well this attack occurred last night it was several rockets 30 hit inside the k. one military base which houses both u.s. forces as well as iraqi forces and this base is used to launch important operations against against i saw who have staged an insurgency in the surrounding mountains now this is just the latest in a spate of similar rocket attacks but it's the 1st time that we're actually seeing u.s. casualties there has not been any responsibility attributed to this but officially one member of the u.s. coalition told me that it bears similar whore marks to previous attacks which were attribute it to the iranian backed armed group hezbollah and now secretary of state magpie impale said on december 13th any such attacks would be met with decisive force so it remains to be seen whether following these u.s. casualties there will actually be such a response and of course this raises great concerns here in iraq because it's supposed to be the iraqi government to actually protect u.s. forces based here and the government did promise an investigation but on the part o

that we are far more about yesterday they launched $200.00 rockets out as we took the children out from under the shelling there were 40 of us we had a vote accident because there's a lot of traffic. so. i 1st took my children and family and neighbors out then when i saw the difficult situation in town i couldn't see people in the bombardment so i went and i started taking families away. there is 100 samples says civilians are reporting that the attacks on towns inside have been unrelenting . the people in but out to norman now been saying that the. bombardments and shelling they say they are also using bottle bombs have been. there for say they were in discriminate and the targeted civilian infrastructure including hospitals was a little and they've been fucked to us and this is a created a situation where small 1000000 people who forced to flee from their homes now they are fleeing too it's the talk each border $80000.00 of them according to top usual frijoles are very keen to cross the border but they're not having any of the beefed up the security deployed comes to ensure that they

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocket and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it's a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, that it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, that itjust becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, the fact that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. whatever your christmas eve has in store, here's what the weather is set to bring you. something of a mixed bag, shall we say? we start off with some heavy rain across northern england, almost all areas possibly seeing some showers at some stage. it should brighten for the majority by the time we get into the afternoon but we could see some hefty thunderstorms in wales and the south—west eng

hizbullah the american retaliation came after a rocket attack that killed a u.s. civilian contractor at an american base in iraq. this hezbollah base near the border between iraq and syria was one of 5 targets of u.s. fighter jets they destroyed the iran backed militias weapons caches and command and control centers in iraq and syria the strikes are be telling ation for friday's killing of a u.s. civilian contractor near the northern iraqi city of kirkuk. iran's foreign minister condemned the u.s. airstrikes during a visit to moscow he said the targeted hezbollah was part of an alliance against the so-called islamic state terror group officially the iran backed militia is under the command of the iraqi army. about hollow form because at the recent actions by americans in iraq are unacceptable while the u.s. does this iran and russia are making efforts to establish peace both in syria and in iraq i mean it will check it but the u.s. defense secretary views the operation as a success and hopes to discourage further attacks but i would note also that we will take add

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketdaries and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it is a car and we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's going to be worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, it becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. hello. after all the wet weather we have had lately, today feels like a christmas miracle. blue skies and sunshine for the rest of this christmas day, so it looks fine if you are heading out for a stroll later on. to walk up some of that christmas lunch. but on the satellite picture you can see this lump of cloud out to the west. that will change things a bit as we go through tonight and into

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketies and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it's a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, that it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, that itjust becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, the fact that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. hello. it's pretty and cloudy out there in many spots at the moment. this weekend it will turn a little bit milder by sunday, by which time it should have turned a little brighterfor some as it should have turned a little brighter for some as well. there will always be some rain in the north—west, some rain smashing through northern ireland in western scotla nd through northern ireland in

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketes and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it's a car — we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's going to be worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, it becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. hello there. for some of us, a bit of snow overnight, particularly over high ground in the north but we have also seen snow and showers pushing down right toward sea level across parts of north—east england. this was the scene as we started the day in redcar, in cleveland. today there was a day of sunshine and blustery showers. these showers are frequent across southern coastal counties of england, wales and through scotland's central belt where,

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocket and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it's a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, that it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, that itjust becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. if we get that, it will stand almost forever. hello. well, if you're out on the roads wednesday morning, this steady fog could last into the afternoon in some positing them. the midlands, and northern england in particular area risk of some thick fog patches. at the moment we are in between two systems. the wet weather here heading your way. so while we are between these weather systems, the winds are light, there's a fair bit of moisture, you can see the forming here. by the early hours of wednesday, the

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketsome people argue, cars are no more but forget it's a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, that it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, that itjust becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's one of the ambitions of the project, the fact that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. hello. this forecast will give us a first look at christmas day. we'll find out if there'll be any snow around — many of us now would just take a breakfrom the rain — and it does look as if, for a time next week, things are going to turn drier across the uk but it may well be all too brief before the rain comes back, and we'll look at that in a moment. this is the weekend weather pattern. we have

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketdaries and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it is a car and we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's going to be worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, it becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. no white christmas this year but perhaps a better gift is a breakfrom the rain. that is what we have for christmas day. a good deal of sunshine out there but i am afraid the break does not last long, here comes low—pressure as it turns wet and windy again in time for boxing day. let's look at things going into christmas day. this is how the rest of the night is shaping up. showers will be fad

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketes and some people argue, cars are no more but it is a car and we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's going to be worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, it becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. good evening. a fairly blustery end to the day. but even though those winds remain strong through the night, temperatures are going to drop quite widely across the country and we'll see ice for a few. across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales especially, where hill snow may be an additional hazard. at the moment, some lively showers working their way from west to east,

we need to design the rocket and get that fitted and make sure we can work out how to operate the rocketdaries and some people argue, cars are no more but forget it is a car and we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limits. is there a bit of you that wonders whether it's going to be worthwhile? absolutely, yeah. and everyone says about this particular project, it may be the last land speed record as we know it, you know. and so i think that's why i'm also keen to get it, because we're going to push it so far, it becomes out of sensible reach in the modern world, you know. and i guess that's what the ambition is of the project, that if we get that, it will stand almost forever. hello. it has been a blustery, chilly and showery weekend. some of the showers have been falling as snow over higher ground in the north. further south, we have had rain and hail. this is the picture from devon recently. we have had some big showers, some heavy hail as well and the odd rumble of thunder which is now pushing its way further eastwards. through this week, still unsettled so a mi

and a new play in the space race china successfully launches one of the world's most powerful rockets. the un general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rohingya muslims and other minorities and myanmar 134 member states voted in favor of a resolution calling on the animals government to end of violence against minorities men also faces a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of wrangel were killed and nearly a 1000000 fled into neighboring bangladesh after a crackdown in rakhine state well earlier i spoke to benjamin's a wacky who's a southeast asia list and he says this u.n. resolution is too late and lacks the legal weight to trigger a international action. you haven't 9 non-binding non legally binding general assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something that's now 2 years in the past and urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to take so no it's very difficult to see how this resolution could be of any concrete benefit to either the . refugee

fourth quarter looked like the rockets would take control. harden gets the three. he had a foul. and he missed that free-throw. the dubs pulled away. draymond made a couple three's, finished with a season high 20 points. when he hits those, look out, you're in trouble. warriors passing leads to the corner from glenn robinson iii, gr iii, santa approves after a hard night's work. dubs win 116-104. they talked about the national appeal after the game. >> it's been a trying season for us. to come out christmas day, everybody watching -- or no one was watching us, that's possible, too. you know, and to aua out and get a win, it's a lot of these guys first time playing on christmas. it's a huge stage. it's good. >> we're not going to play a bigger game than this all year, christmas, national tv, and the rockets. yeah, this game meant a lot to us. and you could see in the way our players approached it. >> lakers and clippers, anthony davis misses the halftime buzzer-beater. falls right into comedian kevin hart's lap. that's what you get for sitting court side, little guy. hart is 5'4".

attacks sustained rocket attacks are one thing but when a u.s. contractor loses their life it ups the stakes. certainly and i think they'll be a lot riding on the investigation or the inquiry that u.s. forces will be doing inside iraq because that allows the determine the next steps that the u.s. authorities are going to have to take where they flow of foreign secretary of state on those threats or where there are books to attribute this to islamic state or whether it's indeterminate but the investigation is really the next step in this matter regardless of who is behind it is it vague capitalizing on a moment of weakness because the protests have really taken over iraq for the last few months the political situation is no better arrived at the country office so many years of being vulnerable seems even more vulnerable well again we're going to turn and who you know who launched this rocket attack it's obviously. showing the interests of islamic states also tension a sunni interested iranian backed militia forces in iraq as well so the motives be

civilian contractor has been killed in an attack on an iraqi military base several rockets were fired into the base near kirkuk which houses both iraqi and u.s. military u.s. officials say some service personnel were also injured chile's president has signed a law for a referendum on a new constitution and one of the main demands of protesters who have now been demonstrating against the government for months but people took to the streets again on friday in the capital of santiago police tried to break up crowds with tear gas and water cannon the referendum will take place in april next year and china has successfully launched one of the world's most powerful rockets saying it's a big step in its ambitions for the moon and mars the long march 5 rocket was carrying a communications satellite while those other headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness do stay with us. so you go right away. by the well no more thing on the cement is eat up the casino ok looking up and their loss i have seen their love by the pool without without doing i thought they woulda in a new on

how can you do that with rosie the rocketeer at the controls.hutes and ultimately an airbag to cushion your windup landing. how do you have that data? >> you're not going to give us individual -- you don't do that? vehicle, who's that, tesla >> that would be an example of next generation vehicles basically i can't think of a single major auto company which isn't starting to work towards more autonomous vehicles or certainly alternative fuel source. >> how about the growing importance of cyber security >> we just talked about a breach. >> two breaches today. >> two breaches this morning. >> breaches du jour. >> wawa for god's sake i stopped there on the way down to washington. >> do you know what wawa is? >> i do. i think we bought a sandwich they have lovely sand wishes there. you go into a stinking convenience store and your data is at risk i'm sorry. >> i will say, they -- back to his point about -- back to jack's point about the technology that's in there, you walk into a wawa and you can order your own sandwich from the kiosk with everything

coming up our reporter edith kamani takes a trip on the chinese finance model rocket express in kenya. and entrepreneur in thailand has come up with an innovative alternative to the polluting practice of burning rice fields. they say. ok ferguson well the united states says it's planning to sign a trade deal with china in the 1st week of january the government in beijing has not confirmed the timeline nor has it mentioned any specifics about the agreement taken together there is uncertainty about what is happening when. next year is no election year in the us and donald trump is not likely to risk in barking on tricky trade negotiations with one eye on the polls instead he's keen to declare himself the winner in the trade war with china so no surprise when he announced phase one of a trade deal. that we want to give you it should be a place where. a few days earlier at a rally his message was even clearer. we just achieved a breakthrough on the trade deal and we'll be sure to get very shortly they're already borrowing bijan billions of dollars of products are great cultural products .

were there a random rocket launcher but have to as forces landed that last night killed one civilian and injured other 6 civilians including one child that is less than 6 years old according to medical sources in the capital tripoli as the clashes are becoming near there are the residential areas there is fear among civilians of potential human casualties and a huge influx of displaced people as you know that over the past few days have to as forces have been advancing taken control of civil locations in and around the. quarter of the migration of the t. in southern tripoli need. neighborhood meanwhile the government to military sources have posted a video showing what they call a number of have to the fighters taken captives by the government forces also the government military sources say that they've managed to repel an attack by have to his forces to take control of the airport road in southern net tripoli have to his forces continue targeting get into areas a little while ago a little while ago a fighter jet loyal to the world have to sort of education and institutes in zawiya c

was earth shattering to hear those rockets test. it was cool. as a kid, it was very cool. >> that's christy from huntsville and part of the efforts of lyndon baines johnson once president kennedy decided he wanted to send a man to the moon to put efforts across the united states to make it happen primarily in the south and huntsville, alabama, being one of those major locations where the work of the apollo mission would take place. in fact, you can still see some of the evidence there in the space museum. james in arlington, texas, hi. good morning. >> good morning. >> hi. >> my dad was a senior engineer on the apollo program. he worked for north american aviation out of southern california. he basically worked on almost anything from the launch escape towers down to the first stage. >> and how much did you talk about it -- >> can you talk about it? how much did you talk about it with you guys at home. technically, there are certain things he didn't talk about, but at the same time, such as when apollo 7, apollo 8, 9, 10, for that m

so this particular rocket attack that killed a u.s. contractor was after so many. and i personally think that it was probably the death of these u.s. contractor which probably tipped the u.s. government over the edge. my guess is that they had been planning options to retaliate against the force elements given the rice in rocket attacks in general and yesterday probably tipped them over the edge. and why they were able to react so quickly with the manned air strikes, they probably already had it pre-approved, pre-planned, because these rocket attacks have been mounting in number over the last few months. >> and what kind of response do you think that we should expect from iran? >> well, that is the big question. we just don't know. again, these strikes today were intended to deter iran from doing anything more along these lines. what we have seen from iran in the past is you may deter a specific action and in this case rocket attacks, bullpen y s bute them to take retaretaliatory ac of their own. so probably safe to assume that u.s. forces in the region have increa

civilian contract has been killed in an attack on iraq military base several rockets were fired into the base near kirkuk which as is both iraq and the u.s. military u.s. officials say multiple service personnel were also injured all staying in iraq where there have been an anti government process now since october calling for complete political reform grand ayatollah ali al sistani the country's highest shia religious leader has been critical of politicians for not heeding the protest as to this week he declared he'll no longer get involved in politics so 1 2 of alton reports from niger a shia stronghold in southern iraq. as iraq slips deeper into political crisis the one man iraq has looked to for guidance is silent grand ayatollah ali al sistani is friday's sermon delivered through his representative usually includes comments on political matters closely watched in streets and halls of government alike this week the cleric announced his no longer speak on politico. issues and he passed a cryptic message to iraq's politicians explaining why. if you read history you'll find that the

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we have seen the site where five f-1 rocket engines, each one is powerful. as all eight engines of the saturn combined will be clustered together to make the advanced saturn missile assembled in a new building to be built at cape canaveral as tall as a 48-story structure. as wide as a city block. and as long as two lengths of this field. within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. some 40 of them were made in the united states of america. and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those in the soviet union. the manned spacecraft the mariner spacecraft now on its way to venus is the most advanced. the accuracy is capable of firing a missile from cape canaveral to dropping it between the 40 yard lines. transit satellites are helping our ships at sea through safer course. tire satellites have given it unprecedented warnings of hurricanes and storms and will do the same for forest fires and icebergs. we have had our failures but so have others, even if they do not admit them

health experts warn that fire crackers and rockets release over 4500 tonnes of fine particle emissions on a single night. fine particles are extremely harmful to the lungs especially for small children and people with lung problems as my patients and the elderly they can experience a cute shortness of breath. but for the foreseeable future fireworks will continue to pollute the air while they dazzle the eyes it's no use holding one's breath until eco friendly rockets and fire crackers are available. the countdown to the countdown has started as cities around the world pairing for their new year's eve festivities in london big ben was tested for the midnight tolls to mark the start of 2025 this clock has been silent for 2 years due to repair. in rio de janeiro is. being prepared for the big not come pick a bomb the beach will be the same type of brazil's celebrations with 2000000 revelers expected and in new york the times square crystal ball has been given a practice run 32000. the ball which is a whole lot of american new year's eve celebration so. you're watching news that's all for

consider the payloads on the electron rocket built by new entrant rocket lab with its running out of fingers mission set for launch as soon as this friday out of the peninsula in new zealand. the faa licenses rocket lab launches because it's a u.s. company. why you may ask is this mission called running out of fingers? it's because it's their tenth mission, and for your information they've only been launching for two years so imagine that. payloads on the electron this time include a thermal isolation experiment, a telecommunications satellite that can fit in the palm of your hand developed by a spanish company, and a small satellite built by tokyo-based company that aims to create man-made shooting stars by simulating reentering meteor showers. their tagline may not surprise you, shooting stars on demand. as they say you can't make this stuff up if you tried. but that when mission highlights just a small dose of the massive amount of energy, creativity and multinational industry collaboration that commercial space is bringing to the table. we at the faa are doing our part to make su

rocket testing was being done at that point. it was earth shattering to hear those rockets test. it was cool. as a kid it was very cool. >> that is christie from huntsville. once president kennedy decided he wanted to send a man to the moon to put efforts across the u.s. to make that happen, alabama being one of those major locations were the work of the apollo mission would take place, and you can still see evidence there at that is in. james and arlington, texas. good morning. >> good morning. my dad was a senior engineer on the apollo program. he worked for north american aviation out of southern california. he basically worked on almost anything from the launch escape towers down to the first stage. >> how much did he talk about it? you are on. go ahead. how much did he talk about it at home? >> there were certain things he did not talk about, but at the same time when apollo 7, 8, 9, and 10 when they returned to earth, we had a big event at the facility, and the astronauts would be flown in for a ceremony, so we would all see them be driven by us in cars, and then we would b

benjamin netanyahu was evacuated during a campaign event following a rocket attack in southern israelisraeli army has yet to respond or comment on the strike. >> we can confirm one rocket has been fired into southern israel and as we speak updates are coming in the israelis are responding with airstrikes against factions there. multiple training sites were hit with these strikes. benjamin netanyahu was rushed off the stage to a bomb shelter for the second time this year after the rocket targeted the city was campaigning in. the last person to shoot at him is, quote, gone. he was referring to the palestinian islamic jihad militant who was assassinated by israel last month following orders he gave to fire rockets towards israel and then you in september. we are speaking with sources in the gaza strip this evening including hamas, the grouping control of gaza to get more information about what occurred tonight and what faction is there. >> you been studying christmas celebrations and messages from around the globe. what is being stressed this year? you >> from vatican city to notre dame

and so whether it's coming up with ways to, for instance, safety systems on board a rocket.st make sense, you have to have the ability to stop an errant rocket but what if you're launching from a place where the impact if something goes wrong is simply negligible? do you still need a safety system on board? no, and were kind to come up with a construct for that and then instead of carrying all that extra weight and the complexity on your rocket it is simple to design, simple to get orbit. you can carry more to orbit and you can get your license through quicker. when i look at what we do, it's maintaining public safety and we've been doing this for 35 years and we have never suffered a fatality or injury to public, is keeping that going for it while companies to innovate and go fast. >> thank you. that was a great lead into some of things you and i been talking about. you shared you are moving the next lunch i believe, is that right? >> this spring. >> so if you could talk to us a little bit about how the new footprint of launch activity both in u.s. and worldwide are evolvin

in last two years, israel has 2,600 rockets er and mortars. 1,500 of those rockets were gaza strip into israel. his is worst timing possible, h.res. 326 comes to the floor just one week after israel was over 450 rockets. ut in all the pages of this resolution, guess where it mentions palestinian terrorism? nowhere. this resolution fails to not only recognize -- it fails to latest recognize these attacks but all the persistent assaults on innocent israelis by terrorists. guess what else this resolution fails to mention? on fundamental facts that shaped the way israel has dealt with a constant threat on border. as the chair so eloquently bserved when he referenced hamas rockets raining into israel and palestinians paying and the need for a jewish and democratic state. reference to hamas firing rockets. it makes no reference to palestinians paying off terrorists. makes no reference to ecognizing israel as a jewish state. during the march of return, every single week, protesters the border to throw molot molotov cocktails. callingsed out leaflets on the public in response to israel defendin

we have felt the ground shake and the air shattered by the testing of a saturn, see one booster rocket, many times as powerful as the atlas which launched john glenn. generating with their accelerator on the floor. we have seen the site where five f-1 rocket engines each one as all as powerful as the sat surn combined will be clustered together to make the advanced missile assembled at the new building to be built at cape n canaveral as tall as a structure, as wide as a city block, and as long as two lengths of this field. within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth, some 40 of them were made in the united states of america. and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the soviet union. the mariner spacecraft -- [ applause ] the mariner spacecraft now on its way to venus ask the most intricate instrument in the history of space science. the accuracy of that shot is comparable to firing a missile from cape canaveral and dropping it in this stadium between the 40-yard lines. transit ships are s

perhaps certain are rockets facilities of the tape is below iran backed militia. the question is what the reaction is going to be on the part of particularly iran because obviously this was a militia linked to iran and the reaction of the iraqi government which already the care tech approach minister adl abdul moxy who has tried to straddle the united states and iran and be friendly with both has. said it was an instrument of iraqi sovereignty so. the strike could potentially cause problems in the u.s. iraq relationship and kenneth at our correspondent she had noted there you've got this pouring of iraqi nationalism we've got an all time low when relations between the u.s. and iran so i guess as you say the big fears are escalation and potentially retaliation . correct i mean i think iran is pattern is to has to retaliate differently. not necessarily in iraq but it might retaliate somewhere else in the persian gulf obviously the he's in yemen hizbullah hamas iran has quite a few options these days and has a lot of proxies a lot of allies in the region a lot of age

perhaps there are rockets to cilla to cut say because bola iran backed militia. there the question is what the reaction is going to be on the part of particularly iran because obviously this was a militia linked to iran and the reaction of the iraqi government which already the care tech approach minister. who has tried to straddle the united states and iran and be friendly with both has. said it was an strange one of iraqi sovereignty so. the strike could potentially cause problems in the u.s. are direct relationship. libya's un recognized government is calling for the international community to help stop the military tripoli and the forces of warlord khalifa haftar hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of that offensive in april but without the live reports now from tripoli . the fight for tripoli is collating now the foreign ministry is calling on the united nations and the international criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for the warlord flee for have to of committing crimes against

in western anbar province is an important launching pad for operations against beisel but recent rocket attacks against bases where u.s. personnel are stationed including i know last an air base in early december could hamper operations raising fears of a proxy war between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil. in an unusual announcement following the i know acid attack the u.s. publicly blamed the type hezbollah the iraqi government hasn't attribute it blame but has tightened security. the very inclusive purity measures were. cooperation with coalition forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the outer perimeter of a search to protect the base investigations are continuing on to know but it's not completed. promises of investigations have done little to reassure the u.s. none of the government's probes into any of the previous rocket attacks have been published the analysts say the details are well known and. i think that iraqi joint operation command in iraq intelligence as many details about the people who attacked the k one basing cook iraqi government was con

yes and rocket attacks against bases where u.s. personnel are stationed including i know last an air base in early december could hamper operations raising fears of a proxy war between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil in an unusual announcement following the attack the u.s. publicly blamed the type hezbollah the iraqi government hasn't attribute it blame but has tightened security. said the very increased security measures were. cooperation with coalition forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the outer perimeter of a search to protect the base investigations are continuing on to know but it's not completed. promises of investigations have done little to reassure the u.s. none of the government's probes into any of the previous rocket attacks have been published the analysts say the details are well known and. i think that the iraqi joint operation command in iraq intelligence as many details about the people who attacked the k one basing cook iraqi government was confused because the pressure of could

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launches drone strikes against iranian-backed militias after a rocket kills an american contractor. >>> and we'll meet an inspiring child bringing love and laughter to other kids in need of a smile. >>> and the nfl playoff picture is setalong with some scattere showers from east and south. get out the skittle scoopers it is monday, december 30th. "early today" starts right now >>> and a good morning to you. i'm cori coffin. >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera five peep are recovering this morning and a community is in shock after another anti-semitic attack on the jewish community it happened during a hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in new york police say a 37-year-old man allegedly walked into the home and started randomly stabbing people the suspect grafton thomas was arrested hours after the attack. authorities say they found him with blood on his clothing he has pleaded not guilty. here's nbc's kathy park. >> reporter: frances, good morning to you here in the largely orthodox community of munsey, new york, they have been shaken in the last days of hanukkah as official

it's made in mission was in 1999 since then 36 launches 32 of them successful rockets flown from sea launch were produced in ukraine and equipped with a russian made engine after 2014 launches from the pad were indefinitely candy as relations between the countries hit rock bottom 7 space the company that starts the itself with reviving the platform plans on bringing it to the shores of russia's far east next year and it will take another 12 months to get it operational it is expected see launch will continue to fly ukraine made rockets until 2023 when it is shed yule to make a switch to so use fife a russian rocket still in development everything from the pacific ocean the man steering a 7 space is no stranger to orbital exploration his military background makes him ambitious so much so he's been dubbed the russian elan musk but for this love feel love says there's a key difference but you must he's a talented guy but mr mosque is always trying to sell the future while here in russia we're living in our current economic reality and sell exactly what we have now. there's tough competi