al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is the strongest component of al qaeda and you may remember several years ago we killed an american citizen. a lock away because he was plotting to blow up some of our airline as it is probably the most dangerous in terms of being able to hit outside the region a basically he took over he was the head of the military branch of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and then when we killed his predecessor then he moved up i'm sure somebody else is going to move up and sometime that name will be called for mil year i think it does set them back at least temporarily and also probably given what's happening in yemen where we're trying to get a peace arrangement there could end up with that no longer being a branch of al qaeda in yemen if the hoodoos on the saudis can come up with some sort of arrangement. the u.s. president says he's profane language to attack his political rivals union speech celebrating his acquittal on pietschmann charges and unrepentant donald trump described the proceedings as corrupts and run by dirty coax and so white house corresponden

says it's killed the leader of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula during operation in yemen. the vicious in the vicious and unrepentant donald trump attacks democrats a day after being acquitted of impeachment charges. the spend to prepare for the afghan taliban that's running a rehabilitation center for drug addicts we have an exclusive report from heroin the problem. trading textbooks for rifles white children as young as 8 being recruited into militia groups in mexico. now a chinese doctor who is among the fastest to sound the alarm on the corona virus outbreak has died from it 34 year old when yang was accused of scam mongering by the police when he 1st posted about the virus on a local messaging application back in december now after hours of conflicting reports on state media central hospital has confirmed his death the world health organization says they're all signs the number of new cases of the virus is dropping but it's too soon to know if it's reached its peak at least 638 people are now known to have died from the virus. and more than 31000 are infected meanwhile

donald trump confirms that forces have killed qassim al—raimi, the leader of al-qaeda in the arabianeninsula. i am nuala mcgovern in london. donald trump celebrates his impeachment acquittal with a long and scathing attack on the democrats. and we look at the flat fit for a parasite. the tiny south korean homes featuring in the oscar—nominated movie. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 1am in london and we start the day in china where once again the toll of the coronavirus continues to climb. authorities say at least 630 people have lost their lives as the number of cases spikes to more than 30,000. this comes as a chinese doctor, li wenliang, who was the first to publicly warn of the virus, succumbed to the disease in hospital. the 34—year—old has been hailed as a hero on chinese social media. meanwhile, authorities across the region are scrambling to contain the virus. here's rupert wingfield—hayes. this is what happens when fear takes hold. shops in hong kong today we

front with al qaeda with it. shaam they can only be there with their permission and i have visited places in syria where the white house mitts buildings were right beside al-qaeda buildings and not strapped onto the had to hear a sham they keep rebranding themselves and they have different names but. across this region the white house minutes have been working hand in hand with out what the united states wants and what western european countries want and we can hear huge explosions right now is this country to be weak and divided because their policy is to strengthen the israeli regime at the expense of regional countries but you're on the road to damascus between damascus and aleppo the u.n. is saying 170008 sleeping rough in it live as they say i think you can hear the bombs around you which again the television here in nato nations is saying is russian and syrian air strikes killing women and children did you see any evidence of it i don't know about the numbers but what i can say if the united states neighbor

putin is president assad's supporters defend victories against what they claim a british backed al-qaeda true plus one south carolina primary day a conspiracies like the one against bernie sanders revealed by wiki leaks repeating themselves we asked greg to last successful in his landmark legal case to reveal massive voter purging with a democracy is dead in the usa also more coming up in today's going on the ground the 1st there have been allegations of a deliberate lack of coverage in the u.k. of arguably the journalism trial of the century around the world the julian assange just fight for freedom in a london court has made headlines including in india where journalists found time to cover the wiki leaks founder has plunked him it's donald trump state visit joining me now from northampton massachusetts is professor. who has been following signs of sectarian violence in the world's largest democracy and use message in support of a songe was read out by pink floyd founder roger waters in pomona square this week thanks so much for coming on before we get to that multimillion multi 100000

history 1st though the campaign was seen as victorious because within a month the taliban and al qaeda had been mostly defeated there and the afghan interim administration was established to however it did take 10 years to track down and kill al qaeda is founder and leader washington still has thousands of troops to deployed in afghanistan which account for a half of all international troops there we spoke to a $911.00 survivor who believes though that the long lasting war is not the so-called justice they wanted. well mixed feeling number one because as a survivor of 911 we when they're looking for osama. and actually with the taliban was basically they were supporting al qaeda both at the same time you know we killed osama bin laden many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didn't need these actually we didn't have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know gary stern and then we went to iraq and iraq didn't have anything to do with $911.00 and they tried to solve the idea that the the rocky people would walk w

but the pentagon says it's anyone's guess where bin laden is. >> al qaeda got away.en went off to pakistan. but what was very striking is how quickly it turned to iraq. >> i never say anything's inevitable, but if i were saddam hussein, i'd be thinking very carefully about the future and i'd be looking very closely to see what happened to the taliban in afghanistan. as parents of six, this network is one less thing i have to worry about. (vo) why the aceves family chose verizon. we all use our phones very differently. these two are always gaming and this one is always on facetime. and my oldest is learning to be a pilot. we need a reliable network because i need to know he's safe. as soon as he lands, he knows he better call mama. mama! (vo) the network more people rely on, gives you more. like plans your family can mix and match starting at just $35. so everyone gets the plan they need. and apple music on us. plus, iphone 11 on us when you buy the latest iphone. that's verizon. hello, i saw you move in, and i wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood with some homem

authorities he's one of the few al qaeda leaders that predates the attacks of september the 11th the trained at camps in afghanistan before going back home to yemen where he was in prison for 5 years for plotting to attack the u.s. ambassador there he actually broke out of jail in 2006 is thought to be behind the attack on the u.s. embassy and is a significant target for the u.s. authorities so we do now have confirmation that the 41 year old was killed in these attacks in this drone strike in fact it was a $10000000.00 reward out for him and the u.s. state department says that al qaeda has now been significantly weakened by this strike meaning that both americans and allies on now say for upon is death. still ahead on al-jazeera coming up in a moment the. war on poverty nearly $200.00 refugees and migrants at the serbian border demand entry into e.u. countries. to shining a light on police violence in france we talk to the makers of an acclaimed film that's up for an oscar award this weekend. hello again it's good to have you back well we saw a lot of rain here across the philippine

says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in a drone attack in yemen. and find out what the biggest issue for irish voters is as they get ready to vote on saturday. hello again it's good to have you back we are seeing those temperatures drop here across parts of northern japan over the next few days we do have a system that is coming in off the russian maritimes and with that we're going to be seeing some snow as well so start here on saturday for kaido for sapporo minus 2 degrees overnight lows dropping to about minus 10 to minus 11 but a very chilly day here on sunday we do expect to see a high of about minus 6 down towards tokyo still in the single digits but better weather conditions view we do expect to see 8 degrees as your forecast high well we are going to see some more rain here pushing across the south china sea making its way towards vietnam over the next few days clouds will be on the increase for men attempts are here on saturday of 34 degrees getting a little bit stormy a little bit cloudy or a little bit rain here as well we do expect to

laden with the taliban was basically they were supporting al qaeda both at the same time you know we killed all some of the 11 many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didn't need these actually we didn't have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know gary stern and then we went to iraq and iraq didn't have anything to do with $911.00 and they tried to solve was the idea that the the rocky people would walk with that he was in so this scene way over what we're doing right here in afghanistan we were in the year we don't main purpose that main purpose was a change of a survivor i want the award to end not only because of the people that we lost but of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan do we know our occupation of that country. over to the u.s. state of montana where a total of 4 it city council officials have now asked the prosecutor's office to drop charges against whistleblower brennan bryant who lifted the lid on civilian killings in

the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula.ion and he said that the killing brings the us closer to eliminating threats posed to national security. despite several attempts by us special forces, he eluded capture for five years. let's get more now from our correspondent. what is the latest on this? we had a relatively short statement from the white house that does not contain detailed. there had been reports for the past week or so about this counterterrorism operation in yemen but the statement does not really clarify when it happened other than to say that it was carried out under the orders of president trump three was eliminated, to use the words of the statement. he is a significant further —— figure and has been involved with al qaeda for several decades, initially in afghanistan and for the past five years in yemen leading this particular group that is considered by the united states as one of the most deadly groups within al qaeda's global network. as far as we can tell this is a confirmation, this is absolute fa ct. co

with the taliban was basically they were supporting al qaeda both at the same time you know we killed osama bin laden many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didn't need these actually we didn't have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know gary stern and then we went to iraq and iraq didn't have anything to do with 911 and they try to hold us the idea that the the rocky people we walked with that he wasn't so our of this scene way over what we're doing right here you know in afghanistan we were in the year with the main purpose that main purpose was a change as a survivor i won the award to win and not only because of the people that we lost but of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan during our occupation of their country. about 47000 migrants have crossed turkey's border with the e.u. the text interior minister has confirmed greece and bulgaria which border turkey have sent reinforcements to their borders to prevent people crossing gr

backed al-qaeda in that country joining me now is iranian scola professor mohammad marandi who's been traveling on one of the most important highways in the middle east from damascus via it live to aleppo thank you so much for coming on the show you've been driving up one of the most important highways what is it like because nato nation media is only full of stories about russia and syrian air strikes killing women and children in hospitals and schools 0 mass what sane person is going to believe that the white helmets that are based and have nothing to do with their nostra up front with al qaeda with. their charm can only be there with their permission and i've visited places in syria where the white house mit's buildings were right beside al-qaeda buildings and front of it had to hear a sham they keep rebranding themselves and they have different names but. across this region the white house minutes have been working hand in hand with out what the united states wants and what western european countries want and we can hear huge explosions right now is this country to be weak and div

says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during an operation in yemen. 24 hours of violence 4 palestinians shot dead tensions rise in the wake of the u.s. president's controversial plan in the middle east. now a chinese doctor who is among the fast to sound the alarm on the corona virus outbreak has died from it 34 year old li when he was accused of scam mongering by the police when he 1st posted about the virus on a local messaging application in december after hours of conflicting reports on state media who hunt central hospital has confirmed his death the world health organization says they're all signs the number of new cases of the virus is dropping but it's too soon to know if it's reached its peak at least 632 people are now known to have died from the virus and more than 30000 are infected meanwhile chinese authorities are still battling to treat patients a 2nd new hospital with 1500 beds has opened a new hand and those with milder symptoms are being referred to sport. sentence in public holes well let's speak now to van gupta he is a disease control spec

says has killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during a military operation in yemen it says remey was seeking to conduct sentence fire attacks against americans hasn't confirmed his death and gallacher has more from washington d.c. . well the news is just emerging the confirmation of this al qaeda leader's death is just emerging but the strike itself took place last month at the cia and american intelligence officials have been very carefully after previous strikes proved that their targets actually survived them so they were careful to check whether this is actually happening but all room is a significant target for the u.s. authorities he's one of the few al qaeda leaders predates the attacks of september the 11th the training camps in afghanistan before going back home to yemen where he was in prison for 5 years for plotting to attack the u.s. ambassador there he actually broke out of jail in 2006 is thought to be behind the attack on the u.s. embassy and is a significant target for the u.s. authorities so we do now have confirmation that the 41 year old was kille

well the news is just emerging the confirmation of this al qaeda leader's death is just emerging but the strike itself took place last month at the cia and american intelligence officials have been very carefully after previous strikes proved that their targets actually survived them so they were careful to check whether this is actually happening but are really is a significant target for the u.s. authorities he's one of the few al qaeda leaders predates the attacks of september the 11th the training camps in afghanistan before going back home to yemen where he was in prison for 5 years for plotting to attack the u.s. ambassador that he actually broke out of jail in 2006 is thought to be behind the attack on the u.s. embassy and is a significant target for the u.s. authorities so we do now have confirmation that the 41 year old was killed in these attacks in this drone strike in fact was a $10000000.00 reward out for him and the u.s. state department says that al qaeda has now been significantly weakened by this strike meaning that both americans and allies on now say for upon his d

says it's killed the leader of al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula during a military operation in yemen last month president donald trump says customary me was trying to organize on the inspire attacks against americans there has been no confirmation of the killing from al-qaeda and the gallagher has more from washington. the confirmation of this al qaeda leader's death is just emerging but the strike itself took place last month at the cia and american intelligence officials have been very carefully after previous strikes proved that their targets actually survived them so they were careful to check whether this is actually happened but al really is a significant target for the u.s. authorities he's one of the few al qaeda leaders predates the attacks of september the 11th he trained at camps in afghanistan before going back home to yemen where he was in prison for 5 years for plotting to attack the u.s. ambassador there he actually broke out of jail in 2006 is thought to be behind the attack on the u.s. embassy and is a significant target for the u.s. authorities so we do now have con

says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula during an operation in yemen. it was evil or is corrupted and dirty cops a victory speech from president donald trump as he celebrates isn't he chose acquittal and attacks the democrats. brazil's president is calling his controversial plans for indigenous land a dream but critics say it's a genocide. hello a chinese doctor who was among the 1st to raise the alerts about the corona virus outbreak has now died from the illness that's led to an outpouring of anger against the government's. first issued warnings about the virus in december but police at the time accuse the 34 year old of scare mongering of the government's anti-corruption body is now sending investigators to look into issues raised by his case on the state health commission paid respectfully and praised medical workers. we know that for medical workers on the frontline they sacrifice their own family life to contribute to this battle against a fire as they try to protect our people's health we extend our respect to them now it's in the critical period

has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce the original plan was to defeat al-qaeda in afghanistan and overthrow the taliban that was sheltering al qaeda all of that was arguably achieved but then washington moved on to the nation building phase at a cost of billions of dollars and at that point it starts to look like no one had a clue what they were doing would trying to do here we didn't have the new would ruin the taking there is a fundamental gap in distancing of the front and over the stated objectives and grew lines in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and then the drone started flying many instances of success were recorded on that front but in many instances things also went terribly wrong. somewhere along the way it seems like some folks have just had enough in the coming months all announce the next phase of our drawdown and by the end of next year america's war in afghanistan will be over needless to say it was not over a trillion dollars spent and over $4000.00 u.s. military personnel and contractors killed and at this

the white house claims american forces have killed qassim al—rimi, leader of the extremist group al-qaedan the arabian peninsula. and the plight of the bumblebee. why extreme hot weather is causing a catastrophic decline in numbers. hello to you. we start in china, where casualty figures from the coronavirus are still climbing. authorities now say at least 630 people have lost their lives and the number of people infected has spiked more than 30,000. it's now been confirmed that a doctor from wuhan, who was among the first to warn publicly of the emergence of the new virus, has died from it in hospital. he was 3a and is being hailed as a hero on chinese social media. as authorities across the region scramble to contain the virus, the bbc‘s rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong. this is what happens when fear takes hold. shops in hong kong today were being cleared of rice and toilet paper as rumours swirled of a complete shutdown of the border with mainland china. out in hong kong harbour, a huge cruise ship, the virus possibly loose on board. several passengers have tested positiv

actually with the taliban was basically they were supporting al-qaeda both at the same time you know we killed osama bin laden many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didn't need these actually we didn't have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know afghanistan and then we went to iraq and iraq didn't have anything to do with 911 and they try to solve the idea that the the racket people would walk with that he was in so all of this scene way of what we're doing right here in afghanistan we won't be here with your main purpose that main purpose was a change of attitude viber i want the award to end and not only because of the people that we lost but of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan during our occupation of the contrie. greek police if i take ass against migrants the country's border with turkey is thousands of people gathered just one desire getting into europe or refugees have been seen throwing those stones at officers through t

qassim al—rimi is a significant figure in al-qaeda globally.lved in afghanistan and yemen, leaving this particular group of the past five years. his predecessor was killed in a us drone attack, attacking himself has evaded capture over the past five years. this group in yemen is considered one of the deadliest, considered that way by washington so if true, to use white house words, eliminated, this will be seen as good news from the perspective of the united states. president trump a p pa re ntly states. president trump apparently ordered this counterterrorism operation and he is saying in his statement that this group was responsible for unconscionable violence against civilians in yemen, and says numerous attacks against the united states, its forces, and the president concludes this statement and i suppose this statement and i suppose this is the message the american people, the backdrop, the political message if you like, we will continue to protect the american people by tracking down and eliminating terrorists who seek to do us harm. let

on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime. an international alliance followed in the subsequent weeks carrying out an intensive. taliban training camps. underpinned by advancing taliban forces on the ground the taliban stronghold kandahar fell in november. celebrations as locals a marriage from the york of repression. that i'm so happy that until now it was like a prisoner of my beard and i'm free meanwhile saw was osama bin laden the man the u.s. desperately wanted remained elusive escaping from the tora bora cave network between the battle lines the violence unleashed on anniston afghans was beginning to a marriage of family homes bombed in the chaos of war. when we're in a situation. where we're in a combat zone. unfortunately sometimes mistakes are made. in 2014 most foreign troops withdrew. into the vacuum stepped our results in taliban who mounted a ruthless guerrilla campaign retaking territory and stepping up its use of suicide attacks by the end this long war had left 4000

says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or in a drone attack in yemen. children as young as 8 being trained to fight the controversy over a mexican militia. coming up in sports tensions at the nou camp are heightened as a little more not out of the cup but a dispute between the players and the club. on the death of a doctor who was reprimanded by the police when he raised the alarm of a coronavirus is adding to the challenges that are simply piling up for the chinese government there's been an outpouring of public anger over the case of wendy leanne who warned about a new virus back in december the police who had accused him of disturbing social order anticorruption investigators are now being sent from beijing to look into the issue issues raised by the people is the quote and the state health commission even mentioned him in their daily update. we know that for medical workers on the frontline they sacrifice their own family life to contribute to this battle against a fire as they try to protect our people's health we extend our respect to them now it'

a conflict that birthed al qaeda.ate department so we can apply the same tool kit to these terrorists that we have applied to jihadist terrorists. >> this is interesting because its may seem new to some people for those of us that are not familiar with extremist korgizations but in 1988 you actually tried to become a foreign fighter fn an overseas extremist organization. >> that's right. you know, in 1988 when i was 15 years old i sent an application to the south african resistance movement because i wanted to go fight there against -- or for par tide. so this is sthaomething that's n gaining steam for decades. even people like david duke in 1999 moved to moscow and rented an apartment there. these are alliances that do deep. it is about organization worldwide and not domest mes gr. the congresswoman is absolute correct this is mimicking the early days of al qaeda and isis. >> you talk about a tool kit. we can apply a tool kit that we have and i think the underlying issue is we're actually better at fighting these thi

steps by the taliban will make this agreement a success. 1st keep your promises to cut ties with al qaeda and other terrorists keep up the fight to defeat isis welcome the profound really of all afghan citizens men and women urban and rural as a result of this past week's massive reduction in violence and dedicate yourselves continued to continued reductions it is this significant escalation of violence that will create the conditions for peace and the absence of it the conditions and the cause for failure all afghans deserve to live and prosper without fear. sit down with the afghan government other afghan political leaders and civil society and start the difficult conversations on a political road map for your country exercise patience even when there is frustration honor the rich diversity of your country and make room for all views afghan governments have failed because they weren't sufficiently inclusive the afghan government of 2020 and indeed the afghanistan of 2020 is not the same as in 2001 embrace the historic progress obtained for women and girls and build on it for the benefit

sean thank you so much for coming on the show why is it taken you so long deliberate invalid from al-qaeda linked groups there in your country there are so many terrorists who came across and in the last 2 weeks we have been live in a big annual general part of through or at. many villages many places and on still around me has secured and pull that has been sitting in on 2016 to get at least subjected dual misses and that from. the mystery which is cool down the tubes sham which is it better is the to deny this and we are determined to liberate libya and the test of syria trouble is better is it and occupiers every brawl cust on the media and nato nations claims you are killing women and children a 1000000 women and children of the numbers that are being quoted on say c.n.n. john a foreign news the b.b.c. here 80 percent of them women and children your actions over the past 10 weeks of cause that and not only that the from the syrian and russian warplanes are killing all these women and children i actually afshan wish to end here to see what lies happening and know what an added pull and

says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in a military operation in yemen washington says al remey was trying to organize and inspire attacks against americans. ok let's go back to the main story that of course of corona virus have been confirmed cases of it in africa so far but has been high on the agenda of the african union foreign ministers summit taking place in ethiopia vaal is there in the capital addis ababa . as african leaders prepare to meet here in the european cups this about for a normal summit the gates are telling us that the continent is making itself ready to combat any possible outbreak of the coroner a virus coming from china the african center for disease control and prevention is coordinating efforts across the continent and in the senegalese capital of the car a training is going on to make more countries ready as we speak only south africa and ghana have a laboratory is that contest specimens for the virus but in a matter of 2 weeks they tell us that 15 more countries will be ready for that testing so

linked groups in damascus al-qaeda linked groups still have children what about the children in these groups that your saying that your liberating is the no alternative but for them to be killed in the liberation of these areas in our lead the big said that is so is there a lot i mean i was fighting terrorists there were no children and areas where a lot out of me is fighting and we definitely.