they were coming they were going to kill us for sure when you say they you mean the security the gammons security forces i beg a bit about how me put out of what was their lives here i was what i was told this welcoming so i had to it was to presume to his ambassador that i was able to leave the country and when i went i was hoarse you can wonder was in production. to. dismiss right of the president elect to left the country he was sworn in as the new head of state at the gambian embassy in senegal and a little seven thousand west african troops were deployed to the border. fighter jets flew low over the capital. under pressure jamie was forced into exile he left. in bengal stage and adam a barrel was once again sworn into office this time in front of his people. the horrors of johm his regime are now being. political prisoners have been freed. the stories of those that suffered under his regime are now being told. this is a nation still reeling from twenty two years of one man's rule. the new government promises to set up a truth and reconciliation commission. so that the wounds of the past can finally

the security forces gained access to the building told him that they are effectively barricaded inside the building by the security forces who had surrounded the building it does feel at the moment that it's escalating and there must be a fair i'm guessing on the streets that this could actually keep on spiraling out of control on the streets sorry i did i didn't hear you i'm just saying it feels like the situation is escalating. yes it is a great thing because right now. the predator and her contra look pretty corporate including the police and the military as well and are you are doing it to. any attempt by any of. our direct report if you're going. to do anything but i'm talking about the legislature and the judiciary we're really grateful for you giving us the very latest from the streets of mali john muhammad thanks for joining us to syria now where government forces and their russian allies have intensified their attacks on rebel held areas killing forty nine people that already ramped up their offensive to take back italy province and eastern huta need to mask us from opposition

the security forces deployed on the streets looting outside the election commission. fearing for his life and joy fled the country. coming over to kill that's for sure when you say they you mean the security the gammon security forces they were going about how many pulled out of their lives here i was one i was told this morning. so i had to it was to prove to his ambassador but i was aware to leave the qualms and when i went i was going on the present production to. this museum right of the president elect to left the country he was sworn in as the new head of state at the gambian embassy in senegal and a little seven thousand west african troops were then deployed to the gambia border . fighter jets flew low over the capital. under pressure jamie was forced into exile he left for equitorial. in bengal stage and adam a barrel was once again sworn into office this time in front of his people. the horrors of john his regime are now being under. political prisoners have been freed. the stories of those that suffered under his regime are now being told. this is a nation s

behind the attack the most visible change police and all of the calls are now everywhere the number of security forces around major touristic sites has increased drastically. security analyst asked natanz says the sultan as an attack was like a wake up call for turkish authorities. at the time definitely the priorities were not set properly. this was a trend that was more on the agenda and turkish security forces were not. prioritizing it it has been a wake up call definitely the security forces are now. a better prioritizing be collecting better intelligence saying you're acting much more rigorously own chad the stakes thrillist tourism numbers have declined dramatically after the attack the year two thousand. sixteen has been a catastrophe for the stumbles economy but now tourists are returning. from a little when we came to istanbul i was a little worried but there are police around so i feel safe we should already about something that happened two years ago with a crazy guy so no go where you want to go do what you want to do and don't be frightened. what city guy teachin category is showing round

equivalent for the afghan security forces -- to u.s. equipment for the afghan security forces. secretary sullivan come on a quick but important note, i want to thank you and your department for your assistance related to some ethiopian adoptions we have been trying to consummate. this has been very important to a number of families in my own state, and i have received a specific and unequivocal equivalent from the new ethiopian ambassador, you should know, related to certain cases that are still in the pipeline. so i am hopeful and optimistic that the new ambassador will honor his commitment to me regarding these specific cases and i wanted to publicly -- articulate my hopefulness and gratitude to your department. if for some reason this commitment is not honored, i may need to request your assistance with again. conversatione that in the coming weeks depending on the answer i get? sec. sullivan: of course, we have this conversation going back almost two year now and we are aware of recent developments and he the opiate with respect to adoptions and the need for special treatme

the u.s. j sock to a bill to establish a sunni kurdish and arab security force that keeps isis from coming back to sunni areas and also stops the northern land ridge that iran is trying to establish in iraq. that would be the military security policy recommendation. and that would actually give leverage over baghdad over time. again, if you want to use leverage of u.s. treasury, secondary sanctions, being able to do certain things, you'd be able to do that. iran should rest assured that we're not going to do any of that. we're not going to do any of that. we will promote the next prime minister regardless of who it is. yet, when you look at the actual makeup of the iraqi security forces you wonlt find it. when you look at the ha shob by, the ones that control the budget, you will have a friend in the united states defense department and dos that will say it's not happening. >> thanks, mike. i'll have the ambassador comment and then i'll just let others that want for the last round of questions and i note your fingers to ambassador first. >> i have to say what i have to say is that, you know, th

the wall this government declares a state of emergency there are reports security forces have broken in to the supreme court. told them to limit all this is a lie for money also coming up the u.n. security council fails to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria the u.s. aims russia. going to. rival protests in johannesburg over south africa's president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. they don't even meet i don't know why they given the rejection and leave or face time in jail israel hands out deportation no sister thousands of african refugees. a very warm welcome to the program we begin in the maldives where a standoff between the president and the supreme court appears to be deepening security forces have reportedly broken into the country's supreme court building well. this happened hours after president abdoulaye i mean declared a fifteen day state of emergency political crisis was sparked by a supreme court order to release nine imprisoned opposition leader charlotte bellus reports. opposition politicians film outside criminal court waiting to he

the security forces especially the development and security forces have been defying the constitution and court orders as it is a little of this we've been seeing. we might create a society there doesn't believe in the. rule of law and of. us as a community in many areas so he's not the only one on my i want to read a tweet from my ass she says i'm a male devean studying abroad with family and friends back home i find myself in a constant state of and because i frantically checking the news and twitter for updates i feel like the majority of people if not everyone are concerned but they're scared to act due to possible consequences jeffrey can you understand not fear and why. i absolutely understand that fear because the rhetoric that's coming out of the opposition is so vile and so tense i think that every reason why when they have to answer a question the other here in the last just all horizontal i don't really have the human rights of every modern human right is i as a protector i mean i have an account for a finish a sentence and certainly jeffrey to finish the sentence geoffrey

and the shooting by the security forces is for the stoking up anger peter shop al-jazeera. the nigerian government has sent its air force to search for. more than one hundred girls who are missing after buckle her arm attack the gunman targeted a school in the country's northeastern state of view bay a week ago one hundred ten of the school's nine hundred students remain unaccounted for president bihari called the abduction a national disaster so to come here at al-jazeera the winter olympic battle is handed over to beijing where there is a push to get more people on to the snow. and could this lead to a revival of tamil films being made entry lanka find out by saying here with us at al-jazeera. hello again across southeastern parts of asia the weather is much as you'd expect there are few showers to the philippines but jenny weather conditions not too bad some bigger showers across the island of borneo in the forecast suggests there will be more scent of course malaysian borneo for java east timor generally weather conditions not looking too bad once you get further toward

and the shooting by the security forces is for the stoking up anger peter shop al jazeera president xi jinping could be reelected as china's leader in twenty twenty three on their proposal the ruling party is putting forward the communist party wants to change the constitution to remove term limits for chinese leaders and the vice president would also be allowed to serve for longer than the current two term limit when the party elected president xi jinping as its head for another five years last october. that was the philippines marks thirty two years since the overthrow of the dictator for it and then marcos there have been protests against the current president if we go to targeting those demonstrating say his policies are endangering the democracy that was one back in one nine hundred eighty six and just shapiro reports. thirty two years filipinos have come together to celebrate a watershed moment in their history when a revolution forced president ferdinand marcos from power but. in recent years that unity has been tainted by partisan politics between political dynasties and concer

let's not forget access to the northern part of myanmar is curtailed by the security forces. it is not easy to go there and to be able to report on it independently and to speak to all of the stakeholders without consequences. what we have seen at the united nations security council meeting yesterday was that a line of observers and a lot of diplomats underscored this report, as well as many other reports that have come out recently, highlight the need for sort of a thorough and independent investigation into those allegations that are being raised around the world, according to those diplomats present at the secret he council meeting yesterday. amy: antoni slodkowski, we thank you for being with us, reuters bureau chief in burma, in myanmar. he co-wrote the special report .n the massacre in inn dinn on tuesday, his colleagues will be honored with this year's freedom to write award, which will be awarded next tuesday. the two have been killed in burma after investigating the massacre committed by the burmese military against rohingya muslims in the village of inn dinn. this is

while working closely with our allies and our partners to train, advise-and-assist afghan forces to secure the country. despite progress afghan forces are still in need of assistance so where are we headed? although our command tent to extremism in iraq and afghanistan are consuming we must remain alert to other security challenges. despite an agreement including a program iran remains a designated state sponsor of terrorism and the stabilizing influence in iraq syria lebanon and yemen. we have to dissuade confit from engaging in malign activities and we must deter russia increasingly involved in the region as well. certainly a complex set of issues general and i look forward to your testimony. think you very much for joining us and thank you mr. chairman. >> without objection your full written statement will be made part of the record. welcome back. the floor is yours. >> chairman thornburg congressman davis distinguished members of the committee good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear to discuss the current posture and state of readiness of united states central command. i c

mars' government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces the six villagers suspected of massacre in. the government won't say if those suspected of perpetrating the massacre will face charges two reuters journalists were restless after reporting on the math for. the british government saves charities having their funding costs if they fail to tackle sexual misconduct amongst this after aid workers from the charity oxfam were found to have an equally hard prostitutes put on the mission in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake he has accused of a cover up which the charity denies. of monday marks exactly three years since the men's peace agreement has been signed the conflict in eastern ukraine shows no sign of abating and twenty fifteen moscow and kiev agreed to the cease fire the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the release of all prisoners but so far there has been little sign of those measures being implemented. alexandre's says progress separatists have taken parts of his homeland away from him that's why he joined a ukrainian volunteer battalion he was la

he tells me witnesses saw him being taken away by the security forces. for his family. their father, ibrahim metwaly, a lawyer, has been fighting a lonely battle for egypt's disappeared. he founded an association for families of the victims. last september, he set off for geneva to address a united nations working group on disappearances. but at cairo airport, he to joined the ranks of the disappeared, and was later discovered in jail. the lawyer is now being held here, in the forbidding tora prison complex in cairo. his family says he has been tortured. across town after nightfall, a journey to yet another broken family. we're on our way to see a mother who has a truly terrible story to tell. we've been in touch with her over the last few, weeks and we've arranged to sit down with her tonight. she lives in a suburb out near the pyramids so we're headed there now. this is zubaida, a student of 23 who wants to open her own business. her mother says that she and zubaida were arrested near a demonstration in 2014, and convicted of offences including attendin

of the security forces they were congleton shot dead and antigovernment protests or and wounded two others that they come to can shout that the church box protests the case for months of tension sparked by president knows that they are too cold and lections in the past and chronically on stable country. and the place where christians believe jesus was crucified and buried has closed amid a rather with israeli authorities the church of the holy sepic are shut its doors on sunday its leaders are protesting legislation that would tax church assets and allow the state to seize church property they called us and on precision to the attack against christians in the holy land no word was given on how long the closure will last. well north korea is willing to enter direct talks. with the united states to improve relations that's according to south korea's government issues the statement during the closing ceremony to the winter olympics with north korean and u.s. delegations both in attendance earlier a group of demonstrators gathered outside the olympic stadium to protest the rival of the north d

crisis in the maldives has worsened that the president declaring a state of the march and see the security forces have broken in to the supreme court. the un security council's failed to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria with the us blaming russia. u.s. stocks have fallen sharply the dow jones has seen its biggest one day point drop as far. as the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks and twenty fifteen is on trial in belgium he is charged with trying to kill police during a shoot time in brussels nearly two years ago disallowing accused the court of bias and refused to answer questions about his actions or reports from brussels. flanked by massed police officers refused to stand up at his trial in brussels and told the judge that he would not answer questions the only surviving suspect in the november twenty fifth dean parris attacks which killed one hundred thirty people to slums in court over a police shootout in the belgian capital the following year which eventually led to his arrest up to slum told the judge i do not wish to respond to any questions i defend

he tells me witnesses saw him being taken away by the security forces. ent for his family. their father, ibrahim metwaly, a lawyer, has been fighting a lonely battle for egypt's disappeared. he founded an association for families of the victims. last september, he set off for geneva to address a united nations working group on disappearances. but at cairo airport, he to joined the ranks of the disappeared, and was later discovered in jail. the lawyer is now being held here, in the forbidding tora prison complex in cairo. his family says he has been tortured. across town after nightfall, a journey to yet another broken family. we're on our way to see a mother who has a truly terrible story to tell. we've been in touch with her over the last few, weeks and we've arranged to sit down with her tonight. she lives in a suburb out near the pyramids so we're headed there now. this is zubaida, a student of 23 who wants to open her own business. her mother says that she and zubaida were arrested near a demonstration in 2014, and convicted of offences including atte

the suspension of judiciary the suspension of them and the execution taking control of the security force is an attempt at present time to . sustain that kind of encounter and by using elements within the security force to take over the powers and how a people in the middle of the viewing all of a something would you assess the climate in the country right now. i think there's a lot of uncertainty going on because some of the opposition states as a state as well the so it's been expended nasheed said that he wanted to send an envoy alone with military troops to free focused and. chief justice and the justice of supreme court. looking at the daily goings on i think it's. very you know most people are taking their kids to school people are going. through there's no particular. streets or anything like that movement is possible but whole chunks of the island especially those around in the supreme court the press. and so serious and the important garment of this is accessible. and the former president nasheed has called for in divine intervention by india is that is that a possibility and is

the government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six the logisticsis back to of massacring rohingya muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face charges authorities claim this move is not connected to say roche at reuters news or force on the mosque or over which two journalists were restless. when protesters in the south korean capital seoul have against north korea just hours after it joins korean women's hockey team made to fill in pick to view in china the protesters are skeptical of page warming relations between the leaders of the two countries. seven gold medals are up for grabs on day two of the winter games in china and one high flying teenager claims the first one this morning snowboarder raed jarrar is clinched the united states for a gold medal in a big winning big men slope saw the final gerard started with two poor opening rows but his final run elevated him to the front of the pack canadians max paris and mark mcmorris followed in silver and bronze. team germany also had a good start in the games taming two gold medals on day

government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six villagers suspectas of boss occurring rohingya muslims the government won't say if the suspects will face charges to reuters journalists were arrested after a forcing a mosque or. the british government's ses charities face having their funding coast if they failed to tackle sexual misconduct among staff days after aide workers from he chairs the oxfam were found to have a legally hired prostitutes while on a mission in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake he has accused of a cover up which the charity talese. india's prime minister narendra modi says delhi supports the palestinians goal of an independent station chiefs through peaceful negotiation. meeting with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was the first ever visit by an indian major to the palestinian ministry to town of ramallah in the west bank also pledged some forty million dollars in aid for infrastructure projects on monday marks exactly three years since the mint's peace agreement was signed the conflict in eastern ukraine shows no sign of

there is an ambitious roadmap for the afghan security forces as defined by leadership in kabul. they seek to double the size of their special forces and modernize their air force. next steps will include the deployment of u.s. security assistance for the existing train advise and existing structure and will continue to evaluate and determine how those efforts particularly contributing at lower levels more tactical levels impacting the effectiveness of afghan security forces. reconciliation remains our overarching objective. we seek to drive the taliban to an understanding they won't achieve their goals on the battlefield or through violence. to do so we'll continue to support the afghans on the battlefield. we seek to drive the parties to a political settlement that ends the conflict, reduces violence and denies safe haven for terrorists. thank you, and look forward to any questions. >> thank you, senator cardin. >> thank you both for your testimony. secretary schriver, let me start with you for a moment, if i might. a good part of the u.s. engagement in afghanistan is to maintai

tax and land policies which they're calling another president attack on christians in the holy land. security forces in the democratic republic of congo have shot dead an anti-government protesters in the capital kinshasa two other protesters were injured churchgoers had planned to take part in marches against the president joseph kabila following sunday services but security forces surrounded the churches and blocked roads to stop them from going ahead well those are the top stories i'm going to have a more normal the day's news for you in just under half an hour coming up next on al-jazeera though it's one on one east stay with us by. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic for standards is giving them new hope. i'm steve chow on this episode one on one he's follows one man's incredible journey from refugee to world leading.

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when the dust settles the destruction is clear people have been forced to live in underground shelters. one message to the security council is for a cease fire or truce for days airstrikes and bombardments of forced families and children into underground shelters we can't do anything we can't even go outside to get food but when the outside looks like this there aren't many places people can go to the ferocity of the bombardment and the arrival of troops on the outskirts of both are battling with fighters it's reminiscent of what happened to other rebel held parts in places like homs and aleppo entire populations were evacuated to new places in syria and people inside besieged with the have been cheering order of evacuation zones convinced that this is what is going to happen to them as well. now to afghanistan where they have been two separate attacks in different parts of the country a suicide bomber in the capital killed at least one person in the diplomatic area and six other people were injured that's the first attack tony badly is in kabul and you can tell us about that tony what more do we know about this p

on mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six militarist suspected of massacring rohingya muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face charges authorities claim this group is not connected to a reuters news report on the massacre over which two journalists were west it. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has delivered so vera blows to iran and syria who saturday's airstrikes comes after syrian forces shot down an israeli jet on its way our day two of the winter games kick started with a big win for one of the olympics youngest athletes seventeen year old ren gerard produced a surprise victory in the men's slopestyle and in the united states its first gold medal. himself admitted fourth place at the olympics would be an achievement and not to the seventeen year old crushed out on his first two runs his medal hopes blake. stepped up on the final run storming ahead to win a surprise gold medal. i honestly was so i wasn't too much in my head it was kind of crazy to me you know that like first was competing with like the

overran a school in the town of last monday the jury's information minister says additional police and security officers have been deployed to two schools the air force has been called in to help search for the girls. security forces in the democratic republic of congo have shot that an anti-government protests there and injured several others in the latest in a series of church led marches calling on president joseph kabila to step down peter sharp reports. the catholic church has been at the forefront of demonstrations calling on the congress president joseph kabila to stand down. and after morning service on sunday protesters took to the streets again. since december more than a dozen people have been killed by security forces in protest like these and today there was an all too familiar response by police. tear gas quickly followed by gunfire was heard for you know candy was shot dead before the march started. his body taken to a nearby hospital. two others were seriously injured one of them a student serge moca a washington george i'm not protesting by accident or in vain and not because i don't know why i'm protesting by protesting today i was

in the shooting by the security forces is for the stoking up anger peter shop al-jazeera. the nigerian government has sent its air force to search for more than one hundred girls who are missing after a boko haram attack gunman targeted a school in the country's northeastern state of you know the last week one hundred ten of the schools nine hundred students remain unaccounted for president bihari called the abduction a national disaster. the number of people in south sudan who don't know where their next meal is coming from has risen to an alarming level a new u.n. report says more than half the population is now totally dependent upon handouts and health a third is are on the brink of starvation show that paris has more. half of south sudan some five million people of facing malnutrition and even starvation this map shows how hard it is to get food in south sudan people in yellow areas can find just enough food to survive all are into areas represent a crisis phase where many people mel nourished and red areas are one stage more severe where there are high levels of maln

manned mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six villagers suspected of massacring will hinge on muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face charges authorities claim this move is not connected to a boy who was a news report on the mass and excuse me on the massacre which prompted two journalists to be present. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has delivered severe blows to iran and syria was saturday's airstrikes that comes after syrian forces shot down an israeli jet on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran back positions inside of syria. here in germany it's carnival season thousands of revelers have been dressing up in flashy costumes to celebrate and many groups take part in the festivities by creating humorous floats for a huge parade on rose monday this year the jewish community is joining in the fun. revelers in germany's carnival strongholds have been getting into party mode gold advance of monday's big parade. this year's procession will feature a novelty for th

the president of the maldives has declared a 15 day state of emergency, giving the security forces sweepingt forces sweeping powers to arrest and decaying. the move comes just days after the supreme court ordered the government to release legal prisoners and reinstate opposition mps, which so far it has refused to do —— detained. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with emily maitlis. crunch time for the conservatives, a leading tory calls on theresa may

in the shooting by the security forces is for the stoking up anger to shop al-jazeera. students have returned to their florida high school for the first time since a gunman killed seventeen people there earlier this month the school reopened on sunday to help students ease in the fall classes resume on wednesday the three story building where the shooting took place there remains cordoned off that many students stop there to lay flowers and pay their respects. african leaders are gathering in the nigerian capital to address the urgent needs of around seventeen million people who depend on the lake chad for their livelihoods the u.n. has food insecurity and malnutrition have reached critical levels as the lake continues to shrink. there was a time when the city of both on an island surrounded by the waters of lake chad but over the past few decades life has dramatically changed. it was an island in the middle of the lake now we are ten kilometers away since one thousand nine hundred sixty six the lakes water has been receding it continues to dry up in the one nine hundre

myanmar's government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six villagers suspected of massacring will hinge of muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face charges authorities claim this move is not connected to a reuters news report on the massacre which landed two journalists in jail. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has delivered a severe blow to iran and syria for saturday's airstrikes it comes after syrian forces shot down an israeli jet on its way home the bombing mission was one of a group of planes targeting iran positions inside syria. right wing protesters in the south korean capital seoul have rallied against north korea just hours after a joint korean women's hockey team made its women big debut in. the protesters are skeptical about warming relations between the leaders of the two countries. well staying with the winter olympics it is day two now n.p.r. going to talk to you from the sports desk here to bring us up to date on all the action alina seven gold medals being decided today what to look forward to a

manned mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six villagers were suspected of massacring will hinge on muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face charges authorities claim this move is not connected to a warder's news report on the massacre over which two journalists were arrested. right when protesters in the south korean capital seoul have rallied against north korea just hours after a joint korean a women's hockey team made this one big debut in china protesters are skeptical about the warming relations between the leaders on the two countries. over more on the winter olympics which is now into day two in china i'm joined by alina had talking from our sports desk only we're going to take us through all the acts and i understand there are seven gold medals being decided today what can we look forward to so it's been a bit of a gold rush for germany who have are on prefer he just made it gold medal number three for them he picked it up in the men's biathlon and this is really like germany is really back because they had a low point

use agency says it has evidence of a massacre of men in me and last september carried out by the security forces with the help of buddhist villages now this is the first time such an account as being backed up by witness statements from buddhist villages as well as security forces themselves the two journalists behind the investigation have been detained in meum are denied bail and a warning to silva's report contains images that some viewers may find disturbing. it's a chilling and detailed account of what can only be described as a premeditated massacre the photographs provided to reuters by a buddhist village elder don't lie the first the news agency says was taken on september first and shows the ten ruhi captives lined up in a row the second taken the day after shows their slain bodies in a mass grave their ages range from seventeen to forty five among them were students fishermen farmers shop owners fathers they were all part of the same community from the village of indian in myanmar's northern rakhine state but a little bit about the building when they were taken them away they said they

the president, abdulla yameen, has declared a state or emergency, giving sweeping powers to the security forcese arrested the former head of state, maumoon abdul gayoom and security forces have been sent into the supreme court, where two judges have also been detained. the opposition has described the president's actions as a purge. joining me now is our south asia correspondent, justin rowlatt. just talk us through what has been going on in the last 2a hours. just talk us through what has been going on in the last 24 hours. well, we have to go further back to understand what has been happening. last week, the supreme court of the maldives ordered a group of political prisoners, people arrested under terrorism charges but members of the opposition party, be released. nine of them, including the former president, bashid. they also ordered 12 mps who switched sides, leaving the ruling party for the opposition, have positions reinstated. that would effectively end the majority the current president, abdulla yameen, has in parliament, opening the possibility that he could be impeached by parliament

on mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces than six villagers suspected of massacring row hinge of muslims it's not clear whether themselves specs will face charges of claim this move is not connected to a reuters news reports on the massacre over which two journalists were arrested. britain has threatened to cut funding to charities who fail to tackle sexual misconduct among stuff this accurate newspaper reports said aid workers from one of the u.k.'s biggest tarzan's. hard prostitutes while on a mission to help those affected by the twenty earthquake in haiti haiti has accused of a cover up which the charity to noice. india's prime minister and around moody's says the porches supports the palestinians goal of an independent states achieved through peaceful negotiations or do anything with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was the first ever visit by an indian meter to the palestinian administrative town of ramallah in the west bank where he also pledged forty million dollars in aid for infrastructure projects. there's the winter olympics which

seeking to improve the lethality and unity of effort within the afghan security forces and shift lethal and nonlethal resources outside of afghanistan into theater. there is an ambitious roadmap for the afghan security forces as defined by leadership in kabul. they seek to double the defined by leadership in kabul. they seek to double, and modernize their air force, which we are contributing to. next steps will include the deployment of u.s. security assistance gri good days. continue to evaluate and determine how the efforts particularly contributing at lower levels, more tactical levels, impact the effectiveness of afghan stutter forces. reconciliation does remain the overarching objective. we seek to drive the taliban to an understanding they will not achieve their goals on the battlefield or through violence. to do so we'll continue to support the afghans on the battlefield. we seek to drive the parties to a political settlement that ends the conflict, reduces violence and denies safe haven for terrorists. thank you, and look forward to any questions. >> thank you, senator cardin. >

the holy land. and security forces in the democratic republic of congo have shot dead a man government protester in the capital kinshasa two other protesters were injured churchgoers had planned to take part in marches against the president joseph kabila following sunday services but security forces surround the churches and blocked roads to stop them from going ahead news hour in less than half an hour inside story next by. donald trump and the gulf crisis the u.s. president to meet leaders who imposed the blockade on eight months ago but what does he have to offer the saudis and their allies and would he force a settlement on u.s. allies in this volatile region this is inside story.