you have the countries of north africa, of southern africa, the sub-saharan africa, niger, mali, chadsudan, you have north africa, from morocco to egypt and the mediterranean basis and southern europe. places. speaking about destabilizeing, you mentioned people have been stepping up. a youth has been stepping up and this is a quote: even that - there has been pushback, here is an 18-year-old, stepped up and was assassinated. you see his photo on my screen. speaking about the youth, you short shabab libya, the youth of libya, what should they do in this situation where they are being targeted and as sass nated to bring back civic dialogue and country. >> i mean, that's the million dollar question, how we can continue to be involved in the process simultaneously avoiding being killed in the process. so it's something that the civil society and youth continue to struggle with, how to strategise and be involved, and not put our lives at stake. one of those approaches, and i think that's what in this twitter contributor was saying, in the dialogue process, that the u.n. special envoy is tr

not just boko haram, in north africa in afghanistan and pakistan. you see what isis does we are a winning horse, we are resilient standing up. that's why they give the sense of victory and you have these holistic groups and factions trying to join jump on the caravan of the isis gee haudigigee -- jihadism. >>> and ahead, screeners at the airport and an update plus passengers had to screen before boarding flights. screeners and anyone else working at the airport. both these stories right here on cnn. "ride away" (by roy orbison begins to play) ♪ i ride the highway... ♪ ♪ i'm going my way... ♪ ♪i leave a story untold... ♪ he just keeps sending more pictures... if you're a free-range chicken you roam free. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ two wheels a turnin'... ♪ >>> investigators are trying to determine why an armed man attacked screeners at new orleans louis armstrong airport friday. an army of officers ascending on the airport where officials say 63-year-old rich

people getting to witness that across europe parts of the middle east parts of north asia even and north africa. this unique celestial event was witnessed from space as well. the world weather center we have more. we were here waiting here in london to see it but it was so cloudy yesterday, that many of the children that went out there to see it kept saying where exactly is it? we can't see it. >> i heard, and i saw you reporting from that. a bit unfortunate. >> yes. it was unfortunate. very upset about it but the best view without a doubt, was from space. wasn't it? >> in fact it was. you've got to see the phenomenal video coming in from a satellite. people actually viewing it from earth. well only got to see it sometimes, if they were lucky, if the skies cleared overhead from above, this is a few hundred kilometers from above. look that. you can actually see the full

embassies in that part of the world. >> reporter: across the region wolf in north africa in the horn of africa the nation of djibouti the u.s. embassy there saying they have a threat stream closing the embassy to consular services. basically the public not allowed in. across the way in saudi arabia now, the u.s. embassy in riyadh and other u.s. facilities diplomatic facilities across the country, closed for several days now. again, a threat stream that they say that is causing them to shut these areas down for consular services. they are not giving very much in the way of specifics but let's be clear. the state department doesn't shut things down for no reason. >> it follows the complete shutdown of the u.s. embassies in somalia, in libya, in yemen, certainly in syria as well. so these u.s. embassies are being shut down across the region. barbara, thanks very much. as the united states steps up security at some of its embassies there are now reports of death threats, death threats directed at caroline kennedy. the united states ambassador to japan, the daughter of john f. kennedy. wor

you as part of a generation that had learnt his trade fighting against north africa.you remember your history and know that colonial wars were some of the most brutal spot by european countries who thought the third world countries they were fighting as savages, lower than human therefore could be treated in ways that boy that europe was not yet treating each other. so franco in the early 20th in what i think was about the second major battle as north africa was called, they actually used poison gas. it wasn't known until many years later but it's very clear there is a great deal of use and poison gas on the berbers. the berbers were muslim. they were very poor. so when franco decided it was time for him to take over spain, he was based posted africa d. flute player and organized the first military air lift in history. that's the other thing about for his medical technology. you've also got military technology. you organize the first air lift which he had to go to hitler to request and didn't think it was a good idea at first but he adjusted to a performance and was f

pugh was expressing sympathy for bin laden and bombing north africa. he was investigated back then but never charged. >> isis' reach is pretty broad. there's no one community they can focus on. elizabeth: the 47-year-old is originally from new jersey. his former landlord told abc he is shocked by the news. >> did not strike me as someone that would go off the handle. elizabeth: in recent years, he lived in kuwait and egypt. he was arrested in january after trying to fly to turkey. officials say his ultimate destination was syria. turkish authorities returned him to cairo and contacted the u.s. according to the indictment, pugh tried to destroy data on his thumb drives and laptop after his arrest. investigators say pugh's computer contained jihady propaganda videos including one with isis video. he is accused of trying to join isis in the last year alone. reporting from new york i'm elizabeth hurfur abc 7 news. autria: heartbreaking crime, three children ages 1 5 and 12 are dead stabbed in their north carolina home. police say an 18-year-old killed them

per month for the last 40 years, are in february our extended annual review of terrorists's in north africa their impacts on people in that part of the world, and a review of europe's political situation and how it has affected the use of terror by the franchise for whatever means them a causing civil disobedience in that part of the world. the potomac institute produces at least one document per month all year long and averages one r two books per year. we are very proud that we host several seminars. we welcome your review on our website. we will be glad to provide you with summaries of all of that work and of course you are always guided to those events as they take place. we hope that today is not just enlightening, but it's an opportunity for you to engage because of dealing with this issue on a very personal and professional level around the world. at this point in time, 17 years into the potomac institute gathering to discuss world terrorism and re-stabilizing our society -- it is time to recognize the world is in one of the most unstable positions it has been in a very, very long ti

resolve from the president obama to rooting out isis from their strong holds in the middle east to north africa because the reality is the more ground that they gain the more barbaric acts they commit the more they're going to inspire tease lone wolf actors across the world. >> juan, you and i have had this discussion going back and forth on this. if you really want to beat isis, even john kerry said if if we want to beat them we would do that but we don't want to fall into that trap. if you really want to beat them you can hit them hard with air attacks and we're not doing enough, are we? >> i think you think that we should just wipe them out, including, you know massive force of u.s. troops and the like on the ground. i just disagree with that. >> stop. stop. you and i know this i don't say more massive u.s. troops on the ground. arab troops, yes, no more american troops on the ground. go ahead. >> i'm all for the arab troops but i don't see that they're putting it up. i guess it would be up to us to do it. i will say this, i find this conversation so interesting. i thought wayne was on targe

not only in the middle east but in north africa. west africa, central asia. it seems like iran their stake in the fire. >> i know you've been briefed as the head of the senate intelligence committee. what is your sense of what is happening in yemen right now? >> well, clearly we're on the verge of a civil war. i think that we have seen, as the ambassador just said, who has been a tremendous representative from saudi. i had long conversation with ambassador last week. ten countries have come together. primarily because they can't allow iran to take a foothold in yemen. this is iran. they financed them, they have consulted them they have sent weapons and fact is, that the gulf states, this coalition will not stand by and see that presence seeded there. how we can really consult with the iranians and iraq especially the way they treat u.s. forces there. >> schieffer: should we have done something that we didn't do could we have maybe made this situation better than it's turned out to be or not? >> bob it would have started a long time ago by not removing every u

but officials caution al qaeda affiliates in north africa also are very active in tunisia.kers perhaps inspired by isis rather than directly ordered to attack. violent as it was, u.s. officials say the tactics appeared haphazard, not a typical terrorist hostage or kidnapping plot. tunisian authorities announced nine people had been arrested. four directly linked to the attacks. the prime minister identified two suspects by name one had been known to security services. but the prime minister did not say if those two were the gunmen that had been killed. a tour guide tells of the terror. >> translator: i thought a roof had collapsed but bullets were everywhere. we all hid from the shooting. >> reporter: an enemy increasingly difficult to track down. >> what makes these organizations this virus so difficult to kill is because it is home-grown self-recruited and there's no center and no return address that we can destroy it at. >> reporter: what officials are telling us is stop looking so much at the labels. isis al qaeda, it may not really matter at this point, that these are

notes on combat actions in tunisia and north africa. so another great thing about harmon is he learned and learned from combat in north africa and he wrote this paper and sent it out to his colleagues and other infantry divisions and armored divisions so they could benefit from what he learned in north africa prior to the d-day invasions. and if you go through that document i used that document to prepare our cavalry troop for operations in desert storm. some fundamental things, right? he said army units are like a good football team or you could say rugby team since we're at iss. he says a good team knows about eight plays and they use these plays in combination. so battle drills, right? rehearsed responses to a predictable set of circumstances in combat is what battle drills are. these are fundamental things, right? fire and maneuver. he said combat in the desert is sort of like naval -- these are things that informed our preparation in 1991, written in 1942, 1943. so ernest harmon is i think one those guys. i'm trying to pick people

this is a small nation in north africa. new pictures just coming in.ery close to the parliament building which has been evacuated, and this, you can clearly see, don't need me to tell you what's going on. a lot of fear and people armed, protecting this building. we don't know if it's the museum, entrance to the museum. apparently up to three armed people were involved in this killing. that occurred today in tunisia. eight people have been killed. the parliament building has been evacuated, and we're going to take a short break mondayitoring this still breaking news situation and be right back. ront of advanced electronics. providing technology to get more detail... ♪ ♪ detect hidden threats... ♪ ♪ see the whole picture... ♪ ♪ process critical information and put it in the hands of our defenders. reaching constantly evolving threats before they reach us. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring

you know tunisia is a major vacation destination in north africa, people around europe, and that's exactly who want attackers targeted. this morning in a rampage at a popular tourist destination. >> the tourists stepped off a bus and were immediately fired o some died instantly, and others escaped. some running into the building. but inside of the national museum, they were taken hostage by government, dressed in military uniforms and armed with assault rifles. other visitors like this tourist from france, managed to hide in the building. >> we waited for approximately one hour without moving until the police intervened. >> hours later they freed the hostages and killed at least two gunmen, but two or three more may still be at large. the dead included visitors from poland and germany. >> they are guests to our country, and i didn't want that for them. it makes me sorry. it's a sin what did they do to us? >> the president said that he was at a loss for words despite no clear indication of who carried out the attacks there was no room for radicals in his country. >> i can't say anything oth

we'll see how isis is expanding its reach in north africa. >>> more information about a man hanging frome in the u.s. south. why some say it wasn't murder. hey, you forgot the milk! that's lactaid®. right. 100% real milk just without the lactose. so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort? exactly. here, try some... mmm, it is real milk. see? delicious. hoof bump! oh. right here girl, boom! lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for a tasty snack that's 100% real dairy try lactaid® cottage cheese. >>> let me update you on the top stories we're following this hour. a series of bombings at two mosques in yemen has killed at least 137 people and wounded more than 350. suicide bombers hid their explosives under plaster cast and blew themselves up inside the mosques. a car bomb exploded outside. isis is claiming responsibility. >>> some of the victims from wednesday's bloody attack at the museum in tunisia play unidentified in the morgue there. at least a dozen of the 23 people were tourists visiting from two cruise ships. >>> more than 90 decomposing bodies were found in a

and nays in various forms appear from north africa all the way to western china in very many differentf forms. and the nay that i play is associated with turkey. it is this shape this profile here, that is said to give the turkish nay its particular tonal timbre. but the real place where timbre lives is inside the instrumentalist's heart and head. if the instrumentalist doesn't hear the timbre in the instrument and the music, then the audience won't hear it either. (narrator) while materials and construction are critical in determining the timbrel capabilities of an instrument, it is the musician who makes the instrument come to life. in essence the instrument becomes the unique musical voice of the player. (redman) i think the connection that you feel with an instrument is oftentimes beyond literal or verbal description. but i think one thing that really attracted me to the sound of the tenor saxophone was its incredible emotional range. [saxophone plays jazzy staccato music] the tenor saxophone can be a very, very tender and sensitive instrument. [resonating, mellow melody] or it can

everything and also as a financial model i think it might gain a lot of ground in the future in north africa and africa in this general but also in different parts of the world. i think the process of isis' growth is still on, you know it's still growing. i don't think isis has been defeated as you hear in the headlines. isis has been contained in some parts of iraq and syria. they have been rolled back in areas where isis was on or had been on the offensive. so they were targeting kurds inside kurdish territory, and they were targeting shia inside shia territories. new they were rolled back to all sunnis -- now, they were rolled back to all sunni areas. its heartland tikrit, have not been threatened by any kind of internal or external challenges. and that won't happen. i don't think, you know, if you look at iraq or -- [inaudible] or even mosul, you don't really know what's going on there. and that's usually an indication when you have a blackout in an area that is an indication that isis is so entrenched in the area, it has eliminated any kind of rivalry or potential rivalry. any activist

people in europe russia and north africa saw the eclipse. original places on land where it was total was the faro islands and a group of isles in norway. people were alerted to think twice before taking a selfie, though because a warning said that act of taking an eclipse selfie could put people's eyes in large's way. i have seen selfies that put opinion's eyes in harm's way. clips or no eclipse. amost selfies, tonight eclipse of the moon, makes you want to write a song. matt? ♪ total evening collins -- eclipse of the heart ♪ >> you can be backup. >> 41 in petaluma. 42 in row -- rohnert 60 in lafayette. in san rafael, not seeing any fog whatever on 101 southbound to the golden gate bridge is that is fog free. we will be mostly cloudy today and a lot of mid-to-upper cloud with limited sunshine were dropping the temperatures become to reasonable levels after being in the 80's yesterday. 68 to 75 and the coast is 60 to 63 and the bay is around 66 to 74. it is came this morning for the ferry and it will be breezy in the afternoon. saturday, part

. >>> isis' influence on the rise in north africa. >>> welcome back. i'm natalie allen.'s an update on the top stories we're following this hour on "cnn newsroom." the terror group isis claiming responsible for attacks on a pair of mosques in yemen that left at least 137 people dead 350 injured. state-run media reports suicide bombers pretended to be disabled and hid their explosives under plaster casts they were wearing. >>> people in tunisia meantime marched against terrorism on the country's independence day just days after two extremives killed 23 people at a museum in tunis. officials say the men had weapon training in libya. about half the people killed were tourists. >>> more than 90 decomposing bodies were found if a shallow grave in damask nigeria, friday. the bodies discovered in a town recently freed from boko haram. the victims, some of them beheaded are believed to be residents who refused to join the terrorist group. >>> 70 syrian soldiers were kill in attacks -- killed in attacks launched by isis east homs. the group that monitors the ongoing civil war sai

we asked our correspondent about the chances that european troops can be deployed to north africa on a peacekeeping mission. reporter: the southern border of the european union is back on the map because of what happened in tunisia this week. there were horrible terrorist attacks but also because of the situation in libya. the approach for tunisia is more cooperation, trying to help the authorities to transition to democracy and the approach in that be a has to be different. it is a failing state. they need something more robust. that is why leaders discussed a peace mission during that summit but they only will go forward with that is libya has a unity government that is currently being negotiated under the leadership of the united nations. >>host: the conflicts we have been reporting on arson of the reasons there has been an upsurge of refugees coming to europe. host: germany takes and more refugees and asylum-seekers than any other country in the eu. officials have converted an empty building into a refugee home. it is not far from dresden, the city at the heart of the anti- islam

. >> developing right now, the search for accomplices in a deadly terror attack in north africa. militants wearing uniforms targeted tourist at a popular museum in tunisia. >> reporter: the gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire at the museum in the tunisia capital. >> several shots were fired we found another couple with their children we didn't know what to do, so we hid. >> reporter: 20 people were killed including two gunman and 20 others injured. most were from spain portland the museum was put on lockdown as people sang the national anthem. the prime minister called it act cowardly. first lady president obama expressing condolences. >> i want to join in to the others to express our condolences over the event in tunisia. >> just last month isis destroyed priceless antiquitieses in iraq. >> could our museum be next. >>> a warning being taken seriously at museums here at home. >> security forces shot two gunman inside the museum, but a manhunt is underway for two possibly three other accomplices. abc news, new york. >> march madness begins tonight for villanova and lafay

clearly, the numbers here show that terrorism is growing in africa whether we are talking about north africa, the saw harare area or west africa. if we move to asia, i think the reason why the u.s. administration or decided recently to keep more troops in afghanistan is that there is a rebirth of al-qaeda and taliban in both afghanistan and pakistan. these reports have shown that these two organizations are now adopting more efficient approaches to recruit more young people in both countries. we move to the middle east, we have, of course, isil, the so-called islamic state for iraq and the levant, or dash which is controlling a lot of lawyers in iraq including the second most important city mosul, and areas as well in syria. they are active also in countries like libya, like egypt i was trying to get some info about dash recently, and i discovered that during the last six months only -- only in six months -- 31 different organizations announced their support or allegiance to isis. and those 31 organizations are working in 16 different countries. some of them are with majority of muslims like

yemen algeria libya, nigeria egypt establishing satellites throughout the middle east and north africaw them to project more power frankly than they have. stuart: eric, their tactics are effective in projecting power. they've taken responsibility for the attack on the museum in tunisia and attack in sanaa with 120 dead in two mosques. their tactics imply real power don't they? >> they have power, i'm not downplaying the strength of isis. i'm saying we could crush them if we had the will in the u.s. but we won't. so in the meantime they're gaining in power absolutely, and the tactics in countries like tunisia, all of north africa having the radical islamic arc forming in north africa and i'm particularly concerned about libya right across the mediterranean from europe being a launching pad for isis attacks against the west. stuart: you are saying they could be crushed militarily if we have the will. could they be crushed militarily without american soldiers doing the shooting and the firing? >> stuart, i don't think so i talk about it in the book, conversation with military strategist w

but officials caution al qaeda affiliates in north africa also are very active in tunisia. these attackers perhaps inspired by isis rather than directly ordered to attack. violent as it was, u.s. officials say the tactics appeared haphazard, not a typical terrorist plot. tunisian authorities announced nine people were arrested. the prime minister identified two suspects by name. one had been known to security services. but the prime minister did not say if those two were the gunmen that had been killed. a tour guide tells of the terror. >> translator: i thought a roof had collapsed, but bullets were everywhere. we all hid from the shooting. >> reporter: an enemy increasingly difficult to track down. >> what makes these organizations, this virus so difficult to kill is because it is homegrown, self-recruited and there's no sender or return address that we can destroy it. >> reporter: the entire episode was so violent that one spanish couple in the museum wound up spending the night inside hiding out. they thought the terrorists were still there. barbara starr, cnn, the penta

in north africa and europe. for now, thank you very much indeed. hashem ahelbarra is our man at the talks. he'll keep us up to date as they enter the intense phrase. >> now, the tunisian president said a third attacker is on the run. the government is security footage, showing two of the gunmen. 21 were killed and two of the attackers. another escaped. prosecutors say they detained 20 people in connection with the attack >>> now, a group calling itself the hacking subdivision of nil posted the names and addresses of hundreds of personnel online. the message include a call for fighters to hurt or kill them. >> this is a group calling itself the islamic state hacking division. we don't know the source but they have identified 100 u.s. military personnel - names ranks and addresses in some cases. they are doing this to encourage lone wolf sympathizers to kill the people. i'll read a quote from the website "kill them in their own lands, stab them to death as they walk their own streets" it's concerning to officials. the group says that what they did wa

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we announce our allegiance the and with their pledge they join groups from north africa to asia. using cinematic videos designed to terrorize and recruit. and young men and women flocking to join their ranks from around the world. two brothers 16 and 17 suspected of trying to head to syria. where they failed the three british teenage girls are believed to have succeeded. their families now accusing police of not sharing information that could have stopped them. >> if we would have known what was going on we could have prevented it. >> reporter: preventing more young people from joining isis is now a top priority of governments around the >> a global challenge. alex, thank you. >>> and back at home many weighing in on hillary clinton's private e-mail accounts except hillary clinton. as she works the crowds in iowa. david wright is there. >> reporter: today she removed her picture from her twitter account, raising awareness of women around the world. but it's her decision to keep e-mail off government servers. today, bill clinton was asked about it. he said, he's not the one to jud

the embassies in the middle east the embassies in north africa and some of the other places where, you know we have very active terrorist organizations operating. you know the attack in south korea was a south korean with you know a desire to support north korea so it was more of a local political matter. and who the person is in tokyo or japan making these threats, you know we don't know yet so we'll have to see what that's about. but threats against u.s. -- you know the ambassadors in these countries symbolize u.s. good bad, otherwise around the world. they're going to be you know receiving these threats on a regular basis. >> do you think, tom, that this at all impacts security on the first lady's trip or is this just another thing that the secret service deals with? >> well i think both. i think they would have intense security either way, but certainly it heightens the alert. the worry now isn't just whoever this person was that was making the threats, but now because this is out in the media, that the -- you know the effort of copy cats let's say. somebody else might think -- who

climb up the tallest mountain in north africa also at night in the dead of winter. >> up to over 4,000e's ready to go. >> for you guys that is 13,000 feet up. >> wow, that's a lot. >> another 1,000 meters to go vertically. then we'll be prepared. a look at summit head up and start talking through the effort that they're going to have to go through and the preparation. >> we're heading up that way, we said like 2 1/2, 3 hours. we want to get to the summit see the sun right over the mountain. going to look spectacular. we'll wake up about 1:00ing 2:00 in the morning. >> the morning. >> around about 20 minus 20 degrees. >> that's minus 4 fahrenheit for you americans. >> we saw a helicopter sitting from here heading back down. there was only a guy that slipped off the mountain and broke both legs. lad to have two guys carry limb down from the peak to the refuge. >> to watch a sunrise. >> that's living man. >> wow, it's so cool. >> as the sun comes up the sky just does look beautiful bands of colors and you get a look. this is why you get up and go. >> wow. that's glorious. >> the best time

north africa, syria, iraq. a recruitdo you think that helps in their recruitment efforts? >> a capable propaganda media operation that emphasizes their success. their victories, however small. that is a basis for attracting those who would moved to that ideology. their success on the battlefield or perceived success, the way they are presented, certainly helps them gain recruits for the fight. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you both for being here today. the execution of coptic christians in libya by terrorists affiliated with isil raises questions about their ability to coordinate with other groups. what is your assessment of this? >> if you are referring to isil 's other chapters or provinces, so-called. if that is what you are referring to? what is the connection there? >> what is your assessment of their abutting to coordinate and communicate. engage in terrorist acts outside of syria and iraq. >> do you mean the homeland or elsewhere in the world? >> both would be good. >> what they are trying to do is create the substance and maybe more importantly bethe image

. >> reporter: the security situation has deteriorated across north africa. in egypt, libya and tunisia, isis utterly brutal slaughtering egyptian laborers in libya earlier this year. just days ago, the u.s. defense secretary warning isis has now moved far beyond strongholds in iraq and syria. >> we are seeing it. we are seeing it throughout north africa. >> reporter: out of the 20,000 foreigners that have joined the fight in iraq and syria, a british think tank says up to 3,000 of them are from tunisia. the largest number from any country. >> a significant number of those foreign fighters have returned from iraq and syria or from fighting in libya for the islamic state to tunisia. this clearly presents a very significant security problem. >> reporter: now, whoever was behind all of this certainly would have understood that there were a number of international tourists in this area of the capital and in fact there were a number of cruise ships in port and thousands of tourists were quickly ordered back to those ships. brianna? >> big tourist destination, one

people in europe and russia and north africa saw a part shall eclipse. there are clouds possibly covering under the moon and the sun so people are dealing with the cloudy conditions but we will enjoy the last four hours of winter. >> when i say it is a total eclipse, she gets that royalty kick from the 1980's song. >> speaking of "giving," spring will offer a few showers but do not change your plans. take a look at live doppler hd you can see a lot of cloud cover. we have an extremely dry layer at the surface and up to the middle part of the atmosphere and even if this gave up some rain it would evaporate before it reaps the ground. light wind so it is hazy. it is not a "spare the air" day and do not need to year about that. the high clouds have a back edge to them with the sunshine i talked abut earlier later in the afternoon hours and through the sunset before the clouds return again overnight. you can she the haze right there, right along from our sutro tower toward the east bay hills. increasing clouds and then decreasing clouds as we head toward the

powerful trade unions, that you normally don't see in many countries across north africa. therefore, they believe that they can still be different although they must now be vigilant. katty: these offense in tunisia have put a new spotlight on cracking down on the spread of violence in this region. the french have set up a basis out of the libyan border hoping to cut off the supply routes that help if you miss groups operate. our west africa correspondent has been given special access to the space and here is his report. reporter: out with the first light. paratroopers from the foreign legion are on the move. this morning, they will advance through a bitterly cold desert wind. we joined them on the patrol. their mission, searching for clues in this emptiness. this is about 100 kilometers to the libyan border. this is what the french call a great area because the authorities cannot control it. the group and the other militias control the border. the french are trying to secure this zone, to stop jihad he fighters and weapons from moving south. the last french outpost where s

other refugees heading for europe about 130,000 had illegally crossed the mediterranean across north africa. that's double the number. pressure is mounting on lawmakers in brussels to develop a strategy. germany is one of the countries to push. german interior minister says the legal framework for such a move is still unclear and could be complicated. >> it takes time the humanitarian situation in each country has to be assessed. and this should not be done by us or the country where these centers would be low indicated but rather by the u.s. commissioner for commissioner for refugees. >> it hopes to have a proposal by the end of may. but which e.u. countries would take the refugees is likely to take longer to answer. >> so e.u. ministers have discussed plans to open asylum centers outside of europe. max hoffman tells us more. >> there are a couple of problems with this model. the first one being of course that the countries where it make most sense to put these asylum centers are the most dangerous haven't for example, libya, almost impossible to do something like that. a completely failed

the suspects used the spanish enclave of melia to smuggle arms and ammunition into north africa. they have been watching the group for over five months but it is not yet clear if there were any links to cells in europe. now, tunisia has delayed the reopening of the bardo museum in tunis. 21 people died there in last week's deadly shooting. it was the country's worst terror attack in years. the ceremony is scheduled to take place later today. for more on this story, we can cross now to sandra, who is standing by. bring us up to speed. there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not the museum will indeed open later on today, but one thing is sure, that a ceremony will take place. sandro: good morning. indeed there is confusion between the authorities and the ministry in terrier. they said they did not know the reopening was proposed but i talked to the head curator of the museum, and he assured me that the museum is not set to -- is now set to reopen to the public on sunday. is apparently a last-minute decision at the museum listed security reasons that they would not be abl

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it's all of north africa. it's parts of the south africa. this is a growing threat. >> >> nous the time to push back from the trouble and ask ourselves is it time to trust the iranians that we're negotiating with. i would encourage the administration to take more time and not hasten to a deal. >> appearing on abc this week, josh earnest indicated the white house is aware of all the risks and continues to drive a very hard bargain. >> no deal is done right now. once a deal is reached if one is reached we'll present it for the world to see, and take a close look at whether or not we've been able to reach an agreement that does succeed in defending against iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> the talks are entering the most difficult stage. every step requires tremendous exertion at this time and it's a very tough climb. >> thank you. >> arthel now for more on facing the threat of iran amid the nuclear negotiations. the arab steps stepping up with a proposed arab army to counter iran's spreading influence. former u.s. ambassador to the united na

libya could lead to proxy wars and pave the way for isil fighters to build a strong platform in north africad that's why europe is hoping to see a peace deal become a reality. >>> the u.k.-based oil company, british petroleum has signed agreements worth $12 billion to develop major gas field in egypt. the project aims to produce 5 trillion cubic feet of gas. egypt plans to hold a major economic conference next week aimed at boosting foreign investment in the country. >>> hundreds of anti-military coup demonstrators have held rallies across egypt calling for the release of all political prisoners, and the end of military rule in egypt. protesters chant egypt is not for sale. >>> israeli police say a palestinian driver has shot after he plowed his vehicle into a group of people. >>> peace talk betweens south sudan's warring parties have been suspended indefinitely. the president and his rival have been meeting in ethiopia. there are fears the civil war will worsen if no agreement is reached. more than 10,000 people have been killed and 1.5 million displayed since fighting began just over a yea

. >> there have been attacks in tunisia and north africa. in tunisia, that would be the first time isis carried out an attack. right now there's analysis to be done whether that claim of responsibility is in fact credible. tunisian officials haven't said it is authentic. yes, isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. >> it was a midday also attacking mosques. >> this is a sensitive issue for a lot of reasons. it is friday holy day in islam. a huge number of people going for prayer. these are shiite mosques if you will particularly along the past several months there's been sectarian fighting. isis is targeting shiite minorities in places of worship. that's been very controversial among a lot of jihadist groups al qaeda in arabian peninsula and al qaeda itself has denounced attacking mosques, but seems that isis we have seen this in the past, they have no morality. they're continuing, even attacking mosques in yemen. >> ayman mohyeldin thanks for joining me. now to benjamin netanyahu's apparent turnaround after his campaign declaration

. >> islamic state wants you to think that it has a franchise here in west africa a new in north africa but this is all based on propaganda. >> reporter: tunis is still shaken with the images of terrified visitors running for their live, some carrying small children. many of the victims had just arrived on a mediterranean cruise. british mother of two sally was traveling with her husband. australian javier was killed alongside his mother. this morning, security forces found a spanish man and his pregnant wife still hiding in the museum paralyzed with fear. juan carlos sanchez says he saw one person shot. today tunisians were defiant saying they won't be intimidated. but as survivors embrace and left for home, there were nagging fears that terrorism is taking deeper root. katy tur nbc news london. >>> authorities in japan say they've arrested a man accused of making phone calls threatening u.s. ambassador caroline kennedy. police say the 52-year-old man also made bomb threats against the u.s. embassy in tokyo. the arrest comes as kennedy attended a series of events today with first lady

you cannot coordinate the extremists in south asia and the middle east or in north africa. they have separate agendas. one thing i'm very concerned is the tendency of the international community to generalize the extremist threat all over the world. i think whereas there are certain common strandengths. but the regional aspect must be emphasized. the regional genesis the regional origins, the regional agendas must be emphasized. only then we will be able to bring or suggest solutions in fighting these extremists in their own regions. lastly, there has been a lot of concern shown all over. by the recent development of the extremist threat in north africa and particularly in the middle east. there's also been a lot of concern about the extension of this threat to south asia. as of now i can say quite confident ly confidently, with a lot of confidence that the isis that exists today for the time being it is totally a middle eastern phenomenon. it has absolutely no presence in afghanistan and pakistan. there has been a lot of media hype about this. there have been a lot of very

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now there are hundreds of jihadi fighters but many more come from the middle east and north africa. tonesia has more than any other country. analysts say this is the flip side to the revolution. >> it's not because the country has freedoms. it's not a by product of democracy. it is more so a by product of the history of repression under the prerevolutionary dictatorships. and combine that with the state security apparatus. and libya whose instability is one of the chief threats. >> for tonesia, the road goes through libya. where law and order has broken down and multiple militias vie for voel. control. >> they don't really govern their territory. a lot of these fighters who have gone to syria have gone there through training camps in lib yachlt some of them are coming back and some of them will be coming back. >> the museum attack is just one example. . >> what we are most worried about apart from the event yesterday is the situation in libya which is a reason for alarm for a number of reasons. first of all for that country itself buzz libyan citizens are forced to live in a situati

libya could lead to proxy wars and pave the way for isil fighters to build a strong platform in north africaa nightmare for europe which is hoping to see a peace deal become a reality. >>> the u.k.-based oil company british petroleum has signed agreements worth $12 billion to develop major gas field in egypt. the project times produce 5 trillion cubic feet of gas. production is expected to begin in 2017. egypt plans to hold a major economic conference next week aimed at boosting foreign investment in the count friday. >>> hundreds of anti-military cue demonstrators have held rallies across egypt. they are calling for the release of all political prisoners and the end of military rule in egypt. >>> israeli police say a palestinian driver has been shot and injured after his vehicle plowed into pedestrians in occupied east jerusalem. four of the five people that were hurt were israeli police women. >>> peace talks between the two wars parties in south sudan have been suspended indefinitely. the president and his rival, have failed to reach an agreement while meeting in ethiopia. catherine soi r