as a former al qaeda leader, the u.s. has a $10 million reward for information leadinto his capture. he heads the organization for the liberation of the levant, hay'at tahrir al sham, the most powerful islamist faction in syria. he has agreed to meet because he is trying to overhaul his image. >> not much is known about its leader, abu mohammed al jolani. he joined al qaeda... >> smith: in the past, he's battled americans in iraq. he's deployed suicide bombers in syria. and to this day, he stands accused of imprisoning and torturing his critics. (siren blaring) you're, you're recognized, you're designated as a terrorist by the united states, by the united nations, by many governments. what do you say to them? >> jolani: >> smith: we sat down together in a secure location in idlib province in northwest syria. he insists that today, americans should trust him. you pledged allegiance to al qaeda. you worked with abu bakr al baghdadi, the emir of isis. so for you to say that you were not committed toighting americans, when that's in your past, is impossible for people to understand. >> jo

we knew that it was bin laden and al qaeda and we knew where they were located in afghanistan and thereas no question that this country made the decisionit that it was going to go after those who had attacked our country. and to make sure that they would never be able to conduct another 911 attack on our country. and we pretty much did that. you know, we sent forces into afghanistan, if it was an october and they moved quickly through afghanistan and they drove al qaeda and the taliban pretty much out of afghanistan and into the tribal areas in pakistan and so, you no, the initial effort here was pretty successful in the approach that was taken. and then there came a time where, you know, we continue to go after al qaeda and bin laden and terrorists involved and that kind of took, you know, took a bumpy road because they were located in pakistan and pakistan was resistant to our ability to conduct military operations in their country. we couldn't use f-16 fighter planes and we couldn't use boots on the ground. we tried a couple times i think to put boots on the ground to go after target

al qaeda in iraq did not stop. in fact, morphed into the most destructive territorial organization in history, isis, -- i'm sorry, december 2011 is when the withdrawal was. it was in control of territory the size of britain. when they gain control of territory they become much more dangerous, as isis did. look at the attacks that they organized. they shot down a russian airliner and inspired attacks in the united states. sadly we are not dealing with a theoretical case. and then you will ask what happens next. the afghanistan timmy is not a 20 year war. also, it's really a misunderstood war, i think. it's been an underreported war. i think the american people sadly, because of secession of presidents, the last three and ministrations did not take it upon themselves as commanders and chiefs to explain to the american people what was at stake there, and what was the strategy that could deliver a fair welcome. in that strategy had to entail a sustainable local outcome. just afghanistan, and afghanistan that could be h

al qaeda in iraq do not stop. -- did not stop. it morphed into the most destructive terrorist organization and history, isis. by 2014, it was control of territory the size of britain. when these organizations gain control of territory they become much more dangerous, as isis did. look at the attacks they organized and directed in europe. sadly, we are not dealing with a theoretical case. but, i think, afghanistan is not a 20 year war. it is a misunderstood war. it has been an underreported war. i think the american people, sadly, because the last three administrations did not really take it upon themselves as commanders and achieve to its lane to the american people what was at stake there and what was the strategy that could deliver a better outcome. that strategy, i think, had to until -- entail a sustainable political outcome, and afghanistan that can be strengthened against the taliban? in afghanistan in which various ethnic group had faith in a common vision for the future and may be a focus on more diplomatic work rather tha

. >> there are concerns about al qaeda safe havens. there are reports that the taliban and there are concerns about th violence they have seen their. at what point are the risks too great? >> that is a great question. the risks are two great when we don't have a sufficient force to be able to protect the americans that maybe there. we are going to need enough forces on the ground to be able to protect americans wherever they might be. >> admiral, what is your opinion about the date for withdrawal? september 11? >> obviously, there was some sense of closing on the anniversary? but, we are going to be out there long before september 11. they say it's potentially the battle of july. i understand, the significance, if you will, from the military standpoint, that is not going to drive away the departure. we are going to do things in the military will to make sure they get out safely. >> now they call this a huge propaganda victory for the taliban and al qaeda. is that fair? >> the taliban and al qaeda will make a victory out of anything. ev

it was al qaeda in iraq at that time.t was -- the shi'a militias, some of them iranian-backed as we discussed earlier were there targeting our closest partners. because they knew they could blind us culturally. as general petraeus mentioned, there are cultural eyes, ears and mouthpieces. they help us understand the terrain. and we realized too late that they were being targeted. i personally lost several members of my team, iraqis, interpreters and others, and we decided we need to help them and at that time, the special immigrant visa had just been legislationed by congress and ambassador crocker, general petraeus were lobbying washington to expand it because we needed that safety valve. and as my team looked into the bureaucracy of it, we realized no iraqi could navigate that system. it was so arcane. so we decided to try to help them. and where the underground railroad aspect came in was i know for many of your listeners who have experience in government, this is going to be a shock, but the system tombly had a built-i

you never know if you're talking to the pakistani government to al qaeda to lush, got e tiber to another terrorist group. this guy, you just don't know what the toys to about. one specialist who has followed the trail up camera rhythm from pakistan to paris is shown louis blue gaf, a judge who has hunted terrorists for many years, working for the french intelligence service. he's been able to prevent a global series of attack sticklers, differential intelligence, mister dsp was willing, formed about last year and worked very closely with the pakistani intelligence service, but also with british and american intelligence. so lush, can you tiber was no stranger to us? and so pleased that they lived at 1st cooperation with the pakistani intelligence service, the i s, i appeared to be helpful. blue gab, learned of a man who was planning a terrorist attack on the other side of the world. a french citizen who had converted to islam. we intended to hit his targets in australia to come on. they had already identified a number of potential targets, like an australian, the military base, and a civ

think of al qaeda. if someone were to say i am inspired by osama bin laden, that becomes an al qaeda-inspired case, attached to a case at the federal level and the entire intelligence agency all work together and put those pieces together. it allows to you start to move, like ken was talking about, on things like material support to al qaeda or material support to terrorism. that leaves the fbi very flat-footed and puts the fbi and dhs, which we saw in the january 6 report last week and in this strategy in a weird place where they're not sure what publicly available information they're allowed to look at, what social media streams they are allowed to investigate because they haven't opened a case. there's not a case open which allows them to preemptively investigate. that makes it very difficult, a very different line if you're an investigator to tread on. what is private information, public information, what is social media information? you can't pick up on every lead that says i am angry with the u.s.

. >> there are concerns now about new al-qaeda safe havens. there are reports the taliban is taking back more territory day by day. anthe afghan people are seeing the worst violence that they've seen there in the past two decades. at what point are the risks too great? >> yeah, it's a great question. i mean, the risks are too great when we don't have a sufficient force to be able to protect the americans that may be there. and therefore, we're going to need enough, you know, forces on the ground to be able to protect americans wherever they might be. >> admiral, what is your opinion about the selection of the date for withdrawal, september 11th? >> yeah, well, i mean, obviously, there was some sense of closing this out on the anniversary, and i recognize that. but the fact of the matter is, we are going to be out there long before september 11th. i know t military forces are moving. i think reports i've read have said most forces will be out potentially by the middle of july. so i understand the significance, if you will, of making it septembe

very, very difficult ally when i went there and tried to get the pakistanis to do something against al qaeda. we were just coming from completely different places. officially, the west partner, in reality, pakistan was supporting islamic terrorist groups through its i, s i, intelligence service. german and french forces are also deployed in afghanistan with the nato mandate. officially, pakistan is there allied by behind the scenes. it is also their adversary. the german intelligence service, the b and d, as well networked in the region. despite this deploying troops in the hindu kush, is a challenge who is a friend and who is an enemy? from 2011 to 2016. gearhart schindler was president of the b n. d. or to describe this in rom, this all financially it was the task of the german intelligence service to clarify interest in the region, but also to determine where the taliban and al qaeda were getting. the support where, where the resources, the fighters from their material coming from pakistan is playing a murderous double game terrorists from all over the world continue to use the country as

very, very difficult ally when i went there and try to get the pakistanis to do something against al qaeda. we were just coming from completely different places. officially, the west partner, in reality, pakistan was supporting islamic terrorists groups through with i s i, intelligence service. german and french forces are also deployed in afghanistan with the nato mandate officially pakistan as their allies. but behind the scenes, it is also their adversary. the german intelligence service, the b, n d, as well networked in the region. despite this deploying troops in the hindu kush, it's a challenge who is a friend and who is an enemy? from 2011 to 2016. get hot schindler was president of the b n. d, and to this guy does, i'm just all financially it was the task of the german intelligence service to clarify interest in the region, but also to determine where the taliban and al qaeda were getting the support. where were the resources, the fighters from the material coming from pakistan is playing a murderous double game terrorists from all over the world. continue to use the country as a s

but also to determine whether taliban and al qaeda were getting their support. when were the resources, the fighters and the material coming from pakistan is playing a murderous double game terrorists from all over the world. continue to use the country as a safe haven to single all these group. just all the suspicious figures of travel via pakistan, pakistan is the hopeless and as has been proved, the pakistani authorities and do nothing about it because actual that would also prove to be the case with david hadley who at this point in time it's still living in new york hedley still has 2 and a half years of a suspended sentence hanging over him. but the u. s. government makes him an offer . his lawyer is howard leader. the sense i had was that this went beyond d. e a. it was likely to be also c, i a and or f b. i involvement the judge spoke. she said she'd received a submission from the government. she was willing to terminate his supervise release early. and she acknowledged what he was about to embark upon was highly dangerous. and she wished him well in thi

you pledged allegiance to al qaeda. you worked with abu bakr al baghdadi, the emir of isis. so for you to say that you were not committed toighting americans, when that's in your past, is impossible for people to understand. >> jolani: (loud explosions) >> and we're seeing a

you never know if you're talking to the pakistani government to al qaeda to lush, got a tiber to another terrorist group. this guy, you just don't know what the toys to about. one specialist who has followed the trail of terrorism from pakistan to paris is shown louis blue gaf, a judge who was hunted terrorist for many years working for the french intelligence service. he's been able to prevent a global series of attacks stick with the french intelligence. mister dsp was willing, formed about last year and worked very closely with the pakistani intelligence service, but also with british and american intelligence. so much can you, tiber was no stranger to us that i didn't. so please sky vote at 1st cooperation with the pakistani intelligence service, the i s i appeared to be helpful. blue gab learned of a man who was planning a terrorist attack on the other side of the world. a french citizen who had converted to islam. we intended to hit his targets in australia. they had already identified a number of potential targets, like an australian, the military base, and a civilian nuclear powe

after 9/11, hamas issued a statement supporting the acts of al qaeda.: no, that was not what i said. that was not what i said. >> you said a lie. peter: that was not, sir, that was not what i said. that was not what i said. what i said was that hamas has a was contained itself to doing what it does in its relationship with israel, out of gaza across the border into israel. that was very specifically and clearly what i said. i want to move the conversation on. >> i insist that they supported al qaeda after the attack on 9/11. it is evil. that is what we get the support from the u.s.. peter: let me move the conversation on, roxanne in london, is there a problem here for whoever is the israeli prime minister that is yet to come? it is the younger, jewish-american lobby who are turning away from what israel seems to be at the moment. >> i think that at the moment, we have seen a very specific chapter in the relationships in the middle east, and also in relationship to the united states. there is certainly a group, a younger group if you will, within the uni

a tiber is not as well known as al qaeda or isis. but the organisation is many times larger. it was established by the pakistani intelligence service, the inter services intelligence i s i for short along with the military, the i s i is regarded as the real controlling force in the country. so we know in pakistan and nothing happens without the approval of the countries intelligence service. but we also realize, of course, the defection of this intelligence service is playing a double game with the pakistani intelligence service. you never know if you're talking to the pakistani government to al qaeda to laska tiber to another terrorist group. this guy, you just don't know what the toys to about. one specialist who has followed the trail of tara rhythm from back stand of harris is john lee, blue, get a judge who has hunted terrorists for many years, working for the french intelligence service. he's been able to prevent a global series of attacks sticklers, differential intelligence, mr. dsp was willing, formed above, and worked very closely with the pakistani intelligence ser

al qaeda and the islamic microbe claimed responsibility. the operation now comes a day after the french president announced he would scale back france's military presence in west africa. the united nations designates the second of november is the international day to end impunity. julia: now the euro 2020 football championship has kicked off after a year-long delay. 24 teams will play in tournaments to mark the 60th anniversary. only 16,000 fans were admitted, around 25% of the capacity of the stadium in line with covid restrictions. >> the tournament is starting a year later after being postponed in 2020 because of the covid outbreak. it is italy versus turkey at the study olympic -- the stadio olympico. >> it is a magnificent country, and my heart is for turkey. >> turkish fans are convinced they will be champions. however, italian fans will be looking for a home win and are happy it is all beginning. >> i'm happy to be in the stadium, but anywhere in the square will be just as good. >> 24 countries are competing in matches held across th

. >> on sunday, armed forces affiliated with al qaeda shot security forces. a 2015 peace agreement with some groups and the presence of 14,000 u.n. troops, in the north and central of the country, attacks are intensifying, with the army losing ground to the islamic state the greater sahara. 6000 people have been killed. among the dead, her husband, a captain who died after his vehicle drove over a roadside bomb. >> i was surprised. i did not expect this. i spoke to him before the attack. he was telling the about the kids, the family, saying he would be back soon. he never came back. i hold the armed groups responsible for his death. >> the civilian government was ready to negotiate with some of the armed groups, including al kitty a -- al qaeda affiliates. they resigned shortly after. he is now interim president, although he says he will stand down after organizing elections in february of 2022. there's only been one peaceful transfer of power, five military coupa, two in the last nine months, all of them started from here where soldiers are deciding on the f

that's when a branch of the terrorist group, al qaeda, was formed in iraq.give itself a different name and declared a caliphate in 2014, merging its forces in iraq and syria and seizing territory. by 2019, -- has lost control of lands it occupied. the group was largely defeated in the middle east and has now ined a significant foothold in africa and elsewhere. our guest can help us on that. >> there are always local groups in many countries that have grievances against the government and organized militias in other ways of fighting back. many see that if they put this label on themselves they will be feared more. and they have been brutal, as we saw in mozambique. with the beheading of children in horrific activities. >> to understand what these countries are proposing in terms of taking on i.s., we spoke to our security correspondent. >> for the last two years at least, not only islamic state but also al qaeda affiliated group have really been on the rampage and parts of west africa. particularly in the chad basin and northeast -- a northeast nigeria and ca

we are making sure we are secured against al qaeda and we are looking to get that done. internally, we have seen various acts around this country, almost an insurrection right here in washington, d.c. on january 6 that is the biggest threat to our nation i have ever seen, the took place. washington, d.c. on january 6 when we saw an insurrection. that can destroy the democracy of our country. we very much need to be ready and focused. i never thought to be quite honest with you that i would witness that in the united states of america. i never thought that was possible. host: let's hear from james, oklahoma. go ahead. caller: good morning. my question is on foreign. what will be our long-term plan with china and human rights abuses? we are seeing a lot of the same things that started in germany with world war ii. i wonder what our current plan is to tackle that? guest: i agree with you. it is something we have to make sure we stand up and hold china accountable for. i am working on a bill as we speak to hold china accountable. we want to hold them accountable for what the

enemies of al qaeda which does not mean they need to meet their end.ot exist on 911. congress into takeback its authority be consulted on this. for making decisions to send men and women in harm's way members of congress can back up the courage to vote for or against rather than just relying on these copycat that are rolled over time and time again. kennedy: let me ask you this but would it take for this congress to authorize a new a umf? >> is going to take a lot of deliver nation and focus. i hope to be optimistic and a part of that solution praise look at the threats in the world. right now still obviously have terrorism issues. kennedy: we going to declare war on climate change? selectively dual preppy about as successful as a war on drugs. which milk it ran somewhere and hacking and how we are dealing with this, not the new cyber check but the reality it's when not if american citizens are killed because of either ranson were state-sponsored hacking attacks. need to have the appropriate framework for that. i do not want to see a similar post unlim

you never know if you're talking to the pakistani government to al qaeda to lush, got e tiber to another terrorist group. this guy, you just don't know why the toys to about one specialist who has followed the trail of terrorism from pakistan to paris is john lee, blue gaf, a judge who has hunted terrorists for many years, working for the french intelligence service. he's been able to prevent a global series of attacks stick with the french intelligence mister dsp was willing, formed about last year and worked very closely with the pakistani intelligence service, but also with british and american intelligence. so logical tiber was no stranger to us. so please ask a lot at 1st cooperation with the pakistani intelligence service, the i s i appeared to be helpful. blue gab learned of a man who was planning a terrorist attack on the other side of the world, a french citizen who had converted to islam. we intended to hit his targets in australia, come on, they had already identified a number of potential targets, like an australian, a military base, and a civilian nuclear power station. and

>> as the same level or al qaeda or taliban, with the only difference al qaeda -- >> you're saying technically al qaeda can run in russia but you cannot. >> yes, exactly. >> i do want to ask you while i have you here. alexei navalny while incarcerated in a russian prison received the 2021 geneva summit courage award, i believe it's called. does he know he received it? what does he think about it. >> yes, he knows about it. he regards it with a lot of appreciation, and it's a very important siechblt gn. his daughter received it on his behalf a few days ago in geneva. it's very important that actually his fight against the corruption is also a fight for human rights because while usually this prize has been traditional to say, well, human rights advocates. now alexei navalny is a politician in the corruption fight. but he's helped our organization. so actually every corrupt government, they'll end up violating basic human rights. sasha's right to participate in an election. it's inevitable for a corrupt government which wants to sustain power forever, which wants to protect itself and the money

al qaeda, he says in a new interview, not a real threat.your response. >> reporter: yeah, look, obviously he's getting his intelligence, but the fact of the matter is the united nations released a report just earlier this month saying the taliban still has very close ties to al qaeda, and that there's no reason to suggest that they won't provide a safe haven for terrorists in the future. certainly when i've been here in the past, every single u.s. commander said the mission was to make sure afghanistan doesn't become a safe haven for terrorists. how can they make those assurances when there will be no actual troops in the country fighting alongside the afghans. they will not have any bases. pakistan has already said the americans are not allowed to base themselves there. they are all aligned to russia. you'll have iran. where the united states is launching air-strikes from to support the taliban is from aircraft carrier regan in the persian gulf. it takes about an hour for those jets to fly over and support afghan sources on the ground. i m

i lied to al qaeda in syria. you don't think that was an education for that. this money is going to pay for al qaeda in syria, going to pay maybe for overthrowing the venezuelan government is gone on the water privatization. andrew pradesh, who does what is going on in hong kong. i mean, you, you are a veteran of this struggle. just remind us of the malaysia burger damn scandal. this was a case back in the 80 used 8 as a sweetener. she promised to build up to support the government and building a damn, but in any case was not particularly useful. with great actually for the business, but reinvesting it, but it was a sweet and for an alms deal with the malaysian government. and we actually, yeah, we couldn't call and said this is like, this is a completely free, obscene and inappropriate use of the, of this project, which was tiny at that time anyway. i'm one. and so for me that that's a kind of what i'd like to keep doing, really or criticize the critique i'm spending on bad stuff. but to say, actually we do have a duty given what this countries don't, over th

i have spent almost my entire career fighting isis and al qaeda. we explained so much of these attacks originate from the french left as well as from the right here the fact of the matter is that this gentleman has no evidence that the majority of attacks that were committed against asians across this country were committed by blacks. it is the type of prejudice that is disturbing and shows people are not prepared to take evidence at face value because they have their own views. i refused to accept the fact that i am prejudiced because i'm a democrat. i'm prejudiced because i am an american who wants to see extremist violence ended, weather by people who call in and say it is justified or by people who call in and say it should be condemned. we need to stop it. this country depends on putting these groups out of business and decapitating them. there is a french on the left or french on the right. host: there is a piece in the washington post about oklahoma city and the bombing in 1995. the 1995 bombing offers lessons and warnings for today against

the government's fighting groups linked to al qaeda and i still in the region, a 1000000 people have been displaced by violence in the past year. president cabal, as government is on the increasing pressure of tackle groups, it is true that the president of the kina foster has declared 3 days a morning throughout the country. but we hope he's also preparing something to see what can be done to stop these kinds of attacks from happening here. so i'll put him in for corner tundi moore. this is a 1st time so many people have been killed in a single operation. and above all so many civilians. this is why our preparation is very sad. questioning the ability of the country is defense and security system to stem to search of this terrorist insurgency local nicholas hawkins, following developments from amaco and neighboring market. we know is that in the early hours of this morning, a regular police patrol that were around the east of us the next to the town to saw him came across a market like the one that you see right behind me. but instead of seeing people going about their business anim

al qaeda in that region, a group affiliated with al qaeda and a group affiliated with isis works almostg village pzs. attacks of this nature are often reprisal attacks against civilian defense groups organized by villagers because the government has lost control. >> nigeria is a country plagued by kidnappings, extremists and bandits, but the government wants to crack down on a new type of criminal, twitter users. it banned the social media platform after it deleted the president's post, and now just sending a tweet can get you arrested. >> is this how the government acts? >> nigeria is acting with shock and frustration after the government suspended the twitter operations all over the country on friday. >> this morning i couldn't even tweet. you see, it's shameful. >> the nigerian government defened the ban saying it's temporarily and has ordered prosecutors to arrest and prosecute anybody still using the app. the move comes two days after the social media platform deleted the tweet by the nigerian president that say threatened to punish separatists. the information minister said the co

so it means still al qaeda is existing. and i think just recently, and of course we can not say that when the ideologies are the same, we should forget that the taliban have the id, ology and their idea ology their reality. so we cannot say, well, they have finding, i think i've got to stop writing, but i want to think all 3 of you for being on the stream today. of course, the world's watches this and i'll 0 will be watching us over the months to come in until i see you again. thank you for being with us today. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, vaccines a promising parts out of the sun demik. but implementing the greatest inoculation in history is testing the global community around the world. already a clear gap has emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations from the geo politics to the pure economics. the misinformation, the latest developments. what's going on here? it's very different. first off, the back thing comes in the form of a nasal spray. special coverage of the colona virus pand

yes there's and we em stay a medium warning that al qaeda or i can come back. but again, i think there is a tug of war here between those who want to have wherever war in afghanistan and those who say, look, it's time to end the war. the impartiality of the british police is in danger due to walk trends that's according to the chief of the force in manchester, who sees the public fed up with officers virtue signaling instead of fighting serious crimes. i do not think that things like taking the ne, demonstrating that you have a commonality of you with the protests is the policing is compatible with the standards of service that people require of their police. i think we're past the high watermark the public a getting a little bit fed up virtue signaling police offices when that really rather we just locked up, burglars last summer. so a waiver b l m protests are cross the u. k. the following in the movement tries in america during the rallies, pictures emerged of officers ticking the ne, in solidarity with the demonstrators. back in spring, this year, the count

you asked me, m state a medium warning that al qaeda or isis can come back. but again, i think there's a tug of war here between those who want to have wherever war in afghanistan and those who say, look, it's time to end the war. why do they want forever war, brian u. s. trips. they've been in the skeleton for almost 20 years at a vast course, and you're seeing there are plenty of senior politicians who want them to stay longer. why? well, there's different reasons for there's different motivations. one is the g o strategic reality that this is a very resource rich area and central south asia bordering the, the, the republics that were formerly in the southern republic of the ussr. a great deal of oil and natural gas and pipelines. secondly, the u. s. military, when it establishes military bases, is reluctant to ever give them a look at, you know, germany and japan, this is 75 years at the end of world after the end of world war 2, the u. s. is still there in germany, and japan are not threatened by anybody, but the us military bases are, constitutes sort of

the al qaeda affiliate controls large wants of land in the center of the country. schools are shut, playing football is forbidden. he'd been listening to the radio watching tv. his band girls are shrouded in black cloth and forced into marriage, including hudson's wife, was now being held captive by coming from the last year. the norwegian refugee council says more than 350000 people fled the region. agencies say a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in areas out of their revision crisis is not only is security crisis, it is also human. terry and crisis development, crisis, political crisis, etc. so the solutions should be listed. it should go beyond military focus, which has not so far it has not resulted in more security for 4 people. while these military gentle took power last week in a 2nd to a 9 month thing, they can do what the civilian government can. and that's restore state authority, none of the people that we met, and this makes shift camp, wants to return home despite assurances from the un peacekeeping mission, the french forces and the money and sta

they've killed more people than al qaeda and they do it on a monthly basis. i appreciate your comments and my next question, admiral, trump got a space force, biden should get a cyber force. do you agree or disagree with that not too far from where i was and if that helps us better carry out the mission. >> thank you for that question and i appreciate the thoughts. here's what i've experienced over ten years working within the cyber. our focus right now is developing the 133 that cyber command has and the most important thing we can do is have the positive outcomes that we see where the forces for the infrastructure and the elements that take away for what we want we want the best cyber operators working mission every single day and i think we have that based upon the experiences and outcomes that we've seen in the past two elections. >> what are you alluding to in that? >> one of the things we took on was to come together to an organization that was focused on ensuring we would not have influence or interference in the midterm election. we took the same appr

they've really seen a surge in attacks by militants linked to al qaeda and isis. let's go straight to johannesburg. david mckenzie joins me with more on what we know about this attack. i know you've reported details are sketchy, but give us some idea of what took place. >> it was a horrifying attack, and the scale is quite breathtaking, and, you know, more than 100 people killed, at least seven children. some of those details have been hard to come by. what we do know is they were gunmen who came in late on friday, perhaps early saturday morning according to multiple sources, firing indiscriminately in this village. i believe it may, may have something to do with a sur surp attack to try to counteract the presence of al qaeda and militant-linked groups, but it was a large-scale attack with many dead, and today is the last day of national mourning, but the overall insecurity remains. more than a million people have been pushed out in the last two years alone. this violence is only getting worse, not better in recent months, and the citizens are afraid. >> translato

and share the government is fighting groups linked to al qaeda and i still in the region, a 1000000 people have been displaced by violence in the past year. the g 7 group of advanced economy has reached a deal to make it harder for multinational companies to avoid tax. they've agreed to set a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15 percent. jordan's interior ministry has reported on the tax and security forces near a man's international airport. it said some security personnel were injured during riots now. queen aaliyah airport. they're reported other rights in a man on saturday evening. the 7 men competing to become iran's next president had been taking part in their 1st televised debates. the candidates were approved by the guardian council event focused on the economy. it has been battered by us functions, telecommunication firms and nigeria have shut down access to twitter. move comes a day after the government indefinitely suspended. the u. s. social media giant. so those are the headlines. the news continues now to 0 off the witness statement. thanks for watching bye for now. frank