Tighten checks on people entering and leaving the borderfree schengen zone. And jonathan pallard is freed after 30 years in jail. Hello there. A warm welcome to the program. The United Nations says 27 people have died in the Mali Hotel Attack and two of the hostage takers were also killed. The u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon described the siege in bamako as a horrific terrorist attack. The Reuters News Agency says Malian Special forces are still trying to dislodge gunmen from the upper floors. Nadim baba reports. Reporter soldiers helping an employee of the radisson blu out of the building after a hostage situation that lasted many hours. Gunmen had managed to get inside shouting god is great in arabic before taking around 170 people hostage. As the full extent of the attack became clear, many here were in shock. As the malian president flew home from chad, the government tried to reassure people. Translator this morning at 7 00 am the Radisson Hotel was attacked. There were two or
Athletes. Gunfire and explosions once again rang out in france today. This time during a Massive Police and military raid just outside of paris. At least two people were killed. And eight others taken into custody in an operation to capture the alleged mastermind of last fridays massacre. But tonight, we dont know if he was killed in the raid. We have the latest from the city on edge. French leaders have spoken of a war in the massacre, in the northern paris suburb of saint denis, there was one. The prosecutor said that he believed that he was in the at a. Hes suspected of carrying out a very great number of terrorist attacks, and thats in the interest of the Islamic State. This witness received on the 16th of november, and with great caution. We verified all of the zeta, the bank accounts. 4 30 am, the police fail when they try to blow the door open. The door is reinforced and the gunmen inside are alerted. And the gun battle is on. In the first 1 hour 15 minutes, 5,000 rounds are fir
We begin with breaking nows out of mali in west africa, with a siege at a luxury hotel in africa is finally over. All of the remaining hostages at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capitol are now free, but at least 18 people are dead. Witnesses say gunmen stormed the hotel more than seven hours ago, and a group affiliated with alqaeda has claimed responsibility. Ivan how did the siege finally come to an end, and what happened to the gunmen, and also do we know who the victims are . Reporter for several hours various security agencies have been trying to gain access to the Radisson Blu Hotel. The operation involved French Special forces who have a presence in bamako, malian forces, and u. N. Peace keepers who also have a mission there. For several hours they were trying to gain access to the premises and managed to, and we know that at least 80 people at some point in the last few hours were released, hostages were released or escaped or managed to get out. Its simply not clear whether the
Tightens borders apec trade on the agenda. Tension over the South China Sea is taking center stage shay butter, a beauty product scarring nigerias economy. A police raid in the paris suburb is now officially over. The area is secured. The operation which began in the early hours of wednesday morning was linked to the attacks in the french capital. Two pictures were killed in the raid. Including a woman wearing an explosive vest. One of those detained in that operation was a man that said the suspect was stays in his flat. I found out it was at my house. Someone did me a favour, asking me to put two people up for three days, i did them a favour. I dont know anything. Do you think i would have done. After several hours of a standoff in saintdenis, these are the live shots there were hundreds of Police Officers of antiterror officers, and the French Military who were on the scene. Its thought that the suspects were inside the building, shots were fired and there were several explosions du
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. French authorities now confirming the man believed to have been behind the paris attacks now dead. Abdelhamid abaaoud was killed during that raid on wednesday. Prosecutors saying his booed dwiz formally identified using skin samples in belgium forces there carrying out more raids in connection with those attacks in paris. Dana lewis is live for us in paris this morning. What are french officials saying about abaaouds death . Reporter well, del, i can tell you, i spent the morning out inning saintdenis, and in that neighborhood talking to people. People on the street, there is some sense of relief, certainly people feel that french intelligence were ahead of the game this time, and they feel some sense of relief, the confirmation that the mastermind of these friday attacks, abaaoud was found dead inside that apartment after that horrendous exchange of gunfire, some 5,000 rounds pumped into the apartment, and grenades. The