let's get reaction now out of the us, where the mike hannah, who is in washington. mike, so tell us more about these sir. american efforts to capture and to extradite sugar or tonia. well, let's go. let's 1st indicted in new york court way back in 2009 since then. he's been indicted in other courts in the us all on drug trafficking charges. remembering of course, that the bulk of the drugs that was produced by suga was paneled through into the united states. now what's interesting as well, to notice that, that mention was made of us and u. k. intelligence assets in the sou goes arrest, a very interesting point showing that there is international cooperation in terms of finding this drug kingpin as he is described. he is, as i said, there was a 5000000 dollar reward placed on his head by the state department. this be no football coming from state department as yet with regard to extradition proceedings . however, it must be remembered that in march, this year, a student sister was arrested by dea agents. she's presently in the u. s. awaiting trial. so there is a prece

let's bring in mike hannah, who joins us live from washington days. say, hello there mike. what are authorities saying about the cause of this spill hasn't been confirmed? no, there's still investigations on going the coast guard has sent down divers who confirmed that the oil is leaking at a depth of sun that he meters or was before they switch the pipeline off. it was also dragged the pipeline as some 30 feet across a huge portion of the line was dragged across. but at this moment, they do not know the exact cause. it is speculation that it could have been a ship's anchor, which caught the pipeline and dragged it over in that area of southern california in that particular bit of ocean of huntington beach. there's a huge amount of shipping that passes through there. they are identified anchor points when a captains pass through, they all need to anchor at some particular point. the 1st thing they do is check their charts and make sure that they are clear of the myriad of pipelines, our communication cables that are down on that ocean floor. at the stage, investigators thou

for more on this story, let's bring in mike hannah, who's lie for us in washington day say hello there, mike. that october 18th deadline was fast approaching. how important was this agreement? well, a desire to li, crucial lists. the u. s. had defaulted on its debt. the economy would have been entails, it would have been unprecedented. most experts believe that everybody was going to bow at the last moments, but it's still a tense situation. and this only came about in terms of extending the debt to or, or putting a little bit of money in to allow it to run through to december. that took a lot of shenanigans in terms of what's been happening in recent weeks. and the end, the republicans, or some republicans, came to deal with a democrats that they would vote to drop the filibuster on this. now what that means is that it would just need at 60 votes to pass that procedural motion saying that the debt ceiling can be raised temporarily by a simple majority that democrats have 50 in these senate. i plus the vice president that gives them the absolute majority in the end. the bill was passed

for more on this story, let's bring in mike hannah, who joins us live from washington, d. c. hello there, mike. can you give us an insight into exactly what this all means? well, the senate eventually voted by 50 votes to $48.00 to raise the debt ceiling from $28.00 trillion dollars to 28.7 trillion dollars. meaning the government can pay its debts up until the december 3rd. and also moving away from the threat of a government default by october 18, which was a deadline. but this followed weeks of wrangling, and only came about because of the deal by the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, with the democrats to give some republican votes in a procedural motion to remove the filibuster. that means to move away the 60 votes that would be needed for this type of legislation to a simple majority which is 50 and which was passed by the senate. but the republican still making very clear the democrats have got to find a way to raise the debt ceiling finally on themselves without bipartisan support, which is the way that these matters are normally dealt with. remembering to that r

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mike hannah al jazeera washington fighting in yemen. 70 a civil war is escalating a key strategic region. who the rebels say they've seized new territory in the oil and gas producing provinces of maribel chub. what it comes as the saudi led coalition, which backs the government, said it killed a $160.00 who. the fighters in air strikes, floods, and lamps, lives of killed at least 19 people in india, southern karen, estate, officials say thousands have been evacuated and at least a 100 relief camps have been set up. is the worse flooding since 2018, and more than 500 people were killed. afghanistan's interior ministry says girls will soon return to secondary schools since the town of anne's take over, only primary age girls have been allowed in classes. male students and teachers were allowed to go back. in late september i seen a member of venezuela's opposition as those the president to resume negotiations despite at government envoy being extradited to the us. the talks were suspended when alex saab was handed over to washington by cape verde. he was arrested there last year of a money

mike, hannah has more story from washington d. c. in that area of southern california in that particular but of ocean or huntington beach, there's a huge amount of shipping that passes through there. there are identified anchor points when captains pass through they all need to anchor at some particular point . the 1st thing they do is check the charts and make sure that they are clear of the myriad of pipelines out communication cables that are dumb on that ocean floor . at the stage, investigators though still cannot point fingers as to the exact cause of this accident. they are also looking at the timeline and why it took so long, 12 hours, at least for a formal coast guard response to the leak tie ones president, sighing when has warned of catastrophic consequences. if the island was to fall to china in an article published on tuesday, she's bound to do whatever it takes to guard against threats. it comes after a record number of chinese aircraft entered. ty, one's a defense. identifications on the islands. defense ministry says

mike hannah has moved from washington. d. c. was very significant and leaders have agreed in their phone call that they held last month that it's essential for them to maintain open lines of communication. because of the nature of this brought relationship, they've made very clear that it's necessary for them to talk to each other, to try and lower what has been an immense amount of tension between china and the u . s. at the u. s. phases at, in terms of competition. this is a word that china says it does not like it is seeking, it says, a good relationship with the u. s. as it stands at the moment. president biden has now made clear that he will continue the policies instituted by his predecessor, in particular that agreement that was reached in january last year. the so called phase one agreement, in terms of which china made certain commitments which president biden says, he is now going to insist that china meets also staying in place. so other straight tariffs that president trump, then president trump, imposed no sign that

when they were taken by armed men in the area of gan thea mike, hannah has moved from washington dc. this is part of a pattern that has been erupt. ting within haiti since the assassination of president hoover now boy said back in july in those 3 months since then, more than 280 people have been kidnapped. this is an increase of some 300 percent. just a reflection of power, tenuous, c, law and order system is within haiti. now, just on friday, the un extended its mission to haiti for another 9 months. and in recent days, a u. s. delegation has been in that country, exploring ways in which it can help bolster the haitian national police. at least 19 people have been killed by land slides in floods. in india's careless state rescue teams are trying to reach people stranded by the flood voters. these are the worst floods in 2018 when more than 500 people were killed. the african interior ministry says girls will soon return to secondary schools that are only being permitted to attend to primary education since the tele bonds take. thousands have attended a rally in paris to remember the

know, in terms of his own freedom, he's not bothered manufactured it. odyssey was mohammed balder mike hannah is sir live for us in washington with the latest washington taking a very dim view of all of this mike very much so an immediate announcement off in screen criticism from the bided administration . the state department saying that it is now reviewing its relationship with sudan as a 1st step. it is suspending the $700000000.00 in assistance that it had pledged to that country to assist it in its transition to democracy. so that fund is now being put on hold. and also within the bided administration, there is a re evaluation as it's put up its relationship with sudan. remembering to that the relationship has been improving somewhat in recent months, only last year. and the u. s. removed sudan from its list of terror entities. this a massive advancement in terms of its relationship, but now with events taking place, that relationship beginning to freeze somewhat. my dear insecurity counselled you to discuss the situation later. what if anything, can they do? well really not very clear a

mike. hannah, for a fair kidnappings, have been on the rise in hygiene civil society group say they have been more than sick, 100 abduction so far this year. as mike mentioned, that's already more than twice as many as 2020. there's been growing instability and heidi following the assassination of president of elma, we see in july mm. criminal gangs often keep that people in the hopes of forcing relatives to pay rent and they release for more analysis on this. kim a's is a journalist at the hygiene libertine newspaper. he joins us by skype from new york . thanks for joining us. kim. tell us more about why this group of missionaries has been targeted. well cut some hours or $400.00 marrow 0 is that gang is called the seems to specialize in praying on the religious missionaries primarily who are out in that part of haiti, which is a very barren arid, godforsaken part of the country on the route to the dominican republic to the him any crossing. so there's a lot of traffic that goes through their own route. and so they've really made a name for themselves as a gang, which is particularly ru

it's gonna let him, mike hannah, who's in washington dc. like, how embarrassing are these revelations likely to be for king of judah? well, certainly could be very embarrassing. indeed, given the fact that jordan has been suffering through a massive economic depression in recent years, the very years that the king a spent this vast amount of money on the property in the u. k. in the u. s. so certainly there is that aspect of it to this could add to public discontent. at the same time though, his lawyers insist in a letter to the i, c i j that these were personal funds. they were not from jordan or from the family that the companies are registered in the king's name personally, that he was not attempting to evade or avoid tax, because as monarchy does not pay any taxes at all. the lawyers also contend that some of the properties apportion to king abdullah a full sleep time, so he no longer owns those properties nonetheless. so there is going to be some kind of political fallout from this fall that the jordanian king given, as i said, the eco

in july, mike, hannah reports heavy clouds room over the christian age ministries headquarters in the us state of ohio. the mission regroup has been operating in haiti for decades. with a 9 month break, 2 years ago, following a previous bait of gang violence, the organization released the following statement. we are seeking god's direction for resolution, and authorities are seeking ways to help. it continues. the group of 16 us citizens and one canadian citizen includes 5 men, 7 women, and 5 children in the haitian capital. puerto prince, the news of yet another mess. kidnapping comes. there's no surprise statistics indicate that more than $380.00 people have been abducted in the 1st 8 months of this year alone. from my dear, i'm going to tell you sincerely in regard to security. we cannot talk about this. on the security point, i can say it has been 0. there's been a mess of up search and kit nothings to the assassination of the country president of july this year. removing the last vestige of a functioning federal government, the prime minister as seen as being involved in the pres

will go to mike hannah in washington where sugar has been wanted by us authorities the 1st it's got our son therapy at the who is in bogota. alessandra so what is going to happen next? then yes, kim looked the minister of the fancier in the columbia spoke earlier on sunday. and he said that the next step will be to comply with the extra addition of tonya to the united states. and that the minister of justice here in columbia is already moving forward in that direction. so most likely we will see that with tonya, unless of some surprise, last minute surprise, in court, in the united states, most likely in new york in the coming months. it's unclear how long the extradition process will take at this point. but there's no doubt that the colombian government believes that they need to comply with this request from the u. s. that goes back more than a decade. actually. australia was indicted in the us back in 2009 not only on charges of shipping tons of cocaine to the united states, but also for recruiting children, killing police officers, among other charges that he's at requested by the u

let's bring in mike. hannah, who joins us live from washington day say, my kids are only early october. how concerning these figures with 3 months left of 2021. deeply concerning and health experts had been wanting for a period of time about this new surge being driven largely by the delta variant in all there are some 70000000 americans who have not been vaccinated. this, despite the fact that the vaccination is free, that it is freely available in all parts of the nation. and clearly the barriers is that the 70000000000 if they are not vex abated now. awesome, believe not going to get vaccinated for whatever reason. and health officials pointing out that this is a new pandemic off the un vaccinated they. it is, according to the health, the experts are the ones who driving the surge. so this, of course, a major concern experts pointing as well to the possibility of new berry and submerging beyond the delta variant. given the fact that so many remain unvaccinated in total, about 55 percent of americans are unvaccinated. the only bright point of one can put it like that is that over the

mike hannah is in washington dc with more this is just the beginning of the discussions. no sons have been discussed. the compensation took place between the ceo of the n g o that employed, zachariah mighty, who was the employer who was killed along with 9 members of his family. it was a virtual consultation. on the other side was the under secretary of defense for policy. now they were basically opening discussions as to how compensation can be paid and down the line in discussion with lawyers. it will come up how much compensation is going to be paid. this is not unprecedented. back in 2019 more than 70 such cases were conducted. payments were made ranging from $135.00 to $35000.00. but why this is complicated is that normally these discussions are held by regional commanders on the grounds. they all know us troops in afghanistan anymore. so this is not being dealt with at a distance by the under secretary of state for defense would be policy department. so he's talking to the c o n g o that employs the killed man. he will be talking to lawyers as well as it goes down t

one, i'm from mike hannah in washington. is exactly that. it is a review, a spokesman for the inspector general's office, is saying that this is a review. it is not an investigation that may be purely semantical, but it has been massive criticism, not necessarily about the fact of the withdraw, but the way in which it was conducted. and this is what the inspector general, the acting inspector general, is going to be looking at. essentially, 4 different areas, the issuing of special immigrant visas, the resettlement of african families, how they are resettled or are going to be resettled back in the united states. and a very important point as well. the emergency procedures at the embassy in kabul and whether those procedures had been sufficiently thought through and were exercised at the time of that rapid withdrawal following the advance of the taliban . so it is a wide range of investigation. we only know about it because a letter has been sent to the senior members of congress, heads up various committees. being notified that this investi

and the situation worse and in july, after the assassination of the president, mike hannah has moved from washington dc. they will on their way to the airport after visiting an orphanage when they were taken by what is described as an om gann . now this is part of a pattern that has been erupt. thing within, hey t, since the effect nation of president who are said back in july in those 3 months since then, more than 280 people have been kidnapped. this is an increase of some 300 percent, just the reflection not how tenuous the law and order to the is within the k t. now, just on friday, the u. s. extended submission to a t for another 9 months. and in recent days, a us delegation has been in that country, exploring ways in which it can help both the haitian national belief. now not clear at this particular stage, whether there's going to be any us involvement in rescuing the kit, not people of the state department staying very quiet in the matter has issued a statement saying it's aware of the situation and is monitoring it closely. but within haiti itself, that the division about th

mike, hannah has more from washington, dc in all there are some 70000000 americans who have not been vaccinated. this despite the fact that the vaccination is free, that it is freely available in all parts of the nation. and clearly the period is that this 70000000000, if they are not vaccinated now are simply not going to get vaccinated for whatever reason. and health officials pointing out that this is a new pandemic off the un vaccinated they. it is, according to the health experts are the ones who driving the surge. so this of course, a major concern experts pointing as well to the possibility of new variance emerging beyond the delta variant. given the fact that so many remain unvaccinated in total, about 55 percent of americans are unvaccinated. the only bright point of one can put it like that. is that over the past month, or the drop in hospital admissions has been some 25 percent of the number of recorded infections has also dropped for roughly the same figure. and since september, the 23rd of the death fatality rate has dropped by some 12 percent. so those are sign said hea

mike hannah, out to sera, washington. canada's primary search of intruder is making his 1st visit to a site where the remains of $215.00 indigenous children were found in mate. he's been criticized for leaving on vacation on the same day that the nation marked its 1st national day for truth and reconciliation. the day owners indigenous students who are forced into the state bank residential schools. jody vance reports are from kamloops in british columbia. here in the interior of british columbia, canada stands the kamloops indian residential school. this notorious structure is caught at the center of a political and human rights storm in this country. prime minister justin trudeau will be here to meet with the elders and tour this structure built with the sole purpose of taking control of indigenous children to remove their culture. connection with family and language rampant. sexual and physical abuses have been documented here. children dead often with no contact to inform families, they just never came home resulting in generational trauma, the orchard is where 215 unmarked grave

mike, hannah has more from washington, dc. why this is complicated is that normally these discussions are held by regional commanders on the grounds. they all know us troops in afghanistan anymore. so this is not being dealt with at a distance by the under secretary of state for defense for the policy department. so he's talking to the c e o n g o that employs the killed man. he will be talking to lawyers as well as it goes down the line. but further complicating this is that to the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has guaranteed that the men surviving family will be repaired created to the united states or brought into the united states as is their wish. now this is a method that is dealt with by the state department, so you've got another government organization that is going to need to get involved in this whole event. but it's police say the fatal stopping of u. k. politician david amos is a terrorist incident. the 69 year old was missing members of the public, at a church and his constituency, when he was attacked by 2

let's get more on this from al jazeera mike. hannah is in washington. tell us about how this is going to work like well, essentially the governor has announced that to vaccination mandated vaccinations will come into effect on a staggered basis. thirst looking at children between the ages of $12.16, and then as f d a approval is forthcoming, children under the ages of 12 will require to be vaccinated now. but governor point sounds that this is going to be over a staggered period. we are talking on for a period of months. the full impact will be measured by july next year says the governor, it's the 1st state in the u. s. a. to actually impose a mandate for vaccine within its schools. it's a massive step in terms of california and politics. and the process though, is simplified in a way a, by the fact that the governor has decided to add the cobit 19 vaccines to the list of vaccines that the company a california public health department already requires for school attendance such as measles, polio, mumps. these vaccines are already mandated cobit 19 is s