♪ saudi special forces engaged in a gun fight with al-shabab on a beach side restaurant in ouagadougou♪ you are watching al jazeera live from london with me david foster and also coming up, in the next 30 minutes a british inquiry finds russia's president probably approved the killing of alexander yanko. a child soldier turned uganda rebel appears before the international criminal court. police officers killed in tunisia and protests over mass unemployment spread. ♪ we are gathering information by the minute trying to establish contact with our teams on the ground and what i can tell you right now is that al-shabab fighters have carried out a bomb and gun attack on a popular sea side restaurant in the somali capitol. police are saying that a car bomb went off at the entrance to the beach view cafe at ouagadougou's lido beach and there are reports of heavy gunfire. we managed to get through to a somali government spokesman and this is what the person had to say to al jazeera just a short time ago. >> okay, al-shabab terrorist group attacked a popular seafood restaurant on the beach of o

we have on the line from the capital ouagadougou is our correspondent.what is the latest on the ground. is the fighting over? >> reporter: yes. right now it is (audio indistinct) >>> right. we're going to have to leave it there. thank you for that, speaking to us from ouagadougou on the latest on that attack on the hotel in burkina faso. prosecutors in france have launched an investigation into an experimental drug trial that left one man brain dead and five other critically all. a total of 90 healthy volunteers were given the pain killer. development of the drug has been suspended. >> reporter: it was a clinical trial that went badly wrong. now with one person declared brain dead and five others in hospital, the french health minister has ordered an investigation. >> translation: the families are devastated. we will make sure they are given all the answers particularly as right now i'm not aware of any comparable case. what has happened is unprecedented and requires the greatest possible vigilance in the coming investigation. >> reporter: the drug was b

this is the first attack of its kind in ouagadougou.the president was elected two months ago as burkina faso's anywheres new leader in a decade. how he deals with this crisis is being seen as his first big test in office >> translation: we would like to salute the responses of everyone who participated in this situation and salute the french and americans help. it is important that we can share information with our neighboring countries and military means to shit against the scourge >> reporter: the challenge for him now will be to come up with a long-term plan to tackle those groups >>> man was imprisoner in years. u.n. has condemned his jailing and called for his immediate release. democratic presidential candidates in the u.s. are holding the fourth debate on sunday. that's just before luthar king day. not a single black candidate will be on stage for the debate. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: >> we are still going through the same problems >> reporter: he is one of the lesser known presidential candidates currently campaign

catherine: three people believed to a taken part in deadly attacks in ouagadougou are thought to be on the run. this announced earlier today by the french prime minister. at least 30 people died, including three french nationals. parliamentary question session, while three assailants were killed at the scene, three more are being sought. >> there were six assailants, three were killed, and three are still being searched for. i want to contribute to the authorities of burkina faso for their responsiveness. the young democracy of burkina faso needs our support and our help. the president has offered the efforts of france. catherine: leonardo dicaprio has been out braving the paris cold telling fans about the grueling conditions he underwent during the filming of his last movie. he has already won a golden globe. take a listen to what he had to say at the premiere. >> being submerged in these elements, rehearsing all day long, and shooting only in natural light, very distant, beautiful locations, i have never been a part of a film like this in my life. even in the hardest times for us as

witnesses say they saw gunfire and hear explosions in downtown ouagadougou. breaking news from oregon.. where arrests are taking place in that militia standoff at a wildlife refuge. we've just learned at least two people have been arrsted. one was ammon bundy's bodyguard.. wanted for an outstanding warrant in arizona. it's been two weeks since the took over the federal facility. earlier today.. they said they'd leave as soon as the f-b-i told them to. :35 - :45 lavoy finicum // spokesperson for protesters "take your guns away from the schools, take down your barricades. this isn't russia, this isn't the berlin wall. they're protesting what they call government overreach on federal lands. the group is being led by ammon bundy.. the son of nevada rancher cliven bundy. the republicans hoping to be the next president are back on the campaign trail... following last night's big stage. today, we're looking at who was telling the truth. first up. donald trump. he talked about banning syrian refugees...saying most of them are men. truth o meter says-- false. the majo

witnesses say they saw gunfire and hear explosions in downtown ouagadougou. here's a look at where that city is. right now, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but signs are pointing right now to another possible terrorist attack. we'll keep tracking the latest on this story. police pull out all the stops looking for one burglar. action news reporter parker collins takes us through the harrowing final minutes of the search. < this is where the whole thing ended. but police were searching blocks and blocks for hours this morning. take vo i saw the police chopper out... canine unit going down streets and even into homes. officers say a man broke into a mcdonald's. he took off in a car... but ditched that and started running. i was here as they loaded up a witnesses saw this play out... even kids had to watch. take sot eric ludaway, home searched img0400 00:00:13-00:00:18 "they said burglary, but it's way too many cars to be a burglary. they never tell you the truth. it's a little more than just a burglary." near lake mead and torrey pines live par

this is the first attack of its kind in burkina faso, ouagadougou.he president was elected two months ago as the first new leader in decades. how he deals with this crisis is being seen as his first big test in office. >> translation: we would like to salute the response of the security forces, all the doctors, red cross, who have participated in this situation and to salute the military cooperation that we have received from the french and the americans. therefore, it is important that we can share information with our neighboring countries and share military means to fight against the scourge. >> reporter: the challenge for him now will be to come up with a long-term plan to tackle those armed groups >>> a correspondent sent this update from ouagadougou. >> reporter: people are still in the state of shock. when we arrived we saw a lot of foreigners flocking to the airport. some were sleeping on the ground even though their flights were still delayed. there was that sense of shock and they don't feel safe inside the city. there have been some announ

mike and a pastor were at the cafe in the country's capitol ouagadougou to meet new volume teers. the pastor later called amy after escaping. gunmen came into the restaurant shooting and everyone ran to hide. the pastor show had mike's phone and called, wrote amy. it was still unclear if mike survives. another american edward bunker emerged from his room to a deserted hotel lobby. >> there was someone with a gun going down the street. and this was really the moment when i kind of realized that there was something majorly amiss. >> reporter: the 12 hour seige began when heavily armed al-qaeda militants, two of them women, stormed the building and set off car bombs. in all, 28 people were killed including a canadian family of four who are on a humanitarian trip. 11 americans including edward burnger, made it out alive. mike riddering did not. you left quite a legacy here. i can only imagine the adventures you're having now, read amy's final post. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >> glor: up next, candidates court the nation's fastest growing voting bloc. >> glor: we're less tha

catherine wambua-soi has the latest from ouagadougou where the summit is being held. >> reporter: a plan to deploy troops to burundi was the biggest matter to come out. leaders decided to push for a political solution. >> the heads of state expressed satisfaction mediation by the president in uganda, who will continue with the dialogue, which we want to be an inclusive dialogue. >> this follows days of discussion on what to do with the violence in burundi, which killed more than 400 people. it was triggered by a decision to seek and win a third term. previous attempts at such political dialogue have not been successful. the foreign first minister said the government is committed, but will not negotiate with coup plotters. >> how do you ask a member state, which agreed to those instruments, to move away and. >> a high level delegation will be sent to burundi, and too to have authorities accept the deployment of troops. some are critical of the failure to deploy peacekeepers. a lot hinges on leaders. 54, a lot have issues. they would not want to see a decision putting them in a bind as wel

our correspondent is in the capital of burkina faso, ouagadougou. good evening to you. what is the atmosphere like in the capital tonight? >> it is an incredible security situation. it is tense. especially around pacific center where those attacks happened. people are afraid to spend time in this area, but on the other hand, they went about their daily routines to get their shops open. >> we were hearing that these terrorists targeted white people. have you been able to talk to other white people? do you yourself fear for your life, or do you feel like it is unsafe there now compared to how it was even a week ago? >> of course people are scared, not only the locals, this is a new situation for burkina faso. this is the first time that there has ever been an attack like this. there has never been an attacking burkina faso before, only in the neighboring countries. this will be a situation for the new government. >> our correspondent in the capital of burkina faso tonight. thank you very much. now for a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around th

citizens to stay clear of downtown ouagadougou, the capital of burkina faso, where this attack began by al qaeda-linked militants. we're not sure if there were any americans involved. we understand they were trying to reach out to citizens who were in that area, in downtown ouagadougou last night, but they said because of privacy, they're not going to talk about who was involved in that, if there were any involved at that time. we're still waiting to find out if there were any americans involved. i can tell you, fred, there was at least one united states security services member, someone from the military outside the hotel last night, alongside a french special forces. as far as i understand, that person was only there in an advisory capacity, but he would have been, obviously, working with those who went in to rescue the hostages. >> robyn kriel from nairobi, thanks so much. appreciate it. much more from the newsroom after this. hundreds on car insurance. ah, perfect. valet parking. evening, sir. hello! here's the keys. and, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. hm, wouldn't mind some of th

the fighters stormed the splendid hotel in ouagadougou. it is located in the city's central business district and is popular with foreigners. gerald tan has more. >> reporter: the splendid hotel under siege. gunfire rang out through the night as explosions were from inside. masked gunmen stormed the hotel. our country is not for jihadists or terrorists. they are wrong. french troops were called in to help retake the hotel. they rescued dozens of people. many have been seriously wounded by bullets and are receiving treatment at hospital >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> terrorists. they are wrong. french troops were called in to help retake the hotel. they rescued dozens of people. many have been seriously wounded by bullets and are receiving treatment at hospital >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> forces >>> apparently there is aanother attack in a neighboring hotel. a french hotel. where currently there are some operations going on, apparently >>> any signs at this point of who may be responsible for this? >> it's signed and claimed by al-qaeda in a region that is ca

video from the capital, ouagadougou, showed fire along a city street and security personnel swarming the area. the attackers set cars on fire as they went into the hotel. five hours later, commandos trying to free hostages used explosives to enter the building, starting another fire. the number of killed is uncertain. upwards -- one estimate puts it upwards of 20. carol: in hawaii, a search is underway for 12 crew members who were on board two marine helicopters that crashed. the helicopters collided during a night time training mission . marine officials tell us each chopper had a crew of about 6 or more. they were all from the marine corps base on the islands. debris has been spotted in the water near hawaii's oahu island. there's no word on the s stus of the people onboard. michael: turns out it was not a mechanical problem after all. a navigation error is being blamed for putting american sailors into iranian waters. defense secretary ash carter says it's unclear if the crew made the mistake, or if navigational equipment is to blame. iranian forces detained the ten americans when

mike and a pastor were at the cafe in ouagadougou to mee new volunteers. the pastor called amy after escaping. gunmen came into the restaurant shooting and everyone ran to hide. the pastor somehow had mike's phone and called, wrote amy. it was still unclear if mike survived. another american, edward bunker, emerged from his room to a deserted hotel lobby. >> there was someone with a gun going down the street. and this was really the moment when i kind of realized that there wawasomething majorly amiss. >> reporter: the 12-hour siege began when heavily armed al qaeda militants, two of them women, stormrm the buildings and in all, 28 people were killed, including a canadian family of trip. 11 americans, including edward bunker, made it out alive. mike riddering did not. you left quite a legacy here, i can only imagine the adventures you're having now, wrote amy's final post. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >>> up next, candidates court ting bloc. >>> less than ten months to election day, some presidential candidates are psyching support from the nation

reporter: news of the couples kidnapping came on the day an attack on an upmarket hotel in the capital ouagadougou killed at least 30 people. it is unclear if the elderly couples ago deduction is related. the group linked to al-qaeda is based throughout the country. back at the hospital patients wait to be attended to. in the absence of the man they call their elder and his wife, it is unlikely they will get the treatment they need >>> a new school for children living with autism has opened in the south african township. it is a first for this low-income community. >> reporter: this lady said she noticed something was wrong with her daughter nine months after she was born. >> the doctor didn't tell me she was autistic. he just said to me she was brain damaged. it broke my heart very bad. i couldn't even tell my parents, my family or my husband. >> reporter: she will be 16 soon. her mother now understands that autism is a knew row developmental disorder, mean that the brain brain does not develop in the same way. she is excited now that there is a different school. people don't pay schools fees. th

at least 20 people were killed in a hotel lobby in ouagadougou.. burkina faso's capitol... earlier today. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb has claimed responsibility for the attack. that's the latest from the breaking news center. happening right now.. police are looking for a shooting suspect.. identified as 37-year-old gerardo campos-torres. police say he's suspected of killing 76-year-old bacilio garcia vasquez and critically wounding another in a shooting last night near rancho and washington.

multiple gunmen storming the splendid hotel in downtown ouagadougou. amid the gunfire records of two car bombs detonating. people running for their lives. french news agencies tonight saying at least 20 have been slaughtered in the assault. authorities engaged the assailants in a pitched gunfight that went on for hours. the situation is still fluid but american embassy and military personnel in the area have been accounted for. there was a similar attack in nearby mali just two months ago killing 20, as well. this week has been a bloody one. tonight's assault is the third terror attack in four days targeting western nationals. tonight an al qaeda affiliate is claiming credit for the carnage. people are being told to stay away from downtown and a curfew has been imposed. david. >> pierre thomas. we'll be staying on this story into the night, thank you. pierre, thank you. >>> meantime, back here at home to wall street, stocks in a freefall today. the dow closing down nearly 400 points. wild swings, at one point down more than 500 points. experts this eve

. ♪ saudi special forces engaged in a gun fight with al-shabab on a beach side restaurant in ouagadougouyou are watching al jazeera live from london with me david foster and also coming up, in the next 30 minutes a british inquiry finds russia's president probably approved the killing of alexander yanko. a child soldier turned uganda rebel appears before the international criminal court. police officers killed in tunisia and protests over mass

the incident over buts 126 hostages in the capital of ouagadougou now freed. three gunmen were killed by local and french forces altogether at least died in that attack. >>> back at home a desperate search happening off the coast of hawaii for 12 marines missing after an apparent midair collision after two helicopters. despite wreckage this as searchers scour the area off the island ofoahu. >>> walmart is closing stores in they include all of walmart's smaller express locations. workers. >>> and now to a health icials are urging pregnant women and those thinking of getting pregnant to postpone travel to mexico,to rico. the zika virus has led to birth defects. a mother was likely infected in some tragic news from our abc family. a producer from our chicago station wls was murdered while on vacation in belize.y was reported missing after she failed to return to her hotel. her body was found friday with bruises on her neck and head and extend our deepest condolences to her family. >>> dustin diamond reported to a last night. he is serving a four-month christmas d

this is the first aattack of this kind in burkina faso ouagadougou.the president was elected as the first if you leader in decades. how he is dealing with this crisis is being seen as his first test. >> translation: we would like to salute the response of the doctors and everyone involved in this. it is important that we can share information with our neighboring countries, and share military means to fight against the scourge >> reporter: the challenge for him now will be to come up with a long-term plan to tackle those armed groups >>> the u.s. senate will consider a bill to increase the screening requirements for syrian and iraqi refugees who wish to enter this country. the proposal raised through the hou house. the measure will face a stiffer fight in the senate. the department of homeland security began conducting raids targeting illegal migrants this month. it is the first large-scale effort to deport families who have made it to the u.s. it has led advocates to step up the fight for immigration reform. >> reporter: at a quickly organized meetin

this is the first attack of its kind in burkina faso capital ouagadougou.the president was elected two months ago as burkina faso first new leader in decades. how he deals with a p this crisis is seen as a big test >> translation: we would like to salute the responsibilities of the security forces, the doctors and red cross who have participated in this situation and sam ute the military cooperation that we have received from the french and the americans. it is important that we can share information information with our neighboring countries and share military means to fight against the scourge. >> reporter: the dhaelg for him now will be to come up with a long-term plan to tack emthose armed groups >>> a bill to be increased the screening requirements for syrian and iranian refugees who want to enter the country. 289 votes, 47 democrats also voted for bill despite the president's opposition. the measure will likely face a stiffer fight in the senate. the department of homeland security began targeting raids targeting illegal migrants this month. it has le

this is the first of its kind in ouagadougou. the president was elected two months ago as burkina faso's first new leader in decades. how he deals with this crisis is being seen as his first big test in office >> translation: we would like to salute the response of the security forces the doctors, red cross who have participated and to salute the military cooperation from the french and americans. it is important that we can share information with our neighboring countries and share million treep means to fight against the scourge >> reporter: the challenge for him now will be to come up with a long-term plan to tackle the armed groups >>> german chancellor angela merkel is facing increased skrut knee over her open door refugee policy. a prominent ally of hers is taking her to court over it. thousands took to the streets to welcome refugees. >> reporter: saturday morning thousands of people were on the streets drawn here to show their support of the asylum policies. a growing number of germans think that they should not be quite

fighters stormed the splendid hotel ouagadougou on friday. counting is under way in the presidential poll, it could see the island elect a first female president. the opposition party has a significant lead, favouring independence from china >>> iran says it is confident international sanctions will be lifted. the foreign minister is due to meet european diplomats in vena to discuss implementation of last year's nuclear deal >>> there are more than 400,000 syrian refugee children register said in lebanon. getting them to school is a challenge. we have this report from north-east lebanon. >> the public school catered to a few hundred lebanese students. the size has more than doubled. 500 syrian students enrolled at the school. chin with one lebanese parent are taught in the morning, and syrians in the afternoon. it was a shock moving here. in syria, everything was arabic. here you net english. >> they are taught the curriculum. this is a challenge for many syrians that studied arab back home. teachers are having to adjust as well. >> we have t

outside the splendid hotel in ouagadougou, cars in flames. and the sound of gun fire. for hours overnight, militants held hostages while government forces tried to break the siege. the assault began friday evening with at least four attackers opening fire at a cafe, then storming the four-star hotel. this woman was in the cafe meeting friends from the u.s. we dropped to the ground she says, and as soon as anyone raised their head, the gun american fimen fired at them. we had to play dead, they shook their foot to see if they were alive or not and if they were alive, they shot them. overnight french special forces were sent in to help from neighboring mali and by morning, the siege at the splendid hotel was over. 1264 126 hostages freed, a -- this morning government forces are still searching for attackers in the area and the death toll is rising. and the government says that fourth militant was actually killed at a nearby hotel this morning. according to burkina faso's president, two of the attackers were women al qaeda -- a week after to the paris attacks in november,

the incident over this morning but the 126 ouagadougou now freed. three gunmen were killed by local and french forces altogether at least ten people died in that attack. >>> and back here at home a desperate search happening right now off the coast of hawaii for 12 marines missing after an apparent midair collision after two military helicopters. despite wreckage strewn across a island of oahu for possible survivors. >>> walmart is closing stores in the u.s. the closures include all of walmart's smaller express locations. the move will affect 10,000 american workers. >>> and now to a health warning. cdc officials are urging pregnant women and those thinking of getting pregnant to postpone travel to mexico, puerto rico and several central and south american countries affected by the zika virus. the mosquito-borne illness is links to birth defects. a baby born in hawaii has tested positive for the disease after the mother was likely infected in brazilment >>> some tragic news from our abc family. a producer from our chicago station wls was murdered wh

gunmen killed at least 29 civilians from seven different countries during a nine-hour long attack in ouagadougou. the attackers opened fire on a restaurant, set fire to cars and motorcycles and then holed up in , the splendid hotel, firing on passersby. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb claimed responsibility for the attack. in iraq, security forces have been going door to door, searching homes in areas of the capital baghdad after three u.s. contractors went missing. the three u.s. citizens were reportedly kidnapped by militiamen from an apartment described by some iraqi authorities as a brothel. meanwhile a new u.n. tally , describes a "staggering civilian death toll" from violence in iraq, with nearly 19,000 civilians killed from the beginning of 2014 through october. a leading yemeni journalist has been killed in an airstrike by the u.s. backed sai led coalition. almigdad mojalli was killed sunday morning while on assignment for voice of america. he had traveled outside the yemeni capital sanaa. he was looking for witnesses to airstrikes that killed at least 15 civilians last week when he hims