their role is to train and advise but the us military role in fighting extremists in western africa mayack home, jeff flake and bob corker announce their plans to not seek resignation. how will this affect the balance of power in the midterm elections? joining us to talk about it, editor at large, senior fellow at kings college, thank you for joining us. >> never too early to talk about it. heather: senator flake says he will no longer be silent on trump and corker saying he would not seek reelection. donald trump saying he could win. how does this impact? >> he couldn't win. right now, republicans in pretty good shape to have 50 seats, democrats 45, five state got marked in yellow that are tossups. two southwest, republican seats from arizona, three democratic seats, montana, indiana and west virginia are tossups. the incumbents are all right, donald trump won big, 42 points. >> tossups are turning blue. >> if they all turn blue the democrats have a good night, 50/50 race but think about this, this, all the tossup's go to the democrats, did even. the way things look, got to emphasize t

remember, they are in western africa, northwestern africa, a pretty remote place. they relied on the french medivac. i was speaking to a u.s. general about this last week who said, look, they have done 29 such patrols in this part of niger and were totally routine. so that is why this was such a surprise. they thought they were in, quote, a quiet environment. >> hans, do we look at the evacuation process, tenippicicay the dod wants to get them out in an hour, but there are questions on whether that is possible in parts of africa specifically, right? >> reporter: the golden hour is the rule, that's what they want to achieve. they recognize in africa you are not always potentially going to achieve that. in part, because you have special operators in remote areas. and just when you look at what could have been the recovery mission when they still thought that david johnson could have been alive, you had forces coming in from all over the globe flying into niger bringing in all kinds of assets. so this isn't, although there are 800 to 900 u.s. forces in niger, this is

significant number came from northern and western africa. so one of my concerns is we will see more and more countries that have big undpomped spaces, much as afghanistan had before 9/11, where you will see more isolated cells that are isis affiliated, folks who have gotten experience in iraq and will return to niger or nigeria or elsewhere across the arc of northern and western africa where a lot of folks fled in order to support isis in syria and are now returning back to their countries of origin. we had a number of briefings on the security thet to our partners and allies in those regions. i think we have to be concerned to your question about those folks seeking to return to their countries of origin or even to the united states. >> as you point out, that attack that resulted in the death of four american soldiers was an isis affiliated terrorist attack in niger. senator, thanks so much for joining us. we're staying on top of the breaking news in new york city. eight people killed in this terrorist attack, more than a dozen injured. we'

troops in niger, more than any other nation in western africa. separate and apart from anything specific in this administration. it also remains a weird thing that the pentagon's africa command, africom, is headquartered in stuttgart, which is not in africa. i mean, regardless of this administration, preceding anything specific about this presidency, there are hard things to get your head around in terms of american responsibilities and expectations here. it remains hard to get your head around the thing that this deployment technically is probably legally justified by the 9/11 attacks. that's probably the legal authority under way this deployment is happening. right? the 9/11 attacks, which actually had more to do with germany than they did with niger in terms of where they were planned and launched from. so there's a lot that has nothing to do with the trump administration, that is hard to get your head around around this deployment and this attack and this grievous loss. but then you add on top of that the particularities of this administration

for central western africa, they don't have that capability. they need the permission from the government in niger. so that's one track of this story. the other side is we believe and our sources are telling us and nbc has confirmed that there is a second team inside niger. the first team was the one that went out. they had that ambush coming back. they were ambushed a second time. that's where the four soldiers died. in terms of a second team out there previously unreported it does look like a special operations team working with french counterparts was gathering intelligence, looking for certain isis figures. how they clear this all up, how they explain this to capitol hill and also how they get these drones, authorities for drones both from capitol hill and the host governments in west africa, it's going to be a crucial part. >> a conversation that needs to be had. >>> we're going to take a break. when we return, one of harvey weinstein's earliest accusers breaks her silence. ashley judd's revealing interview next. >>> first, jimmy fallon to

soldiers in western africa. who is joining the fact finding operation?lus congress a step closer to significant tax reform. as of last night, so how is the president responding now as republicans look to put a win up on the board. >> it's my hope that reform will lead to simplifying the tax code, strengthening the middle class and boosting our economy. you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies, and data without insights. and fragmented care, stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. at optum, we're partnering across the health system to tackle its biggest challenges. >> sandra: brand-new details on the attack that killed four u.s. special forces soldiers in niger. as the pentagon says the team to review the facts and now the f.b.i. joining in on that investigation. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the military suspects a branch of isis behind

has military throughout western africa we know that several troops are have been in there they have been assisting in counterterrorism efforts in reconnaissance and in training they were on a routine patrol when this occurred and as we understand president trump has been alerted and has been briefed on what has happened we are expecting more information about this attack tomorrow from the pentagon well let's get more on this now of the anger leibovich visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations and specializes in west african security affairs he's joining us now via skype from senegal capital de kock very good to have you with us on al-jazeera we haven't heard a lot about americans in ground combat in this region is it new what is the scope of the involvement here well it's not only that there are. you dreaming or if you. were there are other american servicemen. i do apologize we have lost connection with our guest and. yet we have lost that connection so let's move on. to the u.s. people still trying to make sense of the deadliest mass shooting in modern history in the

troops are doing in western africa and the very real threat they face there. our military analyst, retired lieutenant general joins us. also with us, cnn national security analyst and co-author of this book. gentlemen, thank you for coming on. i want to start with you, general. is it unusual that we don't have a clearer picture by now of some of the most basic details of what happened that day? >> no not at all. this is going to take a while. trulifully, i'm really sur friesed that about getting more details the level people are talking about. africom was been conducting these for about 15 years. there are over 1200 to 1400 missions a year within the continent of africa by these kinds of special operations or special forces a-teams. they go around and ten to 12 person groups and they conduct what's called training eequipment missions in the layman's terms with a variety of countries, there are 54 countries in africa. we have service members conducting these kind of missions in most of them. they're always conducted in small groups. i think gt investigation is

has military throughout western africa we know that several troops are have been in there they have been assisting in counterterrorism efforts in reconnaissance and in training they were on a routine patrol when this occurred and as we understand president trump has been alerted and has been briefed on what has happened we are expecting more information about this attack tomorrow from the pentagon madagascar's trying to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious plane at least thirty people have died in the past two months and almost two hundred suspected cases have been reported the government's banned public gatherings in the capital in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading some a binge of aid reports. these are the culprits partly responsible for the plague spreading in madagascar infected rats spread the bubonic plague while the pneumonic plague is carried from person to person more than one hundred sixty people have been infected when they say blue bonnet plague the blue bow actually stands for the swelling in the various love notes but it soon as it spread from the lungs

has military throughout western africa we know that several troops are have been in share they have been assisting in counterterrorism efforts in reconnaissance and in training they were on a routine patrol when this occurred and as we understand president trump has been alerted and has been briefed on what has happened we are expecting more information about this attack tomorrow from the pentagon now madagascar's trying to contain the outbreak of the highly contagious plane at least thirty people have died in the past two months and almost two hundred suspected cases have been reported the government's banned public gatherings in the capital in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading. well since it wiped out half of europe's population in the middle ages the plague has become a rare disease but it does still exist in some parts of the world between twenty ten and twenty fifteen it killed five hundred eighty four people globally in africa four countries still regularly report cases madagascar is the most seriously affected country in the world in the americas outbreaks occur in per

you like we have enduring freedom or atlantic resolve, four named missions going in africa and western africa and central and eastern africa and we have been conducting these operations for quite a few years. so i really kind of recoiled when i heard senator graham say he didn't know anything about it, because that's the job of the senate armed services committee to know what's going on in africa and this is not even classified information. this is open source stuff. so if you want to get into the weeds, certainly you to go behind the green door and really get the classified information. but this is open source, unclassified, information where not only in africa but in other parts of the world. there are 179,000 soldiers just u.s. army soldiers, deployed in 140 countries today, john. so i think this is an issue that we're just not aware of how many places our u.s. military is. >> it's interesting, we had congressman steve russle from oklahoma, former colonel russell from the u.s. army who said those members who are claiming they did not know are not well read and are being disingenuous. >> i

i'm very concerned about isis affiliates in western africa and other places around the world. i think we have a lot a hard work to do in the months and years ahead to make sure that we defeat isis once and for all. >> you were in philadelphia, i believe, for the medal ceremony for john mccain. your former colleague from delaware, joe biden, the former vice president. tell us a little bit about that. >> vice president biden told humorous stories about their travel together, their work together. there was a reminder of how bipartisanship was much more common, much more typical among seniors than today. the senator gave a compelling speech where he talked about not only his own service to the nation, but he really challenged us to look past the current mood where a nationalism in america first approach seems to have been moved to the fore where senator mccain and others have moved the world forward to be prosperous. it was a moving story about the world's values, and i urge everyone to watch senator reid's and mccain's speech. >> let's watch a portion of that speech. >> we live i

service members in western africa. we're learning they came under fire from 50 heavily armed militants and the fight lasted for hours. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. big show this morning. nice to have you with us today. >> sandra: good morning. i'm sandra smith. >> bill: when i say that i mean men and women in harm's way anywhere in the world. we're out here today is to take your questions and provide as much information as we have. the only thing i'm asking for today is a bit of patience to make sure that what we provide to you when we provide it is factual. >> bill: we pick up the coverage live at the pentagon. good morning where we start coverage with you. >> good morning, bill. the u.s. military's top officer offered new details into the deadly attack that killed four u.s. troops in niger saying those troops when they are under attack didn't call for air support until an our after the fighting started and the jets didn't arrive for another hour. two hours after the fighting began. >> when they requested support it

more than any other nation in western africa. it also remains a weird thing that the pentagon's africa command is headquartered in germany. regardless of this administration, preceding anything specific about this presidency, there are hard things to get your head around in terms of american responsibilities and expectations here. it remains hard to get your head around the thing that this deployment technically is probably legally justified by the 9/11 attacks. already, the 9/11 attacks that had more to do with germany than niger in terms of where they were planned and launched from. so there's a lot that has nothing to do with the trump administration that is hard to get your head around around this deployment and attack and this grievous loss. then you look at the administration that hasn't bothered to appoint an assistant secretary of state for africa, which just last month infuriated a neighbor, chad, by adding them to the travel ban. and, of course, at the apex of responsibility here we have a commander in chief who will not

and bob graham, while that was prep happening, the deaths of the four soldiers killed in niger, western africa. some members of congress admit they were unaware often number of actual u.s. forces on the ground including lindsey graham. >> the military determines who the threats are. if we don't like what the military does, we can defund the operation but i did not know there were 1,000 troops in niger. >> bill: apparently chuck schumer admitted the same. releasing a timeline about the ambush against our troops and why we have boots on the ground in that country. >> the united states military has had forces in niger off and on for more than 20 years. approximately 800 service members work as part of an international effort led by 4,000 french troops to defeat terrorists in west africa. >> bill: good evening to you and thank you for your time tonight. we will rely heavily on your expertise. chuck schumer and lindsey graham, this wasn't necessarily a secret. did their answers surprise you? >> they did. we've certainly had troops in niger, they may have been surprised there were 800 there. but the

. >> well, the challenges they're facing throughout the northern africa, western africa are the exact same that they have faced in east africa in somalia. what we have is a very broad group of people, terrorists that are now operating, that have been operating for some time under al qaeda's banner in the regions. people think of the sa har adesert are completely empty. they are not. we have a large base in niger in the north by northwest section of the country where we launch drones and actually carry out air support operations in support of the french operations and the local niger forces. that was relatively close-by. but, you know, the region is a hot bed of future terrorism. and as you see us stomp down on the islamic state's cal i fat in libya using other forces, they've dispersed down into the sa hara and the region. and the french have been fighting them almost nobody stop for the last three years. >> so what do we do about it? >> well w what we do is what we're doing now, which is providing military assistance, training forces. and this special forces oda, this special forces

nigeria is a landlocked nation of western africa, one of the poorest countries as you may know, about a side of texas. it is also teaming with terrorists. it is unclear tonight which terrorist group may have been behind the deadly attack on our soldiers. we'll keep you updated on the breaking news as it comes in. in the meantime, investigators searching for a motive and focusing their attention on the shooters girlfriend. marilou danley now back in the united states for questioning. tonight, we are hearing from her sisters. much more on that in the continuing coverage of the recovery in las vegas. straight ahead. >> she was sent away. she was sent away so that she will be not >> trace: will come back to the live coverage. investigators continue to search for a possible motive behind sunday shooting. now, they are turning their focus to the shooters girlfriend. marilou danley was out of the country at the time of the deadly rampage but here he arrived back in the states tuesday night to speak with investigators. danley issued a statement through her lawyer saying that she had no inklin

nigeria is a landlocked nation of western africa, one of the poorest countries as you may know, aboutwice a side of texas. it is also teaming with terrorists. it is unclear tonight which terrorist group may have been behind the deadly attack on our soldiers. we'll keep you updated on the breaking news as it comes in. in the meantime, investigators searching for a motive and focusing their attention on the shooters girlfriend. marilou danley now back in the united states for questioning. tonight, we are hearing from her sisters. much more on that in the continuing coverage of the recovery in las vegas. straight ahead. >> she was sent away. she was sent away so that she will be not there. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now. what's up? gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. he's got a killer backhand. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. we'll make it a mealand get to remember.ng. because tonight... we mangia! don't just eat, mangia! >> trace: will come back to the live coverage. investigators continue to search for a possible

they're seeing more of it crop up in central and western africa and that's why they're training counterterrorisme and had this engage ant, as they said, was not expected. >> how many troops are in harm's way on any given day in central africa? >> close to 1,000. whether or not they're in harm's way, a lot of the guys are on the bases building and so-called behind the wire building these drone attacks. doing counterterrorism in niger is about 100. 100 in these cases, u.s. army special forces, green berets. look, mattis had a great line, not a great line, a telling line. there's a reason we send army guys with guns there, not the peace corps. this is a difficult part of the world and in general, chuck, you know, we only really realize how far extended u.s. forces are on counterterrorism when something goes bad. this is one of those cases. >> an excellent point. hans, i think a lot of people are getting a new lesson into the threat of isis that is taking place in central mick. hans nichols at the pentagon for us. thank you, sir. >>> a lot more coming up. we'll be right back. wer premium? it's open

western europe. north america and africa.ere there are some 48 million urban upper middle—class drinkers of important wine. —— imported wine. and that is thanks to more disposable income in china and easier access to wine itself. i heard more from the managing editor of robert wine advocate. we're definitely seeing more people enjoying wine and more wealth is being created and more people are enjoying luxury level wine so that is one of the largest region areas of growth, at the high end of brand luxury wine. but the high—end, in china, how fast is consumption of wine drinking growing? it has been in double digits for the last five years or so. it is something that is really growing fast and it is something that european and american wineries want to capitalise on and so they are increasingly dedicating time and energy to entering the chinese market. but we know suddenly there is more wine production in this part of the world as well, wine is grown in china, india as well and in other places so tell us about these asian produ

the 12-man team from the third special forces group was operating in niger, a country in western africa. a region known as the seshel. they were in a row mote part of the country. the mission was seen basically as routine. the pentagon says 29 similar patrols were carried out in the last six months. they were taking part in a key leader engagement. the practice of needing with village leaders. they were also gathering food and water splitting the team up with eight members meeting with elders. as the team left between 40 and 50 militants attacked. the pentagon describes them as well equipped and trained. within 30 minutes, french firefighter bombers arrived. officials say they helped to break up the firefight. the confusing situation is highlighted by accounts by military officials initially saying the french military flew the medevac helicopter that flew the team out. now saying it's u.s. military. now revealing it might have been a u.s. contractor. sergeant la david johnson was separated from the unit. it took his fellow soldiers a total of 48 hours to recover his remains. senator joh

president trump's phone calls but specifically when he was asked broadly about the apparent ambush in western africa, the one that led to the deaths of these four green berets. not even about specifically the phone call situation that ended upcoming out of that. and you can see these four soldiers here. i do think that's important context to remember that that is what this is about. and even now there are still questions about what exactly happened in that country as we move forward. >> going back to the proof here, hallie, not to put the cart ahead of the horse here, would tapes be the only proof that the administration could provide? i mean -- >> i don't know. i'm not sure, craig, to be honest with you. that's not being glib. we have heard the president promise proof of things in the past. >> right. >> there's a list of things he says he has proof on, think back to for example the james comey conversation he was talking about. >> the wiretapping of trump tower. >> right. that led to all those questions about are you recording conversations, what's going on, there was never anything presented then.

whether it's in syria or central or western africa are based on 2001 authorization from congress. they have continued to stretch the legal bounds of that and so far, congress has been willing to give them that leeway. what we're seeing today from the president's own party is a reluctance to extend that leeway and to have more checks on just where u.s. forces are engaging and what the rules of engagement are. >> kevin, what's kind of mission would these four service members have been on. what kinds of things -- i understand the investigation is under way and i don't want to ask you to speculate, but what kinds of missions do we do, and do we do them in assistance and support of other governments or what kind of mission could they have been on when they lost their lives? >> security force stuftan ancss just training other militaries to fight for themselves. and it can range from really basic training to defense department organization up to very specific skills like sniper training. and specifically in niger, just this year, was flint lock. a big exercise that's a special operations

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about the president's public statement or lack thereof about anything relating to the ambush in western africa that killed the four americans. that is what sparked what is now, i think, day three of this news cycle, frankly, of the discussion about the president's outreach to families. family and what exactly happened in that phone call, in that conversation. you have heard, and, katy, you've displayed the tweet. congresswoman wilson not backing away from her initial statement. you heard the president several times in the west wing say let her make the statement. she knows it's not true, let her say it. she said it and said it is true. she said what i'm saying, i stand by. the president says he has proof, that, in fact, she is wrong. we've asked what the proof is, we don't know. i imagine that will be a question to sarah huckabee sanders, but i would point out the president promised proof in the past and most of the cases the proof has not materialized. >> haley jackson, hold on for us, roger goodell has come out to address the player protests. let's listen. >> both chicago and philadelphia fo

africa. conference. britain. spain. and france. the french colonial empire extended over much of western and northern africa provided the raw materials like the oil from algeria necessary for the and military rise of post. september thirteenth one thousand nine hundred sixty. never studied their piece or think they're kind of followers. so for some purpose of course it is security to their souls you need to know some more first person pieces to. bosses or to. laugh fake or nuclear this is. also order of peace also. but the winds of freedom were blowing across africa and france was to lose all its colonies. the independence of algeria west particularly painful in part because of its strategic oil reserves after eight years of bloody fighting the french were forced to withdraw. both of you because of course the sieve of your your leisure very civil rights very well forcefully go afraid. you are a judge who is a bit taller faces are your party created the border. but the euphoria of independence was short lived and masks i knew reality france retained troops bases and political influence over its former colonies the policy. was. that th

some of the main points of agreement so far that all 26 countries in western central africa must raftt the legal age for marriage can't be younger than 18, the law must be clear and better enforced, and last but not least, the focus should be on community work. the first lady of sierra leone is adamant that nothing will be achieved without working at grassroots level. a child must not be given in hand to marriage, and you will be fined if you do. it is an important strategy that is working, and change at the bottom is the real change. many here like musu know that although the talk may be positive, the real job know that although the talk may be positive, the realjob is to empower and protect all children and it will begin what the delegates go home. thank you very much for that final report on this edition of the programme. we are back again tomorrow, i do hope you willjoin us. thank you forjoining me. yesterday i was talking about how mild this week is going to be, and on tuesday week is going to be, and on tuesday we managed to get to 20 degrees across southern parts of the uk, and

regular flight services do not destinationt of our ports directly, particularly in southern and western africa, which rely on a hub and spoke system for u.s. in-kind food aid. finally, there's the matter of cost. was more for cost flagged vessels than foreign-flagged vessels. in particular, for humanitarian operations like ours already struggling to keep pace with the unprecedented levels of global hunger. requirements mean that we paid millions more for ocean freight each year. now more than ever, every dollar counts. saverimary concern is to lives, relieve suffering and reach people in need. can, weis the best we are constantly looking to improve our performance to reach as many people as possible and ensure we make the most taxpayerctive use of dollars. thank you for your invitation here today. i am happy to take your questions. don't typically ask questions. but i will try to be brief. requireflagships sealift capacity. according to your data from last year, i want to reiterate some of the things you're saying. all ships carried 56% of food aid on u.s. flagships under the cargo preference

today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa.r leader may be proud of his achievements but tellingly he travels abroad for his own healthcare. a 15—year—old girl has survived a terrifying encounter 93 years old nora ronai is still winning medals in swimming. she has faced sexism in her life, but it hasn't stood in the way of her achieving her goals. nora is one of the bbc‘s 100 women this year. time to re— caporn our main story and that is the news that shinzo abe has declared victory in the snap election which he called injapan to strengthen his mandate, one of the key pillars of that will be to remove the pacifist part of the constitution. —— time to recap. after a weekend of being battered by brian, that low is now sitting in the sea. another big blow to the west. nothing like the week we just had but we will be feeling weather fronts our way and that's what we have first thing today. grey and gloomy prospects with outbreaks of rain in the west. clearer skies in the east, quite a chilly start first thing but the cloud will mov

today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa. this decision. their leader may be proud of his achievements but tellingly he travels abroad for his own healthcare. the spanish government has rejected accusations from the regional authorities in catalonia that it has carried out a coup by moving to impose direct control after the disputed independence referendum. people opposed to catalan independence have been protesting in barcelona from where tom burridge reports. this site, hard to imagine just a few weeks ago. maybe 200 people outside a military barracks in barcelona. support for spain's civil guard police and the army inside. chanting. they called for the catalan leader to go to prison, and these people support the move by madrid to scrap catalonia cillilers devolved government and take control. they want independence and i try to talk to them but they are like a wall. two sides, two visions of a catalan crisis, neither listening to the. —— to the other. the atmosphere today in catalonia is febrile. people are outside a milit

move to western africa now. now reports emerge that these u.s. soldiers were after an islamic leader in niger. that would seem to make sense as to why they would have these meetings in certain villages, specifically tonga tonga on the day of october 3. sir, what do you know and what can you add on that report? >> i really don't know anything more. just like anybody else, i'm delighted that general dunford came forward and gave the american people the information he had to reduce some of the speculation that's out there and a lot of the misinformation. when he used the term reconnaissance mission, that intrigued me a little bit because the fact is that we're training and assisting the niger military so they can go out and do missions and this was a reconnaissance mission with the purpose of which a reconnaissance mission is to gather intelligence. and he didn't suggest it was a tribal engagement mission, to go out to villages and meet them and see what their concerns are. he said reconnaissance. there may be some validity to this report that as pa

countries that have been dependent on the ocean, countries in africa, particularly in eastern and western africaast but these are not the only country. everyone dependent on fish and green life for meeting part of their food intake fish and green life for meeting part of theirfood intake is going fish and green life for meeting part of their food intake is going to eventually be affected. what needs to be done? we need to ramp up international efforts and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. this is what is causing climate change and so what we need to see is massive, rapid sustained cuts so we can prevent climate change. if you come from the fishing community what needs to also happen is international support to the fishing communities so they can start working for turn the ways for them to be able to meet their requirements. thank you. when blue planet appeared on our tv screens almost 20 years ago, it opened up the wonders of the ocean to millions of viewers for the first time. now two decades later, sir david attenborough is back for a second series. for the last four years, the bbc‘s natural hi

today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa.s yet to react in person, but few zimbabweans can be surprised about this decision. their leader may be proud of his achievements but tellingly he travels abroad for his own health care. i wasjoined earlier by georgina godwin — an independent broadcast journalist from zimbabwe. she gave me her thoughts on the who's u—turn. i'm, like everybody, completely and utterly amazed that it could've been allowed to happen in the first place. i think it raises serious questions about the world health organisation. this is presumably not a decision that was made lightly. it must have gone through several phases. it must have been discussed over several weeks. that they could think that this was even tenable in the first place is quite, quite extraordinary. even if you put aside mugabe's history, 20,000, a conservative estimate, of people murder during some massacres and if you put aside the typhoid and cholera caused indirectly by land resettlement and the collapse of the health system there. toba

today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa.person, but few zimbabweans can be surprised about this decision. their leader may be proud of his achievements but tellingly he travels abroad for his own health care. a senior cabinet minister has told the bbc the government should consider borrowing more money to invest in new homes. sajid javid said up to 300,000 new homes a year are needed, a level of construction not seen since the 1960s. labour criticised the plans for not going far enough. ben wright reports. everyone knows there is a housing crisis. politicians have been promising to solve it for years. now it looks like there will be another building push in the budget next month. the budget will be covering housing, but what i want to do is make sure that we are using everything we have available to deal with this housing crisis, and where that means, for example, that we can sensibly borrow more to invest in the infrastructure that leads to more housing, take advantage of record low interest rates, i think we should conside

today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa.person, but few zimbabweans can be surprised about this decision. their leader may be proud of his achievements but tellingly he travels abroad for his own health care. a scottish man has been sentenced to three months injailfor touching a man's hip in a dubai bar. jamie harron, who's from stirling, was arrested injuly and charged with public indecency. he claimed he had simply been trying to avoid spilling his drink when he touched the man. japan's prime minister shinzo abe has declared victory in the general election. his liberal democratic party is heading for at least 300 seats injapan‘s lower house of parliament. mr abe is now on course to become japan's longest serving post—war prime minister. his victory may also open the way for him to fulfil his goal of scrapping japan's pacifist constitution amid tensions with north korea. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. just a warning, his report contains some flash photography from the start. shinzo abe took a gamble and it has p

showers streaming in across the northwest across the united kingdom to feel to weather well western parts of africa seeing a fair amount of cloud with the possibility of right. there with sponsored by the time he's. facing the realities you know president said that there would be a complete one hundred percent audit that order hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt. here the story. on talk to how does it. at this time. i really feel liberated as a journalist was to get into the truth was that i would that's what this job. time to take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera scuffles are broken out between spanish police and vases in catalonia secession referendum one twitter video shows an elderly vented taking on the police paramedics are now treating people outside polling stations have been injured in the scuffles elsewhere people accosting their ballots in some polling station. the mayor of put a rico's capital sign while his accusing u.s. government of killing people through inefficiency much of the u.s. territor

we have had to center their activity mostly on western africa. some of the missions in eastern africa that they would be able to deploy to in the past, we have to coordinate and we used marines from the sitcom ofthe ground to take care crisis activities, especially in south sudan. the readiness of the airplanes have gotten better, but when you go through a time, the capacity is impacted. we have to do better about sharing communication. host: what you think of the general's comments, and was readiness an issue? mest: what rings a bell to about what the general just said about readiness is that, we talk about the united states and a or westlike niger, africa, it is a challenge for the united states to be ready because these are not areas of the world where the united states has a significant amount of experience. this is like niger and mali speak for a little english. they speak several languages. their other countries like nigeria and kenya whether united states might the more ready because we have more history with those countries. , wecountries

service members in western africa.ing. nice to have you with us today. >> sandra: good morning. i'm sandra smith.

boko haram declared that they had formed a new islamic militant branch in that part of western and central africa. but that regional and military effort against them, let out of chad, broke that stuff up, took back all those towns, shut them down, and chad is not a rich country, they've got oil, they've got a little bit of money, but they also have a dictator who takes care of that. it's a large country, it's mostly poor, but for a variety of reasons they have put profound resources into leading the military counter terrorist fight in that part of the world. in march of this year, the united states led 27 countries in a massive military exercise in chad, it was called flintlock, 27 countries represented, exercise led by the united states, 2,000 u.s. military personnel participated in it. they could have done this anywhere in africa, there's a reason they did it in chad. in this country, we tend to be more focused when we think about isis, we think of them in iraq and syria, but they got close to declaring caliphate, in that part of the world. part of boko haram, now calls itself a province of the

through the next couple of days meanwhile the sloshy find a dry across a good part of solemn africa the western cape in with a chance of a little more cloud just spilling in march to see one of two showers to just easing over towards mozambique over the next day or so not a little further north woods and maybe wanted to those showers just creeping into tanzania and the showers continue across central africa just around the ethiopian highlands the horn of africa right across into the gulf of guinea more widely showers the southern nigeria. on counting the cost to italy's wealthy northern region say seeds of more autonomy but who are the forces reshaping european politics how might china's new leadership lineup affect the economy plus why trade is that hong kong stock exchange is saying bye bye. can't you look at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera the investigation into russian links with donald trump's presidential bid as charged his former campaign manager. and his business associate with conspiring against the united states a third man who

through the next couple of days maybe while the sloshy find a dry across a good part of southern africa the western cape in with a chance of a little more cloud just spilling in marjah see want to two showers to just easing over towards mozambique over the next day or so now to a little further north woods and maybe want to those showers just creeping into tanzania and the showers continue across central africa just around the ethiopian highlands the horn of africa right across into the gulf of guinea more widely showers the southern nigeria. the weather sponsored by cats. and when they're on line we were in hurricane. almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on saturday a member of the ku klux but we struck up a relationship is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag stream and one of your pitches might make the next join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back to the top stories this hour the investigation into russian links with donald trump's presidential bid has seen his former campaign manager. and his business associate charge

the next couple of days maybe while this last i find a dry across a good parts of southern africa the western cape in with a chance of a little more cloud just spelling in my to see want to just easing over towards mozambique of the next day i'll say a little further north woods and maybe want to those showers just creeping into tanzania and the showers continue across central africa just around the ethiopian highlands the horn of africa right across into the gulf of guinea more broadly shallow as the southern nigeria.

pleasant sunshine temperatures at around thirty five degrees for about a dry weather into western parts of southern africa but around the eastern cape pushing a little further north was have seen some very heavy rains mozambique seeing some more wet weather pushing into zimbabwe we do some of that we're also seeing some rather wet weather further north into tanzania recently going to see that easing as we go on through the next few days democratic republic of congo seeing lively showers along the spoils of war right across a good part of central africa over the next few days. a young mind a blank slate primed for the wonders of the world. of valuable and fun. in their own words boys as young as nine reveal how they were indoctrinated and wrenched from their childhood into a life of unspeakable violence. lion cubs of i saw. this documentary at this time. of the back you're watching us a reminder of our top stories and historic move the spanish prime minister has stripped catalonia of its autonomy and order to snap regional elections that came within an hour of the catalan parliament issuing a declaration o