and why is boko haram, which started in 2009 in north—eastern and why is boko haram, which started in, grew to become one of the most dreaded terror groups in the world. it has since affiliated to the so—called islamic state. more than 20,000 people have been killed and millions of others displaced by boko haram's ad insurgency in several countries in the region. —— eight year insurgency. many people, including women and jordan, have been abducted by the militants. as the conflict rages on, the trials may go some way towards justice for those people. there is no official time frame for these trials, but they are likely to take months, maybe years, because of the huge number of boko haram suspects to be tried, and the judicial system number of boko haram suspects to be tried, and thejudicial system here in nigeria is chronically slow. ishaq khalid, bbc news, abuja. we will finish the programme in los angeles by talking about this man. harvey weinstein is one of hollywood's biggest producers, and he's been fired by his own company. with good reason, too. he was best known for being behi

in early 2015, when boko haram held that huge amount of territory, they brought in troops from niger and from chad, they kind of routed them, they ran them out of town after town. boko haram declared that they had formed a new islamic militant branch in that part of western and central africa. but that regional and military effort against them, let out of chad, broke that stuff up, took back all those towns, shut them down, and chad is not a rich country, they've got oil, they've got a little bit of money, but they also have a dictator who takes care of that. it's a large country, it's mostly poor, but for a variety of reasons they have put profound resources into leading the military counter terrorist fight in that part of the world. in march of this year, the united states led 27 countries in a massive military exercise in chad, it was called flintlock, 27 countries represented, exercise led by the united states, 2,000 u.s. military personnel participated in it. they could have done this anywhere in africa, there's a reason they did it in chad. in this country, we tend to be more f

last year the government were keen to tell us they had technically defeated boko haram.and they have backtracked. boko haram are lashing out regularly, whether it be suicide bombers, often young girls, or concerted attacks on towns and villages. it means much of the country in that area is insecure, and people have to move to areas of camps, towns and villages that are secured by the army. that means over 2 million people are away from the main source of livelihood, the farming that provides them with the money they need to survive. that is a very serious situation. over to iceland — where british scientists are on a mission to predict the next major volcanic eruption. victoria gilljoined them. land of ice and fire. iceland's ruggedly beautiful landscape is the product of volcanic activity, but it can cause chaos. the ash cloud from this 2010 eruption grounded thousands of flights across europe. that's why british scientists are here on a mission that's seven years in the planning. at the icelandic met office, monitoring volcanoes is daily work, but with their british co

an upsurge in violence by the armed group boko haram means independence day celebrations are muted in northeast nigeria. and lifting the ban on head coverings the long battle to play basketball is finally over for muslim women. we begin in spain where the prime minister has called catalans an authorized secession referendum an attack on the rule of law these have been accused of using unjustifiable brutality to shut down the vote at least seven hundred sixty people have been hurt according to the regional government polls have closed down vote counting is now underway. you get. i'm the prime minister i'm the leader of the government and we have done what we had to do within the law we've only acted within the law we have shown but democratic state has to has always has to defend itself against such a serious attack as the one which has been tried with this illegal referendum today democracy won with. john hendren joins us now from outside the biggest polling station. which has now closed john i'm guessing they have prime minister's words filtered out into way you all he was saying tha

living in a climate of fear an upsurge in violence by the armed group boko haram this independence day celebrations are muted in northeast nigeria. searching for justice one man's case against the new york police department is highlighted in a new documentary. very warm welcome to the program the spanish police have been accused of using on justifiable brutality to shock and on authorized secession vote in the capital and . region the national government though blames pool independence leaders for what they call senseless events while in the regional capital barcelona offices used batons and fired rubber bullets during progress random protests that lead at least four hundred sixty people have been heart according to the city's mayor. well we've reporters across the country covering the story tony but he is in the joint and hall is in barcelona let's head first. hi there karl just paint the picture for us what if you've been witnessing today. all julie those polling stations packed with people well before dawn hours before voting and actually got on to why i'm one of the reasons they we

living in a climate of fear an upsurge in violence by the armed group boko haram this independence day celebrations are muted in northeast nigeria. searching for justice one man's case against the new york police department is highlighted in a new documentary. very warm welcome to the program the spanish police have been accused of using on justifiable brutality to shock and on authorized secession vote in the capital and . region the national government though blames pool independence leaders for what they call senseless events while in the regional capital barcelona offices used batons and fired rubber bullets during progress random protests that lead at least

has been involved in the efforts against boko haram. we need to understand what went wrong on this missing not for casting blame but to learn from it so it never happens again. this will not be the last time that we deploy special operators into conditions such as these. >> bill: very interesting comments from senator rubio. more on that coming up in the 10:30 a.m. eastern hour and you'll see full interview then. major point. 6,000 u.s. troops operating in more than 50 countries in africa. this was not a secret to anybody. you could google it and find the information yourself. we'll go through all that coming up. >> sandra: we look forward to hearing from him. president trump will be taking some decisive action today that will allow refugees back into the u.s. but with a much tougher vetting process. chief white house correspondent is live on the north lawn. >> sandra: you are on the north lawn. good morning there. >> bill: good morning. sandra. another deadline expiring today in the president's travel ban. the 120 day ban on refugee

over 35,000 solders from the region to fight terrorists and affiliated with isis, al qaeda and boko haram. let me address the specific events in nigeria that are took place early this month. on the third of october, 12 members of the u.s. special operations task force accompanied 30 nigerian forces on a reconnaissance mission from the capital city to an area near the village of tongo tongo. approximately 85 kilometers to the north was the location of that village. on the foufert october, u.s. and other forces began moving back south. en route to their operating base, pat petroleum came under attack from approximately -- the patrol came under attack from approximately 50 enmy uses small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and technical vehicles. what i want to do now is i want

you know fighting boko haram in nigeria and cameroon it helped defeat an al qaeda offshoot that had split mali in two it plays host to major u.s. military exercises i mean if you wanted to pressure the chatting government on human rights or on democracy let's remember that you just debbie has been the president for twenty seven years now that would be welcome but counterterrorism is the one thing that the chatting government actually seems to do very well so it really it just makes no sense i'm glad actually that you mentioned that you actually used one of the words that one of our tweeters also use linchpin this is a cost though and he got into a little bit of an exchange with someone else on twitter he said chat in nigeria is where boko haram are active he got knocked down pretty readily by someone else is a backer who says get your facts right chad fought against boko haram in nigeria and defeated them similar to what you just said read but i want to posit over to something else now this is just a theory but i want to show you something that we got from several members. of our communit

bo boko haram had a lot of territory. that's why these efforts were set up. there's a reason all of these groups were headquartered in chad. because all the experts say that pound for foupound, that milita in chad and the chadian special forces are the best, most battle hardened, most effective military for fighting islam bei extremism in that part of the world. in 2015, they brought in troops from niger and chad and they kind of routed them. they claimed to be a new islamic emirates and they were the other part of the caliphate. but that regional military effort against them led out of chad broke that stuff up, took back all those towns, shut them down. and chad is not a rich country. they've got oil so they've got a little bit of money, but they've also got a dictator who takes care of most of that. it a large country, it's mostly poor, but for a variety of reasons, they have put profound resources into leading the military counterterrorist fight in that part of the world. in march of this year, the united states led 27 countries in a massive military exerc

chad fought against boko haram in nigeria and defeated them similar to what you just said read but i want to posit over to something else now this is just a theory but i want to show you something that we got from several members of our community this this is a tweet from c. who says i think this has to do with rex tillerson the secretary of state arm twisting the chad government after they slam seventy four billion dollar fine and overdue royalties on exxon mobil here's what that actually looked like this is news report that came out in june exxon suttles dispute with chad over tax payments and avoid that avoided a seventy four billion dollar fine breed what do you make of that idea definitely a theory but what do you make of it well i mean obviously i mean it was sort of i have to say it was one of the first things that i thought of but when you when you think that realize that the matter was started. that exxon had licenses chad as his major oil deposits you know again here i mean human rights good government anti-corruption people the chad and people have been pressing the govern

they were put in place to fight boko haram. boko haram broke in half, one-half went with isis.hat's the group that is in niger. the other half is in the nigerian area. so as i am advocating for bring back our girls and advocating against boko haram and going to africa and making sure that the congress watches this, and we're wearing red every wednesday, unbeknownst to me, i have a soldier who is personal to me, who was a member of my 5,000 role models of excellence project in that region fighting or advising troops against boko haram. all of this is going on and i do not know. so here i am in america, advocating against boko haram, fighting for the release of the little girls who they kidnapped from their boarding school 274 of them, going back to nigeria to visit them and let them know the congress of the united states has not forgotten them, and all of this fighting that is going on in that region of africa, and i don't think we have done enough. in the meantime, i get a call that la david was killed in niger. fighting boko haram. how coincidental can this be? this is very pe

boko haram is a terrible organization doing terrible things. do you have authorization to atrocities? rum rides they were there under title 10. as far as boko a rum goes, they have pledged allegiance to -- a boko haram goes, they have pledged allegiance. so it is the very group that authorization is targeted on. exit so without any further authorization from congress, you believe you have authorization of determination is made to necessarytever forces to go after boko haram, including ground troops? ask if the president detects there is a threat from them against us, our -- >> if the president detects there is a threat from them against us, yes sir. bags i understand the threat but the threat is related to the --0 threat is what you say >> i understand the threat, but the threat is related to the 2000 threat is what you said. under that, yes. >> he could declare that to be an associated group? >> see he did not, but boko haram did. full force use the of our military, including ground troops, without further restrictions? title 10.ow, under i don

we need to know a lot more about what boko haram can do over there. >> what about protecting further service members to prevent future deaths like what we saw in niger with four service members being killed? >> this just shows how brutal and totally asymmetrical this guerilla fighting is. so we are going to have to make sure that we understand the level of the threat that we are confronting and we may have to beef up the kind of controls. this unit had done many controls without any kind of problem. this was basically an ambush. it's a call to wake up and maybe look at if we have to do things a little differently there to fight boko haram. >> let me ask you about congress woman wilson. she mentored sergeant jaunsb oh as you know the white house attacked her for listening in on the president's condolence call. general john kelly told a story about wilson that video later revealed was untrue and president trump is continuing to attack her on twitter. do you think the white house has been treating your colleague fairly? >> i think that certainly this attack is not president trump's beng

more than sixteen hundred suspected boko haram fighters are facing mass trials and nigeria the trials are being held behind closed doors at a military facility rights groups say they're worried about the lack of transparency. catalonia high court has requested for extra security from spain's national police on tuesday and the event its regional parliament declares independence. officials in the u.s. state of california say ten people are dead as fast moving wildfire spread mass evacuations have taken place as the wildfires route through northern california's wine producing region flames covered eighty hectares of land in napa county while a second fire burned in neighboring sonoma county strong winds are making the fires worse and smoke is drifting into the san francisco bay area. they trumpet ministration as scrapping rolls which limit air pollution from power plants that are the environmental protection agency scott pruitt announced the move in a speech to miners in kentucky he told them the war on coal is over it says the rules known as the clean power plan will be repealed on tues

boko haram actually means western education is sin. they believe girls should be denied the privilege of an education and have killed more people than isis. in fact, they have joined forces with isis in the region and have killed over 20,000 africans sexually abused women and girls and sent them on suicide missions using babies as decoys. more than one million people have been displaced from their homes and are staing to death. what a tragedy. it would be an even greater tragedy to allow the deaths of sergeant johnson and his comrades, staff sergeant ian c. black, 35 of washington state. staff serant injury maya w. johnson, 39 from ohio. d staff sergeant dustin wright, 29 of georgia, be in vain nearly a year ago this chamber voted unanimously for legislaon that senator susan collins, republican of maine, and i introduced that directs the secreties of state and defense departments and the director of national intelligence to jointly develop a five-year strategy to end bok haram's reign of terror. the law alscalls for a plano assist the

a member of a militia helping the army in the fight against boko haram is now facing its own battle for his life. iraq it tore through the patrol car he was in as he helped provide cover for workers two months ago. but no one was also part of that convoy that included soldiers who will is that they be i.d.d. it was an ambush the surprise is that we were sitting there i was safe we spent days working there that attack happened in the last day. the attack was a bloodiest so far this year in nigeria's small east a few kilometers away from here in july book or on fighters a convoy of oil exploration workers being escorted by the military and vigilantes more than fifty people died in that attack that attack coincided with an increase in the rate of suicide bombings and abductions in the northeast the military's response was an and ground offensive that lasted for weeks top commanders were ordered back to the region. where a climate of fear has returned. the latest wave of violence represents a change in strategy by boko haram with suicide bombings and hostage taking being stopped. security e

boko haram and isis are linked. so she is giving information that they don't want out there. they want to control the narrative. and they're trying to discredit her. this is what i don't understand. >> don, april makes a great point there because beyond the issue of the call, right? there are four dead american troops here. on an operation where the intel told them it was unlikely they would make enemy contact when in fact they had 50 isis-linked militants attack them. where regardless of whether the pentagon is -- and they are -- uncomfortable with the phrase left behind, they want to say separated from his unit, regardless, for 48 hours they didn't know where he was. they found his dead body 48 hours later. why is that? why did those planes, the evacuation planes take off without him? secretary mattis said don't blame the troops on the ground. i have no intention of doing that. but it's reasonable to ask the pentagon questions as to why that happened. why was there no u.s. air cover? a french plane came 30 minutes into that firefight with no ability to fire on the ground. i

since the kidnapping of the girls by boko haram, every wednesday we are dressed in red and photographing we are not forgetting our girls. she's really dedicated and devoted to young people. for them to mischaracterize her is really so sad. it really -- it went young the subject, and that was so sad enough and to mischaracterize her speech at the building of the fbi dedication, they had it all wrong. >> do you think john kelly should apologize to congresswoman wilson? >> i think he has to admit what he did was incorrect in terms of the speech that he mischaracterized. he lost his son. my heart goes out to him. >> sure. >> he's a patriot. i just think that he was either misinformed or accepted something without checking about frederica that was so wrong, so he has to set the record straight. >> yeah, he said she was stunned by what she said, indicating she was in the room. the pictures and the video, it doesn't show the crowd long enough to tell if he was in the room, but he made it sound as if he heard it with his own ears, and he characterized it as something he heard for himself. do you

boko haram declared that they were. mr. cardin: but the president could authorize them as an affiliate group and then use the full force of our military, including ground troops, without further restrictions? mr. mattis: right now, senator, our troops are there under title 10. i don't want to speculate about that because that's not what they're doing right now. i'd have to go back and study it. but i believe a group that declares its allegiance to the -- either al qaeda or isis would then be part of al qaeda or isis, yes. mr. cardin: my question really is related to how far he could commit our military to these types of campaigns. when we were attacked on september 11, we recognized the need for a military response and we certainly understood that american troops are going to be called upon to protect our country. i'm not sure that congress envisioned that we would have the potential of ground troops in northern africa in combat missions. if i understand what you're saying, unless we modified this aumf, you would feel that

when we run into boko haram we fight. either we kill them or they'll kill us wonder how to build so i'm not afraid of them even at night if we see lights will go out to inspect. the consequences afoul of fields are visible across the area. malnourishment. people dying from diseases that could normally be treated quite easily. and in the rainy season washed out roads limiting the amount of help aid organizations can provide. this is a protection crisis which has gradually turned into a food security and a nutrition crisis so very fragile situation we are at the very peak of the lean season waiting and hoping that their livelihood inputs and the agriculture support providing farmers with seeds and tools and fertilizers starting in june is going to lead to a harvest that is going to have an impact on the overall situation on the ground. but not everyone is optimistic agricultural expert gumbos critical of the government's inadequate response he's calling for more support for farmers as well as sustainable food supplies. you

i buy i would be a member of a militia helping the army in the fight against boko haram is now facing its own battle for his life. for through the patrol car he was in as he helped provide cover for workers two months ago. but no one was also part of that convoy that included soldiers who would be as if they'd be i.d.d. as i wish it was an ambush the surprise is that we were sitting there was safe we spent days working there that track happened in our last day. they attack was a bloodiest so far this year in nigeria as in all the east a few kilometers away from here in july book or on fighters a convoy of oil exploration workers being escorted by the military and vigilantes more than fifty people died in that attack that attack coincided with an increase in the rate of suicide bombings and abductions in the northeast the military's response was an and ground offensive that lasted for weeks but top commanders were ordered back to the region. where a climate of fear has returned the latest wave of violence represents a change in strategy by boko haram which suicide bombings and hostage

six hundred people are facing mass trials in nigeria accused of being members of the rebel group boko haram the trials are being held behind closed doors at a military facility rights groups say there why about the lack of transparency it's estimated twenty thousand people have been killed and millions displaced you in eighty years of fighting between government troops and the. well john campbell is a former u.s. ambassador to nigeria he says the international community needs to keep a close eye on line derrius judicial process. we should be concerned because we will have no independent way of verifying how fair the trials are but there are other reasons to be concerned as well i think first of all the numbers to be tried are very large sixteen hundred at least at first there are only four judges that have been chosen to conduct the trials. that means the trials will either be very quick or the whole process will go on for a long time and then finally most of those who are being tried have been detained without charge for a relatively long period of time and one has to question whether or n

were injured in my ducati the target was a company people who fled the conflict with the group boko haram zimbabwean president robert mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organization just two days after he was appointed it follows a backlash from international leaders activists and health groups who say zimbabwe's own health service is collapsing. hundreds of people have been protesting in spain's capital to show their support for catalonia government's moving to take control of the autonomous region following a succession referendum this month. and the leaders of italy's two wealthiest regions say they've won a vote for more autonomy from the central government body and generate thirty percent of italy's g.d.p. but many taxpayers in the north resent subsidizing the relatively poor self well those with headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one station that's what. a journey both. of you know there's a very for everybody there's a lot of corruption and a beautiful lake a beautiful lady you have to be very patient and. has ascended i was int

injured in my degree the target was a count the people have fled the conflict with the armed group boko haram zimbabwean president robert mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organization a little over two days after he was appointed follows a backlash from international leaders activists and health groups who say zimbabwe's own health service is collapsing hundreds of people have been protesting in spain's capital to show their support for catalonia the government's moving to take control of the autonomous region following a succession referendum this month and cambodia's prime minister hun sen says a twenty six year peace agreement to stop the country's civil war is dead in the water the paris peace accord was meant to bring democracy to cambodia but there's a crackdown on government opponents an international commission is calling for the treaty to be reviewed. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera also the listening post which of those watching. our jazeera. swear every us. hollywood producer harvey weinstein beat off actual w

it said they were needed to counter the boko haram extremist group.even in an era when the internet has changed the way we consume content there are good reasons why radio still appeals to audiences it's intimate accessible and relatively cheap to produce which suits small communities with outlooks and issues of their very own take mexico population one hundred ten million in such a geographically and culturally diverse country community radio stations provide local news and views that mainstream news outlets do not sometimes that brings them into conflict with the authorities and also with criminal elements drug gangs with deadly results there's a new law promising community radio stations a small slice of the federal government's advertising budget but that's a bit of a double edged sword the stations could always use a revenue injection but could government money become a threat to their independence the listening post will yawn now on community radio in mexico what it means to audiences and what the future might hold. you know guess. what communit

says that jackson was -- were in niger, trying to find out information and doing the mission about boko haram. and she said his transmitter was still emitting for two days, emitting a signal when he was located. and she says that makes no sense, why he wasn't located. what say you about that. and also, what do you say about her comment that he did not know, and the wife, the widow, said that the president did not know his name. he kept saying "your guy, your guy." >> just because the president said "your guy," i don't think that means he doesn't know his name. the hardest job he has is making calls like that. i think it is appalling what the congresswoman has done, and the way she has politicized this issue. and the way that she is trying to make this about something that it isn't. this was a president who loves our country very much, who has the greatest level of respect for men in uniform. and i think to try to create something from that that the congresswoman is doing is frankly apalling and disgusting. >> what about boko haram and niger. the mission -- >> as i said to major before, i'm no

this is an area that has seen a transformation of various terrorist groups starting with boko haram, going to al qaeda in the islamic maghreb, aqam, and now it's the atlantic state. all these really cool name these terrorist groups are naming themselves are basically the same people with in-flow and out-flow of different terrorists. the special forces working with the various africa troops like the forces from niger and from chad have been very good in terms of tamping these elements down. but all the questions, it surprises me hearing various congressmen and senator questioning these because they've been receiving the reports now for several years in terms of their posture but also their intelligence requirements. and they know that there are either special forces or national guard forces in many of these countries. >> okay, so as it pertains to, now, the ongoing investigation about what happened in niger in these four green berets who where killed and now, based on some earlier reporting, it appears that johnson, la david johnson's body was found nearly a mile away from the site of

they're going after boko haram, one is going after isis.roups have formed into this new group jim said. what's interesting about that, when you're talking five or six or seven special forces soldiers with a battalion of african soldiers, there's going to be confusi confusion. i had an incident in iraq where a soldier was killed and he crawled to the bushes, he wasn't found for six hours and he died. those things happen when you're talking about getting people out of there, trying to fight the enemy, some may get left behind. but october 5th, africa command started an investigation on this. so a day after this incident happened, a 15-6 type of investigation was started and all of that is taking place right now to look at the things jim just mention. was there the right medevac, did they have a good feel for intelligence, the kind of investigation that goes on is unbelievably intense and occurs when there's a death of an american. p so that is taking place right now. >> thank you all, i didn't mean to rush you along but we want to pay tribute

it is a breakoff fragment of what used to be boko haram. i'm concerned about an isis affiliate in niger and mali, and i think that deserves our attention. whether or not this specific incident and some of the operational shortcomings rising to the level that we need to launch a full investigation, i'll wait until we get a classified briefing to make a judgement call here. it was a relatively small operation, but he lost four americans and it seems there were some shortcomings in intelligence, in air cover and the planning and execution of this particular incident. >> i want to get your reaction to that "washington post" report that the father of one fallen u.s. soldier was told by the president back in june that there would be a $25,000 check sent to him. check was never sent but the white house today confirming that the president today sent that check. what was your reaction to that when you heard that report? >> wolf, i've got a very mixed reaction. it's quite generous of the president to send a personal check of that size to someone, but

we have boko haram in nigeria to the south. then you have importantly, i says to the north in libya which completely fell apart under the obama administration after the overthrow of muammar qaddafi. >> bret: as the administration drops the hammer on terrorists in iraq and syria on terrorists. it's like a water balloon. it goes somewhere else. west africa has been that someplace else. >> as you squeeze, you are seeing isis flow to afghanistan. that's why the strategy to stay engaged there is so important. you've seen isis takeover city in the southern philippines and you are seeing them hot and heavy in western iraq. that's what our green berets are so important to do. they are specialized in training local forces for the long term so they can take the fight on their own. we need power we need power in the short-term but in the long term we have to undermine the ideology and train our partners. >> bret: we are getting ready to go the go to the white hous. the president getting ready to meet with advisors. the president made comm

the bottom line is we need to focus on what boko haram and al qaeda and the maghreb are doing in africand get to the bottom of how this military group had conducted many sorties and how all of a sudden, out of the bleue, we had this tragedy. >> that is being investigated. general mattis met with john mccain after he threatened to speak that the white house for information he believes they have. this is coming on the heels of the critics calling niger president trump's benghazi. what are the main questions you want answered about the attack and its aftermath? >> i think we've been so distracted we haven't focused enough on what the results of these radical madrassas have brought in africa. when we think of africa, we think more of the lord's ira army in uganda and not what's happening on the western side of sub-saharan africa. i'd like to find out how much al qaeda and isis activity there is. i'd like to find out if any of these governments are complex sit in it. and elevate the profile. i know they're active in nigeria. probably senegal. maybe even cameroon, i don't know. >> notwithstan

her -- talk to her and she says was --ckson [indiscernible] outr trying to find information about boko haram. his transmitter was imaging for two days -- emitting for two days. it makes no sense why he was not located had what do you say about her comment that he did not know, the widow said that the president did not know his name. >> just because the president said your guy, that does not mean he does not know his name. the hardest job he has is making calls like that. appalling what the congresswoman has done and the way she has politicized this issue. the way that she is trying to make this about something that it isn't. this is a president who loves her country very much, who has the greatest level of respect for men and women in uniform, who wanted to offer condolences to the family. to try to create something from that that the congresswoman is doing is frankly appalling and disgusting. >> what did she say about the mission? >> i'm not going to get into the details of that action. as i said before i'm not going to get into the deep he deals -- the details of that action. >> setting as

over 35,000 soldiers from the region to fight terrorists and affiliated with isis, al qaeda and boko haram. let me address the specific events in niger that took place early this month. on the 3rd of october, 12 members of u.s. special operations task force accompanied 30 nigerian forces on a civil military reconnaissance anything pro the capital city near an area near the village of tongo-tongo. 30-kilometer letters to the north was location of that village on 4th of october, u.s. and nigerian forces moved south. the patrol came under attack from 50 enemies using small arms, fire, rocket-propelled grenade is and technical vehicles. what i want to walk through for you the timeline that we have in kind of what i would categorize what we know about the incident. early morning of 3rd of october u.s. forces accompanied nye saparmurat niyazov gearian unit. they assessed that contact with the enemy was unlikely. mid-morning october 4th the patrol began to take fire as they were returning to the operating base. approximately one hour after taking fire the team requested support. within minutes, a

citizens more than sixteen hundred suspected boko haram fighters are facing mass trials in nigeria the trials are being held behind closed doors at a military facility rights groups say they're worried about the lack of transparency. at least twelve or hender refugees have drowned after the boat capsized on its way from myanmar to bangladesh it's the third incident of our hands refugees drowning since the latest crackdown by the me and more military began in august the german chancellor says a deal limiting the intake of refugees will help forge a new government coalition. has announced a cap on new arrivals of two hundred thousand a year it's an attempt to unite the conservative bloc after unprecedented losses in last month's election before me didn't. miss i'm happy that we found a compromise we didn't make it easy for ourselves yesterday for many hours we discussed all facets of asylum refugee and immigration. we also analyzed the current situation and it was clear that it is all about an overall concept an overall concept and a regularly true framework for migration. which prime mi

one, lake chad basin, in which boko haram and isis, west africa, is actively, is actively fighting inad, cameroon, and niger. and then niger, with isis al qaeda and other affiliates in mali, baa kbu kina faso, all connected to algeria. this is a hugely ambiguous and complex area, but what special forces are doing is appropriate special operation force missions. >> what does that mean, general? what does that mean? what kinds of missions? how many are there? what kind of manpower is on the ground? >> well, as general dunford indicated, there's about 800 and the reason there's 800 is you're confronted the security issues that isis and boko haram and al qaeda cause for nigeria. so there's a larger concentration there than you would find in other countries in africa. they're doing civil military operations, they're helping our partners understand how to operate in and among the populist. they are accompanying them when appropriate, and i think general dunford laid those criteria out very accurately and succinct yesterday, on patrols to develop information, to support our partners and enab

still ahead on al jazeera an upsurge in violence by the armed group boko haram means independence day celebrations in northeast nigeria. demonstrators in hong kong march against what they say is political persecution by china. and in sport lifting the ban on head coverings the long battle to play basketball is finally over for muslim women. later in the program. hello and welcome to international weather forecasts it's all looking pretty unsettled across more northwestern parts of europe at the moment we're not tobin a definite looks like autumn at the moment was these are frontal systems pushing in deep low pressure system giving some very strong winds so cool and share across the u.k. we've got this front extending down through germany down as far as italy central and eastern parts here looking dry but of this area of high pressure is no particular warm moscow they're just eight degrees recovering to ten as we head on through into tuesday so that stage some heavy rain across austria further towards the southeast jury not looking too bad we've lost some of the showers richard been ar

troops and drone bases, the mission to keep eyes on terrorist groups from isis to boko haram. >> are these u.s. forces looking to engage islamic militants? >> no, we are on a mission. >> reporter: the brazen ambush could mark a new battle against isis in africa as isis fighters lose territory in syria and iraq. lester? >> hans nichols tonight, thank you. in washington this evening signs the door may be opening slightly from republicans in congress and possibly from the nra to new restrictions on bump stocks, the devices used by the las vegas killer to turn his semiautomatic weapons into automatic machine guns. nbc's halle jackson has details. >> reporter: after decades of republican resistance on gun control, tonight a new narrow opening on bump stocks which lets semiautomatic guns fire faster. >> apparently this allows you to take a semiautomatic turn into a full automatic. it is something we need to being look into. >> reporter: not just house speaker paul ryan, but one of the highest ranking senators john cornyn. >> i think it's worth serious consideration. >> reporter: and the pr

there are countries such as nigeria, where boko haram has been reportedly in decline. it is affiliated there. they can still work in alliance. the philippines is another country where there are loosely tied groups. they are not going away. it is like like a mall. you take back the city if you wrest the territory. ideologically, they are still there. they are preparing for things. we have seen the devastating effect with which they can still wage these attacks. loosely inspired, more tightly planned, from london, to manchester, to barcelona, to marseilles. are there signs that will not continue to happen? unfortunately not. anchor: iran's highest power said they would stick to the 2015 historic nuclear deal as long as the other signatories respected it. this was the ayatollah's first official response to the speech on friday in which trump divulged a tougher iran policy. we will cross to our correspondent in iran for more. we have seen some back and forth on this isissue. previously -- reporterer: previously, the iranians have said they will continue to liaise with euro

it said they were needed to counter the boko haram extremist group. even in an era when the internet has changed the way we consume content there are good reasons why radio still appeals to audiences it's intimate accessible and relatively cheap to produce which suits small communities with outlooks and issues of their very own take mexico population one hundred ten million in such a geographically and culturally diverse country community radio stations provide local news and views that mainstream news outlets do not sometimes that brings them into conflict with the authorities and also with criminal elements drug gangs with deadly results there's a new law promising community radio stations a small slice of the federal government's advertising budget but that's a bit of a double edged sword the stations could always use a revenue injection but could government money become a threat to their independence the listening post will yawn now on community radio in mexico what it means to audiences and what the future might hold. you know guess. what communi

when you look at the fight against isis and the fact that isis and al qaeda have metastasized into boko haram and al-shabaab, you are looking at not only the middle east, but north africa, where there is a terrorism threat. and what we have is basically deployed special forces to those areas to do training and advising of the forces within those countries, in order to give them the capability to go after those terrorist groups in the country. laura: but is there a risk of the u.s. expanding its role without proper scrutiny of what is happening in west africa? mr. panetta: well, there is no question that obviously congress should be aware of where we have deployed these forces, and i'm a little surprised that two senators did not know the numbers of people that are there. but clearly the congress is aware of the fact that we have special forces located in a number of countries, and they are doing training and advising. but again, this is dangerous territory, and they do need good intelligence. they do need to have backup capabilities in order to be able to evacuate troops if they are hit. and

where a climate of fear has returned the latest wave of violence represents a change in strategy by boko haramwith suicide bombings and hostage taking being stepped up. security experts say this was to be expected after the group lost control of territory holding ground is also makes you weaker because if you hold the ground it is you know the opposing force has something substantial to heat but when you. you know you you you you kind of dilute all that advantage in numbers i don't want to put main advantage in training a retired group captain said as an end to the fight is not yet in sight we need. was a very very long time. that you spend weeks in that. operation . very difficult but. the military declined to speak about recent strategy and its own response when our military operation may have calmed the situation but people in the northeast know that they have not lost from fighters in the last eight years have killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than two and a half million others from their homes. north east nigeria sunday is unification day in cameroon it's fifty six years