siding gains in the fight against isil.n recent years, sleeper cells have resorted to tactics targeting security forces and civilians in rural areas, but had been able to pull off major attacks in towns. officials admit iraqi security forces need to fight the insurgency. >> i now know we are still lacking training, experts, weapons, and also the need to share intelligence. why am i saying this? simply because isil operatives and certain rings are active and on the move in iraq. some terrorist group still have a firm presence in iraq. crack suicide attacks were common in baghdad before isil's territorial dispute in 2017, but there have been few since then. many fear that this twin bombing could herald the return of instability to iraq's capital as the country heads toward elections in october of this year. >> within hours of the attacks, mourners were carrying the coffins of two of the victims through the square. their anger fueled by the government's inability to prevent an attack it says it knew was coming. the government

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isil has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed at least 32 people.he top republican in the u.s. senate is proposing the impeachment trial of donald trump start mid february. he said this would give trump two weeks to prepare once the charge is presented. trump was impeached days before the end of his term for inciting a riot at capitol hill that left five dead. a 15 day state of emergency has started in the central african republic in an attempt to stop rebel attacks. a new alliance known as the coalition a patriots for change is trying to get rid of the president. the u.n. envoy to the central african republic is calling for increased spending and peacekeeping operations. a court will decide whether ugandan opposition leader can be free to leave his house. sorters have been surrounding his home since friday, though that government denies he is under house arrest. more news at the top of the hour. for now, it is inside story on al jazeera. ♪ >> rolling back donald trump's legacy. joe biden moved to scrap many of his predecessor's policies on his firs

start monitoring team to be placed in a libyan city devastated by recent fighting in efforts to oust isila warlord is under threat due to ongoing attacks by troops. you are up to date with the headlines on al jazeera. we have more news coming up right after the bottom line. thanks for watching. ♪ >> now that coronavirus vaccinations are starting in the united states and places around the world, is this the pandemic -- is this the end of the pandemic, or just the beginning? let's get to the bottom line. after a year that shook humanity, forcing people to rethink social interactions and decide daily what risks they are willing to take, vaccinations are finally being deployed. what happens now? the u.s. still has the highest number of infections and deaths and the numbers keep climbing. almost 19 million americans are infected. at this moment, more than 120,000 americans are in hospitals. the death toll eclipsed every other country with more than 300,000 -- 330,000 families grieving the loss of a loved one. scientists warn of a bigger spread of infections, and that we should brace ourselves.

she coordinated our fight against al qaeda and isil. she helped lead our effort in the ebola crisis. when the bombs went off at the finish line on patriots' day in boston, her hometown, she coordinated the federal government's response with local and state law enforcement to get to the bottom of this harmful strategy. lisa, i know you will help restore integrity and independence to the department of justice that you so revere. as associate attorney general, the number three job at the department, i nominate a woman i've known for some time. vanita gupta. one of the most respected civil rights lawyers in america. started her career at the naacp legal defense fund. then, on to the aclu. both organizations to which i belong. and then, to the justice department during the obama-biden administration, where she led the civil rights division. at every step, with every case, she fought for greater equity and the right to right the wrongs of the justice system, where they existed. she's done so by bringing people together. earning praise from ac

even the best man it is those wedding opponents say earth one is an affair of terry and leader but isil has stood up for human rights in other parts of the world having called out the chinese government for their treatment of the we go muslims at club level as it was gradually frozen out by arsenal after the departure of coach us inventor in 2018 he's not played for the london a since march after the premier league club decided he was not enough of a team player despite paying him 400000 euros a week now if and about she had given him the chance to restart his career. been a dream is coming true for me as well not just for fenerbahce i'm so excited to wear their jersey and hope that i will succeed with all my teammates at lord's. after all the controversy there is will now wants his feet to do the talking the details of his deal with fenerbahce are unclear but for the 1st time he is now playing in his spiritual home turkey. and that's it for me nick spicer and the team here in berlin shift is coming up after a short break stay tuned for that more news in 45 minutes you can stay up to da

thanks a lot of isil. >>5.15 is the time, let's check bay area weather for you before you head out thek at the radar once again with stormy yeah for some of us still holding on to the rain others of us have really cleared out now so just depends on where you're at like us, that's why i'm here i'll show you where it's raining right now you look out at tower cam shows us those clear skies in san francisco and now out into the east bay too it's the end when the spay and some of the south bay that is still hanging on to some spotty showers. >>really not a whole lot of activity out there though most of our inland areas are still in some light to moderate areas of rain one pocket, a heavier stuff. north of concord now and really started to move its way out into the delta pocket, a heavier rain to just south of napa that is making its way just south of the core of the city there your and some moderate rainfall wilmer and sonoma san francisco and much of the bay side in the east bay looking at much drier conditions now couple of pockets of moderate shower activity just south of san jose itself

as we know, preparing isil abyss is expensive work. this is not a credible allegation. the committee invites fortas to come back before it and explain what exactly he did for this 15,000 dollars. fortas says no. at that point, the southern democrats and senate republicans jointly announced that they are going to filibuster the nomination. they will not allow it to come to a vote. the filibuster can only be breached if two thirds of the members of the senate vote to and debate. it's clear that isn't going to happen. october 1st, the senate votes. by this point, fortas is reduced to hoping for a kind of symbolic victory. he's hoping that a majority of the senate will vote to impose and he can basically say a majority of the senate wanted me on the supreme court. these conservatives blocked me. instead, the final vote is 45 to 43. can't even get to 50 to impose coach or. he would've needed 67 to impose coach or. at that point he very clearly -- at that point, the nomination is very clearly dead. this is october of 1968. johnson is still in office for a couple of months. he

that isill here, maybe an achievement.out some of the movers, kingfisher rising after fourth quarter trading from the home improvement business. a surge in freight rates. up next, we will bring you more with france's junior minister. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg market: the european open." we are 30 minutes into the trading day. offar from the perspective the stoxx 600, the european benchmark sxxp is the ticker. we've been up and have come down quite a bit here. now, only up .1% or .2%. group ranch returns screen, the biggest gainers are travel and leisure, energy, and retail. the losers, auto parts, automakers, chemicals, media. a mixed picture there. the same balance we've got in terms of the gains on the stoxx 600. let's get the first word news with laura wright. pence vice president mike is signaling plans he has no -- vice president mike pence is signaling he has no plans to oust president trump over the deadly riots on capitol hill. bloomberg sources tell us the two spoke for the first time s

brain injuries, the fact that our forward post in iraq that were there to prevent the reemergence of isil had to pull back because of concerns that iranian backed militia after soleimani's death, would attack them. the fact that we're talking about apparently closing our embassy in baghdad taken for fear of the actions of these militia, and the fact we've seen iran acting out and hold for a variety of ways because we're not the only actor in this drama, i think on balance that that action actually left us must less safe, not more safe. >> he was in baghdad for a reason so we don't know when you might divide appreciate your answer. -- what he might've done. but i appreciate your answer. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. let's move to senator cardin i i -- senator cardin. i believe is joining us online. senator cardin, are you there? >> [inaudible] [inaudible] >> senator, first of all, it's good to see you. and the short answer is yes, absolutely. the president-elect has been very clear that our charge would be to put democracy and human rights back at the center of american foreign po