military to intensify the war against al-shabaab, bringing in special forces. the militant group killed more than 4,200 people last year. its leaders, in allegiance with al qaeda, want to establish a theocracy. a new government has been in place in mogadishu since february and it's getting a lot of international support but the drones and raids employed to combat terrorism are endangering the local population and this is being exploited by al-shabaab. one former member of the militant group tells us that the people in disputed areas fear the government backed soldiers just as much as the militants. >> the people here don't trust the government in the areas controlled by al-shabaab, people fear the military will loot and rape them and al-shabaab has become skilled at tapping into these fears. reporter: peacekeeping troops from the african union are also serving in somalia under the u.n. the u.n. special representative is convinced the conflict cannot be solved only through military means. while he welcomes u.s. involvement, he wants the main objective should be s

narrator: al qaeda affiliate al shabaab is an example.kalron: al shabaab is built out of former warlords. their profession is trafficking. if it's not in ivory, then it's inin weapopons, in narcotics,, inin fuel, in goods,s, in timbe, in chaoaoal. narrator: the u.s. designated teterror group, based inin soma, was responsible for the september 2013 attack on the westgate mall in nairobi that killed 67 people, and for the death of over 140 in the april 2015 attack on kenya's garissa university. nir kalron i investigated the links between al shabaab and illicit ivory trade in 2012. kalron: al shabaab was controlling the ports of kismayo, marca, and big parts of mogadishu, including access to the port through its agents. evidence frorom kenya suggggests the local and regional poachers used that access. we'd seen evidence from ports in marca and kismayo of ivory, large stocks of it, and had collected evidence from individuals that testified to having profited frfrom thahat te with al shabaab b agents. knights:s: al shabaab did contnl various p

will loot and rape them and al-shabaab has become skilled at tapping into those fears. peacekeeping troops from the african union also serving in somalia under the un the un special representative is convinced the conflict cannot be solved only through military means. while he welcomes u.s. involvement he wants the main objective should be strengthening the new government and state institutions. too many civilians are being killed protected by insurgents particularly here in mogadishu because they're soft targets . yes if you are fighting an insurgency being very careful not to kill civilians is incredibly important because if you do you you lose the support of the population. internally displaced somalis arrive in the capital every day almost seven million are dependent on emergency eight that's about half the country's population these women and children will likely have to wait years before they can live in a state that can keep them safe. well you saw sandra person in that reporter she's here now welcome to the studio sandra i'm a sort of pick up on that point about

the letter reads in part, also al-shabaab has obtained the al-shabaab is the al qaeda affiliate and while. military has made significant process, the somalis say the terror group is working to expand its partnership outside the region. stay to permit had no comment for fox news on the letter, but did not dispute its credibility, referring our questions to the embassy of somalia. the embassy confirmed the letter is authentic. this doesn't seem to be a typical partnership, but you see these differences can be put aside in many cases if there's a common goal. >> leland: that common goal being terror. catherine herridge, thank you. >> molly: the federal government taking another step towards building a border wall. that story coming up, also new details about that project, even as spending for the wall is up in the air. what's the story behind green mountain coffee and fair trade? let's take a flight to colombia. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. all for a smoo

will loot and rape them and al-shabaab has become skilled at tapping into those fears. peacekeeping troops from the african union also serving in somalia under the un the un special representative is convinced the conflict cannot be solved only through military means. while he welcomes u.s. involvement he wants the main objective should be strengthening the new government and state institutions. too many civilians are being killed protected by insurgence particularly here in mogadishu because they're soft targets and yes if you are fighting an insurgency being very careful not to kill civilians is incredibly important because if you do you you lose the support of the population. internally displaced somalis arrive in the capital every day almost seven million are dependent on emergency eight that's about half the country's population these women and children will likely have to wait years before they can live in a state that can keep them safe. all right i've got some good news for you along when the writers and tweeters out there. have you ever been frustrated by the e

in somalia the armed group al-shabaab says it's killed seventeen government troops in an attack on an military base a spokesman for the group says it now controls the town of barrier which surrounds the barracks two suicide car bombs were used to launch the attack russia and turkey have agreed to work more closely to end the syrian war despite backing opposing sides in the conflicts present right here putin has been in ankara for talks with the turkish leadership type want they have backed opposing sides in the syrian conflict the two leaders have agreed to push for deescalation zones in syria's idiot province. what we're interested in is making sure that the terrorists are finally laid to rest and that we have a stable regime in syria these are principles and fundamental issues for russia and the region and indeed for the entire world what is absolutely fundamental is finding a long term political solution under the aegis of the united nations with good us defense secretary james mattis has made an unannounced visit to qatar has held talks with qatar's emir and defense minister at ba

in somalia the armed group al-shabaab says it has killed seventeen government troops in an attack on a military base a spokesman for the group says it now controls the town of bury way which surrounds the barracks two suicide car bombs were used to launch the attack. the british charity oxfam expects a million cases of cholera in yemen by november in the worst outbreak ever recorded oxfam says the country's civil war now in its third year makes it hard to respond to the disaster more than half of yemen's hospital and health centers have been shut down or destroyed over two thousand people have died this year from cholera now russia and turkey have agreed to work more closely to end the war in syria despite backing opposing sides in the conflicts present data may putin has been in ankara for talks with the turkish leadership type radio on now the two leaders have agreed to push for deescalation zones in syria said lee province. what we're interested in is making sure that the terrorists are finally laid to rest and that we have a stable regime in syria these are principle and fundamen

al-shabaab says it has killed seventeen somali government troops in an attack on a military base is spokesman for the armed group says it now controls the town of body there which surrounds the barracks two suicide car bombs were used to launch the attack russia and turkey have agreed to work more closely to end the conflict in syria presidents very near putin and. better want to be in holding talks in ankara they've backed opposing sides in the syrian conflict those are the headlines al-jazeera correspondent my own private bollywood is up next. mean. my name is god i'm saying. i work at a disease or making documentary films. ever since i was a little boy in my small village in india my dream was to make bollywood films so five years ago i decided i was finally queen to do it for the story i chose and there was one which was closest to my heart my one village and it's transformation . every day after work weekends holidays verse been working on the script now every chance i get i travel from doha to bombay to get my car school and looks and feels. like his last is not so it has to be other th

this quarter has seen al-shabaab sales from south korea climbing to the highest levels since 2013.cludes a $1 billion sale by korea development bank. more torica had to pay settle 10-year bonds, managing to only attract $2.1 billion in bids for the $1 billion offered. toys "r" us, a quick descent into bankruptcy shocked markets this week. which other retailers will debt?le to harness their investors are left e-cig, why did no one -- asking, why did no one see this coming? joining us debt? is priya misra, colin robertson, and greg peters. that chart is stunning. within two weeks, we rollover to $.29 on the dollar. why? >> i think people were surprised by the timing. if you think about the toys kinging this is, it is pea heading into christmastime. i think investors thought they had more runway. they found out they did not. that is an interesting story because it is a holdover of what happened last cycle. 2005rt of the lbo boom deal that was extremely levered. it is less of a retail story and more of a too much debt story. you need to separate those issues and not paint retail under

because people will tell you things where you take into account you are talking to say a member of al-shabaab who was one of the terrorist groups and he tells me one thing and they tell me something else. is there any third resource or any printed matter, what is the reputation of this guy? you have to check everybody against everybody else and to some extent it is an art and intuition. it could be something that you are dying to publish and it stands out and is out of character. one of the things i look at just didn't seem right to me and i keep working until i'm certain it is really true, and fortunately i spent such a long time on my book there were the documents coming up and so there were some other things i could check again. after november, december, 2001, the american coalition forces picked up thousands of pages of internal al qaeda memorandum and military manuals and their letters to each other and don't use but it could. there have been a number of al qaeda memoirs that have been published in arabic and those are extremely useful because once again they have a lot of leaders in can

emergency services somalia's army says at least ten of its soldiers have been killed by the armed group al-shabaab in a gunfight on the border with kenya the early morning attack in the town of balad our war started with a suicide car bombing the army says its forces briefly retreated across the border to kenya before returning to retake the town syria's army has sent massive reinforcements to territory it controls in there as or ahead of a final push for the i saw held the eastern half of the city syrian forces have scored major advances in recent days breaking the ice or siege on their resort and capturing territory around it but i so still holds much of their as or province and half of the city itself as well as a pocket of territory near homs and hama further to the west. qatar's foreign minister has told the u.n. human rights council the three month blockade on his country is violating civil social and economic rights mohamed been around then sunny says the diplomatic and trade sanctions imposed by four arab states are hurting individual qatari he says though has filed a twenty six thousand c

terrorist groups such as isis, al shabaab, boko haram, and al qaeda also threaten african peace. the united states is proud to work with you to eradicate terrorist safe havens to cut off their finances, and to discredit their depraved ideology. and a number of you have told me actually last night that we've been doing a very good job over the last sim or seven months in particular. we're closely monitoring and deeply disturbed by the ongoing violence in south sudan and in the congo. millions of lives are an risk and we continue to provide humanitarian assistance. but real results in halting this catastrophe will require an african-led peace process and the sincere, really sincere commitment of all parties involved. and i know you're working on that and you're working on that very hard. to assist in these efforts i'm sending ambassador nikki hilly to africa to discuss avenues of conflict and resolution and most importantly prevention. lastly, i want to discuss our partnership against a global challenge. today, the world faces an enormous security threat from north korean regime. w

this quarter has seen al-shabaab -- offshore bond sales from south korea climbing to the highest levels013. that includes a $1 billion sale by korea development bank. to wrap things up, the clamor for yield did not extend to south africa. the nation had to pay more to settle 10-year bonds, managing to only attract $2.1 billion in bids for the $1 billion offered. but the story of the week was in credit. toys "r" us, a quick descent into bankruptcy shocked deck traders this week. they are asking which other retailers will struggle to harness their debt? investors are left asking, why did no one see this coming? still with us is priya misra, colin robertson, and greg peters. , that chart is stunning. after theclose to par last 12 months, then within two weeks, we rollover to $.29 on the dollar. why? greg: i think people were surprised by the timing. you think about the toys selling business, the peak season is heading into christmastime. were thinkingors they had a little more runway and they found out they didn't. toys arrest story is an interesting one because it is a -- toys "r" us stor

who insane somalia's army says at least ten of its soldiers have been killed by the armed group al-shabaab in a gunfight on the border with kenya the early morning attack in the town of balad how it started with a suicide car bombing the army says its forces briefly retreated across the border to kenya before returning to retake the town emergency services in mexico are struggling to deal with the aftermath of last week's earthquake which killed at least ninety six people two and a half million people are in need of humanitarian supplies and heavy rain is hampering aid efforts it's forced mexico to withdraw its aid offer to hurricane victims in the u.s. state of texas. u.k. government says it's confident a major piece of brakes a legislation will pass in parliament on monday and pieces usually vote on the e.u. withdrawal bill which would convert european union laws into u.k. law breaks it minister david davis says the bill is essential to ensure an orderly exit from the e.u. opposition those criticized the bill as a power grab by the executive those are the headlines coming up next it's in

center in the east african nation the main threat to somalia comes from the al qaeda aligned group al shabaab still control large areas of countryside somalia's army is currently backed by the african union but these troops will be withdrawn from next year. of these fifty people have been arrested in the swedish city of gothenburg during a demonstration held by a far right anti semitic good members of the nordic resistance movement for with came to demonstrators on peace officer and several other people what abusers. thieves and pirates in all which nigeria are costing the government at least a billion dollars in lost revenue every month now the nigerian army says it's cracking down on those who steal oil that's proving to be a difficult task as awkward address reports from the delta. while the hunt for pirates in oil fields in the creeks of nigeria's delta it's hard and dangerous work . as we approach a base we were being watched all the way but the military hardware is enough deterrent. than the wall feel was set on fire a strategy to stop cars from getting close to the suspects however are

al-shabaab says it has killed seventeen somali government troops in an attack on a military base a spokesman for the group says it now controls the town of be there which surrounds the barracks two suicide car bombs were used to launch the attack the deputy governor of the region has confirmed there has been fighting in the area the head of the world's nuclear watchdog has raised an alarm at the fast pace of north korea's weapons program earlier this month pyongyang said it had tested a hydrogen bomb funded a series of ballistic missile launches we do not have the capacity to determine if it is our hydro bomb or not but it is oh yes that is much bigger than the previous one it means that. north korea made a very rapid progress. combined with other elements this is the new thread and this is the global. and more from kathy novak in seoul. the head of the eye has been in seoul for a three day visit meeting with south korea's foreign minister and discussing the north korean nuclear issue they have both expressed grave concern about the sixth and most powerful nuclear test which north korea clai

what america first meant for counterterrorism but one could see looking at places like somalia and al-shabaab, looking at places like yemen and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula as well as isis which is active in both those places and either seeing the threat as much more severe, such that the u.s. might want to dramatically increase its involvement, or as not really a problem worth the united states dealing with. and neither has happened. instead, there's been some recalibration of authorities and policy approvals but fundamentally what i see about eight months in is largely an acceptance of where the threats are and how to rank them from a u.s. perspective. and finally, a third element of continuity is the idea that often, not always, but often u.s. counterterrorism is going to be a partner-driven affair. i think this is something the bush administration and the obama administration came to and increasingly emphasized over that there will always be some threat, so eminent, so dire that the united states needs to act against but dealing with the range of threat and all their varied form and