Britains Prime Minister David Cameron is on a surprise visit to afghanistan in the past hour he met the new afghan president at the president ial palace in kabul. Cameron is also due to visit british troops later. Lets go live to Jennifer Glasse who in kabul live for us. They have held a press conference not long ago. What have they said . Reporter thats right. David cameron on his 13th visit here to afghanistan mentioning that there is still there is only one British Force troop base left here. He will visit those troops later today. In three months all of the british combat forces will be leaving afghanistan, he says just because the combat force are leaving afghanistan that doesnt mean that britain wont support afghanistan. In the president conference he outlined some of britains accomplishments here. We have been very clear about what we have been trying to achieve in afghanistan. And that is to build an afghanistan that is capable of looking after its own security without the need
Closer to fax than you think. We begin in haiti where prim minister has bee has he resignsr months of protests. Demonstrating are calling for longdelayed election electionsy all juan to the president to step down. Dominick kane has more. Reporter in recent weeks, protests like these have sprung up in the asian capital. Now they are spread to go other cities. The people are calling for the government of the president to fall. No magic wand can save them. There is no way they can be saved. Reporter on friday the president said he would he accept the resignation of his Prime Minister as part of a plan to reach eye new consensual government. The president s problem is no elections in haiti for three years. The term of office of the Current Parliament will end next month and no new elections are scheduled. Translator the government was supposed to organize the elects for four years all they did was corruption. They ruined the country. Thats why we take to the streets and we will be in the s
Museums celebrates its 250th birthday. A drone strike in pakistans north region has reportedly killed at least five people. A senior al qaeda commander is said to have been among those who died. Omar fa rube was head of the grubes operations in pakistan and afghanistan. On saturday al leader was killed in a similar attack. The kamal, there has been another senior al qaeda member, hes the latest to be killed from a drone strike. Just how significant was he . Reporter well, as you mentioned, he is believed to be operational commander for afghanistan and pakistan. Hes a pakistani. However he rows to prominence first starting as a spokesman for al qaeda in pakistan. But rose in power and was said to be a key commander. One slight correction, just two days ago the Pakistani Military used Ground Forces in a special operation in which the other senior al qaeda commander was killed, he was said to be responsible for masterminds being the subway attack in new york. So that operation was carried
Championship event. Can you guess what it is . Probably. But what its all got to do with vlogs. Selfies, hashtags, find out shortly. Polls have opened in bahrain for the first parliamentary lexes since a crack down on antigovernment protests in 2011. But opposition parties say the government has failed to address any of the grievances that sparked that unrest. Charles stratford reports. Reporter these are some of the more than 260 candidates competing for 40 seats in bahrains election. Saturdays parliamentary poll is the first since a crack down a shia mud lickled protest in 2011. Around 20 of the monarchy is shia and the Largest Party is boycotting the vote. When a failure it is for the government to beg on if a vote from a people who are marginalized by them. The government is looking for the impossible from any rational person. Reporter the protests made their neighbors nervous. They set up tends in the capital. The bahrain authorities then arrested thousands of people. Real power c
Quitting the force, the officer who shot dead a black teenager provoking rioting in the u. S. Resigns from the police. And healing a thousand year religious schism. The Catholic Pope on his last day on his trip to turkey. So the unites nations is warning that the fighting in syria and iraq is attracting foreigners on an unprecedented scale. Most of the recruiting is now done by the Islamic State of iraq and the levants. The cia says there could be anywhere between 20,031 1 2 thousand fighters in iraq and syria. As many as half of them are foreigforeigners. They went to iraq and syria from over 80 countries in north america, middle east, asia, australia and europe. But over 400 fighters are said to have traveled from france. Omar, better known as omar onsen is said to be the number one recruiter of french fighters, al jazerra has obtained an exclusive interview with him. Zeina khodr reports. Reporter it was an early 2012 when foreigners start today join the fight against the Syrian Gove