and now moving to the Middle East where a shocking incident unfolded in Turkey two American soldiers were physically assaulted by members of a nationalist youth group The asant attacked the soldiers while they were in civilian attire and the situation escalated very quickly when five other American soldiers who were also in the area attempted to intervene the Turkish police have now detained all 15 attackers involved in the incident and even launched an investigation into the assault the US Embassy in Turkey confirmed the attack on social media platform X and assured the soldiers who were from the USS Wasp and amphibious assault ship currently visiting the region were now safe the Turkish nationalist group known for its stuns position and opposition to the United States and Israel posted a video of the attack on X in their post they blamed the United States for carrying blood on their hands attributing to the deaths of Palestinian Palestinians in the Gaza War now the act of aggression also recalls a similar incident from 2014 when members of the same Turkish group assaulted American Sailors in Istanbul and threw red dye at them we Define you as murderers as killers we want to we want you to get out of our [Music] land The Assault on American soldiers comes at a time of strained relations between Washington and Anor over us support for ethnic curds turkey's purchase of Russian S400 missile systems and Divergent views on Israel's actions in Gaza this incident highlights the Deep rooted anti-American sentiment harbored by national factions in Turkey so as the investigation into the matter continues the incident is likely to further strain the already complex relationship between the two NATO allies from impeachments to inaugurations if it's a political story we are on the scene the race for the White House is heating up come on you're fired I say bring it on if it's breaking news we're live with the latest coverage from the White House the state department and Capitol Hill we know the issues but above all we know the players to bring you the latest in-depth analysis on all the key stories that we're covering I'm Eric ham join me from Washington here on first post America [Music] climate change is on our doorstep it's time for a revolution to take Route and it starts with 1.4 billion Indians it starts with one tree one tree for Humanity one tree for Mother Earth one tree for a future project project one tree a news 18 Network [Music] initiative across continents one powerful news [Applause] source bringing you diverse perspectives on the issues that [Music] matter we go beyond the boundaries to give that little extra about every sporting [Music] moment so thank you for making first post 5 million strong we counting on your support and you can trust us to bring you the news unfiltered and unvarnished [Music] on T20 world move across to the west east respect hello I'm Al coming you from South Africa today we have a special start with an report on India shifting nuclear for the first time since off hello and welcome to First P America I'm Eric ham coming to you live from the nation's capital in Washington DC [Music]