union military operations degrading them over the last several years and remember that kenyan defense forces have been operating in somalia since two thousand and eleven so here we are eight years later and al shabaab is only now trying to persuade kenyan defense forces to withdraw but on the other hand the african union mission in somalia has tried to press for a drawdown in military operations in small area and some have even gone so far as saying that there should be a drawdown by july of this year kenyan defense forces on the other hand have said let's hold on a little bit let's not make a premature withdraw from smally until we're certain that that the country's security and stabilization is assured before we do withdraw the estimated four thousand forces that kenya does maintain in somalia. still ahead on the bulletin brazil's new president says on the good guys and a country with staggering violent crime and a new mike on coulomb names on the list but not everyone is hoping to get to the united states. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's d

that's probably a false call by al shabaab and remember that kenyan defense forces have been operating in somalia since two thousand and eleven so here we are eight years later and al shabaab is only now trying to persuade kenyan defense forces to withdraw but on the other hand the african union mission in somalia has tried to press for a drawdown in military operations in somalia and some have even gone so far as saying that there should be a drawdown by july of this year kenyan defense forces on the other hand have said let's hold on a little bit let's not make a premature withdrawal from smally until we're certain that that the country's security and stabilization is assured before we do withdraw the estimated four thousand forces that kenyon does maintain in somalia and the meantime can the kenyan government what can the kenyan government do to actually stop the same in a random attacks cannot protect its people was this a failure by the cat kenyan government to protect its citizens. that's a great question and it requires a complicated response to it and certainly part of al-shaba

now as of yet we haven't received any comment from the israeli defense forces but its twitter page is full of tweets people congratulating the outgoing chief of staff and wishing him the best of luck in the future. our daughters policy where they're joining us live thank you. well the years of conflict in syria by regional players and international power players have left scars on the country and its people many of its citizens are still in fact trying to fight for their lives here's the story of one boy. my friend and i were clean ball when we found something in our backyard we didn't know it was a mortar shell started to play with it down we decided to put it in the basement and that's when the explosion happened. a few incidents from died in that explosion so my son got multiple injuries and doctors have to amputate one of his life so there was a risk he would lose the others i didn't know what to do. in the hospital my trash and dr macneill yes. and this is all to international clashes erupted in chile's capital where people took to the streets to protest the killing of a young ma

union military operations degrading them over the last several years and remember that kenyan defense forces have been operating in somalia since two thousand and eleven so here we are eight years later and al shabaab is only now trying to persuade kenyan defense forces to withdraw but on the other hand the african union mission in somalia has tried to press for a drawdown in military operations in small area and some have even gone so far as saying that there should be a drawdown by july of this year kenyan defense forces on the other hand have said let's hold on a little bit let's not make a premature withdrawal from smaller until we're certain that that the country's security and stabilization is assured before we do withdraw the estimated four thousand forces that kenya does maintain in somalia still ahead on the bulletin colombia gets tough on hundreds of bottles by the refugee camp down on both of. those cattle sculptures a lot of nine eleven memorial in new york of course an opera. more clouds sweat rain across iran into pakistan actually occasional light showers mostly further north

the israeli defense forces to take down that report also towards the end of last year there were reports that a former israeli defense minister was knitting with syrian rebels earlier the wall street journal published an article that israel was providing cash to rebel fighters inside syria so certainly what we're hearing now is the first major acknowledgement that these rumors in fact are true. ok thank you paula that was poorly for us there in television. meanwhile a canadian firm claims that the us media routinely shows israel in a better light than palestine will have a look about accusation plus other stories take just off. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the laws. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. get it right to be close this is what before three of the more people. interested falls in the waters of our. first six. zero again our canadian data analytics firm has accused the us media of having a pro israeli bias a new study published by the four one six labs firm says that he lets routinely depicts israel in a more f

nearly twenty posture of moscow the outgoing chief of staff of the israeli defense forces has for the first time acknowledged that israel has been supplying militants in syria with weapons something that's long been denied a middle east correspondent paula slayer investigates he also said that israel has been supplying weapons to syrian forces fighting against the syrian president bashar assad and that these weapons have been for the frame. was the idea of the past three years and a century these comments from her school the beans on what until now has been a poorly guarded secret he also said that israel began attacking the re-union construct a back injury. at the west systematic and that was happening beneath the radar in january twentieth seventeen would begin attacking the infrastructure they run into a building in syria the critical mass was from when to seventeen would begin attacking systematically a number of times each week without making any statements beneath the radar this is not the first time this role has been taking so nail that israel has been supporting rebel fighter

from the israel defense forces which shows where iran belongs that's roughly the terror of iran and then where iran is iran you seem to be the last that's what they're suggesting and they are objecting to iran's alleged intervent they launched air strikes on the capital of syria this week that's right an interesting development there they're not going to nation from britain there are now now announcing these in real time there's a heavy political dimension to this kind of thing so iran and iran and israel are seem to be getting into a tense situation israel definitely on the iran is a tense situation obviously accepting the idea of what i'm saying you know not at all what i'm saying is this is clearly upping the ante between israel and iran that's israel's intention they're trying to get iran to remove whatever forces they claim are in syria while at the same time apparently giving themselves carte blanche to be involved in this themselves that's the irony that the contradiction micro in the meeting in paris today alister but giving evidence on the humanitarian situation in syria i'm sur

let's talk at the israeli defense forces tweeted out, we have started striking iranian targets in syrianan armed forces against attempting to harm israeli forces or territory. wise that unusual? >> this is unusual because the israeli media doesn't have access, the non-censorship, the reason why is the israeli government collectively puts strict safeguards on what information can be released, it is a matter of national security. it is not often israel will -- israeli defense forces will put a statement out, the strategic objective in this case. sending a strong psychological message to the iranian's, the ayatollah, telling them very clearly, that you are in their sites. putting out this type of tweet puts the iranian's in a defensive position to go guess what, they are always watching and wherever -- heather: it makes sense. it makes sense. let's go to venezuela. there is a lot of talk among some democrats in terms of socialism. let's go to venezuela where there have been these clashes between venezuela and these protesters after reported mutiny. is this a type of socialist society we wan

the world israel's military says it has struck iranian military targets inside syria the israel defense forces announced the operation on twitter pictures from within syria claim to show the country's air defenses repelling the attack it's highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalist and patriotic groups have clashed with police in the capital athens tens of thousands took to the streets on sunday to protest against a deal aimed at settling a near three decade old name dispute with macedonia. greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia. the president of his biggest. one is in berlin for talks today president shafqat and missy are your have also different ties with his visit comes at a time of change for the central asian country president mr your you have assumed power two years ago after the death of the country's long term autocratic leader he says he is committed to introducing liberal reforms and to open the doors to the rest of the wild but how much has really changed in the central asian country did you have you say

israel's military said is has struck a rainy and targets of its military inside syria the israel defense forces announcing an operation on twitter pictures from within syria claiming to show the country's air defenses repelling that attack it is highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalist and patriotic groups of clash with police in the capital athens tens of thousands took to the streets sunday to protest the deal and settling in the early three decade old name dispute with macedonia would allow greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia. and police in northern ireland have arrested two more suspects in connection with a car bomb attack in the city of london diary that brings the total number of arrests to four the bomb exploded outside the city's courthouse today there were no casualties police say the attack may have been carried out by a dissident republican group the new ira well president of his backers than is in berlin for talks today president chavez caught mere z.o.f. wants to deepen ties with berlin his trip co

kenya's defense forces were deployed four years ago to clear the gunman's forest i doubt we will stop several times at military checkpoints. for years up to the military operation began gunmen continue to terrorize kenyans in and around boni forest thousands have been displaced from the villages most live in comes for the displaced like this one. for. children was killed in an attack on a live village a few months ago. my children were slaughtered like chicken at night those who attacked us also burnt the houses in the village the security forces brought us here in the morning these people have no access to some of the most basic of services no running water no access to port. the government's ace the pot to one forest where the village has been cleared. and it's time for them to the time home that if you hear a willing to obey. john kerry says says the attacks in his village remain vivid in his mind but words were no vehicle of these numbers you can be attacked in malaya caused widespread fear anyone who witnessed the brutal killings will not think of returning there. this growing fr

mond by the kenya army which is part of can a defense forces as against. the police there were a number of. amendments that were undertaking. investment in terms of resources into security apparatuses in this country and it is believed that because of those actions by the government for about three to four years now we've not had any major incident terrorist attack or any of attack in the country ok. we'll leave that for the moment thanks very much for joining us from nairobi. now up to seven years in jail full ivory coast present norm bad but it will soon be a frame. when say often sessile criminal courts acquitted him of war crimes charges judges and the prosecution failed to save his involvement in violence that followed the twenty ten presidential election. from john. supporters a former i rico sleep celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country . and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release. but if. it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he is a leader our president a man of peace eighty wi

islamist gives and organizations in egypt occupies the egyptian defense forces.he fights elsewhere in the country, the problem of looking after communities like the christian coptic amenities in egypt are big problems. this is like taking a giant hammer to crack a little nut. abuses have hit an enormous rate in egypt. emmanuel macron in private, when they met in 2017, presented the a list oft with political prisoners he asked to be released. of those presented, only two have been released. even if a fellow president makes a request in private, it doesn't get you far. the accusations leveled against the egyptian regime are pretty severe, disappearances, torture, and extremely abusive security regime. all of those who have been closers without trial, ngos,closures of numerous things on the web. one can understand the problems egypt is facing and that is what emmanuel macron will be persuading him to do, which is to open up. ofre is a better chance dealing with security problems long-term, but this repression in the end leads to further security problems. genie: it

now it is surrounded by members of the syrian defense force, predominately kurds.s to dig into the city. crisscrossing it with tunnels and planting ids. that starts the battle, which was incredibly destructive. most buildings are either flattened or have the marks of war. it took about a month to liberate, but the battle is still raging 10 miles behind me. commander tells a fox news isis now holds just over one square mile of land with about 1500 to 2,000 fighters. he points out known isis petitions. each one his logs, related to the fighters and u.s. partners, then target peered u.s. forces are here, you catch them moving around in basis. in a humvee, we push on into the final village of the . the final line of battle weary man. this is it, the very last isis village. and no journalists have been here before. at their peak, they controlled around 40,000 square miles. that is roughly an area the size of kentucky. they had 65,000 fighters, and they ruled over a million people. today, all of that is gone. all that's left is what you see behind me. many people here po

that is the syrian defense forces.hese syrian defense forces have fought isis, have died on the line for america's interests. and we cannot abandon them. so we are leaving our troops there for now. >> harris: how many are there right now? >> right now there are 2,000 troops, roughly -- >> harris: that's not meant to begin with. >> not many. they are in the northeast region of syria, in the middle euphrates valley river area. this area is the region that they all want to get their claws back into, because it's oil-rich and an agricultural base. we want to feel confident in what you know and what you have seen, that we could respond quickly from iraq? we have 5,500, i think, from your numbers. and that's what i've also read. in position there. >> absolutely, our special forces of the best number. make no mistake, they are prepared and agile. they can deploy anywhere in the world within 48 hours. i know that the u.s. forces and special operations for the army are working side-by-side with us. this is something that is goi

israel's military says it has struck a right knee and special military units inside syria the israeli defense force announced the operation on twitter syrian state t.v. broadcast footage of what it says with its defense systems repelling the attack it's highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalist groups have clashed with police in the capital athens thousands gathered to protest a bid by prime minister alexis tsipras to settle a nearly.

we spoke to former israeli defense forces soldier tommy got deep you told us that physical differences between men and women have to be taken into account. they think that we have to understand that there are some physical differences between men and women and we can't. disregard them we have to look at them and the knowledge of them and only by not enjoying them we can involve women into different army units and putting them in key roles in the army there are physical differences between men and women and putting i take it as a truth that putting women into into these army units are important because the army can only gain from it you gain compassion you gain a different kind of dialect you gain a lot of different things and the physical aspect is a very important one but if you're talking about an elite unit you can take women that are elite in their physical abilities but even a woman that is a little more physical is the best of the best in our physical ability will not come to be close to the man that is the fastest or best in his abilities this is our future national join me for

syria says us defense forces have shot down a number of israeli missile attacks targeted at damascus tel of the meanwhile claims to be striking iranian forces the situation is still evolving. syria has already thwarted another israeli strike targeting an area south of the capital shooting down several missiles shortly after that incident israel's ministry claims to have taken down a rocket if the occupied golan heights no specifics were given however about the source of the launch his call islay with the details syrian air defenses repelled an airstrike that is why he believes have been carried out by israel now they managed to shoot down seven missiles that were targeting the area around damascus international airport as and israel when plane was coming into land this happened during daylight hours on sunday afternoon which in an obvious soft is quite unusual . the army said that it had intercepted a missile from syria over israel's tallest peak mount him on and that interception was witnessed by thousands of tourists who were skiing at the time this is a highly unusual incident beca

the former chief of staff of the israeli defense forces who has just left his posts for the first time acknowledged that israel supplied militants in syria with weapons something that's long been denied our middle east correspondent course slayer has the details. but this is the first time that any israeli military official has acknowledged that israel has been providing aid to rebels fighting against the syrian president bashar al assad and what we're hearing from god the eyes and cartoonists. are what has been until now a badly kept secret he says that israel has been supplying the rebels with light weapons for so-called self defense at the same time he also says that israel has been fighting forces inside syria and he revealed some details of those operations in january twenty seventh in would begin attacking the infrastructure of the iranians through a building in syria the group to go mass was from twenty seventeen would begin attacking systematically number of times each week without making any statements beneath the radar this comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu c

today israel's military says it has struck a rainy and military targets inside syria the israel defense forces announcing the operation on twitter pictures from within syria claim to show the country's air defenses repel and that attack it's highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalist and patriotic groups have clashed with police in the capital athens tens of thousands taking to the streets sunday to protest deal aimed at settling nearly three decade old name dispute with macedonia you would allow greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia. well stargazers got a real treat just a short while ago thanks to a rare lunar eclipse some are calling it the super blood wolf moon now it was visible last night in north and south america and across the atlantic to western and northern europe as you can see here the moon appeared to turn this stunning mesmerizing shade of red if you missed it bad luck but here in europe we may have to wait until twenty twenty nine to see another total lunar eclipse. ok let's get some insights on thi

humanitarian aid to young boys and girls it is expensive but we will continue to invest in the israeli defense forces has so far not publicly commented on these comments although its twitter page is full of tweets people wishing the outgoing. a base don't lack for years of conflict in syria have left scars on the country and its people many of its citizens are still having to fight for and rebuild their lives here is the story of one boy. my friend and i were playing ball when we found something in our backyard was even though it was a mortar shell started to play with it down we decided to put it in the basement and that's when the explosion happened. a few of them with a friend died in that explosion so my son got multiple injuries and doctors had to amputate one of his life so there was a risk he would lose the others i didn't know what to do luckily in the hospital limit russian doctor ilya. i will be back with more of your stories at the top of the hour. when i came back from a. now oh mary was her was cocaine methamphetamine so anything that's altering trying to get us out of. that bad mindset

today is rules no terry says it has struck a rainy and military targets inside syria the israel defense force is announcing the operation on twitter pictures from within syria claim to show the country's air defenses repelling the attack it is highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalist and patriotic groups have clashed with police in the capital athens tens of thousands took to the series sunday to protest the deal and settling a nearly three decade old named as you with macedonia it would allow greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia. sky watchers in the americas and parts of europe got a special treat overnight the only total lunar eclipse this year combined with the years first super moon scattered sunlight turned the moon blood red during the eclipse and earth's shadow completely obscured the moon for about an hour. minister theresa may set to announce her plan before breakfast today to try to keep britain from crashing out of the e.u. without an agreement on march the twenty ninth now this comes after lawmakers

arms escalation or an expansion quite the contrary it's been a rather dismal reversal for the us defense forces over the past couple of decades decade into the in the last decade in particular and so they need to modernize their weapons systems away from the older technologies which we being used to fight wars in iraq and afghanistan and the like and get back to strategic weapons rusher and that they will probably go to china have already committed into that's a sphere china in particular has already committed into the space basing of weapons and strategic systems so really the united states is is playing catch up and and this report even the un kind of five hundred a page version of it was fairly measured and moderate in how to intended to approach that your correspondent mentioned the deployment of a few small numbers of. interceptors to be based in alaska for example this is really token a small start to the program is nothing very great in d. so really the u.s. is not doing anything too ambitious the decision by president trump to push for a new branch of the military the space force really

so we talked to former israeli defense forces soldier atomic and she told us physical differences between men and women have to be taken into account you have to understand that there are some physical differences between men and women and we can't. disregard them we have to look at them and the knowledge of them and only by acknowledging them we can involve women into different army units and putting them in the roles in the army i take as the truth that putting women into into these army units are important because the army can only gain from it you gain compassion you gain a different kind of dialect you gain a lot of different things and the physical aspect is a very important one but if you are talking about an elite unit you can take women that are elite in their physical abilities but even a woman that is elite and or physical is the best of the best in our physical ability will not come to be close to the man that is the fastest or best in his abilities. years of conflict in syria have left scars on the country and of course its people some of its citizens are still having to figh

around the world israel's military says it struck iranian military targets inside syria the israel defense forces announced the operation on twitter bitches from within syria claim to show the country's and defenses repelling the attack it's highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalist and patriotic groups have clashed with police in the capital athens tens of thousands took to the streets on sunday to protest against a deal aimed at settling a nearly three decades old name dispute with macedonia it would allow greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia. police in ireland have arrested two more suspects in connection with a car bomb attack in the city of london derry that brings the total number of arrests to four the bomb exploded outside the city's courthouse on saturday there were no casualties police say the attack may have been carried out by the dissident republican groups the new ira. muslims in the southern philippines have voted in a referendum that could grant them more autonomy is the culmination of a peace proces

calm in somalia that toasted the kenyan defense force and killed over two hundred soldiers that's the last one we had which was also commemorating what happened the attack that happened yesterday and this would tell before then we've had attacks like the one at the university. and some few more you know as my know once that happened in the north part of kenya but we've seen it happening but in this scale it's not mean this. we can say that it's it's it's something that is keep on pressing to prove a point thank you very much joy. in the kenyan capital nairobi thank you joy well now to zimbabwe where the president has called for calm and vowed to fix the shattered economy that sponsored violent protests his intervention comes after leading activists was arrested and charged in harare pass to evan rose to prominence as a critic of former leader robert mugabe have been mass demonstrations across him bob why since the government more than doubled the fuel the fuel price of fuel i should say human rights watch says that at least five people have been killed. the international criminal cour

world israel's military says it has struck iranian military targets inside syria the israeli defense forces announced the operation on twitter bitches from within syria claim to show the country's an edge of france's repelling me attack it's highly unusual for israel to admit attacking targets inside syria. greek nationalists and patriotic groups have clashed with police in the capture africans tens of thousands took to the streets on sunday to protest against a deal aimed at settling a nearly three decades old name dispute with macedonia it would allow greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia. sky watchers in the americas and parts of europe got a special treat overnight the only total lunar eclipse this year combined with the first super moon scattered some light on the moon blood red steering the eclipse and earth's shadow completely obscured the moon for an hour. the president of his biggest son is in berlin for talks today president shafqat amusia yet once or deepen ties with but when his visit comes at a time of change for the central asian country p

we spoke to former israeli defense forces soldier tommy got the who told us that physical differences between men and women have to be taken into account they think that we have to understand that there are some physical differences between men and women and we can't. disregard them we have to look at them and the knowledge of them and only by not enjoying them we can involve women into our different army units and putting them in key roles in the army there are physical differences between men and women and putting i think is the truth that putting women into into these army units are important because the army can only gain from it you gain compassion you gain a different kind of dialect you gain a lot of different things.

the former head of the israel defense forces has for the first time knowledge the country supplied weaponry to militants in syria something that have previously been denied at least correspondent paula slayer has a story. well this is the first time ever that any israeli military official has acknowledged that israel has been providing aid to rebels fighting against the syrian president bashar al assad and what we're hearing from god the eyes and cartoonists of the beans are what has been until now a badly kept secret he says that israel has been supplying rebel rebels with light weapons for so-called self defense at the same time he also says that israel has been fighting in rainy and horses inside syria and he revealed some details of those operations in january twenty seventh team would begin attacking the infrastructure of the iranians through a building in syria the group to go mass was from twenty seventeen would begin attacking systematically a number of times each week without making any statements beneath the radar this comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues t

kenya's defense forces were deployed four years ago to clear the gunman's forest i doubt we will stop several times at military checkpoints. for years up to the military operation began gunmen continue to terrorize kenyans in and around boni forest thousands have been displaced from the villages most live in comes for the displaced like this one. for. children was killed in an attack on leave village a few months ago. my children were slaughtered like chicken at night those who attacked us also burned the houses in the village the security forces brought us here in the morning these people have no access to some of the most basic of services no running water no access for the government's case the pottle warning forest where the village has been. and it's time for them to the time home that if you hear a willing to obey. john kerry says say's the tox in his village remain vivid in his mind but. you can be attacking the lowly caused widespread fear anyone who witnessed the brutal killings will not think of returning there are. these growing frustration about what some say is then abili

the former head of the israel defense forces has for the first time acknowledged his country supplied weapons the militants in syria something that was previously denied at least correspondent paul asli has the story well this is the first time ever that any israeli military official has acknowledged that israel has been providing aid to rebels fighting against the syrian president bashar al assad and what we're hearing from god the eyes in khartoum essentially expelling the beings are what has been until now a badly kept secret he says that israel has been supplying rebel rebels with light weapons for so-called self defense at the same time he also says that israel has been fighting in rainy and horses inside syria and he revealed some details of those operations in january twenty seventh in would begin attacking the infrastructure they run into a building in syria agreed to go mass was from twenty seventeen would begin attacking systematically a number of times each week without making any statements beneath the radar this comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues

kenya's defense forces what deployed four years ago to clear the gunman's forest hideout we will stop several times at military checkpoints. for years up to the military operation began gunmen continue to terrorize kenyans in and around boni forest thousands have been displaced from the villages most live in comes for the displaced like this one. for. children was killed in an attack on believe village a few months ago. work on work i seen. my children were slaughtered like chicken at night those who attacked us also burnt the houses in the village the security forces brought us here in the morning these people have no access to some of the most basic of services no running water no access to. the government's case the pottle want a forest where their villages has been cleared. and it's time for them to the time home very few here are willing to obey john kerry says says the attacks in his village remain vivid in his mind but no theater that is numbered you can be attacking an allele caused widespread fear anyone who witnessed the brutal killings will not think of returning there. the