. >>> reports are coming in of a large explosion in mogadishu. police also heard gunfire, the explosion, with some reports say was a car bomb, took place near near the security ministry and a large hotel. tell us more about both of these incidents and how significant they are. >> well, in the later incident in mogadishu, the car bomb targeted a restaurant that was frequented by officials and the military. the police in mogadishu are confirming three people killed in that explosion. and about seven others injured. they confirmed one of the dead is a policeman. the vehicle carrying the explosives were from part o of the al-shabab members. >> thank you very much, indeed. for that update. french president franÇois hollande has thanked a group of passengers and hailed them as heroes. a gunman managed to fire a shot wounding two people before being tackled to the ground. >> tied up and subdued. mobile phone footage shows the gunman who tried to cause carnage on a french high speed train. the man had been confronted first by a french passenger and then

. >>> a large explosion in mogadishu. witnesses say that they also heard gunfire explosion which some report was a car bomb was close to the internal security ministry and a large hotel. >>> the french president france soy holland has thanked a group of passengers for overpowering a heavily armed gunman on a train in northern france. the attacker managed to fire a shot wounding one person before being tackled to the ground. we have the latest from paris. >> film footage shows a gunman who tried to cause carnage. he was confronted first by a french passenger and then tackled by american passengers. spencer stone was injured with cuts to his neck and hand, but his condition in hospital is not serious. >> he ran a good ten meters to get to the guy. we didn't know that his gun wasn't working or anything like that. spencer just ran any way. if anybody would have gotten shot it would have been spencer for sure. we're lucky nobody got killed, especially spencer. >> authorities say that the swift intervention of those passengers

the day after the president spoke, a car bomb attacked a mogadishu hotel, claiming 13. al-shabab lost ground. experts say what is needed is political stability. >> over time that requires legitimacy, and one has a reborn nation. until that happens, we are playing waca moll with al-shabab. >> reporter: the u.s. policy is 2-pronged - defeat al-shabab on the battlefield and promote a government within the areas of somali. u.s. military personnel have been training and equipping african union forces. the u.s. has special forces operating inside somali. and there have been air strikes. since 2007 the u.s. has conducted an estimated 15-19 drone strikes inside somali, mostly from the massive air base in nearby djibouti. that along with 8-11 air and crews missile strikes. last month the pace picked up intensity. six strikes hit somali, as the u.s. provides african union peacekeepers support for an ongoing offensive. this year the strikes killed top commanders, including one that played a role in the 2013 attack on the nairobi westgate mall. >> we have successes on the retreat.

. >> in mogadishu? >> in mogadishu. >> what does that mean? >> he said, you can't come, it's too dangerous for you. >> what's going through your mind then? >> obviously it's allah's will that i don't go, and i'm so deeply disappointed and devastated. i feel betrayed, you know? >> betrayed by his god, unable to fight for his religion, he says. just as fast as islam had taken hold, doubt and questions enter. >> i sat down in front of a laptop, and i'd type contradictions and why i'm daring to ask this question. i hit enter, and i saw plenty of websites talking about contradictions in the koran. it took some time to research them, but once i concluded that they were genuinely contradictions, that's when it wiped totally away my faith. >> is that when you stopped being a muslim? >> that's when i stopped being a muslim in my heart, in my belief. >> years of radical brainwashing strip away in seconds, and storm makes a stunning decision to switch sides. >> i told them, guys, i'm no longer muslim. i want to fight the war on terror. >> the question no

. >>> reports of a large explosion in mogadishu. witnesses say they heard gunfire. some reports say that a car bomb was close to the security ministry and a large hotel. >>> seven people have died after a jet crashed into several cars near an airshow in southern england. the fighter jet from the 1950s came down on a main road close to brighton. witnesses said that the aircraft hit trouble when it tried to do a loop during an arobatic display. >>> france's president franÇois hollande has thanked a group of men and called to thank them personally. the gunman managed to fire a shot before being tackled to the ground. we have the latest from paris. >> tied up and subdued. mobile phone footage shows the gunman who tried to cause carnage on a french high-speed train. the man had been confronted first by a french passenger and then over powered by a group of american travelers, including an off duty military personnel. he was captured with cuts to his neck and hand. >> spencer ran a good ten meters to get to the guy. we didn't know that his gun was not working. spencer ju

there is breaking news coming out of the somali capital of mogadishu. there are reports of an explosion close to the internal security ministry, we understand. a car bomb is being suspected. it was also near a hotel, so a large explosion, possibly reports of gunfire as well in the somali capital of mogadishu, and, more on that as soon as we get it. >>> now, to public transport and cities on the move. today we're in india's capital of new delhi. the bus system has led to more problems for commuters instead. we have explain the world's second most popular city is coping with its chaotic traffic. >> terrible is how most people would describe traffic in new delhi, especially along the bus rapid transit corridor, or brt. it was supposed to make traffic smoother, but those traveling along at 5.8 kilometer route every day say that it's anything but. >> i've been stuck here for more than two hours. >> after some distance the brt suddenly ends creating traffic jams on adjoining roads. the corridor has dedicated lanes for different types of vehicles, but those ar

the day after the president spoke in kenya, a car bomb attack on a mogadishu hoelgs ki hotel killed 13. al shabaab claimed responsibility. experts say what's needed now is political stability. >> it requires legitimacy and ultimately what has a reborn neighbor once again. until that happens we're playing wham a mole with sha bab. >> the u.s. policy is two-pronged. defeat al shabaab on the battlefield and promote a viable government acceptable to the competing fans and factions within somalia. u.s. military personnel have been training and equipping african union forces do youing most of the fighting on the ground. the u.s. also has special forces operating inside somalia, and there have been air strikes. since 2007 the u.s. has can you beinged an estimated 15 to 19 drone strikes inside se r somalia floe from their massive airbase. that along with eight missiles and cruise strikes. last month the pace picked up intensity. at least six tribings hit somalia as they provide support for an ongoing offensive. this year it has killed top al shabaab commanders including one that played a role

depicted in the movie blackhawk down ended with the dragging of dead american bodies through the treats of mogadishu. now the coalition is making gains, and there are two key questions, who fills the void and what is the future u.s. role. >> the u.s. is not alone by any means, but there are distinct limits of what the u.s. is prepared to do. >> reporter: a new government is in place. the prime minister spoke with al jazeera in march and painted an optimistic picture. >> i think the country is [ inaudible ] i think most somalians have decided to pick up their own pieces and -- and do, i think whatever they can to really better their lives. >> reporter: long-suffering somalians can only hope he is right. >>> chaos on the macedonian border today. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] >> reporter: police fire tear gas and stun grenades to stop a wave of refugees from entering the country. many are fleeing syria, and have been camped out on a stretch of no man's land on the board we are greece. several hours later several hundred refugees managed to cross the border from greece into macedonia. our correspondent is o

mogadishu. the report was that it was a car bomb close to internal security ministry and large hotel. >>> cuban doctors have held a protest against their visa status in the colombian capital bogota. they have escaped venezuela where the cuban government has sent them to provide medical assistance. they now say they are a me limbo without passports. we have this update from the protest in bogota. >> these doctors have answered th under this program, the 2006 cuban medical professional program, they were expected to receive an answer to their visa request within 30 to 90 days, but most of them have been waiting for months up to seven months now without receiving a response or having been denied the visa. now, these people believe that they are victims of the change of political environment of the renewed diplomat ties between the u.s. government and cuba. that's something, though, that the u.s. state department on thursday told al jazeera is not the case. it was very specific in saying that there

troops depicted in the movie blackhawk down end with the dragging dead americans through the streets of mogadishu. the u.s. pulled out. leading to further chaos. now the coalition is making gains. and there are two key questions. what is the future? and what is the u.s.'s role? >> there are distinct limits to what the u.s. is prepared to do. >> reporter: a new government is in place, the prime minister spoke with al jazeera in march, painting an optimistic picture. >> translator: i think most somalians now have decided to pick up their own pieces and -- and -- and do what they can to really better their lives. >> reporter: long-suffering somalians can only hope their prime minister is right. mike viqueira, al jazeera, washington. >>> following your every move, some police departments using equipment to track your smartphone, and they are doing it without a court order. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with ♪ >>> a new report shows police in multiple states are using cell phone tracking devices for investigations. they have been doing it for years, but it has been kept quiet. >> repor

depicted in the movie blackhawk down ended we the bodies of dead americans dragged through the streets of mogadishu. the u.s. pulled out leaving somalia to descend further into chaos. now as al-shabab is pushed back, there are two key questions who fills the void and what is the u. u.s.'s role? a new government is in place. the prime minister spoke with al jazeera in march and painted an optimistic picture. >> i think the country is stabilizing. i think most somalias have decided to pick up their own pieces and do i think whatever they can to really better their lives. >> reporter: long-suffering somalians can only hope their prime minister is right. >>> the united states has asked australia to launch air strikes on isil fighters in syria. australia has so far been against any such action, saying it can't happen without the permission of a legitimate syrian government or a u.n. security council resolution. he says the government has not decided yet on the u.s. request, but is concerned about young citizens of his country who try to join isil. >> i want to make it very clear, that the consolidation

. >> the passengers and crew were freed in a raid at somalia's mogadishu airport. >> there was a sense that the pendulum was swinging away from terrorist efficacy. in other words, if you hijacked a plane, you didn't necessarily get a free run to the press conference. >> once again, we see terrorism's evolution in the sense that the terrorists themselves often have to change up their tactics if they're going to stay one step ahead of the government. >> west german industrialist hans martin schrier, a key government adviser, was kidnapped in cologne today. >> the terrorists riddled the cars carrying schrier and his police bodyguards with machine gun fire. the bodyguards were killed. >> this is the third terrorist incident in germany in the past six months. all involve death, and all involve the badder mine off group. >> the red army faction in west germany was part of a 1970s trend of marxist vanguard groups. the red brigade in the japanese red army, the weathermen in the united states. these were people who felt that the capitalist structures were unjust and needed to be destroyed and t

. >>> there's a large explosion in the somali capital of mogadishu. the explosion which some reports say was a car bomb was close to the internal security ministry and a large hotel. >>> the recent attacks have a huge effect on kenya's tourism industry. many western visitors are too scared to go to the region after being warned off by governments and resorts are virtual ghost towns. we're in the indian ocean region where he had no problem getting a hotel room. >> reporter: the warm and sandy beaches tell the stories of its troubles. in good times this beach would be full of sunbathing tourists. it's been this empty for a while now. holiday makers have shunned kenya's beaches after attacks blamed on al shabaab fighters from neighboring somalia. they have issued warnings. it's only the most ardent now returning. jane and stewart ray and their daughter from england have come here for the last eight years. >> it's the most unspoiled place on this planet, and it has a magic. it's like paradise when you step off it, and when you step off that boat, you don'

the second attack struck an intersection on the capital mogadishu, killing five. the militant group al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on the training base. in malaysia, police say they have unearthed the mass graves of more than 20 people who are believed to be human trafficking victims. the graves were found along the border with thailand in a region known as a transit point for human smuggling. the site was close to where authorities found a mass grave containing the remains of 26 bodies in may. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders held his first campaign rally in south carolina friday night. the move was seen as an attempt by sanders to court black voters, who still overwhelmingly support former secretary of state hillary clinton. at the event, sanders invoked the names of men and women who have been killed in police or jail custody in recent years. >> we must be clear and we must be clear and we're talking about racism, we're talking about sandra bland, michael brown, rakia boyd. [applause] we are talking about eric garner, walte

the day after the president spoke in kenya, a car bomb attack on a mogadishu hotel killed 13. al shabab claimed responsible perfect though it lost ground, experts say political stability is needed now. >> that requires legitimacy and ultimately one has a reborn nation once again. until that happens, we're playing whack a mole with shabab. >> the u.s. policy has been two pronged, defeat al shabab on the battlefield and promote a a viable government acceptable to the competing chance and factions within somalia. u.s. military personnel have been training and equipping african union forces, doing most of the fighting on the ground. the u.s. also has special forces operating inside somalia, and there have been airstrikes. since 2007, the u.s. has conducted an estimated 15-19 drone strikes inside somalia, mostly flown from nearby djibouti. that along with 8-11 cruise air missile strikes. the pace picked up last month. at least six strikes hit somalia in an ongoing offensive. the strikes have killed top al shabab commanders, including one said to have played a role in the 2013 attac

they talked about americans being brutalized, and they compared it to somalia and blackhawk down in mogadishu. this was a very different situation. those four men had gone into fallujah with poor equipment, underequipped, not properly staffed in very lightweight equipment. they did not speak to the marines who were outside of fallujah who were having trouble in fallujah at that point. of course, this is already a year after we've had the mission accomplished moment. so put that into the context here. this is supposed to be a war in which major combat is over according to the president. what happened, though, is that once those four men were killed, the united states army and the marines have to go in to suppress what is now becoming an insurgency in fallujah. they go in as the men in the first chapter, the chapter about yorktown, go into yorktown with cold steel or fixed bayonets. the marines in 2004 go into fallujah with fixed bayonets. that's one thing about war that hasn't changed, and i think it's a kind of neat irony of sorts. but the marines go in, and very quickly it's a brutal fight.