addition with the deaths of 20 people who are thought to have been killed in a bomb blast in northeast nigeria. the bombing reportedly ripped through a mosque. multiple suicide and grenade attacks have taken place since sunday. at least 15 people were killed yesterday in the same area. our correspondent is covering this per cap nature and authorities confirmed that boko haram islamists are behind the latest wave of violence? not been this has confirmed by boko haram, but it has all of our marks -- all the hallmarks. the bomb might have been left sundayfrom an attempt evening, and the bomb blast went nearbout a: 30 local time a mosque. so far we are hearing different numbers of the death toll. people killed by the bomb blast. aurore: this is embarrassing for the nigerian government, isn't it? it previously said it had contained the uprising. >> that is correct. the nigerian president did say he promised to defeat boko haram by december 2015. they said the organization headmen defeated. said that they had not defeated boko haram and he said boko haram cannot be -- untiluntil the 2 the girls are

the government of nigeria in its own campaign against the isil-daesh franchise boko haram in northeast nigeria. >> with respect to u.s. troops in iraq, let me just remind you that we have more than 3500 in iraq right now, doing a spectacular job. by the way, they'll shortly be, most of them, celebrating their holidays there and not here. we all ought to keep that in our mind and take a moment to remember them over the holidays. obviously, the president is the commander in chief, so everyone deployed is subject to his approval. i write their deployment orders, i think very carefully about every single one. with respect to overall numbers, the president has indicated and shown a willingness to increase that number. most recently, as we've indicated in the last few weeks, as we develop opportunities to make good use of them. now, we obviously don't -- we try to deploy as few people as we can, simply in recognition of the fact that they're away from their families. but we have to do what we have to do to protect our country and to defeat isil. and the troops know that. and typically, in this seaso

has killed at least 16 people today in northeast nigeria.the islamic extremist group attacked with rocket propelled grenades and suicide bombings. the government says its troops drove off the attackers and intercepted 10 suicide bombers. dozens of people were hurt and hospital staffers say they are overwhelmed. the president of turkey says the country will increase security following a series of cyberattacks last week. and banks websites by anonymous for a legendship for islamic state, a claim that turkey denies. the japanese prime minister has made a landmark apology to korean women for sex slaves in the japanese military during world war ii. agreed to establish an $8 million fund to compensate victims. relationshas hampered between japan and south korea. the childhood home of former has been bill clinton closed. authorities are inspecting a suspected arson case. a passing motorist noticed the fire around 3:15 a.m. on friday. estimated damage is $20,000. , for more carss are being added to the recall for to cut a airbags. ata airbags. it co

. >>> 30 killed in attacks in northeast nigeria and emergency services say two suicide bombers struckin the town and in neighboring borno state they opened fire and detonated explosives in a mosque in migaduri and no one claimed responsibility and boko haram claimed did the wave of attacks ahead of a deadline and gave military chiefs until december 31st to defeat the group and to maintain significant progress that it has made. al jazeera has been given access to film what was once boko haram's fortified base and we have more. >> reporter: on patrol with the nigerian military in boko haram's former stronghold this forest is mirrored with myth and notoriety and fills many nigerians with dread. it is a vast territory seized by boko haram. a new government and military leadership took over this year and now declared the group is no longer dominant. >> translator: daily becoming more peaceful the better place than it used to be and we believe that for every second, for every minute and for every day things will continue to improve. >> reporter: still the military is stepping up operations,

killed at least 60 people in northeast nigeria. they attacked the city with rocket propelled grenades. troops drove off the attackers soldiers.epted in chicago, another police shooting has raised questions about the city's use of lethal force. officers shot and killed two people during lethal -- during -- last month, video showed an officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. at the world busiest airports, look at that -- they still took timeout for a party. millionthed their 100 passenger of the year, a first for any airport in the world. he won a car and plane tickets but missed his connecting flight. dayal news 24 hours a powered by our 2400 journalists in 150 newsrooms around the world. brendan: i shudder to think of the steps i have wasted making connections in atlanta. prices are having an effect on it shale production. production will be cut by a record 557,000 barrels a day. joining us to talk about it is our energy analyst who talks -- it covers the energy sector for us. what happens when these rigs go idle? what is the ti

providing training governmentnce to the of nigeria in its own campaign the isil-daesh franchise northeast nigeria. >> with respect to u.s. troops youraq, let me just remind that we have more than 3500 in doing aht now, spectacular job. by the way, they'll shortly be, celebrating their holidays there and not here. we all ought to keep that in our and take a moment to remember them over the holidays. obviously the president is the chief.er in so everyone deployed is subject to his approval. i write their deployment orders, i think very carefully, about every single one. with respect to overall numbers, has indicated and increaseillingness to that number. we'veecently, as indicated, in the last few weeks, as we develop make good useto of them. now, we obviously don't -- we deploy as few people as simply in recognition of the fact that they're away from their families. but we have to do what we have to protect our country and to defeat isil. and the troops know that. and typically, in this season, we bless them for taking it on. everybody.u, >> thank you. michael, thank you. much.nk you very >> the r

now at least 30 people have been killed in attacks in northeast nigeria.ency services say that two suicide bombers struck a market in the town in the state and neighboring borno state and opened fire and explosives in the city and no one has claimed responsibility. boko haram is suspected to have carried out the latest wave of attacks which come ahead of a government deadline. nigeria president gave military chiefs until december 31st to defeat the group and to maintain significant progress that it has made. al jazeera has been given access to film what was once boko haram's most fortified base and we report. >> reporter: when patrol of the nigerian military with the boko haram former stronghold, the forest has notoriety and fills many nigerians with dread. vast territory seized by boko haram. a new government and military leadership took over this area and it's now declared the group is no longer dominant. >> daily becoming more peaceful, a better place than it used to be and believe that for every second, for every minute, for everyday things will contin

. >>> 30 people were killed in attacks in the northeast of nigeria.ces say two saturday bombers struck a market in the town. in neighboring borno state, gunman opened fire and detonated explosives in a mosque. no one has claimed responsibility. >>> boko haram is suspected to have been carrying out the latest wave of attacks which come ahead of a government deadline. the nigeria president gave military chiefs until the end of this month to defeat the group and maintain significant progress it's made. al jazeera has been given access to film what was once boko haram's most fordifyed base. we have no report. >> on patrol with the nigerian military in the former stronghold of boko haram. this forest is mired in myth and notoriety. a mere mention of it fills many with dread. it's a vast territory seize the by boko haram. a new government in military leadership took over this area. it is now declared that the group is no longer dominant. >> it is becoming more peaceful, a better place than it used to be. we believe that for every second for every minute for

. >>> suspected boko haram fighters were have killed 15 people in the northeast of nigeria, attacking a village. it is feared the death toll may be much higher. local media say at least 10 gunmen were also killed. >>> let's now look at one of this year's most significant stories through the eyes of families affected directly. it's the fourth part of our series, one year, five families. it's about a rohingya family forced out of myanmar. myanmar said the rohingya people are refugees and refuse to recognize them as citizens. it's estimated 26,000 rohingya fled myanmar and bangladesh the first three months of this year, heading for malaysia, indonesia and thailand. they were offered temporary refuge, but many were stranded on boats for days. two siblings left myanmar earlier this year to escape the violence against their community. they were separated at sea. after a journey, they landed in indonesia. they were briefly reunited before they were parted once again. we revisited the siblings to see how they are coping today. >> it's been a year of narrow escapes, since the 16-year-old rohin

boko haram tilde at least 60 people in northeast nigeria. the government says it will off the attackers and intercepted 10 suicide bombers. dozens of people were hurt. another shooting raised questions about the city's use of lethal four. officers shot and killed two people during a domestic disturbance. launched a civil rights investigation after video showed an officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. nearly 900 fights have been canceled and another 500 have been delayed. it is all because of a large storm system moving through the middle part of the country. than one third of those cancellations were chicago's two main airports. at the world's busiest airport on one of the busiest weekends, they took a timeout for the party yesterday. honoring his one millionth passenger of the year. that is a first for any airport in the world. interestingly he missed his connecting flight. global news powered by 2400 journalists, more than 115 news bureaus around the world. >> coming up this hour on bloomberg markets, a terrible year for commodity an

in fact for first time in three years in the northeast area of nigeria there was no case of bombing by boko haram in a church or any other worship place. so the curfew or rather the ban on movement or car movements in maiduguri and other partle of pe northeast of course were lifted yesterday and there were suicide bombers by bus loads, intercepted 50 military. the military are captured dozens of them. for the first niem months they s they detonated their vests in certain areas. in fact 26 people have been killed in the series of bomb attacks across the state. and more than 80 people have been injured as a result. but the fatalities could rise because of the severity of injuries sustained during the series of attacks in maiduguri and the outskirts of the city. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has apologized, part of a deal with south korea on an issue that's long soured relation he. paying $8.3 million in compensation to the victims. victoria gatenby has the story. >> reporter: the victims have waited 70 years for an apology from japan. it finally came from japanese president shinz

in on the relative peace, traders load trucks with essential supplies to liberated areas of northeast nigeria>> there are serious improvements over the last four months, because we are now getting the peace gradually and people are now coming to the market to buy goods. >> some of the goods he sells end up in the hands of retailers in the market. >> attacks only market decreased. the last one was four months ago. now business confidence is gradually returning and the rate going up. le customers from across the border are slowly coming back. >> there is a long way to go to repair the impact of the violence. >> it used to be a major trading post. it has impacted negatively such that it eroded the economy base of our community by as much as 90%. >> it could be sometime before the region finds its seat again as infrastructure and confidence has been badly shaken. >>> traders trying to look to the future where they can regain access to com ruin, chad, and niger. they say insecurity along nigeria's borders has cut incomes by as much as 80%. there is cautious excitement about the reduction of violen

for first time in three years in the northeast of nigeria there was no case of tbhoamg boko haram ibomb by bokoharam. the ban on movement or car movement in maiduguri and other parts of the fleeft was of nortf course lifted and the military killed more than a dozen of the suicide bombers as they tried to enter mai maiduguri, but somehow they managed to slip into maiduguri. for the first time in months they detonated their explosives. the military the general officer commanding the seventh division of the nigerian army has told reporters this evenings that in fact 26 people have been killed in the series of bomb attacks accreditation the state and more than 80 people have been injured as a result. but the fata fatalities could re because of the seriousness of the attacks in mai maiduguri and outskirts of the city. >> in burundi, president pierre nkurunziza announced he would be running for a third term. here is the report. >> ugandaen >> started when president nuppedpierrenkurunziza announceo run for a third term. >> i appeal to you the two sides to sit down and have a political solution

. >> to nigeria where in the last 24 hours dozens of people have reportedly been killed in a wave of violence in the northeast. the town of madagali, two women suicide bombers blew themselves up in a busy fish and meat market. there have been a series of attacks in and around the city of maiduguri 150 cloments to thm north. witness he say several female suicide bombers and fighters armed with rocket fired grenades. 26 people are known to have been killed across borno state. >>> nigeria says it now has the upper hand over boko haram, government announcement came just days above deadline it had set itself to defeat the group. al jazeera was given exclusive access to film in once was the most fortified base. ahmed idris has the story. >> on patrol with the nigerian military in the boko haram former stronghold. the zambesa forest is mired in myth and not notoriety. it's a vast territory seized by boko haram. a new government in military leadership took over this year. it is now declared that the group is no longer dominant. >> it's daily becoming more peaceful. a better place than it used to be and we believe tha

most of the people who are dependent upon this river, which is inke chad northeast badgering, therefore, a lot of people -- nigeriaof people have been displaced. thehen you take out livelihood of these people and you leave with no options, no alternatives, the alternative is the result in violence. gete are they supposed to -- to take care of themselves? i mean, lake chad and all of these places, or the source of their livelihoods. amy: what are you doing around solar power and microcredit, and how do they relate to women's development and nigeria? >> we are dealing very much with the issues of solar power. solar dryers, particularly. we have a lot of perishable close. and when that happens -- amy: what are some of the crops? oranges --, onions, most of these crops have been --troyed because the women packaging them has become impossible. for us and our organization, part of what we're looking at, how can we help the women to package these products that will of throwinginstead them away? that is how we brought in the issue of solar dryers. -- women have learned they use the process of generating back into the syst

nigeria. boko haram is believed to be behind the killings in the northeast of the country. extremists struck the city with rocket propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers killing at least 50 people. in one town, two women blew themselves up leaving more than 30 day. they're the first attacks attributed to but lebron their in months -- boko haram in months. they could be the central african republic's best chance for peace. voters will go to the polls to elect a new president and parliament. after three years of violence and growing human to crisis, the country's are storing -- seeking to restore peaceful democratic rule under a new constitution. reporter: shots rang out in the capital earlier this month. the voters still braved violence to cast their votes on a constitutional amendment that create safeguards for freedom of worship and bars the interim government from running in the upcoming election. the capital has been hardest hit by clashes between christian and muslim militias. the residents are eager for change. what's we want to vote. it is our right. >> there

like many people in the northeast, mohammed bello knows the fight for stability may continue for some time to come. ahmed idris, al jazeera, northeastern nigeria. >> nato's support mission which is a training and counterterrorism force for afghanistan, continued an attack on suicide bombers, a taliban bomber killed at least one person and wounded 33 others. the attack comes two weeks after a major insurgent attack on the capital city. al jazeera's zane basrami reports. >> a pickup truck, happened near the kabul airport. suicide bomber's target appear to be members of nato's security forces but instead civilians were caught up in the blast. >> i was standing near my shop when suddenly i heard a huge explosion and everything became dark around me. shattered pieces of iron fell over me. i was three meters away from the explosion. i saw a teenager dead on the ground, it was really horrible. >> the explosion hit a square. kabul's chief of police says the attack was aimed at creating fear among afghans. >> suicide bomber car loaded with explosive et cetera detonated his in this area.thosl civilians. >> a series of set backs for afghan government. in