Afghanistan. This is a tweet from saturday, donald trump saying, ive had an important day at camp david with our military leaders and we have made decisions including on afghanistan. In not so long we will hear what those decisions are in a live address from the president. At the moment there are over 8000 american troops in afghanistan. A lot but way down on the 100,000 during president obamas first term. This is americas longest of the conflict. It dates back to 2001 and the 9 11 attacks, almost 2500 us troops have died since the operations began, and in financial terms, it is estimated to have crossed over 1 trillion. The impact on afghans has also been important 999 on afghans has also been important egg enormous. This is number of civilian deaths since 2001, 301000. Gary odonoghue of the bbc in washington reported on the options President Trump faces. The options are, from total withdrawal of american forces, some it of them in afghanistan, bring them all home, adding another a000
Of renovation work begins. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news wayne rooney happy again in manchester, but was his opener enough for everton to take all three points from Manchester City . Good evening. Police in spain say they have shot dead the moroccan man who is believed to have driven the van into the crowds in barcelona on thursday, leaving 13 people dead. The 22 year old was found near a village about 25 miles from the city. Younes abouyaaquob was killed after he ran into a vineyard holding what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. The authorities in spain say the 12 original suspects have all been killed or detained, but the operation is still ongoing. Our correspondent tom burridge is in subirats where the main suspect was found today. This is rural catalonian wine country, 50 kilometres away from barcelona. After running down 13 men, women and children on las ramblas and killing another man during his getaway, Younes Abouyaaqoub, the driver of the van, somehow made it her
The rest of the world may have been talking about the eclipse but for citys blue moon an opportunity to blot out everton s superstars. The visitors withstood early pressure, Sergio Aguero taking the short, everton Sergio Aguero taking the short, eve rto n ca n Sergio Aguero taking the short, everton can thank their lucky stars that the frame stood in the way. Rooneys 200th premier league goal launching the funds into orbit. The atmosphere worsened, walker, already booked, so read on his home debut. City something out of this world and injordan city something out of this world and in Jordan Pickford everton city something out of this world and inJordan Pickford everton seemed to have that. Yet resistance crumbled and Raheem Sterling was on hand to add the necessary force. Morgan schneiderlin can perhaps consider himself unlucky forgetting a second yellow card and with city seeking a late winner it could have been all three points were it not the tip of these toes. James bbc news. Mike j
We were disappointed when we didnt play what we are. We put absolutely everything on the pitch. Can i ask you about the performance of raheem sterling, he certainly took his chance when he came on, impressed with his performance this evening . was impressed with all of them. Two red guards, kyle walker, was that a red card . Next question. Why wont you answer that, do you think it was not a red card . Next question. The second red card for morgan schneiderlin, do you think that was a red card . No comment. Thank you. I dont say we deserved all the three points. I say by halftime 1 0 up, 11 everton players against ten of city, but even with one less player on the pitch they have that high quality on the ball and they can make it difficult but i think we had a tactical, good game. Unlucky goal. They didnt create a lot of open chances. They had still the domination in the game and in the counter attack. I think we had some opportunities but finally its a good point and we worked hard for
Taking at look at the foe Phenomenal Growth of mobile gaming. We begin in syria where we confront a syria strike has killed a commander. He was killed in p a special Army Operation in italy on thursday. Earlier remembers say he died in a drone attack on february 27th, but now the group says that he was indeed killed on thursday. He was a vet repleader who held the title of general military commander. Ever the the front. A closer look at the fronts and its objectives. The group is al quaidas branch, it took on the name as part of the uprising against the asaad regime. It has also been fighting other groups. Now its leaders are considering cutting their links with al quaida to purely syrian entity. A rebranding would at least in theory free up more funding. U. N. Security council and is listed as a terrorist organization, but reports are saying that not all leaders are onboard with this latest plan. The director from the u. S. Of oklahoma, good to have you with us. Who benefits from the