in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops so the u.s. says it sector didn't come under threat the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed high level talks between the u.s. and the taliban are expected to resume in doha on saturday and security forces in somalia have shot to three al shabaab fighters ending a standoff following a bomb attack on a hotel the fighters held out for several hours in a building next to the central city hotel a market issue before being overwhelmed by special forces and the army at least twenty nine people were killed in the suicide bomb attack on the. hotel on thursday night. demonstrators in algeria are demanding their eighty one year old president pull out of next month's elections abilities but the fleet has been in power for twenty years and now plans to run for a fifth term but protesters across the country say he is unfit for the job most of the demonstrations are peaceful there were some confrontations with police and baka reports. of violent clashes on t

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taliban insurgents have killed at least twenty three government troops at a camp and southern helmand province the attack began on friday and lasted for forty hours the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which they say engaged both afghan and foreign forces most foreign troops in afghanistan are members of the nato alliance operating alongside the united states among them are german troops helping to train afghan forces. an army helicopter approaches a military camp in northern afghanistan german troops are training afghan soldiers here the goal is for local forces to one day be able to keep the peace without help from other nations. by nefertiti in despite the progress we've made we still need to work on the details it will take a few years. the afghan army still depends on outside support it receives equipment for the united states and training and mentoring from other nato countries. until recently the afghans didn't even have their own air force soldiers here are trained in weaponry engineering and navigation with maps. and when the training started four years ago we barely had

attack on an army base which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers you sure about base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed sharla ballasts has more from kabul. this is attacked again at two o'clock on friday morning and lasted some sixteen hours information was incredibly difficult to get out of home and about what exactly was going on afghan military sources were saying yes we are taking casualties but we can't tell you how many your sources were saying we do not have any casualties but like the afghans to speak for themselves but then as the day wore on we started to see that this actually was quite an attack on those flags eventually the u.s. off to saying this isn't a big deal they did say we are supporting afghan troops on the ground and also through airstrikes not great optics providing us taliban talks on. top u.s. commander general miller has been meeting with the taliban command. in doha shaking hands trying to figure out how to come to some kind of consensus about

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for an attack on an army base which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers but base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops that the u.s. says it's sent to didn't come under threat. and security forces in somalia have shot dead three. then during a standoff following a bomb attack on a hotel the fighters held up for several hours in a building next to the central city hotel in mogadishu before being overwhelmed by special forces and the army at least twenty nine people have been killed in the suicide bomb attack on the market till on thursday night. the government has failed the security of the city is they did not stop this attack they should not be happy to see people dying especially after they fired security experts and recruited young inexperienced replacements tens of thousands of people around laid across algeria over president up disease beautifully because planned to run for a fifth term police fired tear gas at some protesters in algiers but the demonstrations were mostly peaceful u.s. president donald trump's asked china to lift all tariffs on american agr

this year they have been attacked where it's in batteries in baltimore or at the big base in helmand province that was attacked by the taliban fighters so an incident like this is really a big blow really low morale. local journalist thank you for bringing us that report. u.s. lawmakers are adopting a tougher stance on russia passing four new bills condemning what amir putin's leadership martin brakes on the story. according to some members of the u.s. congress trump is just not hard enough on russia new legislation is required the u.s. house of representatives just passed for bill specifically targeting russia they are mandating that no federal agency actually recognize crimea as being part of russia furthermore they are demanding that the intelligence agency dig into vladimir putin and his family's assets but that is just the tip of the iceberg resolution condemns the putin regime we speak out against strongman and dictator we will sanction them oppose strict sanctions imposed sanctions expose condemned reveal and they must be brought to account for their actions anyone who has ever watched

army base on friday which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers the sure about base in helmand province is shed by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were also killed meanwhile thousands of women have met in provinces across afghanistan to ensure a very protected in these peace negotiations their demands will voiced at a conference in kabul shot at betis reports from the afghan capital. afghan woman a refusing to be left behind in political negotiations they say they want to present a unified front as the taliban in the united states hold talks to end seventeen years of who today there are four women behind them a fifteen thousand other ground i spoke after the largest ever national women's jirga council as the taliban met with the u.s. and doha this was a parallel meeting except men were replaced by woman might get on everyone came to say their perspective it was a proud moment for me among these women we cannot travel to other provinces because of security but this allowed us to be united the national women's ji

army base on friday which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers the sure about base in helmand provinceis shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were also killed. and all the headlines at least seven people have died as india and pakistan continue cross borders shelling in the disputed kashmir region pakistan's military says indian fire overnight killed two civilians and two soldiers along the line of control while in the exchange of fire indian officials say a mother and her two children were among civilians killed and pakistani artillery hit a house in indian administers kashmir. kurdish forces in syria say i still has been defeated almost defeated in the last territory it controls in the country the us syrian democratic forces launched a final push against the armed group in the village of goods on friday thousands of people have been transferred from the town in recent weeks to a camp near the iraqi border. and more than fifty people are missing after an oil pipeline exploded in southern nigeria the blas

attack on an army base which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers shoot up a base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed. this is attacked again at two o'clock on friday morning and lasted some sixteen hours information was incredibly difficult to get out of home and about what exactly was going on afghan military sources were saying is we are taking casualties but we can't tell you how many your sources were saying we do not have any casualties but like the afghans to speak for themselves but then as the day wore on we started to see that this actually was quite a large attack on those flags eventually the u.s. off to saying this isn't a big deal they did say we are supporting afghan troops on the ground and also through airstrikes not great optics providing us taliban talks on. top u.s. commander general miller has been meeting with the taliban command. in doha shaking hands trying to figure out how to come to some kind of consensus about a withdrawal on the taliban sid

base in afghanistan which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers the shura back base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed meanwhile high level talks between the u.s. and the taliban are expected to resume on saturday in doha u.s. envoy zalmay khalilzad says an earlier round ended with unprecedented progress to end the seventeen year war the taliban is refusing to directly negotiate with the afghan government and it wants foreign forces to withdraw its delegation is led by the co-founder of the group abdul ghani baradar well let's cross over to the afghan capital of kabul where charlotte bellus is live for us now charlotte walk us through what happened in this attack in helmand. this attack started at two o'clock yesterday morning that lasted sixteen hours a fairly significant use today we were trying to get information from various military sources and everyone was incredibly tight lipped afghan side there was saying yes we are under attack we do have casualties but we can

base in afghanistan which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers the sure about base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight through a side bombers were killed meanwhile high level talks between the united states and the taliban are expected to resume on saturday in doha u.s. envoy is on there says an earlier round ended with unprecedented progress to end the seventeen year war the taliban is refusing to directly in a go shake with the afghan government and it wants foreign forces to withdraw its delegation is led by the co-founder of the group ghani baradar and at the same time a thousands of women have met in provinces across afghanistan to ensure their rights are protected during peace negotiations their demands were voiced at a conference in kabul and in the shadow of the taliban u.s. talks they listed their concerns should any deal be successful shot at best reports . afghan woman a refusing to be left behind in political negotiations they say they want to present a unified front as the taliban in

as to when they can reach an agreement a dose of course there was that significant attack in helmand province on the military base there is that having any bearing do we know on the talks that are happening at the moment you. know we've tried to ask that question to the taliban spokesman and he hasn't responded and they're not acknowledging any of the information that's come out of afghanistan over the past twenty four hours about that attack they are just focusing on the americans and there are departure from their country the only other issue at scuse me at the tail on the table for them is the taliban wants reassurances that their country will not be used by groups like al-qaeda and i so to grow once the americans leave so these are the only issues that being discussed at the moment doors are things very much indeed. well on the ground in afghanistan civilians are dying and record numbers are un report as documented three thousand eight hundred civilian deaths in twenty eighteen including nearly a thousand children that's the highest number of civilians killed since record keeping began in

base in afghanistan which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers were sure about base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops. space x. has launched its astronauts capsule into space for the first time. nasa has asked space x. and boeing to come up with technology to allow it to resume manned space flights. test flight is a milestone for the company billionaire. in december bangladesh went to the polls with prime minister sheikh hasina securing a landslide victory. she said she won on the back of bangladeshis impressive economic record and a decade of growth. her opponent say she stole the election we had a big. one international monitors accuse her of silencing her critics and muzzling the press. media division. so is bangladesh becoming a one party state. and was hosting over one million rohingya refugees fleeing myanmar how long can and will bangladesh protect them. and maybe house and i've come here to the oxford union to go head to head with the international affairs advisor to bangladeshi prime minister. and the historian and former academic i'll challenge him on

in afghanistan, taliban fighters attacked a major army base in helmand province friday, with initial reports indicating as many as 20 afghan soldiers killed. the violence came as the trump administration is floating a peace plan that would see the u.s. withdraw all its troops from afghanistan within three-to-five years, while shifting the responsibility for training afghan forces to u.s. allies in europe and australia. u.s. offfficials are setet to re peace e talks with the talibiban this weekend in qatatar's capit, doha. in somalia, officials say at least 15 p people were k killed thursday after two separate suicide car bombers targeted a pair of hotels in the capital mogadishu.u. one of the attacks set off an hours-long gunfight, with somali soldiers battling al shabaab fighters in a building adjacent to one o of the hohotels theyy claimed respononsibility foror attacking. north korea's foreign minister -- north korea has contradict the president trump's expo nation of why talks in hanoi between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un came to an abrupt end thursday. spe

attack on an army base which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers share a bike race in helmand provinceis shared by afghan and american troops the defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were also killed. at least seven people have died as india and pakistan continue cross border shelling in the disputed kashmir region pakistan's military says indian fire overnight killed two civilians and two soldiers along the line of control indian officials say a mother and her two children were among civilians killed when pakistani artillery hit a house in indian administrate kashmir will india's prime minister narendra modi has called for unity over the dispute with pakistan he defended his leadership as well . august donna summer of radio these of those people who listened to statements from pakistani generals pakistan right here and via sighing there is evidence against india that they are against maybe against modi and now they are damaging the country india and tuning against the country i want to ask the people who do you believe us or not or do you believe thos

in a separate incident in southern helmand province, four people were killed and 30 people injured by taliban bombs, according to local officials. at least 40 afghan security force personnel are believed to have been killed in a taliban attack in the region last week. the deaths come as the u.s. is in the midst of ongoing peace talks with the taliban. the u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces said saturday that the last territorial stronghold of the islamic state had fallen. sdf forces has been battling isis fighters in the border town of baghouz for several weeks before the announced defeat. the u.s. hailed the announcement, with secretary of state mike pompeo adding the u.s. mission was ongoing. he said -- "our mission there hasn't changed. we still have to work to do to make sure radical islamic terrorism doesn't continue to grow." back in the u.s., a white former police officer charged with killing unarmed african-american teenager antwon rose in east pittsburgh last year was acquitted friday. video of the june 19 shooting shows officer michael rosfeld shot rose in the back while t

team brit he suffered burns to seventy five percent his body when his tank took a direct hit in helmand province in two thousand and six compton's had more than five hundred hours of surgery and suffers from post-traumatic stress it's a great buzz but for me. if. i'm on which is going to go. the next step from the scars of two to. make a prosthetic and then remove the people as i am into that place for them. inspiring as a me thank you so much there and that's it for this news hour back in a moment i stay with us. al-jazeera explores prominent figures of the twentieth century and how rivalries influenced the course of history steve jobs a much better market share than bill gates was apple was going to reinvent stuff fall below made software what it is today will change the world to high tech visionaries whose breakthroughs inspired the digital revolution jobs and gates face to face on al-jazeera. and hundred forty twelve on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of

army base in afghanistan which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers sure about base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed meanwhile high level talks between the u.s. and taliban are expected to resume on saturday and. u.s. envoys are my fellow is that says an earlier round ended with unprecedented progress when the seventeen year war the taliban is refusing to directly negotiate with the afghan government and it wants foreign forces to withdraw. thousands of women have met in provinces across afghanistan to ensure their rights are protected during peace negotiations their demands were voiced at a conference in kabul in the shadow of taliban u.s. talks they listed their concerns should any deal be successful charlotte ballasts reports. afghan woman a refusing to be left behind in political negotiations they say they want to present a unified front as the taliban in the united states hold talks to end seventeen years of who today there are four women behind them a fifteen th

in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops though the u.s. says its sector didn't come under threat the afghan defense ministry though says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed by level talks between the u.s. and the taliban are expected to resume here in doha later on saturday also security forces in somalia have shot dead three fighters ending a standoff following a bomb attack on a hotel the fighters held up for several hours in a building next to the central city hotel in marketing issue before they were overwhelmed by special forces and the army at least twenty nine people have been killed in the suicide bomb attack on the market hotel on thursday nights. the government has failed the security of the city is they did not stop this attack they should not be happy to see people dying especially after they fired security experts. placements. a group of women and children of return to iraq after being held by i saw in syria for four years the three women and eighteen children were welcomed back to a year's eve the tow

to afghanistan where the taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack in an army base in helmand province the should our bucks base is shared by the afghan army an american military ministry of defense says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed at least twenty three soldiers were killed in the gun battle sixteen others have been taken to hospital this comes after high level talks in doha between the united states and the taliban the u.s. is offering a one million dollar reward for information about osama bin laden some state department says hamza bin laden is emerging as a leader of al qaeda in recent years he has released video messages calling for attacks on western targets on friday saudi arabia announced it revoked bin laden citizenship at the end of last year to brussels on a potential setback for the european commission diplomats voted against the publication of so-called blacklists of countries around the world dealing in money laundering and funding for armed groups more than twenty countries are reportedly on the list including saudi arabia and four u.s. te