all the way was want to throw sand in our eyes and lolo s to sleep so we stop fighting. as he has been living in the underground for seventeen years now his fighters have been waging a war against the afghan government and western troops based in the country. he is said to have organized countless suicide bombings including ones which killed dozens of civilians for a few years now he s also been fighting against rival taliban factions the islamist group appears to be deeply divided that doesn t seem to stop their military successes however they now control more than half of afghanistan the taliban feel like they re heading towards victory and want nothing less than the reestablishment of an islamic state. for hundreds of years in an islamic system we will not again democracy was forced on us by the west it was bad for us.
secondary search with the dogs. searching all of the void spaces inside the debris. now what they re doing they are in the back waters, the woods there, seeing if anyone was blown from this location. they re operating with the number, as of this morning, that 39 people are still unaccounted for. unaccounted for doesn t mean they re necessarily buried in the debris. these are people that they simply have not been able to contact since the hurricane. and that gets you to the subject of communication. officials in bay county are complaining bitterly about the communication and re-establishment of the communication. naming specifically verizon. complaining that they re not able to get ahold of their own messengers. they re running things back and forth just with paper, with handing notes back and forth. they say loved ones are unable to get in touch with one another. that s causing people to drive down to these areas and towed to the congestion. the other problem people are dealing with is
as israel celebrates seventy years of independence we want to take a look tonight at some of the key events which led to the founding of the state of israel we begin with this man theodore haired now he is considered the father of modern day zionism the movement that called for the reestablishment of a jewish nation under hared solo s zionism became a political organisation and eight hundred ninety seven and promoted jewish immigration to palestine now in one nine hundred seventeen the british foreign secretary arthur balfour penned a declaration of support for the creation of a jewish home in the middle east and that came during the first world war which would end in the defeat of the all of an empire in one thousand twenty two the league of nations granted the british a mandate over palestine and trans jordan now for nine hundred thirty three when the nazis came to power in germany more and more jews from europe fled to palestine
new president and for the first time in decades, that president s last name will not be castro. raul castro is 86 years old. he said he is stepping down after two terms as president. it s time for the next generation to pick a leader. the smart money is on man named miguel diaz kanell. he is currently the president s first vice president. he has the backing of raul castro. and on sunday, we had the opportunity to follow him to his home province as he voted. he lined up, just like cubans do every day. it s not something see you top officials typically do here. he was accompanied by his wife that was also unusual. and he talked about a number of issue, including u.s.-cuban relations under the era of donald trump. translator: the reestablishment of relations with the united states has been deteriorating recently thanks to an administration that has offended cuba. reporter: if he is elected,
parliament demanding long overdue reforms in twenty seventeen confronting the government is considered part of democracy in contrast to a century ago. and for a closer look at this story we are joined by our correspondents in the field nick connelly and trucks orange and moscow welcome to you both nick i want to begin with you there in kiev we heard some diametrically opposed views on the revolution and the soviet period bear from ordinary ukrainians we d like to have you elaborate a little bit more on that and how would you say that the ukrainian government has been marking this antennae ari. well good morning sara the short answer is not at all you can really blink and you miss it there hasn t been any real official commemoration of this interior here the thing is that the modern ukrainian state sees itself in the tradition of a very short lived ukrainian republic that existed between the break up of the terrorist empire and then the reestablishment of control central control from