now to some of the other stories making news around the world the taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly siege on a hotel in kabul security forces say the standoff is now over after more than twelve hours of fighting on saturday evening three gunmen stormed the landmark intercontinental hotel killing at least six people. the iraqi government has condemned a german woman to death by hanging after finding her guilty of belonging to the so-called islamic state of baghdad court said the woman who was moroccan descent had traveled to syria and then to iraq to join the terrorist organization. u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in jordan on the second leg of his first middle east tour pense is defending president on a controversial move to declare jews lived a couple of israel and is due to meet king abdullah the second later today head of his arrival demonstrators gathered outside the u.s. embassy to protest u.s.