian defense ministry is claiming that the israeli air force used the i o. twenty as cover from syrian air defenses missiles from which hit the russian plying fifteen crew members died as a result for israeli fighter jets have been targeting syrian facilities in the taqiyya province at the time. so now suppose it would help on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities in the city over the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous situation the israeli pilots used the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way the israeli pilots could not have seen the russian plane. israeli military confirms its jets targeted syrian facilities but blame the planes downing on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel vie

syria in twenty sixteen at the urgent request of the chief of the general staff of the israel defense forces israel received the mega three tank captured in one thousand eight hundred two in lebanon and kept in russia ever since. and then there's the diplomatic cover russia is given israel by backing it up and the un security council or by protecting israel from the bombers parting shots. know russia has been helping israel a lot moscow has always taken israeli interests into account especially when it comes to the middle east settlement. for example in twenty sixteen the outgoing about ministration trying to push the draft resolution on the israeli palestinian sats woman at the un security council that resolution would have adopted artificial circumstances for the settlement was which were on acceptable for israel russia to israel's concerns into account and despite then u.s. secretary of state john kerry embodying russian foreign minister lavrov with requests to vote in favor of it russia didn't do it helped israel in that case so the resolution didn't pass you'd have thought israel would

separate government forces and rebel fighters after that announcement syrian state media said its defense forces and intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city of latakia. sexual misconduct allegations of threatening the confirmation of the u.s. president's pick for the supreme court the woman behind the claims says she's willing to testify publicly but donald trump says brett kavanaugh his nomination is still on track. and rescuers in the philippines is searching for survivors buried under a. landslides caused by typhoon more than fifty people have already been confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise. now protests against the deadly ethnic violence in ethiopia erroneous state have taken place in the capital addis ababa at least twenty three people were killed on saturday during clashes between iran the use and ethnic minorities police say two hundred people have been detained the on rest escalated after the once exiled leaders of the liberation front or welcome back to ethiopia over the weekend. people make up about a third of ethiopia's population they've long complained of

there i talked to the civil that started the national defense forces and they spoke at length about how the village has been pummeled by missiles from terrorists and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years and they said you know they've been suffering nobody is talking about it and they're looking forward to the liberation of it because it will ease their suffering it will it will mean the sation of these terrorists. so these are the kind of things that the media which is busy talking about corporate media which is busy talking about it live are completely negating happening on a daily basis in my day. and what syrians i've spoken with around the country on previous visits and currently say they want a restoration of all of syria to peace and they want an end to the terrorism that's been plaguing them. or as we saw formerly in eastern before that in aleppo and it's their right to live in peace and it's also their right and the syrian government of syria's right to fight such terrorism because we're not talking about the mythical moderate rebels we're talking about al qaeda w

israeli defense forces say they're reviewing the fatal shooting of a sixteen year old palestinian boy at a protest in gaza we speak to his family. and despite iraqi authorities declaring the country free of islamic state almost a year ago we reported on how the terror group remains active across large swathes of the country they opened fire on them straight away and my son in hospital lying on the ground before i knew them at the madras told us they were.

government forces and rebel fighters just hours after that announcement syrian state media said its ad defense forces intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city of latakia. sexual misconduct allegations of threatening the confirmation of the u.s. president's pick for the supremes court the woman behind the claim says she's willing to testify publicly. but donald trump says nomination is still on track. and rescuers in the philippines are searching for survivors buried under landslides caused by thai food more than fifty people have already been confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise. meanwhile on the u.s. east coast heavy rains are still disrupting rescue efforts in the carolinas despite authorities downgrading storm florence to a tropical depression flash floods along the border between north and south carolina threatening more damage at least seventeen people have been killed and power was knocked out for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses but a major route has now been opened in the into the city of wilmington which was previously cutoff christensen in me sent us thi

israeli defense forces say they're reviewing the fatal shooting of a sixteen year old palestinian boy at a protest in gaza we speak to his family. and despite iraqi authorities declaring the country free of islamic state almost a year ago we reported how the terror group remains active across a large swathe of the country. straight away and my son has been lying on the ground before you know the murderous told us they go from an islamic state in iraq my brother was killed after he was.

plane in the line of fire as a result a missile from a syrian s two hundred defense system which were targeting the israeli forces shot down the russian plane a french frigate which had initially been accused of involvement in the instant close by in the mediterranean. a russian defense minister sergei sure has spoken with his israeli counterpart on the phone in which he stated that israel has for sponsibility for the downed russian plane he also stressed that when he called he called israel irresponsible and as it resulted in the deaths of fifteen people here's what ows has been said by representatives of russia's military forces there yesterday. so now suppose they do on the seventeenth of september around ten pm is really fine jets launched going to syrian military facilities in the city of latakia if you will these ready jets were flying at a low altitude from the direction of the mediterranean sea these ready jets deliberately created a dangerous situation for the warships and located in that area the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of the russian aisle twenty one which was coming into. these read

syrian state media says its air defense forces have intercepted missiles fired of the coastal city of latakia they were allegedly targeting state run industrial buildings on in the east israel is suspected also a russian reconnaissance plane returning to an airbase in law has gone missing over the mediterranean. u.s. president donald trump said there might be a delay to get his pick for the u.s. supreme court approved after allegations of sexual assault emerged against brett kavanaugh he'll be called along with his accuser to testify board before the senate judiciary committee which is due to vote on his appointment this week. south korea's president moon j. in. is departing for pyongyang for a third summit with kim jong un these are the latest pictures from an air base just outside seoul where moon is flying out from it's the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda more than a hundred people have died in flooding across ten states of nigeria heavy seasonal rains caused the needs year and ben who ri

the air force we need to implement the national defense strategy has 386 operational squadron and sevenitional space squadron and aerial refueling will be the biggest shortfall in the mobility forces. we will need 14 more tanker squaw rons and we'll need seven operational squadron and nine more to carry out the national defense strategy. 22 squadrons need to be added to our command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance forces. finally, we need seven more fighter squadron, two remotely piloted aircraft squadrons and one more airlift squadron. we will modernize our nuclear deterrent, but we don't see an increase in the number of missile squadrons. fiber would also not be an increase in squadron, but we'll develop a new tool for the squadrons we have, but it's just not larger. the way we fight will be different and tomorrow gema goldstein will talk more about how we organize and present forces, how we will train in order to create multiple dilemmas for our adversaries. we are not naive about how long it will take us to build the support and the budget required for the