the signing is a defining moment after 10 years of talks between israel cyprus and greece they want to build the longest undersea pipeline in the world the construction they estimate will cost $6000000000.00 this is a story before israel because we're becoming an energy exporter for the 1st time in our history but it's also. i believe this story for the. partnership and alliance in the eastern mediterranean the almost 2000 kilometer long pipeline will transfer up to 12000000000 cubic metres a year from israel's offshore gas reserves to cyprus the greek island of crete to the greek mainland and then on to southern europe it's expected to supply 10 percent of the use natural gas needs. the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underway but it's under heavy scrutiny from turkey turkey is laying claims to large tracts under greek in cypriot control in 2018 turkey sent exploration ships to waters that are part of cyprus accompanied by warships turkish president rich up to a pair to one said repeatedly no project in the eastern m

he's the leaders of israel greece and cyprus who've signed a multi-billion dollar pipeline deal that could decrease europe's reliance on russian gas it's the east med pipeline which will tap into gas reserves from israel's offshore leventon basin and carry it to the greek island of crete then it joins the great mainland and runs to italy it could provide the european union with 10 percent of its natural gas needs. so here it is on the map as a starting over in israel's leventon basin off shore gas reserves through create up into the greek mainland. more from john psaropoulos now he's reporting from athens. the east med pipeline agreement that is being signed is a statement of political will between the governments of israel greece and cyprus they are settling legal and political issues but surrounds the construction of this 1900 kilometer pipeline stretching from the israeli and cypriot gas fields of the eastern mediterranean to the boot of italy and bringing up to 4 percent of europe's natural gas needs if and when this pipeline is built and starts operating roughly 2025 the middle o

greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign off on a multi $1000000000.00 pipeline agreement that's at all with turkey and libya's plans in the same area the pipeline would run from israel's offshore gas reserves across to the greek mainland. taiwan's top military officer shani mean has been killed during a helicopter crash landing 7 others were also on board when the helicopter made that emergency landing on the north of the islands rescue teams have been dispatched the defense ministry says there could be survivors but the inspector general of taiwan's air force spoke last a news conference. although the helicopter was affected by the weather the visibility is not very good we have yet to clarify the troops on the ground can see their ground after the aircraft disappeared from the radars 2 helicopters immediately took off from sunshine airport also 90 men set off for the rescue operations we have yet to confirm the extent of the aircraft damage some of the passengers are still stranded in the wreckage and some of them are right we're waiting for information from people at the site

greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign off on a multi-billion dollar pipeline agreement doesn't odds with turkey and libya's plans in the same area pipeline would run from israel's offshore gas reserves across to the greek names. on taiwan's top military officer shiney main has been killed during a helicopter crash along with 7 other people helicopter made an emergency landing on the north of the island rescue teams have since been dispatched. members of an iran backed group have withdrawn from the us embassy in iraq off the 2 days of surrounding the building they're angry over the u.s. attack on sunday that killed 27 people from that has been our brigades a popular mobilization of forces and others an attempt across the tigris river facing the american embassy demanding the withdrawal of all foreign troops. elsewhere in baghdad there were more anti-government protests there also calling out iraqi forces for what they say was a muted response to the radian bank protesters in comparison they've seen weeks of violent crackdowns on their own movement at least 485 people have died s

changing the use policies on its energy supplies for decades it's relied on russia for gas but israel greece and cyprus have signed off on a project for a pipeline that would lessen europe's dependence on most school well the supply will connect israel's offshore fields with europe and is expected to meet about 10 percent of the e.u.'s demand for natural gas but that unites the 3 signatories in all positions at sarky and libya last month on korea and aaa agreed a new maritime boundary that they call their exclusive economic so they say this gives them full rights to exploit actual resorts in the eastern mediterranean and that includes or oil and gas well let's have a closer look at the east made gas pipeline it'll link cyprus and israel's levantine big sin offshore gas reserves to greece and then to italy and it will bypass turkey. meanwhile turkey is deploying soldiers to libya to back the un recognized government in tripoli and that's fighting forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar our anchor says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya where war has escalat

on the islam part of the mediterranean sea which at one point turkey was lagging behind after israel. cyprus and greece signed an agreement for an exclusive economic zone on a pipeline that would ship. natural gas from the eastern mediterranean sea to europe. with that agreement the maritime bone boundary ugly meant that turkey ha signed with libya it gives it a huge illegal way and really increases its chances of also pursuing. natural resources in the mediterranean sea and also makes for the other calm quiet difficult to wish turkey away because it would be controlling a huge part of that is that mediterranean sea and particularly because it was a very long coastline on the mediterranean side so. knowing very well that if he comes to power in tripoli given the advances he's been making in recent days and weeks they no doubt deal will be off the table and that is something turkey is really came to protect and see the continuation of the government of national accord staying in power in tripoli mounted on korea thank you for all of those details this conflict in libya has many regional power

to disagree so israel and cyprus amazing to sign off on a multi-billion dollar pipeline agreement that is at odds with turkey and libya's plans in the same area this is a pipeline that would run from israel's offshore gas reserves across to the greek might. taiwan's military chief and 7 other people have been killed in a helicopter crash air force general. and other officials were traveling to visit troops in the northeast and that's happened just days before the presidential election foreign story has more. a tangled mess of metal and this is where the black hawk helicopter came down in a mountainous area near taipei it was flying from the capital to the northeastern city of iran but it lost contact shortly after takeoff. a soon as the helicopter disappeared from writer to blackhawk helicopters took off from song sang airport to the side soldiers from the lange young military command were also dispatched to search and rescue. the defense ministry says it set up a task force to investigate the cole and there were 13 people on board among the dead is taiwan's military chief force genera

greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign a pipeline agreement with turkey and libya's plans in the same area. taiwan's top military officer is among 8 people who've been killed in a helicopter crash. and a dramatic rescue in australia the navy helps thousands stranded by fires in one coastal town. and i'm famished with this sport as the n.b.a. pays its tribute to david fan the man who built the modern game and on the call it the most valuable player of 2900 get 2 great start this year for the bucs. welcome to the program we begin turkey where parliament is expected to vote in the coming hour on a government motion to deploy troops to libya supports the u.n. recognize the ministration in tripoli there's been fighting against the warlord i have ta well his forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya ankara and tripoli recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime boundaries but opposition parties in turkey are against the government move they say that must 1s

on the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism of israel cyprus fear it will lead to a further escalation in the region. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow the 1st speech donald trump has defended the killing of a reunion general cassim solemn money and several others including iraqis the u.s. president said the strike was necessary to stop a war in the middle east solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago we took action last night just stop a war. we did not take action to start a war the world is a safer place without these monsters. the early morning a raid also reportedly killed 9 other people including influential iraqi lebanese shia militia leaders they're believed to have been leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place. the money lead the powerful force an elite branch of the reigning revolutionary guards corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavi

brace israel in cyprus have signed a multi-billion dollar pipeline agreement which is an all that's with turkey and libya's plans in the same area the pipeline would run from israel's offshore gas reserves across to the greek mainland. and sudan's government is promising swift justice softer a mass killing in western darfur hundreds of fleeing the region days after the murder of $36.00 people at a camp for internally displaced people. now austria's conservative leader says his policies deal with the greens will offer quote the best of both worlds maryanne demasi and the team in london the following the story for us hi mary. that's right some bullish remarks there from sebastian coe said the both partners could keep their election promises as his new partner announced flight price hikes and a plan to make the country carbon neutral by 2040 this will be the 1st time the greens it will be in government and it marks a swing to the left for the people's party leader whose last coalition was with the far right freedom party that was in 2017 well that government collapsed in may after journalis

greece israel and cyprus signed a deal in athens for an undersea pipeline the east med pipeline will carry gas from offshore israel to continental europe via greece and cyprus the $6000000000.00 project would be an alternative to russian gas but it's fraught with political and logistical challenges. over asia where thai retailers have joined the battle against ocean pollution by banning single use plastic bags the move will require that customers pay a small fee for a reusable bag made of fabric the toilet is $1.00 of the largest contributors to ocean pollution where citizens go through an average of 8 disposable bags every day . plastic waste in the last 2 decades it's become the norm on beaches across asia much of the plastic despoiling places like this is from single use bags as the new year begins stores in thailand trying to break a national have it in a country where citizens go through an average of 8 single use plastic bags every day several major mall operators in $711.00 convenience those are asking customers to pay a small fee for reusable bags but ultimately the fight agai

oil and gas in the eastern mediterranean off the coast of cyprus in competition with greece cyprus egypt and israel. i dissent agreement on this problem of the one exclusive economic zone in cyprus and a pipeline to transport natural gas to europe by other mediterranean nations has isolated. us hond has since been strengthened by the military cooperation deal on a separate one of the maritime boundary agreement it signed with libya which gives tekkie greater influence in the eastern mediterranean sea but that drew under from across the region and beyond moments after the bill was passed egypt condemned take his libya plan saying it could destabilize the region and called on the international community to respond on a list hi of the redoubles hundreds in the position of critics of the turkish plan why they were not alarmed when. judge roberts militia from of darfur. were in white it too from libya by half their groups why they were not alarmed by russian wagnerian mercenaries their turkey is sists it's on the right side of history and now seems set to send its troops to leave. unka. well the u.s. pr

greece israel and cyprus signed a deal in athens for an undersea pipeline the pipeline will carry gas from offshore israel to continental europe via greece and cyprus the $6000000000.00 project would be an alternative to russian gas but it is currently fraught with political and logistical challenges. china has temporal temporarily blocked plans for cross border listings between the shanghai and london stock exchanges that according to reuters it says the move is due to political tensions including britain stance on the protests in hong kong cross border listings could help london stock exchange offset the recent decline in i.p.o.'s in the run up to briggs it. staying in europe croatia has just assumed the 6 month rotating presidency of the e.u. council the youngest member of the european union has yet to adopt the euro many say doing so would help the country's tourism and other sectors although not everyone is on board. for the croatians to treasured national currency is more than just a means of payment it's a symbol of their national independence croatian see the coup not a stable

increasingly isolated in the region as an economic zone was created with countries like egypt israel cyprus and greece and to racine that turkey just wants to have more control over the region it seems that if it can prop up the tripoli based government better i mean he'd already been defying the embargo imposed by the u.n. on arms it's been sending in arms and weapons and so forth but now it seems like it's going to get more and more involved in and i've been in the past and you know also have to mention the element that turkey believes after us forces even try reading ethnic turks in libya that's the 3rd largest ethnic group after arabs and persians as there had been arrests of ethnic turks and the bombing of misrata a city where there are a lot of ethnic turks and so it seems that it's going to be very critical to defending well to tripoli government and these ethnic turks from what david lee to be an aggression of half an hour is for students can you talk about the possible pump sequences of a military intervention in the region and also internationally. well it is very significant beca

from the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism of israel cyprus fear it will lead to a further escalation in the region.

partner and of course the whole concept of the trilateral frameworks of cooperation, greece, cyprus, israel, greece, cyprus, egypt, with the addition of the united states, gives a new impetus to the presence of the united states in the eastern mediterranean. i should also point out, you mentioned it in your introductory comments that the signed into law by president trump is a milestone legislation that very clearly lays out while the eastern mediterranean is important for the united states, who the partners are, and how these partners should be supported, given the context of a highly volatile region. >> let me ask first about nato on the defense side. but then come to the east med issue. you attended the london leaders meeting at a time when there were some pretty sharp words exchanged, whether between president macron, president erled began, president trump, erdogan, president trump, and yet the security defense relationship between the united states and greece is bedrock. what was your sense of the state of the alliance coming out of your first leaders meeting in london, how does greece

tripoli recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime boundaries meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are also about to sign off on an agreement to transport gas from the eastern mediterranean sea europe that said all this with turkey's deal with libya to extract gas from the sea or man was otherwise heard to stand by for us in libya's capital tripoli but 1st let's head straight to uncle or where mohamed is live mahmut 1st of all is this proposal likely to pass the turkish parliament. yes very likely our. ruling members here in the parliament in uncut why it's called there will be able to the is the bill without much effort because together with this see which we see which is allied to present it on. parity they are. confident they will be able to pass' only the the sea which is little pollution but 2 with to 6 a members in parliament which is so thought all 'd paul's outrightly to it but they're saying they'll fly in the old decision and that i would not think in one of the conference rooms trying to figure out how to vote so yes it's expected to pas and we're seeing some sort of an

meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign off on a multi-billion dollar pipeline agreement the east med pipeline as it's known will begin in rails levantine basin offshore gas reserves to run across the mediterranean to the greek island of crete and then on to the greek mainland itself it could provide up to 10 percent of the use natural gas needs well our senior political analyst mark on bashar joins me live now in the studio and let's talk 1st about this motion being debated by turkey's parliament to send troops to libya break it down for us what exactly is turkey's thinking here why do they need to send troops into libya well clearly this has to do more with regional calculus for turkey than it has to do with the immediate direct. safety and security of that and that's where syria is different from libya syria is on the border with turkey and there are some crucial essential security calculations for turkey and syria in libya it's more of a strategic regional calculations and i would say the following it's more like turkey is in the midst of a geo political positioning a

minister is saying the military is ready to deploy us soon as it gets the green light greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign off on a multi-billion dollar pipeline agreement with turkey and libya's plans in the same area a pipeline would run from israel's offshore gas reserves across to the greek mainland it could provide the european union with 10 percent of its natural gas needs and decreased reliance on russian oil and gas. thailand's top military officer shen uming has been killed in a helicopter crash 7 others were also on board when the helicopter made an emergency landing in the north of the island rescue teams have been dispatched the defense minister says there could be survivors it's. called on the helicopter was affected by the weather the visibility is not very good we have yet to clarify the troops on the ground can see their ground after the aircraft disappeared from the radar 2 helicopters immediately took off from sunshine airport also 19 men set off for the rescue operation odyssey and we have yet to confirm the extent of the aircraft damage some of the passengers are s

turkish parliament decision to deploy troops in libya faces strong criticism of israel greece and cyprus fear it will escalate conflict in the region. and continuing our rewind of 2900 key chapters we remember the tragedy which struck the dung beetle in. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me. first the overnight breaking news from the middle east the united states has assassinated the top commander of iran's revolutionary guard in a drone strike in iraq the iranian supreme leader is now warning of a harsh retaliation against the u.s. because some some on the revolutionary guards the elite force than was killed in an operation ordered by u.s. president donald trump. properties at senior correspondent mark dancy have joins me in the studio now with more details and more on this really is a serious development that many news outlets are covering as their top headline today. talk us through what happened and how serious this could be for u.s. raney and relations it hasn't been this serious in a very very long time this is an unprecedented escalation that has put the

the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops in libya faces strong criticism towards israel greece and cyprus fear it will escalate the conflict in the region. and continuing our rewind of 2900 key chapters we remember the tragedy which struck not to dog the jewel in the park. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me the carriage well 1st we start with the overnight breaking news from the middle east the united states has assassinated a top iranian revolutionary guard commander in a drone strike in iraq the arabian supreme leader is now warning of a harsh retaliation against the u.s. because the insulin money let the revolutionary guards the leads could force them was killed in an operation directed by u.s. president donald trump well t.c.d. our correspondent joins me in the studio now with more details now more on this strike is being seen as a potential turning point in u.s. iranian relations can you talk as though one happened and how serious this could be it's incredibly serious this is perhaps the most serious it is being between the united states and iran in recent deca

signed deals with the country on military cooperation and maritime boundaries meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are about to sign off in athens on an agreement to channel gas from the mediterranean sea europe now that's it awards with turkey's deal with libya to extract gas from the sea let's head straight to ankara where mohammed is standing by at mohamed 1st of all is all this likely to pass the turkish parliament says the rainy opposition to these proposals. yes seeing more and more support for these laws from the foreign minister. being a position leaders trying to get us much support the one we're seeing. here this motion was supposed to be brought before parliament it on the 7th or 8th of this month when parliament resumed from a winter recess now we're seeing parliament holding a special sitting just to discuss these libya bill we're seeing this jewish and where the government seems to be. high and the defense minister has been speaking saying it's ease of the moral obligation of turkey to deploy quickly as possible he says. military isn't ready to move anytime to get. a life from parlia

the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for a strong criticism israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to further escalation in the region. to the world this is our team to national my names you don't need 30 minutes of news and views start. in a tell of speech. offended the killing of a reunion general the money and several others including iraqis in an earth strike on baghdad international airport on friday the us president said the attack was necessary to stop a war in the middle east. solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago we took action last lie to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war the world is a safer place without these monsters the us an act of international terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon money the most effective force fighting dies shy says i'll nuestra al qaeda and hope he's extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation the us busy responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism. th

the turkish parliament to the ploy troops to libya comes in for a strong criticism of israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to a further escalation in the region. just after 8 pm here in moscow on this the 1st friday of the year welcome to our 2 international i mean and. the u.s. secretary of state tells the fended america's assassination of iran's top military commander money and the drone strike in iraq on friday mike said the baghdad international airport saved american lives and was designed to send a strong message to tehran. i think the arabian leadership understands that president trump will take action we made very clear that these responses would be swift and decisive i hope that the iranian leadership will see that we'll see american resolve and that their decision will be to deescalate the early morning air raid also reportedly killed 9 know the regime sitting influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be in europe without vehicles the strikes place. the money lead the powerful force in the late branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged

the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops in libya faces drawn criticism of israel greece and cyprus fear it will escalate the conflict in the region. and continuing on rewind of 2900 keep chopped as we remember the tragedy which struck not true don cathedral in. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with minichiello 1st breaking news from the middle east the united states has assassinated a wrong top military commander in a drone strike in iraq because some solomonic let the revolutionary guards elite could force and was killed following a direct order from u.s. president donald trump the iranian supreme leader is vowing a harsh retaliation against washington while the iraqi prime minister has condemned the u.s. strike as i question i got an update earlier from most senior correspondent lourdes garcia. this is unprecedented in how how tense things are how both countries are this is this is the abbotts this is the obvious to kill assassinate the man who is referred to as the 2nd most powerful man in iran a potential successor to the supreme leader he was kille

the turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism as israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to a further escalation in the region. are broadcasting live director our studios in moscow this is international thomas certainly glad to have you with us now there are reports of a new 2nd u.s. attack on another convoy in baghdad killing 6 people and wounding 3 more according to iraqi army sources now that is just 24 hours after an american strike killed a top iranian general in the city cut the money the new strike apparently targeted the popular mobilization forces which are iran backed militias 2 of 3 vehicles in the convoy were reportedly found burned the attack took place around 1 o'clock am. time. the popular mobilization forces are an umbrella organization backed by the iraqi government composed of around 40 mostly shia muslim militias is also known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from eisel several commanders of the p.m.s. were killed with iran's general salomone in the attack yesterday. from one of those we can now cross li

troops to libya comes in for strong criticism today get reactions come into the last 24 hours israel greece and cyprus fearing it's going to lead to a further escalation in the region. the 3rd is just turn to say 7 even here in moscow now money is kevin and he went out to h.q. and the world news update if you stay with me so the big story this morning came in from the middle east let me brief you on the u.s. secretary of state has defended america's assassination of iran's top military commander. money in a drone strike on baghdad international airport on friday my pump claimed the attack saved american lives and further said that washington remains committed all that said to deescalating tensions with tehran. that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from crossing the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation. so this is early morning raid also reportedly killed 9 others including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militias soldiers there believed to be leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when those strikes took place her s

turkish parliament a decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism as israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to a further escalation in the region. and continuing our rewind of 29 teams key chapters we remember the tragedy that struck. in paris so dramatic coming up. good afternoon early in the new year but it's turned into a busy news day january 3rd my name's kevin though in this is live from h.q. i'm here with a half hour world news update hope you stick around to for the whole lot for the next 25 minutes or so so the big story in from the middle east let me tell you catching up the u.s. secretary of state has defended america's assassination of iran's top military commander cosimo seller money in a drone strike in baghdad international airport early this morning my pompei a claim to the attack saved american lives and said that washington remains committed to deescalating tensions with tehran. that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from chaos and salami in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate t

turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for a strong criticism as israel greece and cyprus fear it will lead to a further escalation in the region. 247 news live from moscow this is r.t. international good to have your company as always i mean and neal. the u.s. secretary of state defended america's assassination of iran's top military commander solo money in a drone strike in iraq on friday mike pompei o has said the attack at baghdad international airport saved american lives to send a strong message to tirant. i think the arabian leadership understands that president trump will take action we made very clear that these responses would be swift and decisive i hope that the iranian leadership will see that will see american resolve and that their decision will be to deescalate the early morning or raid also reportedly killed 9 others including influential air rocky and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be leaving the airport in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place. a money led the powerful quds force an elite branch of the arena and revolutionary guard corp

turkish parliament decision to deploy troops to libya comes in for strong criticism as israel greece and those cyprus fear it's going to lead to a further escalation in the region. and continuing our rewind to 29 teams key chapters we remember the tragedy that struck cathedral in paris. by the very good afternoon where we watching around the world generally the 3rd here in moscow my name is kevin o. and r t h q with the half world news update 1st on that breaking story let me tell you more about it from iraq this morning the united states says assassinated iran's top military commander carr seems silly money in a drone strike on baghdad international airport the early morning air raid also killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders salomone led the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations units been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and syria and instrumental in the territorial defeat of ice still now in the us the general was listed though as a terrorist the pen

have recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime boundaries meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are also about to sign off on an agreement. to transport gas from the eastern mediterranean to europe that said rhodes with turkey's deal with libya she extracts gas from the sea let's head straight to uncorrupt where mohammed is live for us hi 1st of all do you think this is likely to pass the turkish parliament is there any opposition of told to the proposals. yes indeed the heart of that is the very expectation of the government here and they've been a lot being the different political in parliament to ensure that they get the vote that they need to pass these more from we are seeing an accelerated process here this motion is coming to parliament a week early and parliament has been forced to cut short its winter recess by almost a week so that they could come and pass these motion the defense minister. who has been speaking and he says that the turkish military is civil ready to deploy and it's high time they get not only the green light also parliament but also us us president. o

well turkey's decision comes as leaders of israel greece and cyprus signed a multi-billion dollar pipeline deal that could decrease europe's reliance on russian gas the east med pipeline as it's known will tap gas reserves from israel's offshore lavonne time basin and carry it to the greek island of crete then the pipeline joins the greek mainland and runs to italy it could provide the european union with 10 percent of its natural gas needs. in australia tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been ordered to evacuate the face of devastating bushfires in the states of new south wales and victoria 9 people have died in the country's southeast this week 17 people are still missing or challenge reports. the helicopter gives a bird's eye view down into was sprayed easy. but birds mammals people can get far away from these far from anyone that's not trying to put the flames out these marches had a narrow escape this evening we call. that. despite an orange wall of searing heat really until their truck when we were in there in the thick of it we thought that this could be it it was wrou

parliament's decision to deploy troops in libya faces strong criticism israel greece and cyprus fear lest conflict in the region. and considering a rewind of 29 teams key chapters we remember the tragedy that struck our program could feed children. we're going to do this job the 3rd just turned 3 pm in hours as mentioned my name is kevin owen here about h q with your world news update and 1st to that breaking story that came in from rock earlier this morning the united states has assassinated iran's top military commander of money in a drone strike on baghdad international airport the early morning air raid also killed 9 other people including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders solomon e a lead the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations unit was heavily involved in the fight against i still in iraq and syria in the u.s. though the general was listed as a terrorist the pentagon said he'd been actively planning attacks against u.s. diplomats and military personnel iranian supre

live from doha everyone i'm kemal sons of maria with the world news from al-jazeera greece israel and cyprus have signed a pipeline agreement at odds with turkey and libya's plans in the same area. a wanted man into paul issues a request to detain the foreman his son chairman carlos cone he skipped bail in japan and fled to lebanon.

exploration that otherwise greece would claim and could obstruct a natural gas pipeline from israel to cyprus to greece that turkey opposes preferring a pipeline from possibly from israel to turkey so turkey is making 3 big geo political moves now 2 of which are directly related to energy and this is 7 i mentioned cyprus there around europe of course there is that area that potential agreement between israel and europe and cyprus and greece to try and create another pipeline this piss turkey told smith europe does it not but it's also in quite a tricky position because it seems on one hand turkey is allying with countries that it's the major disputes with noticeably russia so i think playing that allies off against each other what's really going on here. yeah i think turkey that's is trying to nab the gate what you described as this incredibly complex geography turkey is pursuing under president air to one if you will a turkey 1st let's see a transactional foreign policy much like donald trump does so of course turkey wants to remain a member of nato of course turkey wants good relations with

in competition with cyprus and israel. pipeline to transport natural gas to europe by other mediterranean nations. has beenhand strengthened by the military cooperation deal and the maritime agreement it signed with libya, which gives turkey greater influence in the eastern mediterranean sea. that drew anger from across the region and beyond. after the bill was passed, italy condemned the plan, saying it could destabilize the region and called for the international community to respond. >> why they were not around when fromilitia were invited libya by groups. by russian mercenaries. turkey insists it is on the right side of history and now seems set to send troops to libya. >> donald trump did warn erdogan against interference in libya, saying it could complicate the situation. now to our correspondent. being said? correspondent: trump spoke to erdogan a couple hours after that vote in turkey that could potentially send troops to libya. we got a very brief readout from the white house. between the leaders. the message was