hamid, al jazeera, northern mali. >> reporter: let's get you some background on the situation in mali. in march of 2012 in northern mali soldiers deposed the president in a military coup and frustrated for the lack of government support but the power vacuum allowed rebels to seize parts of the country. in april they declared independence but the forge between different rebels and the islam group aldeen began to unrival in june and fighters took the cities of timbuktoo and began destroying shrines, libraries and imposed strict islamic law. in january this year french and mali troops took them on, quickly recapturing the territory. then in june the interim government signed a deal with rebels which fell apart shortly after. let's bring in emanuel who is a french security analyst and joins us live from paris. thank you very much for making it on the show. now, we have just seen the main rebel movement. it may be over, but ethnic tensions and grievances still persist. are we about to see another rebellion in mali? >> well, the rebellion and the report mentioned you were asking secular reb

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they were killed on saturday in kidal in northern mali. tribute to the victims have been pouring in online. ever since saturday's announcement, we do professionals abroad have been inundating with messages, .xtending sympathy expressing deep sadness. french politicians across the spectrum left and center have been posting similar messages expressing outrage. they talked about barbaric and cowardly act, with the freedom to inform. users have paid tribute for ghislaine dupont and claude verlon. the rfi logo has been crossed memory the black bar in of the two journalists killed on assignment in mali. on thursday venezuelan president maduro accused twitter of carrying out what he called a massive attack on the twitter account and thousands of those longing to his followers a suspending them for no reason. hugo chavez's successor also claims to have lost over 6000 followers in the attack, which he blamed on the international right wing. comments that have sparked lively reaction online. his supporters have been posting #meaning no to fascist co

was arrested at his home in mali's capital. he's been charged with complicity and kidnapping. he failed to appear in court for the deaths of six soldiers. amadou haya sanoga is a feared man among mali's newly elected leadership. he was a captain when he led the coup. he pronounced himself the head of state. international pressure forced him to hand control to a civilian legislation, but many believed he called the shots. the new president is under pressure to rein in the military leaders. the support is vital if he is to gain control of the country. after last year's coup, fighters linked to al qaeda launched a rebellion in the north. a military intervention led by the prejudice in january scattered the fighters in the desert. they continued to launch sporadic attacks. human rights groups accused mali's ministry. a summons was issued for general amadou haya sanoga. a source sold reuters that authorities questioned him about financial crimes related to government money transfers. amadou haya sanoga was promoted from captain to g

thank you for the battle were shot dead in northern mali five days ago. an online statement released by the way the group says the reporters were killed to avenge france's quote from st in mali. french troops were behind an international military operation in northern mali is here after four days of silence. a cool has finally come through. the unsalted age group linked to al qaeda north african branch tennis and the mauritania newsagency frequently contacted by extremists. they said that they are responsible for the abduction and then to see french radio journalists in northern mali on saturday this operation was a response to the day the crimes committed by fronts against the audience this is the minimum dad's old by president paul stormont and his people. in return to this new crochet this is a claim of responsibility that being taken seriously at the heart of the french governments to malta and we are currently verifying the claim was it seems plausible his previous claims of responsibility by al qaeda in the islamic mcgrath were published in a simila

of northern mali to reach the rebels. finally here is the first sign of their existence in the area. it's like a morning for the struggle they vow to persue. soon they gather to show their might. these are the fighters of the arab 340,68 movement one of thre groups that have been raging a an armed rebellion. >> we have taken up arms because of the wrong colonialism has done to us. last june three rebel movements signed an agreement leading toa general election. full trust has never situated and fighting resumed last month. >> we are not war mongers but we have decided to defend ourselves and demand our rights our rights consist of a broad at autonomy. if we are not granted that autonomy we are going to fight to the last bullet. we are going to fight to the last bullet. >> even though they call themselves the arab movement, they say their goal is to seek political autonomy for all of the components of society and they work in full coordination with the other groups. one of the issues that is bothering them is the bein accu

they are willing to go to war with mali to get it. zplrntion aas part of the serief security concerns with the country. they were the first news organization to have us it sunse french forces intervened earlier this year of null it's a long drive deep into the desert to reach the rebels. soon they gathered to show their might. has to are the fighters of the movement. one of three groups that are waging in the capital. >> we have taken up arms only because of the wrong colonial has done to us. they signed an agreement with the mali government leading to a election. full trust has never situated. >> we are not war mongers but we have decided to defend ourselves and doug demand your rights. our rights. if we are not granted atonmy which is legitimate right we are going to fight to the last bullet. >> these fighters say their goal is to seek mit political autono. and they work in full coordination with the other groups. one thing that is bothering them is that they are criminals and row will i go ureligious fighte. some have been involved

mali needs this stage because they need to fix the house. so they can move on with the negotiatnegotiations otherwise y won't be able to fix the situation. the situation in the north is far from being stable. you still have separatists who hold pockets in the north. and what is the government doing to address the issue in the north? >> i think the election and fixing the house is the first step. without a united front and without a united government they can't do anything. the second step is more cooperation with the french and the u.n. troops in the north and the most important of all ever this is the negotiations with the leaders that is going to start tomorrow in the capital. that is key to stablity in the north. beknow that there disgruntlement and unhappiness has been going on for decades. and without the solution it's not enough in which everyone is included. there will be no hope for the stable piece in mali that should be the next step after the elections i guess mohammad thank you for shedding a light on the current situation in mal

northern mali and the people remaining are found to be ipp accessible. they can't get to them pause of the preps of heavily -- presence of heavily armed groups. we visited some of those refugees. >> the school at the refugee camp? southern mauritania should have started on 1 october. the schools are not ready. so this is where and how children spend their time. the other place is this one. at this medical center worried mothers come to seek assistance for their sick babies. the numbers of diseases is alarming m children are dying. this woman brought her sick daughter. >> he was sick, i brought him here. they five him food bags. then they stopped. i begged them to give him treatment. he refused. >> doctors without borders runs a place for malnutrition in the camp. >> since january we raved a flow of refugees in northern mali. in may the situation is to improve. we have high rates of 300 new cases every month. if nothing is done, those children may die. >> the refugees blame the organizations. >> translation: my daughter felt sick due to the lack of milk.

returned from mali. this statement from some rebel leaders applies to all of them. what are you hearing? >> that is actually two members of the leadership have given those estimates t statements tos organizations. and that was taken up by the media overnight. and just a few hours ago weigh e learlearned from our producer tt the two men are staying for the moment. this does not represent the point of view of the leadership for does it represent the official communication from the leadership. some of the high ranking members of the leadership reacted angrily saying they don't represent the organization. we can understand, you know, that these people have reacted to questions from the president two days after the shooting at the khadr airport where two people were wounded and would killed. they were protesting peacefully over the arrival of the mali prime minister. the situation is tense there and people think on the ground in the north that they have not been given their rights. but the process of negotiat

the man on top of the government in mali is jailed for murder. france's burqa band comes under ban comes under scrutiny. but they say they broke no rules for wearingworker her headscarf. silvio berlusconi has been expelled from parliament over a tax conviction. he can no longer enjoy immunity that has saved him from a host of troubles. it is a blow but not necessarily an end to his 20 year run. still has a lot of support. he made a defiant address. experience ae to day of mourning for democracy. we need to remain in the battle. there is no point in losing hope if the leader is no longer a senator. there are leaders of other political parties who are not in parliament. talking about him. even without being elected, he will continue to fight for our freedom. is alvio berlusconi character who inspires strong feelings among italian voters. he has dominated the political scene for years and has a career that has more than its fair share of ups and downs. kathy has highlights. scandals, international blunders, and legal troubles. for two decades, silvi

for them the truce with mali is too shaky to rely on. they lead difficult lives, having to friend for themselves in the absence of any services or any protection from the central government. >>> and we have more in our special series on ma i will's challenge. on saturday we'll be meeting the arab movement that wants to win a part of mali. >>> the crisis began in march when a coalition of rebels ousted the president. in the past eight months the humanitarian situation has become so bad the un says half of the country's population are in need of assistance, and that's 2.3 million people. the country has become so unstable that armed groups are inciting attacks between muslims and christians and committing mutilation, rape and torture. let's go to james bays who is live for us at the united nations. james we know the un are already sending in troops to protect their own personnel there. but could this informal meeting open up the deployment of more troops. >> i don't think that's what will happen out of this meeting. the purpose for this me

mali, but i will not give details. these troops were redeployed last night in order to reinforce and bring more security there. besides the investigators leaving from paris have arrived in mali. we are working closely with friends. >> that was the french foreign minister speaking about the 150 troops being deployed. there was a timetable for the withdrawal of french troops, a partial drawdown at least. is that still widely expected? >> french are still expecting to keep to a timetable. just might not have the firmly drawn lines as they had earlier. the talk was from the parliamentary election. november 21 was the first round. it was going to be a gradual drawdown with the idea to withdrawal two thirds of the troops, 3000 troops. it looks like that is being pushed back to the end of january. originally the goal was to have mid-2014. that will probably now be a much softer deadline. the french do not want to get bogged down. yet, they are torn because they have made about to ensure security well they grapple with what is

they were both highly experienced in difficult reporting conditions traveling to northern mali despite warnings of the risks involved where rebel forces regrouped since the french military intervention earlier this year. >>> in paris, the president called the killings a despicable act. his foreign ministers described them as cold and calculated assassinations. >>> 9 months ago, the new israeli parliament was sworn in. there were a lot of familiar faces from the media. roughly 1 out of 10 members of the kinesset were former journalists. not back benchers, the leader of the country's second most popular party and the labor party both came out of the studios of channel 2. having made their careers scrutinizing the nation's politicians more and more journalists are with the help of voters infiltrating the kinesset: the father of political zinism, theodore hertz he will was a journalist. by the 1950s, much of the israeli press was dominated by party-owned newspapers with many members of the kinesset doubling as full-time writers. what is it about israeli society today that more and more jou

to avenge "france's crusade in mali." silence,four days of the call has finally come through. a group linked to al qaeda's north african branch told him or attain in news agency frequently contacted by a few mists. they say they are responsible for the two french radio journalists in northern mali saturday. >> this operation was a response to the daily crimes committed by friends -- by france against mali and's. >> is a claim of responsibility being taken seriously at the heart of the french government. >> we are currently verifying the claim, but it seems possible because previous claims of responsibility by the al qaeda and islamic my grab -- islamic my grab -- >> the journalists were shot just four days after the release of other hostages. motive remains unclear. four men have allegedly been identified thanks to a document found. two of them have been arrested according to investigators. they are currently known to investigators -- presidentto french francois hollande, the murder investigation is moving forward with french police working alongside malian security officials

. >> fighters are divided on weather to end a ceasefire in the north of mali. >> the fight against aids in senegal threatened by american funds drying up. [ ♪ music ] >> we begin in the middle east where millions of syrian refugees are spread across the region, many facing the misery of a freezing winter away from home. many have been living in terms for more than a year and are treading low temperatures and conditions that are fast approaching. more than 2 million refugees have been forced to leave their country. 90s% are living in lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt. we'll go to jordan in the largest camp for refugees. first a report from a northern iraq camp. >> it's early morning. the women in this refugee camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors since the summer. that will have to end. winter has some, and with it plunging temperatures and rain. this woman wonders what she'll do when it's too cold to cook outside. >> i make an effort to cook every friday. with the rain we won't be able to do this. this small treat will be taken away from us. >> preparations to get the camp

. . >>> the journalists were in mali to cover preparations for parliamentary elections there. >> m23 rebels called for a ceasefire in a war with the conningo lease government. the group is made up of deserters. after 20 months of war they've been driven from all the villages they controlled. as the war appears to drive down, evidence of mass executions are popping up on the country's border with uganda. malcolm webb for al jazeera reports. >> this patch of bush next to a former m23 rebel base looks like any other. something more sinisterster lies within. this soldier leads us to the body of a man laying in a shallow grave. >> he died recently. the smell is unpleasant. it looks like he was tied up with his arms behind his back and legs together. there's blood coming from his head. he looks like he was executed. >> four more bodies were visible before rain buried them in mud. there were many more throughout the surrounding bush. it's next to a barracks that the rebels took from the government a year ago. a few days ago the rebels fled and the army moved in. rebels who surrendered said

now they say their patience with the mali government is running out. there'll be a speedy response to their demands, or a return to civil war. >> we have a rare occurrence happening tomorrow morning. this is what it will look like from space when you get an eclipse. there's the shadow cast by the moon. that's happening tomorrow, a hybrid solar eclips. the greatest eclips will be off the coast of africa. the east coast and north america has a chance to see it after sunrise. it's visible at sunrise, right along the east coast. the sun comes up an hour earlier, so it will be about 6:30. satellite shows it. look in the eastern sky. be careful. you want to view it with caution. sun comes up at 6:30. it will be clear but cold. it will be a partial eclipse about 15 minutes past sunrise. you can make a pinhole viewer. could be a nice view for everyone on the bridge getting ready for the new york marathon. don't take up the cold weather. cold temperatures across the north-east. we'll look at that with the forecast later. >> healthcare.gov is going offline for m

he remained a powerful figure in mali. a rare complete skeleton of one of largest dinosaurs to walk the earth sold for $650,000. the remains of the 17-metre long dinosore, nicknamed misty was discovered in a dig in the united states. the buyer from an unnamed institution promised to put misty on public display. >> such a thing reasonably complete state is rare. there's an awful lot of work that's gone into preparing it for digging out of the ground and consolidating the bones and assembling them. there's hundreds, thousands of hours of work gone into that. the 2020 world expo will be held in dubai. stefanie dekker was there when the news came through. cheer cheer >> the tallest tower in the world explodes to announce the expo in 2020 is coming to dubai. the anticipation had been building all day. >> it was a great event in dubai, continuing to achieve a milestone. it's important for the city. dubaians came back with a real opportunity to be on the map of the world. now the real work will begin. it's hard to remember how du

france intervened to push rebels out of mali. there were attacks on places like timbuktu. the government says of the unesco list town says things have improved. >> translation: this year it seems to me that things have picked up. after the presidential election, the latest elections have been well organised and it's time to congratulate the people involved in the different phases of the selection. >> despite the security presence on election day, there were reports of violence. armed men marching into polling stations, tribal fighting and voter intimidation. recent weeks have seen a number of attacks on the military in the north, leaving mali with a challenge of maintaining security. . >>> as aid efforts continue in the philippines the devastation to agriculture is gradually becoming clear. millions of people's livelihoods were wiped out by typhoon haiyan. with government resources stretched many are struggling to feed their families. we have this story from or correspondent. >> it's two weeks since the family had a proper meal. the children are hungry. they have lost thei

. >> fighters are divided on weather to end a ceasefire in the north of mali. >> the fight against aids in senegal threatened by american funds drying up. [ ♪ music ] >> we begin in the middle east where millions of syrian refugees are spread across the region, many facing the misery of a freezing winter away from home. many have been living in terms for more than a year and are treading low temperatures and conditions that are fast approaching. more than 2 million refugees have been forced to leave their country. 90s% are living in lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt. we'll go to jordan in the

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two things to him it's been killed in northern mali. they had interviewed a local representative of my experience at least been fighting for independence the french government confirmed that sixty year old claude prolonged and fifty twenty oh two to the depot had been abducted in the town of two dollars and killed outside the city both worked for radio france international. they were driven out as the city. and the sixteen to meet us far far away from the stooges into his acting chops. and they took care of the french army full of the vehicle it's your right to amaze even though it's unclear who is responsible for the general staff had been rising prominence of bulky items into doll in recent months. after some commentators local commanders on the civilian point two eight tie stupid doll and ethnic separatist movement and mla. auntie this north african branch has embedded itself in northern mali is two thousand during the contest as their intended use to change the hottest and store weapons. in april two thousand and twelve pound tank b

it was expensive for claiming victory against extremism in mali. look what has happened in the last few hours. people might perhaps the single was well clearly look whatn. no happened today is a very stark reminder of the very clear and present danger is that continue to exist in this region no one ever said it was mission accomplished although you're absolutely right. also along came relatively close to meeting use those words but the outspoken molly in mid september during the at the installation the inauguration of the new president at the time his exact words were we haven't won this war we have chased the terrorists out. we finally scored the north. i'm now at the same time e g page that those were very strict rampant waves the weights for ceremonial occasion obviously the inauguration of a new president. marking the chin to turning the page a new chapter in molly's history. i chapter of reconciliation on the same time cd recognize that it was a big threat of a potential threat not just potential to a real threat remains in the region. he vowe

. >>> we report from northern mali where more rebel fighters are talking war, not peace. >>> plus. >> i'm daniel in canada, and i'll be reporting on a new and growing trick to bee keeping of all bees in this part of the country. ♪ >> the pakistani taliban has named it's new leader just hours after a drone strike killed it's former spanner. he is khan said. he takes over by the previous leader who was wanted by the united states. >>> the taliban are vowing a wave of suicide bombs in revenge of its leaders. we will be live in islamabad with more on that, but first this report. masood had just finished with meetings when his compound was hit by a drone. the united states had been looking for masood for years. he posed with a jordanian suicide-bomber, now they have got their man. >> he was a man of great strategic military and tractcal skills. we don't want to romancize what he did. he was a formidableed adversa. they will not be pleased that he was killed by a drone strike. >> they could moderate their position now that masood is dead. >> he was one of those in the group who really pus

al jazeera, mali. >> there are reports of rising gunshots in a prison in saud saudi arabia. a fire had broken out in the north. the fire is set to be now under control. a local website is reporting that security forces are at the scene. >>> syrian's army say the capture will allow it to defeat rebels in the province. after three weeks of heavy fighting the army now controls supply routes to aleppo. meanwhile people i on on the outskirts of damascus want food and water to be allowed into the town as winter approaches. people are reluctant to leave because conditions in refugee camps are no better. >>> now child marriages could be banned in yemen if a government drafting the new constitution win approval. yemen has no age for marriage and more than half of the women are married before the age of 18. >> reporter: when nora was 11 years old she was forced to marry a man who was 35. she suffered years of physical and psychological abuse. today she's a leading activist fighting to ban child marriages. >> i was an innocent child. i was poor. so when they got me new clothes i felt g

northern mali, and the people there are largely inaccessible because of heavily armed groups. al jazeera's correspondent visited a camp on more tainia's border with mali. >> the school here at the refugee camp in southern morey tainia should have started in october. the school is not ready. so this is where and how children spend their time. the other place is this one. at the medical center worried mothers seek assistance for sick babies. the number of cases related to malnutrition is alarming. children are dying. this woman brought her sick daughter while in grief for the death of her baby boy a year ago in similar conditions. u.d he fell sick. i brought him here. they gave him food bags. they stopped giving them, and he fell sick. i begged them to send him to another place for treatment. they refused. his health decliped and he passed away. >> doctors without borders runs a special camp. >> since january we've received a flow of refugees in northern mali and registered a high level of malnutrition among children. in may the situation improved. we have 300 now cases admitted

to death in mali. many are wondering how gunmen carried out the attack so close to a town where both french troops and u.n. soldiers are stationed. >> last year, kite all bank -- last year, kidal was the center of an uprising. pockets of insurgency remain. two traveled to the northeastern town to interview a local official from a to our egg -- from a tuareg separatists group. said he saw theld journalists being bundled into a four-wheel drive. it is the last time they were seen alive. their bodies were found riddled with bullets alongside the abandoned vehicle. after an emergency meeting called by the president in paris, france's foreign minister blamed terrorists. a crime against two people who were assassinated in cold blood under inhuman conditions. but it is also a crime against the basic freedom to inform and to be informed. rfi condemned the the killings but to clear the network will not be intimidated -- but declared the network will not be intimidated. >> should we stop from writing information

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follow up i suppose a cyst his friends jen and is believed to be the best time in a tense in northern mali has been flown to the cap that obama had candy repatriation to fronds the deficit been described as cold blooded assassinations by france's foreign minister who's out to track down the chemist the two were lacking clarity of france in tennessee now note that all eight fifty eight an easy st de paul who was fifty one were abducted off into during the heat as it were accepted to scream their bodies were found by french patrol twelve can eat is outside kid out the best place of the top deck uprising which comes to money into chaos last year front street still has two hundred shapes in the area of this magnitude operation to drive out the prize in the triples says it with the increased security as it searches for those responsible. i am. no date has kept it till it ends that thousands of people get it to sit and support the claims that tiny sweet the european union. it comes a few weeks before a summit in lithuania. but no date but hates to sign a partnership agreement suite be used davis

this has led them to three individuals named to the french authorities on the ground in northern mali is one of them a member of the minutes and group al qaeda in islamic law grad the suspects had been questioned several times since may without ever being arrested and a further twist it appears that they can for them presented themselves to the french ministry forces during the year. like many rebel fighters in northern mali these men had officially trees in reconciliation following the french ministry campaign to oust islamic minutes it's in the country they named operation says all the surprise of the reform jihadis were living in a camp belonging to the white council for the unity of as the wind. and they've been painted since its glory harmony. vaughan's with copies of them mug shots and tapes and then into these investigators managed to apprehend the suspects as they remain staunch. fda in paris issues and torn congo on as a semi nea was held at the table on amy's imitation african on the finest and often pieces among states attending. auntie janice his buddies arrived in paris o

. >> three of the four kidnappers involved in the assassination of two french journalists in mali have been identified. that is according to the latest information revealed by french newspaper "le monde" on tuesday. the journalists were kidnapped and killed saturday after interviewing a local toric reader. was apparently a document with a list of phone numbers near the bodies of the victims, and the list led them to three individuals known to french authorities on the ground in northern mali, was the one of them the member of al qaeda. suspects have been questioned several times since may without being arrested. in a further twist, it appears they came forward and presented themselves to french military forces earlier in the year. like many rebel fighters in officiallyli they chose reconciliation following a french military campaign to oust islamic militants. in supposedly reformed jihadist were living in a camp. armed with copies of their mugshots and tapes of the interviews, investigators now have to apprehend the suspects as they remain at large. >> in northern china, one person has

militants coldly assassinated the pair in mali. the french radio reporters were kidnapped, throats slit before being left on the road. the two were warned their assignment was dangerous. >> nobody knows who took them or why they were killed. ghislaine dupont and claud verlon worked for radio france internationale. ghislaine dupont and claud verlon were found dead a few kilometres away from kidal. the tuareg rebel leader they interviewed before being abducted describes what happens. >> translation: i heard an unusual noise in the street. their car was parked in front of my house, 10 metres from the door. i went to see what happened. once i got to the door i saw a car, a pick-up parked next to theirs. there was a man on the ground with a weapon. he pointed at me. shortly afterwards they took off with the two journalists, in a great hurry. >> unofficial statements in paris said the french military warned the journalists not to go to the area. rebel tuareg and groups linked to al qaeda are active there, despite a french-led military in

estoy agradecida de haber encontrado a mali y que estÉ libre del horror del cautiverio, el final perfecto para una historia trÁgica, pero para nosotros la historia continÚa, el mundo se hunde en la oscuridad, nuestro viaje no terminarÁ hasta que haya luz y bondad en todas partes bajo la gracia de dios. (aplausos). >> hemos elegido a philip turk como nuestro presidente. >> gracias, seÑor secretario, me honra de sobremanera servir en esta hora de necesidad, estoy orgulloso de guiar a nuestro nuevo mundo hacia un futuro prometedor. como lÍder, juro proteger los intereses no solo de una naciÓn, sino de toda la humanidad. nos levantaremos de esta tragedia como el fÉnix de las cenizas y volaremos juntos. debemos aprovechar esta oportunidad para forjar una nueva sociedad mejor y mÁs fuerte. hoy establecemos el rumbo hacia un nuevo maÑana, hacia el nuevo orden mundial. ♪ ♪ >>> la selecciÓn mexicana sub 17 demuestra autoridad garra y poder ofensivo. golea argentina y llega a la final de la copa del mundo en la categorÍa. >>> objetivo cumplido y ahora otro partido mÁs. y llevarnos e

to mali now with a two hour reg separatist group has said it's ending a cease fire agreed upon with the government in june this following clashes between the army and demonstrators that cement protests in the capital bamako on thursday the people demanded french troops leave the country after a new president was elected a power is maintaining more than three thousand soldiers in mali following a joint operation with local troops against the rebels in china. and police in scotland say there have been numerous casualties ofter a helicopter crash into a busy pub in glasgow one hundred twenty people were in the building when the police chopper with three people on board impacted the roof several are still said to be trapped inside it's not yet clear what caused the crash. now germany's autobahns are famous for the old limitless speeds many in germany consider this their absolute right so moved by europe to introduce stricter regulations for highway safety well they're not being met with a lot of optimism artie's pretty or all of our picks up the story. when you go past the sign this is one

. >> the people of mali have been in elections and despite security people were too afraid to go out and vote. >> reporter: more than 6 million people were eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections, the last step to restoring constitutional rule in the country but turn out was low and at this polling station and less than a quarter of people turned up. >> translator: everything went smoothly but compared to the presidential elections, the voter turnout was lower. we did not make it to 100 voters by the end of the day out of 481 registered voters. >> reporter: they voted a new president mid year, the first elected leader since the coup in 2012 and he expressed his hope for the election in mali. >> translator: i hope at the end we will have a national assembly of men and women who will achieve what the people invested in, in is what i hope most of all and our country will find friendliness and harmony. >> reporter: france pushed rebels out in january. before that there were attacks on cultural heritage sites like timbuktoo but says it has improved. >> translator: it seems like th

demanded french troops leave the country paris is maintaining more than three thousand soldiers in mali following a joint operation with local troops and gave it to our red red bulls in january. one person has been can fund dad and said to have been taken to hospital after a police helicopter crashed into a park's pub in glasgow officials di expect the number of fatalities to rise one hundred and twenty people were in the building when they chopped out with three people on board the roof several are still said to be trapped inside the pub it's not clear what caused the crash. germany makes some of the world's fastest cars not surprising really one they have the world's fastest roads speeds on postle the also bond network dictated simply by how far you can push the pedal to the mets hold but as a piece on the reports now as one big food waiting to stomp on the brakes there. but when you go past the sign this is one twenty with a line through it the gloves are off baby you can drive you can drive really government is off your back in germany and you drive says drive as fast as you want is

we can see this in operations while france was able to deploy forces in mali, it could only be sustained by having a significant contribution, not only by the united states but also by many key allies to make sure that a relatively small operation like that could succeed. in germany, we see a defense budget stuck at 1.4% of gdp. now it's a rising gdp so that's good news, but the cost of restructuring its forces is affecting its ability to translate euros into real defense spending. last year for the first time since world war ii, asia spent more on defense than europe. this is a pivot of a kind that i'm not sure europeans want to see. today the united states accounts for 75% of the overall spending within nato. while the u.s. is cutting its defense spending, its willingness to subsidize the allies is going to decline and indeed one of -- as was seen in the case in mali when the united states was willing to provide assistance but also would like to get paid for it. these trends in defense spending are unsustainable. it's not just me who is saying that. it's what secretary gates said when

to mali now whether to reg separatist group has said it's ending a cease fire that was agreed upon with the government in june this following clashes between the government forces and demonstrators it's made protests in the capital bamako on thursday the people demanded french troops leave the country powers is maintaining more than three thousand soldiers in mali following a joint operation with local troops against the torah reg rebels in january. police in scotland say there are numerous casualties ofter a helicopter crashed into a packed pub in glasgow one hundred twenty people were in the building when the police chopper with three people on board impacted the roof several still said to be trapped inside the pub at this point we don't understand exactly what caused the crash. now germany makes some of the world's fastest cars not surprising really when they have the world's fastest roads speeds on parts of the autobahn network dictated simply by how far you can push the pedal to the metal. all of the reports there's one big foot right now waiting to stomp on the brakes when you go

a brilliant article on of all things, the french operation in mali in survival. and one of the things that he points out is that the french were able to operate with lightning speed, literally in a couple of days they managed to turn the military situation in the country around. one reason for this was they very small but very effective, very skilled and very ready forces deployed already not too far away. now, they needed help to get the big forces from the united states and it took a while. but they were able to get meaningful capability on the ground very quickly which had a big impact. it's not that mali sets the example for everything, but it sets the principle if you need to figure outweighs to be ready to respond quickly and not to wait as the french did in this case for reasons of the circumstance but to wait until its inevitable until you get ready. >> before we turn the floor over our participants in the audience, i want to ask curt one last political question about die tdeterrence, it strikes me the most contingencies that will be challenged, not invas

here in france the foreign minister has put the blame firmly on groups in mali for the deaths of two journalists from our sister station aren't i. she's thinking. i recalled that all were kidnapped and shot dead in northern mali on saturday twelve suspects have been arrested in that case of farming to the attack speaking on french radio this morning the foreign minister on the news said authorities are working to find out exactly what happened. q do you right now we on the short to commit to this assassination. there are a few theories. we were talking about an hour cutting his time in the crib. when shell which has now taken on a new full quarter of the key to him. talk about seventy cents between good and this mall. carly there i'm not a precise answers to these questions of the predents who is walking these very closely. given instructions to follow the trial so that the people responsible are punished. the bodies of those two french journalists have now arrived in monaco. they are due to come home to france sometime tonight their deaths of course have come as a shock to everyone

demanded french troops leave the country paris is maintaining more than three thousand soldiers and mali following a joint operation was local troops against it to our regular bills in. one person has been confirmed dead and thirty two have been taken to hospital after a police helicopter crashed into a parked in glasgow one hundred twenty people were in the building when the chopper with three people on board in parts of the roof several are still said to be trapped inside the pub it's not clear what caused the crash germany makes some of the world's fastest cars not surprising really when they have the world's fastest roads speed and possibly also by network dictated simply by how far you can push the pedal to the muscle but as the owner of pools there's one big food waiting to stomp on the brakes. when you go past the sign this is one twenty with a line through it the gloves are off baby you can drive you can drive really bad government is off your back in germany and you can drive as drive as fast as you want. it's the country throughout the world for its. unlimited speeds germany co

to mali now with a tour reg's separatist group has said it's ending a cease fire that was agreed with the government in june following clashes between the army and demonstrators about summitt protests in the capital on thursday where people demanded french troops to leave the country paris is maintaining more than three thousand soldiers in mali following a joint operation with local troops against the rebels in january. police in scotland say there are numerous casualties after a helicopter crash into a packed pub in glasgow one hundred twenty people were in the building when the police chopper with three people on board impacted the roof and several are still said to be trapped inside the pub at this point it's not clear what caused the crash now germany makes some of the world's fastest cars not surprising really when they have the world's fastest roads speeds on parts of the autobahn network are dictated simply by how far you can push the pedal to the metal result is pretty or all of the reports there's one big foot waiting to stomp on the brakes. but when you go past the sign thi

cotto the mali and a phd students here in the french capital. also joining a z of the night editor of the magazine and from london. we should cross spokesperson for the soiree to the youth movement. for the great commission we were discussing the motives behind it were true figure out whodunit and said that for you. your instinct is that it wasn't because they were journalists. as i was saying week on rule out anything at this stage we still know very little about the circumstances of a kidnapping and assassination it's time the fine jonas has been in key down recently and as i said i think this this looks like it was a calf deep penetration. and it does no night time. they were targeted because they were french targeted because they were french and you're saying in part one of our discussion friends who suppose to draw down its presence in northern mali by the end of the year that drawdown though hasn't done as fast as first thought more now with all of her family. following a brutal double murder there are no question marks over the security a

not just in libya but in neighboring countries and you can look also at the french intervention in mali in the context of what happened in libya an attempt by two different french president by the way sort of cause the end now we're all on the land to show that france has its own interests and policy and all that but look i mean the real problem is and i believe the capella started referring to all that is that there was nothing in libya before gadhafi was brought down because gadhafi wanted libya to have nothing other than his own the dream all this business of the german area you know the popular committees and so it was all nonsense of course it was a dictatorship and they also were with the tribes those who were loyal to him as opposed to others what happens in a civil war in a lot of country like they're not dissimilar by the way toward that in lebanon in the seventy's or what's happening in syria now or in iraq is that when the regime breaks down for this or that reason mainly because of the combination of external and internal factors interventions the loyalties got down to the m

been working to focus in thering their borders past year and a half or so with all of the events in mali and i think that is well-known. haveis less known and we encouraged them to speak more about it, is the support they provide to some of their neighbors when it comes to training and equipment assistance. they are in addition to being strong counterterrorism operating force within their own borders, they are sharing their expertise with other partners. in terms of the relationship with the u.s., i would say we have a growing relationship with the algerians, particularly in recent times where we are having additional dialogs as it pertains to counterterrorism. we are sharing information. they are very interested for example, with improvised explosive devices and some of the tactics, techniques and procedures that the united states has developed in the course of operations in afghanistan and iraq. this is something within the algerian context where aqim activities, the continued evolution on their part, there is a growing ied threat within algeria is forming the basis of some of the coll

and you can look also at the french intervention in mali in the context of what there been in libya an attempt by two different french president by the way sort of course here and now we're all on to a land to show that france has its own interests and policy and all that but look i mean the real problem is and i believe the capella started referring to all that is that there was nothing in libya before gadhafi was brought down because gadhafi wanted libya to have nothing other than his own regime all this business of the german area you know the popular committees and so it was all nonsense of course it was a dictatorship and they also were with the tribes those who were loyal to him as opposed to others what happens in a civil war in another country like the not dissimilar by the way toward that in lebanon in the seventy's or what's happening in syria now or in iraq is that when the regime breaks down for this or that reason mainly because of the combination of external and internal factors interventions the loyalties got down to the most rudimentary fundamental level of loyalty whic

and you can look also at the french intervention in mali in the context of what there been in libya an attempt by two different french president by the way sort of cause and now we're all on to a land to show that france has its own interests and policy and all that but look i mean the real problem is and i believe the capella started referring to all that is that there was nothing in libya before gadhafi was brought down because gadhafi wanted libya to have nothing other than his own regime all this business of the german area you know the popular committees and so it was all nonsense of course it was a dictatorship and they also were with the tribes those who were loyal to him as opposed to others what happens in a civil war in a lot of country like they're not dissimilar by the way toward that in lebanon in the seventy's or what's happening in syria now or in iraq is that when the regime breaks down for this or that reason mainly because of the combination of external and internal factors interventions the loyalties got down to the most rudimentary fundamental level of loyalty which