end of all military operations. a prominent critic of the president we ll be speaking to the human rights advocate, bianca jagger. a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in virginia. el shafee el sheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members, who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria, and became known as the beatles, a name given to them by their captives. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. el shafee elsheikh had always described himself as a simple iis is but that wasn t true. a trial lasting two weeks here a part of a cell of the nicest beetles due to their english accents. isis beatles the group rain of terror left the world reeling in nara. he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot
at least when it comes to the state operation of the plant. safe operation of the plant. safe operation of the plant. safe operation of the plant. and back equipment, radiation monitoring equipment, radiation monitoring equipment that may have gotten damage. and beyond all, it would be in an enormous vote of or expression of support for the ukrainian staff that has been operating this plant now for six months. basically under the barrel of a gun. unidentified armed attackers have taken control of a hotel in the somali capital, mogadishu. security sources say they seized the hayat hotel following two car bomb blasts and a fierce gunfight. nine injured people are reported to have been taken from the hotel by ambulance. the militant islamist group, al shabaab, says it is behind the attack. finland s prime minster, sanna marin, says she has nothing to fear after taking a drugs test, following the emergence of a video of her, at a party.
the global public policy institute here in berlin thank you very much. let s catch up on some other stories making news around the world a powerful car bomb blasts in the afghan capital kabul during rush hour has wounded at least $65.00 people with fatalities feared the explosion targeted the afghan defense ministry the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. syrian state media says 4 civilians have died after israeli jets attacked military positions near the capital damascus and the western city of holmes footage shows the syrian military responding to the attack by firing surface to air missiles another 21 people were reportedly injured in the of souls. in libya turkey says rebel commander how lethal how stars forces will become quote a legitimate target if they don t immediately release 6 turkish citizens that comes after have to as troops said they would attack turkish targets over turkey support for the internationally recognized libyan government they also claim they h
happening now, the obama administration says it is fine tuning the strategy in iraq. pentagon officials are looking for a way to bring sunni tribes into the fight against the islamic state militants. one possibility, the u.s. could begin arming sunni fighters directly. that would replace or supplement the current system where it goes through the shi ite government in baghdad. this as forensic teams are trying to identify 500 bodies exhumed in tikrit. the bodies are believed to belong to military cadets that isis claims to have killed last year at a nearby military base. overnight in baghdad, at least nine people killed and 14 injured in twin car bomb blasts at hotels popular with officials and foreigners. standing by live in baghdad is senior international correspondent arwa damon. good morning, arwa.
into the fight against islamic state militants. one consideration, arming sunni fighters directly to replace or supplement the current system where weapons go through the shi ite dominated government in baghdad. this news coming as iraqi forensic teams try to identify nearly 500 bodies exhumed in tikrit. officials believe the bodies belong to iraqi military cadets that isis claims killed last year. also overnight in baghdad, at least nine people killed and 14 injured in twin car bomb blasts at two luxury hotels popular with officials and foreigners. a lot of developments overnight. standing by in baghdad is senior correspondent arwa damon. reporter: we sent crews out to the two sites of the attacks overnight. security forces not allowing