Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us here on d w events are underway in poland to remember the start of world war 280 years ago both german chancellor Angela Merkel and german president func. Are attending a ceremony in the capital warsaw a sign of the importance germany is placing on this painful anniversary and these are live pictures youre seeing here and that was just the polish president and to do that with his wife it was on september 1st 1939 that a german troops invaded neighboring poland the beginning of historys bloodiest conflict poland suffered some of the worst horrors of the war nearly 6000000 polish citizens were killed including some 3000000. 00 polish jews now other World Leaders including u. S. Vice president president mike pence are also attending the. Benson warsaw he is actually taking the place of u. S. President donald trump who canceled his planned visit in order to monitor hurricane dorian. And as we said those commemorations are getting underway a
Are here to analyze the weeks news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan a series of suicide bombings rocked Northern Nigeria today. Four women blew themselves up early this morning as soldiers challenged their entrance to maiduguri, killing at least 18 people. The blasts occurred just hours after two bombs struck a nearby mosque. At least 30 people died in those explosions. Officials suspect boko haram extremists are b
News. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan a series of suicide bombings rocked Northern Nigeria today. Four women blew themselves up early this morning as soldiers challenged their entrance to maiduguri, killing at least 18 people. The blasts occurred just hours after two bombs struck a nearby mosque. At least 30 people died in those explosions. Officials suspect boko haram extremists are behind both incidents. Nick sch
Breaking news one week after the terrorist attacks the zero hotel al qaeda at and now were learning of those with american citizens we cannot confirm the death of a u. S. Citizen on the Radisson Hotel in mali we express our deepest condolences to the friends of the deceased. We are providing assistance and of respect to the family. No further information at that time. It is over the special forces to free the hostages to trap that the top. Remember it is the former french colony the perfect symbol to western success. Former senior from the National Security cancel this is one of the things it is getting worse to get closer together is a tragic day but at this point is a group and then it is doubling down to say we are tough but nonetheless the number of attacks in such a short period of time raises a question about what we will do about our policy. Charles Subsaharan Africa with terrorist violence mali, two years ago isis almost took over the country but French Forces heres the irony t
For starters they were in a car with diplomatic license plates . No. The state Department Just said is not the case. That was a false alarm but Everything Else is writeup until now but this is how the siege ended when the attackers new they have played all their cards with a special forces were about to cut into the door to end the siege is reported they executed all the hostages with them at that time so now the u. N. Says at least two of the attackers have been killed and then the attacker struck leading a delegation trying to find ways to have peace all of those that were protected by the special forces troops were evacuated out of the hotel safely while Security Officials have said 27 bodies have been found but that could go up or down the hotel is still being searched. Also saying to have walked along corridors to debt and eight grenades as they went. With those hostages release were six american civilians and other special forces personnel based permanently assisted in the rescue