u.s. africa command here attack killed in its words fifty two militants the somali army says the figure was even higher. we managed to kill at least seventy five ship bad militants after they attacked us and many more were injured we are telling people about that victory today al-shabaab says it killed forty two somali soldiers during the battle the group retains a strong presence in parts of southern and central somalia. it's also regularly targeted neighboring kenya which sent troops to somalia as part of an african union force it says it was behind tuesday's attack in nairobi when four gunmen and a suicide bomber killed twenty one people at the hotel and office complex on friday five suspects appeared in a court in a row be in connection with that attack. al-jazeera well our correspondent mohammed has been investigating the background to data tank he's live in nairobi for us now mohammed tell us more about what you find been finding out. where you come all hundreds of fighters are safe to be on the move in the middle and lower regions they have lost tentatively in an offensive cutted aga

u.s. africa command here attack killed in its words fifty two militants the somali army says the figure was even higher. we managed to kill at least seventy five ship bad militants after they attacked us and many more were injured we are telling people about that victory today. al-shabaab says it killed forty two somali soldiers during the battle the group retains a strong presence in parts of southern and central somalia. it's also regularly targeted neighboring kenya which sent troops to somalia as part of an african union force it says it was behind tuesday's attack in nairobi when four gunmen and a suicide bomber killed twenty one people at a hotel and office complex on friday five suspects appeared in a court of law i wrote be in connection with that attack don't bother al-jazeera. speak to man i don't know who's in nairobi and though can you give us a sense of the scale of the u.s. operation in somalia. lot and it's very difficult to say the scale of u.s. operation in somalia we know that there's been an increase in the number of troops of a since donald trump took office and we've al

u.s. led coalition says air strikes killed more than 200 isis fighters last week in syria. including four senior isis commanders. and u.s. africaommand releasing statement that says an air strike killed 52 al fighters after a young group of militants attacked somali forces four days after militants killed 21 at a luxury hotel in kenya including american man. >> well it is official, president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un will have a second nuclear summit in late february. the planning meeting announced yesterday after kim's top nuclear negotiator paid a rare visit to washington. north korea neighbor south korea welcomed the news, kenny logan has more from london. >> hi john so south korean government that has welcomed this second summit they say they hope it will be a turning point with negotiations between the u.s. and north korea. todays, the government offered to do what had it can to support the meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. their hope is for a more solid commitment are from the north to stop its nuclear weapons program once and for all. president trump met kim jong-un for

u.s. africa command said it killed 52 al qaeda linked al-shabaab fighters in an air strike.xt, how governments and businesses are trying to defend against malicious drones. first, beyond our borders. queen elizabeth is urging people to seek common ground, her remarks thursday are being interpreted as a veiled criticism of the toxic debate surrounding britain's departure from the european union, or brexit. lawmakers on all sides have traded barbs in recent weeks as prime minister theresa may tries to push ahead with the divorce deal that has been overwhelmingly rejected by parliament. the death toll in a massive fire in an illegally tapped pipeline in mexico has risen to 109, after ten more injured people died in hospitals. about 40 people are still receiving treatment. the victims were gathering gasoline from an illegal pipeline tap when the gas light ignited. pope francis is denouncing how society marginalizes and stigmatizes sinners and criminals when he says it should instead create opportunities for them to change. he made the remarks during unemotional liturgy inside pa

u.s. africa command said an a airstrike in somalia killed 52al al-shabaab fighters after a large group of ts attacked somali forces. this follows an announcement that u.s.-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 200 isis fighters last week in syria including four senior islamic state commanders. eric: and there's new reaction after the white house announced a second summit between president trump and north north korea's kim jong un, set to happen next month. the missile defense review says the regime is, quote, an extraordinary threat to the u.s. and that pentagon review named pyongyang as a major nuclear threat along with russia, china and iran. meanwhile, south korea says they do welcome any agreement between washington and pyongyang after the president met with a top north korean official at the white house yesterday. >> we had a very good meeting yesterday with north korea. that was an incredible meeting. it lasted almost two hours, and we've agreed to meet sometime probably the end of february. we've picked the country, but we'll be announcing it in the future. eric: kitty logan has

u.s. africa command the air attack killed in its words fifty two militants the somali army says the figure was even higher. we managed to kill at least seventy five ship bad militants after they attacked us and many more were injured we are telling people about that victory today. al-shabaab says it killed forty two somali soldiers during the battle the group retains a strong presence in parts of southern and central somalia. it's also regularly targeted neighboring kenya which sent troops to somalia as part of an african union force it says it was behind tuesday's attack in nairobi when four gunmen and a suicide bomber killed twenty one people at a hotel and office complex on friday five suspects appeared in a court in my row be in connection with that attack the day al-jazeera. has mohamad though in nairobi now has been investigating the background to that and tac in kenya last week talk us through that ahmed. well yes the tug the somali army base was cut it out according to some of the government officials by. al-shabaab fighters who have always used such kind of a tox on the somali nat

u.s. africa command the air attack killed in its words fifty two militants the somali army says the figure was even higher. we managed to kill at least seventy five ship bad militants after they attacked us and many more were injured we are telling people about that victory today. al-shabaab says it killed forty two somali soldiers during the battle the group retains a strong presence in parts of southern and central somalia. it's also regularly targeted neighboring kenya which sent troops to somalia as part of an african union force it says it was behind tuesday's attack in nairobi when four gunmen and a suicide bomber killed twenty one people at a hotel and office complex on friday five suspects appeared in a court in my road be in connection with that attack the day barker al jazeera. police in athens have used tear gas to prevent angry protesters from entering greece's parliament building thousands of people turned out for a demonstration against the proposed name change deal with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. ok wants to change the country's name to the republic of north

u.s. africa command here attack killed in its words fifty two militants the somali army says the figure was even higher. we managed to kill at least seventy five ship bad militants after they attacked us and many more were injured we are telling people about that victory today. al-shabaab says it killed forty two somali soldiers during the battle the group retains a strong presence in parts of southern and central somalia. it's also regularly targeted neighboring kenya which sent troops to somalia as part of an african union force it says it was behind tuesday's attack in nairobi when four gunmen and a suicide bomber killed twenty one people at a hotel and office complex on friday five suspects appeared in a court in my robey in connection with that attack. al jazeera well as you mentioned across the border from somalia kenya and that is where al shabaab was responsible for an attack on a luxury hole in a hotel in nairobi last wait twenty one people were killed in that attack with a corresponding to how many those been investigating the backgrounds of that attack is live in nairobi for us i

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united states africa command as africa their spokesman john manley actually told the media monday morning that at this time there is no change in the status of our forces then added that no u.s. troops and a bone were diverted to secure diplomatic buildings yes there are people there but they were we were we had nothing to do with that and we're just here because of this other thing but i find it unsettling that if this is about keeping democracy alive and protecting democracy if there are demonstrations by the public that. protests. why is that not allowed and why why would we. go as there are elections and there's backlash because you know this guy i think has been in power for x. amount of tons of years and the vote was definitely all over the place and people you know one side you know you've stolen the ball all that kind of a but i never thought there were cases of a bola happening. right at the time now as well so you had demonstrators believing the bullet breakout was fake and there to this. yeah and that was all sorts of issues there but at the end of the day the question that has to be asked that no one ever asked is why is the u.s. is there involved what are the u.