the was a gun battle in the afghan capital of kabul. we will have more from kabul in a moment.-ezuela available president venezuela's president held the a good assembly. and flatware putin order at hundred 55 u.s. diplomatic staff out of russia as protest against new sanctions. ♪ first to afghanistan and another attack in the capital of kabul. security forces battling gunmen after a suicide bombing at the iraqi embassy. state group has claimed responsibility for the attack. 2 afghan guards were killed. from kabul, our correspondent has more. the interior ministry and couple in a statement said at least four attackers targeted the iraqi embassy. the first attacker in the explosions -- it is not clear whether he was on foot. they went into the first floor of the embassy, the interior of the embassy. special forces managed to take iraqi diplomats to a safe location. this is still an ongoing attack. they were four kilometers away. i can't tell you, a number of employees of various offices specialcuated by afghan .orces they were very cautious for a few hours, as i said. h has claim

on the iraqi embassy in afghanistan's capital kabul several explosions and gunfire being reported. during the newsroom militants are driven by their six year stronghold in the lebanon highlands r.t. travels to what used to be the terrorist hideout in the month. we make the shocking discovery what appeared to be prison cells. just. lots of tactical vests. london's high court blocks a bid to prosecute former u.k. prime minister tony blair iraq. just after three pm this monday afternoon here in the russian capital welcome to r.t. international i mean you know good to have your company our top story venice we. turn to vote for a new constituent assembly was more than forty percent but the election sparked a deadly wave of violence across the country. an explosion on a street in caracas injured a number of people among them seven police officers six people were wounded two when a grenade was thrown into a polling station the opposition is calling for more protests a separate cards the election illegally. if you know republican we know if we don't have a republic we have nothing we may h

controlling sixty to seventy percent and we see of course attacks in kabul lay out for us this kind of debacle how it happened sure i mean. you can go back further we can go back into the seventy's i mean these conflicts been going on for that long i mean for the afghans it has been going out long and suffer it's been going on that long for americans we want history to start on september eleventh which is not fair. but for us the way i view this for american policy makers in the state department in two thousand and five working on the iraq desk. and you could see the anxiety among those working on afghan policy because hama cars i was being criticized as the mayor of kabul of the former president the former president of afghanistan is being criticized as the mayor of kabul. because he's in for the influence of the afghan government was not being felt outside of kabul and so the success of the western experiment in afghanistan the success of the democracy the excess of this western. policy of this western influence was not being felt and so in two thousand and five you start having this

a fresh bomb attack in kabul, this time attacking government workers in a bus.in washington is deadlocked and the afghan security situation worsening. the afghan national security forces are suffering completely unsustainable casualties in the war over the past year as well. they also simply can't sustain in terms of replacing lost troops or troops lost to casualties or simply leaving the army. and they're losing territory as well. there's been a slow rolling back of government authority, from 72% of the country's districts in november 2015 to 60% this february, and an expansion of insurgent—held districts from 7% to 11% over the same period. things this year have deteriorated further. for the british, insurgent gains in helmand province have proven particularly hard to swallow. guerilla groups taking over in districts like sangin or musa qala, where hundreds of british soldiers lost their lives. there have been other taliban gains, for example around kunduz and in the east. in the last few days, major attacks have happened in ghor and badakhshan provinces. what

justin rowlatt, bbc news, kabul. than expected. that could see ocean levels rise and low—lying areas around the world affected by floods. 0ur science editor david shukman has been to greenland to look at what‘s happening. a vivid blue snakes across the greenland ice sheets. a beautiful sight, but when the ice here melts the oceans rise around the world. 0n the horizon, the ice sheet looms ahead of us. we‘ve joined a team of british scientists. they‘re trying to understand how the ice is changing. people are very worried about the possibility that the ice sheet might be melting faster and faster in the future. we touch down in one of the remotest corners of the planet. the first task is to set up camp — a home in an utterly barren wilderness. once it‘s level, i‘ll leave it to you to take the measurements. the scientists then get to work. they want hard facts about the ice. painstaking research, to measure how quickly it might vanish. from the air, all you can really see is what looks like a vast expanse of endless whi

interior ministry in kabul has released a statement saying that at least four attackers were involved in this attack the first attacker detonated his explosives it's not clear from that interior ministry statement whether the attacker was on foot or he was driving in a vehicle and three attackers caught inside the embassy compound we're also being told that the afghan special forces have riskier the iraqi diplomats and taken them to a safer location one afghan official confirmed to me that the police commander in charge of security for the iraqi embassy was wounded. rises have said that they have carried out the attack to some. special forces from the price response unit still fighting possibly against one or more attackers and the question is that how these attackers were able to bring so many weapons and ammunitions into the heart of kabul now we see this is a prevalent problem for the afghan national security forces that these militant groups can launch these attacks in very secure locations or in very central parts of the afghan capital in kabul. another story we're closely follow

several explosions have been reported near the iraqi embassy in the center of kabul islamic state says it's behind the attack live now to bill outside of what he in kabul for the very latest to touch through on this program here on the internet. below researcher here in moscow thanks for coming on with us what do we know so far about this potential attack in the capital. the attack is still ongoing afghan special forces from the crisis response unit an elite force that's trained to fight these complex attacks still fighting possibly against one or more attackers we're being told that the iraqi ambassador is deputy and a bodyguard for the ambassador wore a risk you'd this is an operation of nightmares because it's a building of many rooms many bathrooms in many doors so afghan special forces are telling us that they're trying to at risk you and protect lives but they're also trying to kill any or many attackers that maybe there this attack is now. into almost third hour or even more than that and the question is that how these attackers were able to bring so many weapons and ammunitions

what's the latest from the attack in kabul?t happened during the morning rush hour when people were just beginning their day. it happened in the western part of kabul in a shia neighborhood that has been attacked before by the islamic state as well as by the taliban. we understand from health and interior ministry sources that at least 39 people are confirmed killed and more than 60 people are wounded. among those killed is a young student from the very remote province. she had studied in india and back and she has returned to the country. you can imagine the heartbreak. you can imagine how afghanistan is losing its best and brightest. poor province, they will never be able to have another educated woman. in all, afghanistan continues to lose and its people are getting used to these heartbreaks. >> this attack has been claimed by the telegram. incidents yet another on the taliban and managing to carry out a mass killing in the heart of the afghan capital, they have also been carrying out other violent attacks in recent days. >>

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the deadly attack in the heart of kabul. a suicide bomber blew himself up but the main gates of the iraqi embassy. allowing three other attack is to enter the building. then follows a gun battle which lasted several hours. buy a comic abysmal through northern through suddenly we heard a huge explosion. it was very very loud. and then everyone started panicking we run away and the police and the army came la but we austin what was happening. because we didn't know we had people shouting and gunfire but we didn't see any telephone into god's across a. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack. the assailants and several guards were killed. as afghan forces say embassy personnel were safely evacuated. kabul has seen a numbeber of deadly attacks in recent months. blamed on either the highest group or the taliban. these attacks have targeted government buildings as well as members of the shiite has our community. at least sixteen hundred civilians have died in the country. since the beginning of twenty sev

a suicide attacker has detonated a car bomb in the afghan capital, kabul.least 12 people have been killed and several wounded, according to a government spokesman. the target of the attack isn't yet clear. there's been a shooting close to the israeli embassy in thejordanian capital, amman. local police said twojordanian men were killed and two others injured — one of them an israeli. the shooting took place at a residence in the embassy compound. now it's time for world business report. doctor fox goes to washington... the uk's international trade secretary meets his us counterpart to talk trade. but he's not allowed to strike a deal, before brexit. the international monetary fund keeps its forecast for world economic growth. but it cuts prospects for the uk and the us, while china, japan and the eurozone gets a boost. welcome to world business report. i'm ben bland. also in the programme, we'll learn the success secrets of another ceo. but first, later on monday the uk's trade secretary liam fox will be in washington to discuss a preliminary trade deal ahe

attacks in kabul are common but the bombs are getting bigger. the trauma ward is quiet. but the anger in the city understandably so this is this. i can huge blast in kabul in as many months the government promised. to increase security. but this attack shows just how vulnerable the city state layers. taliban has growing in strength since the nato combat mission in afghanistan ended two and a half years ago. the insurgents now control a tenth of the country they contest another third and islamic state and i'll call you guys. are active to. president trump has promised a new strategy to break the stalemate he just. hasn't announced it yet perhaps. because it's so unpalatable. his military advisors want a significant increase in troops taking the total of foreign soldiers close to twenty thousand. the peak of the war. the war one hundred and thirty thousand foreign troops here and they could be the taliban up. what we send them all right? nbi the. this american led training exercise is a key part of the argument the u. s. military is making. to justify more troops spring cl

our south asia correspondent justin rowlatt reports from kabul.pport to defend troops from a taliban attack. a fighter plane swoops into action, protecting the troops on the ground... radio: we have a visual on the building to the north. nice shot. ..by taking out enemy targets. air support is crucial to modern warfare as this american—led training exercise shows. it is something the afghan military has not been capable of until very recently. major hamayoun zarin is one of afg hanistan's first fully—trained fighter pilots. the country's first top gun. if you miss the target by two metres, we call it a missed target, as the reason we didn't kill any civilians only enemy forces. the afghan air force is getting dozens of new attack helicopters, too. america and its nato allies plan to treble the number of aircraft over the next five years. air support makes all the difference in the world because it provides an asymmetric advantage over the enemy. in military terms that means is, it is something you have that they do not have. so train the afghan mi

kabul's police chief says most of the victims so far are civilians. reporter is live now in london with more. what is the latest? >> well, philip, the taliban have claimed responsibility in yet another brazen attack in afghanistan. they say they were targeting two government buses carrying intelligence officers but government security forces said it was a small bus owned by the ministry of mines that was destroyed in the blast and all the passengers were mining employees. as so often the case in afghanistan, it's ordinary citizens that bore the brunt of this attack with three civilian vehicles and 15 shops destroyed in the blast. the death toll of 38 and 6 o 0 you mentioned said to be civilians. they're weighing off the strategic options including the possibility of sending in more troops. now the taliban have launched a string of attacks around the country that have sparked off fighting in more than six provinces and it was just in may that we saw massive truck bomb attack that killed 150 people in a wave of unrelenting violence that plagued the coun

and breaking now in afghanistan - a suicide bombing rocking the capital city of kabul. at least 24 people were killed when a car packed with explosives rammed a bus filled with government employees heading to wrk. kabul officials say all of the dead and wounded are civilians, and some of them children. the taliban have claimed responsiblity for the attack. happening today - president trump will make a statement on healthcare today as senate republicans make their final push to repeal obamacare. but in a series of tweets sunday, the president expressed his frustration.. saying they "do very little to protect their president"... and vowing quote "repurcussions" if republicans fail to repeal and replace obamacare. a possible predural vote on whether to begin debate on the embattled republican health care bill could come as early as tomorrow. but it remains unclear if there is enough support to even begin that debate. meanwhile - the president's son-in-law heads to capitol hill today. jared kushner will answer questions from senators in a closed-door session as part of an i

at least 35 people have died in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul.aliban say they carried out the attack. in 05 sport, we'll be rounding up reaction from a sensational weekend of action. to afghanistan — and at least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in the capital kabul. it happened during the morning rush hour in the west of the city. here's a close up of the area — you can see it's close to the university and some government ministries. it's also home to many from the shia hazara community. the taliban have claimed responsibility. they said they were targeting intelligence officials on this bus. but afghan officials said the people on the bus were employees from the ministry of mines. let's show you these pictures from the aftermath. 42 people were injured — there are fears the number of casualties could rise. here's what one person caught up in the blast described. translation: two cars were burning, you could see bodies scattered. several shops were on fire. it was horrific, everyone was trying to run away, including women and

for a reported attack on the iraqi embassy in the center of kabul. there was an explosion followed by gunfire. still under way we understand there are believed to be five. there are no immediate reports of casualties but the moment we get the updates you will get them to. all right well thanks for joining us here at aussie international more of your worldwide headlines well for you at about. six guys are financial survival. when customers go by you reduce the price. well reduce and lower. that's undercutting but what's good for markets it's not good for the global economy. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some have wanted. to go on to be press was like that before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters and how. things should. this is really going to tell you why i work for say makes possible i work in the area of addiction. and i've been able to. impress upon everybody the need to have trauma informed care yeah right time yea

a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul has killed 35 people and left 50 more injured.imed responsibility for the blast, which destroyed a bus carrying government officials. kabul has seen a number of deadly attacks this year blamed on the taliban or so—called islamic state. israel says it is going to remove metal detectors from a disputed holy site injerusalem. metal detectors from a disputed holy site in jerusalem. they metal detectors from a disputed holy site injerusalem. they have warned of costs if the detectors were not removed in time for prayers. they we re removed in time for prayers. they were installed after two policemen we re were installed after two policemen were killed, sparking days of deadly clashes. not a good day for bielbers — the pop starjustin bieber has cancelled the rest of his current world tour due to what his publicist called "unforseen circumstances". the 23—year—old canadian superstar was due to resume his purpose tour on thursday, with 15 shows across north america and asia. it's a heartbreaking case which has made headlines around the wo

scenes from the dramatic aftermath in kabul right now. nearly 40 people are dead and dozens a the hospital after a suicide bombing. the taliban claimed responsibility. it blew up a bus in kabul. according to officials, the death toll is expected to rise. eun? >> angie, thank you. developing out of texas this morning, a terrible discovery in san antonio. we'll send a truck driver to federal core. nine people dead, 30 others hurt after being found in an overheated tractor-trailer. the truck was found in a walmart parking lot on saturday. federal agents say this is a case of human smuggling. some escaped into the woods or hitched rides when police a riechltd many were riegd in shom dangerous conditions. >> they were very hot to the touch. these people were in the trailer without water. a lot of heat stroke and a lot of dehydration. >> investigators have not revealed the nationalities of the victims. more case. more details at 6:45. >>> seven minutes after the hour right now. today, president trump will issue a statement on health care. >> th

the islamic state group has launched an —— on the iraqi embassy on kabul.will look at the —— and where it leaves america's position in afghanistan. this is venezuela, the fallout from the weekend's election which was to elect a constituent to the assembly. here is the president. with the hurricane example you have set today, more than 8 million votes by the sovereign people of venezuela. we will also talk about apple getting caught up in an argument around censorship in china. it is polled various vpns, facilities that help people get around censorship in china. we will explain that as well. things are moving at speed in washington, dc. in the past hour the white house confirmed anthony scaramucci will leave role as white house communications director to give chief of staff john kelly a "clean slate". bearin bear in mind he hasn't officially started the job. that was slated to happen in august. this was the first we've heard of this story in the new york times. all this means we are paying very close attention to this feed coming in from washington, and thi

a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul has killed 35 people and left 50 more injured.ed responsibility for the blast, which destroyed a bus carrying government officials. kabul has seen a number of deadly attacks this year blamed on the taliban or so—called islamic state. israel says its to remove metal detectors from the disputed holy site injerusalem. the un's middle east envoy has warned of catastrophic costs if the recent tensions didn't ease in time for friday's muslim prayers. the detectors were installed after two policemen were killed, sparking days of deadly clashes. not a good day for beliebers. the pop star, justin bieber, has cancelled the rest of his current world tour due to what his publicist called "unforeseen circumstances. " the 23—year—old canadian superstar was due to resume his "purpose" tour on thursday with 15 shows across north america and asia. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, is facing an uphill struggle amid plummeting ratings and a growing lack of confidence in his leadership. the latest public opinion polls suggest support has dropped to

offensives in the northern region of kunduz. 0wliya atrafi has more from kabul.ghan military personnel were killed after their base was stormed by the taliban fighters last night. this is a significant achievement for the taliban in this province. in the past, their efforts used to be focused mainly on the neighbouring helmand province but that prevents, having been weakened enough for them, it seems that the insurgents have focused now on kandahar —— that providence. —— province. many of their leaders have come from these areas. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come. we‘ll be live in venezuela — on the same day of yet another anti—government strike, the us has imposed sanctions against 13 senior officials in venezuela. the supreme court has scrapped charges for people who want to bring a case to employment tribunals, ruling that the fees are unlawful. the government, who introduced fees of up to £1,200 in 2013, must now pay back £32 million to claimants. 0ur legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. the ruling is huge. it means that not only th

in kabul this morning a taliban suicide bomber killed at least twenty four people and injured forty two during a rush hour attack police say the assailant reportedly rammed a car filled with explosives into a minute bus carrying employees of the mines and petroleum industry all the taliban took responsibility for the attack in a statement to the media saying their primary target with intelligence services personnel according to united nations kabul accounts for at least twenty percent of all civilian casualties this year meanwhile officials say the taliban has launched a series of attacks throughout afghanistan in recent days prompting clashes in more than half a dozen provinces well there were new violence coincides with a pending decision from u.s. officials determine whether more troops will be needed to bolster nato led training and advisory missions all this comes after u.s. officials in the country say a u.s. airstrike mistakenly killed at least twelve afghan national police officers in the southern province of helmand friday. ten people died in san antonio texas in a quote human

at least 35 people have died in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul.aliban say they carried out the attack. and we'll also be looking at a potential breakthrough in treatment for hiv, our health reporter willjoin us from paris where a research conference is taking place. the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard have ended their legal battle to take him to the us for experimental treatment. it follows an american doctor, who examined charlie saying he was no longer willing to offer the therapy, after seeing the results of a new mri scan last week. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. the fight over charlie gard's future is over. this desperately sick little boy will now be allowed to die. justice for charlie! after a hugely emotional hearing, where his parents said they had agreed to let their son go, they emerged to face the world's media. our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will ma

a suicide attacker has detonated a car bomb in the afghan capital, kabul.n a shooting close to the israeli embassy in thejordanian capital, amman. local police said twojordanian men were killed and two others injured —

breaking the death toll is climbing, after a suicide car bomb strikes in kabul, afghanistan. right now-- police report at least a dozen people dead and 10 more injured. the bombing exploding early this morning in a neighborhood in the country's capital. it's still unclear exactly who the bomber was attempting to target. ground say all of the victims are civilians. a big week in the district. president trump's son in law and adviser, jared kushner, will meet with members of the senate intellegence committee to answer questions about russia. meanwhile-- the president is planning to speak out on healthcare today as senate republicans make their final push to repeal obamacare. abc's emily rau has more, from northwest. trt=1:31 oc=soc fox news sunday anthony scaramucci 11-15 white house communications director jay sekulow 34-37 trump legal team member sen chuck schumer 1:12-1:16 (d) new york capolill-- new communications new role in the white house. and anthony scaramucci says a big part of that job is shutting down the stream of leaks coming out of his office. scaramucci also wei

that's a good question. >> nick paton walsh in kabul for us. thank you for that great report.ow me on facebook and twitter. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. you can see me tonight at 7:o00 p.m. i'll be in for erin burnett on "out front." we turn to wolf blitzer in the situation room. >>> president trump's son-in-law jared kushner denies collusion with russia and says he has nothing to hide. >> mr. kushner, will you testify publicly? >> reporter: kushner insists all his actions with russian officials were proper. will lawmakers agree? >>> insulting sessions. president trump derides his attorney general, referring to jeff sessions as beleagured, referring to russia investigations. why is president trump attacking one of his most loyal supporters? >>> doing the

we don't have ambassador for kabul.have an ambassador for countries we don't have strategic tension with. we don't have the bodies there. we don't have an assistant secretary for counterproliferation. so, the problem is not only that there isn't sort of a vision, but there aren't people to help develop the vision at this point. >> these job openings and a great deal of reporting on the sheer number of vacancies. is this part of a larger plot to simply starve government? is this part of the trump administration's plan to tear down the administrative? >> we heard steve bannon several months ago make those type of claims. what is troubling you look at secretary tillerson who is looking to fill these positions that being sidelined by the white house. because they weren't, you know, people that he's looking to put in may have disagreed with donald trump as a candidate. but, now, are willing to serve under president trump and these are people with really strong credentials. so, there is that, as well. there's some kind of loy

cnn's nick paton walsh is live in kabul with more. what have you learned, nick?reporter: sal sin, talisyn, violence here unabated. they were mining ministry employees on the way to work. further south in helmand, a handful, 300 u.s. marines have gone back to try and stop the bleeding, to try and hold the taliban back. they face enormous challenges. we saw what those were from a white house announcement about their next military moves here in afghanistan. here we are again, but it's been going on so long, these guys have left and then come back. afghanistan's helmand and america's marines. when does it end? a year ago, the taliban were at the gates of this key city, now it's not good, but it's better because the marines, even though there's only 300 of them, have brought huge fire power with them. afghan troops just now retook one district. the marines, not on the front but advising on base instead and congratulating them indoors. nothing lasts forever here except maybe the war, but the triumph soon fades. the rockets just hit, landing about 20 meters outside. a t

the president's >> reporter: that agenda includes health care after failing to to repeal the afford kabul care act, but the president is not, defeating -- don't give up, republican senators. the world is watching. >> the president will not accept those who said quote, it's time to move on, he wants to help the millions of americans who have suffered. >> reporter: the president will reportedly sign new sanctions. plus the threat from north korea is more urgent after reports of another missile test. >> to have a trajectory, which as of the latest analysis would enible it to go about 6,000 miles, maybe even hit as far east as chicago, we can't have that. >> reporter: how to stop it? now under new manages. we were watching today's cabinet meeting, because it's with president trump and his attorney general since the president started criticizing jeff sessions for stepping off the russia investigation. tracie potts, nbc washington. >>> today the president will award his first medal of honor. james mcclellan saved ten of his fellow soldiers during the vietnam war. the would you say says he repea

embassy in kabul to amr. for their visa.h time >> why a visa is grabbeded or denied is always kept confidential. >> reporter: afghanistan is not one of the six mostly muslim cunning under the travel ban. >> homeless, because we didn't get the visa, and we could imto kabul for two times. >> reporter: their case sparking international many attention, and a last-minute intervention by the president themselves. >> they were elated. they packed their bags. at an airport, fans waited to greet them at midnight. >> they were powerful, strong and not silent anymore. >> reporter: for rudaba, a dream come true. >> i'm so happy, i could say how much we are happy. >> reporter: happy to make history. nbc news, new york. >>> two hollywood greats are being remembered this morning. martin weekend. best known for his role in the tv show "mission impossible." and he won an oscar for his rode of ed wood. >>> and george romero passed away. he's best known for his gruesome movie "night of the living dead." he was 77 years old. >>> o.j. simpson is

then the girls traveled 500 miles to the embassy in kabul to get their visas twice.d both times. they were devastated, but last week president trump authorized the visas the girls needed to travel to america. they were deeply grateful that they and afghanistan were not forgotten. >> team afghanistan. >> reporter: now the girls will complete for a medal against 162 other teams. the afghanistan ambassador says the afghan people will be watching. >> seeing them and seeing the talent that they represent gives us the hope that afghanistan has the potential to become a stable and prosperous country. >> reporter: it's still unclear why the girls' visas were initially refused. the state department says they can't even discuss it because of privacy concerns. by the way, afghanistan is not one of the six nations included in the president's travel ban, but five of those nations are represented here. they are syria, iran, libya, yemen, and sudan. >> maybe the winners of the robot olympics will get a scholarship to m.i.t. that school is doing some remarkable things with robots li

taliban claiming responsibility for a deadly car bombing monday in kabul, afghanistan. least 24 people have been killed and 42 others wounded. this happened in the western part of that city. taliban say they were targeting a bus carrying afghan intelligence. poland's president is supposed to meet with the head of the supreme court in just a few hours time. the president is under growing pressure to veto a reform bill that put the supreme court under government control. thousands of protesters are calling for a veto to that measure. the president of the philippines, duterte, will give his annual state of the nation address monday. the speech will likely focus on the economy, terrorism and war on drugs, over the weekend. reviewing mr. duterte's question to extend martial law until had end of the year. >> looking for the pop star who is linked to the meeting last year. promising damaging information on hillary clinton from the russian government. matthew chance joins us now, matthew, you attract and down one what did he have to say? >> we tried repeatedly to get a comment.

they believe it may have been targeting a bus, but kabul's police chief says so far most are the civilians's the latest? >>. >> reporter: taliban have claimed responsibility. said it was a small bus owned by the ministry of mines that have been destroyed. as is so often the case, three civilian vehicles and 15 shots were destroyed in the be all civilians and a set to rise. there's been a resurgence of violence including the possibility of sending more troops to the country. the taliban recently sparking fighting in more than six provinces so we're set to see even more violence going forward there. >>> still ahead, the u.s. economy slowing down? we'll ask cnbc with fascinating details next and the lengths that some waiters will go to dli your food next on "early today." new charmin ultra soft! it's softer than ever. new charmin ultra soft is twice as absorbent so you can use less. so it's harder to resist. okay, this is getting a little weird. we all go, why not enjoy the go with charmin? you...smells fine, but yourin your passengers smell this bell dinging new febreze car with odor

officials say a car bomb exploded just outside the embassy in kabul. three gunmen then apparently tried to storm the building. still very few details but right now there are no reports of any casualties. new overnight - a virginia mother visiting family in our area, reported missing. and with her - her young son, and cousin. ryan hughes is live in leesburg with the search happening now. answers after a violent weekent in the district. take a look at this map. 10 people shot in the district in seven different shootings - two of those victims ended up dead. among those killed - jermain richards. he was just 17 years old. a gunman shot and killed him while he was visiting friends near the corner or quarles and 45th streets northeast. (butt) that second homicide happened saturday night when a man was shot and killed along kanasas avenue. take a look at your screen -- this surveillance video that shows the moments before the shooting took place. seven is on your side, getting answers about this spike in violence. we're sitting down with d-c police chief pet

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the group led by chairman john mccain met with several top government and military officials in kabulaccording to the "the new york times" the senators were critical of the trump administration for not yet filling a number of diplomatic vacancies in afghanistan. the senators are calling on to put forth a new strategy, the winning war that has now lasted 16 years. >> the strongest nation on earth should be able to win this conflict. >> the time for a strategy has come. we need a strategy in the united states that defines our role in afghanistan. defines our objective and explains how we're going to get from here to there. >> senator lindsey graham urged secretary of state rex tillerson to come to afghan quickly, saying in part, all of us rel z realize it's more than just dropping bombs in afghanistan. >>> an update on airline security measures. passengers, they can now bring laptops aboard the middle east's largest airlines. dubai's airport authority announced on twitter this morning that the ban imposed by the trump administration on amor rats which flies to 12 u.s. cities has been li

in washington. 9:30 in kabul, afghanistan. wherever you're watching from irnd a the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> right now, senate republicans are in their weekly policy lunch on their plates is the big health care vote today today, and whether the majority leader mitch mcconnell can uft inner enough votes to get movement on efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. president trump has been putting pressure on congress to get a health care deal done. we're going to hear from the president around two hours from now. he's holding a joint news conference with the visiting prime minister of lebanon. the two leaders will take a limited number of questions to each. we're going to bring that news conference to you live. that's coming up. the president is also keeping up the heat on his attorney general jeff sessions. a day after tweeting about his "beleaguered" attorney general today he suggests sessions is "very weak."ov we're covering on the angles. dana bash on capitol hill. seen yur white house correspondent jeff ze

2a people have been killed and more than a0 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital, kabultacker detonated the car bomb close to a bus carrying government employees in the west of the city. it's not yet clear who was behind the attack. scientists say they're examining a potential breakthrough in the case of the missing sheffield toddler, ben needham — who disappeared on the greek island of kos, 26 years ago today. human material has been found in soil samples gathered last year by british police. marta newman has more. ben needham was 21 months old when he disappeared on the island of kos injuly 1991. he disappeared on the island of kos injuly1991. in the years that followed, men's mother kerry pleaded with anyone that knows anything about her son's disappearance to come forward. last october, an extensive 21—day search was conducted of land around the farmhouse where he was last seen in a second site close by after it emerged the toddler may have been crushed to death by a digger. and now, on the 26th anniversary of his disappearance, a possible breakthrough. signs of bloo

so, for example, kabul bank in afghanistan was floating u.s. funding -- the u.s. payment of salaries to the afghan national army. the thing was a ponzi scheme, it was completely insolvent but what kept it afloat was the cash flow going through it, right? so you can think about real estate serving the same function or in honduras bank owe sicosa which is the biggest bank in the country bought out citi group's central american holdings. now, i can understand why citi would want to get out of central america given what kind of money is sloshing around there and given kind of the ratcheting up of banking compliance that's been happening in recent years. if i were city i'd probably derisk in that particular way, but my question is did anybody look at what money sicosa used to buy them out. you know, so i had a conversation with someone from a development bank who said essentially the entire banking sector in honduras looks like kabul bank or looks like the banking sector in afghanistan which is kabul bank was a pons gee scheme which the only ones that were actually sol

isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack on the iraqi embassy in kabul. the attack started when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the game and allowed fighters to get inside the gate. this comes after an attack on government workers in kabul killing 35 people. >>> police in alabama are hunting for a fugitive following a jailbreak. 12 inmates escaped from the walker county jail last night. police have recaptured 11 of them overnight. jail officials not saying how these men got out. police are urging people in the area to stay off the streets until the manhunt is completely over. >> tensions boiling over and turning violent at an airport in france. an easyjet passenger tweeted a moment a member of the ground staff in nice punched a man holding a baby. the victim claimed about an 11-hour flight delay when he was hit in the face. a fellow passenger said the punch left a mark. the baby was not hurt. the attacker who works for a subcontractor, not easyjet, has been suspended. >> well, his anger management class hat not worked out for him. that is not the righ

embassy in kabul to get their visas. twice they were denied. last week, president trump stepped in and authorized the visas the girls needed to travel to the s the team with flowers and hugs when they arrived friday night. one team member said they were very happy and surprised when they learned president trump intervened. >> now the girls are competing against more than 160 teams from around the world. the afghan ambassador says for their country, just being here is symbolic. >> despite war and a lot of other challenges that we go through, seeing them and seeing the talent that they are presenting gives us the hope that we have the potential to become a stable and prosper us country. >> the u.s. was supposed to send the team a box of materials, but terrorism concerns stopped the delivery. so the girls scraped this project together. no matter where they place, the team stole the show. >> the competition goes through tomorrow here in dc and it celebrating permission to participate. team gambia was approved this week as well after being denied th

embassy in kabul for visas. twice they were denied with no explanation. after news stories and complaints from members of congress, the state department was finally overruled by a higher authority -- president trump. whose daughter ivanka showed up today to show her encouragement. >> so inspired by what you built here and what you're doing and how you're advancing the role, in this case, of women and girls. >> reporter: for two days they've been fine-tuning their robot, which can sort balls by color. a test of how machines can separate clean from contaminated water. the girls eager to prove themselves to those back home who still doubt what girls can do. why was it important for you to be here? >> it's important to be here because of showing the taliban that -- >> showing the talent and ability of afghan women? >> yes. that afghan women can make robots, too. >> reporter: the afghan team did not win top honors. but still won a prize tonight for overcoming obstacles and for their true grit. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> we appreciate you spendi

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. >>> at 6:35, the taliban claiming responsibility for a horrific attack in kabul in afghanistan.e are dead. dozens others injured after a suicide car bombing. the early morning attack targeted a bus carrying employees of the mines and petroleum ministry. authorities say all the dead and wounded are civilians. >> right now, laura, police in milpitas are looking for a man who exposed himself to minors. he exposed himself thursday afternoon where there were young kids present. they also say two minors meant to take this photo of the man before he left the scene. take a good look there. police cleared the image first published in an online article. in the same report the department rarely receives calls of indecent exposure. we did our own digging on this and crimereports.com showed 20 were reported in mill pitas ove the last three months. tracking tool does not indicate how many if any were indecent expo exposure. >>> at 6:36 trying to find out what caused a small plane to make an emergency landing in san jose over the weekend. investigators say the plane tilted while landing and on