us. thank you. thank you very much. former commander - us. thank you. thank you very much. former commander ofl us. thank you. thank you very i much. former commander of us centraln, former director of global engagement at the white house and us diplomat. picking up on that last point about whether the us can actually compel iran to withdraw its support from these groups. how likely is that and is a us going about it in the right way, do you think? i do think they — right way, do you think? i do think they are _ right way, do you think? i gr think they are because i think the only way to get tyrone to back up is to increase the cost and that is in fact what days strike and those that will come in the next few days. —— tehran. they will ultimately make tehran recalculate and has was emphasised and reemphasised is not to escalate the situation. we have to hit them hard enough for them to rethink the value of what they have been doing in supporting some of these proxies while not inciting them, while not pushing them into a corner where they feel they have to retaliate on an even larger scales. ., , ., , ., ., scales. can you explain what the other— scales. can you

we should say us central command _ violence. we should say us central command for - violence. y us| central command for people violence. we should say us - central command for people not familiar with that is the military division in this region, so you are very familiar with the region with the activities and so on, how effective do you think what has happened tonight will be? hot happened tonight will be? not ve . so happened tonight will be? not very- so if _ happened tonight will be? not very- so if you _ happened tonight will be? iirrt very. so if you think about, 85 sounds like a lot, 0k, relative to what we've been doing, which is a few here and there but think about it this way. the abu kamal base, one of the bases we hit in syria, the base in eastern syria, these bases have hundreds of complexes within them, and we have also been signalling for five days, boy, we're really going to hit you hard and we really don't want a war with iran, we are really going to hit you hard, we're not going to hit iran. 0k, well, that gives them hard days to harden —— five days to harden

according to us central command, 36 houthi targets have been struck. e third round of strikes that led by the us and uk and involved support from australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, the netherlands and new zealand. in addition to these latest joint strikes. us central command says it also launched what it calls defensive strikes against six anti—ship cruise missiles in houthi—held areas in yemen. in a statement, the us defence secretary lloyd austin says the action sends a clear message to the houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we have also heard from the uk defence secretary grant shapps. in a statement, he says: the raids follow us strikes in iraq and syria on friday. 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian—backed militants. these pictures, verified by the bbc, show the aftermath of friday's strikes in iraq. iraqi officials say that 16 people were killed and 25 injured in those strikes

these are new pictures released by us central command these are new pictures released by us central commands are in retaliation of a deadly drone attack on us forces last sunday.

the bombers dropped bombs to destroy 85 targets according to us central command. the air force has jets in the region but wanted to send a message using cold war era bombers flying for the united states, and escorted the bombers and engaged the targets. at the same time they were hitting targets in iraq and syria. iran's rebel army continued its attacks on the us navy. the dwight eisenhower, shooting down multiple enemy drones, two destroys in the strike group engaged a few days ago, destroy used its weapons system, last-ditch effort to shoot down a missile seconds from slamming into the side of the ship. in the last hour, general keith kellogg said the us is at war in the middle east. >> the strikes have been on american facilities and american personnel. may not be a nuclear war or full-scale war but if people don't consider this a war they never put on the uniform. >> strikes yesterday in syria to attack iran's proxy forces. anita: thank you very much. griff: israel reacting to the retaliatory airstrikes in iraq and syria are following the drone strike that kill

the us central command claims the targets included rocket, missile and drone depotes. "the us president says that strikes will continue. i ibas condemned the us strikes which kills 16 people as a violation of his sovereignty. syria also said the attacks took place in areas where its forces are battling the remnance of diage tech fury group and this proves us collusion with terrorists."

more people were wounded in the bombings that targeted both civilian and security areas. the us central command claims the targets include rocket, missile and drone depos. the us president says the strikes will continue at times and places of washington's choosing. however, joe biden says the u.s. does not see conflict in west asia. washington has confirmed the deaths of three of his forces in the drone strike that hit its military base last weekend. it worked the first time us military personnel. under strong reactions now to the us attacks which are streaming in from regional countries, not least by iraq and syria themselves. iraq condemned the strikes as violation of the sovereignty, warrant that the attack will have disastrous consequences for the region. their ministry says it is called in the us charged affairs in baghdad to deliver an official. test: iran's popular mobilization forces said that us attack is violation of the country's sovereignty and a blatant disregard for international laws. meanwile syria said the aggression caused casualties among civilians and soldiers, inflicting he

the us central command claims a targets included rocket, missile and drown depotes. now iraq has condemned the us strikes which killed 16 people as a violation of the sovereignty. syria also said the attacks took place in areas where the forces are battling the remnance of daesh tacfiri group and this proves the us collusion with terrorists. more than 100 people.

us central command released a statement saying in part "us centcom forces conducted airstrikes in iraq85 targets. the airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions." it comes after three us soliders were killed in an attack on a us base in north—easternjordan on sunday by iran—backed militant groups. iran has denied involvement. us presidentjoe biden took part in the dignified transfer ceremony for the three in delaware, as their remains returned to the us friday. he also met with their families. the three soldiers, sergeants kennedy sanders, breonna moffett, and williamj rivers died in the strike near the border with syria on sunday. a0 more were wounded. with me is our state department correspondent, tom bateman.

the us central command claims the targets include rocket, missile and drone depots. the us president says the strikes will continue at times and places of washington's choosing. however, joe biden says that the us does not seek a conflict in west asia. washington has confirmed the deaths of three of his forces in the drone strike that hit his military base last weekend. it marked the first time us military personnel died in attack since they started the israel on gaza on october 7. breaking i see there in the bar screen that's brigades has come out and made a claim of responsibility targeting iof soldiers that it says we're in the abu shafia or safia uh that's located in the northern part of the gaza strip with mortor shells. the strong reactions to the us attacks are streaming in from regional countries not least by iraq and syria themselves. iraq condemn the strikes near. its western border with syria as violation of its sovereignty, warned that the attack, which claimed the lives of 16 people, including civilians, will have disastrous consequences for iraq and the

us central command says its forces hit 85 targets in total. nd four were hit in syria. the us said iran's islamic revolutionary guards corp quds force and affiliated militia groups were struck. these are new pictures released by us central command

for more on this, i wasjoined by coloneljoe buccino, former communications director for us central commandto have you back with us once again. so, avdiivka had long been a stronghold for the ukrainians. we are now seeing them have to withdraw. what is your assessment of what this means for the war? what it means right now is psychological, more than anything else. think about it this way — ukraine, they are running out of ammunition, they are running out of troops, they are running out of recruits. they're trying to recruit people and they're having a hard time doing that. it looks like the united states has grown disinterested in funding this war, and now this is the biggest success either side has had since spring of last year. all of the momentum has now shifted to russia. that's what it means in the immediate term. so we've had this admission, essentially, from president biden today that to some extent there was this lack of dwindling supplies of ammunition, weaponry, on the battlefield. and that has contributed — that's something that president zelensky has also said. in light of that

the us central command claims the targets included rocket, missile and drone depots.

these are new pictures released by us central command of b1 bombers taking off to carry out the air strikesment, saying... the strikes are in retaliation for the drone attack on sunday that killed three us soldiers and injured dozens more. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations if baseless, and saying it was not involved in the decision—making of resistance groups.

these are new pictures released by us central command of b one bombers taking off to carry out the air strikes. president biden has issued a statement, saying... the strikes are in retaliation for the drone attack on sunday that killed three us soldiers and injured dozens more. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations are baseless, and saying it was not involved in the decision—making of resistance groups. now, the us said it did inform the iraqi government about the strikes before they happen, but an iraqi spokesperson said... our senior international correspondent orla guerin has the view now from northern iraq. the view now from northern ira. . , the view now from northern ira. _ ., , , the view now from northern ira. . , , ., the view now from northern iran. . , , ., ., iraq. there has been a great deal of tension _ iraq. there has been a great deal of tension over - iraq. there has been a great deal of tension over the - iraq. there has been a great deal of tension over the last j deal of tension over the last few days, increasing tension here in northern iraq, because peo

while we understand that the us central command has now confirmed, the air strikes have taken place in iraq and syria. the united states is saying that it targeted your ronnie, in fact forces. and at this point on $85.00 target square hit according to the united states, that's what the us central command is reporting. in addition to that, they say that a total of $125.00 explosive munitions were use. some of these attacks were launched from bombers that were based in the united states that flew from the united states to carry out the strikes. and this comes on the heels of the usa, that knowing that it would retaliate for 3 us soldiers that were killed in georgia . now from what we understand the white now says this entire situation lies squarely on the shoulders of the as long as republic of the wrong, and they blame iran for this entire situation. now the islamic republic of iran said prior to the actions that we recently seen that the united states continues to escalate its activities throughout the region. they will retaliate against the united states. you know that we do not leave

is the law in iraq. pictures the legend to show the com that was carrying the commander was struck by the us threat. us central command claims that no civilians were wounded in the strike which killed his bullet need. uh, it says was instrumental in the recent attacks on us spaces which left 3 american service people dead. the south area has read to reach and that it will not normalize relations for these rel until the policy an issue is resolved, the spot pressure from washington. the kingdom has communicated its firm position to the us administration that there will be no diplomatic relations with israel unless an independent palestinian state is recognized on the 1967 borders with east jerusalem as its capital. a. re all states maintain in response to a us national security council. griffin, in which spokesperson john crowd, they claim that americans choose to utilize in the region with continuing a dialogue other review to their relations. at the same time, we will before the 7th of october, and that's still now having discussions with our content pots and the region is real and solid. you read that obviou

type as well in iraq pictures, allegedly show the cause that was carrying the commander that was struck by the us brown. us central command claims the note civilian sweat when did in the strike, which killed, as well as need. uh, it says was instrumental in the recent attacks on us spaces, which left 3 american service people that the disorders person kato's office as officially pull the plug on this investigation into the sabotage of the north street gas pipelines in 2022. stocum claims it failed to identify any suspect or needs saying it now locks any further jurisdiction on the case. the russian foreign ministry is contempt. the move or the see if see i see this with these prosecutor's office has officially decided to stop the federal investigation site and the lack of swedish jurisdiction in the case. it says to justify the end of the investigation by saying within has nothing to do with it. and on the other hand, you happily meet the politics who have something to do with the investigation did not receive anything from you during the course of the investigation. well, it's kind of a math houses this. let's re

the 6 strikes were carried out according to the us central command, and they are describing these strikes as of self defense, claiming that these 6 anti ship missile sites power has been emma, the correct those, the words they're using towards us naval vessels and merchant ships from the united states now this comes on the heels of the recent wave of stripes that took place in iraq and syria. 85 different sites were shipped uh in iraq and syria. um, uh, 87 targets and 7 locations. uh and these targets, according to the added states uh, were uh, militias or wings of the as long as revolutionary guard core codes force of iran. and these strikes that are hitting forces that are more or less aligned with iran who the forces. and yeah, man, uh the, the cl militias of iraq and syria alleged codes for monica was not a guard court. they are coming as there are a wave of forces in the united states. different political figures for questioning house and senior by net, by them says he doesn't want a whole long confrontation with ronnie's trying not to escalate the situation. so i'm in the united sta

these are new pictures released by us central command of b one bombers taking off to carry out the airden has issued a statement, saying... the strikes are in retaliation for the drone attack on sunday that killed three us soldiers and injured dozens more. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations are baseless, and saying it was not involved in the decision—making of resistance groups. now, the us said it did inform the iraqi government about the strikes

us central command says its forces hit 85 targets in total. ite house national security spokesmanjohn kirby said three facilities were hit in iraq and four were hit in syria. the us said iran's islamic revolutionary guards corp quds force and affiliated militia groups were struck. these are new pictures released by us central command of 8—1 bombers taking off to carry out the air strikes. our north america correspondent will vernon has the latest. american bombers carried out air strikes on more than 85 targets. the us military said they included the personnel and facilities of iran's revolutionary guard and the militant groups it backs. but the air strikes hit locations only in iraq and syria. iranian territory was not targeted. the message from the white house — the us doesn't want a war with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. this was about degrading capability, taking away capabilities by the militant groups. these responses began tonight. they're not going to end tonight. so there will be additional responses. and this

the us central command size, the attack caused significant damage to the ship under 29 kilometers oil slick difficulties have been targeting american and british vessels in the red sea in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. the, the, the conflict in the eastern democratic republic of congo has driven thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks. government forces say they're holding off in advance by m. 23 fighters. ahead of the withdrawal of un peacekeepers at the end of this year. the worst fighting has been in the town of saca in north keeping province from their catherine soil as best reports. hence line the roads to socket. a week ago, this was not here. thousands of people will drop shelters anywhere. they can find these follows the escalating fighting you to call the police government forces and the m 23 on the group. this is the 1st time the military either long john at least into the eastern town. she is renewed 5 to 2 weeks ago. it's largely empty now. the bottle has been intense. both sides are using heavy weapons, which often strike homes a mother and had 2 child

the us central command says the attack caused significant damage to the ship and the 29 kilometers oil slick. the whole thieves have been targeting american and british vessels in the red sea install a dirty with palestinians in gaza. brazil as president has again said that israel is committing genocide and gaza luis enough to let the silver speech and readjust an arrow followed similar comments. he made at the a new summit in ethiopia last week. israel was angered by louis comparison of the war on gaza to the holocaust. if you're stuck with that said, you have what these really government is doing against the policy and people is not, you know, it's genocide because it's killing women and children of the it's been 2 years since russel launch the full scale invasion of ukraine. it's tanks and troops broke through defenses to reach the outskirts of the capital keys, but failed to capture its us intelligence estimates 315000 russians have been killed or injured and the war ukraine has suffered around 200000 casualties. 6 and a half 1000000 ukrainians have flooded the war to europe and be

while we understand that the us central command has now confirmed, the air strikes have taken place in iraq and syria. the united states is saying that it targeted iranian back forces. and at this point on $85.00 target square hit according to the united states, that's what the us central command is recording. in addition to that, they say that a total of $125.00 explosive munitions were used. some of these attacks were launched from bombers that were based in the united states that flew from the united states to carry out the strikes. and this comes on the heels of the usa that showing that it would retaliate for 3 us soldiers that were killed in georgia. the president will not tolerate a tax on american troops, and neither will lie. our teammates were killed by radical militias, backed by a ron and operating inside syria and iraq. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict than a region, but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interest, and our people. and we will respond when we choose where we ch

us central command says it also launched what it calls defensive strikes against six anti—ship cruises in houthi—held areas in yemen. in a statement, the us defense secretary, loyd austin, says: "sends a clear message to the houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. " we have also heard from the uk defence secretary, grant shapps. in a statement, he says, "this is not an escalation. it is our duty to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation." the raids in yemen follow us strikes in iraq and syria on friday. 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian—backed militants. these pictures — verified by the bbc — show the aftermath of friday's strikes in iraq. iraqi officials say that 16 people were killed and 25 injured in those strikes. iran has condemned the attacks as a "strategic mistake "that is against the sovereignty of iraq and syria." the un security council will meet on monday to discuss the us strikes on the

well, we understand that the us central command has now confirmed the air strikes have taken place in iraq and syria. the united states is saying that it targeted iranian backed forces. and at this point to 85 targets where he had, according to the united states, that's what the us central command is reporting. in addition to that, they say that a total of $125.00 explosive munitions were used. some of these attacks were launched from bombers that were based in the united states that flew from the united states to carry out the strikes. and this comes on the heels of the usa that showing that it would retaliate for 3 us soldiers that were killed in georgia. the president will not tolerate attacks on american troops. and neither will i our teammates were killed by radical militias, backed by iran and operating inside syria and iraq. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict than a region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interest, and our people. and we will respond when we choose where we ch

managed to eliminate only about 20 percent of the groups forces, according to us estimates from our command at the us central command commented on television, lack of success so far. i think they set themselves a goal of removing the political echelon and the military leadership that schedule on of, of a march when they went in and they have not been successful today to doing 8 or questions a logical reason on what is the progress and how successful, the offensive that had to go is destroyed by mass and returning the hostages. as being so far, the army says admitted to cut the guys as 3 paying 3 surrounding gases facing the north, then isolating for newness israel reports about significant losses and militants claims have mass units in the north have been dismantled. so some reports say that have masses now building new forces bringing in new commanders. it's actually hard to evaluate the military success of these really offensive while it's a impact on ordinary g. as in his office, apparently the student health administrator report israel's offensive claims. so from the lives of more than 27000 people, incl

he was a spokesman for us central command, and served several deployments in the mid east. s well, is former us ambassador to syria, robert ford. he's now a senior fellow at the middle east institute here in washington. thank you both forjoining us. joe, if i can start with the first, you mayjust break down in layperson's speak what happened tonight? fire in layperson's speak what happened tonight? are hearing 85 tar: ets happened tonight? are hearing 85 targets in — happened tonight? are hearing 85 targets in two _ happened tonight? are hearing 85 targets in two different - 85 targets in two different countries, all types of aircraft involved, it is a large scale attack? what can you tell us? , this is a larger version of what we been doing since late october. we have been striking their ammunition depo is. we have been striking she at militia groups funded by iraqi. hitting storage units, bunkers, bases in iraqi, predominantly in syria, a little bit in iraq. here, we connected the two, did more strikes and hit the resupply lines that go between the two. so, it is a little b

that will be, ma, was struck earlier this week. us central command says the attack cause significant damage to the ship and a 29 kilometers oil slick. the whole thieves have been targeting american and british vessels in the red sea in solidarity with the palestinians in gaza. now dont uh, from guys uh who completed his medical training and ukraine is sharing his experience of working in 2 different more thoughts. he says he was able to give his ukrainian patients a fair chance to recover. but alex, the hospital endowed by law, he's having to make life or death choices because of shortages, including no on his studies. his, his story the most of the kind of my name is dr. mussa to holland. i'm a resident at bureau bella. i serve in the emergency unit at l. so hospital, i obtained my degree from ukraine last year in 2023. and i'm assuming that they've gone in my apartment, i served almost one full year and ukrainian hospitals at the beginning of the war with russia. the situation was dire with casualties on a massive scale with time though it became less than 10. but the situation in

the, the, the head of the us central command drives these roles, mandatory operating guides as i'm successful. and that's awesome. again, blaze desktop. so back this 27000 leads really in media calling for more casualties . we would be forced to kill a similarly, in order to kill him, us. we will have to do this step up with the objectives as well, which is probably the most terrible step up. we will have to do all the rest of the invalid and spills into the streets of senegal for a 2nd day in a row as the country phases of political prizes admit that president is phoning election. a trip to moscow has never cause such a frenzy in washington and tucker carlson. visit to ross and capital gets him rounded, and the american trader as freedom of speech fits that side, gets lost in a day. and georgia and security services interest that the training and attempt to small move forth team of kiddos of explosives into russia through georgia power. 3, adding of the plan was to free, meet the country for tara, at the about what continued the coverage of the latest trend, stripping the world right now. we

well, we understand that the us central command has now confirmed the air strikes have taken place in iraq and syria. the united states is saying that it targeted iranian backed forces. and at this point to 85 targets where he had, according to the united states, that's what the us central command is reporting. in addition to that, they say that a total of $125.00 explosive munitions were used. some of these attacks were launched from bombers that were based in the united states that flew from the united states to carry out the strikes. and this comes on the heels of the usa, vowing that it would retaliate for 3 us soldiers that were killed in georgia. the president will not tolerate attacks on american troops, and neither will i our teammates were killed by radical militias, backed by a ron and operating inside the syria and iraq. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict than a region, but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interest, and our people. and we will respond when we choose where we ch