US Senate backs Trump's war powers

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The US Senate has cleared the way for Donald Trump to continue attacking Iran - rejecting an effort to curb the president's war powers. The US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has said an American submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. Based on the ship's documents, 180 people were believed to have been aboard thie Iris Dena. Eighty bodies from the ship where found by rescuers, according to a Sri Lankan defence official. Another 32 were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy. And in the escalating conflict in South Sudan the government has accused opposition forces of killing 178 civilians in the north of the country. We go live to South Sudan. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo: Still image of the moment a US torpedo struck an Iranian naval ship, Iris Dena, in the Indian Ocean. Credit: US Defence Department).