at an upscale complex in nairobi we'll have a live update from kenya. on this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the debate to begin in the u.k. parliament before the vote on prime minister may's plan to leave the european union because. the prosecutor has failed to satisfy the burden of proof. the international criminal court acquits the former president of the ivory coast of war crimes and orders his release. after a war of words and lines of agreement the turkish president and donald trump considered creating a safe zone in northern syria. allow an obstacle hotel complex in kenya's capital is under attack at this hour with reports of at least two explosions and heavy gunfire people are being rushed to safety several cars were a blaze by the buildings and nairobi police say they have cordoned off the area it is unclear at this point who is behind the attack but we are monitoring this story for you we are going to go live now for more from catherine sawyer who is joining us on the from in kenya so catherine what are you hearing. well i've been talking to some journalis

moscow seeks to rein for his influence in the balkans despite opposition from the e.u. . in kenya the red cross says everyone missing after tuesday's attack on an entree hotel complex has been accounted for at least twenty one people died in the assault and the first funerals of the victims were held in nairobi thursday. behind the attack says it was in retaliation for the u.s. president's decision to recognize us led as a capital of israel. we want to send a very powerful message to the that happened this week and that's given you know they're not scaring us now and tomorrow. we will destroy them. we support the government initiative and shabaab. it may look as if that law. results but it could have been was declared not somalia. made the government and african union priests to. somalia. the palestinian health ministry in gaza is warning that at least three hospitals may be forced to close because of power shortages there isn't enough fuel to power generators that backup unreliable electricity supplies john stratford reports on what's called. a muddy deep is one of the around three h

. dam special coverage on al-jazeera. security in the spotlight again in kenya after fighters attacked a hotel complex in nairobi can these assaults be prevented and what's the message the armed group is trying to send this is a story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead. long threatened kenya security with attacks targeting civilians and members if its military its latest assault is raising questions about the country's ability to keep people safe dozens of people were killed on shoes they were in five gunmen attacked a hotel complex in nairobi the armed group has been fighting kenyan and regional african troops and it's home base of somalia will bring in our guests in a moment but first this update on the how mother though in nairobi. details are now getting really tucked up was cut it here in this complex behind beautiful to riverside drive by al-shabaab just last tuesday. there were five touches on that it took them up to ten months to plan the whole portion as well say to be frequent visitors to the compound up in the middle east and west around inside and also havi

down. and how welcome to the program we start with breaking news from kenya where the somali militant islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for an ongoing that sack in the kenyan capital explosions and gunfire have been reported at a hotel an office complex in nairobi the firefighters and security forces of be deployed and people are being evacuated from the area. not easily producer thomas i'm to have spent years living i'm reporting from the city he knows the hotel and he's still in contact with the people back welcome thomas what are people telling you well what i've been told i've just been speaking to people on the ground and security sources around the area and they tell me the attack happened around three forty five low. time and it was several people in a car approaching the gate most of these compounds hotels and shopping malls in kenya are very heavily guarded after the previous attacks in the past and they threw grenades at the gods and started shooting around then approach in to the hotel which an upscale. business would tell and quite popular both

security agencies on one side and the communities in kenya watching together to address the challenge of terrorism of course recruitment will always take is it happens in the united states of america and britain in norway there will always be these bought up walls that will be recreated to do this kind of thing going to come over to you in a second because you want to jump in and let stuff ali on well one more point. you're saying that they are on the back foot but here is the assessment by the international crisis group they're saying that al shabab has proven as resilient across parts of east africa as in somalia itself adapting when under pressure by relocating its operations and reorienting its recruitment you don't agree thank you i just want to read to read that for a terrorist group to remain relevant and to prove its resilience they simply need to carry out you know an attack in a year or an attack after every two years for them to to stage a comeback and this is typical of any terrorist organization al-shabaab has been active inside somalia has been active on the fringes of the

leaves the european union also on the program. tonight the hotel complex siege is over kenya's president kenyatta says more than seven hundred people were rescued. but fourteen died in the hardest attack and dozens remain unaccounted for. welcome to the program but is prime minister theresa may government face a no confidence vote today after lawmakers threw out deal last night the biggest government defeated modern british history but mrs may has told lawmakers that she can still find a way forward on britain's departure from the age you either she is expected to survive today's vote time is running out if no deal is agreed with brussels by march the twenty ninth and britain will crash out of the bloc despite the political gridlock in mrs may has repeatedly said there will be no second referendum on bracks it but those calls a growing budget. for remains supporters gathered outside the british parliament to reserve may's humiliation was a sign of hope defeat for the prime minister's bragg's deal could open the door to a so-called. people support a second referendum on e.u. mem

after the attack kenya's president gave a defiant televised address confirming the siege was over and that all islamists involved had been eliminated we have dealt with the threat decisively and shown our enemies and the world that we as a country are ready to deal with any threat. to our nation. but many kenyans remain skeptical of the government's ability to protect them we have blaming our entire no security staff because. how did these people get into our country and we have all our security or all of our rights oh no. this latest deadly assault in nairobi shows the al qaeda linked group remains a force for the kenyan government to reckon with. absolutely horrific let's bring in our correspondents nicko who is joining us from nairobi what more do we know about the victims. well i'm at the funeral home mortuary here and there o.b. it's not far from where the talk actually happened and so. many so so that many family members here they were very sad before especially after the family members identified their loved one and and they were also stories about there was one man who told us

to kenya where more gunfire and explosions have been heard at a hotel complex in the capital which was attacked by gunmen on tuesday and these are live pictures from the saying at least fifteen people were killed and al-shabaab says it was behind the attack and has the latest. surveillance cameras capture the moment attackers and toured a luxury hotel and office complex and kenya's capital. moments later thunderous explosions and people being shot out as they sat at coffee tables and in their offices their heads so that was it in dogs they have something yeah and bullets and that's why there were. witnesses say they fled what they describe as a scene of blood broken glass burning vehicles and pillars of black smoke i guess according it's a talk and we can see risk here as of the red cross just making their way the upscale hotel complexes frequented by many americans europeans and indian ex-pats and houses bars restaurants offices and banks who have claimed more votes than the first explosion happened so by the time we reached their last interest come out then the gunships are being

is just only a matter of time but all i can say for now is that kenya is quite big when it comes to the gaming development scene because they are talkers the east african region and maybe east and central africa as well because at least three of every five smart some gaming ops on them so that can give you a good picture of how the gaming scene easily given up developments in in kenya today. the developers in kenya can now sell their ops on google play or increasingly do so why has it taken so long and what has changed. about two things first of all is the authentication process or the approval process to say because what we have seen more of is that it's taken longer for this authentic asian process to you know for the ups as well to go through these integration or approval process and then the other issue is maybe there's lawlor awareness of how exactly these app developers can market or sell their absence well but it's not been as difficult with google play as it has been with apple or at last because it's been more restrictive on that end compared to google play and a lot has ch

means a european union also on the program. the nairobi hotel complex siege is over kenya's president kenyatta says more than seven hundred people were rescued unharmed but fourteen died in the hardest attack and dozens remain unaccounted for. leadership in the cross the east african nation of uganda has been playing lacrosse for at least six years growing the sport with young athletes on the whole ready making waves the world championships. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. british prime minister theresa may and her government face a no confidence vote today after lawmakers threw out her deal last night the biggest government defeat in modern british history mrs may has told lawmakers that she can still find a way forward on britain's departure from the e.u. . she is expected to survive today's vote time is running out if no deals agreed with brussels by march twenty ninth and britain will crash out of the bloc despite the political deadlock mrs may has repeatedly said there will be no second referendum on bret's it but those calls are growing. for remains supporters gathered outs

vice of west africa thanks for calm. whether in kenya uganda all senegal with absent platforms the followers of startups are looking for gaps in existing services where the state fails more and more freshly founded companies are helping out young africans are increasingly taking death into their own hands and so the financing for african startups as almost quadrupled in the past year. startup centers like this one in kenya's capital nairobi are attracting more and more young africans with ideas they develop products perhaps and services here solutions are implemented for everyday life especially in the areas of finance and energy supply but also in agriculture and the health sector. kenya is particularly popular with investors. many foreigners set up companies here and bring money for startups. last year investment in startups in africa increased enormously compared to the previous year they've almost quadrupled to seven hundred fifty million dollars. the hotspots of the scene are kenya south africa and nigeria but also other african countries are catching up most startups are crea

against al shabaab is making it difficult to travel for people in kenya. others for the rugby league team that could miss out on the world come because when the variance from their own country be here with that story. the u.a.e. coalition in yemen says it will release seven houthi prisoners after the houthi is released the saudi prisoner on tuesday the international committee of the red cross facilitated the transfer of the prisoners back to riyadh is suffering from advanced hepatitis c. un envoy to yemen martin griffiths says he wants to make prisoner swaps more common in an attempt to preserve a shaky cease fire this is a very positive step today and. we really hope that more of that would be done to alleviate. the suffering and bring conflict to. many many families who have been affected by the conflict in yemen. in terms this is not related to today release based on purely humanitarian and medical basis. we really hope also that in the future the operation to transfer. detainees will materialize. political analysts to a fraud not so says the who things are using the prison

nationals affected by the attack we stand in solidarity with the government and people of kenya and will continue to offer our support to meet the challenge to security and stability that is posed by terrorism in the region misspeak this morning i have meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my juices in this house i should have such meetings later say all the elders like you are misspeak doing with the prime minister in her strong condemnation for you tara. you will know mr speaker the promise we were going first or the election to this house because i believed in more jobs lower type seems a stronger economy more investment in a public service on which we all. agree that soon twenty ten conservative governments have delivered time and again for the british people to it and the biggest threat to that science on the probation from the leader policy could mean this job. you. want to find is absolutely right what we seen on the can. servicing government we've seen three point four maybe. more. than income earning a wage able to provide for their families we've s

we have to tell is kenya's president has offered his condolences to the families of the victims and promised to find all of those responsible at least fourteen people were killed. and those who do confidence is said to be held against the u.k. government also prime minister trees amaze breck's it deal was overwhelmingly rejected m.p.'s will debate the most inmates on wednesday and it could trigger a general election. let's get more now on the attack in kenya and talk to both the kind he's a constitutional lawyer and joins us now from nairobi good to have you with us we just heard than the president kenya calling the attackers terrorists al shabaab has claimed responsibility does the government except those behind it well. since yesterday with various. comments that has been coming from government officials the inspector general of police the. secretary. to the president we've not had any. direct categorically talked of from al-shabaab they have been using time like. no not talk. but in terms of particular equally mentioning the name of al shabaab that is yet to come from the governm

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 against them by somali national army and forces loyal to the regional administration of jubilant which administers the law and the ease of the border of kenya and somalia and it's these fighters who have lost some of their strongholds in the middle juba region that they have held on to for years but have attacked that base that say talk a lot about it at fust it's just american aspects and reinforcement sent

kenya kill the attackers bad hotel scene troops left at least fourteen people dead. also britain's prime minister faces a no confidence vote after parliament rejects the brics a deal. now it's time for the u.k. to. pass for straight to e.u. leaders tell to resume a the ball is in your court. with all the sports as roger federer comes through a tougher test than expected to keep his title defense alive at the australian open . welcome to the news an attack that lasted more than seventeen hours to nairobi hotel is now over kenya's president has offered his condolences to the family of the victims and promised to find all of those who are responsible it started when attackers targeted three cars and detonated a bomb in the lobby at least fourteen people were killed we will seek out every person that was involved in the funding planning and execution of this. we will pursue relentlessly wherever they will be until they are held to account we will continue taking every step. to make our nation inhospitable to terrorist groups and their networks. kenya's opposition leader right loading a

hotel and office complex and kenya's capital. moments later thunderous explosions and people being shot out as they sound of coffee tea. abel's and in their offices their heads so that's good in dogs they have something yeah and bullets that's why they were. witnesses say they fled what they describe as a scene of blood broken glass burning vehicles and pillars of black smoke i guess according its a talk and we can see risk of the red cross just making their way the upscale hotel complexes frequented by many americans europeans and indian ex-pats and houses bars restaurants offices and banks who are playing through vote in the first explosion happened saw by the ten minutes then lost interest come out then the gunshots are being aimed at us so we could not tell where they're coming from who is shooting them t.v. reports say there were at least four gunman and the somalia based on group al shabab said it was behind the attack these criminal activity in according to defy show him that began with an attack and i am i am bank with an explosion of targeted three vehicles in the back parking

they also regularly attack targets in neighboring kenya after it's and troops to somalia as part of an african union peacekeeping force al-shabaab says' it was behind tuesday's hotel attack in nairobi where four gunmen on a suicide bomber killed twenty one people five suspects appeared in court on friday in connection with the heart attack police say all but one of the five gunmen who carried out the taca and something that is raising costs on about the threat of homegrown terrorism mohammed on the wall does it or nairobi. well. as a horn of africa security analyst he says striking al-shabaab will not stop the group from carrying out further tuffs we. are all way out of soling the price is. right. for quite some time now on the ground by african union forces from the air the us security forces has been under cush the dot hasn't prevented the group from crying out some of these you know take high visibility and high casualty attacks not just inside somalia but also outside in places like kenya political and military force so shabaab is fairly weakened but that doesn't mean that these gr

-shabaab had claimed responsibility. the morning after the attack kenya's president gave a defiant televised address confirming the siege was over and that all islamists involved had been eliminated we have dealt with the threat decisively and shown our enemies. that we as a country are ready to deal with any threat to our nation. but many kenyans remain skeptical that the government's ability to protect them we have. no security staff because. how did these people get into our country and we have all our security all of our i don't. know. this latest deadly assault in nairobi shows the al qaeda linked group remains a force for the kenyan government to reckon with. very disturbing horrifying scenes there let's bring in our correspondents allan echo who is joining us from nairobi selah what's the situation right now. yes i'm here at. the room or tree which is not far away from where. from where from some where the attack happened so it's literally a five minute walk from there. and as you'll see once it's composite here there are several people there's security here there are there

claimed responsibility. the morning after the attack kenya's president gave a defiant televised address confirming the siege was over and that all islamists involved had been eliminated we have dealt with the threat decisively and shown our enemies. that we as a country are ready to deal with any threat to our nation. but many kenyans remain skeptical that the government's ability to protect them we have. no security staff because. how did these people get into our country and we have to repeat all of our i don't. know. this latest deadly assault in nairobi shows the al qaeda linked group remains a force for the kenyan government to reckon with. all the smaller base as well as group al-shabaab has attacked a number of targets in kenya over the last few years i asked solo in a nairobi what's known about the group in kenya. well as the moment kenyan government types called it a terrorist attack and i'll say bob the target of my vision was a base in somalia but was also have pockets here in kenya have made the attack yesterday an idea that you can hang and they. and from i mean from what w

. still ahead on the program we'll tell you about the impact of kenya has increased security along its border with somalia. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the finest snowfall on a winter's day. hello there the snow problems are continuing across many parts of europe the satellite picture is showing the latest band of snow this being working its way southwards it's crossed the out now and it's working its way down towards parts of greece it's still getting a fair amount of snow across the balkans there and across the eastern parts of europe a little bit of rain though as it hits the warm air over parts of it today behind it the still more outbreaks of snow there across the northern outs at the moment and there's a lot of it to continue things do change though as we head through into choose day because on choose day we'll see the winds coming in from the west that will bring in some milder as so london up to ten degrees and force in berlin will be up but a round fix so some of this will be snow but some of this could well be freezing rain which was cool just additional

terror attack in kenya. >>> and a muni rider had enough. he's caught on camera turning the tables on a man accused of harassing other passengers. >>> and an earthquake rattles the east bay this morning. how the government shutdown is leaving some questions about it unanswered. right now the airport is and posted to twitter. that next wave of heavy rainfall has moved inland in sonoma county. big rock ridge southwest of never doe 88 mile per hour wind gusts right now as this rain moves through. it will be a very wet and stormy evening. there are some thunderstorms also offshore. i will update throughout the show and on kpix5.com. >>> an assault on muni caught on video and then posted to twitter. >> i'm going to good enough you what you want. >> i'm not doing anything. >> one man standing over another holding him down refusing to let him up. wngss say the man on the ground had been harassing riders and this man had enough. we put in calls for comment to muni and sfpd. neither agency was aware of the incident but is investigating. >>> 21 people now dead after yesterday's terror attack in k

and most recently, the bombing in nairobi, kenya. i think that diplomatically, the u.s. should start to pay more attention to the african nations because kenya is strategically located and with mr. johnson's experience in somalia, it would be very helpful for the u.s. to deal with kenya in this regard. thank you for taking my call. guest: it is a great question. in africa, the primary focus of terrorist activity at the moment, there are four areas. one is in west africa in nigeria , the second is in north africa, particularly out of libya, we have a number of different jihadist groups. a third is in east africa, the horn and countries like somalia and kenya. the fourth is insight help. she is right. shael.fourth is in the numbers are continuing to rise. this is where partners can be quite helpful. we look at the last time we saw an increase in jihadist activity. it was the french that stepped the fastovided assistance to molly. at kenya and somalia, we -- we work with partners. the canyons have been an important partner. host: jim is waiting in westfield, massachusetts. morning.ood a

breaks and uncertainty coming up a bit later in business with. turning now to kenya where authorities say a deadly attack on a hotel complex in the capital nairobi has now ended president kenyatta made the announcement at a press conference a short while ago let's listen in to what he had to say. about one of. the security operation. disappointments. is pulled up. and all the terrorists. it would mean that. all twenty hour siege in nairobi left fourteen innocent people dead but hundreds of people survived the attack which was claimed by the small the islamist group. who. looks for relieved and finally free after iraq is trapped inside hidden in toilet stalls and under desks these survivors are came the territory they witnessed close the doors and then. spread all over i don't. know from the top i think they went to the top level in the. spring. the exit to each hoping to tick that's where the shots were coming from because it's as if these guys knew i don't know how that happened. i was attending a presentation explicitly and. i think that i don't have what's a death penal

it's on al-jazeera dot com. to kenya now where the red cross says those two reported as missing after tuesday's attack on a luxury hotel in nairobi have now been accounted for at least twenty one people died in the assault and the first funeral for the victims have been held in the kenyan capital dozens more were injured in the attack al-shabaab has claimed responsibility the group says it was in retaliation for the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital police have arrested seven people in connection with the attack that speak to mohammed abdul in nairobi for his mom and bring us up to speed with the investigation and these arrests made by police. well yes fully police are saying they have arrested seven suspects in connection with. the fourteen riverside complex one of the upscale business district shopping shopping areas in nairobi which is very popular with the middle and upper class will be and then of course this saying that the following of the leaves looking for other suspects right now they are continuing with forensic investigations of the scene of the

by the attack. we stand in solidarity with the government and people of kenya and will continue to offer our support to meet the challenge for security and stability posed by terrorism in the region. this morning, i've had meetings with others in this house. you, mr. speaker. may i join with the prime minister in her strong condemnation of terror, and you will know, mr. speaker, that i believed in more jobs, lower taxes, a stronger economy, more investment in the public service . since 2010, the conservative government has delivered time and again for the british people , and the biggest threat to that is from the opposition front bench for a leader whose giving us ae been weaker economy and must investment -- less investment. pm theresa may: my honorable friend is absolutely right. moreve seen 3.4 million jobs under the conservative government. that is more people earning an income, earning a wage, able to provide for the family -- their families. more barring, moremore barring,e spending, fewer jobs. >> jeremy corbyn. >> thank you, mr. speaker, thank you. let me start by correcti

. surveillance cameras capture the moment attackers entered a luxury hotel an office complex and kenya's capital. moments later thunderous explosions and people being shot at as they sat at coffee tables and in their offices. getting as stiff something yeah and bullets let's. be witnesses say they fled what they describe as a scene of blood broken glass burning vehicles and pillars of black smoke i guess according its attack and we can see risk areas of the red cross just making their way the upscale hotel complexes frequented by many americans europeans and indian ex-pats and houses bars restaurants offices and banks. first explosion happened. by the. then the gunshots are being aimed at us so we could not. t.v. reports say there were. at least four gunman and the somalia based on group al shabab said it was behind the attack these criminal activity and it's a defection that began with an attack and i am an embankment with an expression i get that three vehicles to the back parking lot and this is set up explosion if. you see it will tell kenya's interior ministry condemned the attack c

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 a row be in connection with that attack don't bother al-jazeera. or his speak now sound as there is mohamed today who's in nairobi and may perhaps you can start by giving us more of a sense of the scale of that u.s. operation in somalia. well for this it is very hard to say the scale of the u.s. or russia in somalia because it is in the security of all politicians no one really knows how many u.s. troops are present on the ground all we know is that the number has been steadily increasing ever since donald trump came to office they are also taking advantage of a losing all restrictions on who and when to engage they have a huge military base eighty kilometers away southwest of mogadishu in a place known as bully and that's where they've been launching most of the broom and asked

corbett. says choose day as the top on a luxury hotel and shopping complex in kenya with an retaliation for the u.s. president's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital at least twenty one people were killed in the assault in nairobi the red cross says fifty people are still unaccounted for. freezing weather in lebanon and syria is being blamed for the deaths of eight children and displacement camps there's been heavy snow and torrential rain and more is coming down right now. vice president for programs and policy at the end fiji's international he says there's no political will to provide suitable housing for syrian refugees in lebanon. if you're in turkey or you're in jordan and you're in staying in some of the camps that have been set up for syrian refugees there they're much more robust facilities because they've been established with the understanding that the syrian refugees were going to be there for years levanon for a series of reasons partially political partially because the government has been functioning for a number of years and also just the gener

that attacks it yes that's why australian scientists in tanzania and kenya are trying something new they're taking the idea in a lab into the flu we've got a virus of farmers can quickly determine the type of disease destroying their crops allowing them to take action much faster our next report shows just how about device and system work. oh. because seven is a staple food in africa and one of the easiest to farm wild wild the statute is part of the diet of around eight hundred million people but in some regions such as east africa the crop is frequently devastated by a virus as here in tanzania scientists from australia have teamed up with kenyan view such as to develop a technology to speed up detection on. diseases a lab literally in the field we are here collecting the function from. infected material to test to do a d.n.a. traction and start sequencing in the field there is such as can quickly determine which virus has infected the plants from us can bend treat them sooner or replace them with an alternative varieties we were able to detect a lot of irises in the local varieti

views of lawmakers to find out what sort of breaks a deal would win their support. meantime kenya's president says that fourteen innocent people were killed in a terror attack on a hotel in the shopping complex in nairobi on tuesday that more than seven hundred people were rescued on harmed. said that security forces killed all the gunmen involved but with his many as fifty people who were believed to be in the hotel complex at the time of the attack still unaccounted for many kenyans are voicing their skepticism about the government's ability to protect them. friends and family of the victims coming to grips with the horrors of the day before. these people have come to nairobi's mortuary to identify their loved ones. but while they were unable to escape the attackers bullets many others managed to get away. it's. the sense that. many were freed by security forces after hours hiding in toilet stalls and under desks. this one it is the ground floor i saw a woman get short and that's when i took. this to is not true with the possible and then someone actually look to you outside cause

mogadishu and four days ago on a luxury hotel complex in kenya's capital nairobi police in kenya have confirmed that most of the men who carried out thursday's attack on a shopping complex in nairobi were kenyans at least twenty one people were killed until now it was widely thought violence in the name of al shabaab was carried out by foreigners and our reports from nairobi the sprawling informal settlements in myriad central kenya live here may see most ordinary as in any other slum but the residents of jungle ordered. one of the gunmen in last tuesday's talk in the capital nairobi was born and grew up here. salim. last cup had in this photograph during the night will be a tuck and he grew up in this house he's neighbors those shocked i'm not surprised these sales over the years that equate to many young men including salim from. rotty percent is one of magickal community leaders we go into harlem because our children have no jobs they need to eat most of them have dropped out of school and their parents are too poor to help them continue with education the parents have no idea when

news hour including al shabaab says an attack on a luxury hotel in kenya is in response to donald trump recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. china helps a foundations in sri lanka for what's being touted as south asia's new financial hub. and roger federer is given a tough a test than expected at the astray and open leo will have that story in schools. afghan peace talks have hit a stumbling block with the taliban threatening to walk away from negotiations the group is accused the u.s. of deflecting from the issue of withdrawing forces from afghanistan amusing between the u.s. special envoy on afghan reconciliation. and taliban leaders last week was canceled and now has postponed a planned trip to his on a bad for talks with pakistani leaders meanwhile the taliban has accused as on the bad of cracking down on its leaders and members in order to pressure the group to open talks with the afghan government has more. confusion still persisting over the. taliban. over the whole place in abu dhabi and in their state. now the us special representative for peace and reconciliation f

sleeping in fuel queues frustrated demonstrators and barricaded roads and set tires on file. a kenya's army has been taking over security at its border with somalia in recent years after attacks by a bad it's helped reduce the armed groups ability to operate in kenya but it remains a threat elsewhere in east africa rami reports from nairobi. president uhuru kenyatta began the new year by thanking kenya soldiers for their service and telling civilians they too have a role to play in the country's security further every kenyan in twenty nineteen and beyond to continue to remain vigilant let the authorities know if you see a suspicious person in your village or neighborhood be aware of is around you and do not allow terrorists or criminals to hide amongst us. attacks by the armed group at a shopping mall and a university in kenya in two thousand and thirteen and twenty fifteen killed more than two hundred people and change the way the government deploys its security forces the army took over from the police to launch a multi agency operation around boney forest on the somali border once a

motion later on wednesday may could trigger a general election. in kenya say this still securing a nairobi hotel after a deadly attack that began on tuesday night at least fifteen people were killed when gunmen told him three cars and destination the bomb and then they'll be present a hurricane yes is expected to address the nation shortly. now after seven years behind bars for the ivory coast president laurent banned by will soon be a free man is expected on wednesday often social criminal court acquitted him of war crimes charges judges said the prosecution failed to show his involvement in violence that followed the disputed twenty ten presidential election it was hot reports from the john. supporters of former ivory coast leader alone by both celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country. and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release. but it is right up there but it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he's our leader our president a man of peace. eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but

on a luxury hotel in kenya is an response to donald trump recognizing jobs for them as israel's capital and chinese in may was not the only european union to be to facing a conference which will tell you how the next step for scott on green. hello there we're seeing a lot of rain and snow ahead its way into parts of north america once more for a look at the satellite picture we can see most of it is over the western parts at the moment and that's a problem because we've had wildfires in the not too distant past and that has given us a problem with some scar areas that are likely to give us a problem with some land slips as well so more rain is expected and snow as we head through the next few days or if that gradually edging eastwards hour of a system is in the east is not too intense but it could bring a little bit of disruption if it runs. it's way towards the northeast bringing some of us some or all that wintry weather here now for the central america has plenty of sunshine here lots of sunshine just one or two showers perhaps if you're unlucky particularly over parts of hon

attack on a luxury hotel in kenya at least twenty one people were killed in nairobi police say four of the five suspects under arrest are kenyan hundred other reports this sprawling informal settlement jungle in near it central kenya lives here may see most ordinary as in any other slum but the residents of jungle ordered one of the gunmen in last tuesday's al shabaab a talk in the cup it all nobody was born and grew up here. salim ali good was kept i didn't this photograph during the night will be a tuck and he grew up in this house he's neighbors those shocked i'm not surprised they say al shabab was over the years that it could take many young men including saddam from here. rotty percent is one of magickal community leaders we generally have to harlem because our children have no jobs they need to eat most of them have dropped out of school and their parents are too poor to help them continue with education the parents have no idea when and how al shabaab recruiters get hold of their children older people i have a hundred government response hasn't helped either he says resident

plotting a terrorist attack more than one hundred officers took part in the bridge. now to kenya where the government says it has secured the hotel called plex under siege from insurgents in the capital nairobi but there are reports of ongoing explosions and gunfire in what the government says is a mocking up operate sion at least fifteen people have died but scores of survivors have been freed the somali extremist group al shabaab says its fighters carried out the attack. i'm don't run away there are no. moments of terror. these people are among the lucky ones the first risque from the hotel complex as explosions and gunfire rang out. survivors describe the scene inside the complex when the shooting began upon my colleagues. not being able to everybody was just beginning every. so i went through . all these we have one i didn't focus just on the ship so how did he was able to defeat you. if you didn't reach when you started by being so some people but it's other people in the stores and many people in their offices under the desks so many people inside the. security forces were quick

plastic waste activists from kenya take a boat made from recycled plastic all the way to the sons of god. this is the w. business africa welcome the central bank of ghana has lowered its prime lending rates to sixteen percent on monday bringing it to the lowest rate since twenty thirteen markets are expected no change in monetary policy decision is being seen as a sign that the country has made some progress in its attempt to battle soaring inflation let's take a closer look at between twenty fourteen and twenty sixteen the lending rate rose steadily with the figure hitting a high of a whopping twenty six percent it has dropped since then to the most recent rate of around about seventeen percent but compared with other parts of the world like the eurozone for example where interest rates have remained close to zero for years it's still very high the same inflation rage rate which is currently hovering at around nine percent that's lower than in previous years but still very high compared to other countries let's bring in our correspondent from capital. gonna has had the highest in

outside in places like kenya so how strong. this still spread throughout the rural areas but how strong. as a political military force so it's about is fairly weak and it's not where i didn't speak you know when it used to intro the the airport the. in mogadishu in. the ports they used to get tuxes but that doesn't mean that these group doesn't have the capacity to inflict the kinds of damages that we've seen the group being capable of doing it what my mom and i was alluded to in the reporting is also very significant because inside kenya. has been able to tap into the you know the long ranging marginalization discourse both you know margin and real they have been able to recruit they have been able to equip they have been able to at tuck the group also publishes an online magazine called a guy named tani which means terrorist. terrorists in which the you know sections of that report of the magazine is dedicated to the kenyans and it's done in swahili language and some of its videos increasingly the group is also using kenyan so kenya has suddenly become an effective cog in the group's

kenya confirmed that most of the men who carried out last tuesday's attack on a hotel complex in nairobi were kenyans at least twenty one people were killed until now it was widely thought that violence in the name of and chabad was carried out by foreigners how manado reports from nairobi the sprawling informal subtle mental gengel in. central kenya life here may see must. slum but the residents of mud jungle awarded. one of the gunmen in last tuesday's all the talk in the couple nairobi was born and grew up here. salim ali get most couples i didn't this photograph during the night will be a tuck and he grew up in this house he's in the shocked i'm not surprised they say over the years that it could take many young men including saddam from. rotty percent is one of magickal community leaders we generate through harlem because our children have no jobs they need to eat most of them have dropped out of school and their parents are too poor to help them continue with education the parents have no idea when and how al-shabaab recruiters get hold of their children older people i have

facing a vote of no confidence in three hours time. now to kenya where the red cross says fifty people believed to have been in a nairobi hotel complex when it was attacked on tuesday remain unaccounted for the announcement came just hours after the country's president addressed the nation declaring an end to the nineteen hours see at least fourteen people were killed and hundreds were forced to flee the hotel complex during the bomb and gun attack alexey o'brien reports. outside the small in nairobi anxious family members and colleagues white for news. now the siege is over details of what happened inside the dusit hotel a beginning to emerge. surveillance cameras captured the beginning of the attack when heavily armed men walked into the upmarket complex collection from all over the place employees are running all over the place he was screaming about point i realize of the best thing to do is to find levels too high. for hours afterward terrified workers barricaded themselves in as gunfire and explosives rang out. the others jumped from the windows of the do city to which includes o

attacks in the capital mogadishu and neighboring kenya since twenty seventeen the u.s. military stepped up and raids against the armed group in somalia carrying out forty seven strikes last year as chabad is fighting to overthrow the internationally backed government mohammed oh reports now and a warning you may find some of the images disturbing. the destruction caused by u.s. warplanes targeting al shabaab fighters near the port city of kiss my you in southern somalia bodies and bundled shells of vehicles sliced through not a moment remind us of the intensity of their strikes they killed what the command center for u.s. forces in africa describes as fifty two militants the somali army's ses the total is higher. we managed to kill at least seventy five militants after they attacked us and many more were injured we are telling people about that victory today the airstrikes came hours after al shabaab fighter stormed a somali i mean base three hundred seventy kilometers southwest of the capital mogadishu. somalia commanders say six soldiers were killed in the tank and two others died whe

a confidence fires. says an attack on a luxury hotel in kenya is in response to donald trump recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. american soldiers and civilians are among the dead in an ice on the tag on a popular restaurant to northern syria. they've fled war now they're freezing we talk to syrian refugees facing a new threat to their lives. to reason may is not giving up the bricks that fight within the past hour the prime minister's politicians to put self interest aside she wants them to work together on a consensus deal for britain's exit from the european union she's made the playoff to head government survived a confidence vote called by the opposition leader three hundred six m.p.'s voted for opposition leader jeremy corbin's motion and three hundred twenty five against that means the government won by nineteen votes paul brennan begins our coverage. she's not just clinging on she's fighting on this evening the government has won the confidence of parliament. this now gives us all the opportunity to focus on finding a way forward on brics it i believe it is my