led coalition fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 cut type hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least $27.00 fighters and injuring $51.00 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge and all that if we are warning the united states as we warned before that there are legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance iraq's prime minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty when iran says its terrorism type hezbollah is part of the popular mobilization forces belong with the iraqi army helped to defeat arsenal but the u.s. says the strikes were a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel similar to fulton reports from anbar province. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time. i'm u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are

led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says that sunday's strikes were in response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel meanwhile iraqis in the city of kirkuk and for a protest against the u.s. operation demonstrators held up pictures of those killed in the airstrikes calling the strikes a violation of their sovereignty to have an update from washington in a moment but 1st al-jazeera some out of 14 reports from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops troops are based. on precedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and mo

led coalition against eisel the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel it's warned of further action to protect them if necessary. we'll be live in washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s.

led coalition against eisel the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei are called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel as want to further action to protect them if necessary. we'll have an update from washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage in iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care koch what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this the republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy the type hezbollah is part of the popular mobilizat

for fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u.s. and these iranian backed groups have escalated quite a bit in this particular at attack we're hearing from a source inside the p.m.s. has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both u.s. and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks to cut type hezbollah the last one happened last friday and for the 1st time it actually claimed the life of one u.s. contractor and it injured several u.s. personnel now of course secretary of state mike compare has said before that any such attack that harm u.s. troops or their allies would be met with decisive force so this strike is basically a response to that now it does present a departure from the previous stance of the u.s. when it basically tried to urge the iraqi government to rein in groups like the type it has while are reminding the government that it is responsible for th

which helped the iraqi government fight eisel similar fulton has more . the tensions between the u.s. and these iranian backed groups have at quite a quite a bit in this particular at attack we're hearing from a source inside the pm of has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of the theories of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both u.s. and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks took a type as ball of the last one happened last friday and for the 1st time with actually claimed the life of one u.s. contractor and injured several u.s. personnel the yemeni government is blaming who the rebels for a missile attack on a military graduation parade which killed at least 7 people no one has claimed responsibility for the strike in the southern town of july the apparent target was the security forces a southern separatist group trained and equipped by the united arab emirates 16 somalis who were badly wounded in a bombing in mogadishu h

turkey has sent more suspected eisel fighters and their families to their home countries this time to france 11 suspects have been deported joining more than 60 other foreign nationals have been sent home by turkey since mid november most of them have come from france or germany but the revulsive been others from belgium australia and the u.s. turkey has been holding more than 1200 suspected ice all members in its prisons and in northern syria last month ankara amounts that would be ramping up its efforts to deport more ice or fighters the has more from paris on the agreement between turkey and france. back in november when the turkish government announced that it would be deporting some of these suspected eisel fighters that the french interior minister chris of the time confirmed that france would indeed receive them under an agreement that had been made back in 2014 between france and turkey so it was a different government before president backhauls government that's been very adamant that they do not wish to receive adult eisel suspects the french government says that they are op

one of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from the shares on the port killed by fighters thing to eisele near the border with moderate. opposition parties in the gambia have been rallying against president and they want him to honor his promise to step down by the end of this year make that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago. in the supreme court was due to hear petitions challenging a controversial citizenship law on a stick and go over the legislation has not spread to university campuses. lebanon's president has delayed consultations with political parties that was so posted lead to the naming of a new prime minister calls on other nights of violence where security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets a protest site paula meant to halt a has more from beirut minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanon's presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of prime minister and saddle heidi the caretaker prime minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the postp

late last night in the province we believe that he was a very high ranking eisel official. we know that he served time in. a prison in basra prior to the formation of this group and that he had a very close relationship to the former leader now he himself is believed to be from salaheddine province and he did serve as the military emir of that province for a few years at the height of isis reign in iraq but this certainly comes at a very important time in this country this will be seen as a very significant victory for iraqi forces fighting that was left behind of this group since they announced that it was defeated eisel was defeated in iraq in 2017 but this comes at a time when the country's in turmoil in all senses and this news will certainly be seen as a positive step for iraqi security forces dosage of ari that live press and baghdad thank you. now someone is government is struggling to contain a measles outbreak that's already killed at least 60 people most of them children under the age of 4 schools and businesses have been closed as the crisis escalates 171 new cas

so far we haven't had any confirmation from the french government as to whether these 11 suspected eisel fighters have been sent from turkey or whether or not they've arrived in france or they're on their way all we know is that back in november when the turkish government announced that it would be deporting some of these suspected eisel fighters that the french interior minister chris of the time confirmed that france would indeed receive them under an agreement that had been made back in 2014 between france and turkey so it was a different government before president micron's government has been very adamant that they do not wish to receive adult eisel suspects the french government says that they are open to receiving children minors but not adults now what normally happens though when suspects are arrive here in france is that they are arrested as soon as they do arrive and that they then face the french justice system but as i said because the french government does not want to receive our adult suspects believing that they should be tried in the area where they committed their cri

lots more so to come on the news hour including eisel fighters are long gone from mosul but life is far from normal for the people in the northern iraqi city. and accusations a large part of sudan's gold wealth has been stolen by a paramilitary group. and sport the world anti-doping agency has russia 4 year ban from all major sporting events details coming up a little later in the program. syrian activists say more than 18000 people have been displaced in the rebel held province in the past 24 hours syrian and russian government their strikes have intensified despite a ceasefire announced by moscow in august at least 10 civilians were killed on sunday has been smith. there was a market here in the southern italy village when the airstrikes began with the idea that they were russian jets according to the syrian observatory for human rights. volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes to do what they've done thousands of times during the civil war trying to save the lives of civilians there are scrubbing through the dirt by hand when you know it. could displace more rubble

november when the turkish government announced that it would be deporting some of these suspected eisel fighters that the french interior minister christophe cason at the time confirmed that france would indeed receive them under an agreement that had been made back in 2014 between france and turkey so it was a different government before president backhauls government that's been very adamant that they do not wish to receive adult eisel suspects the french government says that they are open to receiving children minors but not adults now what normally happens though when suspects arrive here in france is that they are arrested as soon as they do arrive and that they then face the french justice system but as i said because the french government does not want to receive our adult suspects believing that they should be tried in the area where they committed their crimes they the relationship between france and turkey is probably going to be further strained by this and of course we've seen just recently how that has become increasingly tense last week emmanuel might cross suggesting that

the crossfire are we speak to villagers in afghanistan suffering under the bombing campaign against eisel. gammons who see rebels call for international help after a deserted tanker spills millions of barrels of oil into the red sea. and then sport tiger woods captains his country to victory at the presidents cup woods in leeds at the usa to an 8th straight title when the one of golf's a top team at that. but 1st millions have protests across the world calling for urgent action once un climate talks in madrid are making slow progress marts deep division the current 25 meeting is now nearly 2 days past its deadline countries are deadlocked over emissions targets and how much money poorer countries should receive to cope with climate change well the chairwoman told delegates the world needs them to reach a deal i request all the fix ability all your training. you know on all your volunteer to find you know these agri without the sick consensus that we need to have an ambitious result we are almost there he's hard it's difficult but he's worth it i specially need you but people you know we'r

fought side by side against isiah following eisel territorial defeat 2 years ago the u.s. retained around 5000 troops in country to support iraqi security forces as they search for i saw sleeper cells hiding in deserts one of those clearing operations coincided with a u.s. mission against the type hizbullah that i know as an air base here in western anbar province is an important launching pad for operations against beisel but recent rocket attacks against bases where u.s. personnel are stationed including i know last an air base in early december could hamper operations raising fears of a proxy war between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil in an unusual announcement following a. in the acid attack the u.s. publicly blamed the type hezbollah the iraqi government hasn't attribute blame but has tightened security. said the but there's going to security measures were. operation for the coalition forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the outer perimeter of a search to protect the base investigations are continuing until now but it's not completed.

countries including france not taking back their nationals no prisoners in syria having fought for eisel. would you like some nice isis fighters you like to give them you believe you can take everyone you want to live if you say . very arguable point with them the wrong i'm focused on the. community the vision. you have foreign fighters coming from europe if you can finally get all of them we have in the region the number one problem of the foreign fight this is the point really. and you have one more fight for you to see. this is where he grew politician because i was one of the greatest economy answers ever. so the trouble disagreements are not the only ones at this summit the french leader at. turkey because of its recent incursion targeting the kurds in northern syria is going to see. this in the field of the on duty. we need to be. seen out fighting against those who fight with us. short of. turkey's president later met with his u.k. host prime minister johnson as well as president barack raul and the german chancellor merkel he's threatening to block plans to protect poland and the

and afghan aerial bombings are believed to have severely reduced eisel forces only around half of the group's $4005.00 is a thought to still be active cross afghanistan however as tony berkeley reports now from the province civilians are facing the brunt of the sustained bombing campaign . this is the village of good day in one go hard province close to the pakistan border it was the stronghold of eisel in afghanistan now it's a ruin destroyed by u.s. bombs it was on here that the armed group planned and launched attacks and carried out brutal punishments but over the last few months the u.s. and afghan air forces have waged a sustained bombing campaign that has significantly reduced eyesores capability. the joint campaign with the us has been big and effective it has been a game changer and will continue wherever they are we will target them i saw is in the process of being eradicated we won't stop until they are. that contrast with the situation 6 months ago when i saw all bolstered by fighters from iraq and syria was being described as a serious threat 2 weeks ago hundreds of its f

countries including france not taking back their nationals no prisoners in syria having fought for eisel. would you like some nice isis fighters you could give a few you could take everyone you want to let you take a. very large number find something wrong i'm focused on the. community. he knew that you had foreign fighters coming in from europe and this is the only recall of all of them we have in the region the number one problem of the front 5 this is the ice cream. and you have one more like you this is the reason. this is where it is where the dish is always one of the greatest managers. so the trouble disagreements are not the only ones at this summit the french leader attacked turkey because of its recent incursion targeting the kurds in northern syria to see. this and the feel of the county. we needed to think. they now are finding against those who fight with us. charlotte. turk is president later met with his u.k. host prime minister johnson as well as president marc raul and the german chancellor merkel he's threatening to block nato has plans to protect poland and the baltic

led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad washington says that sunday strikes were were in response to threats by raney and backed forces against u.s. personnel pro-democracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in saddam's history 29 members of the security forces have been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a protest a school teacher ahmed killed was killed during protests that ultimately led to the ousting of president omar al bashir the former chairman of japanese car giant miss out as arrives in lebanon saying he's a scaped in justice and political persecution in japan carlos ghosn was arrested in tokyo of allegations of financial misconduct that he denies that al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people the armed groups as the saturday's attack targeted a convoy of somali and to his forces those are the headlines the news continues after the stream next. what happens when comes for a new life

led coalition against eisel. the former chairman of car giant nissen has fled to lebanon from japan where he faces trial over allegations of financial misconduct carlos ghosn who holds a lebanese passports was arrested in tokyo last year he said in a statement she escaped injustice and political persecution when his lawyers called his behavior inexcusable. and the united nations recognized governments in libya has denied allegations that turkish backed syrian rebels have been fighting alongside it so me were a lot holy for have to his forces have accused turkey of sending what they call it stream as terrorists into the country on monday the turkish government submitted a motion to parliament seeking approval to deploy troops to libya and chris says the conflicts is threatening its interests that see up to date the news continues after inside story. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera international bringing the news and curren

led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad meanwhile protests against the u.s. operation have been held in the cities of kirkuk and basra demonstrators call the airstrikes a violation of their sovereignty and held up pictures of those killed some one of 14 reports from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the garage to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy that type hezbollah is part of the popular mobilization forces a paramilitary group set up to fight eis

nasty and insulting but later trump described a man here in mcallen france as helpful in fighting eisel on diplomatic editor james bays begins our coverage. it's supposed to be nato's 70th birthday but there's no celebration instead an atmosphere of disagreement and division with the u.s. president who once called the alliance obsolete now saying he fears that france might leave nato and i heard president. braider i think it's very sobering to a lot of different. when you make a statement like that is very very very nasty statement to essentially 20. 1 of the countries those comments were particularly pointed as president trump's next public meeting was with the french president there were uncomfortable moments when they were asked about european countries including france not taking back their nationals no prisoners in syria having fought for eisel. would. you. say when you were. there in october i discovered that mom and i just i mean from. the rich. food. for advice coming from europe and. all of this you have to be number one for the mom of the 4 and 5 this is fine really. you know

and afghan military are the only ones pushing back against eisel. we have a war under war within a war the main war is the afghan government supported by the us fighting against the afghan taliban for comparable of a country but within that war we have the islamic state trying to establish itself in afghanistan and being attacked by all sides it is facing a attacks from the afghan government and the u.s. military the afghan taliban are also fighting against islamic state in fact there is a visceral hatred between those 2 groups and this is what i would do to describe our war within a war they the taliban remain committed to their jihad to try and win control of afghanistan and they see die as potentially a. a mortal enemy because they are vying with the taliban for control of this jihad so actually it's not just the americans the afghan government who are fighting against eisel the the taliban have spent much of the past year and committing some of their best forces to attacking eyesore. argentina could soon start importing rubbish even though some

turkey has sent more suspected eisel fighters and their families to their home countries this time to france 11 suspects have been deported joining more than 60 other foreign nationals who've been sent home by turkey since mid november most of them have come from france or germany germany but they have also been others from belgium australia and the us turkey. has been holding more than $1200.00 suspected i saw members in its prisons and in northern syria last month turkey announced that it would be ramping up its efforts to deport more i saw fighters tasha butler has more from paris on the agreement between turkey and for us back in november when the turkish government announced that it would be deporting some of these suspected eisel fighters that the french interior minister chris of the time confirmed that france would indeed receive them under an agreement that had been made back in 2014 between france and turkey so it was a different government before president might cause a government that's been very adamant that they do not wish to receive adult eisel suspects the french gove

of the most recent attacks 71 soldiers from the shares army were killed by fighting is linked to eisele near the border with mali aflat has this report. these are desperate times so africa sail region groups are inflicting heavy losses to armies and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi didn't find a solution almost president mohammad yousuf who says the frequency and sophistication of recent attacks these waters of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. the g 5 chairman appealed for a new strategy to phrase the growing threat. we must work together to ensure victory against terrorism in the short middle and long term as the case in other countries fighting terrorism we need allies in alliance characterized with responsibility cooperation and respect for each other. at the end of the meeting the leaders re

led coalition against eisel and plans to summon the u.s. ambassador in baghdad washington says that sunday's strikes were in response to threats by radio and backed forces against u.s. personnel a former chairman of japan's car giant dishonors arrived in lebanon saying that he's escaped in justice and political person in persecution colace god was arrested in tokyo in 2018 over allegations of financial misconduct that he denies he was released from custody under strict bail conditions including not being allowed to leave the country. pro-democracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in sudan's history 29 members of the security forces have been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a protester schoolteacher ahmed kid was killed during protests that led to the ousting of president obama the shia but was claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people the armed group says that saturday's attack targets of the convoy of somali and turkish forces others the he

the crossfire are we speak to villagers in afghanistan suffering under the bombing campaign against eisel.

countries including france not taking back their nationals no prisoners in syria having fought for eisel. just. to say what you want little. girl no longer find is your mom i'm. are you just coming from syria or iran really. is food. for advice coming from europe this is a time to rethink of all of that in the region the number one problem of the foreign fighters this is the point really. of one of the fighters you to see. this is where he grows well titian is ours one of the greatest challenges. ok the trouble merkel disagreements are not the only ones at this summit the french leader turned turkey because of its recent incursion targeting the kurds in northern syria because. this is indeed a few of the problems of the. new jersey. they now are fighting against those who fight with. charlotte. turkey's president later met with his u.k. host prime minister johnson as well as president marc raul and the german chancellor merkel he's threatening to block nato has plans to protect poland and the baltic states unless others agree with him on syria. the u.s. house democrats have released thei

led coalition against eisel the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u.s. personnel it's warned of further action to protect them if necessary. we'll be live in washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage from iraq's anbar province where some u.s. troops are based. an unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care koch what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this law of the republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy the type hezbollah is part of the popular mobiliz

chief edward gallagher in the interviews 3 navy seals described how he stabbed to death a teenage eisel fighter and held a so-called trophy kill ceremony over the body also said that he was toxic and perfectly ok with killing anybody in a statement gallagher said the interviews were rife with in consistencies and false leads gallagher was charged with killing the wounded eisel captive in iraq posing with the body for a photo and shooting civilians earlier this year a jury of combat veterans acquitted him of the most serious charges after a key witness suddenly reversed his testimony gallagher was found guilty of the lesser offense of posing with a human casualty and was the motive from chief petty officer the case angered president donald trump who reinstated gallagher's rank and fired at the navy chief over his handling of the case from recently host said gallagher and his wife at his resort in palm beach in florida in the scribe the soldier at a rally as one of the country's great fighters well david b. the road is an associate professor at the near east south asia center for strategi

led coalition fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least 27 fighters and injuring 51 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge. you know that if we are warning the united states as we warned before that they're illegal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance iraq's prime minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty while iran says it terrorism. is part of the popular mobilisation forces who along with the iraqi army helped to defeat our so the u.s. says the strikes were a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel . and unprecedented confrontation between the u.s. and iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u.s. airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u.s. personnel are stationed a u.s. contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care coke w

late last night in the province we believe that he was a very high ranking eisel official. we know that he served time in. a prison in basra prior to the formation of this group and that he had a very close relationship to the former leader now self is believed to be from salahadin province and he did serve as the military emir of that province for a few years at the height of isis reign in iraq but this certainly comes at a very important time in this country this will be seen as a very significant victory for iraqi forces fighting was left behind of this group since they announced that it was defeated i saw was defeated in iraq in 2017 but this comes at a time when the country is in turmoil in all senses and this news will certainly be seen as a positive step for iraqi security forces. police in the philippines have raised the total number of people killed by typhoon camorra to 11 at least 345000 people remain in evacuation centers the 20th typhoon of the year weakened after making landfall in eastern areas on monday. natural and manmade disasters have combined to create

un security council meeting on the situation and security situation in the area just days are there eisel linked fighters killed 71 soldiers from the army near the border with mali digits reports from bamako. these are desperate times so africa's a hell week jim armed groups are inflicting heavy losses to our music and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. leaders of the countries affected known as g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution host president mohamed use of force says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks is worse of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. they defied chairman appeal for a new strategy to phrase the growing threat. we must work together to ensure victory against terrorism in the short middle and long term as the case in other countries fighting terrorism we need allies in alliance characterized with responsibility cooperation

leaders paid their respects at the graves of 720 just soldiers killed last week when fighters linked to eisele over on that base in the ninety's more than 230 soldiers have been killed in mali but in a possible and here over the last 4 months in addition to 13 french troops who died in helicopter pollution while hunting for the fighters in the lectured region before and it's really it's a rabbit out of touch with you know i mean and that's it you can see here raising concerns of more violence in the coming weeks and months the g 5 leaders have concluded their summit but their citizens living on the front lines are desperate for help for now although it's not clear if the resolutions of the summit will do that. let's go live to ahmed addresses in mali is the capital bamako for us hi there what are the hopes then for this meeting. well basically looking at the devastation over the last one week or so is probably one of the things that leaders will be discussing about and while they held meeting was holding in yemen by the way there were reported attacks in kenya faso and book around me still act

this jihad so actually it's not just the americans the afghan government who are fighting against eisel they the taliban have spent much of the past year and committing some of their best forces to attacking eisel. india's home minister says that he's willing to discuss suggestions for changes to the new citizenship law following days of protests the u.s. and the u.k. this you travel advisories for northeastern states where it least 5 protesters have been killed the law allows minorities from neighboring countries who are facing persecution to apply for citizenship but muslims are excluded i was there a sale raman is in the epicenter of unrest against the. various civic the society leaders are taking to the stage and hearty on sunday to discuss it and to talk about the issue of the citizenship have meant an act it's brought out the people as you can see in the thousands here to one of the largest grounds in the city for an opportunity for many of the community here here had very little chance to talk to each other because of not only the view but only because of the internet blackout co

were fighting against eisel on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u.s. and iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular at attack we're hearing from a source inside of p.m.s. has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where both of us and iraqi personnel are based in the u.s. attributed some of these attacks took a type has followed the last one happened last friday and for the 1st time it actually claimed the life of one u.s. contractor and it injured several u.s. personnel now of course secretary of state my pompei o has said before that any such attack that harm u.s. troops or their allies would be met with decisive force so this strike is basically a response to that now it does present a departure from the previous stance of the u.s. when it basically tried to urge the iraqi government to rein in groups like hezbollah reminding the government that it is responsible for the safety of u.s. troo

late last night in the province we believe that he was a very high ranking eisel official. we know that he served time in. prison in basra prior to the formation of this group and that he had a very close relationship to the former leader now he himself is believed to be from salaheddine province and he did serve as the military emir of that province for a few years at the height of isis reign in iraq but this certainly comes at a very important time in this country this will be seen as a very significant victory for iraqi forces fighting the what's left behind of this group since they announced that it was defeated i saw was the feed in iraq in 2017 but this comes at a time when the country's in turmoil in all senses and this news will certainly be seen as a positive step for iraqi security forces. colombian unions and student groups holding the 3rd national strike in 2 weeks and then straight as angry about president even dukas economic and social policies they want the government to abandon a proposed tax reform which would lower duties on businesses and demanding more s

particular much of it is desert and you have a lot of groups even before the arrival of al-qaeda and eiselthere were rebellions in the north of mali there were also issues of rebellion in the share of problems in brooklyn a fossil and many other countries in this hell and west africa so in nigeria you have boko haram that is spread not only in nigeria it is going to across the border into cameroon child in asia republic and some very spear that some of them are also moving into particular process so without enough resources to deal with these problems to tackle these train fighters from the middle east from libya north africa and the rest it will be difficult for these forces to to to to to take care of the problem and there are also fear that because of these countries many of these countries don't have any strategic value to probably some members of the 10th influential members of the international community they may not see a response like we saw in syria in other countries while international forces are involved and action is being taken. in the news ahead christmas cancelled why chris

leaders paid their respect to the graves of 720 just soldiers killed last week when fighters linked to eisele over that b.z. unitas more than 230 soldiers have been killed in mali putting up arsenal and me over the last 4 months in addition to french troops or died in helicopter pollution while hunting for the fighters in the lectured region. carried out attacks the regional armies and executed cities. it's raising. all violence in the coming weeks and months the leaders have concluded their summit but their citizens living on the frontlines are desperate for help for now although it's not clear if the resolutions of the summit will do that well let's take a closer look at some of the groups operating in the cyo they are 4 main armed groups in the region i saw a powerful group called. one muslimeen and unsound rule islam both are al qaeda affiliates they operate in northern working or faso on the border with mali the group i saw in the greatest horror has been launching attacks in each area since the end of 2016 book or rahman i saw in west africa still operate from northeastern nigeria near

president trump and france's leader in mannion mike or sparring over trade taxes in the fight against eisel but they agreed on the need to broaden the scope of nato. i don't use it as a mark my statement read some predictions shakily be a lot of people i don't mind and i have to see when you get one but me too the 1st full. season the issue isn't a problem to remind us of the news but when we think about it and it is noticeable . enough to be respectful it is also old news the full burden sharing the full scope of the use of all this money. and i do believe that in such simple terms we do the. less we have the police the security. the president i i think you will be more flexibility rather than we both agree on that so we can use it for other things that she has but you know what a specific target you know a lot of people say it was better to remove your original use soviet union now russia but we also have other things to look at whether it's the radicals well occurs or there is a tremendous growth of china. meanwhile turkey's president is threatening to oppose nato his plans for the defen

the southern sahara desert spans many borders and includes areas dominated by groups affiliated to eisele and. the worst drought in decades is impacting 45000000 people in 14 countries across southern africa zimbabwe is one of the worst affected and a warning some of the footage of nicholas hocks report from matabeleland may be distressing to us. deep in zimbabwe is meant to belittle and people are dying of hunger. margaret my gunday and her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weakened by months of this diet but gunday worries the worst is yet to come. on wednesday. when he and. there is no food anymore we are so hungry that i am losing the strength to go on sometimes i wish the ground underneath could open up and swallow us whole. the united nations says southern africa is experiencing the worst drought in a century 45000000 people across 14 countries are in need of urgent assistance while food distribution is taking place in some areas my gunday has not received any help. a 3 hour drive away there is food at the market but a

community after the easter sunday attacks suicide bombers who were members of a local group linked to eisele killed more than $250.00 people in the tanks and churches and hotels the newly elected president go to by rush upon his promise to protect minorities and to serve every sri lankan and his words irrespective of race or religion. i think. well i'm not party to this but i think everybody. i think not just. as well that if you will do not with the minorities if you do not. they are not working together you cannot like a society cannot function that the buddhist nationalist group. which means buddhist power is accused of inciting hate and taking part in violence it's x. because minority muslim and christian communities in recent years the group campaigned hard for president carter by rajapaksa and celebrated his election victory the b.b.'s leader says the group may dispense parliamentary elections expected in april then up or how do you get it now hasn't our father come home in recent times the sinhalese people were destitute like children without a father the spirit of the sinhalese was k

has been exploited by several groups as well as homegrown fighters groups from mali affiliated with eisel and al qaeda have crossed the border and added to the unrest the united nations says more than 700 people have been killed since 2015 and almost half a 1000000 have been displaced earlier with spoke to william lawrence about the attack he's a professor of international affairs at george washington university where a lot of his teachings focus on work in a fossil. well there's been hundreds of attacks this year one group said it was a 7000 percent increase in the year before but they usually have very low lethality if you look at the list of attacks it's one or 2 victims this is the worst attack ever as far as i know in brooklyn a fossil which had its 1st terrorism attacks only in 2015 and both the frequency and lethality of attacks have been creasing but this is much much worse this is a a group led by someone from. recruiting fighters from kenya faso even though they launch attacks from mali and while they are trying to sow chaos and they are under pressure from the french their main