decisions but it is shocking nonetheless. will: 13 service men and womn killed in the suicide bomb attack, the book reveals two chances for the biden administration to do something to stop that, one a potential drone strike on the location of the known isis k members and two, knowing as you said the location of the hotel and having it capable, open for potential raid. joey: the juxtaposition of the drone strike we did conduct because americans were so outraged over what happened, which ended up killing civilians, the intelligence was shaky. this alleges we had better intelligence prior to, we had direct testimony in congress about this, asking for permission to take out what they knew to be the bomber. there s some there s a chain of command. there s a decision making process. it s had hard to make these decisions, not everybody gets to be a combat officer to make the decisions. sometimes in the words of i believe it was colonel sheller,
The leader of an influential Pakistan political party called Tuesday for better state-provided security after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed 54 people almost half of them children at an election gathering.In January, a suicide bomber linked to Pakistan's Taliban blew himself up in a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing more than 80 officers.
hello. i m carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. we start in pakistan, where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a politcal rally in the north west of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast which happened in pakistan s bajaur district close to the border with afghanistan. here s our correspondent, caroline davis. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all in ured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh.
the embassy in niamey as inside the embassy in niamey as france stops aid. and we have a special report where we talk to a mother about why it s getting easier to be a single parent in china. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a political rally in the north west of the country. well, over 100 were injured in the blast at the event in the bajaur district, near the border with afghanistan. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties,