30 years. Choosing a flag, voters in new zealand begin the process of selecting a new flag for their country. Tonight a new attack on a new continent is adding to fears about where and when civilians will be targeted next. Tonight in belgium the terror alert level for brussels was raised to level four meaning a serious and imminent risk exists. Earlier in the west african nation of mali a hotel was raid. After hostage freed, Security Forces moved in to secure the building. Paris are marking a week since the attacks with vigils near the crime scenes. Another victim has died bringing the death toll to 130. Investigators have not identified a third body found at the site of the Counter Terror raid. First, more on what happened in mali. Reporter soldiers help an employee of the radisson blu out of the building after a hostage situation that lasted many hours. Gunmen had managed to get inside shouting god is great in arabic before taking around 170 people hostage. As the full extent of the
Tighter Border Control and a third body was found in the rubble where the suspected attack organizer was killed and lets rejoin our colleagues in doha with the latest in mali. Attacked a luxury hotel for the foreigners in bamako and say 170 people have been taken hostages and at least 80 of the hostages have been freed so far from the Radisson Hotel but another three people were confirmed dead and yvonne is monitoring this story from the nigerian capitol abuja and get us up to speed and what do we know . Well, what we know is that the situation is live and active and on going. The siege is still underway. We managed to speak to some eyewitnesses who are on the scene outside of the Radisson Blu Hotel. What they tell us is that French Military who operate in mali who have a base in mali, Mali Special Forces and u. N. Forces as the u. N. Peace keeper mission there are around the how elbow hotel and surrounded the hotel and some of them have tried to go in the hotel to diffuse the situatio
Superresistant to medicine. At least 27 people are dead at a siege at a hotel in mali, west africa, including one american. This morning the group of armed men stormed the raddison blu in the capital of bomako. They took scores hostage and were were freed over the course of several areas. A group linked to al qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack in the former french call knee. It took place at the bamako at the radissdison blu. Reporter soldiers help them after a hostage situation that lasted many hours. Gunmen got inside shouting god is great in arabic before taking 170 people hostage. The full extent of the attack became clear, many here were in shock. As the malian president cut short a trip to chad and flew home, the government tried to reassure people. Translator this morning at 7 00 a. M. The Radisson Hotel was attacked. According to the information we have, there are two or three armed men with military armament that walked into the hotel. We activated the crisis cell
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
Republic. And an invasion in new yorks buildings. Why you need toe be quick to see it. After years of fighting in libya, its hoped the countrys divided political factions are finally on the verge of establishing a unity government. Representatives have attended talks in rome. There are doubts that most libyans would accept a single authority. From roam, heres this report. Se. Reporter they expressed their support of a u. N. Deal. It was also in roam where some of libyas rival factions showed their support for the international community. They are now expected to sign the deal on wednesday. But theres still opposition to the plan. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry addressed those concerns. There are still some inside and outside of libya for their own selfish purposes who are uninterested in reconciliation, unwilling to compromise, and who want this process to fail. To those responsible for violence and those who obstruct and underline libyas democratic transition need to be held stro