The flow of Syrian Refugees into europe and why surviving snake bites may become difficult in parts of africa. Now, the u. S. President has announced a major shift in policy in afghanistan saying more troops will remain on the ground there through 2017. President obama says Afghan Forces are doing well but they are still not strong enough. There are currently 9800 u. S. Troops in afghanistan, most of them were meant to be withdrawn by the end of next year. The u. S. Is now expected to keep 5 1 2 thousand troops in the country when Obama Leaves Office in 2017 and focus on Counter Terrorism and training Afghan Forces. Military leaders meanwhile have been pushing for more u. S. Support especially after taliban fighters captured kunduz for three days and we will speak to roslyn jordan shortly but first here is her report. The u. S. President wanted to leave office with almost no troops deployed in afghanistan but circumstances have forced barack obama to give up that goal. 5500 troops will
Stem the flow of Syrian Refugees to europe andr, graffiti messag written on the set of the hit u. S. T. V. Show. The u. S. President has announced a major shift in policy in afghanistan saying more troops will now remain on the ground there through 2017. President obama says Afghan Forces are doing well but they are still not strong enough. Roslyn jordan has more. Reporter the u. S. President wanted to leave office with almost no troops deployed in afghanistan but circumstances have forced barack obama to give up that goal. 5500 troops will be stationed around afghanistan after 2016. The mission will not change. Our troops will focus on training afghans and Counter Terrorism operations but these bases will give us the presence and the reach our forces require to achieve their mission. Reporter right now there are about 9800 u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Their training and providing battlefield advice. Under the president s original plan the number of troops who dropped to about 1,000 by
Chos the candidate. Chelsea and everton in a thriller. The us open claims a bigname casualties, access from flushing meadows later in the programme. Australia has become the latest nation to join a growing International Coalition against Islamic State fighters in iraq. Prime minister tony abbott says his nation will provide guns and ammunition. U. S. Fight or jets launched air strikes near the davide moscardelli. Hoda abdelhamid reports na american Officials Say they never doubted fighting a fighting force like Islamic State. Reporter the scars of battle. The Islamic State group used houses as defense lines before it was forced to retreat towards the city of mosul. This man came home to find this. The groups fighters moved into the village in midaugust. They did not only use the house as a base. He tells me theyate whatever food they found and used their clothes. They didnt give up without a fight. This is an organization that u. S. Officials say is beyond anything they have seen. Thos
Crack. The painstaking work of women in morocco and why they dont want technology to make it any easier welcome to Al Jazeera America. Thanks so much for joining us this sunday morning. Im morgan radford. Breaking news airasia disappeared over the java sea between indonesia and malacia, on its way from Diego Laxalt Suarez when it lost from Diego Laxalt Suarez, when it from surabaya. Rescue crews are focussing efforts mere belitung island. Airasia said in respect 162 passengers and crew members on board, most indonesian. Gerald tan has more. The airport crisis at srabaya in indonesia, people waiting for news. 162 passengers and crew on board qz8501surabaya in indonesia, people waiting for news. 162 passengers and crew on board qz8501 the plane an airbus 320 lost communications with air Traffic Control 42 minutes after taking off. Bev bev Bantayan Island tcks bel. Tung. Translation we will provide updates of developments on an hourly basis. Reporter at Singapores Changi airport those wai
Reevaluate its approach to the peace process. Also in kenya we go to the massai mara and we find out why some of the locals are not happy. The champions in the quarterfinal line up are completed. Barcelona ahead in the camp, which means that the last english club is hanging bay threat. By a thread. Tunisias Prime Minister said it was an attack on the economy designed to scare off tourists. 21 people were killed in the capital of tunis killing 21 foreign nationals as well as two tunisians. The security stormed the building ending the siege, we have more on how the attack unfolded. Reporter Tunisian Security forces call out for reinforcements. They surround the bardo museum. [ sirens ] one of tunisias famous tourist destination. There were hundreds of visitors inside when gunmen open fired. Some people managed to get out. Running for their lives. Authorities say that the gunmen hunted people down, spraying bullets. We were visiting the museum, and suddenly we heard big noises. At first w