But there is sometime in military from u. N. And u. N. From the army to support them for security and we dont know exactly why this operation happened. Thank you very much indeed for that and is a freelance journalist who is outside the Hotel Radisson and he has been telling us that u. N. Forces in molian troops are on the scene with an attack at the Hotel Radisson blue with a number of hostages inside and dont know how many and we will speak to a journalist and president of the African Information Club and joins us on the phone from paris, he knows mali well and i dont know how well you are able to follow what has been going on in mali but tell us about this hotel and who might be carrying out this attack . Its very difficult to look and the fact is mali is now i mean two or three and they try to maintain them and effecting them in the northern part of mali but we can guess its coming from they are not a part of mali already. And looking at attacks which happened in the past lois atta
And the north koreas border with china how they are cashing in on a boom with visitor numbers. Russias president agreed to coordinate with france over air strikes with i. S. I. L. So far the cooperation stops there. French president Francis Hollande has been in moscow pushing for a Breeder Alliance broader alinings with the group. In search of a grand coalition, Francis Hollande finished a week of International Diplomacy in moscow. He found the receptive Vladimir Putin. But after several hours of talks, the only fruits of cooperation were these. Translation we agreed to reinforce antiterrorist work, improve exchanges of operational information. Fighting terrorism, set up a constructive relationship between our military specialist to avoid dupliation and incidents. Thats a long way from a grand coalition. Disagreement over Vladimir Putins ally is the stumbling block. We want discussions in vienna to lead to a solution. We want the Transitional Government to have constitution, elections
Switzerland where a century ago Albert Einstein began working on his theories of relativity. Ideas that would profoundly shape the modern world. The surviving pilot of a russian fighter jet says he and his copilot received no warning. The Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says the country will now reconsider its relations with turkey, but will not be going to war over what happened. The turkish government maintaining the plane violated its air space, despite persistent warnings. One pilot died, the other has been found alive by the syrian army. Let us the circumstances of him being found alive and taken somewhere where he can give his side of the story, and also tell us what else he had to say. Reporter well, it was a 12hour rescue effort to try to save the captain. He has basically parachuted out of his downed plane with the pilot. The pilot was shot from the ground by turkmen rebels as he was parachuting down. The other one managed to survive, but for many, many hours, it was un
District. Al jazeeras mohamed vall has reported expensively out of mali. This claim of responsibility. What do you make of it . The first thing i should say is that we still need to keep doubly safe to be verified. [ inaudible ] are wellknown in the area. This is a group that is an offshoot in the wider sa sahara, and they are an offshoot of alqaeda, and they have been active in that area for a while. They have been pushed back into the mountains by the french in 2013, but that have quite a lot of revenge to reserve for the french. And its likely if they have claimed it, it is possible. If it is twar eggs what is it about a what is going on there that is refreshing their ability to do this kind of thing . Yes, it is led by a twarig man one of the leaders used to be a twarig, but one of the leaders is not. It is made of up regions around the country. Including black malians, and even from other black countries in sub saharan africa. It has northern malian elements in it. Its a group tha
Country, and that is why what is going on in mali is such big news here in paris and in france. Here back in paris the french Prime Minister is announced that the death toll has risen to 130 from 129 in fridays deadly attacks. This morning paris police met with members of parliament to discuss Security Issues and one member of Parliament Told us the list of topics they talked about. The whole list of very difficult issues ranging from the protection of schools to public transportation, protection of water systems. Theres great concern for what they call soft targets. Lets bring in from the financial times, the paris bureau chief. Good to have you here. The attack in mali today. How is this seen as being connected to friday nights attacks here in paris . Theres a sense that its connected because its only one week after the attacks here in paris but also because france has had such an active role in chasing after the terrorists. As you said, its one of the first big military operations t