killers were soldiers perhaps a warning to those wanting to reduce the power of the generals the security forces have been instructed to just quickly to the code of conduct in carrying out security operations to exercise all you were straight and to take full measures to avoid collateral damage and the innocent. these are satellite images of religious just days after her speech and this is a week later amnesty international accused the security forces of a scorched earth campaign burning villages to the ground. human rights watch compiled testimonies of tens of thousands of young women being raped by me and more forces. my baby was thrown into the fire and then they raped me. and i feel like and then on the inside documented hundreds of men rounded up and killed and dumped into mass graves for amnesty international this evidence amounts to crimes against humanity the united nations high commissioner for human rights calls it a textbook case of ethnic cleansing forty thousand myanmar must end the military operations and hinted humanitarian access and recognize the right of refugees to return in s

and the afghan security special forces have been deployed to the area and also the nato forces are said forces. the hotel was also attacked several years ago. and the responsibility was taken by the taliban. no group has taken responsibility so far for this current attack and the security forces are engaging to clear different floors of the hotel. it is also said that the kitchen of the hotel has, is burning and has been set on fire. so we will have to wait a few hours to see what these real casualties of the attack and who is taking the responsibility for the attack. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria — by launching an offensive against kurdish held territory near its border. it has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country and is now shelling kurdish militia in the afrin region. i asked a guest earlier what turkey hopes to achieve. they're trying to reduce the control of the kurdish forces, who have been supported by the us and uk coalition. but afrin is just the us and uk coalition. but afrin isjust a small area the us and uk coalition. but afri

secondly, the security forces must be resourced and given strong political support. the shah converted his military from a pillar of the regime to a regional power projection force during the course of his rule. when the event in 1978 and 1979 occurred, they were not prepared for internal security. as a result, they did not perform well in this role, either acting with excessive or insufficient restraint in some occasions, resulting in large numbers of casualties, but not enough to nip in the bud the revolution and kow the opposition. also the shah's response and his self-doubt prevented the military from operating effectively. the security forces must also be properly trained, equipped and employed. we have seen, iran has spent a lot of money on riot forces. they have special units with riot gear. i am not sure the training is so great. that is one issue where i think they could use more work. one thing that has been very important as the result of the experience in the revolution, what happened during the revolution is the shah, when people were killed, you would ha

the u.s. plan to form a border security force in syria. also border with every trade country is blaming the other for rising tension. and a dispute over illegal logging instead it leaves more than a dozen people dead caught in the crossfire between rebels and government troops. welcome to the program the central council of the p.l.o. is considering withdrawing the organizations recognition of israel they've been meeting to discuss u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital in one card has more from the occupied west bank. late on monday night the palestinian leadership issued a statement that could have far reaching consequences for the peace process the statement includes the call to suspend recognition of israel suspend security coordination with it and unite the palestinian factions through reconciliation the statement comes from the central council of the p.l.o. after two days of meetings it will be discussed further by the p.l.o. executive committee and it's up to that committee to implement most policy at some point in the futu

>> i will just talk about the division labor and the security forces. let me just say it's really hard to kind of get a handle on, as i said, because of the poor quality of a lot of the videos that a been coming out, exactly who was doing what. the impression i get based on statements on iranian officials and also what you can see in some of the videos is law enforcement forces are the first line, the law enforcement forces, the police are the first line, backed up by the beseeched her i've been seeing although maybe it's just a coming out hezbollah type of vigilantes like we've seen in the past in large numbers. that might be in part because this may begin a process of kind of professionalization of the security forces, who knows. i don't quite know. we've had some statements by a number of officials saying that they been helping the law enforcement forces which again reinforces my impression that the elliott is the need, then there was a statement by think the irg command of saying forces of been deployed to three central provinces. let me see also, ag

the headlines at 11am. afghan security forces regain control of a hotel in kabul after it was seized by gunmen. six civilians died and 160 others were rescued. the ukip leader henry bolton tells the bbc it's not right for the party's ruling committee tojudge him on his personal life. an emergency meeting on his future is being held this afternoon. an eight—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in the west midlands, in what police are calling a "domestic incident". i live in london where hundreds of women have gathered as part of a time's up campaign, saying they've had enough of harassment and abuse. in the british tennis number two is through to the quarter finals of the australian open. kyle edmund beat italian andreas seppi to reach his first grand slam quarterfinal. and in a bbc news special, the french president emmanuel macron talks to andrew marr about brexit and france's relationship with the uk. %hat‘s at 11.30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. afghan security forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul,

is normally a very very busy part of kabul it's the second attack in the capital in a week taliban fighters battled security forces for more than fifteen hours at the city's intercontinental hotel in a siege that killed twenty five people last saturday security has been stepped up around the city but it wasn't enough. police on the army of afghanistan is a really young it's just seventeen or eighteen years old and they need more training they need more practice they need more experience but the taliban on the other hand they're very devoted to fight this cobbles emergency hospital was flooded with patients it's a scene that's been repeated many times the president says the uptick in attacks is because of increased military pressure on armed groups and political pressure on pakistan that may be the case but it's the people here who continue to suffer the most. the pictures are absolutely harrowing and this is just one in a series of these sorts of attacks lately how is that eroding public confidence in the security forces and government. and the public is very concerned about their safety we have seen since the att

it is the first death of a member of the security forces and represents a significant escalation in theest. what began as a protest against the rising cost of living now seems to be taking on political overtones. a dozen protesters have been killed in the last 2a hours. our correspondent rana rahimpour from the bbc‘s persian service has the latest. once again, thousands of people have taken to the streets. a poster of the country's supreme leader, ali khamenei, set alight and then torn down. they are angry at unemployment, rising prices and what many of them see as widespread corruption. it's the boldest challenge to the country's leadership in nearly a decade. the demonstrations began in the north—western city of mashhad, a key base for the most outspoken critics of president rouhani. but it has quickly turned into a widespread anti—establishment movement, including the supreme leader. this is the biggest show of dissent in iran since the post—election rallies of 2009. they were large in size, but limited to urban areas of the country, like the capital, tehran. this time, the protests

turkey has also backed from russia and also the syrian regime agrees the same reviews over the security forces stationing in syria iraq and turkey iraq war do from turkish perspective i can say that despite united states claims that they are trying to provide security and stop the illegal infiltration of the radical insurgencies to the area turkey takes it as perceives it as a threat because turkey believes that the white p.g. is an offshoot of p.k. k. could to some workers party as we have watched in our news package and it sees it as a national security risk and a threat to its territorial integrity but here some other questions come up. to us which are turkey and united states have been nato allies and they have had strategic partnership in the region for such a long time but now the question is whether turkey is drifting apart from its partner united states and aligning with russia iran axis or is this problem going to be sold but right away i'm assuming last minute not of cations from turkish local media that prisons are down this current the giving harsh statements against the us the sol

is normally a very very busy part of kabul it's the second attack in the capital in a week taliban fighters battled security forces for more than fifteen hours at the city's intercontinental hotel in a siege that killed twenty five people last saturday security has been stepped up around the city but it wasn't enough. the police on the army of afghanistan is. really young it's just seventeen or eighteen years old and they need more training they need more practice more experience but the taliban on the other hand they are very devoted to fight this cobbles emergency hospital was flooded with patients it's a scene that's been repeated many times the president says the uptick in attacks is because of increased military pressure on armed groups and political pressure on pakistan that may be the case but it's the people here who continue to suffer the most jennifer glass al jazeera kabul. is a visiting fellow at nottingham university's center for conflict security and terrorism he says this latest attack is intended to remind the world of the taliban's power. and much more importantly. get a message out to the interna

and also the afghan security special forces have been deployed to the area and also the nato forces aretel was also attacked several yea rs hotel was also attacked several years ago and the responsibility was taken by the taliban. no group has taken by the taliban. no group has taken responsibility so far for this current attack. the security forces are engaging to clear different floors of the hotel and it is said that the kitchen of the hotel has, is burning and has been set on fire. so we will have to wait a few other hours to see what these probably casualties, the real casualties of the attack and who is taking the responsibility for the attack. thank you. sinn fein has announced who'll succeed gerry adams as its party president. mary lou mcdonald, who's a member of parliament in the irish republic, was the only candidate for the role. the two come from very different backgrounds as our ireland correspondent chris page reports. many would say gerry adams has been handing over to mary lou mcdonald for a long time. today it was confirmed she would be the new leader. please welcome th

a wedding was going on in the hotel hall and security forces are saving a wedding was going on in thel and security forces are saying that all the guest of the wedding have been evacuated and no—one has been injured amongst them. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria by launching an offensive against kurdish held territory near its border. it has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country and is now shelling kurdish militia in the afreen region of northern syria. bill hayton reports. heading to the border, a turkish invasion force is getting ready. so far, these tanks have not crossed into syria. the turkish government wa nts into syria. the turkish government wants the world to see what it is doing, releasing this video of leaders directing the operation. translation: depending on the developments, our land forces will carry out necessary activities as well. apart from the turkish armed forces, there are also components of the free syrian army participating in this operation. these are some of those three syrian army fighters moving through turkey t

coping with these kinds of attacks and i think the security forces can cope well but the problem is the lack of capacity in terms of how to manage these security forces in afghanistan where of whatever we see challenge the security forces go on tackle the but the problem is how to manage it i think i should point a few more things one is that these are guys asians want to challenge the new strategies of the united states as well and so they want to see whether the u.s. will come with some actions or it will remain in just a civil a serious thing that kind of testing the water to see whether they get a reaction it is true they are testing the strategies and in the meantime putting their foreigners under pressure to leave afghanistan. a few days ago and the attack to tell in kabul the ukrainians just withdraw their self from afghanistan so that's their goal i mean in terms of to go back to the to the engineers and for instance the aid organizations as we had in jennifer report play such a big part in in afghanistan. we've we know that the red cross has

the headlines at midday. i'm ben brown. afghan security forces regain control of a hotel in kabul after it was seized by gunmen. an emergency meeting on his future is being held this afternoon. it's time the party moves on and the national executive needs to recognise that by pursuing an action against me, they are actually undermining the party further. theresa may is to set out plans to crack down on bosses who enrich themselves while jeopardising their workers‘ pensions. ican i can live in london where hundreds of women have gathered as part of a time's up campaign, saying they have had enough of harassment and abuse. in sport, good news for british sportsman down under. england's cricketers win the one—day series. the british tennis number to it through to the quarterfinals of the australian open. kyle edmund beat italian andreas seppi to reach his first grand slam quarterfinal. and how predictive analytics can help in emergencies. that's all in click in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. afghan security f

a little bit of the security forces were already there. they also have a heart attack. evacuate the dead. yeyeah only sand off about twenty minutes a secular exploded. the attacks on his of the sound of his come on a us navy to reach his clothes the general have thought used in it is strong on. the to read died instantly. it wasas a f famous fightery he schchools and islamic state's. a supposedlyy lesbian national army he's for his friends in this compound. the explosion killed him and all other people including one child. a to three years that alleged national army totoefeat the man i like to be assigned state group. they had seas benghazi after the rerevolution. the sporac attacks delica. no still terrorist cells in the city. we will win soon. i won't residents. keep an eye o on yourur son's case. if the mononey to carry weapons and bombs. all of them. this is the worst attack in benghazi since the end of the fighting last year. it shows how unstable libya still is. that's right by french prison guns is now in its third stay with unions say they will continue to blocka

nick, the clashes between the security forces and the assail la nts a re the security forces and the to hospitals. but there are possibly other casualties as well. because they have been able to clear the first and second floors of the hotel. but the clashes are going on, 01’ hotel. but the clashes are going on, or the clearing operation is going on on the third, fourth and fifth floors. two of the four assailants according to officials have been killed. two others are resisting and they‘re not sure which floor they are and whether they have taken some hostages with them as well. they suspect they probably have. and there are reports that the kitchen of the hotel on the third floor has, is burning now and has been set on fire. and the clash has been going on for the last three and a half hours. afghan special forces have been deployed to the area. there are reports that nato forces are helping them, or they are also in the area. and there are also reports that among the guests of the hotel there are some foreign citizens as well. but we don‘t know if they‘re hurt or not. and the hote

ministration has taken steps and by the pressure as you know they've relaxed some restrictions on airstrikes they've had u.s. forces working correctly with the afghan security forces beyond training equipping that even in training they're setting up a new special type of special forces training program that so it's not really add that i mean under the previous administration at one point we had one hundred thousand u.s. troops there but i don't think there's any intent to go that level i imagine that this may lead to more pressure on pakistan and perhaps russia china and other countries that are close to pakistan to tighten up supply and support for the taliban but you're right it's not there's no clear easy answer to know what you would do next prevent these kind of attacks how much of the violence in afghanistan is done to a difference in understanding the timescales the u.s. and its allies and nato as well for political reasons would quite clearly want this to have a quick solution perhaps in part for political reasons but the taliban seems to be playing a much longer game. that was a criticism of some of the previous administration is that what happened

but we have not yet anyway seen the kind of vief leolent crackdn 2009 when security forces shot and killedeople in the street for protesting election results. >> liz, how have authority handled the protests this time? >> president hassan rouhani, a moderate went on television with a surprisingly measured response. he said people did have a legitimate right to protest, as long as there was no violence. now, that may have been a warning to the security forces too, this is a volatile, dangerous situation. and he knows that hey lethal crackdown could send it spiraling out of control and could become a bloodbath. >> elizabeth palmer in london. thank you. >> president trump signalled he is welling to extend protections for young immigrants brought into the country illegally. but on one condition -- last week he tweeted there can be no daca without the des frwall nee the southern border. do walls really work? mark phillips went to were ln to find out. >> reporter: at this point you would have been in the car, coming this way? >> if anybody knows anything about walls it is probably hans peter spit

than six hundred fifty thousand ringette it says action will be taken against the members of the security forces found to have carried out the killings. journalists in myanmar protested against the government's decision to charge two roaches journalists covering the range of crisis while loan and chose so oh you accused of acquiring information illegally to share with foreign media and could be jailed for fourteen years if convicted of two hundred people are feared dead after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of libya another three hundred were rescued from other boats in the mediterranean sea on tuesday most relevant to trying to reach europe or traffic through libya where there's a flourishing slave trade and human rights abuses there is widespread torture there is massive overcrowding of prisons two thousand people in one large prison so as it were being detained arbitrarily there needs to be a greater degree of responsibility recognized by europe but there are part of this violence has fled between police and protesters in five june is in towns including the capital tunis as demonstrations

people, but we have not yet in any way seen the kind of violent crackdown we saw in 2009 when the security forces shot and killed people in the street for protesting the election results. >> duncan: liz, how have authorities handled the protests this time? >> reporter: president rohany, a moderate, went on television with a surprisingly measured response. he said people had a legitimate right to protest as long as there was no violence. that may have been a warning to the security forces, too. this is a volatile, dangerous situation, and he knows that a lethal crackdown could send it spiraling out of control. it could become a bloodbath. >> duncan: business beth palmer in london, thank you. president trump has signaled he's willing to extend brought into this country illegally, but on one condition. last week he tweeted, "there can be no daca without the desperately needed wall at the southern border." but do walls really work? mark phillips went to berlin to find out. >> at this point you would have been in the car coming this way. >> reporter: if anybody knows anything about walls, it's probabl

jacoby doto is visiting kabul what does that say about president a shotgun his government and the security forces the ability to secure kabul the capital. it is not the first time actually when a high profile foreigner or in the town explains so it is very unfortunate even though the afghan government wanted to because there has been an outcry an outburst of prostration by public over the last few days to the afghan government thought to be to declare today of the holidays so that nobody may take to the streets in protest but like that you know unlike these onto the expectation of the afghan government today another attack took place so it was very unfortunate and even did an afghan government didn't expect it and i'm sure it was in a very good well coming to the indonesian president but it is not the first time with such attacks take place when high profile people come to afghanistan so that's why gunfire quite complicating that is to become of the a polity of the president or ensuring security to her kaderi with tell the news television in kabul thank you. and today's attack in kabul was claime

democratic forces which are made up largely of kurdish y p g militia the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the b s s inaugural class with the goal of a final for size of approximately thirty thousand but soon after the announcement u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson backtracked he clarified that the whole situation had been missed described and ruled out the creation of a border force but here are pictures of kurdish forces who have allegedly already graduated from a u.s. led training course aimed at this stablish in the border security force that washington now claims won't exist unit here consists of five hundred men and is reportedly the second to have graduated but with photo a former turkish ambassador to the united states who believe the situation has acted as a trigger for turkey. i don't think the us really interfere but the u.s. is responsible is the reason why turkey felt compelled to intervene to stop this operation in the first place because. the u.s. even though they backtracked. to initial a

well this comes after the statement that the coalition forces were working closely with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train a new syrian border security force but what we've seen happening is the american administration backpedaling now on plans to establish such a border force essentially after it created such a huge and furious backlash from america's close ally turkey the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and mis described the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to commit forces because the people that took that long we see just disappearing i wouldn't i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they. we're clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. part but i'm asking about wilson's comments yesterday we said there's no for the security forces and that's not what it is like i have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is t

the. u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it was mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces about their stiff is led by kurdish fighters that turkey views as allies to the p.k. k. about and kurdish groups active inside turkey syria says the plan is an attack on its sovereignty and russia is describing it as a plot to partition the country from moscow reports. but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type says turkey will launch its military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot at then this is circling now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born. turkey has fought

syrian democratic forces which are made up largely of kurdish militia the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the b s f inaugural class with the goal of a final force size of approximately thirty thousand. soon after the announcement u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson backtracked he clarified that the whole situation had been misdescribed and ruled out the creation of a border force but hey our picture is off kurdish forces who have allegedly already graduated from a us led training course and to stop wishing the border security force that washington now claims won't exist for you to take consists of five hundred men and it will force at least a second to have graduated we spoke with also meant for written a blog me with for my turkish ambassador to the us he believes the situation has acted as a trigger attack it was then that. i don't think the us really interfere but the us is responsible is the reason lars turkey felt compelled to intervene and to start this operation in the first place because. the u.s.

bullets before breaking into rooms and taking hostages. 160 people were rescued from the hotel by the security forcesndent zia shahreyar reports from kabul. the final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. gunfire and explosions, as afghan special forces battled to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. one soldier throws a grenade. he moves away, then the explosion. the room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. the afghan national flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. more than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst in and opened fire. translation: there were old people and children inside the hotel's rooms, and the attackers were knocking on the door of each room, trying to reach their targets. they killed ordinary people and officials, they were also targeting foreigners. these images got filmed by local tv, showed people escaping by closing down bed sheets that they'd tied the balconies. this telecoms engineer fell from the sixth floor as he tried to get away. translation: whe

well this comes after the statement that the coalition forces were working closely with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train a new syrian border security force but what we've seen happening is the american administration backpedaling now on plans to establish such a border force essentially after it created such a huge and furious backlash from america's close ally turkey the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said that the entire issue has been mis portrayed and mistress. the u.s. state department has this to say is he saying that when the pentagon says we're going to try to come up with a force of thirty thousand people that that's long or is he just disputing i would have i would have to refer you to the department of defense on that i think they were clear in the statement that they put out so let me just refer you to them on that. but i'm asking about comments yesterday we said there's no for the security forces and that's not what it is like i have to refer you to the turkish government about what they became so concerned about and the fact that somebody misspoke and i'm not going to name any names and neither is the secre

the hotel. security forces were fighting the gunmen floor by floor, with reports of hostages being taken. urity guards at the entrance to the 5—storey building are among those who came under fire. the intercontinental hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests. situated on a hilltop a few miles outside the city, it has been the target of an attack before, in 2011, when 21 people died, including nine attackers. initial reports said two gunmen had been shot dead, with more hiding in the upper floors. now officials say there were three attackers, all were killed when security forces stormed the hotel. the attack comes days after the us embassy in kabul issued a warning about hotels in the city, saying extremist groups could be planning an attack, saying hotels, as well as public gatherings, could be potential targets. andrew plant, bbc news. since the siege has ended, the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack in kabul where the bbc‘s zia shahreyar is keeping across the story. as was mentioned, the confrontation is over after more than 12 hours of clashes between afghan security

hotel and how did they do so with so many weapons and explosives and were able to hold off the security forces for so long. and there have been multiple deaths from roadside bombs that struck in vehicles enough going to solve western herat province now the vehicle was carrying thirteen civilians there are reports that between eight to twelve of the passengers were killed in the explosion provincial police are blaming the taliban for the taleban of also claim responsibility for. pro-government forces in the northern province that left at least eighteen. but we have breaking news coming out of turkey the man of the town of flame harley which was hit by a missile from syria says one syrian national was killed and thirty two others injured we're trying bring you more on that in the al-jazeera news quit as well later on. a course in iraq sentenced a forward woman to death for joining eisel the german female of moroccan descent has yet to be named she was captured in the twenty seven mosul offensive and charged with taking part in attacks against iraqi military and security forces she's the first fo

it looks like the security forces cannot cope with what is going on? ty forces, as they say, they are claiming that they have a big operation against they have a big operation against the taliban and the taliban are able to only do one or two of their planned attacks in a week. the police say that they have seized a number of the taliban and a number of those that are trying to do suicide attacks in the cities. in that case, we can say that the situation is very complicated. thank you very much. let's look at the headlines. every current rape case in england and wales is to be reviewed as a matter of urgency. it follows the collapse of urgency. it follows the collapse of several trials because crucial evidence was not disclosed. as you have just been hearing, evidence was not disclosed. as you havejust been hearing, it evidence was not disclosed. as you have just been hearing, it is evidence was not disclosed. as you havejust been hearing, it is now being reported that a0 people have been killed and more than 100 injured as a huge explosion rocks the af

the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces but the s.d.f. is led by kurdish fighters that turkey views as allies to the p.k. k. a band kurdish group active inside turkey. syria says the plan is an attack on a summer and russia is describing it as a plot to partition the country from moscow or a challenge of force it's the youth but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type of says turkey will launch its own military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot at that it is secure well and good now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders

the u.k. government. a new u.n. report says iraqi refugees are being forced to return followed by the country's security forces to areas that are still deemed dangerous. and will germany get a coalition government all eyes are on the country's top politicians as they try to hammer out a deal on the final day of march. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow and the karen. i know development in the julian assange case the wiki leaks co-founder has been granted an ecuadorian id card as a step towards ending his five year confinement in ecuador as london embassy laura smith is across the story. but after a while of nothing no movement from inside the ecuadorian embassy there's been a series of developments in the last twenty four hours julian assange is posted a photograph of himself in an ecuadorian football shirt which gave rise to a lot of speculation about what that could mean he generally doesn't do things unless they mean something and then we saw reports surfacing from quito which said that he had received a national identity number so he's been entered into the

the afghan security forces were deployed to the area, and four insurgents placed themselves on differentel and opened fire on the guests in the hotel. the latest figures we've got are that six people, including one foreign citizen, were killed in this attack. now the interior ministry assessment team is inside the hotel, they're trying to find out and clear all the different floors of the hotel. the hotel is one of kabul‘s best—known landmarks. it has high levels of security because it's used by politicians and foreign visitors. it was last attacked seven years ago. this sustained and complex assault will prompt urgent questions as to how the gunmen got through. zia shahreyarjoins as live from kabul. why a target of this type? this is a very high—profile hotel, intercontinental hotel. and according to what the officials said, they have rescued 160 people, 41 of them foreign citizens. you've got a hotel that accommodates 41 foreign citizens. that's a complete target for groups like the taliban and isis. the taliban has taken responsibility, saying that there are americans and citizens of

the situation is getting from bad to worse the security in the afghan security forces are unable you know to have a proper strategy or plan for curbing terrorism not only in kabul city but all over afghanistan and now that we are heading towards a spring. in the next two three months probably insurgent attacks will increase in afghanistan and you might end up losing a few provinces to the hands of taliban the international community. headed by the us government and the failed strategies we have seen incidents in iraq we have seen you know the sweating situation in libya in other countries and for the past sixteen seventeen years we have been witnessing these strategies in afghanistan i don't think you know they have a strategy for afghanistan. to the news this hour limping chief sohn jie to announce later on saturday which russian athletes will be invited to take part in the upcoming winter games in south korea russia's already had bad knees with a number of its top model hopefuls left off the list of those eligible for selection. well it was tough to him was to pack was a legal abor

the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces the s.c.f. a large part of that armed group is made up of kurdish fighters whom turkey considers terrorists the s.c.f. is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish and arab fighters which currently controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and east russia says it's us plot to partition syria rory chalons reports. but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the u.s. on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type says turkey will launch its military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot it didn't exist searchable and now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to st