but al qaeda's help in pakistan and yemen. this is a bit of a competition actually with isis right now. >> this is a nightmare scenario where you've got these competing terrorist groups whose mission is to outdo the other and the main target is america. >> is america and its allies. i think they could pull off an attack in london or madrid or paris, they'd do that just as well as they would in washington and new york. >> how concerned should we be about the plane issue? we always go back to that given 9/11, but do you think that's where the focus likely is? >> i think it's one major focus. and what ibrahim alasiri has been trying to do is figure out how to get a bomb on an airplane that makes its way through security either in a body crevice or materials that are nonmetallic so you can walk through airport security. it is important to know this group and these groups are trying to be very innovative in learning how to break their way through american security practices. >> i love that that guy's in yemen. isn't yemen the count

it is pakistan. the limits of their ability is to do basically a failed attempt on a karachi naval target or kidnap an american aid worker in is early 70's warren weinstein who they're still holding. that is the limit of their capability. it is not very impressive. our counterterrorism campaign has inflicted tremendous damage on al qaeda. of course we've just heard this discussion today as indicated that doesn't mean the ideology or global movement or network of networks is over but the fact is, you know, somebody said if we had this conversation in 2002 and anybody on this panel asserted that only 25 americans would be killed by jihadi terrorists in the united states within the next 12 or 13 years you'd have said that person is crazy. that's where we are today. because our offensive campaign against these groups has been very good. our defensive capabilities have been extremely goodd. >> we've had some good luck, though, too. >> yes. >> the underwear bomb failed because the device was degraded. >> y

there are reports that pakistan may have upwards of 200 nuclear weapons. pakistan is a sunni state. the islamic state, led by baghdadi, is also a sunni islamic jihadist enterprise. if they choose to make a deal with pakistan for nuclear material or a nuclear weapon that would change the dynamic overnight. and that's why it is imperative that another islamic state, iran, a shi'a islamic state, never, ever, ever obtain a nuclear weapon. because if iran obtains a nuclear weapon, they have stated unequivocally they will use that nuclear weapon to wipe israel off the map. they will also use that weapon, they have stated, against the united states, to defeat the united states of america. you see, nuclear weapons matter, mr. speaker. and they must never, ever go into the hands in any way of committed islamic jihadist terrorists. iran is a terror state. it is a united states designated terror state. there are only four in the world. iran is one of them. now we have the islamic state. the islamic state, headed by baghdaddy, also seeks destruction and they mean it -- baghdadi, also seeks dest

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you have a qaeda -- al qaeda's central leadership in afghanistan -- pakistan. they still pose a threat to the homeland. now you have syria where you have two groups, you have got the first al qaeda group that was established there and they are tied, they are aligned closely with al qaeda in pakistan. zawahiri. they pose a threat to the homeland and isis. it has grabbed so much territory. it, too, poses a threat but we have to look at these together and we have to make sure that we're focused on all of them and not just let isis grab all of our attention and grab our focus and resources. this will buy this if we do that. >> is the administration focusing on all three of them? i do not know. i think that the strategy with regard to iraq and syria will also help us deal with al musra if successful. the weakness is on the serious side. we can come back to that. i hope we are focused on al qaeda and pakistan and yemen. i do not see as much u.s. activity is i am used to seeing. but we have to stay focused. >> how many -- how much intelligence to we seem to have? any

calf is placing -- california is placing its hopes on a parasitic wasp from pakistan. this can transmit the citrus greening disease when it feeds on the leaves of orange trees. >> think of an adult agent citrus as a flying syringe, it has wings, a mouth pump like needle, is full of bacteria and puts it into a tree. >> mark is an epto meteorologist, and -- entomologist, and his search took him to pakistan. >> as a biologically trained scientist i go back to the area where the incident evolved. we suspect it's the indian subcontinent. we chose app area within pak star, pan jab. the climate has a 70% climate match to california, great for us. we want the enemies to be preadapted to the hot dry summers and cold damp winters. >> in pakistan he found a parasitic wasp species. >> what we see under the scope with the camera and the video screen is biology in action. >> she is laying app egg now. >> that's what she's doing. >> the egg is laid. what's to that lar va. >> the egg will hatch. the wasp lava will scrape away at the belly of the citrus. >> the parasitic wasp weakens a

. >> is there a real possibility of another military cu in pakistan? -- coup in pakistan? >> you can never dismiss that possibility. they don't have any political party waiting in the wings. that has been the problem in the past. all the opposition parties are more or less behind the prime minister and he hopes to bring a joint session of parliament together for the next few days to solidify that constitutional support. so, he is on a pretty strong -- the fact is that the military is fighting a big war against militants on the western border. they have their hands full. >> because of that, do you think washington is watching all this with some anxiety? >> absolutely. what happens in pakistan affects what happens in afghanistan. as washington prepares to end its fighting in afghanistan and withdraw troops from there, it does not want an unstable pakistan, which would create a huge contagion effect in the region. >> what do you think the way out of this crisis is for the prime minister? can he concede to some of the demands of the protesters? >> absolutely. the resignation i

pakistan, deadly floods have struck parts of the country. several tongues were inundated after heavy mon soon rains, 73 people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed. meanwhile, protesters in pakistan are wrapping up their third week of grownstrations against primary primary sharif. the president has become the third lead tory postpone a visit because of the protests. for a perspective on these protests, i am beyond by marvin weinbaum, director of the middle east institute. we appreciate your time very much. what does the current, the current domestic situation in pakistan, what does it do for the country's standing internationally? >> is it does nothing for it. it only reinforces what many people have been saying about pakistan, that it's not stable, that it's potentially as dangerous because this is a country with nuclear weapons a country that has a very, very severe problem witerrorists. destabilization of pakistan would obviously be very consequential to the entire region. >> what does it mean for its relationship with india? >> i

they were recognized by zawahiri in pakistan as the al qaeda group in syria. so then you had aqi who decides hey, i want to go join that fight. so they move across the border and zawahiri says to them no, no, your fight is in iraq. you stay over there. and they said no, we're doing our own thing here. we want to get in the game over here. so zawahiri disowns them because they wouldn't follow his orders. some people say incorrectly that zawahiri disowned them because of their brutality. that's nonsense. al qaeda in pakistan is every bit as brutal in isis, look what they did to daniel pearl, for example, same thing that isis has done. no, it's over-- it's over-- it's over whether you are willing to listen zawahiri and take his orders or not. >> it is said that isis ambition to create the isltate now goes against the advice of zawahiri and before of osama bin laden. >> right. >> the others get out too far. >> so that's the other difference, right. the other difference is that al qaeda in pakistan's main focus is attacking the united states first, cutting off the

. >> pakistan's military rescues hundreds, thousands are trapped and in danger. >> children in columbia lose their playground as prisoners are chained to swings because detention centers are full. >>> welcome to the programme. the u.s. secretary of state is on his way to egypt to shore up international support in a fight against the islamic state group. 10 arab countries agreed to help. john kerry ruled out iran helping. >> no one called and asked with respect to the presence of iran. but i think under the circumstances, at this moment in time, it would not be right for any number of reasons, it would not be appropriate given the many other issues that are on the table with respect to their engagement in syria and elsewhere. >> but shia militia said aligned with iran have been fighting in northern iraq. now al jazeera heard accusations that some of those militia have been carrying out revenge attacks. sunni vimagers have been blamed for harbouring fighters. sue turton reports. >> reporter: a shia militia checkpoint in an arab sunni area. we have been told men from this group are looting

you have al qaeda's central leadership in pakistan. they have been degraded, in some cases, decimated. they still pose a threat to the homeland. now you have syria where you have two groups, you have got the first al qaeda group that was established there and they are tied, they are aligned closely with al qaeda in pakistan. >> with zawahiri. >> they pose a threat to the homeland. and you have isis. it has grabbed so much territory. it, too, poses a threat but we have to look at these together and we have to make sure that we're focused on all of them and not just let isis grab all of our attention and grab our focus and resources. because these others will bite us if we do that. >> is the administration focusing on all three of them? i do not know. >> or all four? >> i think that the president's strategy with regard to iraq and syria will also help us deal with al-nusra if successful. the weakness is on the syria side. the strength is on the iraq side. we can come back to that. i hope we are focused on al qaeda and pakistan and yemen.

you have al qaeda's central leadership in pakistan. they have been degraded, in some cases, decimated. they still pose a threat to the homeland. now you have syria where you have two groups, you have got the first al qaeda group that was established there and they are tied, they are aligned closely with al qaeda in pakistan. >> with zawahiri. >> they pose a threat to the homeland. and you have isis. it has grabbed so much territory. it, too, poses a threat but we have to look at these together and we have to make sure that we're focused on all of them and not just let isis grab all of our attention and grab our focus and resources. because these others will bite us if we do that. >> is the administration focusing on all three of them? i do not know. >> are all for? -- or all four? i think that the president's strategy with regard to iraq and syria will also help us deal with al musra if successful. the weakness is on the syria side. the strength is on the iraq side. we can come back to that. i hope we are focused on al qaeda and pakist

>> it's still on going across pakistan and india here. we're going to be tracking the crest of the river as it continues heading down to the south. we're hoping to get new information. we had one of our cnn producers out there continuing to bring us updates here and as of last check, we understand upwards of 700,000 people have had to evacuate their homes because they're no longer safe to be in or they're not inhabitable here. here's the problem with all these tributaries that flow into the river. we're going to break out the charts. this is what we do. look there as you can see just an incredible peak there on sunday. and then now we're back to normal as far as the levels as that crest continues to go further down to the south. we crested early on thursday and now it's areas further down stream that will be dealing with this. we have the watches and warnings that have been post 37d there's our current flood crest. this is going to take awhile. by the weekend, we're going to be cresting in the river and continue into early next week. the

i mean first of all i would like to look at it from a more historical perspective because pakistan has got a very bad history unfortunately of that reputed military intervention since its inception as an independent state breaking out in forty seven so it's quite unfortunate to see that to you to repeat it military intervention or a critique structure and due to corruption in their political and civil and military and see the democratic institutions couldn't develop and flourish and that has actually weakened democratic practices and due to that people actually lost faith and trust in democratic processes and what we see in the recent days that is actually a manifestation of people lack of confidence and a pretty because this is a newly a recently many recent elected government has has been quoted to suggest to situation would you want to actually do any good to the democratic situation of a critic practices in pakistan rather may have passed the tape to military intervention so yes there is a warning sign there do lose a lot of concern about the. longer the government would be able to

and pakistan? >> when president shi visited india he didn't go to pakistan. in general you'll see south asia and how people in general look at it, you're going to see a shift, as michael said early on that, but keep the focus going. >> taking a look at some of the numbers showing economic cooperation, u.s. trade in indian groups is nearly $150 billion per year. a recent study shows that u.s. investment in india is at 28 billion and that indian companies have boosted employment by 17 billion through 68 different companies. from an economic standpoint mr. kugelman, how important is this relationship with india? >> it's critical, as you say the trade volume is already very significant, it's grown, and yet i think it could grow more. i think modi could bring us to that point. this is someone who cast himself very different from these politicians from the past who have ruled in india who represent answer ossified dynastic class and business as usual. mr. modi talks of himself as very different, when he was in gujarat, he claims it's ambition but he claims he'll ta

. >>> antigovernment protestors in pakistan forced their way to headquarters of state tv to be evicted hours later. detergents, car tires and even flat screen tvs, some of the items people are bringing to cuba in luggage. could new restrictions bring this to an end? >>> also in the program, alice look at what's happening in business. you have unusual friendliness. >> absolutely right. they're hugging it out. india's new prime minister in japan and abe are not holding back. they want to strengthen their economic ties. >>> it is midday in london, 3:00 p.m. moscow, 2:00 p.m. in the port city of mariupol where the ukrainian government is sending reinforcements to fight the separatist rebels. battle is complicated by what appears to be russian tanks supporting the rebel fighters. we're hearing the ukrainian army has left positions at luhansk airport just northeast of mariupol after they were attacked by a column of tanks. ukraine's president poroshenko says russia has changed the balance in favor of the separatists. the russian foreign minister lavrov says there will be no military interven

coming up we'll look at where the public rage in pakistan might see the country's pm ousted stay with us. there's a different leader in syria now many of the members of congress of both parties who have gone to syria in recent months has said they believe he's a reformer to pre-clear mr president the senate which is diddy's time for him to go . to school be at least to serve you news from the most obvious step down. please. help told me my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports to let you know what is the know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say that it is a carryin a car is on the docket no god there they go no more weasel words when you made a direct question do you prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a. print of a speech and a little down to freedom to christ's. why but it's a political issue in this country any time that somebody race or see a true gun control if we get attacked by somebody. skirmish with some sort of a person twenty five or thirty years of a perso

and some of them actually have come from the al qaeda core group back in pakistan, essentially, the old days of al qaeda. we believe that what the u.s. is trying to determine right now is whether they might have been even been successful in killing the leader of this group, but that is unconfirmed at this point. there's a lot of chatter about it, but the u.s. hasn't determined whether they really got the man. >> all right. barbara starr, appreciate it. as i mentioned, the attack that the u.s. carried out alone was against this group, a veteran al qaeda operative called khorasan we were just talking about. this amateur video shows the u.s. air strike against that terrorist group. security officials acknowledged -- now military officials are stressing the reason khorasan is in syria is to advance the agenda against the west. >> we've been watching this group closely for some time. we believe the khorasan group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in europe or the homeland. and we know that the khorasan group has attempted to recruit westerners to serve as operatives or to i

in pakistan floods killed 160 people there and the province is the hardest hit. many homes have been destroyed, leaving thousands homeless. and we are there in the province. >> reporter: the floods have hit the central part of here and destroying sugar cain and rice patty and surrounded by large bodies of water. there is no escape es-septemb t by boat and they are trying to aleve the suffering of the people and this is not yet over. according to estimates a very large body of water is going to be passing through the river which is in deep flood and that of course will mean endangering many farm lands anvand, village along the way. the emergency is not yet over. the government has been very slow in its response. however, organizations such as the f.i.f. and the military are active, they are trying to save lives and provide what little care they possibly can. >> a fragile ceasefire in ukraine is being jeopardized by renewed fighting in the east. the truce was struck between few crane forces and separatists, both sides blame each other for the violations. the crisis

. >> yes, landslides and flood waters inundated parts of pakistan and china. they are trying to reach people stranded. >> reporter: hundreds of people have been killed. hundreds more have been injured in this heavy rainfall that has led to flooding right across pakistan, in particular, in the far north. it borders with china, lower down pakistan, lower cashmere, which borders india, both areas border india. the bread bowl of the country, a lot of agriculture land there has also been affected. the worst infected in fact, a number of rivers and reservoirs being kept a close eye on. thankfully, though, the rain has now stopped. but on friday and saturday more than a foot of rain falling on friday alone. causing serious concern. now pakistan doesn't have emergency services or search and rescue operations and groups on standby for these kind of situations, even though this has become an annual occurrence. but, they rely on the military and the national disaster management authority to carry out the rescue efforts, 14 helicopters have been used, three boats have bee

i decided to work with the manufacturer in pakistan. how could i be sure the suppliers were not a bunch of sweatshops? i checked with the u.s. department of labor international affairs bureau. they gave this project a clean bill of health. to get started, my guy and pakistan needs to get some money. this could happen in a couple of different ways. alibaba has alipay. you can pay directly using western union or wire transfers. how much money are we talking about? let's consider. i am looking for pairs of pants in four different colors and multiple sizes and they want more than one of each. that gets me the 280 pairs of pants and nine dollars a pair my total cost is 2005 hundred $20. my cost did not end there. getting them airship would cost another $1983. that would get my pants flung from pakistan to new york and two days. how did it go? remarkably simple. it was like combining a craigslist ad with a giant 3-d printer. i got what i was looking for. a big mess of pants. they came out fine but what do i do now? i have enough to last me th

show you what's going on in pakistan and india as well. this time around it's in the north, the hateful here. and because again the topogra y topography, we've had issues with landslides that have continued here. and then of course the flooding that becomes more of a nuisance situation, less like threatening in some of these areas. but if you live on the -- if you're nestled along the foothills of a mountainside there, you get into big time trouble here. and the problem is we still have more rain on the way. it's going to spin here the next couple of days. on the backside we're going to get moisture coming in. this will be a perfect setup for the next couple of months for what we call the sea effect, snow would be piling in across western japan. we're not quite there yet. further south we are the typhoon season. watch this td-15. forecasted to become a typhoon before it moves on. a couple of days to prepare here in the north, although it is going to be hitting the less populated area here. it's not going to barrel through manila. but we ta

pakistan may have seen many disasters. but it is still poorly equipped and trained to deal with launch catastrophes. kamal hyder al jazeera, pakistan. >> ththe latest independent pole for the independence of caught land suggests that 53% will vote no. 47% will vote yes. it is this contrast to a weekend poll which suggests that scots would vote yes in next week's referendum. scottish nationalists say there is a sign of panic. >> reporter: ihe swept his motorcade into an underground car park. some of the questions were toughed but the message was insistence. believe us when we say we care about you deeply. >> i care hugely about this extraordinary country, this united kingdom that we've built together. that's what i want to talk about today. because i would be heartbroken if this family of nations that we've put together, and that we've done such amazing things together, if this family of nations was torn apart. >> reporter: all the same, it was stage-managed. one set of pictures to be shared by all. outside the camera crews

and in pakistan, raging rivers are triggering mudslides. rescuers are struggling to reach the thousands who are stranded and desperate for help. in some areas, the water is 12 feet deep and moving too fast for rescue boats. in india's cashmere region, the army used ropes to pull children throughout strong currents. this man was saved after clinging to a tree for 20 hours. but in many villages, people had to rescue themselves, forming human chains to save their sons and daughters. more than 300 in india and pakistan are dead and rescuers feel that number will go higher as they reach more submerged villages. schools and offices are closed. camps are being set up for the thousands who have been saved. but more rain is coming. and it's a race against the weather to reach those still stranded. nbc news, london. >>> now to the severe weather slamming parts of this country from coast to coast. powerful storms have brought heavy rain, lightning, dust storms. michigan and illinois, they're cleaning up while in parts of the southwest, they're bracing

. >> and finally what is his stance, his approach to pakistan? >> he has an approach to pakistan that seems premised on the idea that outreach and communication can try to help bridge their divide very early on. the prime minister invited all the heads of government from the surrounding countries in south asia to attend his inauguration. but among the meetings he held with heads of government, his meeting with noaz sharif has been paid most interest to. a planned meeting between indian and pakistani foreign secretaries was cancelled because the pakistani high commissioner had met with kashmiri separatists. a call for more dialogue with pakistan but this is very firm that had can't take place. he is looking more for pakistan do more to rein in the are threat of terrorists so they ask normalize their relations. >> alyssa ayres, thank you so much for having us. and now to our signature segment. our original in department reports in-depth reports from around the nation and the world. tonight, the mid-term elections. voters across the nation go to pol

pakistan's prime minister has said stepping down is out of the question. so what is he likely to say today? >> reporter: well, as you say, not likely to step down, certainly adamant he won't because he has a democratic right to be prime minister. he came to governance in an election, he says, in a democratic election. of course all the protesters out there, a couple hundred meters away from us right now, will hope that perhaps he will step down today, in some kind of dramatic announcement. to be honest, we think that's unlikely. what we think he's likely, according to our sources, that he will appeal to parliament and the senate, appeal to those who have seats in their constituencies to support him, to back him, and to back his government. rosemary? >> given the numbers on the street, how likely is it that with this pressure mounting, he'll be able to hold on to power, and how much concern is there for the possibility of military intervention here beyond the role of course that we've already seen them playing, you know, trying to basically protect these bu

. >>> we return now to india and pakistan. with the heaviest rains in half a century, created devastating floods. more than 400 people have been killed in the kashmir region. almost 50,000 have fled and thousands more are trapped on roof tops. >> standing by for all the details on this. we know the rains have mostly passed, but obviously this emergency is far from over. >> it's a humanitarian crisis unfolding in this region, guys. we' seen this play out so many times in recent years. over the past four years, being r50 years since calculating 2010 into this, this is one of the most expensive four-year stretches when it comes to flood-related disasters. and scenes looking like this, people try took hang on to dear life as water continues to pour down, even after the sun has come out for several days in a few of these spots. it doesn't take much. it's actually occurring in the past 24 hours. isolated thunderstorms well south of the areas hard hit. and all of a sudden, you have the bridges completely buckle. and look at the video

and thousands stranded. >>> we can get more from pakistan. kamal hyder reports from waziristan, one of the worst-affected areas. >> this is what the area looks like after the floods. people retrieve whatever they can find after the homes were destroyed by fast waters that came out warning. many clung to trees to save their lives, others took shelter on the rooftops. infested with snake and dead carcasses of livestock, the river is receding, only to reveal a trail of destruction. one local resident describes what he saw. >> i have never seen anything like this in my life, even though i'm 40 years old, i have never seen so much water. >> reporter: he says he pulled out his family in time. half the people in israeli decided to stay back and look after their animals and valuable belongings, people have lost everything and waiting for help. >> villages have been cut off by large bodies of water. agricultural crops have been destroyed. infrastructure has been damaged, and many people have been killed in the province of the punjab. >> up to 70% of w

monsoon season can be deadly in pakistan. massive floods in 2010 killed more than 1,700 people. >>> anti-government protests that began mid-august are continuing in pakistan. so far, three people have died and more than 700 have been wounded. but any political achievements remain far off. nhk world's masaki suda reports. >> reporter: late in the night of august 19th, demonstrators in islamabad removed transport containers barricading roads. they entered the so-called red zone of government buildings. their sitting protest against the government has gained momentum. >> translator: we will not go anywhere until nawaz sharif resigns. >> reporter: events turned bloody last saturday as thousands attempt to storm the prime minister's offshore residence. intense clashes erupted between the protesters and security forces. on monday, protesters broke into the headquarters of state-owned television and took some broadcasts off air for about 40 minutes. the protests are organized by two camps. one is led by the opposition politician and

a huge flood in pakistan. it has killed more than 440 people. pakistan authorities have deployed rescue teams in helicopters and boats to help thousands of people who have been stranded. some 700,000 people in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes as the floods are spreading to other areas. >> knee-deep in flood water, trying to make the escape, the death toll continues to rise. armies are scrambling to help victims. rescue operations -- and communications networks. >> our women are in trouble. we are short of food and we do not have enough money to get to a safe spot. >> the government should have spent -- should have sent boats to rescue us. there is no food, water, or medical provision. >> according to authorities, the raging floods are the worst the region has seen since 2010. for now, makeshift relief forces are overwhelmed by people trying to seek shelter. a pledge comes from the pakistani prime minister. >> the government will give you support in rebuilding your houses and settling your problems. we will stand by you and not hol

authorities in pakistan and india struggle to reach

steph is here with the details. >> we have been hearing a lot about the flooding in india and pakistan, haven't we adrian. let's see where the monsoon is at the moment. the cloud is over the northeastern states and over parts of bangladesh. this may suggest that everywhere towards the northwest is fine and dry, but that's not the way it is going to stay. the position at the moment is here just over the far northwestern parts of india and stretching into the northern parts of pakistan. that means anywhere to the east could still see very heavy downpours. all that is happening at the moment is we have a bit of a lull towards the northwest, so we're not seeing a great deal of rain. that could change, but it does look like the monsoon is going to stay active where it is at the moment. so that is where the wettest of the weather is currently, and likely to stay as we head through thursday and into friday as well. for the northeastern states of india where there is terrible flooding, there will be more wet weather, but not the persistent and wide-spread rain we have been seeing. this is the

. >> coming up this hour, growing unrest in pakistan with protesters demanding the resignation of the country's prime minister. ahead, new efforts by gnaw wau sa reef to try to keep his job. >> why some people who initially welcomed the islamic militants are now having second thoughts. >>> i'm good for the time being but i need to let people know that i'm getting desperate. >> desperate pleas from captives in north korea. what message pyongyang is sending by granting these interviews to cnn. >>> in pakistan the prime minister is about to appear before both houses of the country's national assembly. >> prime minister sharif is facing mounting pressure to step down over allegations that last year's elections were rigged. demonstrators in the street have been demanding his resignation. they've been protesting for weeks and getting louder and louder. in islamabad, of course initially we thought he would be talking within the last hour. but we're still waiting. what is happening there, exactly? >> reporter: rosemary, the joint session is now under way. the prime minister has arrived and ac

hundreds are dead thousands are stranded by flooding in india and pakistan. four americans are reportedly among at least 12 people killed after two car bombings southwest of the somali capital. the rebel group, al shabaab, says it'sing responsible. second convoy was attacked minutes later. al jazeera's team recently on location with a joint african yoiunion somali forces. director of the heritage institute in mogadishu, says that the air strike that killed one of its founders last week. >> if confirmed it will certainly be a major development in somalia. it would be about 20 years, you would have to go about 20 years last time an american was actually killed in combat or something close to combat in somalia. it would have been black hawk down in 1993. it needs to be confirmed first, and if confirmed it will mean that al shabaab has made true its promise to exact revenge. losing its leader al shabaab has made true their ability to attack. under the new leadership, business will be as-usual as was actually promised by the new leader. so i think those are very c

and more on the floods in india and pakistan. >> watching al jazeera. our top stories, the rebel group al-shabaab say four americans are among the 15 people killed after two car bombings near the somali capitol. al jazeera's team recently on location at the africa union summit there confirm that the troops are helping with routine operations. >>> iraq's vote for a new cabinet is on hold until tuesday. nouri al-maliki is in the running for vice president. one of the leaders is reported to have links to iran. >>> talks forming a unity government has come to a dead-end. it has been in locks for months accusing each other of fraud. al jazeera's investigative team has found boeing workers who have serious concerns about the safety of the 787 dreamliner aircraft. retired mechanics told al jazeera about their worries about quality control. the 787 dreamliner has been dogged with problems since being unveiled in 2003 and being grounded due to safety concerns last year. >> reporter: this is a boeing factory in the u.s. state of south carolina. the project is the

i decided to work with a manufacturer in pakistan. how can i be sure the suppliers were not in a bunch of sweatshops? i checked with the international labor affairs bureau, which tracks labor abuses around the globe and it gave this project a clean bill of health. >> my guy in pakistan needs to give -- needs to get some money. escrow service, which holds your money and only releases it to the manufacturer when you are satisfied with what you are ordered. pay your manufacturer directly, using wire transfers. how much money are we talking about? let's start by considering what i am asking for. i want more than one of each. of that gives me the 280 power -- 280 pairs of pants. my cost didn't end there. getting the pants is shipped to me would cost another $1983. that would get them from pakistan to new york in about two days. how did it go? markedly simple. 25 days and $4500 after started this process i got exactly what i was looking for. they came out fine. him what do i do now? i have enough pants to last me for the rest of my life. wi

officials say the suspects had been following orders, rather, from the leader of pakistan's taliban. malala yousufzai, who is now 17, was critically injured by gunmen who boarded her school bus back in 2012. she recovered after treatment in england and that is where she presently lives. >> still to come on cnn, another wait for oscar pistorius. what culpable homicide means for the olympian. >>> and a figure in politics dies, who was he and why was he such a divisive character? fiber one streusel. available at walmart. >>> welcome back, oscar pistorius is out on bail and now waiting for sentence. he left the pretoria courtroom on friday after being convicted of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend, reeva steencamp in 2013. he explains he thought he was shooting an intruder from the bathroom door. robyn curnow has more. >> reporter: finally, a verdict, months after oscar pistorius was accused of murdering his girlfriend. >> he is discharged, instead, he is found guilty of culpable homicide. >> reporter: the judge said that he was not acting reasonably when he shot four time

it is pakistan. the limits of their ability is to do basically a failed attempt on a karachi naval target or kidnap an american aid worker in is early 70's warren weinstein who they're still holding. that is the limit of their capability. it is not very impressive. our counterterrorism campaign has inflicted tremendous damage on al qaeda. of course we've just heard this discussion today as indicated that doesn't mean the ideology or global movement or network of networks is over but the fact is, you know, somebody said if we had this conversation in 2002 and anybody on this panel asserted that only 25 americans would be killed by jihaddy terrorists in the united states within the next 12 or 13 years you'd have said that person is crazy. that's where we are today. because our offensive campaign against these groups has been very good. our defensive capabilities have been extremely goodd. >> we've had some good luck, though, too. >> yes. >> the underwear bomb failed because the device was degraded. >>

pakistan will need more help if they are going to cope with an emergency. now, so save the area, waters have been diverted. a lot of agricultural properties, villages, orchards, have to be compromised. >>> the leader of a faction of the pakistani taliban announced that he will surrender to the military. it's believed that he has fallen out with the chief of the overall taliban. in a statement, it was said that the group will quit militant activities and day down arms. >>> the yemen army launched air tribes targetting the shia rebels. meanwhile, efforts to strict a deal with the rebels condition. we have this report. >> here the capital sanaa has been beset by violence and ability and crippled by a desire as to what will happen next. the international community is trying to broker a deal between the government and the houthis. we know there's an agreement about forming a government with a techknow accurate p.m. and -- techknow accurate prime minister. we know at the same time there's disagreement about how to implement the deal. the president says ta he will

flooding kills hundreds in pakistan and india, and traps thousands more. and fighting in eastern ukraine threatens an already fragile ceasefire between kiev and separatists. >>> afghanistan's two presidential rivals failed to come to a power sharing deal. abdullah abdullah says it was the last chance abdullah abdullah and ghani ran has candidates, but abdullah abdullah said it was rigged. he wants a re-election. jennifer glasse is in kabul new. so what next steps will the abdullah abdullah camp take? >> that's what we are waiting to hear. the two candidates spoke today but did not reach an agreement. abdullah abdullah is to hold a press conference in a few hours time. he's meeting with supporters to find out what his next steps will be. an audit count has been going on for two months after the second round of presidential elections failed to yield a result that either candidate thought was acceptable. abdullah abdullah alleged widespread fraud in that. i spoke to one of ghani's supporters. he said if abdullah abdullah were to declare a parallel government,

more than 1.8 million people have been effected. >>> pakistan's army has arrested ten men suspected in being involved on the attack of the teenager -- excuse me -- teenage activi activist. she was shot in the head two years ago. she has since recovered. the army says the detained men are part of the pakistani taliban. and the attack was ordered by the leader of the group. excuse me i'm having some problems there. i think i'm better now. >>> the former first minister of northern ireland, ian paisley has died at the age of 88. >> we are cold determined loyalists who will never surrender. >> reporter: for many he was the unmistakable voice of prounion voice in ireland. he founded the democratic unionist party. and rejected any compromise with the catholic party. he denounced the irish republican army. some on his own side saw him as a liability. this was paisley as a member of the european parliament interrupting a speech by pope john pall ii. >> mr. paisley i now exclude you from this house. >> reporter: in the 1990s, he denounced the good friday agreement. but was then elected to the he

. >> in pakistan, clashes between police and protesters who want the government to step down. >> postwar germany has never sent weapons to a region and conflict, so addressing parliament today, german chancellor angela merkel took special care to make the case for doing so even though there was no formal need for parliamentary backing. >> over the weekend, the government announced it would send 70 million euros worth of arms and munitions to kurdish forces in iraq. they have been fighting invading state militants for several months now. >> mindful of its past, germany has been reluctant to contribute to military operations but she cited evidence of ethnic cleansing by islamic state fighters to justify her decision. >> a minute of silence was observed in the german parliament in memory of the victims of conflicts around the world. then, chancellor merkel gave a speech explaining her cabinet's decision to send weapons to kurdish fighters in northern iraq. >> immense suffering of so many people cries out to us. our own security interests are threatened. the current situation weighs heavier

something that really cut to the core of so many people in pakistan and across the world. the military was waging a pretty intense battle where malala and her family are from. they launched a massive campaign in 2007 and 2008 to push back the taliban and again they came under criticism for allowing them to regain some control after that. this was something they really needed to show as a win that they're able to go after these people and arrest them. the spokesman for the pakistan military said today that they arrested one man whose arrest confession and interrogation then led to the arrest of nine additional suspects. these men are all from swathe from that same area in pakistan's northwest which is also called kpk where malala was living. these guys were all members of a gang affiliated with the taliban. the taliban as you remember had claimed responsibility for the attack on malala saying when she survived they threatened to come back and try to kill her again and her family and reporters who continued to tell her story. this is a win for the military and you know, as y

large swaths of northern pakistan have been cut off. rains ofght the annual the heavy monsoon season were over. enter north, bbc news, islamabad. died afterers have being trapped overnight in a coal mine in bosnia. work to bring nearly 30 of their colleagues to safety. the collapse of the mine was triggered by an earthquake. families have accused the minds managers of underestimating the scale of the problem they have. from the threat of islamic state fighters to the continuing tension in ukraine, the white house is balancing a lot of problems at the moment. i amore on their response, joined by the deputy national security adviser. tony, thank you for joining me. the eu announced more sanctions and nato has a rapid reaction force in eastern europe, but it seems president putin feels he is in the driver seat. >> actually, i think it's just the opposite. what we saw today was europe and the united states announcing preparedness to impose additional sanctions on russia, additional pressure if they don't back off. we saw at the same time th