mogadishu which killed more than 80 people. it said the target had been a convoy of turkish nationals and apologised for the deaths of civilians. the iraqi prime minister, abdul mahdii armed forces" were a violation of sovereignty. iran has condemned the attacks, which it claims left at least 25 members of an iranian—backed iraqi militia force dead. as the us prepares itself for the 2020 presidential election, democrat contenderjoe biden says he would consider a republican running mate if he won the nomination — though he did say he couldn't think who it might be. the former vice—president leads other democrats in the polls for the race to take on donald trump. i spoke to steve herman, white house bureau chief with voice of america news and i asked him ifjoe biden was serious. he says he is, although he didn't name any republicans when he was asked about this at a campaign event in new hampshire. but it seems a bit premature to put out a comment like this because whatjoe biden obviously needs to do right now in the primary campaign is appeal to democratic voters, it would be in the general campaign, presumably, if he gets the nomination, where he want to broaden hi