if you look at the history — ayman al-zawahiri? if you look at the history of _ ayman al-zawahiri? tory of ayman al—zawahiri, he was in egypt, picked up after the assassination of sadat, he was brutally tortured in prison, along with others, who sanctioned the first world trade center bombing. ayman al—zawahiri emerged with osama bin laden to form al-qaeda and so if you look at this history of torture, if you want to create violent extremists, if you want violent extremists to proliferate, what you need to do is abuse are populous as we did in afghanistan and iraq to create more enemies and that is why al-qaeda has grown from 500 to tens of thousands of franchises and that is what we have to be wary.— franchises and that is what we have to be wary. thank you very much indeed. _ a short time ago, secunder kermani — our correspondent in kabul — outlined the regional reaction to zawahiri's death. earlier on tonight, taliban officials announced that the drone strike that had been carried out over the weekend in kabul, they initially said it was a rocket attack that landed in an empty ho

i wonder how familiar name and figure ayman al—zawahiri is in the us? iri is in the us?- al-zawahiri is in the us? he is re al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well— al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well known _ al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well known in _ al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well known in the - al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well known in the us, l al-zawahiri is in the us? he is| pretty well known in the us, as he was indicted for the bombings of the us embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1988, which by the way, kind of highlighted the growing threat from al-qaeda and as you mentioned earlier, he participated in the attack against uss cole and the planning of 9/11 and having taken over from 0sama planning of 9/11 and having taken overfrom osama bin laden as the leader of al-qaeda, he is a pretty well—known name, at least two folks who had been around that adult lives since that time frame. i around that adult lives since that time frame.— that time frame. i was interested _ that time frame. i was interested

carried out by us drone strike, but they made no mention of any victims, certainly no mention of ayman al—zawahiriwahiri really does get to the crux of the relationship that the very, very antagonistic relationship that there's always been between the taliban and the united states, and that's because if you cast your mind back to 2001, the reason why they were overthrown by the by the us was because al-qaeda had its haven here in afghanistan. they use afghanistan. they use afghanistan as a base from which to plot the 9/11 attacks. before american troops withdrew, the taliban and america signed a deal in paving the way for that withdrawal. as part of that deal, the taliban committed to not allowing foreign militant groups to use afghan soil to plot attacks abroad or on the west, but it was never clear what they were going to do with al-qaeda because the taliban and al-qaeda have always been close allies. it never seemed likely like they were going to turn against their old former allies, but certainly, it did seem as if they did not want groups like al-qaeda to be plotting attacks from afghanistan

mr biden said ayman al—zawahiri was had been deeply involved in the september the 11th attacks as wellattacks on us embassies in africa and the uss cole in the late nineties. zawahiri, who succeeded osama bin laden as al-qaeda chief, was on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list. this is what president biden announced a short time ago on saturday at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri. ayman al—zawahiri was bin laden�*s leader, he was with him all the whole time, he was his number two man and deputy at the time of the terrorist attack on 9/11. he was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11. one of the most responsible for the attacks that murdered 2,977 people on american soil. for decades, he was the mastermind behind attacks against americans, including the bombing of the uss cole in 2000, which killed 17 american sailors, and wounded dozens more. he played a key role in the bombing of us embassies in kenya and tanzania, killing 224 and wounding over 11,500 others. he carved a tra

name. there was no mention of ayman al-zawahiri's name.— there was no mention of ayman al-zawahiri'se _ al-zawahiri's name. indeed, and we will be carrying _ al-zawahiri's name. indeed, and we will be carrying that - al-zawahiri's name. indeed, and we will be carrying that press - we will be carrying that press conference by president biden live here, so tune in for more details and we get that. you've described how important ayman al—zawahiri was to the al-qaeda, with the caveat that we don't know that it was him that's been killed in this drone strike. give us a sense of how significant this might be to the al-qaeda operation. of how significant this might be to the al—qaeda operation. i be to the al-qaeda operation. i mean, it's a huge blow for them. this is the leader of al-qaeda, as i mentioned, taking over the terrorist group in 2011 when 0sama taking over the terrorist group in 2011 when osama bin laden was killed by the us. but ayman al—zawahiri himself has always beenin al—zawahiri himself has always been in invisible symbol of the group, he was over 70 years old and once 0s

they made no mention of any victim, certainly no mention of ayman al—zawahiri or al-qaeda at all. this. this killing of ayman al—zawahiri really does get to the crux of the tense relationship, the very, very antagonistic relationship that there has always been between there has always been between the taliban and the united states. and that is because if you cast your mind back to 2001, the reason why the taliban were overthrown by the us was because al-qaeda had its haven here in afghanistan. they used afghanistan as a base from which to plot the 9/11 attacks. before american troops were withdrawn from afghanistan last year, the taliban and america signed a deal paving the way for that withdrawal and is part of the deal, the taliban committed to not allowing foreign military groups to plot attacks abroad or in the us. it was never clear what they were going to do with al-qaeda because the taliban and al-qaeda have always been close allies. he never seemed likely that they were going to turn against their old former allies. it certainly did seem as if they did not want groups like

ayman al-zawahiri was the mastermind of that. that was 1997. in 1998, al-zawahiri -- wrote what's amounted to a declaration of war against america. and he proclaimed that groups like his and his friend osama bin laden's group, al-qaeda, and all of the islamist terrorist groups, he proclaimed were all united, as what he called the international front against crusaders and jews, not to put a too fine point on it. zawahiri's declaration in february 1998 proclaimed it their mission to target america, to target the united states of america, and specifically, to kill american people anywhere in the world. that was february 1998 that he wrote that declaration of war. later that same year, and august 1998, he blew up the u. s. embassies in tanzania and kenya, more than 4000 people injured, more than 200 people killed. and in october 2000, they hit the uss cole, a guided missile destroyer, while it was being fueled in yemen. 17 u.s. sailors killed. 37 injured. the year after that, in june, june 2001, al-qaeda, bin laden's group, formally absorbed zawahir

ayman al—zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the 9/11 terror attacks, with osama bin laden. d in a drone strike in the afghan capital of kabul. us president biden said killing zawahiri, who had been one of the key planners of 9/11, meant "justice had been done". but it raises questions about that relationship between the us and the taliban. let's get more on that story now with colin clarke, who's a senior research fellow at the soufan centre, from pittsburgh, in pennsylvania. it's great to get you on the programme, ijust want it's great to get you on the programme, i just want to get your thoughts on the killing of al—zawahiri in the first instance. has this significantly weakened the al-qaeda, in your view? has this significantly weakened the al—qaeda, in your view? weill. has this significantly weakened the al-qaeda, in your view?— al-qaeda, in your view? well, i think it's a _ al-qaeda, in your view? well, i think it's a big _ al-qaeda, in your view? well, i think it's a big deal. _ al-qaeda, in your view? well, i think it's a big deal. first - think it's a big deal. firs

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ayman al zawahiri was a former doctor. _ partners. ed fight in afghanistan. the two menjoined together. when led fight in afghanistan. the two men joined together. when 0sama led fight in afghanistan. the two menjoined together. when 0sama bin laden was killed, he took very much of a low profile position within al-qaeda. where was he planning. he was known as a strategist. a lot of people are talking about the affiliates that looked to al-qaeda, particularly across northern africa and that rich recruitment ground. does that still exist or will they now be turning to 0|s, for example? there is a global competition, if you like, however, ayman al zawahiri did, yes, deviate slightly from the summer bin laden desire to mount long—range attacks on the enemy as they saw them. and concentrated much more on developing, if you like, more on developing, if you like, more grassroots community based affiliates in, for example, the horn of africa. but also al-qaeda as well. that strategy, you know, is one, c whether it continues under a successor o

airstrike had taken out ayman al zawahiri. zawahiri of course became the leader of al qaeda after osama bin laden's death more than ten years ago and is seen as one of the masterminds of the september 11 attack here in the u.s. about. what we're told is that earlier in year u.s. intelligence had gathered that he was in a safe house in kabul and that u.s. intelligence officials had spent months gathering information about his whereabouts, about his pattern of life, and had kept president biden informed as he ultimately last week made the final decision to go ahead with this airstrike. now, the president indicating in a speech to the nation that this is something that will hopefully give a little bit of closure to the families and victims of the september 11 attacks, he said in his remarks that justice has been delivered. >> now justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to feert vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and

the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach turning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the term of al-qaeda and groups like that towards indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere including muslims all in the name of islamic piety. and how he got there now looking back at it seemed like a straight shot, but if you sort of dropped in on him at any time in his biography you wouldn't have known he was going there. by the time he was 15 years old he was a committed radical who wanted to try to impose islamic theocracy by force. he formed his first terrorist cell when he was all of 15 years old. when islamic militants did assassinate egypt's president at a military parade in 1991 ayman al-zawahiri was one of hundreds islamic radicals tried and imprisoned for that crime. he was tortured for years in egyptian prisons. while he was there he became an informant supplying information on his comrades to the egyptian security services. he was released from prison in egypt in 1984 even more radical than when he had gone in. he nurtured t

al qaeda leader, ayman al-zawahiri, helped mastermind this september 11 attacks. mr. n announced his death. pres. biden: on saturday, at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the leader of al qaeda, ayman al-zawahiri. al-zawahiri was bin laden's leader. he was with him the whole time. he was his deputy at the time of the attack on 9/11. he was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11. one of those responsible for the attacks that murdered 2970 americans on americail. kasia: the cia operated air force drone carried out a so-called precision strike as al-zawahiri stood on the balcony of this house. our security correspondent explains how the operati was rried out. reporter: after years on his trail did the -- how did the u.s. find the al qaeda leader? they appeared to have first tracked his family to kabul and by this spring, th established al-zawahiri himself was in a particular building which he never seemed to leave. they spent months monitoring his movements, establishing what they called a pattern of li

was this primarily a mission about punishing ayman al—zawahiri for his role in the 9/11 attacks? /11 attacks?— role in the 9/11 attacks? it's hard to say this _ role in the 9/11 attacks? it's hard to say this is _ role in the 9/11 attacks? it's hard to say this is a _ role in the 9/11 attacks? it's hard to say this is a substantial - role in the 9/11 attacks? it's hard to say this is a substantial blowl role in the 9/11 attacks? it's hard. to say this is a substantial blow to the al-qaeda movement. at 71 years of age, ayman al—zawahiri was suffering from ill health for many years, he'd been living in hiding ever since the 9/11 attacks, and the fact that he became one of the us�*s most hunted man. there were reports that he had actually died of ill health, which is why there's still a lot of scepticism and cynicism about this latest report that they have killed the al-qaeda leader. and if he was alive, the general assumption was he would be living in the rugged terrain cult democrat recruits of the afghan— afghanistan border. this comes a surprise to many residents of kabul that he

bear in mind, ayman al-zawahiri _ today? it's huge. bear in mind, ayman al-zawahiri has - today? -zawahiri has been the ayman al—zawahiri has been the leader of al-qaeda since 0sama bin laden was killed in pakistan in 2011. as i mentioned before, he has someone in the us has wanted for a long time — he's only 70 years of age, he's been a very visible international symbol of the group. at one point it's believed he even acted as bin laden�*s personal physician. if it is in fact him, it's a cute moment for president biden, and in terms of the counterterrorism operation they've been carrying out for many years, we still don't know 100% that it is this person, but we will find out when president biden delivers his remarks in about an hour's time. thank you so much forjoining us with that latest information, and certainly will be able to confirm that when we hear from president biden injust an hour's that when we hear from president biden in just an hour's time, that when we hear from president biden injust an hour's time, so stay tuned to bbc news for developers on that story. you're

official says ayman al-zawahiri was identified spending timen the balcony of the house where he was eventuallytruck early on sunday morning. >> we have eliminated the leader of al qaeda, he will never again allow afghanistan to become a terrorist safe haven because he is gone and we will make sure that nothing else happens. it cannot be a launching pad, we are going to see that will not happen. >> he was osama bin laden's right hand man before succeeding him as the leader of al qaeda. he was responsible for planning the 9/11 attacks and other operations including two u.s. embassy bombings in east africa in 1998 and the attack on the u.s. cold war ship in yemen in 2000. following the strike that followed him, the taliban accused the u.s. of violating international principles and an agreement. the americans say that the taliban has broken the deal because they were harboring al qaeda. >> this journalist lived in afghanistan and i asked if he was surprised that ayman al-zawahiri had been living in kabul. >> i was surprised, it was a 10 minute walk from my apartment. i would ask everybody was also

ayman al-zawahiri. talking with richard haass in a minute. big news yesterday and something we have been working toward for the past 20 years. it is hard to overstate how important this is to people in the cia and the military that have been trying to bring this terrorist to justice because he was ultimately responsible. donald trump when he was at his golf tournament this weekend by our account had 14 people, a couple chickens, a hound dog running across a couple greens really distracting, you're sitting there and mickelson trying to play and that hound dog chasing chickens and he has to stop but so, he was asked about that while this animal battle was going on, on the 16th with mickelson and trump said we don't really know what caused 9/11 we need to look into that. well, we have actually always known what caused 9/11 and his name was al-zawahiri and he was killed by the united states. >> first of all you'd have to step off when the tumbleweed rolls across the green, that can be distracting but yes th

has conducted a successful drone strike to kill al qaeda's leader, ayman al zawahiri, the 71-year-oldma bin laden's deputy, who helped shape al qaeda into not only what it is today but what it was, particularly in the early 2000s when al qaeda was at its most potent. we are now, i think, it's also important to keep in mind that this is coming near a year after the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, and at the time, you'll recall, erin, president biden talked about the importance of the united states maintaining that over the horizon capability to be able to go after terrorists in afghanistan should they pose a threat to the united states. and that is exactly what appears to have happened here as we have learned that this drone strike took out ayman al zawahiri, a strike that likely would not have required any u.s. personnel on the ground for it to be conducted. and so tonight is certainly a vindication for president biden of those capabilities, capabilities that were questioned at the time when the u.s. was pulling out, these questions were raised of whether or not the u.s. would be ab

the rebuke came after a us drone strike in kabul killed ayman al—zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda. waters.

i want to turn now to another big story today — the death of al-qaeda leader, ayman al—zawahiri. o allow foreign militants on afghan soil by sheltering the militant group leader, who's been killed in a us drone strike in kabul. ayman al—zawahiri was one of the masterminds of 9/11 attacks on america, alongside osama bin laden. our correspondent secunder kermani reports from kabul. one of america's most wanted. ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to osama bin laden. this was the drone strike that american officials say killed him as he stood on the balcony at this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hear debris still being cleared up, but then we are told to stop filming. we're in the centre of the city. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away, but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see — one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us a little earlier on. senior taliban figures must have agreed to al-qaeda's leader living here, but they have insisted in public the gro

ayman al-zawahiri was _ figure was he? good evening. ayman al-zawahiri was an _ figure was he? was he? good evening. ayman al-zawahiri was an important figure l al—zawahiri was an important figure within al-qaeda, however, he was not as charismatic and a visionary leader as 0sama bin laden. he was a steadfast steward of 0sama bin laden�*s g heidi legacy, and however, he did not opt to actually fundamentally changed al-qaeda in any manner. he reinforced 0sama bin laden�*s g heidi vision, which was based on the premises of setting in motion, spreading awareness and the different parts of the muslim world, which is essentially pointing to a decentralised approach to a global jihadi movement, not with 0sama bin laden as a charismatic leader, and later on he became more and more decentralised allowing for muslims around the world to actuallyjoin the movement and launch attacks. so in that regard, he was important, one of the important contributors and architects of decentralisation of the globaljihadi movement. the of the globaljihadi movement. the fact that the _ of the globaljihadi

killed ayman al zawahiri.t hand man and the mastermind, one of them of the 9/11 terror attacks. now we are learning more about how the u.s. intelligence was able to hunt down the leader of al qaeda and take him out with a position drone strike in kabul. the u.s. figured out that ayman al zawahiri had secretly moved to the capital city by tracking the terrorists family to kabul. then, they watched him for several months, to make sure they had the right guy, and to get his pattern down. that's according to national security spokesman john kirby. the white house said this is a photo of president biden's national security team briefing him on the first of july about the proposed operation to kill the terrorist leader and they even showed him a model of the safe house in which he was hiding, this is the box that contains it on the table. ayman al zawahiri safe house was in a wealthy downtown neighborhood, where high ranking taliban officials now live, taliban officials, this is smoke from the strike. officials say

and and i think it is a very important night and yes, i have been covering ayman al-zawahiri since the 1990st, i was in egypt when terrorist attacks were an increasing problem in the country, you mentioned the luxor attack, when a group of islamists went on a rampage and startedra massacring tourists i front of the monuments there, and then he decided to keep going, and heto joined up with osama bin laden, foundedin al qaeda, first, with the international front, against jews and crusaders, and to now, wede have come to where we are today. and i think there are really two waysin of looking at it. weok just heard from admiral kirby, what we just heard was kind of a positive spin on it, itnd shows that the united stat is stillha capable, that as the taliban goes back on its deal, and clearly it was going back on its deal, or at least elements of the taliban were going back on the deal and welcomed in al qaeda, that they wouldn't be able to get away with it because america has eyes on and has the ability to carry out lethal strikes from the sky. so you can say the policy is working because

the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistans one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. it comes nearly a year after the us�*s chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday, at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an air strike in kabul, afghanistan, which killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri. the president said he gave his personal approval to kill ayman al—zawahiri. justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states con

ayman al—zawahiri. al—zawahiri was bin laden's leader. he was with him the whole time.he attacks that murdered 2,977 people on american soil. the attack happened early on sunday in the afghan capital. a cia—operated air force drone carried out a so—called �*precision strike' as al—zawahri stood on the balcony of this house. security correspondent gordon corera explains how the operation was carried out. so after years on his trail did the us finally find the al-qaeda leader? they appear to have first tracked his family to kabul. and by this spring, they established ayman al—zawahiri himself was in a particular building which he never seemed to leave. they spent months monitoring his movements, establishing what they call pattern of life, even building small scale models of the compound. after previous disastrous mistakes in the afghan capital, washington wanted to make sure they had the right target. eventually, the decision was taken to launch two missiles from a cia drone when he was out on the balcony. some reports say they may have used blades rather than explosives

killed al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri in a drone strike over the weekend.c senator in chair of the district community, rick durbin. senator, thank you, i appreciate you joining us on this night, incredible news. this was an individual who helped to mastermind the 9/11 attacks, took over al-qaeda after the u.s. killed osama bin laden. americans and the world safer tonight with him gone? tonight? >> i think so. the bottom line is that this was the number two man with osama bin laden responsible for 9/11. the fact is that at least three american presidents, and maybe more, have been in pursuit of this man ever since. he's eluded all the efforts to capture and kill him until now. this closes and then important chapter. i hope it brings down terrorist operation, and could still threaten america. >> it was a year ago, this month, when president biden withdrew from afghanistan. a lot of criticism, and he paid for it in the polls. do you think this would reassure people that president biden is giving the fight against terror a type priority? >> i believe it does. h

al-zawahiri for his role in 9/11? >> it is hard to say that this is a substantive blow to al qaeda. at 71 years of age, aymanwahiri was suffering from ill health. he had been living in hiding ever since september 11. the fact he became one of the u.s.'sost hunted man. there have been repeated reports over the years that he died from ill health, which is why there is still a lot of skepticism and cynicism about this latest report that they have killed the al qaeda leader. if he was alive, the general assumption was he would be living in the rugged terrain, reclusive lee, along the pakistan border. this comes as a surprise to many, including residents of kabul, that he was living smack in the center of the city in a houseith balconies, a multistoried villa, stead to be used by one of the senior taliban leaders. it is a symbolic blow, but the al qaeda movement is certain to choose a new leader quickly and move on. jane: the whiteouse says the taliban knew he was there, but they pledged to prevent afghanistan from being used as a haven for terrorists. where does this leave the taliban in its standing with the in

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fresh details emerge of the killing of ayman al-zawahiri in kabul, runs 24 geo locates his house to the bridges -- british embassy and afghan capital. the first ship of ukrainian grain to leave odessa since the war began has now reached turkiye bound for lebanon. those are our top stories. thank you for joining us. we start with the news that nancy pelosi today has landed in taiwan in defiance of the chinese government. as a speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, she is almost senior american to visit the island in 25 years, she said her trip was designed to show america's unwavering commitment to democracy in taiwan. this evening the response from the chinese government has been swept. it announced military exercises that would begin tomorrow and tonight taiwan says 21 chinese military planes entered the air defense zone. >> protests outside of u.s. how speakers nancy pelosi's hotel after the senior u.s. official arrived in taiwan in defiance of chinese warnings. her trip makes it the highest u.s. level visit to taiwan -- the chinese foreign ministry releasing a statement on tel

. >> reporter: ayman al zawahiri was al qaeda's leader, succeeding osama bin laden, it's public face in dozens of videos attacking the u.s. and its allies. he directed al qaeda's thinking, let its operations, was a key planner of the 9/11 attacks and the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in east africa. >> we know that it was at zella he re-'s urging that bin laden really took interest in attacking the united states. >> reporter: he meticulously planned mass murder, tried to arm al qaeda with weapons of mass destruction, and wrote its declaration of war against the u.s. his transformation into the world's most wanted terrorist had an unlikely start. he was born in 1951, into a wealthy egyptian family of doctors and scholars. he became radicalized as a teenager, after joining the fundamentalist muslim brotherhood, for training to be a surgeon. at 31, he was one of hundreds arrested after the assassination of egyptian president anwar also.. he was tortured during three years in an egyptian jail and left seeking revenge. by his mid-30s, he was a leader in egypt's islam at jihad. he met the sau

the taliban by hosting ayman al is a harley in —— ayman al—zawahiri in kabul have not made any kind of, in particular, but the international community at large have found it very difficult. al-qaeda is no longer the global threat it once was, but the killing of zawahiri will further deepen the distrust between the taliban and the west, as afghanistan continues to struggle amidst a deep economic crisis. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is here. tell us more about how it was done, and crucially, what this means for al-qaeda. , ., , ., ., and crucially, what this means for al-qaeda. , ., ., , ., al-qaeda. this was a long planned o eration al-qaeda. this was a long planned operation by _ al-qaeda. this was a long planned operation by the _ al-qaeda. this was a long planned operation by the us. _ al-qaeda. this was a long planned operation by the us. they - al-qaeda. this was a long planned operation by the us. they had - al-qaeda. this was a long planned | operation by the us. they had been watching this building for months, it appears, building e

al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri. with a 25 million dollar reward on his head. osama bin laden's right-hand man. now president joe biden, addressing the nation from the blue room balcony at the white house where he is in isolation with rebound covid case. the cleric, that justice has been delivered. and warning that the united states will defend the american people. >> no matter how long it takes. no matter where you hide. if you are a threat to our people the united states will find you and take you out. >> we are also learning some more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri, children what was being called a precise tailored airstrike. using to hellfire missiles fired at the balcony of a safe house in kabul. at 9:40 pm eastern time. it happened on saturday. the president thank you kate final trouble for a patient a week ago after months of highly secret planning. one official is telling cnn that members of his family, who are in other areas of the house, were not harmed. he helped mastermind the deadly terror attack on american soil alongside os

ayman al-zawahiri he was reportedly restructured by two hellfire's by standing on the balcony of the e in central al-q kabul on sunday. -- president biden says the agreement between the government is seen as an important step but not enough. >> we are following developments in ukraine and russian forces say they killed up to 254 and fighters in strikes on the city of mcclave. ukraine has not responded to this but it is regional emergency service did take damage. to oil storage tankers and -- after the strike on tuesday. they say a multiple launch rocket system was used to destroy a university as well as buildings and shops. only one person was injured. no deaths have been russia's supreme court is designating ukraine -- terrorist group. any fighters were captured by russian area and the city of variable fell in may. -- the city of maripol fell in may. -- ukraine is controlled by fascists. -- fighters detained in russia falling on -- calling on international groups to secure the release. >> we have a lot of questions for the u.n. and red cross and there have been eroded answers from th

never managed to find ayman al-zawahiri. until yesterday. >> the u.s.or target measure 20 years after 9/11, the hunt for bin laden's number two is now over. >> he has been in hiding for more than 20 years, one of the world's most-wanted terrorists. but tonight, the united states finally caught up with ayman al-zawahiri. >> justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. >> senior officials say the u.s. government used an unmanned drone and hellfire missiles to target the third-floor balcony of a residential apartment building in downtown kabul. >> experts say hellfire missiles do not explode. instead, the missiles are equipped with razor-like blades extending from the fuselage, which sliced through a target. >> it will go through and essentially vaporize a human body, but somebody standing within feet of this person would not be injured at all. >> a senior administration official saying authorities spent months observing ayman al-zawahiri's patterns to avoid civilians. it killed him on a balcony without harming any family members in th

was killed on a balcony. >> americans can feel safer today now that the leader of al qaeda, ayman al zawahiriattlefield. >> reporter: even with a $25 million bounty on his head, the al qaeda leader's whereabouts was a lingering mystery for u.s. intelligence. earlier this year, the terrorist leader was tracked down to the busy afghan capital of kabul, where he reunited with family. after an intelligence briefing where the president saw a model of the terrorist safe house, he authorized a strike. >> this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimize the of harm to other civilians. >> reporter: the fact al zawahiri was in kabul underscores the relationship between al qaeda and senior taliban leadership and a violation of the taliban's commitment not to harbor terrorists. >> we are communicating directly with the taliban about their obligations not to allow al qaeda to use afghanistan as a basis for plotting. >> reporter: al zawahiri played a key role in the 9/11 attacks and plots that murdered two americans overseas and two embassies in east africa, and on the uss cole in yemen. after raidi

a senior administration official says a drone strike killed ayman al zawahiri after u.s. intelligence tracked him to a safe house in kabul. >> justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. >> reporter: according to the official, the cia first briefed the president back in april that zawahiri was believed to be living in the house with his wife and children. in july the cia built a model of the safe house to show the president how a strike could be carried out. biden authorized the strike days later, and on sunday around 6:00 a.m. a drone fired two hellfire missiles at al zawahiri as he stepped onto the balcony of the safe house. sources say no one else was killed. >> what this type of drone is, this type of munition i should say is to deliberately try to avoid any collateral damage. >> reporter: experts say hellfire missiles do not explode. instead the missiles are equipped with razor-like blades extending from the fuselage which slice through a target. >> so it will go through and essentially vaporize a human body, but somebody standing within feet of

also side note al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri was killed. and applause] >> greg: you're sick. was just 51 years young, his remains will be cremated and spread over his already cream ated remains. and to think he just finished paying off his women's studies degree. we went to his family for comment. that's terrible, show the guy some respect. let's go to his real family. you know that's even worse. you know how those guys hate pork. it's the other white meat they despise. no wonder he became a terrorist. at least he didn't get into stripping because once the robe comes off it's just ankle socks. don't ask me how i know. so when i first heard the news i have to say i was a little confused. and, no, that's not a quote from the president. first, i had not heard that name in a while by chris wallace. but it was a name i literally heard or wrote about every day for a period of years after 9/11. but for some reason, we stopped caring about him. and also stopped talking as much about islamic terrorist especially after trump got in. remember isis and

your response. >> ayman al zawahiri is no more. we have taken the leader of al qaeda off the battlefield. that is success. number two, we were fighting in afghanistan for two decades. american men and women were putting their lives at risk, many died, many were injured. in that entire 20-year period ayman al zawahiri was alive. we left afghanistan. there is not a single american in harm's way in that country in uniform and there was nobody on the ground in uniform when this strike occurred and yet we were able to take ayman al zawahiri off the battlefield. i would call that a successful, effective policy that protects our troops, protects our people and ensures that afghanistan will not be a safe haven for terrorists. it certainly was not a safe haven for ayman al zawahiri. >> but how will the united states hold the taliban accountable for violating the doha agreement, harboring the leader of al qaeda? >> well, first, we have shown not just in word but in deed we're prepared to take action to defend our interests and the taliban und

ayman al—zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda, is killed by a us drone strike in kabul. allow foreign militants on afghan soil. now to a developing story in the uk. you might have been following the fairly lengthy process to find a successor to borisjohnson as uk conservative leader and british prime minister. they've whittled it down to two candidates, with a vote among party members in a few weeks. but now they've had to change the method of balloting after a warning that hackers could breach security. our reporter, mark lobel has been following that story, hejoins me now from the london newsroom. great to get you on the programme. mark, what more do we know? an unexpected twist because the arrival of voting papers for the next prime minister has been delayed, it also means that 160,000 tory members voting for the next conservative leader will no longer get two chances to vote. the reason why is an e—mail we have received i would like to show you was sent out to those 160,000 members. ifi show you was sent out to those 160,000 members. if i read from it, it says your b

drone strike in afghanistan, targeting and killing the leader of al qaeda, ayman al-zawahiri. lmes looks at al-zawahiri's life and legacy of terror . >> we want to speak to the whole world. who are we? who are we? >> reporter: by the time ayman al-zawahiri was on the scene, he was already a terrorist. committed to turning egypt into a fundamentalist islamic state. the young doctor came of one of leading families. there was even a al-zawahiri street in cairo, named after his grandfather. his uncle described him as pious . >> he is a good muslim, who came to pray here, and to read, and to sing. >> reporter: al-zawahiri spent three years in prison after -- assassination. after he got out, he made his way to pakistan am aware uses medical skills to treat those fighting the soviet occupation of afghanistan. that is where he met osama bin laden, and they found a common cause. he talked about a decade later. >> working with brothers -- and many other places. >> reporter: al-zawahiri with many other places in the early 1990s, even visiting california on a false passport. his group atta

was killed on a balcony. >> americans can feel safer today now that the leader of al qaeda, ayman al-zawahiriefield. >> reporter: within with a $25 million bounty on his head, the al qaeda's whereabouts was a lingering mystery for u.s. intelligence. earlier this year, the terrorist leader was tracked down to the busy afghanicalital of kabul. after an intelligence briefing where he saw the safe house, he authorized the strike. >> this mission was carefully planned, minimized the risk of harm to other civilians. >> reporter: the fact that al-zawahiri was in kabul. and a violation of the taliban's commitment not to harbor terrorists. >> we are communicating directly with the taliban about their obligations not to allow al qaeda to use afghanistan as a basis for plotting. >> reporter: al-zawahiri played a key role in the 9/11 attacks in plots that murder americans overseas at two u.s. embassies in east africa, and on the uss "cole" in yemen. after navy seals raided this compound in pakistan, killing osama bin laden, al-zawahiri took over. after last year's chaotic withdrawal of u.s. forces from a

drone strike killed ayman al-zawahiri over the weekend.ahiri was a key figure in the 9/11 attacks and the mastermind behind other attacks in america. >>> kentucky racing for another night of potential flash flooding. the governor said today 37 people including four children have died in the disaster five days ago. he warns hundreds of people are unaccounted for. >>> a judge in d.c. sentencing a capitol insurrectionist to seven years behind bars, the longest sentence handed to a january 6th defendant so far. now you know the news of this monday, august 1st, 2022. i'm shepard smith. follow us on instagram and on >>> it is 5:00 a.m. at cnbc global headquarters. here is your "five@5." stocks kicking off a new month of trading on the wrong foot futures slipping ahead of the opening bell results from uber and caterpillar and more. >>> around the world investors on asia on aedge with nancy pelosi's trip to taiwan. >>> a top and bottom line miss not stopping shares of pinterest from

ayman al zawahiri is dead. afghanistan is obviously not a safe haven for terrorists, and the united states has the kaep capability from over the horizon to develop an operation and to execute it flawlessly. >> john brennan just emphasized that sarajadin haqqani, the man in charge of all the security for the taliban, owns that safehouse. so clearly the taliban -- the haqqani network in pakistan helped get him from pakistan into kabul where he could communicate more effectively, send out these videos that he's been sending out. >> andrea, we're fully aware that the senior taliban haqqani leadership knew of the presence of and enabled the presence of the leader of al qaeda in afghanistan. that's why the president took the decision to take the strike in kabul, because the taliban were not living up to the terms of the doha agreement and because the president made a commitment to the american people to ensure that afghanistan would never again become a safe haven for terrorists plotting against the united states. >>

strike killed al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri. lights talk more about that tonight. a major story. this is a major strike and it was successful in killing al- zawahiri. what does this mean for al qaeda? >> well, the symbolic blow is shattering. al-zawahiri was in some ways even more the architect of al qaeda than bin laden. he was radicalized when he was 15 years old. he goes to jail as part of the assassination of anwar sadat, the president of egypt, which he made peace with the israelis. he has been the mastermind behind all this. in some ways you could argue al qaeda was a marriage or fusion between egyptian brains and saudi money. al-zawahiri was the egyptian brains. bin laden was the saudi money. so in some sense he is the original, the founder, the symbol for many of the kadris probably even more so than bin laden, so symbolically a huge setback. the truth is al qaeda is in bad shape anyway. it is a shadow of what it used to be and so i think that -- i'm not sure exactly how much effect it will have operationally because it's already a pretty ragtag operation, b