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Brazil says people are dead. They want people to give up their gold which is enough to bill three eiffel towers. British flight from egypt is going to resume and the flights were suspended on wednesday and investigators looking into the possibility a bomb may have been placed on a russian plane at the airport and all 224 people on board were killed when the metro jet crashed on saturday and paul brennan is there for us and it seems that the british have intelligence that is not available to the russian counterpart or do they and what is the latest on the investigation from the british perspective. From the british perspective what they say is very little but what is being reported is that there was some kind of intelligence chatter between i. S. I. L. Activist in the Sinai Peninsula which led the British Intelligence operators to believe that there was a very grave risk to aircraft in that area and that is what motivated the British Government to say that more likely than not it was a
Are here to analyze the weeks news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan a series of suicide bombings rocked Northern Nigeria today. Four women blew themselves up early this morning as soldiers challenged their entrance to maiduguri, killing at least 18 people. The blasts occurred just hours after two bombs struck a nearby mosque. At least 30 people died in those explosions. Officials suspect boko haram extremists are b
News. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan a series of suicide bombings rocked Northern Nigeria today. Four women blew themselves up early this morning as soldiers challenged their entrance to maiduguri, killing at least 18 people. The blasts occurred just hours after two bombs struck a nearby mosque. At least 30 people died in those explosions. Officials suspect boko haram extremists are behind both incidents. Nick sch
Allegiance once again to alqaeda rejoining the groups north African Branch. The German Parliament is set to approve the governments plan to send 1200 soldiers to support the fight against i. S. I. L. In a noncombat role and politicians have been debating the bill over the past couple hours and a war ship and six aircraft are also part of chancellor Angela Merkels proposal and appealed for help after last months paris attacks and antiwar activists have been protesting against this plan. Now if the plan is approved germany will be the latest addition to the international antii. S. I. L. Coalition which includes dozens of countries however not everyone has played a military role and not all at the same time so here is a break down. These are the countries that have been involved in fighting i. S. I. L. , there is 18 of them in all. These are the ones that are carrying out or supporting air strikes in syria and these are the countries that are striking i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq, now ther