suspected is a mess militants have stormed a luxury tourist resort in the martin capital bamako portably taking hostages. or to come in the week's top stories it's now believed that fifty eight people have died in the west london fire it's called grow for the prime minister to resign and an afghan official says u.s. forces were behind the shooting of three civilians including two children we hear exclusively from the victims' families and eyewitnesses also after russia wins the opening game portugal mexico draw in the confederations cup today we'll have a look at that while cameroon take on the cheerleaders in moscow. welcome the latest development and look back at the last seven days to watch and weekly here on r.t. on the start with breaking news from the capital of mali in west africa gunmen there have stormed a tourist resort near the capital bamako a hostage situation is reportedly under way and she cutey forces are currently at the scene at the moment we don't know about casualties these pictures are said to show the sites of the attack the margin government says that suspected you

so, it's an operation that is underway and of course bamako is no stranger to that kind of attack.hat happened nearly two years ago now at the reticent blue hotel —— rattus in blue hotel were 20 people we re rattus in blue hotel were 20 people were killed. what is the situation, because as you suggest, this has happened before and they are fighting this insurgency. is there any sense that they are making any progress? well, you have a variety of different armed groups that are still operating in the north of the country, but also in the centre of the country. as a matter of fact, soon after the french liberated quote unquote the north from islamic militants, the situation actually deteriorated quite rapidly and we see regular attacks on un peacekeepers in the north and on malian soldiers grow on the french who are stationed in the country, so this is a country that is still battling with that insurgency and is still under a state of emergency and it is clear that those kind of attacks were going to happen again. it was just a matter of time thank you very much thomas. hundreds of f

a luxury resortjust outside the capital of bamako in mali under attack by gunmen.ce who are investigating the murder of 18—year—old ellen higginbotham have made an arrest, you may recall reports that she was reported missing on friday when she failed to return from college, family and friends said this was very out of character, her body was then found in the early hours of yesterday morning. —— ellen higginbottom. she was... it has been confirmed that it was... it has been confirmed that it was her body and she died from multiple wins to the neck, in orrell. a 47—year—old man from the wigan area has been arrested on suspicion of murder and he is in custody for questioning. a man has been arrested, 47 years old, in connection with the murder of 18—year—old ellen higginbottom. the chancellor philip hammond, says brexit talks must safeguard the british economy, and that reaching no deal, would be bad for britain. he was speaking ahead of the start of negotiations, with the european commission, due to begin tomorrow. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. vo

as far as we know gunshots rang out at the upstale resort to the east of bamako, the capital of mali,ere's been a number of kidnappings, boris n this region and other hotel and cafe attacks contributed but at this stage we do not have any idea who is behind this attack which group is behind this attack or if it is a group and not just a robbery gone who ahorribly wron. journalists say there is smoke coming from the venue. >> robin, thank you for the expertise. much more ahead "the newsroom" and it starts right now. i'm boris sanchez. fredricka whitfield is off today. thank you for joining us. it is confusing at best, a reversal from the president's legal team one of his attorneys saying donald trump is not under investigation for obstruction of justice though the president himself tweeted that he is under investigation. here is that friday tweet "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt." but today jay sekulow private attorney hired by the president disputed that statement. i'll show you part of his interview with

gunmen stormed a resort popular with westerners near the capital city of bamako.al officials say there have been at least two casualties. security officers are on the scene and at least 32 guests have been rescued. >>> on if father's day we want to tell you about a program that teaches young fathers the responsibilities of parenthood and how to be the best dads they can be. jim williams of our cbs chicago station wvbm met with a young dad who just graduated from the >> tell me what this little guy means in your life. >> he's everything. like he's the reason why i wake up every day. >> give me a hug. >> okay. cool. >> reporter: corey lenore knew he loved his son, corey jr., but he wanted to learn how he could be the best father. >> i obviously think there's room for improvement. you know, i'm not perfect, and i could really benefit from this program. >> reporter: this program, the dovetail project. >> it's really been helpful. i've never been around so many young black men my age without drama. >> reporter: giving young african-american fathers, some of them teenag

gunmen stormed a resort popular with westerners near the capital city of bamako.al officials say there have been at least two casualties. stuart officers are on the scene, and at least 32 guests have been rescued. >>> and more than 60 people were killed, many of them in their cars, trying to escape raging forest fires in central portugal. the fires broke out this weekend during a severe heat wave. the latest now from jonathan vigliotti in our london bureau. >> reporter: demarco, portugal's secretary of state has called it the deadliest forest fire in the nation's history. many of the victims were found in their cars, apparently trapped when strong winds blew flames over a busy motorway. the fire began saturday in the mountainous area of pedrogao grande. the region has been in the middle of an intense heat wave accompanied by rainless thunderstorms. it's a deadly combination. police believe the fire was sparked after lightning struck a tree. the flames then quickly spread in the dry conditions and burned through several neighborhoods, destroying homes. hundreds of

gunmen stormed a resort popular with westerners near the city of bamako. they say there have been at least two casualties. security officers are on the scene and at least 32 guests have been rescued. >> and more than 60 people were killed many of them in their cars trying to escape raging forest fires in central portugal. the fires broke out this weekend during a severe heat wave. the latest now from jonathan vigliotti in our london bureau. >> reporter: di marco, portugal's secretary of state has called it the deadliest forest fire in the nation's history. many of the victims were found in their cars, apparently trapped when strong winds blew flames over a busy motorway. the fire began saturday in the mountain office area of pedestrian rog what grand err. it has been in the grips of a heat wave. police believe the fire was sparked after lightning struck a tree. the flames then quickly spread in the try conditions and burned through several neighborhoods destroying homes. >> hundreds of local residents were treated for smock inhalation and emergency service

at least two people have been killed after militants attacked a tourist camp close to bamako, the capitalspecial forces managed to free around 30 other people. our west africa correspondent thomas fessy, says the situation is being brought under control. the security minister spoke about guests who have been rescued. he is not clear whether those hostage situation or not. what we know is that the operation under way has helicopters hovering above the leisure centre. the troops, supported by french soldiers and un peacekeepers are at the site and it is not clear how many attackers have been involved. is it one or are there several? where are they from, which group do they belong to? these are the details that we are still waiting for. we understand that at least 30 people have now been rescued from that tourist centre. also making news today — iran says it has fired missiles into eastern syria, aiming at the bases of militant groups it holds responsible for attacks on its parliament which left 18 dead last week. it came hours after supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei made a statement on

suspect it is a mess militants have stormed a luxury tourist resort in the margin capital bamako portably taking hostages. order to come in the week's top stories it's now believed that fifty eight people have died in the west london fire is caused growth and prime minister to resign and an afghan official says u.s. forces were behind the shooting of three civilians including two children we hear exclusively from the victims' families and eyewitnesses also after russia wins the opening game portugal mexico draw in the confederations cup today we'll have a look at that take on chile to see.

about 30 minutes from downtown bamako and this resort is popular with western tourists, other ex pats like to enjoy the facilities to host business meetings or team building exercises. the grounds have a big hotel. there's bars, restaurants. spa. even a swimming pool. there's a live entertainment. so this is something that would have been likely quite busy on a sunday evening in that location, richard, but again we can't confirm the total number of casualties beyond what we have heard from the spokesman, at least two people so far killed. >> thank you so much, lucy. nbc's lucy cavanaugh covering that breaking story for us coming out of the west african country of mali. population about 16, 17 million people. thank you so much. we'll stay on top of this story and get back to lucy when we get more details. >>> now to this. the search for the seven missing navy sailors has come to the tragic end. crews were called off the search when several bodies were discovered inside the "uss fitzgerald's" flooded compartments. a container ship collided off the coast of japan. >>> next the republican

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