the jihadist group has been blamed for an attack on agricultural college in northern nigeria on sunday. at least 42 students were killed when militants opened fire on the college dormitory. they launched an insurgency four years ago aimed at establishing an islamist state in the region and has targeted schools. around 1000 people have marched in the capital calling for the government to step down. it is the latest spark in a week of unrest. 33 people have died since the violence started. there are reports that fresh fighting has broken out in mali between government forces and rebels fighting for autonomy in the north of the country. it comes as talks broke down on thursday. earlier this year, friends troops were involved in a military intervention in the country. tough questions after reports senior officials took no action after being warned of plans terror attacks and 67 people were killed in the raid on the shopping complex by somali rebels. 61 people are still missing. the turkish prime minister has announced a series of reforms he says should help to ease tension with kurdish peo

the students were killed in their dormitory by suspected gunman in northern nigeria. at least 41 people have been killed and 130 injured in a wave of car bombings around the iraqi capital of baghdad. outdoor markets and car parks were suspected in the rush-hour. the most deadly attack kills seven people. tensions in indonesia between two countries, mr. abbott wants ties, buthen economic his policies of sending asylum- seekers back. missingn 70 people are after a boat sank in a typhoon in the south china seas. --te media says they aren't they are involved in a rescue operation, where tens of been evacuated in vietnam from high- risk areas. comewith us here, still to -- adate has been sent date has been set for two recent popes to join a list. we will come to that later. in the u.s. the government is facing a shutdown for the first time in nearly two decades. last-minute negotiations are expected to take place later between democrats and republicans as they failed to reach a deal. more than seven hundred thousand government employees could be sent home without pay. >> t

nigeria it's not good to be a christian in northern nigeria and being near a cell. have attacked a lot of charges. but they haven't attacked outside of nigeria itself. in mali, the french army basically defeated the al qaeda affiliate in mali at the beginning of this year. it waxes and wanes. the attack on the algerian gas facility. so it depends be. you overall i would say that there in most cases these groups are not doing particularly well. most people in most part of the world don't want to live under a taliban style rule. >> it has been able to recruit a number of americans of somali descent. there was an american convert to islam who tried to go over there. i think he was apprehended in kenya. who are the people who have been recruited and how have they been recruited? >> a lot of them come from a neighborhood in minneapolis, the average income is $17,000. 20% unemployment rate. and you know, i think the pitch is, you know, as you've said at the beginning of the show, a christian army has invaded from ethiopia. you can have an exciting time, you know, it's par

. >> a news just here in al jazeera from northern nigeria where the government says 143 people were killed by fighters this week. outside of the town of b rono state. they gunned down local motorists at random. and the nigerian government called emergency. the committee awarded tokyo the 2020 games. tokyo's governor said the prime minister's remarks are expression of political will rather than the actual situation. >> when prime minister abe made his appeal, he said the situation was under control. but at the moment it's not entirely under control. the important thing was he was demonstrating his will to get it done, and that it would be under control in the future. >> more than five years after the collapse of the u.s. housing market many families are still losing their homes to bank foreclosures. one california town has come up a bold plan to stop all of that. [ protesters ] >> reporter: a small city david confronts a financial goliath. along with several of her constituents the mayor of richmond, california, a town beset by housing foreclosures went to wells fargo, one of the nation's b

nigeria it's not good to be a christian in northern nigeria and being near a cell. attacked a lot of charges. but they haven't attacked outside of nigeria itself. in mali, the french army basically defeated the al qaeda affiliate in mali at the beginning of this year. it waxes and wanes. the attack on the algerian gas facility. so it depends be. you overall i would say that there in most cases these groups are not doing particularly well. most people in most part of the world don't want to live under a taliban style rule. >> it has been able to recruit a number of americans of somali descent. there was an american convert to islam who tried to go over there. i think he was apprehended in kenya. who are the people who have been recruited and how have they been recruited? >> a lot of them come from a neighborhood in minneapolis, the average income is $17,000. 20% unemployment rate. and you know, i think the pitch is, you know, as you've said at the beginning of the show, a christian army has invaded from ethiopia. you can have an exciting time, you know, it's part of

these guys would have had a much rougher time than they would getting into kenya or mali or even northern nigeria. so there's a lot of work to be done against -- this kind of stuff will be with us for a long time. we are going to have to get our own security better and help other countries. likely this would not have happened in the united states. >> i don't know a single mall in the united states where you go through three security checkpoints as they drive. >> they can't get into the country. not like that. the brothers in above the than were individual made their own bomb based on the internet. that's going to be much harder. these guys couldn't have done this here because they couldn't have gotten into the country. certainly couldn't have rented a store and brought arms in. >> dozens of people, americans who have joined al shabaab over the years, committed suicide attacks. obviously there is a concern about radicalization of elements here in the united states. >> there is except that all those people on an nsa list someplace. when they go in and out of the country even though they're american

these guys would have had a much rougher time than they would getting into kenya or mali or even northern nigeria there's a lot of work to be done against -- this kind of stuff will be with us for a long time. we are going to have to get our own security better and help other countries. likely this would not have happened in the united states. >> i don't know a single mall in the united states where you go through three security checkpoints as they drive. >> they can't get into the country. not like that. the brothers in above the than were individual made their own bomb based on the internet. that's going to be much harder. these guys couldn't have done this here because they couldn't have gotten into the country. certainly couldn't have rented a store and brought arms in. >> dozens of people, americans who have joined al shabaab over the years, committed suicide attacks. obviously there is a concern about radicalization of elements here in the united states. >> there is except that all those people on an nsa list someplace. when they go in and out of the country even though they're american cit

look at it, it is operating in northern nigeria, and there's historical and economic problems.tuation in syria, it's mostly sectarian, or in iraq, it's mostly sectarian. in yemen, it has the roots between the north and south of yemen. the regional issues like in syria, for example, we cannot allow them to happen and say it's not going to come and haunt us down the road. >> are officials absorbing the lessons? >> they absolutely are. but the wild card is the internet. you have people being radicalized on the internet. boston, the fbi director said in the interview that he believed the people were radicalize on the internet, not from overseas. so they're having to worry about that in addition to what's happening overseas. people sitting at the computer, getting radicalized, and having the wherewithal to get the training to do an attack on them. >> how would you rate the level of concern to previous 9/11 anniversaries? >> at this point, according to the fbi as of last week, there were about 100 people in this country under active surveillance by the fbi. the bulk u.s. citizens who

world, in pakistan where a catholic church was -- a christian church was attacked, an attack in northern nigeriase uganda and kenya are the two main contributors, troop contributors, and a terrible week in iraq as well. and so much of this is so locally focused, even if there are foreign fighters involved, that when we start calling it terrorism, then we kind of end the discussion and the analysis because then it becomes a transnational or global issue as opposed to, well, what's going on in nigeria that causes this? certainly they probably are linked with al qaeda groups as well and are getting some support. but i don't want the analysis to stop there. >> yeah. >> needs to go further. >> you and i have talked many times about our desire on this show to think more carefully, for example, about africa and afternoon diaspora. as horrifying as it was that this terrorist attack was the way in, i thought, okay, but at least we can now try to think of this moment of the way in about these issues. charlie and ahmed, thank you for being here. mark quarterman, daphna, hope you join us again. >>> still to

nigeria. it's doing well and they're more powerful in northern africa and the middle east than in the early 90san offshoot of us funding islamic groups. in the 80s, $6 billion was pumped in to fundamentalist groups which was spread across the the world create al-qaeda today. >> trace: we said by helpingÑi t rid of bashar al-assad we might be inadvertently helping the rebels. what about the flip side? what if we don't help the rebels? do they say america left us hanging and we're going to lean more towards al-qaeda, who is giving us schools, money, food and housing in some cases?çó >> trace, we have a mechanism set up in the 60s by president kennedy, u.s. special forces, green beret, trained to support and train rebel groups and shape them on the battlefield. we neglected to do that. we did this in afghanistan, sent in special forces after 9/11 and shaped the government of afghanistan. under the obama administration we have chosen not shape that conflict so it's shaped up and we're between two rotating lawn mower blades. the shia conflict and the east-west thing and we got on the wrong side goin

northern africa or do you think driving them. well this one have to see what happened for the last thirty years and more in nigeria. is the most populous african country. after the oil crisis in the eighty's that nigeria had went into a deep crisis in the past nigeria was even recipient of the immigrant workers after nine hundred eighty four one million workers have been changed the way it is of the country have been also the constitution change and it is federalized. from know that the first islamic movement to started in the north which is a very backward one which is called motor city distributing key for the haven for the population it is the major problem in nigeria i could see even though nigeria is one of the most important african country and the most populated one it is one village distribution of wealth in the country was not even a theory and and it is only going to the elite who is in power secondly the political forces who are in power coming get out every time through the election they are not addressing the major questions from the major problem of the majority nigeria and problems particularly small

nigeria. the military went into action attacking bases. being operated by the insurgents, and then there was this feeling of calm and security in the northerntes, and all of a sudden in the last three or four weeks, the in -- insurgents have started attacking. and local militias have helped identify who these people are. >> didn't the military launch a crackdown on the area? what is going on with that? >> they did. actually they did. and the military were close to declaring a victory. last week an officer was saying we are close to crushing the insurgents. then all of a sudden, these attacks are happening all over the place. people are wondering was the military actually in total control of the situation? the question is was the military in total control or on top of things, how did this happen? there are some suggestions now that probably they must have gotten reinforcements outside of nigeria, and things are getting out of control at the moment. >> all right. thank you. >>> there's a lot more to come in this al jazeera news hour. we'll be live in mexico where rising waters are not the only thing people have had to worry about. and it's gr

that breaking news, up to 50 killed in nigeria, and we'll have a report as soon as we can in this bulletin. >>> at least 15 studenteds have been killed in northern syria. reports suggested they died in an government air strike on a high school. the students were outside in the courtyard at the time. it's not clear if the school was the intended target. >>> the secretary-general ban ki-moon has held his first meeting with the head of the opposition of the syrian national coalition. it focused on a possible peace conference to end the syrian conflict. according to the u.n. the president said the opposition group was ready to send a delegation to a peace conference. >>> u.n. inspectors in syria are investigating sites of alleged chemical attacks. they left their hotel in damascus on sunday monday. the team would investigate seven sites of alleged chemical attacks, four more than previously known. >>> a court it bahrain gave jail sentences to shia activities. a human rights leader was arrested on charges of terrorism. >>> the u.s. government is once again edging closer to a shutdown because politicians can't agree on a budgets for the coming year. d