that there was three to four minutes of heavy gunfire we learnt that it was inside the ministry of communications building the ministry of interior came out they said we understand this is a complex attack there was a suicide bomber and then gunmen into the premises it took about five hours for security forces to get them get control of the situation and they have just done that they've managed to secure the same and we're seeing security forces coming and going as intelligence people come in and try to assess what happened here to hold the central kabul was on lockdown people could not come and go cordons are still in place a lot of these people here are very frustrated that they haven't been able to get inside central kabul and congestion. is very high was very difficult to move around kabul as the heart was under lockdown during this attack intelligence drift around choose to. let's have all the serena hotel and neighboring government buildings still the serena hotel is right next door to where this attack happened and that intelligence is just been may be some type of explosives used by hand

about half an hour ago but it's coming in from the afghan capital kabul where we have the communications ministry the. as come on the attack with gunfire explosions and some plumes of smoke being reported according to a ministry spokesperson it all started around but leben forty local time there that blasted what is a busy downtown area near one of the city's most popular hotels the serena hotel i gather no casualties reported yet but i say there's only days it is sometimes difficult getting first information but from the as you can imagine no word on who is behind it but worth bearing in mind that the taliban islamic state is still active in that region as we get more we will update. the russian embassy in washington has fired back at the newly released miller report on trump russia collusion had published a hefty document with the heading russia gate hysteria a case of severe russophobia it's a detailed proposal of the allegations made against moscow and reaches the following conclusion. the investigation didn't show any real evidence to back up claims of moscow's cyber attacks and attempts to

they have managed to evacuate hundreds of people from this particular area so the ministry of communications evacuation people from there would some people remain in there and they are in safe rooms and then there is another ministry ministry of information and culture which is mixed or and the vacuity of hundreds of people from the. area is on lockdown there's a lot of congestion in kabul this is the start of the work week in kabul happened at lunch time there are a lot of people in the area rightly explored to this arena hotel now that is the main her tell where westminster you've got diplomats and journalists and that is on lockdown at the moment no one has taken responsibility for this attack however the taliban did launch their spring offensive last friday they say they will attack on a government ministry and security forces as part of the spring offensive there was an intelligence report that we received on tuesday. that the serina hotel and government buildings in that area may be attacked by anti-government elements using explosive devices but they didn't have a date or any kind of

they have managed to evacuate hundreds of people from this particular area so the ministry of communications evacuated people from there which is where the attack is happening some people remain in there and they are in safe rooms and then there is another ministry ministry of information and culture which is mixed and they've evacuated hundreds of people from there also so the area is on lockdown there's a lot of congestion in kabul this is the start of the work week in kabul happened at lunch time there are a lot of people in the area it's right next door to this arena hotel now that is the main hotel where westerners stay you've got diplomats and journalists in there that is on lockdown police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil has been held for a liar in the key she was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the east are rising of irish republicans against british rule in one hundred sixteen politicians from all sides in the region which is part of the u.k. have condemned the killing there is anger in the

capital kabul police spokesman says it happened close to one of the city's main hotels the communications ministry in an apparent reversal of u.s. policy president donald trump has offered support to libyan warlords only for half top he's been leading a military offensive against the un recognized government in tripoli. now the fallout from the public release of a report investigating a legit russian interference and president donald trump's election campaign the u.s. department of justice has dismissed the subpoena requesting an uncensored copy of the report as premature and unnecessary and edited version was released on thursday kimberly health it has more from washington d.c. . as u.s. president donald trump arrived fur golf game at his club in florida back in washington democratic members of congress renew demands and issued a subpoena for an unproductive version of special counsel robert muller's report by may first on a working visit to northern ireland during a congressional recess nancy pelosi the top democrat in the u.s. house of representatives again played down talk of impeaching the pr

that it was inside the ministry of communications building ministry of interior came out they said we understand this is a complex attack there was a suicide bomber and then gunmen into the premises it took about five hours for security forces to get in and get control of the situation and they have just they've managed to secure the scene and we've seen security forces coming in going as intelligence people come in and try to assess what happened here the whole. people could not come and go cordons are still in place a lot of these people here are very frustrated that they haven't been able to get inside. very high was very difficult to move on.

the ministry of information has just told us that they have today to attack is at this ministry of communicationand information technology they say special forces a combing through this ministry as we speak to find any remaining attackers that they wouldn't specify how many that might be in the last twenty minutes have also received notification that they have evacuated hundreds of civilians from this ministry and also in neighboring ministries the ministry of information and culture is right next door they've managed to get hundreds of people out of that area and most of that area is on lockdown that's about one and a half kilometers directly behind me the center of kabul. nick store is the serena hotel that is the main hotel where westerners stay that's where a lot of journalists a lot of diplomats stay that is also on lockdown as heavy congestion is in the city as this operation continues this all started about three hours ago i heard the heavy explosion from my home and then about three to four minutes of heavy gunfire after that for about two hours it was intermittent explosions not so loud

that it was inside the ministry of communications building the ministry of interior came out they said we understand this is a complex attack there was a suicide bomber and then gunmen into the premises a took about five hours for security forces to get control of the situation and they have just they've managed to secure the scene and we're seeing security forces coming in going as intelligence people come in and try to assess what happened to the whole. people could not come and go coordinates are still in place a lot of these people here are very frustrated that they haven't been able to get inside central kabul and congestion. is very high was very difficult to move around kabul is the heart was under lockdown during this attack intelligence. let's have on the serene a hotel and neighboring government building still the serena hotel is right next to the release of ten heavens and that intelligence to group in may be some type of explosive or spying to government elements on the screen or neighboring buildings and that people should stay clear they didn't give it time but they said

that it was inside the ministry of communications building ministry of interior came out they said we understand this is a complex attack there was a suicide bomber and then gunmen into the premises it took about five hours for security forces to get in and get control of the situation and they have just they've managed to secure the scene and we've seen security forces coming in going as intelligence people come in and try to assess what happened here the home. could not come and go cordons are still in place a lot of these people here are very frustrated that they haven't been able to get inside central kabul and. very high was very difficult to move around kabul is the heart was under lockdown during this attack intelligence. on the hotel. building still the serena hotel is right next to where this attack happened and that intelligence. some type of explosive. state they didn't at the time but they said that there were. something like this could happen now security has been very high because of the spring offensive last friday so security and we are in the ring of steel where there

an attack is ongoing in the afghan capital kabul close to the communications ministry and one of the city's main hotels so far no casualties have been confirmed we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it. in for ruid judge has ruled that former president pedro pablo kaczynski must remain in detention for up to three years while the awaiting trial on corruption charges he's accused of having taken bribes from a brazilian construction company denies doing anything illegal. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds have protested against the military offensive led by warlord khalifa haftar who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the u.s. president had called haft r. and a surprise show of support he already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia . one of them is the president and the other one plays the president on t.v. on sunday voters new york rain will choose between incumbent poor shank oh and a political novus loaded we are selenski in the second round of the country's presidential election yesterday the two candidates made a final bid

making news around the world officials in afghanistan say they have ended an assault on the communications ministry in the capital kabul all the attackers have been killed after an hours long siege the violence comes a day after peace talks between the government and taliban insurgents who cancelled in qatar. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds have protested against the military offensive led by warlord khalifa haftar who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the u.s. president had called has star in a surprise show of support here already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia. ukrainian president petro poroshenko and political novice or no dimmy as selenski faced off in a final debate at kiev's olympic stadium ahead of sunday's runoff election today ukraine is observing a day of silence with political campaigning banned the day ahead of the vote. egyptians have begun voting today in a referendum that could grant the country's all third trn leader abdel fattah el-sisi another term in office the proposed changes to the constitution would also give the former army

an attack on the communications ministry in the afghan capital kabul killed seven people — includingolice officers. the attack is now over and a government spokesman said all the gunmen had been killed. hundreds were evacuated from the city centre after the attackers stormed the building, setting off an explosion at its boundary wall. the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack. heavy clashes have broken out south of the libyan capital tripoli. it's after soldiers loyal to the un—backed government launched a counter—offensive against general khalifa haftar‘s forces. residents in the city centre said heavy gunfire and shelling could be heard. more than two hundred people have died since general haftar began trying to capture tripoli two weeks ago. in sudan, the country's public prosecutor has begun an investigation into former president omar al bashir on charges of money laundering. millions of dollars in cash was reportedly discovered stashed away in his home in sacks of grain. al—bashir was ousted from power last month following months of protests and a military coup. clash

officials in afghanistan say they have ended an assault on the communications ministry in the capital kabul all the attackers have been killed after an hours long siege the violence comes a day after peace talks between the government and taliban insurgents were cancelled and to talk. today marks twenty years since the columbine high school massacre in the united states when two students armed with guns and homemade explosives killed thirteen people on that tuesday morning the school in littleton colorado rose to tragic fame around the world a fate it today shares with other locations in the country like sandy hook in parklane but columbine is still remembered as the star of a modern era and gun violence in the united states. scenes that have become all too familiar played out for the first time on april twenty nine hundred ninety nine the students who ran from the horrors of the mass shooting at columbine high school in littleton colorado could hardly have known that so many others would follow in their footsteps twelve students and one teacher died that day at columbine as well as t

making news around the world an attack is ongoing in the afghan capital kabul close to the communications ministry and one of the city's main hotels so far no casualties have been confirmed we will bring you more on this developing story as we get it. infor rue a judge has ruled that former president pedro pablo kaczynski must remain in detention for up to three years while awaiting trial on corruption charges he's accused of having taken bribes from a brazilian construction company kaczynski denies doing anything illegal. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds have protested against the military offensive led by warlord khalifa haftar are who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the us president had called half to hour and a surprise show of support he already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia. police have arrested hundreds of migrant travelling in a caravan and southern mexico a surge in migration from central america and pressure from washington have prompted mexico to take stronger action on caravans the migrants have been brought to an immigration. now one

afghanistan a gun battle is underway between security forces and gunmen who attacked the communications ministry in kabul this morning the attackers trying to enter the building after setting off explosives officials say at least two of the gunmen were shot dead the ministry is close to a popular among foreign visitors. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds have protested against the military offensive led by a warlord. who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the u.s. president had called half the hour and a surprise show of support he already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia. now to tennis rafael nadal has made it to the semifinals of the mana carlo masters by beating argentina in straight sets however world number one of a joke of it you won't be challenging for the title this ok zhen the two time champion crashed out of the tournament in the quarterfinals. i don't know medvedev it was a day to remember the russian had lost all three of his previous matches against know that joke of it but in the monte carlo sun medvedev gave his more illustrious opponen

making news around the world officials in afghanistan say they have ended an assault on the communications ministry in the capital kabul all the attackers have been killed after an hour's long siege the violence comes a day after peace talks between the government and taliban insurgents were cancelled and to talk. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds have protested against the military offensive led by warlords khalifa haftar who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the u.s. president had called half hour in a surprise show of support to ready has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia. egyptians have begun voting today in a referendum that could grant the country's authoritarian leader abdel fattah el-sisi another term in office the proposed changes to the constitution would also give the former army general more power over the judiciary a move heavily criticized by international human rights groups. this was supposed to be his second and last time in office but president of the c.c. is poised to extend his rule until at least twenty thirty gyptian citizens of voting

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making news around the world officials in afghanistan say they have ended an assault on the communications ministry in the capital kabul all the attackers have been killed after an hour's long see the violence comes a day after peace talks between the government and taliban insurgents are canceled in the top. americans are commemorating the columbine high school shooting twenty years ago on april twentieth one thousand nine hundred ninety nine two students stormed the school in littleton colorado and killed twelve students and one teacher before committing suicide a series of events are scheduled for the next week to remember the victims. french police have arrested more than one hundred people as unrest broke out at the yellow vests demonstrations in paris the protesters are out on the streets for a twenty third consecutive weekend they say they want to remind the government that france faces many problems besides rebuilding the fire ravaged notre dame cathedral . ukrainian president petro poroshenko and political novice. selenski faced off in a final debate at kiev as a lympics stadium ahead of s

capital police spokesman says it happened close to one of the city's main hotels and the communications ministrylet's go straight to charlotte he joins us on the line from kabul what's the situation now. lynage even terry has confirmed. three suicide bombers attacked the ministry of communication and information technology this happened nearly two hours ago so i heard the initial explosion and i was kind of as the crow flies about a half kilometers from this attack when it happened. after the explosion there was just released a kind of whole minutes of heavy gunfire i mean when the in the subsequent hours with her. who were kind of her explosions and then. me i was also clipping a smell of gunfire walking across central central kabul at the moment we understand it is ongoing and and the center of kabul has been cordoned off for specifically around this area but the roads are very congested people are likely to going to a special forces arise and in trying to. contain this attack. the area dissipate your picture the minute you communication information technology it leaks to another ministry i un

point so they have managed to evacuate hundreds of people from this particular area so the ministry of communications evacuated people from there which is where the attack is happening some people remain in there and they are in safer and then there is another ministry a ministry of information and culture which is mixed or and the vacuum that hundreds of people from the. the area is on lockdown there's a lot of congestion in kabul this is the start of the work week in kabul happened at lunch time there are a lot of people in the area it's right next door to this arena hotel now that is the main hotel where you've got diplomats and journalists in there that is on lockdown at the moment no one has taken responsibility for this attack how the taliban did launch the spring offensive last friday they say they will attack kind of government ministry and security forces as part of this spring offensive it was an intelligence report. we received on tuesday. that the serina hotel and government buildings in that area may be attacked by anti-government elements using explosive devices but they didn't have a d

they have managed to evacuate hundreds of people from this particular area so the ministry of communications evacuated people from there which is where the attack is happening some people remain in there and they are in safer and then there is another ministry ministry of information in culture which is nick store and they've accurate hundreds of people from there also so the area is on lockdown there's a lot of congestion in kabul this is the start of the work week in kabul happened at lunch time there are a lot of people in the area it's right next door to this arena hotel now that is the main hotel where westerners stay you've got diplomats and journalists and. that is on lockdown. turning our attention to europe the police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a journalist there a vigil has been held for lyra mckee she was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the easter uprising the virus republicans against british world in one nine hundred sixteen politicians from all sides in the region which is a part of the play of condemn

for civilians and three soldiers have been killed in an attack on the communications ministry in theafghan capital kabul a suicide bomber targeted the building before gunman opened fire on it and try to get inside it took the security forces several hours to bring the situation under control the taliban which has been holding talks with the u.s. has denied responsibility for the attack police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the killing of a young investigative journalist and they're warning of what they call a new breed of terrorists threatening the area politicians have called for calm after thursday's shooting added to concerns about the stability of the region's twenty one year old peace deal police in paris have detained more than one hundred twenty people after another saturday of yellow vests protests the arrests the fall of violence between police and them straighter as many of whom were angry at the huge donations pledged to repair the not for dame cathedral it's the twenty third weekend in a row that the protests have taken place with these

been killed in a gun fight in the afghan capital kabul attackers stormed the heavily guarded communications ministry after detonating a bomb at the entrance taliban has denied responsibility for the attack. egyptians have voted in the first day of a referendum that could open a door to president abdullah that has sisi staying in office until twenty thirty voters are also deciding on whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military french yellow vests protesters have rallied for the twenty third consecutive week more than twenty thousand people marched toward the central square in paris police fired tear gas and water cannon they arrested more than one hundred people those are the headlines now back to canada stasi street. i like finding old friends and winnie as well i know her by from the residential school the mohawk institute when we first went in there we were my sister and i were separated into groups and i had one older girl that took me under her wing and my sister don we need look after her well i don't you know when i was there i don't even remembe

gun fight in the afghan capital kabul has detonated an explosive device before storming the communications ministry. the police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil has been held for lyra mckee she was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the easter uprising of irish republicans against british rule in one nine hundred sixteen politicians from all sides in the region which is part of the u.k. condemned the killing of smith has more from londonderry. it was quiet overnight friday into saturday here in derry there remains shock disbelief and revulsion over the murder of lyra mackay there have been growing support for these dissident republican groups in this area these are groups that are opposed to the now twenty one year old good friday agreement that brought peace to northern ireland gave it self rule but kept it part of the united kingdom these distant republican groups know british connection here and they want a united ireland but those groups have been particularly seen support growing amongst younger people. tw

an attack on the communications ministry in the afghan capital kabul has left seven people dead includingsman said all four gunmen had also been killed. hundreds of people were evacuated after the assailants stormed the building, setting off an explosion at its boundary wall. the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack. it's turning out to be one of the hottest easter bank holiday weekends on record with temperatures reaching 25 and a half celsius in hampshire today — the warmest day of the year so far. and there's more to come, with sunshine and high temperatures expected for most of the country tomorrow and monday. from sunny southport, 0livia richwald sent this report. summer holiday scenes over the easter weekend. southport, on merseyside, has one of the biggest expanses of sand in the north—west and the second longest pier in the country. these girls have taken two trains to be here today. it feels like summer because it's really hot and it's really sunny. what have you been doing? er, laying on the beach and going to the shops. it's been a lovely day here. it's been very wa

ok i just want turn attention this saturday to afghanistan where the country's communication ministry and don tunk able to come on attack the afghan health ministry says at least six people have been wounded witnesses report hearing gunfire explosions according to the ministry spokesperson the assault started around twenty minutes to mid day local time reports say there were three attackers and one managed to get inside the building in kabul the area's heavily defended is one of the city's most popular hotels is located also the presidential palace not far away there's no word as yet on who is behind the attack we do know the taliban makes they remain active in the region. as the saga continues a british euro skeptic party looks set to dominate in the blocks upcoming elections more not quickly the. that's geysers financial survival guide liquid those that you can burn in to cast quite easily. to keep in mind though as a tremendous place of. work. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only really

four civilians and three soldiers have been killed in an attack on the communications ministry in the afghan capital kabul a suicide bomber targeted the building before gunmen opened fire on it tried to get inside it took the security forces several hours to bring the situation on the control the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack and police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the killing of an investigative journalist also warning of what they call a new breed of terrorist threatening the area well those are the top stories more news in half an hour coming up next it's risking it all thanks for watching by. a being locked up than ever before what's driving this alarming development one i'm going to explain my blog behind by going to interview. thank. you union. if in the humid undergrowth of the bolivian jungle a family collects the shells from giant brazilian. if algol and of prey i'm going to my mother get the if by a bull if the place is infested with insects and snakes genco the eldest of the siblings had a terrible experience and no l

what we're hearing is that the explosion the initial explosion took place inside the ministry of communication and information technology now that it's not actually inside the green zone but it is in the center console extortive that dissipate your pitch is the another ministry of information. across a small pot business arena hard to tell which is where a lot of investors stable journalists stay and a lot of foreign stay in the last. we have we don't get much information out other than to inside the ministry of communication saying that that that explosion took place with chide the area has been cordoned off station who has arrived to the sing . and. my producer was actually close to it at the time and he said to lose a lot of confusion panic people heard the explosion subsequently implying everyone tried to get out of the area feeling quickly. the smoothing at the serena hard tell he was actually a large news conference going on. the information technology will media was invited and kind of high level people involved in the information technology sick so that was the kind of in that immediat

these committee for say goodbye for now from the afghan capital kabul seems the country's communication ministry's under attack the gunfire and explosions are being reported today according to the ministry spokesperson that attacks started around eleven forty the morning local time no casualties reported yet it is early days no word who's behind this but the taliban islamic state is still active in the region as we get more we'll keep you posted stick with r.t. talk as well for the latest on that too so that's the way some of the world news stories are shaping up this weekend i'm kevin zero in the thank you for watching r.t. international from moscow. to . join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then . came here where you were before you came here when you live. in many u.s. states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor the death penalty there are some people bec

they have managed to evacuate hundreds of people from this particular area so the ministry of communications evacuated people from there which is where the attack is happening some people remain in there and they are in safer and then there is another ministry ministry of information and culture which is mixed and the vacuum that hundreds of people from there also so the area is on lockdown there's a lot of congestion in kabul this is the start of the work week in kabul happened at lunch time there were a lot of people in the area it's right next door to this arena hotel now that is the main hotel where westerners stay you've got diplomats and journalists in there that is on lockdown the police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil has been held for a key she was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the easter uprising of irish republicans against british rule in one nine hundred sixty. s. anger in the libyan capital tripoli after the u.s. president donald trump spoke to the warlords general after an apparent r

in central kabul the attackers appear to detonated an explosive device before storming the communications ministry. the top story in europe the police in northern ireland have arrested two young men in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil was held for lyra mckeever was killed on thursday during a riot in london derry. saturday marks the twentieth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting in the united states twelve students and one teacher was killed when two teenagers carried out a planned attack in colorado several mass school shootings since calls to change the gun laws in the states as alan fischer now reports anti gun campaigners believe change is finally on the horizon. it was until then the watched school shooting in american history a nation watched twenty years ago as terrified students run for their lives the lucky ones could hug their parents but twelve students and one teacher never would they died when two students took their guns and their reach into the corridors of their high school and columbine became new in the world over among the community it's among the

another six year mandate for civilians and three soldiers have been killed in an attack on the communications ministry in the afghan capital kabul a suicide bomber targeted the building before government. opened fire on it and tried to get inside it took the security forces several hours to bring the situation under control the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack. police in northern ireland have arrested two teenagers in connection with the killing of an investigative journalist politicians have called for calm after thursday's shooting added to concerns about the stability of the region's twenty one year old peace deal well those are the top stories al-jazeera a world that welcomes the italy continues next and i'm going to have the al-jazeera news hour for you in just under half an hour by. the place where decision makers opinion leaders and journalists come together every year. for honest conversations on global affairs and the future of the arab region. the thirteenth al-jazeera fall. in a region full of contradictory agendas and deepening decides. with an arms race loosely. where's th

capital kabul attackers appear to have detonated an explosive device before storming the communications ministry there's been a relative calm in kabul in recent weeks coinciding with talks between the u.s. and taliban officials taliban have denied responsibility for the attack egyptians are voted in the first day of a referendum that could open the door to president add to the to his sisi staying in office until twenty thirty voters are also deciding on whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military fifty five million people are eligible to take part but rights groups express concern the referendum would not be free or fair. police imperative fire tear gas a yellow vests protesters have been demonstrating for weeks over the economy one hundred twenty six people have been arrested with more than eleven thousand police spot checks rallies near the not true don cathedral have been banned since monday's fire at the protests started twenty three weeks ago after president emanuel our core introduced a fuel hike but hardened into a demonstration against his

been killed in a gunfight in the afghan capital kabul attackers stormed the heavily guarded communications ministry after detonating a bomb at the entrance of the taliban have denied responsibility for the attack. egyptians are voted in the first day of the referendum that could open the door to president abdel fattah el-sisi staying in office until twenty thirty voters are also deciding on whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military fifty five million people are legible to take part but rights groups expressed concerns the referendum wouldn't be free or fair. friend jealous protesters of rallied for the twenty third consecutive week more than twenty thousand people marched towards a central square in paris police fired tear gas and water cannon and arrested more than one hundred people but those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after up from the stage and done so much better. thank you. on up front today we'll speak with the award winning bangladeshi photojournalist an activist shot at all of on his recent imprisonment and the polit

stan whereas diet is focusing on urban of on the sun we have had a suicide attack on the ministry of communication the other day and the port also says that the that the amount of suicide attacks has has decreased and when it's way into taliban not into high but of nation it's the afghan government it's the u.s. led coalition that gets into oftens to go and reach out to taliban in their hideouts across through afghanistan and most of the time this let's do civilian casualties and collateral damages. it's not i don't know why do you call it sort of some of the difference when they're going into hideouts of ruler villages of taliban across the country i don't understand this this does not just make sense to me. good to speak to you had war dec joining a staff from kabul thanks for being with us. still ahead on al-jazeera a constitutional change that could see president abdul fattah his cc's rule extended to twenty thirty in egypt. we've got some lovely spring wolf into central and eastern parts of europe a very different story for the west really has gone downhill nat'l the holiday weekend has got a

cornerstone whereas dice is focusing on urban of on its own we have had a suicide attack on the ministry of communication the other day and the report also says that the that the amount of suicide attacks has has decreased and when its ruling taliban order into hibernation it's the afghan government is the u.s. led coalition that gets into oftens to go and reach out to taliban in their hideouts across through afghanistan and most of the time this led to civilian casualties in collateral damages. it's now i don't know why do you call it sort of self-defense when they are going into hideouts of rural villages of taliban across the country i don't understand is this does not just make sense to me lots more ahead when we come back a constitutional change that could see president abd in fact that he sees rule in egypt extended to twenty thirty. we got the usual lash out across southeast asia but some lovely sunshine in between looking pretty good for much of the philippines in the china largely fine and dry sense and southern parts of vietnam cambodia laos and thailand polluting a lot of the sets come down to

that is hurt smaller communities and ministry -- made us struggle.e people have unfortunately left. jobs tiedmost 100,000 to rochester, the mayo clinic, and they don't want to see anything happen to our economic output in the area. >> our look at -- look at rochester, minnesota, continues. up next, we see the recently launched -- recently launched traveling while black exhibit. >> the history center looks at information to help people have a better understanding of the environment, circumstances, and we can learn an awful lot by looking at our history. then we do not have to repeat the same thing. i we often hear about modern travel, but you do not hear about travel in the 1950's, especially the story of african-americans during this time. and the additional hardships they faced along with hardships of traveling in cars at the time. >> i lived in st. louis. i had grandparents who lived in .ississippi my dad would take us down to the south to visit our relatives. when i was 11, my mother died. the next year, a gentleman was killed. he was a year young

community choirs. we're looking for church choirs. last year it was just churches and ministries b w opened it up to community choirs. if you'vt a thing that you started, you can particite but it's a local showcase for the m mv area. n event takes place on the 28th athe brand spanking new prince george's community for the arts. we'll talk b about that the kickoff begins this week. janet tell usbout at. >> yes. today is the kickoff. next friday, good friday, we're going to go out to all churchesn send email out to them and contact them one on one to tell them about this year's event and solicit participation in our showcase. we are excited to be here on your show announcing the official kickoff of one m voice >> ytioned gospel groups, praise teams, churches and community organizations. what exact g looking for this year? >> great question. one thing i want to stress to everybody is originali authenticity. i think it's subconscious thing that we get tho aht process or an idea of what a choir or praise team is supposed to look like. and we try to emulate it and think that that's goi

protected the result a quarter of thailand's shores are roading threatening coastal communities and cultural landmarks. in ministry thirty years ago the buddhist temple stood in the middle of a village today it's surrounded by sea the villages fled years ago rebuilding their homes on higher ground but one man refuses to budge. that. if the temple were moved people would know that used to be one here that was destroyed. but if we stay and we gradually develop. we can go on. i think. we have it and he's floating temple have become symbols in the fight to restore thailand's fos to writing coast . vast mangrove forests used to hold the shows together but they've been disinvited to make way for shrimp and salt farms. there's now a rush to restore the fragile ecosystem these volunteers have come from bangkok to help replant the coastal forests and hold the rosen which also threatens the thai capital. bangkok's mangroves also disappearing. some of the. submerged i mean just two kilometers from where people live. the. coastal communities have built bamboo barriers and cement pylons to hold back the advancing sea. some eve

ministry. and we do everything by committee as often happens in churches. >> and in that quaker community, what would be some of the other activities or ministries that might occur there? >> there's always a close relationship in our tradition between our faith and our action. particularly work in the road related to social justice. the environment. and so forth so there is a lot of work we have committees that do that, social order committees. the environmental committees. things like that but we also have a worship and ministry committee. and a pastoral care committee and that type of thing that handled the meetings of the pastor handles. >> would a visitor be welcome at the gathering? >> always, always. i like many denominations we are challenging ourselves to be more welcoming and to figure out how to make people feel comfortable in what may feel uncomfortable space after spirit >> we are not used to that much silence are we, in our lives let alone in a worship setting?>> that's true, it is amazing what can happen, it is christian mysticism going back to the 1600s. and so a lot can happen i

ordained clergy we all take responsibility for the ministry and we do everything by committee as often happens in churches.>> and in a quaker community what would be some of the other activities or the ministries that might occur? >> there has been a close relationship in our tradition between our faith and our action. particularly in the world and related to social justice, the environment, and so forth. there is a lot of work and we do have committees that do that, the peace and social order committee, environmental committees, we have a worship and ministry committee and pastoral care, that kind of thing to handle all the business of what an pastor would normally handle. >> would a visitor be welcome?>> always good and like many denominations where challenge ourselves to be more welcoming and trying to take people feel more comfortable coming into an unfamiliar space at first. >> we are not used to that much silence in our lives let alone in a worship setting. >> it really is true, it is a form of christian mysticism going back to the 1600s as a lot can happen in that silence but you have to be able to wait. >> giving space for th