from the pakistani taliban being pushed over the border then also just granted members of the afghan taliban alliances in afghanistan are very fluid have been over a period of nearly four years a decade so yes you have two forces on the ground competing but they do have a common enemy which is united states which is the western alliance which is the afghan government do you see the possibility and you know you have to look into your crystal ball but do you see a possibility maybe of islamic state until they wanted some point. merging or if not merging at least learning to co-exist maybe a sim b.o.'s is there a positive coexistence i mean you see them fighting each other especially in eastern afghanistan which is the stronghold of the islamic state a country you see them marching because the afghan taliban a pretty much nationalistic in its outlook they're really focused on afghanistan why the i.a.s. of course with the whole idea of a caliphate has a much broader approach and much bigger international appeal they want to strike abroad as well they're not you know exclusively focusing on afgha

>> it is not pal pakistan's military but intelligence servais that looks at haqqani network, afghan taliban- and pakistani taliban, they can use pakistani taliban in india, to conduct attacks and provide lethal aid to afghan taliban to disrupt and build up a threat to iran considers a threat. problem is we've been in afghanistan for 17 years, one year each, one time 17 times. and every year, the taliban and the other groups like isis, al qaeda, and -- haqqani group seek refuge in tribal areas of pakistan. when pruncpresident trump askeds generals why are we not winning in afghanistan, that is the issue. john: frustrating for american military, thank you to all. stocks kicking off 2018 in the green, when we come back, we look at what you need to know for your portfolio this year. stay with us. hundred dollars whn we switched our auto and home insurance. liberty did what? yeah, they saved us a ton, which gave us a little wiggle room in our budget. wish our insurance did that. then we could get a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey, welcome back. this guy... right? yes. ellen. that's

this time intill the pakistani government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban and the haqqani network we consider them to be destabilizing the region and also targeting u.s. personnel the united states will suspend that kind of security assistance to pakistan. showed regret at the u.s. paying billions to pakistan and accused there being a safe haven for terrorists in afghanistan the twitter spot a furious response from the pakistani foreign minister remind the us of course went into afghanistan to remove the taliban way back in two thousand and one since there are over two thousand four hundred soldiers have been killed two trillion dollars spent on the conflict it's no note the longest war in u.s. history that's pretty. lose a senior political analyst and columnist to get his thoughts thanks for being with us live so donald trump's no security over the terrorist safe haven claims is this new pressure on islam about going to change anything the. years of course this is all the pressure tactics because when united states is completely fair enough to understand s

they raise issues of afghan taliban. and they have the command and control structures on the pakistan side of the stborder. if i quote - president trump from one of his recent tweets, they give safe haven to the terrorists that we had in no more.tan with little help. the us president said recently. i think also it is probably worth noting that us officials will also argue that pakistan officials will regularly deny the support in public and in private. but few may actually believe this sign. i want to give you a chance to respond to these concerns and issues with at least support to some militant groups. you know to be fair, all states including united states provide support to some state and nonstate actors. i'm well aware of that from my personal, my own personal background in the us military. can we have an honest discussion about this. and how you respond to this broader discussion and pakistan support on the afghan side in particular. >> thank you. let's try to take the rules of how pakistan came into contact and en

the other is, what level of influence does pakistan hold over the afghan taliban? pakistan would very much want to push the taliban through afghanistan. we don't want them to bring them to our relations with your country in afghanistan. we think they should join the political mainstream and we will continue to move on that part. regardless of whether the u.s. has a decision on aid or not. we don't want it to be transactional in nature. this is a step we are taking in our own interest regardless of the assistance. in our own interest and in the interest of peace. as for our leverage with the taliban, let me tell you that for two consecutive years , pakistan made enormous efforts to bring taliban to the table. the first was in 2015 on a night -long session during ramadan, they first sat face-to-face with representatives of the government. because i was foreign secretary, i did madrid that evening. >> so you were there? >> yes. it was a serious effort. we came out with a joint statement. then we were planning to meet before the month ran out to come up with a set of de

the afghan taliban are nationalistic in its outlook.y are focused on afghanistan but the is with the whole idea of a caliphate has a broader approach and an international appeal. they are not exclusively focusing on afghanistan as do the taliban. brent: what does this mean for the president of afghanistan's government? sandra: he is really against of the war. his government is integrating a lot of infighting and warmongering within his own ranks. he has fired one of the most powerful governors in a northern province. the governor is refusing to step back and is very much in their threatening force. -- very much there threatening force. you have people saying that they do not trust president ghani. there are parliamentary elections planned for june but they may be called off. brent: between now and june, that is an eternity in afghanistan. did you happy with us. at a meeting of you in security council ambassadors -- of u.n security council ambassadors, he said the u.s. will not talk with the militant group. >> innocent people are being k

the taliban killed 130 afghan soldiers. a1.5ton taliban killed 130 afghan soldiers.on truck bomb was exploded in central kabul, telling dozens of civilians. in all of these attacks, ordinary afghans have suffered, becoming mere statistics. the question is who should be held accountable? any measure that leads toa accountable? any measure that leads to a failure to detect these attacks, the afghan intelligence should be blamed, especially when they take place in the heart of kabul or any major cities. the afg ha n kabul or any major cities. the afghan government is saying a taliban affiliate carried out the attack. talking about support from pakistan, is a bad has denied supporting these attacks. —— islamabad. there is a direct link between taliban in pakistan. they have been playing host for them. in fa ct, have been playing host for them. in fact, the second—in—command of taliban is the son of the founder of the hakani network. so, the taliban and hakani are close together. in situations like the intercontinental hotel, it is often the work of the hakani, skilled in

afghan government is finding it very challenging to prevent these attacks from happening in bigger cities including kabul in cities are now a front line bought for islamic state as well as for the taliban one of the worrying concerns here is the existence of sleeper cells and the fact that the afghan government has very little knowledge or very little power to prevent these attacks from happening. the u.s. side korea have agreed to suspend joint military drills during the upcoming winter olympics n.p.r. picking up the story now caleb martin. there will be no military drills during the olympic games we've seen a statement from u.s. president trump that says that he and the south korean leader have agreed to continue putting maximum pressure on the north however they will suspend the military exercises during the olympic games now they said the opposite originally but the position seems to have changed let's take a listen to what was said before by the leader of south korea as well as by rex tillerson. it is possible for south korea and the us to review the possibility of postponing the exercises until i have made such a suggestion to the us and the us is currently reviewing them but the

ninety five people have been killed more than a hundred and fifty wounded in a blast in the afghan capital. taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing using an ambulance near the old into the ministry building glass has more from kabul so jennifer this is a quite a serious security failure what are officials saying about it. official sami are calling this a massacre as you said ninety five people dead at least one hundred fifty eight wounded and concerns of the death toll might continue to increase as a number of those taken to hospitals were sent in very critical condition sami this is the second worst attack here in the afghan capital since a car bomb a truck bomb last may it killed one hundred fifty people but this was truly devastating. another day of carnage on the streets of kabul this time the bomb was in an ambulance the driver pretended to be taking someone to a nearby hospital but instead he detonated his device on a crowded street the taliban said it was targeting policemen having lunch but as so often happens here afghan civilians going about their daily lives are among

security relationship when pakistan demonstrates its willingness to aggressively confront the afghan taliban the haqqani network and other terrorist village or to groups that operate from within its country. well u.s. aid to pakistan has been declining since the killing of osama bin laden but the recent slew of measures under the trumpet ministration are one of the most sweeping and consequential yet in recent years so washington is suspending at least nine hundred million dollars in security aid unless pakistan take specific actions against the taliban and the haqqani network that's an afghan armed group this is in addition to two hundred fifty five million dollars a state department's military funding that's already been blocked thousands of u.s. and coalition forces deployed in afghanistan depend on land and air routes through pakistan for supplies of weapons and goods increasing isolation from washington has made pakistan grow closer to china which is investing billions of dollars in the country but speak to security analysts symbolic on joining us via skype from islam but thanks for spe

afghan government is finding it very challenging to prevent these attacks from happening in bigger cities including kabul in cities are now a front line both for islamic state as well as for the taliban one of the worrying concerns here is the existence of sleeper cells and the fact that the afghan government has very little knowledge or very little power to prevent these attacks from happening. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to suspend joint military drills during the upcoming winter olympics in pyongyang or he's come up and has more. there will be no military drills during the olympic games we've seen a statement from u.s. president trump that says that he and the south korean leader have agreed to continue putting maximum pressure on the north however they will suspend the military exercises during the olympic games now they said the opposite originally but if the position seems to have changed let's take a listen to what was said before by the leader of south korea as well as by rex tillerson. it is possible for south korea and the us to review the possibility of postponing the exercises and i have made such a suggestion to the us and the us is currently reviewing them but

this is unless the pakistani government take action against the network of militants and the afghan talibance to pakistan unless they take action against the afghan taliban and militants along the afghan border. the negotiations over the brexit deal are farfrom over but the environment secretary, michael gove, is setting out proposals for what farming in england might look like once we leave the eu. he wants to replace the current eu subsidy — which is based on how much land you own — with one based on what you do with the land. but his proposals wouldn't come into effect till 2024, well after another general election. here's our business editor simonjack farming is perhaps the industry most closely entwined with the eu. for 45 years, those who work on this green and pleasant land had been regulated, protected and paid by the eu. three billion a year in subsidies is paid out to farmers, determined by how much land they own. that will change, according to the environment secretary. what i want to do is to move away from the current method of subsidy which doesn't really reward efficiency to

this time in till the pakistani government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban and the haqqani network we consider them to be destabilizing the region and also targeting u.s. personnel the united states will suspend that kind of security assistance to pakistan it is in the wake of trump's first tweet of the year which outlined his regret at the u.s. paying pakistan billions of dollars in aid he accused washington's regional ally of being a safe haven for terrorists in afghanistan which america is trying to defeat trump's twitter diplomacy sparked a furious response though from pakistan's foreign minister. has more on that and also the wider ramifications well the foreign minister of pakistan of course there are so it has issued a fierce response to trump accusing pakistan of providing safe havens for terrorists there fighting in afghanistan and not one tweet but three you ask what we've done from our bases you carried out fifty seven thousand eight hundred attacks in afghanistan. thousands of civilians and soldiers became victims of the war you initiated we stoo

this time in till the pakistani government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban and the haqqani network we consider them to be destabilizing the region and also targeting u.s. personnel the united states will suspend that kind of security assistance to pakistan. trump showed regret out the u.s. paying billions to pakistan i'm accused of being a safe haven for terrorists in afghanistan the twitter rant to however sparked a furious response from the pakistani foreign minister just a quick reminder the u.s. of course went into afghanistan to remove the taliban back in two thousand and one over twenty four hundred soldiers have been killed since then on the run two trillion dollars have been spent in the conflict it's no known as the longest war in u.s. history senior political analyst and columnist. sees trump's move regarding pakistan is an attempt to shift the blame for a failed war. this is all the pressure tactics because when united states is completely fair enough i understand so it's the time and they are finding some lame excuses to put the responsibility. o

freeze would remain in place until islamabad took action against the haqqani network and the afghan talibandied and more than two hundred and seventy were injured when a train caught fire in south africa, following a collision with a truck. officials fear the death toll could rise. the accident happened near kroonstad city in free state province. the train had been travelling from port elizabeth tojohannesburg. serena williams has told organisers of the australian open that she feels unable to compete at the top level, following the birth of her daughter last year. more details in 30 minutes of stoppage bell —— 30 minutes. in a moment we'll be seeing the bad weather affecting parts of the us. first it's been very snowy in eastern canada as this moose discovered. he got stuck in deep snow in newfoundland. luckily for the moose, rescuers with shovels were on hand. after around 15 minutes and some hard work they were able to dig the moose out. it was able to escape the snow without harm. looking happy and think. it —— sang. it -- looking happy and think. it —— sang. it —— sang. —— thankful. th

they say the payment freeze will be in force until islamabad takes more action against the afghan talibanthe haqqani network. facebook co—founder mark zuckerberg says his goal for 2018 will be to fix what he called important issues on the platform and on social media in general. on his page he says facebook is at a crossroads and that he'll be looking to protect users from abuse and hate, and defend the platform from government interference. the defending women's champion at the australian open won't be entering the tournament this year. serena williams has told organisers she feels unable to compete at the top level yet following the birth of her daughter last year. in canada they tend to call it "winter" but in parts of north america the current ferocious weather is a very nasty surprise and is being called a "bomb cyclone" — its powerful effects as deadly as the name implies. a severe drop in air pressure has triggered a powerful blizzard that's battered the north east of the united states — and canada — knocking out power for tens of thousands of people. the week—long cold snap has le

freeze would remain in place until islamabad took action against the haqqani network and the afghan talibanave died and more than 200 were injured after a train caught fire in south africa, following a collision with a truck. officials fear the death toll could rise. the accident happened near kroonstad city in free state province. the train had been travelling from port elizabeth tojohannesburg. in a moment, we'll be seeing the bad weather affecting parts of the us. first it's been very snowy in eastern canada as this moose discovered. he got stuck in deep snow in newfinland. luckily for the moose, rescuers with shovels were on hand. after around 15 minutes and some hard work they were able to dig the moose out. luckily it seemed unharmed and was able to wander off. the eastern united states and canada have been hit it with freezing weather and a massive storm. it's caused traffic chaos and thousands of flights have been cancelled. you know it's bad when it even snows in southern state of florida. the bbc‘s katty kay has more. gusty, snowy, and bitterly cold. winter has hit america in a bi

they say the payment freeze will be in force until islamabad takes more action against the afghan talibanzuckerberg says his goal for 2018 will be to fix what he called important issues on the platform and on social media in general. on his page he says facebook is at a crossroads and that he'll be looking to protect users from abuse and hate, and defend the platform from government interference. a new book containing damning allegations about the trump administration is being rushed to publication on friday, four days ahead of schedule, as lawyers for the president try to stop it. they say it contains numerous false statements. among much else, the book quotes mr trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, accusing the president's son and son—in—law of treason. the president has reacted with fury. jon sopel reports from washington. hell hath no fury like a bannon scorned, it would seem. steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack, the warm words of last summer, but a distant memory. i like him, he'

they say the payment freeze will be in force until islamabad takes more action against the afghan talibannetwork. the defending women's champion at the australian open won't be entering the tournament this year. serena williams has told organisers she feels unable to compete at the top level yet following the birth of her daughter last year. in canada they tend to call it "winter," but in parts of north america, the current ferocious weather is a very nasty surprise and is being called a "bomb cyclone," its powerful effects as deadly as the name implies. a severe drop in air pressure has triggered a powerful blizzard that's battered the north—east of the united states, and canada, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people. the week—long cold snap has left at least 17 dead, and wrecked travel plans for millions. we begin our coverage with this report from andrew plant. several inches of snow, winds up to 60 miles an hour, blocked roads, black ice, power cuts, and a storm stretching hundreds of miles. new york city like a fairytale for some. the snow, though, a serious hazard to ma

afghan government is finding it very challenging to prevent these attacks from happening in bigger cities including kabul in cities are now a frontline bought for islamic state as well as for the taliban one of the worrying concerns here is the existence of sleeper cells and the fact that the afghan government has very little knowledge or very little power to prevent these attacks from happening. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to suspend joint military drills during the upcoming winter olympics in chang has the story for us. there will be no military drills during the olympic games we've seen a statement from u.s. president trump that says that he and the south korean leader have agreed to continue putting maximum pressure on the north however they will suspend the military exercises during the olympic games now they said the opposite originally but this they position seems to have changed let's take a listen to what was said before by the leader of south korea as well as by rex tillerson. it is possible for south korea and the us to review the possibility of postponing the exercises until i have made such a suggestion to the us and the us is currently reviewing them but these a

director of the center for political and military analysis at the hudson institute he says the afghan taliban cannot be defeated without cooperation from neighboring pakistan. i magine that this may lead to more pressure on pakistan and perhaps russia china and other countries that are close to pakistan to tighten up supplies and support for the taliban there's no clear easy answer to know what you would do next prevent these kind of attacks the government of pakistan for the past decade and a half has worked closely with the u.s. and other countries to try and crack down on terrorism that could affect pakistan and largely it's at various times in afghanistan but there appear to be groups within pakistan strictly the security forces that see it and bandage and having the taliban there is instrumental in india or as a hedge against the what we mentioned before a u.s. withdrawal there are others who want to use terrorism against india more directly and therefore but but the effect of that is to encourage other terrorist groups so the problem is they can't we can't just deal with the afghan ques

alleged support of the hockey needs militants who have ties to the afghan taliban china is also likely to see a boost to one of their one bell one road initiative which we've talked about on this program before and that road would actually go through pakistan. tesla the electric car company energy storage and solar manufacturer out of palo alto held by elon musk his keeping roag blocks as it attempts to get its latest car model out the door on wednesday the company said the tesla model three production was farther behind in the fourth quarter than it had in to subpoenaed tesla stocks resultantly fell more than two percent after the announcement this adds pressure to the company as the model three were meant to offset losses from research development and some other business endeavors mr musk has touted the model three as an affordable high volume vehicle with hopes of selling more than five hundred thousand this year alone. i promised you a little cloak and dagger but let me set it up for you last year u.s. president donald trump famously said and i quote nobody knew health care was so

the afghan government has accused pakistan of providing support for militants who killed at least 95 people in a suicide bombing in kabul. it says the attack on saturday was carried out by the talibanked haqqani network. islamabad has always denied supporting afghan militants. president trump has called for decisive action. it is one of the deadliest attacks on kabul in recent months, and the second to target the capital in a week. an ambulance packed with explosives was blown up in a busy part of the city. zia shahreyar reports. an ambulance packed with explosives, driven into crowds on their way to work. the force of the blast shook the windows of buildings at least a mile away. some low—rise structures collapsed. a plume of smoke was visible across the city. the attacker had driven his vehicle past the police checkpoint, claiming to have a patient inside. when guards at a second checkpoint became suspicious, he detonated the bomb. translation: i was in an armour—plated vehicle, when suddenly there was an explosion. i was in the back seat. my driver was blown out onto the ground and injured. the area of the attack is home to foreign embassies and the city's police headquarters. t

against the afghan taliban and the county network. what do you say to that?s are, over the past two administrations, there were problems with pakistan in terms of not being able, since 911, almost a decade to stopping them. the afghan he government has been complaining. but really what's behind that is really the chinese influence within pakistan. they feel that now that they have this association with china, the superhighway from china say don't have to respond to our request with regard to the taliban. maybe this is the pressure. >> so this could backfire. >> it could backfire, but everybody is rational in the sense that the pakistanis also don't want to lose the american support because someone else will take it. it's not just infrastructure in the united states but have so many competitors including afghanistan and india. they will have to respond rationally to this pressure. >> we appreciate your insight. thank you very much. >> thank you for having having me. >> china appears to be building a large naval base at an airport in afghanistan as beijing make

at least 95 people have been killed and 150 injured in a bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the taliban say they carried out the attack. three teenage boys have been killed, when they were hit by a car in west london. a man has been arrested. also in this hour, paris is on high alert for flooding. record rainfall has caused the river seine to burst its banks, in one of the wettest januarys in paris in more than a century. this is the scene live in the french capital. and a first grand slam title for caroline wozniacki, after she beats simona halep in the final of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, has said all current rape and serious sexual assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed "as a matter of urgency", following the collapse of several recent trials because evidence was not disclosed to defence lawyers. today, the attorney general told the bbc there was no evidence of "widespread malpractice or dishonesty" in the prosecution system. our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports. d

the afghan taliban has claimed responsibility, although the terror group has offered no evidence.om london, kelly. takes through the dramatic events as they unfolded. we've seen these horrific pictures. >> yeah. this was a terrifying 13 hours for guests at the intercontinental hotel in kabul. it's a government-owned hotel and known to host foreigners and government officials. this attack a lot playing out on live tv in afghanistan. there were scenes of guests tying bed sheets together, using them as ropes to climb down from fourth and fifth story windows. fires and gunfights inside that hotel for hours with guests hiding in bathrooms and under beds. afghan forces were trying to hunt down those militants. one witness told nbc news that two gunmen came into his friends room and asked him where he was from, sparing him because he was an afghan. he said the militants were targeting foreigners and government workers. among the dead, south africans, ukrainians and venezuelans. 11 were pilots and crew working for cam air, an afghan airline. all five of the militants were killed. the tali

the network that talked about specifically the group of the afghan taliban the military arm that goescross-the-boarder and hides intact us pan talking about withdrawing $225 million in aid the same thing general mattis did last summer with $50 million in aid, is the biggest threat going forward to your book, you showed haikais and ares are not paid attention to winston churchill, the co- author of your book richard clark who predicted 9/11 and osama bin laden, one you talk about in that is the india pakistan potential nuclear war. is that the biggest thing on your radar screen? >> i think that actually the biggest thing on myriad after screen is a war with north korea as we discussed earlier and a real issue we have to be aware of and it could happen by mistake and we have a president who probably isn't making things better, i don't think it's a good idea but pakistan is a massive issue and what we talked about in the book is if pakistan india have a nuclear exchange it could lead to a global nuclear winner which could affect the entire world and reduce global crop yield 20-30% and th