is it the islamic state or boko haram? hink it's no do you want that islam is the larger threat now. since tweevepblet, the largest attacks on military, the most successful attack on the military, especially nigh jeera but also in chad have been carried out by iswap, partly because they've rethought tactics and also they have learned, thanks to the islamic state, they've adopted, evolved. they are organized, their organization has evolved. they have a permanents group of soldiers rather than the militant type of system that shekau used to work off of. >> do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? >> no, i agree with your other guest. isleaming is a bigger threat. the you would find boko haram attacks mostly in northeast nigeria, particularly in borno. and they have more of a guerilla attack. hit and run. but if you look at how the other group is able to attack the nigerian public and there's a tribal area. [indiscernible] have been very zphelf their troop attacks of nigeria. there

is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that it's what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017, the largest, the largest attack, some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially in nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because this was as a result, tactics and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are all. 'd going i, you know, they are out there, organization has evolved they have a permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago used to work on. so they have clearly about the most impact on the ground of a great do you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? no wire grew as it were just if were present. it's a bizarre trip because it stresses broader sense of do graphic. you know where you would find boko haram attack them with g

is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that is what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017 that the largest, the largest attack some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because it's weapons as it reached thoughts dicks, and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are organized. 'd you know, they are, their organization has evolved the other permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago know used to work on so that they are clearly about the most impact on the ground of the equator. you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening no wire group with the largest it is for present trade because it's tresses brother, in terms of do graphic, you know, you would find, look around what are some mo

west africa, if boko haram moves to this area, the islam state will definitely want to go to theorthwest where this event happened. i think that might turn this area into one of shock for fighters. we know there are lots of groups in this area that are very well armed, the difference between these groups and boko haram or the islamic state is that these groups are not radicalized, but for the first time we are seeing a group of people being abducted in central nigeria talking about islam, talking about the groups like that. this has happened in the northwest and i think it is setting a dangerous trend that henceforth it is likely that the fighters, -- enterprise might be radicalized and we might see another scenario of boko haram in northwest nigeria. marco: let's hope that these boys are safe, you pointed to the fact there could be a kind of unity among terror groups across the northern region of nigeria, is this likely to make the regional governments there that have the task force working together think again about renewing that, pushing forward and making that law united to t

is there potential for the islamic state to declare a state within was a big -- mozambique, within caboelgado, and other regions around it? >> the districts have fallen to the hands of insurgents since august this year, and the government has been incapable of repealing that. this is problematic from the theoretical point of view when government is unable to claim control of some of its territory. with this said, it seems that government has succeeded in preventing occupation. i think we are running a little late there is still time, opportunity for government to get things right and get the proper international support of the community, because without the support of the community, it can be problematic for mozambique on its own to reveal the ever-growing problem in the area. imran: i want to thank all of our guests, fernando lima, angele dikongue-atangana, and adriano nuvunga, and i want to thank you. you can see the program at any time by visiting our website, and for further discussion, go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twitter. we are. from me imran kha

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led offensive against islamic state in syria and iraq he's widely remembered for admitting that a 500000000 dollar training program in syria had failed back in 2015 it was shut down after producing just a few train fighters and set up the several 1000 plant. can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a small number and. the ones that are in the fight. is is we're talking 445 so is that still the goal to have about $12000.00 of them there is that still the goal what's the expectation then for them at the pace we're gone we will reach the goal that we had initially established for shelves but what about the the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mass to be able to get work done on the ground meanwhile a potential stumbling block for lloyd austin is chemistry is the fact he only retired 4 years ago u.s. law states an officer must have left the service at least 7 years before becoming secretary of defense that senior research fellow at the global policy institute george family thinks exceptions will be made general markers would begin trumps the defense

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if you want to know hunger is there a potential for the islamic state to declare a state within mozambique within capital god and that could destabilize down in that region but other regions around it. wow. he didn't. see why i felt he sound be crawling back and. be excited to see this all. and then. and has been capable of the big. easy problematic when needed your point of view when government do something important to clean off some of. and we give. each team is our government has succeeded in leading to patient. that if you saw. there is this dilemma. we did our land only late but i believe this. unity government will get these right lead might. get a bit broader international support of the community because we've done our bit for bit he did make the. problem i was there before it's all leave the m.r.o. mean it's sad to see them talk and call the nation. i want to thank all our guests and underlayment and. i'm gonna and adriana nevada and i want to thank you too for watching you can see the program again anytime but visiting our website how does their dot com and further discussion go

. -- activities of, not just boko haram, but even islamic state.ivities between the northeast and northwest, and the region, there are bigger serious issues. with this vast territory. the final point, if you look at the population of young boys, and even girls across northern nigeria, with very limited security personnel, i think government needs to get its act together. otherwise are very serious issues. these are indicators of the things [indiscernible] >> thank you very much for being with us from lagos on "france 24." let's move on now to a spot of business news for you this hour. for that we crossed to catherine bennett from our business desk, standing by. the u.s. government announced new export controls for certain chinese companies, further wrapping up tensions between those two countries -- further ramping up tensions betwe those two countries. what companies have been affected and how has beijing response it -- beijing responded? >> china's biggest chipmaker, smic, is one of the bigst companies on the blacklist,, as well as the biggest ug

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come under attack from the taleban from groups or groups claiming allegiance to the so-called islamic state but also we have strong men we have mafia you know there's no shortage of guns it's very easy to buy sticky bombs and i e d's and things like that in this country and what we've seen is that with all of these journalists killings there have been no real answers of who is responsible for it and so for a journalist the scariest thing is that you don't actually know who could kill you you know i was talking to a friend of mine the other day and he said think about it if one of us gets killed we don't even know if they would investigate the killing meaning the government and even if they had investigated the killer what would that really accomplish you know he was saying that it doesn't bring us back to life and it doesn't change what's happening right now so the fact that it could be anybody is what's the biggest fear for journalists in afghanistan right now so it could be anybody targeting journalists why. that's the question right and the thing is is that we've seen in recent years in

come under attack from the taleban from groups or groups claiming allegiance to the so-called islamic state but also we have strong men we have mafia you know there's no shortage of guns it's very easy to buy sticky bombs an i.e.d. isn't things like that in this country and what we've seen is that with all of these journalists killings there have been no real answers of who is responsible for it and so for a journalist the scariest thing is that you don't actually know who could kill you you know i was talking to a friend of mine the other day and he said think about it if one of us gets killed we don't even know if they would investigate the killing meaning the government and even if they had investigated the killer and what would that really accomplish you know he was saying that it doesn't bring us back to life and it doesn't change what's happening right now so the fact that it could be anybody is what's the biggest fear for journalists in afghanistan right now so it could be anybody targeting journalists why. that's the question right and the thing is is that we've seen in recent years

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led offensive against islamic state in syria and iraq is also the one who candidly admitted the failure of a $500000000.00 training program in syria in 2015 it was shut down after producing just some 5 trained fighters instead of several 1000 that have been planned can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a small number and. the ones that are in the fight is is is we're talking $44.00 or 5 is that still the goal to have about $12000.00 of them there is that still the goal what's the expectation then for them at the pace we're gone we want to reach the goal that we had initially establish yourself but but but the the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mass to be able to get work done on the ground. meanwhile a potential stumbling block for austin last candidacy is the fact he only retired 4 years ago the u.s. law states an officer must have left the service at least 7 years prior to becoming secretary of defense but senior research fellow at the global policy institute george some really thinks exceptions will be made to the rules general manag

led offensive against the islamic state in syria and iraq it was also the one who kind of admitted the failure of a 500000000 dollar training program in syria back in 2015 it was shut down after producing some 5 trained fighters instead of the several thousands which had been planned can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a small number. the ones that are in the fight. is is we're talking 445 so is that still the goal to have about $12000.00 of them there is that still the goal what's the expectation then for them at the pace we're going we want to reach the goal that we had initially established for swells but what about the the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mass to be able to get work done on the ground. we're going to. thanks for joining us good to have you on the program with us today. admitted he saw in that clip to having failed with a 1000000000 dollar project to train syrian rebels to fondle eisel do you think that's going to somewhat put a question mark over his appointment. i don't think so i think that the that that that who

secretary of defense because he will do whatever it takes to defend the american people when the islamic state emerged as a terrorist threat in iraq and syria president obama and i tend to austin who then lead us central command he designed and executed the campaign did ultimately beat back isis lloyd austin served under the obama administration leading the u.s. central command he was the main military architect of the u.s. led offensive against the islamic state in syria and iraq he's widely remembered for admitting a $500000000.00 training program in syria at the field back in 2015 it was shut done enough for producing literally a full of trained fighters instead of the several 1000 planned can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a small number and. the ones that are in the fight is is is we're talking 445 so is that still the goal to have about $12000.00 of them there is that still the goal what's the expectation then for them at the pace we're going we want to reach the goal that we had initially established for ourselves but what about the the overall goal i

sorry to jump in there but how strong is the threat from al—shabaab and islamic state?abaab has been a powerful actor. what people are seeing at the moment is that the somali government is that the somali government is incapable of preventing terrorist attacks in somalia without us support but the reality is they have been incapable of preventing them with us support. so the question is not necessarily will al—shabaab question is not necessarily will al—sha baab become massively more powerful but will become marginally more powerful as a result of this withdrawal? it is not a good thing if it does but i do not expect this to be the end of the mission and i do not expected be a significant game changerfor somalia expected be a significant game changer for somalia either. interesting. given that, do you think that the next president, president biden should reverse the decision or if you think it will not make that much difference, why bother? the us will maintain the potential to continue its campaign of airstrikes against high—value targets in somalia and that has been t

led offensive against the islamic state in syria and iraq he was also the one who come to billy admitted the failure of a 500000000 dollars training program in syria back in 2015 it was shut done after producing some 5 trained fighters instead of the several thought isn't which been blown. can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a small number and. the ones that are in the fight. is we're talking 445 so is that still the goal to have about $12000.00 of them there is that still the goal what's the expectation then for them at the pace we're gone we won't reach the goal that we had initially starbucks for ourselves but but the the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mass to be able to get work done on the ground. let's discuss the appointment or at least proposed appointment with george to merely towards the senior research fellow at the global policy institute always good to see you george we just saw there is pretty famous footage by now general austin admitting to having field with a huff a 1000000000 dollar project to train syrian rebels to f

the islamic state group says it carried out the attack.the meantime, these young students are determined to keep studying and imagining a better future for their country. 0livia le poidevan, bbc news. from first thing on tuesday morning, people across the uk will start to be given their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. those over 80, front—line health service workers, and care home staff will be prioritised as the roll—out of the first immunisation programme begins in hospitals. military personnel and planners are on hand to help when the programme is expanded. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports on what the health service says is the biggest vaccination programme in its history. tomorrow, they'll be part of history, among the very first to get the coronavirus jabs. hari and ranjan are in their 805, so are in the top priority groups, and they'll go in together to be vaccinated at newcastle's royal infirmary. i'm really excited about it. i feel that it's good that i've got the opportunity of doing it, and so i'm not nervous or anything l

areas of other picked out of afghanistan but really importantly we've seen a sharp increase in islamic states attacks within kabul itself especially targeting some of the groups that were just mentioned journalists politicians doctors today and so there is actually several groups operating right now and again islamic state has already taken responsibility for some of the other attacks that we've seen in the capital and especially there was using this same kind of attack this kind of car bomb or magnetic bomb which russia tried to do with these killings. well i think important thing to put is in the context of what's happening in afghanistan right now the taliban and the afghan government are of course an ongoing negotiations trying to get to some kind of ceasefire these are going really quite slowly in the course of these negotiations again the taliban has been increasing their attacks and so i think we see islamic state trying to flex their muscles at the same time assert their presence assert their kind of competition if you will with the taliban and to take advantage of the fact that the t

the chicago group and the islamic state in the. west african province. but it doesn't seem that it's it's really there because we see these reemergence all over and over time so we see it kind of a back and forth moment where you have offensives against the organizations and then you have them returning afterwards and i think some of the essential things going on on the ground there is that the nigerian army and the nigerian police maybe have been very weak at protecting civilians in the local area so it's easy for the various look around factions to take advantage of it both to chicago and the more strongly islamic state affiliated group of the former or former near who are ok professor hanson we'll have to leave it there unfortunately but great to get your thoughts and analysis thank you so much for joining us from also. a bit of breaking news for you then a year as vice president mike pence and his wife karen have just received the kovac 1000 vaccine a public events at the white house these are the latest pictures we've got for you about a vice presid

the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack.journalist working for a local tv station and the eastern province and she had been working there for a number of years and she's also a woman's rights activist and a symbol of society activist and someone who's very well known locally and she was on her way this morning around 7am to her office when gunmen opened fire and she had previously spoken about the challenges and dangers of being a female journalist in afghanistan. i was looking to her facebook and saw a few weeks back she posted writing that you had to be lucky in afghanistan just to stay alive. today she and her driver were both shot dead and it's really part of a spate of targeted killings that we had seen in afghanistan in recent months. he has seen as well as journalists he had seen human rights activists and government figures being assassinated. recently there has been quite a focus on the killing of journalists has been quite a focus on the killing ofjournalists in afghanistan. just last month a well—known reporter wa

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come under attack from the taleban from groups or groups claiming allegiance to the so-called islamic state but also we have strong men we have mafia you know there's no shortage of guns it's very easy to buy sticky bombs an i.e.d. isn't things like that in this country and what we've seen is that with all of these journalists killings there have been no real answers of who is responsible for it and so for a journalist the scariest thing is that you don't actually know who could kill you you know i was talking to a friend of mine the other day and he said think about it if one of us gets killed we don't even know if they would investigate the killing meaning the government and even if they had investigated the killer and what would that really accomplish you know he was saying that it doesn't bring us back to life and it doesn't change what's happening right now so the fact that it could be anybody is what's the biggest fear for journalists in afghanistan right now so it could be anybody targeting journalists why you know. that's the question right and the thing is is that we've seen in rec

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