this tommy focuses on the east african stay the somalia. this bit of the forefront of a long standing us military presence, somalia, when is the last time you heard anything about somalia, the us media apparently can't be bothered to report on a country that min bombing for 3 decades, which is great, right? because like iraq and afghanistan, which have proven to be deeply unpopular, no one talks about somalia, right? the american public can't complain about a war that they don't know about. now asked what it's doing there. the u. s. claims to be fighting a group affiliated well kind of cold as shut up. and in a nutshell, fury of a situation again, western powers claiming to fight the same terrorist groups that they helped create with britons making up 25 percent of foreign fighters in 2012 for example. and in order to justify bombing somalia, the us did what did to all other countries targeted by the war on terror? it either exaggerated or just made up ties to al qaeda. at 1st, george bush was using ground raids, the air strikes and then ob

he bomb somalia picking up where his predecessors left off. so as us intervention and occupation main, somalia, safer in better or more dangerous and poor. if you look at 2016, there were 150 unique armed groups in somalia, which is 3 times more than in 2010 according to the brookings institution. and just like iraq spilled over the syria of gannon standstill, over to pockets on this war has also spilt over the kenya. there were been a 150 attacks by us above, in kenya, including one in 2015 that a kenyan college campus that killed almost a 150 people. so not only is somalia more dangerous compared to before, but so are its neighbors. and in the last decade, hundreds of thousands of people have left somalia because of war and famine. according to the u. n, there are 750000 somali refugees in neighboring countries and over 2 and a half 1000000 displaced internally. and if we compared to 1990, the number of somali refugees and migrants outside the country has literally doubled. somalia is even poorer than it was in 1960. the poverty rate current

but in somalia, these has almost become commonplace. and you just going from one crisis to the next year when you're, when you look at those indicators, is small, you're worse off now than, than it was 10 years or 20 years ago. where, how can you compare it to its own recent history? that's a good question. i think there's a steady decline that in, in somalia, broadly speaking and all depends on where you look at. yeah, i mean this woman gave a very, very clear picture of what means for many people. and you mentioned a displacement in your introduction of 3000000 people. we had only the displacement of about half a 1000000 people. and those people are in dire need there. austin, difficult access there, often in the remote areas in areas that's where things are happening. this is not, may be, might not be reflecting the same. they, in the urban areas in mogadishu, where you know the earth and settings, their things might look a bit different. so we have not one kind of uniform picture across the county, but you have many hot spots and ve

how the involvement of other nations has impacted somalia. so my now over the past 30 years has really been at the receiving end of this year. actual invasions, i would say, if you really, as, as one of the countries in the region that has come sometimes to somebody but assume, regarded by the so many people as an invasion force really come into the country once or twice, twice constant trying to. ready fix the politics as you would say, because they, they say we are part of a problem to the security of the region. but this really negatively affects the security situation, the political situation. and so my mom and has helped the community of the region anyway. can i also just add to something that i think oftentimes gets missed when we do these kinds of discussions and that is sort of the, the human talk about all the use humanitarian crisis. i remember looking at that footage of that elderly lady who you know, clearly is in distress. and as a somali, it really broke my heart to see those images all over again. because i remember interviewin

but because it's coming out of small yes, like somalia again. and that surely is got to make i hamper efforts to help there. i would assume that people are near to the suffering of somalis up. augusta went for me. this is this part of the disco. it's the constant, the constant name that they always say, you know, somebody is a resume and i think this is part of the problem, this labeling of all resilience. and then forgetting that, you know, things actually real problems that, that the people are grappling with. and i don't think the id is really responsive to them at times. i don't think i wanted to mention it, but the funding for the humanitarian response to c is around 41 percent. and i don't think that will be, that will be covered by, by many so, and you know, adding onto the corporate 19, the security challenges that, you know, the cloud of, i've got over everybody. i think it's a really. ready read claim for, you know, a different way of looking at somebody. how does the crowd of f hannah, in effect, somalia was one of those connected i t

i feel kenyan because i was four years in somalia and 2a years in kenya.ng us the other day that what they want is to close the camps and take away the somali people living in the camps, back to somalia. newsreel: dadaab is the world's largest refugee camp, _ and now kenya wants to close it down. many of them have never been anywhere else. where will i go back to? we are not kenyans, because kenya is telling us, you are refugees. but we are somali neither, because we were brought up in kenya. so we are caught in between. that was zamzam abdi gelle. and finally, a0 years ago, tourism here in kenya was booming, with visitors coming for the wildlife as well as its beautiful beaches. our next witnesses were making a living playing music at hotels when they were inspired to write a song which went on to become a global hit. this is the story ofjambo bwana. plays jambo bwana on saxophone. #jambo, jambo bwana! # habari gani, mzuri sana. # wageni, wakaribishwa. # kenya yetu, hakuna matata. # kenya nchi nzuri, hakuna matata... that's the way it went. the tourists w

so there you were at the age of eight, your family fled the conflict in somalia and moved to norway ass. that must have been a bit of a culture shock, no? yes. thank you for having me, by the way. yes, it was culture shock because i was only used to the refugee camp, my family and the people around. so when i came, it was... everything was different — not only the culture, but also the climate was very different, and i knew it was very far away from home. and so, it was a bit of a traumatic experience at first, really. ok, so traumatic experience, because you moved to skien, a small town in southern norway. norway is a very homogeneous country, about 5.5 million people, and in skien, most of the people there were white, hadn't even seen a black person before and you said that "that was when i mentally decided i was going to be confident in who i am". what do you mean by that? how did the traumatic experiences fashion your thinking? i think when i was in the refugee camp, even then things were obviously very difficult, but then everyone looked like me and no—one was being mean to me bec

but often as you say, for example, in somalia in areas that are controlled by all. sure, bob, it's impossible for anyone to get there. so just for comparison, we came out with a report i was one of the authors in 2019. it took us an entire year to investigate 5 of these strikes and prove that the u. s. military killed civilians rather than eligible fighters for many of the circumstances are going to look familiar. in one of the strikes, the americans killed 3 farmers. there were sleeping under the tree or under a tree next to their fields in the middle of the night. but it takes a long time through satellite imagery, through remote interviews, to really meticulous work. and really the, the huge frustration that i and other groups have is that we're doing the u. s. military job for them. and in this case we and other journalists did the u. s. military job for them, do you think they would have admitted the error of this strike today? if it weren't for all of the reports would come out the last few weeks. and i think something general mackenzie said today was really i

properly when these kind of strikes happen all over rural if can stand are in syria or in iraq or somalia and libya. there's just not that kind of media attention. and so amnesty international and other groups we try to investigate these strikes, but it's much more difficult. and so unfortunately, yes, this is a pattern that we've seen all over the world for the last 20 years since 911. so we have to investigate from afar. sometimes we can get to the location, sometimes we can dig in the crater and we can talk to the families. but often as you say, for example, in somalia in areas that are controlled by all sha bob, it's impossible for anyone to get there. so just for comparison, we came out with the report. i was one of the authors in 2019. it took us an entire year to investigate 5 of these strikes and prove that the u. s. military killed civilians rather than eligible fighters for many of the circumstances are going to look familiar. in one of the strikes, the americans killed 3 farmers. there were sleeping under the tree or under a tree next to their fields in the middle of the night.

yemen, somalia, libya. there need to be active political diplomatic negotiations to enter those wars. -- end those wars. there are currently some active peace negotiations going on. the u.s. needs to ramp up its focus, resources to help end those wars. that is one solution or partial solution to getting out of this constant use of military force to get a government that is relatively effective in stabilizing the country. host: let's hear from cornelia in idaho, republican line. caller: good morning. i have so many points to make. i probably will not have time to make them. don't you think that our overall philosophy as a nation where we go to war has taken a turn for the drastic downturn since world war ii? have we won a war since world war ii? look at korea. look at vietnam. look at what happened in libya. our diplomats killed in libya because we were trying to be nice to the terrorists. we have not won a clear-cut victory in afghanistan because we let those people go back to pakistan. why didn't we stop t

for example, in libya, in syria, in venezuela, in yemen, in somalia. there is no deadline for this mission. 3rd, are focused on counter terrorist taliban as committed to prevent terrorist groups from using afghan to stand as a base for external operations that could threaten the united states or allies, including out cater and isis. k will hold them accountable for that. that does not mean we will rely on we will remain a vigilant and monitoring threats. will maintain robots, counter terrorism capabilities in the region to neutralize those that if necessary . and we do that in places around the world where we do not have military forces on the ground. we continue our intensive diplomacy with allies and partners. we initiated a statement joined by more than half world countries over a 100 countries, as well as the united nations security council resolution. setting out the intervention communities expectations of a taliban, like government, respect the taliban to ensure a freedom of trout to make good on his commitments on counter terrorist to uphold th

insurgency sprang to life, in algeria, philippines, somalia, and yemen. the world trade center was bombed for the first time in 1993. who spent time in a terrorist camp in afghanistan. al qaeda bomb to u.s. embassies in africa. in 2000 al qaeda bombed a u.s. warship the uss cole killing 17 americans. the 911 commission would later write the 911 were a shock. they should not come as a surprise. that came from the c commission but they were a surprise to most americans because our leaders simply ignored the threat. issued eight week diplomatic and promised over the horizon missiles and surveillance, screen saw was american resolve an american might. on the bright blue morning of september 11 when a 32-year-old software salesman named todd beamer boarded a united airlines flight 93. todd knew his plane was likely bound for a another mishap or catastrophe after hearing it on the telephone just after takeoff. he knew that this plane was either headed for the capitol or thehe capitol. he knew what happened to the other flights according to conversations. instea

the militancy is just one of some of somalia's many problems.olence involving clans and rival politicians. droughts and floods. critics say that politicians are so preoccupied with the row about a much delayed election process that they have taken their eyes off the countries urgent security and humanitarian challenges. the other stories now. stinking east africa, the president of rwanda says they cannot stay forever in mozambique for their helping localforces forever in mozambique for their helping local forces fight an islamist insurgency. they called on other countries to offer more support to 1000 soldiers deployed who have made significant gains against the militants, but only originally meant to stay there three months. covid—19 rules have been eased in the netherlands. social distancing is no longer required and nightclubs can ribbon for the first time since the start of the pandemic. face coverings are made mandatory for public transport and the coronavirus pass will be required to getting to restaurants and entertainment venues. the gov

insurgency spring to life in algeria, indonesia, philippines, somalia and yemen. the world trade center was bombed for the first time in 1993 by youssef who spent time in a terrorist camp in afghanistan. 1998 q al qaeda bombed to u.s. embassies in africa. they bombed a u.s. warship, the u.s.s. cole, killing 17 americans. the 9/11 commission would later write the attacks were a shock but they shouldn't have come as a surprise. that came from the commission. but they were surprised as most americans because the leaders simply ignored the threat, issued a week diplomatic school and promise over the horizon missiles and surveillance could solve the problem. what solved the problem was american resolve and american might. that fighting spirit began on the bright blue morning of september 11 on a 32-year-old software salesman named todd beamer boarded a united airlines flight 93. he knew his plane was likely bound for another mishap or catastrophe after hearing it on the telephone just after takeoff. he knew this plane was either headed for the capital or the white hous

the militancy is just one of some of somalia's many problems.f violence involving clans and rival politicians. plus locusts, droughts and floods. critics say somali politicians are so preoccupied with the rowing about a much delayed election process that they have taken their eyes off the countries urgent security and humanitarian challenges. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our main headlines... back home, huawei executive returns to a heroes welcome in china after spending more than two and a half years under house arrest in canada. as soon as her freedom was a short, china released the two mediums it's held since days after her arrest. they have now arrived back in calgary. let's return to the election in germany. we received this report. the race for the chancellery has reached the final stage. in line skaters sprinting through berlin today as those vying for germany's top job intensify their efforts to succeed angela merkel. translation: you don't know who would do a better - job than angela merkel. they'll say they would do a bette

for example in syria, lebanon, venezuela and somalia, and so there is no deadline for this mission.rd, we are focused on counter terrorism. and the taliban is committed to using it as a base for external operations. and this includes al qaeda and isis-k. we will hold them accountable for it. it does not mean that we won't rely on them, because we will have robust counter terrorism efforts to neutralize threats, and we do that around the world where we do not have troops on the ground. we continue the intensive diplomacy with the partners and allies. we have over 100 countries as well as the united states resolutions. setting out the expectations of a taliban-led government. we expect the calban to want one of those. to uphold the basic rights of the afghan people including the minorities and to represent a permanent government. the legitimacy and support that the taliban seeks from the international community will depend on the conduct. we have organized contact groups with countries to make sure that we speak on one voice about afghanistan. and i led a meeting with the eu and the a

al—shabaab controls large parts of southern and central somalia. areas, and some 20,000 african union troops and regular us air strikes have been unable to contain the insurgency which has spread to neighbouring kenya. islamist militancy is just one of some of somalia's many problems. there are other forms of violence involving clans and rival politicians. plus locusts, droughts and floods. critics say somali politicians are so preoccupied with the rowing about a much delayed election process that they have taken their eyes off the countries urgent security and humanitarian challenges. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our main headlines... back home, huawei executive returns to a heroes welcome in china after spending more than two and a half years under house arrest in canada. campaigning comes to an end in germany as the country decides who they want to leave them in the post angela merkel era. britain's anthonyjoshua has lost — anthonyjoshua has been defeated by the ukrainian 0leksandr usyk. he was out boxed at the time stadium and lost

has those assets in yemen, somalia, iraq, and syria. that is the opinion of " the wall street journal." your opinions, (202) 748-8000 free democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. here is the president from yesterday defending his decision to continue with the withdrawal. [video clip] pres. biden: maybe august 31 was not due to an arbitrary deadline. it was designed to save american lives. my predecessor, the former president, signed an agreement with the taliban to remove u.s. troops by may 1, just months after i was inaugurated. it included no requirement the taliban work out a cooperative governing arrangement with the afghan government, but it did authorize the release of 5000 prisoners last year, including some of the taliban's top war commanders among those who just took control of afghanistan. by the time i came to office, the taliban was in its strongest military position since 2001, controlling or contesting nearly half of the country. the previous administration's agreement said that

bob in somalia, al qaeda affiliates in syria and iraq peninsula and isis, attempting to create a kayla fight in syria and iraq and establishing affiliates across the african asia . the fundamental obligation of a president, in my opinion, is the defend and protect america. not against threats of 2001, but against the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. meanwhile, the u. k. census in direct talks with a taliban to secure a safe passage out of gas done for british nationals and afghan allies who remain that the talks are taking place in doha. britain's mission came to an end on saturday. it's flown more than 15000 people out in the past 2 weeks. the taliban expressed anger at departing us troops for disabling planes and helicopters and destroying equipment at campbells airport. the group also said that it wants to attract foreign investment and run an inclusive government. in other news, hurricane ida has left hundreds of thousands on the us gulf coast without drinking water and electricity. louisiana governor, call the destruction catastrophic nighttime curfews in place in new orleans to stop

bob in somalia, al qaeda affiliates in syria and iraq peninsula and isis, attempting to create a kayla fight in syria and iraq and establishing affiliates across african asia. the fundamental obligation of a president, in my opinion, is the defend and protect america. not against threats of 2001 but against the threats of 2021. and tomorrow those are the headlines and these are in half an hour to stay with us here onto their the taliban has taken control of afghans. 20 years after it was the whole from power. the country now faces a new reality. how will that impact the people as events on falls in the world? stay with us. the latest news and analysis formats going on now to hear about my nose is stuffed up. my development manager, that is excellent. this is my night. you know me both ways. my name is bob coach. i'm a pastor and have an academic known as they move from academic job. we are very much on sunday if i know much and need to prepare basically that much. i get the most out there. i. let's get ready for boiling nadia . it's like a religion guys. i do not know any religion that

one person has been killed and 3 others wounded in an explosion at an airport in central somalia. the group i'll show bob has claimed responsibility was the headlines taking you back now to al jazeera while me your right small natural wrongs from outer space are highly valued by rock and mineral collectors. how many are found in morocco? where the best specimens can fetch high prices? ah, in moroccan nomad have become experts monitoring where are these fragments fall to earth? they're helping a geologist and a media ideal or to locate samples in the deserts which might benefit them financially. but already go along with her. she can do now, she decided to do this a 2 year end and then the school for several years and then had to kind of understood ahead. i got a bunch of them. what about 150 feet? you know, do you give me just a little mission in? what about is the 1st name is the most you can use. i said, well, what is eddie adams in the color book filled though lucy wondered here us, you could go there with them. have that room and then that would be i'm going to come out and do

them is in none of the countries that you have named, and you can add syria or iraq to yemen and somalia libya, do we have often a close al qaeda ally in a senior position of the government? the second is, in none of those other places do we have the u.s. so poorly positioned to conduct a counterterrorism campaign. i mean, having been involved in running counterterrorism campaign in u.s. special operations, what we don't have in afghanistan is an ally. we have an enemy obviously. we don't have a base, either in the country or in the region, and we don't have much intelligence infrastructure, so i think u.s. officials either are misunderstanding or they're outright lying to say that we've done this in other places. we can do it in afghanistan. we've done nothing like this in other places. we have bases. we have an ally. we have an intelligence infrastructure. we've given it all away now which is -- that's going to be the challenge. >> paul: briefly, seth, is there any reason to believe that al qaeda and its senior operatives have reduced their intensity in wanting to strike the united sta

as our ambassador to somalia? china's influences spread across the continent of africa including through its belt and road initiative, which is granded as a development initiative but being used by china to advance its own interests. why have we not yet confirmed elizabeth aubin and maria brewer, two career foreign service officers, as our ambassadors to algeria alasoto respectively? i have spoken on the floor several months ago about china's influence in cameroon. we have not had an american ambassador in cameroon in over a year. why have we not yet confirmed christopher john lamora, a career foreign service officer, as our ambassador to cameroon? vietnam sits on the border of china. it's on the front lines of chinese coercion in the south china sea. why have we not yet confirmed mark knapper, a career foreign service officer, as our ambassador to vietnam? colleagues, each of these nominees i mentioned deserves to be confirmed today, and our national security interests demand it. so in pursuit of what i hope will

we face threats from al, sure, bob in somalia, al qaeda affiliates in syria and iraq peninsula and isis, attempting to create a kayla fight in syria and iraq and establishing affiliates across africa and asia . the fundamental obligation of a president, in my opinion, is the defend and protect america. not against threats of 2001, but against the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. meanwhile, the u. k. census and direct talks with a taliban to secure safe passage out of afghanistan for british nationals and afghan allies who remain that the talks are taking place in doha. written this mission came to an end on saturday. it flown more than 15000 people out. in the past 2 weeks. taliban suppressed appointment at departing us troops for disabling planes and helicopters, and destroying equipment that combo sampled. the group also said they wanted to attract foreign investment and run an inclusive government. in other news reports the syrian government and local leaders from the rebel health. if you have reached an agreement for a 3 day sci fi due to start on wednesday, government forces recently

we face threats from al-shabaab in somalia, al qaeda affiliates in syria and the arabian peninsula, and isis attempting to create a calla fight in syria and iraq, and africa and asia. the fundamental obligation of a president in my opinion is to defend and protect america. not against threats of 2001, but against the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. that is the guiding principle behind my decisions about afghanistan. i simply do not believe that the safety and security of americans is enhanced by continuing to deploy thousands of american troops and spending billions of dollars a year in afghanistan. but i also know that the threat from terrorism continues. in its pernicious and evil nature. but it's changed, expanded to other countries. our strategy has to change too. we will maintain the threat against terrorism in afghanistan and other countries. we just don't need to fight a ground war to do it. we have what is called over the horizon capabilities, which means we can strike terrorists and targets without american boots on the ground. very few, if needed. we have shown that capacity jus

experiences in libya or som somalia, iraq or syria, the u.s. has no ally on the ground in afghanistan. as we've heard, the at ttaliban an enemy. they have no base to fly drones and no intelligence architecture right now to collect. i mean, i've been involved in these campaigns in afghanistan if the u.s. is going to conduct some action in the future, is about as difficult as i've ever seen. >> incredibly sobering and dana, republicans in response to some of this are calling to impeach president biden for his actions in afghanistan. kevin mccarthy keeps sidestepping the question he's been asking but the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell did not. he was very direct today. here he is. >> there is going to be an impeachment. i think the way these behaviors get adjusted in this country is through the ballot box. >> so dana, does mcconnell control how this goes and does this go away or no? >> it's hard to see it getting very much traction. first of all, he also said, erin, that the reality is right now that the democrats control both the house an

c. italy established colonies in somalia, ethiopia, libya, and eritrea. the spanish colonies in south america and africa thought to go lucky by colonies, several times its own size and population. the usa also kept up with the europeans . and so by the early 20th century, most of the world was divided between a few colonial nations. what was going on in the cold and easy as well known and documented millions of ruined lives. slavery ruthless andrew most less exploitation the phone, a british diplomatic professor of political ideas. and also william madison has studied europe colonial system. and the reason for its rise and fall only one main thing is important for knox. ism internationally speaking, that is a nation's or the state that's allowed to do anything, all the master races. and then you have the minor nation. so the slave for the europeans. for indians africans a hitler, there were jews, gypsies, and slobs. naziism is truly convenient, mental, cynical justification for wiping out some cold inferior races and shamelessly robbing them at the same t

they are mainly from somalia and sudan. a few from afghanistan.don hopes that tough talk on this issue, the prospect of sending boats back to french waters, whether tha would really deter people from traveling to the united kingdom or trying to get there, i think that talk has probably fallen on deaf ears. they have not given any indication that they would be willing to reconsider their attempt to get to the united kingdom. and it's the weather which is more important as to whether or not they set off, and crucially whether they have any money. thousands of euros in some cases to pay smugglers for a place on the boat. ross: this policy has not come out of the blue. the u.k. border force has been training for months for operations like this and a final operation could take place withinays subject to the weather. the channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. at its narrowest point, it is 33 kilometers wide. crossings over that distance have been increasing. this year, 12,006 hundred people made the journey, 4000 more than last year.