not only in the u.k., but also in somalia.rt of pull away this veneer that there may be an extreme religious component, what you are left is just the bare bones of the facts and very few investigative leads, and that has the effect of undercutting our national security. >> greta, could i pick up on that point. most people aren't aware since 9/11 there have been over 80 jihadist terrorism plots in the united states. these are big numbers. these aren't onesy and twossies. >> those are the ones we've cat and -- >> attacks and we've prevent and he preetched. these are actual plots. these come from the congressional research service that did this analysis for the congress, and there were 70 sgaz of fep. there have been a handful since. this isn't a small number set of issues. this is a significant threat we're facing. >> it's been stepped up, judge. what happened in canada just, u know, in this past week. these attacks are being in north america least. >> the trouble is that we're -- the people who are leading these agencies are do

but in somalia.near this er may be a religious component what you are left is a bare bones of the sax and very few investigative leads. that leads to under cutting our national security. >> can i pick up on that point. most people aren't aware since 9-11 there has been over 80 jihadist terrorism notes in tpl in the united states. >> those are the ones we caught? >> the attacks and those we prevented. these are plots that comes from the congressional research service who did the analysis for congress. they are a p handful of things. >> this svent a small number set of issues it is a significant threat in the nation. >> what happened in canada this past week the attacks are being in north america at least. >> the trouble is, the people who are leading these agencies are down-playing the significance of each of these. down-playing the connection between them and militant islam. >> why would they do that? >> because osama bin laden is dead and he is alive. >> this emphasis on the lone wolf what we have s

not only in the u.k., but also in somalia.u sort of pull away this veneer that there may be an extreme religious component, what you are left is just the bare bones of the facts and very few investigative leads, and that has the effect of undercutting our national security. >> greta, could i pick up on that point. most people aren't aware since 9/11 there have been over 80 jihadist terrorism plots in the united states. these are big numbers. these aren't onesy and twossies. >> those are the ones we've cat and -- >> attacks and we've prevent and he preetched. these are actual plots. these come from the congressional research service that did this analysis for the congress, and there were 70 sgaz of fep. there have been a handful since. this isn't a small number set of issues. this is a significant threat we're facing. >> it's been stepped up, judge. what happened in canada just, u know, in this past week. these attacks are being in north america least. >> the trouble is that we're -- the people who are leading these agencies ar

, to go and participate many -- in some way in the jihad in somalia. you go back oden mark, you want to raise some money. you see many of your friends. they're migrating to the jihad in somalia and other places. you want to do the same thing. talk a bit about that and then talk about what happened next. >> yeah. so at that time in 2006 the islamic union -- [inaudible] smallly president, warlord, they kicked out all these corrupted tribe leaders and started to rule somalia with sharia law. and for the first time in 19 years, ever, there was some kind of system in somalia. and, therefore, it was a -- [inaudible] that was our new islamic state. so for every muslim who believed that, you know, we should live amongst muslims and be sinful by living among the disbelievers, this struggle was obligatory to join up with. so we, yeah. so we, so many of my friends traveled directly, one of them was miss taffe that who actually got the permission from the american embassy to travel. he left over there -- [inaudible] then e depart. i didn't have money enough to buy

not only in the u.k., but also in somalia.sort of pull away this veneer that there may be an extreme religious component, what you are left is just the bare bones of the facts and very few investigative leads, and that has the effect of undercutting our national security. >> greta, could i pick up on that point. most people aren't aware since 9/11 there have been over 80 jihadist terrorism plots in the united states. these are big numbers. these aren't onesy and twossies. >> those are the ones we've cat and -- >> attacks and we've prevent and he preetched. these are actual plots. these come from the congressional research service that did this analysis for the congress, and there were 70 sgaz of fep. there have been a handful since. this isn't a small number set of issues. this is a significant threat we're facing. >> it's been stepped up, judge. what happened in canada just, u know, in this past week. these attacks are being in north america least. >> the trouble is that we're -- the people who are leading these agencies are

he decided to flee the jurisdiction of the court and travel to somalia where he wanted to fight with al shabab. i think they realized their mistake when he didn't show up for sentencing and someone said we forgot to get his passport. >> he slipped the country to go fight with terrorists in somalia. and brown may have attended this training camp. that's next. camp built for chloe is 9 months old. she is the greatest thing ever. camp built for one little smile. one little laugh. honey bunny... (laughter) we would do anything for her. my name is kim bryant and my husband and i made a will on legalzoom. it was really easy to do. (baby noise...laughter) we created legalzoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm robert gray. three states now issuing a mandatory 21-day quarantine for travellers who have had contact with ebola patients in west africa. but health officials in illinois, new jersey and new york not saying how they will en

african union troops on the offensive against al shabaab's hartland in somalia. i am andy richardson with the latest sport. formula one driver is fighting for his life. the frenchman is suffering from a severe head injury and has had surgery following the incidents in sazuka. . >> the islamic state of iraq and the lavant, isil, says it has taken control of more territory in iraq's northern anbar province but strategic battle grounds not far from the iraqi capitol are proving difficult for either side to hold on to. there are reports that isil's rene taken parts after it was won by iraqi forces on saturday. while west of baghdad, airstrikes have helped push back fighters it. isil has managed to fight its way out to faluja. more on why hold that town is so important for the iraqi army. backed by tanks and heavy weapons, these government forces are in the town of amaria. this is at strategic town linking anbar with baghdad in the south of the country. holding it against isil fighters means supplies from the capitol can reach anbar province. >> we will never leave it

this is a chapter 7 intervention in somalia.they break out into anarchy fighting between war worlds in the early 1990s and interventional aid marshals itself to try to diffuse the crisis to get aid to the people who need it. we have almost street to street or neighborhood fighting in mogadishu between war lords. the international community rallies. the united states gets involved. i think i was a senior at the time when this was happening. >> it was december of 1992. >> that's exactly what i would have been. it date me. >> not as much as it dates me. >> i remember better than i do. i remember my u.s. history teacher in high school had this political cartoon that showed sapt a santa claus on a sled with his elves having machine guns. that's kind of the international perspective on somalia that this place is worth -- if santa claus is going to pay attention to this, right, than we should, too. there was actually a will there until the tragic events of which -- >> october of 1993 in an effort to relief another part of the fint veng

this is a village that belong to african union mission of somal somalia. the village had been controlled by al-shabab fighters, but the national army captured it without a fight. >> we'll continue. this is a dutiful operation. >> the soldiers are also in striking distance of the port city of barawe. he said its hold is imminent. >> after this offensive, we learn that al-shabab will continue the guerrilla warfare. we'lto be able to stop this kind of warfare. >> advancing to three strategic towns. >> al-shabab controls much of the countryside and major roads in south and central somalia. the aim is to cut off the supply routes that the group uses to bring in fighters, weapons, and export char coal. the money made by selling charcoal pays for weapons. >> the big question is whether al-shabab needs major supply routes because it ceased to exist a as a conventional group some time ago. now it rely on warfare. >> it does not have the numbers or strength to fight the advancing joint forces. it's leader was recently killed, and his replacement amid abu badi is sti

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somalia, and african union troops have taken over one of the last strongholds in somalia. al-shabab controlled the area for the past six years. a run-off is to be held later this month to choose brazil's president. the current president dilma rousseff failed to win a majority. she'll face center right candidate in the second round. the syrian kurdish forces pushed back fighters from a hill in the town of kobani, thousands of kurds fled kobani after weeks of fighting. now, in mexico, it's clear with the discovery of mass graves and the disappearance of dozens of students - it's unclear if they are related. the bodies of 28 people can't be identified because they are badly decomposed. tension is high. >> even the army can't get through. classmates and family members of 43 missing students took over a major highway in sworn guerrero state, blocking traffic for hours, saying the government ignored their pleas for the safe return of the students. rather than engage in a fight, the officer ordered the men back. a sign that theyon to escalate a tense situation. minutes later, a b

al-shabab controls most of rural somalia, and transport routes. richard bytes is with the hudson institute in washington d.c. and said al-shabab could launch retaliatory attacks. >> the insurgents, what they normally do is engage in acts of terrorism. if they do well gain a lot of support, capture the troops. then they will engage in a guerilla war, seize territory and establish a government and so on. they have now failed to do this, and are forced back to the terrorism strikes basically hanging out in remote locations, establishing logistic base there is and so on. that means that we could have more incidents such as the kenyan shopping mall, which was a bloodied attack that they helped to organise. i think the main thing that the government forces need to be concerned with is that in the military victory, they, and the strong community now need to consolidate that by making the political, economic, social reforms to establish a secure government, something that can rely on fewer au forces. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters have taken over part of a hill ov

and somalia was even more pure as it is devilishly islamic state. so you can do everything that you can do. >> you also said that your son, who was then six or seven, should think highly of you because you did your religious duty. >> yes, it's about how you have your family and you respect them for being a warrior. you can never reach that level and that is how noble they are. you are guaranteed paradise and that is something very severe and very huge. >> other questions? >> thank you so much. i'm just wondering, i thought it was and is a, we got a laugh when you said you wanted to have bacon and are not a muslim anymore. but i'm just wondering now that you seem to be kind of living a different lifestyle, i'm wondering what you talk up his experiences to in your quest for jean-claude and that period of your life. do you think of it as a phase? how do you think these things are going now and i'm wondering when we're looking toward all of the westerners that are going to iraq and syria and joining she hot, what lessons should we take from the ability

katherine soy reports from southern somalia. >> reporter: making their way carefully.d troops of the african union, and the somali army secure the roads. firing warning shots as they take control of the city. most of al-shabab's fighters and senior command left long ago, but we are told there's a possibility of snipers and hidden explosives. >> the resistance hasn't been as heavy, but they kept probing us, but we continued moving, so they kept reducing, reducing, and now they are retreating back to the coastlines to jump in the boats. >> reporter: this is the town square in the town. the same one that sal shabab used for executions as recently as a few weeks ago. now members of a new town administration need a few people to lead here. there's still a lot of anxiety. these people haven't seen any government presence since the collapse of somalia in 1991. and this is their governor, who they have not seen since 2008. yet he keeps his promise to publicly cut off his hair if this day ever came. >> clearly it is a good day. >> reporter: this man gives us a glimpse of what l

at the town square, somalia soldiers celebrate their victory but they also know that al shabaab could come back. katherine soy, al jazeera, baraway south in somalia. >>> stepping up the offensive in ananbar province. city of fallujah which fell under control of i.s.i.l. and its tribal soldiers. government led forces have liberated the force he, government soldiers take the city back. in heat, in heat which is in anbar province, report of air strikes, 24 people apparently killed, 37 others have been injured in raqqa, this incident, who do we understand was responsible for it? >> well, what happened in the initial aftermath of the attack can anbar operations, u.s. led air strikes killed most civilians. what we're told now is that u.s. air strikes hit air strikes on the outside, but artillery and helicopters that went inside the town and it's likely that they were responsible for the deaths of those civilians, some very big issue here in iraq. the iraqi government had welcomed the coalition air strikes saying that this is a good thing but we all need to be very careful about civilian cas

. >> when tens of thousands died of hunger in somalia. fatima says her young children would have died if they hadn't left. she lived here in the refugee camp. the famine is over, she want to go home. >> i want to go back to somalia so i can do business. there's restriction of movement so i can't make money. i can't afford clothes and somehows for my kids -- shoes for my kids. >> the first refugees came in 1991, and the camps have grown since. there are over 300,000 people living here. it's a sprawling town. here in the market people buy and sell anything. football shirts, european teams, sandals made in india. people have not only rebuilt their businesses, they have rebuilt their lives. >> in 1992, this map fled somalia. he learnt to make shirts as a teenager. like most here, he thinks it's not safe enough to go home. >> in my opinion, somalia is still very bad. life is 50/50. if you decide to go back, you may be killed, you may not. you can't live like that. >> the u.n. provides food and basic smpss. 3,000 -- services. 3,000 signed up. >

that al-shabab is holding. >> reporter: in south somalia and thank you.off vote will be held later this month to choose brazil's next president, in sunday election the current president failed to win an outright majority securing around 41% of the vote and will face the center right in the second round and he got nearly 34%. in third place was a socialist party silver, in august she was ahead in the polls after taking over for campos who died in a plane crash and we have more from south palo. >> reporter: up beat in victory but not reelected, she did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. >> translator: this is a simple message that i have to move forward and i have to continue this fight together with each one of these borders to change brazil. >> reporter: the story of the night is the dramatic late surge to finish a strong second and his message to get the economy growing again without traction and coupled with a strong last debate the candidate from the right social democratic party now finds himself on the cusp of the presidency. >> translator: my c

. >> a somalia joint defensive was launched in march. the group was in control of several up to s and cities, it's been on retreat. the group was forced out of mogadishu. the next blow was the loss of the port of kiss mall in september 2012. the rebel group used to take a portion of the charcoal trade. >> the region's main road leads to mogadishu and parts of kenya. al-shabab controls much of rural somalia, and connecting government-held towns. katherine soy has been travelling with troops. >> al-shabab has been treating. they have been taking major successes, particularly by taking this along the coast, which is the main aid. the defensive, operation indian ocean, cut off the al-shabab supplies from the ocean. they did it well. a lot of people are saying it's not really time to celebrate just yet. al-shabab takes the weekend, but they come back, and because they have adapted this warfare, it makes it more dangerous. they have blended into the population, their fears that they can cause attacks. when talking to the brigadier general - wh

how important is it for your troops and for somalia. how important is it to take barawe. >> the tactical position is great for the people of somalia. it will be a huge achievement. barawe is out to sea. it's a great achievement. >>> a mass grave has been found on the outskirts of the mexican town igwaila, where -- iguala, where 43 students disappeared, some seen forced into a press van. as adam raney reports, it's unclear if the two incidents are related. >> reporter: this is where a series of mass graves have been unearthed outside the someone of iguala, forensic experts have been called in to exhume the graves. it's expected they'll do d.n.a. tests to see if the bodies exhumed are the 43 student, missing for more than a book. the graves are a few kilometres from the spot where the student are last seen. government officials are unable to firm the story of the bodies. >> it would be irresponsible of me to say it's connected to the student. we can establish the location of the grave. we had human remains. we have to wait to see what the

. >> a rare victory for troops fighting the al-qaeda affiliates in somalia. we are on the ground inside a town now free after years of public executions at the hands of al shabab. >> a 4-year-old thought she was handing out bags of candy at day care. turns out they were baggies are heroin. now her mother is in serious trouble. >> $22 billion is today's big number. >> why facebook is shelling out more than expected to acquire a popular messaging service. >> taking a live look at the new york city skyline, the brooklyn bridge on the right -- >> fall in the city, right? >> yeah, beautiful. >> this is your shift, early morning, i get here and you get a picture like this, a wonderful metropolis new york city, it's just terrific, terrific. >> absolutely. >> so this morning, as we bring you the latest here, two people are being treated in the united states for ebola. they are not receiving one experimental drug, zmapp. >> there is no more available and doctors are now trying other experimental drugs. >> doctors in dallas are fighting a disease with no known cure. it

these soldiers belong to the african mission somalia. the village had been controlled by al-shabab fighters, but the sna captured it without a fight. >> this is a dutiful operation. >> the african union commander in mogadishu tells me that the soldiers are within striking distance of the port city. if al-shabab lays stronghold and it's form is imminent. >> we know that al-shabab will continue to conduct guerrilla warfare. what we're doing is to to be able to face this kind of pa warfare. >> al-shabab still controls most of the countryside and major roads in south and central somalia. the aim of operation in indian ocean is to cut off supply routes that the group uses to bring in fighters, weapons. the money made from selling charcoal helps pay for weapons. >> the question is whether they need thos because they ceased to exist as a rebel group a long time ago. >> african unions say al-shabab has been significantly weakened. it does not have the numbers or strength to advance the forces. it's leaders was recently killed and it's replacemen

at the town square somalia soldiers celebrate their victory but they also know that al shabaab could come back. katherine soy, al jazeera, barawe south in somalia. >> coming up i'll be looking for the supporters much same sex marriage in the united states. >> overstretched and underequipped. germany's defense force. and in sport, colombian cricketer who tried to come to grips with a whole new ballgame. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> edge of eighteen, >> your entire life has brought you up to this point, right now! american teens, making a difference >> we wanna fight for our education >> choosing a path... >> if i'm not sharing the gospel, then i feel empty inside because that's the gift that god has given me >> deciding their own future... >> i'm petty burnt out... if i said that i was perfectly fine, i would be lying >> oscar winner alex gibney's edge of eighteen the powerful conclusion... only on

. >> translator: i want to go back to somalia so i can do business.ere is restriction of movement so i can't make enough money. i can't afford clothes and shoes for my kids. >> reporter: but it's mostly because of decades of conflict in somalia that thousands of people have come here. the first refugees came in 1991 and the camp has grown ever since. now there are over 300,000 people living here. it has become a permanent town, and here in the market people buy and sell almost anything. there are sandals made in india, people are not only rebuilt their businesses, they have rebuilt their whole lives. in 1992, this man fled somalia, he learned to make shirts here as a teenager. now he employed five people. and like many he feels it is not safe enough to go home. >> translator: in my opinion somalia is still very bad. if you decide to go back, you might be killed, you might not. but you can't live like that. >> reporter: the u.n. offers food and basic services. 3,000 people have signed up to go home, but they have been waiting for months. >> one problem

>> it's one of the biggestspopo the government of somalia gets strengthened.he tactical position is of gre great importance of the people of somal i can't. it will be a huge achievement. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> general. doreen, just to let you know this situation is still very fluid. we will have to just wait and see how thinks come out in the hours to come. >> all right. catherine thank you very much. catherine soi from just outside bbarawe. >> brazil is vote forg their next president. the president dila russef. gabriel, we understand she just cast her ballot in the past hour. also how this presidential election is being described. the presidential candidate was killed in a tragic plane accident that thrust his running made to replace him on the ballot it has been an unpredictable campaign up until the last 24 hours. as you mentioned. she cast her ballot and she is feeling very confid he want because the last poll that came out just yesterday showed she was polling at about 45, 46%, still short of the 50% plus 1 she had need to win on the fir

several somalia national armed forces were killed. several soldiers were injured as well. through the night there was proibing from the al-shabab fighters. there was running. some had been left. that's a con certain, that they could carry out attacks. we spoke to the somali deputy chief of defense force in charge for the somalia government, and he told us that they don't expect much distance itself. there's nothing much stopping them getting in there. they want to make sure there's no major casualties, but everything is still fluid and we'll have to wait and see what happens in the coming hours. >> we'll do that for the time being. thank you very much. >> still to come on al jazeera. nearly 70 years after the battle of lenin grad, a burial for many who are missing. >>> why human rights groups are disappointed at the death of the former leader of haiti. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> government

we are told that the african union forces and somalia government troops surrounded the town. it's a major economic hub for al-shabab. the group uses it to bring in supplies. this will be the first time decades that the town is under the control of government. so we are taking to the streets to witness a significant moment history. the towns and villages are under government control. some movement is dangerous. possibilities of ambushes, snipers, i.e.d.s. we have to keep moving in armoured vehicles. we are hearing that most of the fighters have left. elders are reaching out trying to negotiate a peaceful handle. everything remains fluid. everyone is being careful about how this plays out. >>> niger's president says he will not be intimidated into pulling peacekeepers out of mali. gunmen killed nine peacekeepers in niger on friday. they were part of a force in the north of mali. falling under control of separatists and groups linked to al qaeda. >>> peruvians are set to elect regional leaders. 12,000 candidates are taking part in the election. the build up has been marred by vi

take tyson barrie. >> the tactical position is a great importance to the people of somalia. we think it will be a huge achievement to take barawe. they are a port at the sea next to mogadishu. it's a great achievement once it's under our control. >> katherine soy reporting there. >>> a mass grave mass been found not far from where 43 mem cans students -- mexican students disappeared. it's not clear if the two event are rejected. adam raney has more. >> reporter: this is where a series of mass graves have been unearthed outside the town of iguala. forensic experts have been called in to exhume the graves. it's expected they'll do d.n.a. tests to see if the bodies exhumed are those missing for a week. they are a few kilometres from the spot where they were last seem. officialsio in the been able to identify the bodies. >> translation: it would be unfair of me to say it's linked to the students. we know that they have human remains, i reiterate, we have to wait to see what the experts find when it comes to genetic forensics. >> a member of the human rights commission told al ja

. >> reporter: we met levy in a field hospital in ethiopia near its border with somalia, from where tens of thousands of refugees were fleeing famine and civil war. >> it was something that i had wanted to do for a long time, a place where sort of the idealism of medicine came to practice, and i think that was always a beacon to me as a place where i could do my training, learn my craft, and then go and use it in a way that made me feel like it had all meant something. >> reporter: levy, who now works for the centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta, remembers a culture of debate. >> i was able to voice my concerns and my opinions when it came to our medical activities. there was healthy debate as to what diseases we could treat, what diseases we didn't have the capacity to treat, and where to take the programs that we were running as the emergency ended. >> reporter: msf says such openness encourages innovation. for example, until the early 2000s malnutrition was treated in hospitals, which took weeks. msf field workers urged a switch to a fortified peanut butter that had s

also ahead - the sound of construction is replacing the sound of gunshots in somalia. >>> and find out why this india boxer was so upset she refused to wear her medal at the asian games. >>> now houthi politicians tole al jazeera that the group will withdraw from its positions around the capital. the rebels in the north took control of sanaa more than a week ago. >> the deal that we signed with the united nations and the government, that we pull out, the moment it is formed. we have to wait for the government to be formed. >> we are joined live from sanaa. there's the houthis saying that they'll move if there's a political situation. at the moment they occupy the streets for sanaa. update us please. >> yes, jane, that's true. they are everywhere in sanaa. reducing their preps, you see in the streets they have more checkpoints today than before. they are surrounding the buildings. we are not inside the buildings, we are trying to run the city in tandem with the government. we are told of cases where high-ranking officials are calling on them saying "please come, we would like you to do

al jazerra, southern somalia. >>> this is al jazerra america, live from new york city.ny harris. and we are standing by now just moments away from the start of a news conference out of omaha, nebraska, that's where an american man is being treated for ebola. he is a 33-year-old free-lance cameraman working for nbc at the time that he was stricken. and he was covering the out break of ebola in west africa. he is the fifth american with ebola to return to the united states for treatment. we are expecting to hear from dr. brad the dean of college of medicine at the university of nebraska medical center. let's take you there live now and pick this up where we are. >> many are fearful about the spread of this disease. indeed it was last thursday that we first became aware and through some ongoing communication thursday and friday the decision was made late friday and transportation occurred over the weekend. we are proud to offer our assistance to work closely with the national, the state, the regional public health leaders to assist in the care, both within our country and

they get down to one somalian guy sending money to somalia. >> would the nsa lie? >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on million or hundreds of million of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not whitingly. >> yet the nsa does. >> they lie. >> this was a classified secret program we didn't want the enemy to know about. i'm sure he could have given a better answer. >> what would have been a better answer? >> i don't know. the fact is the nsa doesn't listen to the phone calls. they drill down on the numbers. >> to protect us. >> i'm all for looking at that person's records if you get a warrant. there's no reason not to get a warrant. >> it delays the investigation. >> there is a rapist in d.c. you want to catch him. what do the police do? they call a judge in front of the house. >> do you think the judge says no? >> if the judge always say yes how does the warrant protect us. >> let's say you want all the records of all the reasons in texas the judge will say no. it's a great protection. i'm not willing to give up on it because i fear the time when m

this was the main operating base from which they planned and staged attacks in somalia and around the region. financially it was a major loss. barawe was a significant port for the transport of charcoal, so their revenue is also going to take a significant hit as well. i think the loss of barawe alone is going to add to the pressure's on the group's leadership, and raise questions in al-shabab of whether it's current leadership, which is aligned with al-qaeda, is aligned in the right path. we'll see the leadership within that group deepen and affiliate itself with the group that calls itself islamic state. >> we're getting reports that 4 people have been killed in iraq. a coalition attack on isil has manically hit a residential area. we go for the latest on that airstrike. >> reporter: well, what we're hearing is that they hit a residential compound. now they say they welcome the coalition airstrikes. the coalition airstrikes have changed the way this battle is being fought. there are unintended consequences. isil fight verse been denied those bases and have pushed into further areas.

even somalia, the last country you would expect, somalia, almost half the g.d.p. is done digitally. >> i don't need to tell you that the poor have been unbanked for as long as as there have been banks. why is this different? >> it is really the digital revolution. currency under but they are getting cell phones. and the cell phone capability of looking at spending patterns, that's going to be common sense. people are going to have help and lots of products competing on top of this digital currency platform. >> so if technology, mobile phones, for example, digital money, helps increase access to financial services at the same time as it lowers the cost of delivery, why is philanthropy needed? >> philanthropy should just be here to bootstrap this. there are a lot of regulations in this area. and understanding those regulations for remitances, for example sending money to your country of origin, right now that has about a 5% overhead on it. we think we have a role to make sure -- particularly for the small transactions, that regulations do not impose those high costs

al-shabaab in somalia. groups that are officially affiliated with al qaeda. beyond that, other groups that are allies of al qaeda like bo boko haram. groupsextremely violent like sharia in benghazi. these are regional agendas. -- necessarily inter international. are starting up shop in syria. they are a formal affiliate of al qaeda. beyond the diversity of [indiscernible] -- they speak to each other. they share resources like fighters, weapons. they share tactics. they take advantage of porous borders to move people and material. there is a degree of collaboration and cooperation. us where isis came from. >> isis is not new. they have been around since 2004 when it was al qaeda in iraq. that is the origin of the group. leader -- zas the arkowi was the leader. and the conflict that erupted there. >> and fermented that sectarian conflict. that led to the sunni awakening of 2007, the backlash. it was aided by our presence there. al qaeda on the run. in 2011 we withdrew. the iraqi government became less effective. >> why? they didn't want anything to do with the

gulf from somalia. a contingent against mill tants there. >>> and, on top of all of that, there's this big new effort in guinea, sierra leone and liberia which is going to be a long-time deal. that effort is for the u.s. military to essentially build up the public health infrastructure of those entire countries. build up the public health infrastructure in those countries for those countries. so that the out-of-control epidemic that those countries are battling there doesn continue to threaten the rest of the world. so being the head of u.s. army, africa, riegtsd now, means you're business i. it means you are in charge of a lot. it means a very complicatededly engaged person. a lot of life and death demands on your time. you've got a huge territory that's under your purvue. there's a lot of different things going on. all over that huge continent and you're the top dwie in charge of all of it. they were part of the setting up the first phase in that country. they just finished that. now that they have le

. >> much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour including war on the front line in somalia, african union forces step up their campaign against al-shabab. >>> and a woman in sweden gives birth to the world's first baby from a transplanted womb. and coming up in sport under pressure liverpool looks to reform in the english premier league. we'll have all the latest. >> first, a new poll shows brazilians are relikely to reelect, and the battle is between these two contenders. the current leader and first woman to become brazil's president. she's seeking a second term. her office has been facing criticism over social policies and protests before the world cup held in june. most polls show that her run is neck and negligent with marina silva. then there is senator neves the candidate from brazilian social no, sir. highways been third place in most opinion polls. we're live in sao paulo. interestingly, a poll on saturday showed that the scaped neves is ahead of marine i can't silva. so silva might not make it to the second round. >> troubling news for silva, not so much for del rouceff, i

these people have not seen government presence since the collapse of somalia in 1991. this is the governor, who they have not seen since 2008. he keeps his promise to publicly cut hair if if day ever game. >> clearly it is a good day. it was the center. >> reporter: this man gives us a glimpse of what life was like under al-shabab. >> translation: they used to kill people by shooting them. now you'll find blood at the spot where they did it. >> the offensive is an operation, in that cutting off al-shabab's supply roots from the sea. soldiers have been getting tactical support from the u.s., e.u., and private contractors. >> special forces are securing the city, moving were building to building. this is a place where al-shabab leaders hold many of their meetings. >> at the town square, somalia soldiers celebrate the victory, but they know that al-shabab could come back. >>> signs of normalcy in hong kong. schools reopen and employees return to work after pro-democracy protesters clear the area outside the city government headquarters. protesters are bowing to keep up th

you wonder, or even look at what happened in somalia.ou destroy a leader and you know, you take out a leader and all of a sudden they have already dominated the next leader. >> so one part of that strategy is decimating them from the top. but that's not the whole strategy. that can't be the only way we're going to go after these groups. and that's why it requires, action by the united states, direct action where appropriate by the united states. but it requires over time, again, this is a longer-term effort. and it's going to take a long time in iraq and syria, several years, i don't know, you know, i wouldn't necessarily-- exact time on it but it's going to take more than just a couple years. >> so beyond this presidency for sure. >> yeah, i think so, in iraq, for sure. >> and what is victory. >> victory is, you know, there will be stages of victory there will be stages when we take our leaders, when we eliminate or diminish the safe haven. when we slowly start to build up the capacity of our partners, particularly the iraqis. and we se

we go to that town where the troops are fighting alongside of somalia forces. >> reporter: we are athe g of barra weigh. the afghan forces together with somali troops are preparing to get in. al-shabab has been retreating. joining me is the brigadier leading the ugandan forces. thank you for joining us. we hear reports that your troops have taken barra weigh. tell us the real solution. >> as the command of sector one, this is the authority over the mission. yes, barra we is soon to be taken. at the moment it is not taken. >> do you expect resistance? >> we do. it's an economic center for al-shabab. the tactical command headquarters. we know there'll be resistance, especially from the foreign fighters, those staying in barra we. >> we are told that egyptian fighters are taking boats, going into the sea. and others are melting into the civilian population. how concerning is this to you? >> as you know, since beginning this offensive, al-shabab has been encountering us all the way through and up to barr ou which, and this ridge, the difficult situation that comes from the fire power, an

on the road to al-shabab's heartland in somalia, as the african union troops go on the offensive. children of refugees are struggling to go to school. and in sport, qatar is attempting to become one. biggest global names in horse racing. >>> more than 140 million brazilians will vote in a presidential election in less than an hour. the president dilma rousseff is up against two candidates, dilma rousseff, and aecio neves. we have this report from sao paulo. >> reporter: in her last big campaign rally before the vote, president dilma rousseff was confident and happy blowing kisses. giving the upbeat move, you'd never know the country has gone into a recession. in the final election earring days, she leads all polls of nearly 40% of the vote and supporters are confident that the economic woes are not all her fault >> translation: it's a big global crisis that affected our country too. i think the re-election would bring important proposals to strengthen the internal market and get the economy growing again. >> reporter: candidate maria silva disagrees, and closed her campaign in sao

look at what happened in somalia.ou take out a leader and all of a sudden they have nominated the next. >> one part of that strategy is decimating them from the top. but that is not the whole strategy. that cannot be the whole strategy. that is what it requires action by the united states where appropriate. it requires over time, a longer-term effort. it will take a long time in iraq and syria. talking about several years. i wouldn't necessarily put a timeline on it. but it will take more than just a couple of years. >> beyond his presidency. >> for sure. >> what is victory? >> victory, it will be stages of victory. when we take out leaders, when we eliminate or diminish the safe havens, when we build up the capacity of our partners. and we see a political transition not only in iraq, but in syria. these are stages along the path to victory. ultimately the victory that we no longer have extremist ideology moving individuals to join these groups. >> what are we doing in terms of the battle of ideas? if this is an attra

>> my work in afghanistan, somalia and different places, studying insurgent groups. we learned you have to understand the structure, understand their motivations, and also protect the civilian population, and that was really at the core of what i did, and my question now. >> you have the situation where kobani, this town on the border of syria and turkey, is just about to fall in the hands of isis terrorists. you just saw the two americans joining the kurds. yet turkey is shooting gas canisters at the kurds. explain this to me. how are we ever going to fight these guys off if we also have to protect the civilian population? >> if the turkish governments and the kurds alie in a fight against isis they will be strange bed fell lows. the kurd have long wanted an independent state, which the turkish government has trade to suppress actively. now, there's a fragile truce between the turkish government and the pkk, the kurdish workersed party, but that, as -- is tenuous and fragile,, for the turkish concern is not isis but the kurds fighting their aton my. >> you almost ha

they were sisters from somalia and another 16-year-old from sedan.y were reported missing last friday and a search indicated they had been in contact with people associated with isis in syria. >> all the indications we have from the sources we are working with is they are most likely victims of online predators. the girls were good students and had been interviewed by fbi agents who investigated the contacts they had with isis. >>> and gadelle made an appeal by ray rice. he is testifying about an inn definite suspension showing him punching his wife in atlantic city. ray rice told him everything about the incident before he was given a two game suspension. he said he should not have been punished because he had already been punished and if rice wins he could be reinstated. >>> also learning more about a scandal involving . >>> good morning, i am dave clark. you think steve is ready? i better be. >>> we have a lot of cloud cover over us, not much in the way of any rain and it looks like it's going to stay there. >>> it will be a cloudy to mostly cloud

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