the old interior ministry building now. an ambulance was spotted a suspicious ambulance was spotted where the afghan security forces have arrested two suspicious people and that ambulance was taken into custody now that. according to afghan security forces. is very. unsecured because there are. threats that another suicide car bomb bombing may be free. right abdullah many thanks data live in kabul the latest figures we have here the reuters news agency reporting that at least seventeen people were killed and one hundred ten wounded in that car bomb attack in. kabul although the number of casualties likely to increase as. people killed and injured in that bombing is still being taken to hospital now a billionaire saudi prince albert he'd been to laos says that he'll be cleared of corruption charges within days he gave an interview to the reuters news agency inside the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh where he's been held since november along with many others these are some of the first images from inside that building the saudi

a major hotel in the afghan capital kabul is under attack by gunmen that's according to the interior ministry local media are reporting at least fifteen people killed or wounded a government spokesman says special forces are on the scene of the intercom plan continental hotel buckling the attack as now the hotel which is on top of a hill overlooking kabul is usually heavily guarded because of its popularity with foreigners a prominent in the polls let's go live now to jennifer glass in kabul hi there jennifer what's the latest that we know. well julie we know that security forces are going florida floor in that hotel trying to flush out those attackers the interior ministry says there were initially four attackers one was killed three others still inside the hotel we know that there were guests inside the hotel at the time of the attack and a wedding was going on as well it's a very popular hotel on the top of a hill one of two major hotels here in kabul now the interior ministry says that the those in the wedding party have been evacuated and as have some guests and staff we do know though t

the afghan interior ministry puts the number at 14 foreigners who were killed. local news reports says the overall number of dead is around 43. we're trying to harmonize those numbers and figure out just how many americans died what they were doing there. were they contractors, were they involved in the government?

the interior ministry said two of the several suspected attackers were killed.men burst into the intercontinental hotel, shooting at guests and staff.

we know so far that a blast happened near the old building of the interior ministry and 40 dead, 140awaiting in the next are for a press conference by someone next are for a press conference by someone from the interior ministry to give further details, but so far, the taliban sent a statement to the media claiming they are behind the attack and they are targeting the afg ha n attack and they are targeting the afghan police but the casualties are coming to the hospitals and are mostly civilians who were in the area because it was a very populated area because it was a very populated area and our public hospital which has huge damage in the area the blast happened in front of it. a number of diplomatic missions and government departments are also on the road, which was highly guarded by police, but they cheated the czech bombs by using an ambulance filled with bomb and ammunitions. and this comes after a series of incidents in the past week or so. and this comes after a series of incidents in the past week or som the past few weeks we witnessed 15 members of the un council in kabul to

a p pa re ntly according to the interior ministry., have entered kabul intercontinental hotel, which is a high—profile hotel, an important and very secure one. almost west of kabul. there are reports, unconfirmed reports, that the attackers have taken hostage of the people staying in the hotel. there are also reports of possible casualties, eyewitnesses are talking to afg ha n casualties, eyewitnesses are talking to afghan local tv saying that they have seen dead bodies. some people who have fled the hotel have said that they have seen injured people, but we cannot at all confirm that because afghan officials and the interior ministry officials, no one has confirmed any casualties yet. because the hotel is obviously full of people who are staying there, we could expect that there are possibly casualties. it has been going on for the last one hour and a half, or two hours, almost. the afghan special forces have been deployed to the area. they are trying to clear the hotel, but apparently it is not going to be an easy task. you mentione

a major hotel in the afghan capital kabul is under attack by gunmen that's according to the interior ministry local media reporting at least fifteen people killed or wounded the government spokesman says special forces i'm on the scene of the intercontinental hotel battling attack as well the hotel is on top of a hill overlooking the city and it's usually heavily guarded because of its popularity with foreigners and prominent locals let's go live now to jennifer glass who's standing by in kabul hi there jennifer so what are the details to we have so far well julie it's a seizure is going on for more than four hours now the attackers got into the hotel on a very busy saturday night we know that a wedding was ongoing inside the hotel at the time for attackers according to the interior ministry got into the hotel heavily armed wender stand now the two of those attackers are now dead two other attackers still in the hotel reports from inside the hotel said those gunmen were going room to room searching for people we know that people were hiding that perhaps a hostage situation was ongoing a weddi

it happened in a very crowded part of kabul city, near the old interior ministry building.ber of embassies and a number of public hospitals, private and public clinics also, and the afghan peace council is operating from the same area. the area is closed to the public because only ambulances and permitted government vehicles are allowed to government vehicles are allowed to go through. according to the interior ministry, one source says the attackers used an ambulance for this blast, which was very huge, and a lot of damage caused to the public hospital. you said 40 that we know about killed. this is an appalling attack in every way. the atmosphere in kabul must be incredibly nervous? in the past few weeks, we have witnessed a wave of attacks by the taliban. sometimes it has been claimed by the is, which we call daesh, and sometimes nobody takes responsibility, for example the save the children building the day before. this attack, happening one week after a high—profile attack on a hotel in kabul, where we know that 22 have been killed and 1a were foreigners, and also a nu

taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that used an ambulance near the old interior ministry building it comes a week after taliban attack on the city's intercontinental hotel sirus jennifer glass reports now from kabul. the emergency vehicles there taking off the dead and wounded in this bombing it happened just around the corner at the second checkpoint this is a heavily guarded street the target appears to be the high peace council that's where the gate is that area is also home to the anti corruption agency here as well this is a very very busy part of town normally this road would be jammed with cars in addition to the government offices down that down that street this is a hospital just behind the camera as well is the governor's office the kabul mayor's office and these are all businesses and as you can see security officials still doing their jobs. this is the second major attack in kabul in a week of course last saturday the intercontinental hotel that siege lasted more than fifteen hours and killed twenty two at the security has been tight around the city but still

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gunmen have stormed a five star hotel in afghanistan's capital and taken hostages afghan interior ministry says special forces a battling attackers of the intercontinental hotel it comes just days off the u.s. embassy warned of possible strikes against high profile targets jennifer glass has this update from kabul. afghan special forces have been clearing the hotel floor by floor trying to find the gunman and get and evacuate staff and guests from the intercontinental hotel the siege started about nine o'clock on saturday night when at least four gunmen attacked the hotel it's unclear how they got into the hotel that is something that's going to come under investigation the hotel was very busy on a saturday night a wedding party was ongoing we also know that a number of guests were in the hotel delegates for a conference to be held on sunday so a very busy time it's unclear exactly how many people were in the hotel we know that several people were trapped at the time of the attack special forces entered the hotel to go after the attackers they turned off the electricity at the intercontine

taliban fighters claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing using an ambulance in the old interior ministry building becomes a week after another taliban attack on the cities and the continental hotel the u.n. has announced a special envoy for syria stuff under mr o. word talks on syria's future in sochi next week syrian opposition members say they're boycotting the negotiations on last russia genuinely and gauges with them towards a solution one of the world's richest men barely their saudi prince had really been polished been released from detention been held for two months on corruption charges he was resettled after agreeing a financial settlement. at least fourteen soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army camp in northern mali eighteen others were wounded in the assault by armed men in timbuktu northern mali was controlled by a number of armed groups and to the french led military operation five years ago it struggled to maintain peace had reeses following this for us from the nigerian capital abuja just behind the attack. well well sami the attack happened not far from timbuk

this happened shortly after he announced that he was standing in marches the election egypt's interior ministry says give me now was injured in a dispute related to a car accident. one of the world's richest men the billionaire saudi prince been has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges within days that he's been held in the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh since november along with about two hundred others and it's all part of what the government is calling an anti corruption campaign ordered by the crown prince mohammed the bin some men have a hoax that reports. just hours before billionaire saudi prince and waleed bin talib was released from the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh he conducted an interview with the reuters news agency from the suite where he'd been confined been tile is one of saudi arabia's most prominent business men and one of the world's richest men but he'd been held for more than two months accused of corruption in the interview he described the entire situation as a misunderstanding not charges ok just some discussion between the government

witnesses told cnn the blast came from a car bomb in front of the old interior ministry.his is a story we continue to follow on this network. authorities telling us this number of people who were affected. we'll bring more details. >> last weekend there was an attack on the intercontinental hotel in kabul. >> 79 wounded, we understand at this point. we'll bring you more information as we learn more. >>> other news we are following now. all past conduct of public figures is being scrutinized under the me too movement. when hillary clinton first ran for president in 2008, one of her senior advisers was allowed to keep his job, despite being accused of sexual harassment by a female subordinate. >> he was accused of inappropriate touching, kissing and sending suggestive e-mails to a woman he shared an office with. clinton's campaign manager wanted him fired. clinton overruled her. instead, he underwent counseling and received his pay docked. >> the law firm that represented the campaign said, quote, to ensure a safe working environment, they had a process. when matters arose,

gunmen have stronger five star hotel in afghanistan's capital and taken hostages the afghan interior ministry says special forces are battling attackers at the intercontinental hotel it comes just days after the u.s. embassy warned of possible strikes against high profile targets let's speak to jennifer glad she's in kabul for us jennifer what's the latest there. rob we know that special forces continue to clear that hotel they've been going floor by floor this siege has been going on for more than six hours now a terrifying saturday night here in kabul the hotel very busy a wedding party inside the hotel we also know that a number of delegates for a conference to be held tomorrow sunday or later today really sunday morning also in the hotel we have no idea the number of casualties as of now we do know some of the staff and guests have been safely evacuated but special forces now moving through the hotel the security forces had cut off electricity to the hotel several hours ago they are moving through the hotel now trying to find those gunmen the interior ministry says four gunmen at least we

a major hotel in the afghan capital kabul is under attack by gunmen that's according to the interior ministry local media reporting at least fifteen people killed or wounded now a government spokesman says special forces are on the scene at the intercontinental hotel battling with attack the hotel which is on top of a hill overlooking the city is usually heavily guarded because of its popularity with foreign house and prominent locals well let's go live now to jennifer glass is in kabul jennifer what do we know right now. we know that there were helicopters overhead special forces inside the hotel a number of guests and staff have been evacuated from the hotel the interior ministry says at least four attackers were involved they say at least one has been killed we're getting reports that the attackers are inside the hotel heavily armed and going room to room looking for hostages and guests of the hotel we have had some reports of people inside the hotel calling for help a really very difficult situation a heavily armed hotel the ministry of interior says it has no idea how these attackers got

the attack happened near afghanistan's old interior ministry building. spokesman for the taliban says the taliban was behind this. >>> u.s. president is back at the white house after two days at the world economic forum that took place in switzerland. mr. trump got mostly favorable reviews for his speech there friday. >> but he face as growing storm at home over reports he tried to fire special counsel robert mueller as far back as june. ist secretary of state rex tillerson is in warsaw to mark international holocaust remembrance day. he laid a wreath at the memorial for the heros of the 1943 jewish ghetto uprising. in a speech honoring the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the death camps, tillerson said we can never be indifferent to the face of evil. >>> the city of paris on flood alert. this after days of heavy rains there. the river seine has climbed over 5 meters. the water is rising more slowly now, but it has submerged roads, tunnels and subway lines forcing some residents to get out. >>> u.s. president trump apparently enjoyed his two day tr

the interior ministry said two of the several suspected attackers were killed.rthern syria against more than 100 targets belonging to kurdish militants — as it opens a new front in the syrian conflict. the turkish military said that dozens of warplanes were involved in the attacks against the syrian kurdish ypg militia. after intense negotiations, republicans in the united states have scheduled a new senate vote on spending to try to end the government shutdown by monday morning. a bill to fund the federal government for the coming weeks did not receive the required 60 votes by the deadline of midnight on friday. british tourists travelling to jamaica are being advised to stay in their resorts after a state of emergency was declared around

extends interior ministry is reporting that fifty two people were killed when a bus that they were traveling in caught on fire only five people managed to escape the vehicle the disaster occurred in the northwest of the country no other details have been released salvage crews are working to recover an airliner that skidded off the runway last week as it landed at an airport in northern turkey investigators say that the boeing seven thirty seven experienced a sudden surge of speed in its right engine that caused it to swerve off course none of the one hundred sixty eight passengers on board were injured in the incident. we're turning now to the legal battles of a teen who has become the symbol of palestinian resistance and israeli military judge has denied bail to sixteen year olds ahead tom uni he ordered that she be held until her trial for slapping two israeli soldiers in the west bank a video of the incident has gone viral and brought her to international attention rights groups have called for the girl's release and her father spoke exclusively to d.w. from ramallah about the case. this

they have cleared the first and second floor of the hotel, according to the interior ministry but theer three floors, the third, fourth and fifth, i still not cleared. the operation is ongoing —— ongoing to clear those flaws and they are uncertain exactly where the two remaining gunmen are and which floor they are wrong, which room they are, they also believe they may have taken some hostages inside the hotel. eyewitnesses have said that they had seen dead bodies although afghan officials have not confirmed anyone has been killed so far. they said five people have been taken to hospital and the afghan special forces are in the area. nato forces are also set to be in the area or close to and we have also heard that foreign citizens were among the guests in the hotel. a wedding was going on in the hotel hall and security forces are saving that all the guest of the wedding have been evacuated and no—one has been injured amongst them. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria — by launching an offensive against kurdish held territory near its border. it has long fought

the interior ministry said two of the four suspected attackers were killed.ainst more than one—hundred targets belonging to kurdish militants — as it opens a new front in the syrian conflict. the turkish military said that dozens of warplanes were involved in the attacks against the syrian kurdish ypg militia. donald trump's first anniversary as us president has been marred by the failure of the us senate to pass a new budget and prevent the shutdown of many federal services. a bill to fund the federal government for the coming weeks did not receive the required 60 votes by the deadline of midnight on friday. british tourists travelling to jamaica are being advised to stay

ambulance to go to the important area, regarding the location of some embassies and the old interior ministryernment departments. the blast happened in front of a public hospital and we saw a number of patients who escaped from the last area and for the time being while we area and for the time being while we are speaking, a big number of families are desperate to find their loved ones who are trapped in the area where the blast happened. they note the fate of their loved ones, they are queued up behind the hospitals to know if they are among the wounded or dead. this time a big number of civilians either prime victims of taliban blast. there have been a series of attacks but this is an appalling one. the atmosphere in kabul must be very nervous. in the past weeks, especially after a meeting by members of the security council in kabul, we know there are also a number of operations, counter terrorism operations by the americans against the taliban in the south of the country and we have seen south of the country and we have seen attacks in the cities either taliban or by isis and the main vict

the afghan interior ministry just told complete scene of chaos. just told the bbc that he believes six insurgents were involved. he said that possibly there were people inside the hotel who had contact with these insurgents and helped them to get through. he also said that recently, only three weeks ago, the security of the hotel was contracted out to a private company and he was not sure why it was done, and he said that he's already asked for a complete investigation into this incident, he and all the security officials in kabul are under pressure to explain how these insurgents got into this well guarded hotel. they must have gone through more or five checkpoints, and been to this hotel in the past, and i know how tight the security is. —— i have been there. so it is the big question to ask why and how they have been able to get into this hotel. the figure with god at this point is only six but from other sources we are hearing that the number was possibly higher. officials haven't confirmed that but a private airline in kabul has just announced

the taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing using an ambulance near the old interior ministry building which comes a week after another taliban attack on the city's intercontinental hotel for glass has more from kabul so let's start with the situation there what has come out with the latest lines on that attack. well afghan officials are calling it a massacre sammy as you said it was an ambulance packed with explosives pretending to head to the hospital that is on that street but when it didn't make the turn into the hospital entrance police became suspicious and then the driver detonated his explosives on a very very busy streets it is a very heavily guarded street there are a number of checkpoints that the ambulance had gotten through one checkpoint and detonated at the second checkpoint that street is home to a number of government offices to some foreign embassies there's a school on that street as well as that hospital and it's a very very crowded busy bustling part of town it's a very forums of of anyone who's visited kabul the famous chicken street which is where many a

question and clearly they have a lot of weapons ammunition and do a side to understand of the interior ministry had said there were three attackers but obviously something is going on in there right now because we've been hearing explosions and gunfire the hotel the intercontinental hotel sits on a hillside just another explosion i don't know if you could hear that elizabeth just now the intercontinental hotel to come out on a hill overlooking kabul and boggy by law and there's one road going into a charity has been very tight because the gates of the hotel was attacked in two thousand and eleven then twenty one people were killed nine attackers involved in that attack a lot of questions will be answered the interior ministry already saying it will launch an investigation as to how these attackers got in and i must say no one has claimed responsibility as of yet al jazeera spoke to the taliban spokesman just in the last half hour or so and he says they can neither confirm nor deny that the taliban are involved in this they say they have no communication with the fighters on the ground here in k

of afghanistan there's been an explosion in the capital kabul that happened close to the old interior ministry and several embassies these are the latest pictures from the area we understand that been several casualties it comes just a week after an attack on the intercontinental hotel in the city lived out of kabul and al-jazeera isabella shah who. what more can you tell us. they're doing it was nonstop here in kabul and the really big calm day a sunny day but. that the city was jolted with with a heavy explosion we could feel that the doors were slammed here we were like kilometers away from this explosion site now we spoke to some police sources there that they're telling us that they explosion happened on the road to the old into did ministry a building now there are two checkpoints heavy guarded checkpoints now the secure the police source telling us that the suicide bomber it's a suicide car bombing that sousa car bomber has passed the first security checkpoint and has degenerated his. his explosive just right at the second checkpoint where on the left side of this checkpoint there is a

government measures designed to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfying international lenders interior ministry is denying the protester who died in the town of tebow was killed by the police. that's not all of the look but the taxes do not affect consumers shopping baskets regarding food stuffs some of the things because they are not under. among the achievements of democracy is the ability to organize and protest that one must also work to make the two museum economy healthy an economy in which the growth that began in two thousand and seventeen is consolidated. french president. is hailing his visit to china as the beginning of a historic problem the ship he's been overseeing the signing of several trade deals with china's president xi jinping has been pushing for from french companies to have greater access to the world's biggest population especially in nuclear power era space and fruit cup mcbride has more from beijing. china and france are hailing this visit as a new era for strategic partners. she didn't ping and emanuel mccraw signing multi-billion dollar trade deals from aerospace to

what does today's attack tell us about the mechanisms in the interior ministry to try and stop attacks like this. actually it looks like there is. an intelligence intelligence network that's why. things i think both major. meetings with the. security leaders to talk about what's happening. looks like it's cool to the people who. need a victory they can cannot control. problem for high dollar budget five times because people think. it's actually smoke coming out. in the mattresses there are they are not actually they are still there the sleeping cells are working. for pressure on the intelligence thinks it will have to see what happens in the coming hours the moment addressed on the line bank that since joining. not turkish president reza one says he's planning to launch a military operation of the major kurdish stronghold in northern syria and it comes after the us said it was backing the formation of a kurdish led border force in syria's rebel controlled areas but ones pledged to attack the town of affluent in the coming days it's controlled by the syria democratic forces a kurdish le

well the interior ministry is saying that they have help from pakistan and that has been the allegation all along and we heard president donald trump saying that all countries should take decisive actions to fight the taleban pakistan really on everybody's minds their islam about of course denies the charges the united states has already has already stopped hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and support to pakistan because of its alleged support of armed groups including the taleban it recently put six people on the the u.s. terror list including several pakistani citizens it is perhaps that pressure that the government feels has led to this uptick in taleban attacks but the real question is what more can be done jennifer many thanks to jeff across their lives in kabul a weather update thanks to i was there at that pomp and circumstance inside but the chaos outside as the new honduras president to school plus. on long sleeve with the second of all reports from we have rough river where refugees have accused the greek police of using violence and intimidation to illegally push them b

civilians going about their daily lives are among the victims including people lined up outside the interior ministry's human resources department. i was in my office we heard the explosion we didn't know what was going on so many people were injured i myself counted at least forty wounded near me everyone was on the ground and i couldn't tell who was dead or who was wounded the street was already heavily guarded with a number of checkpoints protecting government offices embassies a hospital and a school the area is usually bustling with people emergency services evacuated offices shops and agencies perceptor blocks can you hear the security vehicles going by. taking away the wounded and the dead there have been casualties here this is a very busy part of town in addition to the high peace council the anti-corruption commission is also down there just down the streets at the u.n. mine agency and this is normally a very very busy part of kabul it's the second attack in the capital in a week taliban fighters battled security forces for more than fifteen hours at the city's intercontinental hotel in a sie

the military this was shortly after he announced he was standing in march's election egypt's interior ministry says he's aid was injured it is related to a car accident the lawyer says it was a failed kidnapper tent and egyptian authorities have extended the detention of al-jazeera is german this man was saying by an extra forty five days without trial it's now been more than a year since he was arrested and jailed in egypt is attention has been renewed several times since then the same is accused of broadcasting false news just spread chaos which he strongly denies to his security forces say they're arresting more of more and more refugees and migrants on the land border with northern greece the most popular routes have been crossing the aegean but a new way has emerged the route takes refugees overland to europe from istanbul in western turkey to villages near the border with greece from there the refugees have to cross the wide and dangerous river every us which is the international front here traffickers then leave them to walk for hours through forests on the greek side as lawrence live r

afghan officials and security forces cut off power to the hotel four gunmen we're told by the interior ministry were attacked the hotel at least two of those gunmen are now dead security forces in the hotel trying to track down the last two gunmen reports really terrible reports people inside the hotel calling outside for help calling for security forces to come in and rescue them reports of the gunmen were going room to room in that hotel it was a busy saturday night about nine pm here on a saturday night when this siege began when those gunmen got into this hotel as you said on a hillside it is a heavily fortified hotel it has been attacked before in two thousand and eleven then nine gunmen attacked the hotel and twenty one people including those attackers were killed in that siege we have no idea on the number of casualties now but we do know that the hotel was very very busy including a wedding party going on and a number of delegates to a conference that was supposed to be held tomorrow in that hotel it's a very large hotel one of the two major hotels here in the in kabul and because it is

the taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing using an ambulance near the old interior ministry building jennifer glass has more from kabul. the emergency vehicles they're taking off the dead and wounded in this bombing it happened just around the corner at the second checkpoint this is a heavily guarded street the target appears to be the high peace council that's where the gate is that area is also home to the anti corruption agency here as well this is a very very busy part of town normally this road would be jammed with cars in addition to the government offices down that down that street this is a hospital just behind the camera as well is the governor's office the kabul mayor's office and these are all businesses and as you can see security officials still doing their jobs. this is the second major attack in kabul in a week of course last saturday the intercontinental hotel that siege lasted more than fifteen hours and killed twenty two at the security has been tight around the city but still afghan security forces unable to stop this latest car bomb one of the world's ric

five people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior ministry also says more than one hundred fifty others were injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a police checkpoint on saturday morning the taliban have claimed responsibility. the attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint. i was sitting in my shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows shattered. the casualties are very high bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere you see. a hospital co-ordinator described the attack as a massacre the blast happened on a busy street during lunch hour the area is home to several foreign embassies and government buildings. this is the second major taliban attack in kabul in the past eighty s. that's despite reassurances from the government and its u.s. allies that their joint offensive against the taliban was succeeding earlier we spoke to kabul based journalist talked here contr

this area has been attacked over the years this used to be the old interior ministry now that it has moved from here to another part of the city so very very worrying developments with these attacks coming in we had a deadly attack targeting the intercontinental hotel in kabul in twenty teen unfortunately seems like a very deadly in difficult year. for of for afghanistan once the area is cleared and once the dust settles unfortunately we will be hearing that a lot of those killed ordinary people who are simply the only breadwinners for their families and the people of afghanistan continue to suffer as we continue to bear the brunt of this conflict. at a time when we also see all sides firing the war in afghanistan has seen a big increase in the number of attacks lately earlier this week on islamic state suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at the office of the humanitarian group save the children in the city of jalalabad and up to fifty people were reportedly in the building at the time of the attack at least two people were killed and a dozen more injured save the children a

forty people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior ministry has also said that more than one hundred forty were injured in the attack which happened at a police checkpoint in the stacy on saturday morning the blast was caused by a car bombing near a foreign embassies and government buildings the taliban has claimed responsibility . listening by for us now in kabul is tight here for more on this story can you tell us the latest. yes there actually as you stated here has been a really tragic day here in afghanistan in kabul actually it is a serious and the following of a series of attacks over the last couple of weeks here at least forty people have been confirmed but don't forget that the afghan government normally downplay the number of the casualties the number is far higher than what they are claiming to be more more than one hundred fifty people or one most of them civilians the attack happened in a very crowded place in the heart of the capital where there lies all these government offices and it was closed while. young couple of other you

aden nafta what they called an attempted coup by separatists backed by the united arab emirates interior ministry says government forces are now in control of the city on sunday at least twelve people were killed and one hundred others wounded a southern secessionist of the army. in a south african city of cape town is facing its worst water crisis in a century and protesters say the government is to blame the taps are expected to run dry on april twelfth u.s. soldiers who use fitness tracking devices may be accidentally revealing the location of top secret military bases security issue has been spotted and interactive online maps that show where people are using those trackers those are the headlines news continues keep it here on al-jazeera witness is next. on counting the cost the problem with dallas every day is the rich and famous discussed making the world a better place but for who they are a photo op ed from across the african continent plus the link between seafood forced labor in thailand counting the cost at this time on i'll just give up. on the hog i'm scared of the horse. and i woul

seventeen people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul and the country's interior ministry also says more than one hundred ten were injured in the attack which happened at a police checkpoint in the city on saturday morning the blast was caused by a car bombing near a foreign embassies and government buildings the taliban have claimed responsibility for the deadly and instant incident. we're talking to to hear career e it can vary excuse me in afghanistan. tara can you tell me what is the latest there. well at least nineteen people have been killed as my sources government sources tell me more than one hundred ten people were one day in a very easy attack which is explosives were placed in a mine an ambulance and then down. through the first checkpoint and exploded itself in one of the very crowded places in the capital kabul where that where you see lots of government offices there the hate. government headquarters is there is stationery shops and loads of people especially at this time of the day where people go out to lunch so to is rising i talked to a friend of mine wh

recovered from the site at central tyrone square it is fear that the death toll could rise the iraqi interior ministry says that the explosives were detonated by two suicide bombers. the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there has been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similarities to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state in other news now palestinian president mahmoud abbas has accused israel of ending the middle east peace process he says that israel's actions mean that the oslo accords no longer exist those one thousand nine hundred four agreements formed the basis of ties between israel and the palestinians abbas also stressed his opposition to u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize traversal and as israel's capital he declared that jerusalem is the eternal capital of the palestinian people he made the comments at the opening of a p.l.o. meeting on the west bank. abbas also had strong words for trump who he said would it cheve the peace deal of the century between israel and the palestinians. even though to tr

and than has reportedly been stabbed in the face and badly beaten in the capital cairo egypt's interior ministry says he was injured after a dispute related to a car accident one of the world's richest men that saudi prince i will leave been has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges he's been held in a hotel in the capital riyadh since november along with about two hundred others as part of what the government says is an anti corruption drive. at least fourteen soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army camp in northern mali eighteen others were wounded in the assault by armed men in the city of timbuktu this is the worst such attack in the west african nation for more than a year. thousands of people in albania have been taking part in protests against the government in the capital tehran a calling for the resignation of prime minister eighty iran was a center left government accusing it of links to organize the cry. coming up next it's people in power with the story of refugees finding safety into. its become one of the defining things of all times

this is right near the old interior ministry building in kabul. a deputy spokesperson for the ministry said the attacker used an ambulance to get through one security checkpoint, posing as a worker, telling people he was taking a patient to a nearby hospital. he detonated his explosives at the second checkpoint. the taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. >>> back here in the bay area, a wild chain of events played out in an east bay neighborhood. this home in san ramon is now boarded up, and a driver is facing several charges after crashing into that house. it happened yesterday morning when police pulled over the man for speeding. police say after he crashed at vera cruz, he made a run for it. the elementary school was put on lockdown for an area as police searched for the man. one neighbor says speeding in that area is a problem. >> people riding around at high speeds. and then we have kids sometimes in the schools. >> police found the suspect hiding in a parking lot and arrested him. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> an update now

than a hundred injured in a suicide car bombing in the afghan capital it happened near the old interior ministry building comes a week off the road toward a bomb attack on the city's intercontinental hotel jennifer gloss has more now from kabul. all right so jennifer let's start with casualties what are officials saying about. the ministry of health says seventeen dead and more than one hundred ten wounded in this car bombing it happens on what is usually a very busy street the taliban have claimed responsibility al jazeera spoke to the taliban spokesman just in the last half hour or so he says the target was policemen who were having their lunch out on the street that is a very heavily guarded street come to the high peace council as you said also nearby the government's anti-corruption unit there's a school there a prominent hospital and there is there are a series of checkpoints there so ordinary cars can't get through there without being checked and this vehicle got to the second checkpoint when it detonated now i was at the scene just a few minutes ago there were still ambulances and securi

yemen's government called an attempted coup by separatists backed by the united arab emirates the interior ministry says government forces are now in control of the city including the office of the prime minister on sunday at least twelve people were killed and one hundred others wounded southern it's the session it's for the army for control of government buildings also were given the government is battling the rebels and there's dozens of the fighters have been killed an ass trying says ground forces push to take control of the eastern part of the city up back with more news in thirty minutes next on out of there we continue with struggle over there now to stay with us. the novel. the world's longest river. a seven thousand kilometers a lifeline for almost four hundred million people. flowing north the nile runs through ten countries from the highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. a source of sustenance but also one of tension even the potential conflict. these tensions between countries along the river nile have their roots in the nineteenth century. colonial de