commander loyal to the ward cleaver hafta the head of special forces was attending the funeral but was unharmed but what otherwise he had has moved from tripoli. symmetry is very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit which are under the control of the warlord . have to understand that this was a funeral held for a former commander of the special forces units and he would get under the former regime of moammar gadhafi but in that symmetry there were the military units including the special forces individuals including their commander the current commander the major general. we know that these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individuals to join have to this military campaign to seize the capital tripoli especially we know that the mainly special forces individuals including their current commander. they refused to join have to as a military campaign to move on tripoli we also know that medical sources in a bunch of ozzy's say that the number of victims could rise especially those wanted many of them have been in critical condition c

the head of libyan special forces was attending the funeral , but was unharmed.from tripoli. very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit, which are under control of the warlord. was a funeralthis held for a former of the special forces units, and he worked under the former regime of muammar gaddafi, but in that cemetery, there were military units, including special units forces individuals, including the current commander, the major general. we know these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individual to join the military campaign to seize tripoli. especially we know many special forces individuals, including the current commander, they refused to join the military campaign to move on tripoli. we also know that medical sources say that the number of victims could rise, especially those who have been in critical condition. >> the ruling military counsel in sudan says it has foiled a military coup and arrested 16 officers, including the alleged ringleader. it comes as they have discussions with opposition politicians that

commander in the war on a cliff i have to the head of special forces attended the funeral that wasn't had our correspondent my head has more from tripoli. symmetry is very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit which are under the control of the warlord. have to understand that this was a funeral held for a former commander of the special forces units and he would get under the former regime of moammar gadhafi but in that symmetry there were the military units including the special forces individuals including their commander the current commander the major general. we know that these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individuals to join have to this military campaign to seize the capital tripoli especially we know that there are many special forces individuals including their current commander. they refused to join have to this military campaign to move on tripoli we also know that. medical sources in a bunch of ozzy's say that the number of victims could rise especially those wanted many of them have been in critical condition. it'

special forces in gaw guatemalae doing a lot of training for the mexican cartels.id: the poll, these people' them out. is the government of mexico truly getting serious about cracking down? >> i have to till yo to -- tellr this new administration, i see is going backward, relationship and intelligence sharing with federal law enforcement agents is not what it used to be. there was a lot more intelligence share o oon, this s a new administration it is normal to see them hold back a little bit, but violence in mexico su -- is unbelievable, te to look at cartels for what they are, take acts to go after them, we have to get all of the u.s. homeland security enterprise, that is private, local, state, federal, department of defense and inteligent community, united behind this, we designate them as terrorist organizations, once we do, that stha that will limir ability global to move, and will really focus them government agency such as department of treasury and doj to go after their assets so we're limiting mobility, going after assets focusing our government agents, we'

the report accuses the special forces of carrying extra judicial executions and planting drugs and guns on the victims to justify their actions the government rejects this and insists the people killed in the operations were resisting arrest. essential institutions from the owner of law in venice will have been eroded the exercise of freedom of opinion expression association assembly and the right to participate in public life in terror also risk of reprisals and repression. our report not attacks against actual or perceived political opponents and human with the fenders ranging from threat and smear campaigns to arbitrary the tension torture and ill treatment sexual violence killings and fall disappearance. what desire is. well the united nations says that the report is based on over 500 interviews that took place not only in venezuela but also outside and there were carried out by united nations human rights representative in the country and also by its representative former chilean president michelle bachelet it talks not only about extrajudicial killings in the country carr

special forces dropped down on to the back of the speeding bessel forcing it into iranian waters the 30000 ton stana imperio was on its way to saudi arabia nothing's been heard from her 23 crew since the revolutionary guard who released these images say the tanker was being escorted by a privilege warship that tried to stop the seizure britain's ministry of defense declined to comment on the claim the detained tank is now at the center of a diplomatic storm these images were released by news agency linked to the iranian government iran says the ship breached maritime rules when it collided with a fishing boat and has been taken to the nearby port of panda for investigation for the british flag tanker was involved in an accident with an iranian fishing boat on a transit british and a distress call was sent to assist the causes of the accident unfortunately the british vessel ignored this and began to change course contrary to international regulations a 2nd tanker the british operated liberian flag mesta was also briefly detained before being allowed to resume its journey the british

that i have seen and we can still hear the gunfire between them special forces and and the target so we do not know at this point it's that target of the attackers and that's it for me the news continues on al-jazeera after al-jazeera correspondent stretching back so much about. and that's called. thank. you. my name is funny but not good and i'm in london for the 11th annual competition at the international yoga sports federation whose goal it is to make yoga and olympic sport i've always thought of yoga as part of my indian heritage i understand it to be about transformation personal transformation and yoga itself seems to be transforming and being appropriate both culturally and financially as it spreads all over the world. for. your head just. the way that we are coming back that's why we have a we have a good. chance you just so it's really easy from the outside where's the spiritual feel to it when you come here it's almost like a temple 4 years ago i was the only guy to compete for our place 1st 2nd 3rd 4th by default. right but then this year it was i think was 8 or 9 guys

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there integrated as individuals, but an army special forces 18, australian sas, everybody in the world, one of the benefits of being a controller as they workfrom the best forces around the world in a way that nobody else does . >> they have to be able to fight but they have to be able to do something more. >> that's a perfect segue into what it is a combat controller does that is different because foundational he combat controllers training pipeline is directly comparable to what you would see a seal going through. they do everything a seal does tactically. they jump, scuba dive, combat nine, they shoot weapons, do small units, tactics, all the things that are thefoundation of modern special operations warfare but to that foundation, they add a technical expertise that is not resident anywhere in special operations and thatis this . if you and i are in a gunfight and you're going to be a green beret or a seal , what do you want to be? >> seal that's what everybody says. and this is the mongol horde, as they're coming to us we have to take the politics and prose poster. you've got your

commander loyal to the warlord honey for half time the head of special forces was attending the funeral that was on haunts and investigation is underway after a rocket carrying a satellite for the united arab emirates failed many. to take off their ear the european vaguer rocket which lifted off from french why anna suffered a major anomaly 2 minutes into its launch the last payload was the 1st of 2 satellites that was to create the fall can i satellite system for the u.a.e. the launch was twice postponed due to bad weather to the u.s. now a present donald trump says his not backing down on efforts to determine the citizenship status of the american population but he's abandoned plans to put a question on citizenship into the 2020 census instead he'll issue an executive order to pursue other ways to get the data. i'm here by ordering every department today agency in the federal government to provide the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country. they must furnish all legally accessible records in their poss

outpost in southeastern syria used to belong to i.s.i.s., but now it's in the hands of american special forcesiding out to pick us up like a scene from "mad max." cbs news came to this place with mneral frank mckenzie, commander of the u.s. forces in the middle east. >> we're standing on the damascus-baghdad highway just inside syria, and we're supporting our partners in the t ght against i.s.i.s. >> reporter: from this compound still choked with rubble from lhe battles, special forces travel to even more remote outposts to train local tribes to hunt down the remainder of i.s.i.s. >> our partners help get them. >> reporter: it's been four months since the last piece of i.s.i.s.-held territory was liberated and there are still nearly 1,000 u.s. troops in syria. the main american base is in northern syria, where a strip long enough to handle jet transports has been carved out of the syrian plain. it's industrial strength logistics like only the american ilitary can do and there's no end in sight. >> there are still ripe targets out there and we're going after them. >> reporter: nothing here is e

raid on posse on it and other major clubs last year was seen as an attack on that lifestyle 200 special forces oddly reason machine guns raided the club and yeah they're starting to think tenure for music too i go up as a wall but will this is have. 8 people were prosecuted on drug charges the event triggered a protest march with thousands taking to the streets in defense of the bus ianni. i was the only moment through which we jane still used took to bring like 10 solid and 50000 people to protest and protest not just like a radical idea such as change the government or something but the ideas which meant to write the u.s. for for human rights ideas for women the right side ideas for full for abuse. but that liberal movement only has the backing of a minority over 80 percent of all georgians are orthodox christians. religion means a lot to constantine a motor goetia he tries to make it to church every sunday fasts once a year and so he says lives by religious laws he sees his way of life being threatened. you should know not in that you should know every day they attack our religion every day

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going to the area, as happened in the 19805, and american special forces go in and do some physicaln on that? possibly. yes. are you saying yes so firmly because... both. we are now going to be a dependency of the united states. that is strong language. i have written it, i have said it, and we have to be clear, watching liam fox in the united states, humbling himself in a way i have never seen this man doing before, everybody knows, even borisjohnson knows, that when we do this catastrophic thing called brexit... your opinion, obviously. yes, my opinion. the united states is what we feel we have to fall back on and that brings certain conditions, and i think those conditions are not forgotten by trump. stephanie, i will bring you in in a moment, but the point you made about the, again, strong language, you said, suicidal state of mind in iran. where does that go next if this escalates? if it does escalate, it will be a disaster. when i said a suicidal mood, the iranians will bomb. they have a huge arsenal of missiles, ballistic missiles. they will hit the american bases in the gulf

in 2011 when us special forces raided that compound and killed 0sama raided that compound and killedsama bin laden, they apparently found letters written by bin laden where he wrote he was grooming his son to succeed him. it gives you an idea of the concerned americans had about him, but more recently, and it is certainly fair to say in recent yea rs is certainly fair to say in recent years we've heard less about al-qaeda than some other groups, certainly less than we did in the early 20005, but they were still concerned there was danger from them and they were plotting and planning attacks and hamza bin laden wa5 behind some of those. chris buckler with the latest from washington. there are reports so far of hamza bin laden‘5 death and we are keeping an eye out for the official confirmation, and we will bring that straight to you. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the us central bank, the federal reserve, has cut interest rates from a range of 2% to 2.25%. the 0.25% cut is the first since the financial crisis 10 years ago. here's how the chairman of the fed, jerome

arrived at the scene and we can still hear the gunfire between we have been special forces and and the terrorists so we do not know at this point. that target of the attackers already. in kabul thank you very much for that update. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back is the 1st sitting u.s. president to set foot in north korea donald trump is back on u.s. soil after an historic trip plus. anger in argentina where days of power cuts a paralyzed thoughts of the country more on that stay with us. hello are going to welcome back well cross parts of the levant we are looking at some very dry conditions but thunderstorms could be an issue as they make their way across the caspian that means about cool you could be seeing the overnight show as well particular in the overnight hours when we see the heating of the day so a temporal here on monday of 23 coming down because we are going to be seeing those winds coming out of the north notice that the rain is going to linger across the southern part of the caspian even tehran may see a passing shower or 2 but for quite

the area, as happened in the 19805, and american 5pecial as happened in the 19805, and american special forces, would the uk go in on that? possibly. yes. are you saying yes so firmly because... both. we are now going to be a dependency of the united states. that is a strong language. dependency of the united states. that is a strong languagelj dependency of the united states. that is a strong language. i have written it, i have said it, and we have to be clear, watching liam fox in the united states handling himself in a way i have never seen thi5 himself in a way i have never seen this man doing before, everybody know5, even bori5 this man doing before, everybody know5, even boris johnson this man doing before, everybody know5, even bori5johnson know5, that when we do what this catastrophic thing called brexit... your opinion, obviously. yes, my opinion. the united states i5 your opinion, obviously. yes, my opinion. the united states is what we feel we have to full back on and that brings certain conditions, and i think those conditions are not forgotten by trump. stephanie, i will bring you

crew said to be in good health but audio exchanges between a british warship and the iranian special forces moments before the capture reveal the tension in the region. obstruct. suits me and the sterner in. its own. words. i write him a bird. actually a preferred security or even over. the 108 international. attention to the end of the senate iran's foreign minister on a visit to venezuela is reported to view the seizure as for top following the impounding of an iranian vessel in gibraltar allard this month the grace one was seized by british forces suspected of breaching sanctions on syria for its part the u.k. insists it's upholding enter national law. to ukraine now where millions of people are casting ballots today to elect a new parliament ukrainian president volodymyr selenski called the snap elections after being sworn into office in may he's hoping this folk will consolidate his power in give him a stronger mandate to carry out before. the former t.v. actor was elected on promises of tackling corruption and shaking up ukraine's political system but so far progress has been slow. to

navy ships, coast guard cutters, marine special-purpose forces, special operations forces, small numbers. we have in some cases adequate numbers now, but if we took reductions we might have to for the global fight that would have a disproportionate impact in the long-term ability to work with our partners. >> are there capability gaps, currently, that you are concerned about that we should be doing some thing about? adm faller: i'm concerned. the litoral combat ship is an excellent platform the navy is bringing online. it is had some issues. i'm confident we're going to come out of those. the sergeant major and i spent several hours on a ship in florida recently. mayport, it's a capability we need. the navy is committed to deploying one in october. we look forward to that so we don't have a navy combatant now so that's a gap. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets are challenged worldwide. we need those for monitoring the situation in venezuela, also for the global counter narcotic fight. the crisis this nation that's. our number one asset to detect that flow so we are sho

outpost in southeastern syria used to belong to i.s.i.s., but now it's in the hands of american special forcesing out to pick us up like a scene from "mad max." cbs news came to this place with general frank mckenzie, commander of the u.s. forces in the middle east. >> we're standing on the damascus-baghdad highway just inside syria, and we're supporting our partners in the fight against i.s.i.s. >> reporter: from this compound still choked with rubble from the battles, special forces travel to even more remote outposts to train local tribes to hunt down the remainder of i.s.i.s. >> they try to get in the desert and our partners help go out and get them. >> reporter: it's been four months since the last piece of i.s.i.s.-held territory was liberated and there are still nearly 1,000 u.s. troops in syria. the main american base is in northern syria, where a strip long enough to handle jet transports has been carved out of the syrian plain. it's industrial strength logistics like only the american military can do and there's no end in sight. >> there are still ripe targets out there and we're goi

the report accuses the special forces of carrying out extrajudicial executions than planting drugs and guns on the victims to justify their actions the government rejects the sentences the people killed in the operations were resisting arrest trees a bow more for border cyrus while the united nations says that the report is based on over 500 interviews that took place not only in venezuela but also outside and they were carried out by united nations human rights representative in the country and also by its representative former chilean president michelle bachelet talks not only about extrajudicial killings in the country carried out by the security forces mostly in poor neighborhoods this report says that those operations where anti-crime operations but many of them also there are saying that this acuity forces use that force in order to curtail this and it also talks about the rule of law in venezuela saying that the opposition has been neutralized and criminalized and also saying that institutional checks and balances have been dismantled in venezuela today this report comes out

their port accuses the special forces of carrying out extrajudicial executions then planting drugs and guns on the victims to justify their actions the government rejects this and says the people killed in the operations were resisting arrest and also says the report is an objective. well 4000000 venezuelans have fled the country's economic and political crisis since 2015 and many of them go to neighboring colombia hospitals there say they now can't cope with the growing number of venezuelans seeking medical attention i was on there are now reports from my cow in northern colombia it's almost game is less than this way treatment for you kenya in neighboring colombia he urgently needed to be admitted to an intensive care unit but spent a month waiting for a referral in this hospital in the poor border city of mike in the question. that he is receiving basic treatment and medicine but he needs specialized treatment that we can't get here and we don't have the money to pay to move him to another city. his colombian relatives fear he will die here and he's not the only one. to me that

the moment the british tanker was seized by iran's revolutionary guard in the strait of hormuz special forces dropped down on to the deck of the speeding bessel forcing it into iranian waters the 30000 ton stana imperio was on its way to saudi arabia nothing's been heard from her 23 crew since the revolutionary guard who released these images say the tanker was being escorted by a british warship that tried to stop the seizure britain's ministry of defense declined to comment on the claim but detain tank is now at the center of a diplomatic storm these images were released by news agency linked to the iranian government iran says the ship breached maritime rules when it collided with a fishing boat and has been taken to the nearby port of panda for investigation for the british flag tanker was involved in an accident with an iranian fishing boat on a transit british and a distress call was sent to assist the causes of the accident unfortunately the british vessel ignored this and began to change course contrary to international regulations a 2nd tanker the british operated liberian flag mess

then we cannot get our act together, to have a special forces team who that was set up to pick about. it wandered for her to guards to pick him up where there is no risk at all. and the major was killed and we were embarrassed and then we had to go to panama, and so on and so forth. and we replaced him with another drug dealer as president. living he is down there well in his cell, and who knows where that will go. then we create a 10 years creating saddam hussein. if you look at the direct involvement, there's a whole litany now that is being printed about it. how we made this man who he is today. and our current president's fingerprints are all over it, from 1982 on, indirect involvement, getting him money, getting in weapons. all the way down to a few month before the work. trying to get people to leave him alone and let them do any wanted to do. instructions,ten we sent april glaspie, ambassador into see him on july the 25th, to tell him that we would not become involved with his border dispute in weight. and saying that if you want to take that northern part, you can . then he to

then we couldn't get our act together to have a special forces team set up to pick him up. wandered 400 yards and picked him up where there was no risk at all. a major was killed and we were embarrassed and had to take panama and so on. we replaced him with another drug dealer as president. now he's cost -- he's down there living well in his cell. then we spent 10 years creating saddam hussein. if you look at the direct involvement, there is a whole litany being printed about how we made this man who he is today. and our current president's fingerprints are over -- all over it from 1982 on in direct involvement in getting him money, getting him weapons, and all the way down to a few months before the war. trying to get people to leave him alone and let him do what he wanted to do. then written instructions we sent the ambassador in to see him on july 25 to tell him we would not become involved with his border dispute in kuwait and basically saying if you want to take that northern part, you can. then he took the whole thing. then we got to worry billion -- then we the saudi

movements greatest success but a 1st the military hunta did not want to give up power on june 3rd special forces brutally cleared a protest camp more than 120 people were killed and hundreds were injured. the international pressure led military and opposition back to the negotiating table a basic agreement was reached but details were still being hammered out until tuesday night. at the green it is at least a preliminary breakthrough an important step on the road to peace but it's by far not enough for a permanent peace. with deep seated mistrust on both sides the challenge for sudan now will be implementing the terms of the treaty. russia can drug lord hakim chapo guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in the us prison a judge in brooklyn accused him of overwhelming evil and ordered him to forfeit more than $12000000000.00 in ill gotten drug proceeds before today's sentencing course been denounced the trial and complained about his conditions in solitary confinement here's a look back on his life and crimes. he's been notorious for decades as the head of the scene a lower drug cartel mex

the special forces the taliban is the worst medicine group has claimed responsibility. if you use prime minister i've met have sworn that he's prepared to die to defend your country soften say as follows a coup attempts in the heart of region. governor and other officials on the 22nd of june. to have used sit in to arrest of position figures. of course in mauritania has confirmed that mohamed goswami is the country's next president dismissing the field position confidence alleged voting irregularities the court ruled that mr augusta won he won his 52 percent majority of last month's elections fairly and there was no proof a fraud. at least 10 people in sudan. are reported to have been killed and almost 200 injured in clashes between police and protesters thousands took to the streets on sunday to repeat demands to sit down so ruling military council and power to a civilian government the rallies were the biggest since police killed dozens as a protest in far too a month ago. the united nations is urging iran to stick to the 2015 nuclear deal after the international atom

wife flowers for her birthday happy birthday by the entrance there was a small bus of russian special forces and they arrested me now i look like an idiot in shorts in the police station but that's how it is so are you all jews in. the now rejoined some 1400 people who were also to tanks during last week's demonstrations which saw some 20000 people protest the exclusion of dozens of opposition candidates from local elections. the european union criticized the excessive force used by police during the protests saying it undermined the right to freedom of assembly. last weekend's mobilisation was just the latest in a wave of popular dissent to grip the russian capital this year and not likely to be the last organizers have already called for fresh demonstrations next weekend and russian authorities have already started to detain key opposition figures. and for more now we're joined by roman going to go from the w.'s russian and eastern europe service it's going to have you on the show we've been trying to find out what the condition is right now of mr and whether or not it's safe for him to be

n.g.o.s and independent media has already been announced for months and basically what this is is a special forces that maduro has deployed to the poorest areas of caracas and what they do is they come house to house they knock on and they basically take members of the family away male members of the family and they as as it has been alleged they had they killed them and so this is something that they have done to crack down this scent in venice those poor areas because these are the areas where the government has traditionally been strong and if they lose these areas they know that that would probably spell the end and so for the opposition this is this is something that's very satisfying to finally have confirmation from the un the highest human rights organ that that this is true that this is happening so so this this is great for. venezuelan opposition and it could help galvanize the realities that cause but for the governors it's for the government it's very damning but the report also shows that that their humanitarian crisis is happening a blames them of their own government for their human

wife flowers for her birthday happy birthday by the entrance there was a small bus of russian special forces in there arrested me now i look like an idiot in shorts in the police station but that's how it is sorry your children you. for years russia's government has known the impact could have as a fierce outspoken critic of the kremlin. novelli refers to himself as a nationalist democrat in recent years however fighting corruption and nepotism in russia has become his priority. this video from 2016 shows several properties which allegedly belong to vladimir putin the value far exceeds the official income of the russian president the kremlin really react to these accusations but nevertheless he is repeatedly caught in the crosshairs of the russian justice department time and again his efforts to organize against the kremlin have seen him and up behind bars in total he has spent 5 months of his life in russia's prisons. all right let's bring in our correspondent only sure and now she joins us from the russian capital of moscow emily what do we know about alexina bally's condition well a we've

killed being splurging targeted the afghan defense ministry was followed by a gunman battling special forces the taliban is the most militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. a german military helicopter has crashed in the northern city of hama over media reports suggest that at least one person has been killed so far there is no word on the coast of the crash. watching d.w. news life and balance still to come the elected spanish politician champion lightweight taking on domestic abuse the woman whose fights take place in the boxing ring real. first the german captain of a migrant rescue ship has appeared in court in italy. was arrested after her vessel the sea watch 3 is said to evacuate a police speedboat while entering the port of lampedusa without permission see watch 3 was carrying 40 migrants rescued from the mediterranean is convicted the 31 year old faces up to 10 years in prison. this was the scene in front of the italian embassy in berlin on monday crowds gathered in support of. the captain in custody and to protest against the italian interior minister much more. t

fate of the steamer in peril with that of another tanker the grace one it was seized by british special forces 2 weeks ago in gibraltar and was accused of carrying iranian oil to syria in violation of e.u. sanctions a charge tehran rejects. when you illegally seize a shipping and even a spanish believe that you have done this unfriendly and hostile act in their territory we don't deem it necessary to show tolerance. the united kingdom is now dispatching another warship to the region whether other european ships will join the mission remains unclear. earlier i spoke with our correspondent in london barbara biggs well i asked her if there is any more information on how exactly this mission is supposed to work that is the 1000000 pound all bank a 10000000 pound question that jeremy hunt and foreign secretary did secretary didn't answer in parliament today because there has so far not really been a lot of voluntary involvement from the side of the of the european as they didn't want to get dragged into this conflict read need to remember things are a bit more complicated this is a tit for tat acti

wounded the blast during rush hour targeted the afghan defense ministry before gunman battled special forces the taliban islam is militant group has claimed responsibility for the paris firefighters who battled the flames of notre dame cathedral in april have been honored by france's interior and defense ministers the cathedral spire and roof were destroyed but firefighters managed to save the build towers and many of our hundreds of firefighters arrived on the scene. within 10 minutes after the 1st alarm was sound. or tonight the white house is condemning iran's move them increase its enrichment of uranium and saying that it will continue pressuring the country to change course earlier today the un confirmed iran has broken the limit on your radium enrichment sent by the 2015 nuclear deal this is tehran's 1st major departure from the deal iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has claimed that breaking the deal through limit is justified and he's accused the co signatories of failing to uphold their part of the pact the united states abandoned the agreement last year and has since re

in addition to that, it is also capable of delivering special forces personnel for covert missions on land, capable of gathering intelligence and launching conventional surface .o surface missiles for instance, the vessel could strikes on chemical weapons sites we saw in april of last year. it is an incredible versatile platform. >> does the fact that these subs are nuclear powered change anything? show the image of where you stand in the world? >> it does reinforce french power projections. it is a means of projecting power, not just at sea. also from sea to land. that is an incredible addition to the french strategic partner. oldear submarines are technology now. they have been around since the start of the cold war. that does not change anything. france has had new year powered boats for a long time. the 1960's. the french navy is continuing the tradition it has always had, the puts it in line of major nuclear powers, the united states, u.k., russia, and china. >> thank you for joining us. olivia's internationally recognized government has asked the government in paris -- libya's i

the explosion targeted the afghan defense ministry that was followed by gunmen who then battles special forces the taliban is a most militant group has claimed responsibility for the. japan has started commercial whaling for the 1st time in 31 years japan withdrew from the international whaling commission 6 months ago and the decision took effect on sunday whale hunting is condemned by conservation groups who say many whale species are facing extinction. european union leaders have been locked in all night discussions over who will fill the top jobs following e.u. parliamentary elections 6 weeks ago in the run up to the summit france germany agreed to support a common candidate for the key post of commission president the dutch social democrat runs to months but their choice is met with some stiff opposition. over more now for the very latest we're joined by. john he's at the e.u. council building in brussels max we're hearing some rumors here that they might be closer to agreement on some of those top jobs in brussels what are you hearing at this point. yeah we're hearing some sources saying

fate of the steamer imperio with that of another tanker the grace one it was seized by british special forces 2 weeks ago in gibraltar and was accused of carrying iranian oil to syria in violation of a use sanctions but charged tehran rejects. when you illegally seized a ship and even the spanish believe that you have done this unfriendly and hostile act in their territory we don't deem it necessary to show tolerance. the united kingdom is now dispatching another warship to the region whether other european ships will join the mission remains unclear. let's brief you know some of the other stories making the news at this hour a power cut as hit large parts of venezuela the social media indicating that 19 out of 24 states are affected the country's main airport lost power and the outage cause traffic jams in the capital caracas the government has said the blackout was caused by sabotage by electro magnetic attack. to wildfires that blaze through central portugal are now under partial control but the wind forecast for the next few hours is causing concern so far 39 people have been injured but