welcome to the weekly with me kevin owen here r.t.r. 7 days roundup of the news that made and indeed is making the headlines and 1st than the week did the year got off to a troubling start with tensions skyrocketing in the middle east following the united states assassination of iran's most senior commander kasim solomon he's bodies now been repatriated to iran where he'll be buried tens of thousands of mourners there iran have been paying tribute to the general crowds also throng the streets of the iraqi capital on saturday for a big huge funeral procession their rallies have been ongoing since friday's deadly u.s. air strike on baghdad international airport iran's swiftly to. death as relations with the united states plunged to a new low donald trump has also threatened to retaliate without hesitation if iran attacks american bases. they attacked us and we hit back if they it's like again which i strongly advise them not to do we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before so rans responded to that warning saying the u.s. doesn't have the courage for a full blown milit

here in moscow is kevin owen with you well welcome to the program 1st that iran has said it made arrests in the case of the accidentally downed ukrainian passenger plane last week in which all 176 people on board or killed. bateau your motto morbius you are people it is very important in this incident that whoever was at fault or negligent at any level and identify anyone who should be punished must be punished while. the u.s. is being blamed for flaming tensions in the persian gulf leading to what's been described as collateral deaths that's the assessment of the russian foreign minister as he was speaking to the media about the escalating middle east crisis so i also added that the u.s. killing of a top arabian general in a drone strike went beyond all legal frameworks but it a coach has the details russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is currently on his asia tour and his 1st stop was here and sri lanka speaking to the media after the talks the minister specifically touched upon the situation in iran so gay lover of accuse the u.s. and fuelling an ask a late in the conflict that led

4th january live than from the other to international world new center season's greetings it's kevin owen here with this hour's update. thousands of mourners have been holding funeral processions in the iraqi capital baghdad to one of those killed in a u.s. air strike on friday morning including iran's top general money the crowds have been waving their national flag and the flags of various to ramberg shia militia groups the remains of the commanders body will be repatriated to iran for burial on sunday considered the 2nd most powerful figure in the islamic republic he was among 10 people killed in the early morning raids following a direct order from the us president donald trump has defended the assassination saying it was necessary to prevent an imminent attack on american personnel and another possible war in the middle east but its cause profound in iran and beyond. 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 july just stop. a war. we did no

life in the arts international world you sense a very good afternoon money as kevin owen welcome to this latest half hour update 1st off right now into iran millions of mourners have turned out for the funeral of the money the country's most powerful general was assassinated in a u.s. air raid outside baghdad airport in iraq on friday there's been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond iran's supreme leader ali a wept as he said prayers over the slain commanders coffin so mourners carried red flags associated with just bloodshed and revenge one of the 1st repercussions for the united states has come from iraqi am peace of voted sunday to expel foreign forces from the country for conducting the killing on their soil but donald trump then warned iraq to brace itself for heavy sanctions if it kicks troops out. we have a very extraordinarily expensive ear piece that's there it costs billions of dollars to build long before my time we're not living unless they pay us back for it if they do ask us to leave if we don't do it in a very friendly basis will charge them sancti

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 supreme leader has warned there will be harsh reprisals against washington now over the assassination. the u.s. act of international terrorism targeting and assassinating general saloon money the most effective force fighting dying. i'll kind it at home

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by the look at all through this john of the 3rd one is kevin owen here and out with will news update 1st that breaking story today that came in earlier on for the middle east the united states is assassinated iran's top military commander in a drone strike in iraq. money led the revolutionary guards and he could force a miss killed following a direct order it seems from u.s. president donald trump the arabian supreme leader is vowing a harsh retaliation against washington while the iraqi prime minister has condemned the u.s. strike as aggression we got an update earlier from our senior correspondent were gassed. this is unprecedented in how how tense things are how both countries with this is this is the obvious 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 killed after arriving at the airport in baghdad the u.s. as he was he was targeted i mean this operation was preplanned they knew he was coming they knew where to strike the they were targeting him and the fallout has been

their life in the arts international world the center for a good afternoon to my name is kevin owen here with the latest update and we're going to 1st of all the streets absolutely packed there with millions of mourners for the funeral procession of money the country's most powerful general was assassinated in a u.s. air raid at baghdad airport in iraq on friday iran's supreme leader earlier wept says he said prayers over the slain commanders coffin there's been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond one of the 1st repercussions for the united states came yesterday from iraqi m.p.'s who voted sunday to expel 4 of forces from their country for conducting the killing on their soil but donald trump then warned iraq to brace itself for heavy sanctions if it does kick those troops out. we have a very extraordinarily expensive ear piece that's there it cost billions of dollars to build long before my time we're not living unless they pay us back for it if they do ask us to leave if we don't do it in a very friendly basis will charge them sanctions like they've never seen

good evening busy news night is tell you about this january the 3rd one is kevin owen live here at r.t. h.q. with the world news update if you stay with me for the next half hour or so so the big story into the middle east this morning the u.s. secretary of state has defended america's assassination of iran's top military commander same sum of money in a drone strike on baghdad international airport on friday might claim the attacks saved american lives she said and further 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 the situation. the early morning raid then also reportedly killed 9 others including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be leaving the airport there in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place some sort of money let the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the iran revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading forei

to international world news center season's greetings it's kevin owen here with this hour's update so 1st thousands strong crowds are lining the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession of the iranian commanders killed in friday's u.s. air strike including iran's top general kasim solomon ie the iraqi prime minister is said to also be in attendance there today as well as iraqi flags mourners are also waving the flags of iran backed militias loyal to saddam any it's understood his body will be repatriated to iran for burial on chews day he was among 10 killed on friday following a direct order from donald trump the u.s. president defended the assassination saying it was necessary said to prevent war in the middle east but it sparked widespread fury across iran and beyond. 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 july just stop. a war. we did not take action to start a war that. this was an obvious terrorist move a move that entirely sho

well over again even just turned 7 o'clock welcome to the weekly with me kevin owen here now to international live from our main studios here in moscow it's a roundup of the stories that have made and are making the headlines of the last week and one big one happening right now as you see on the screens and read the the breaking news the iraqi parliament has passed a resolution in the last hour or so calling on the government there to expel all foreign forces and to formally terminated initial request for assistance from the u.s. led and i still coalition the vote follows the united states. a nation of iran's most powerful general in the air raid on baghdad international airport of friday as mentioned iraqi officials described that strike as a violation of their country's sovereignty and now we're starting to see the revocations coming through tonight he goes to correspondent across this one yet so as we've said before this is a normal binding. state but at the moment but either which way it's huge political news and it's a huge backing of rock for but for viewers just joining us rewind it al

again this is the weekly small it's international my name is kevin owen live in moscow thank you for your time today and if you're just joining us we're breaking our usual coverage to go full time with the big top stories seeing on the screen there iraq's parliament has voted to basically kick out if all goes to plan u.s. troops there some $5000.00 military personnel in iraq made these advises 12 u.s. bases is going to go to the government again the course that's all in transition at the moment but it's a big headline on monday a look at its process resolution calling on the government to expel all foreign forces and to formally terminate its request for assistance that's the official from the u.s. led coalition this vote follows the united states assassination of iran's most powerful general in the air raid on baghdad international airport on friday we got more details tell you by that as well we're finding out we think. iraqi official described the strike as a violation of their country's sovereignty igor's done office across igor this came out for our viewers just joined this well

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owen, jefferies chief u.s. , good to speak to you today. we have special programming coming to you from london. still ahead, we will hear from kevin. secretary of state mike pompeo. we will get the line coming from the u.s. administration. about what is front and center. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ london, i'm anna edwards. this is "bloomberg markets." we turn our attention to latin where kevin cirilli is on the road with secretary of state mike pompeo. what is going to be the theme of his visit? counterterrorism come i understand, is high up there. kevin: precisely. , am here in bogota, colombia traveling with secretary of state mike pompeo. yesterday we were in berlin at that conference with chancellor angela merkel. i asked him about his plan for this evening, and he said he looks forward to meeting with the u.s. recognized president of , that he juan guaido wants to meet with him. juan guaido has defied a travel -- and traveled to columbia two colombia. it comes at a time which u.s. foreign policy is under scrutiny for the developments in venezuela. secretary pompeo telling me last night on the plane that they are optimistic that s