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lawmakers and government officials. the al qaeda-linked terrorist group al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. a court in mexico is issuing arrest warrants for 83 people in connection with the disappearance of dozens of students eight years ago. members of mexico s military, judicial authorities and police officers are among those impl implicated. this comes after mexico s former attorney general was arrested in relation to the mass kidnapping that has been under investigation for years now. cnn s rafael romo joins us now. rafael, i mean, this has been a mystery for a very long time, and it sounds like there might be some movement in this case. what are you learning? that s right, jim, the report released by mexico s truth commission is full of new details that give us a better idea about what happened in the hours before those 43 students from a rural teacher s college went missing in 2014. among other damning conclusions, the report says mexican security forces follo
20 dead. security forces are still trying to take control of the situation at this hour. also tonight, new data on long term covid and the increased risk of brain disorders. dr. leana wen is here to discuss. and actor gary busey in trouble with the law again. you re in the cnn newsroom. it is 2:00 a.m. in the capital of somalia and a terrorist attack is still playing out, more than 24 hours later. [ screaming ] harrowing images. at least 20 people are confirmed dead in the attack on the upscale hotel. dozens more injured. and an unknown number of people are being held hostage. [ sound of gunfire ] the al qaeda linked terrorist
from the military side president biden signing this order allowing troops to be based out of somalia. the al shabaab militant group linked with al qaeda has gained strength in recent months, it is a long-running fight against that group. and u.s. officials have said that not only in somalia, but outside of that country, civilians including americans are at risk of attacks. so they believe that it is important to bolster the u.s. presence again in somalia, though they make pains to say that this is not any direct action that forces will be taking. our forces are not now nor will they be directly engaged in combat operations. the purpose here is to enable a more effective fight against al shabaab by local forces which al shabaab has increased in their strength and poses a heightened threat. reporter: so it is a
here. jomana, keep us posted. and president biden restoring the u.s. military presence in somalia in an effort to counter the terrorist group al shabaab. the move reverses former president trump s abrupt withdrawal of all u.s. troops from that country. and david mckenzie is live in johannesburg with more. how many troops is the president expected to deploy? reporter: good morning. this is a significant development. the pentagon says less than 500 troops will be on the ground in somalia, and this is a redeployment, a senior administration official telling cnn that the order by president trump at the last minute to withdraw those troops was, quote, irrational. what you ve heard over the last many months are u.s. special operation forces shuttling back and forth from neighboring countries because of that order into somalia and then back again. the pentagon says that this was expensive, potentially dangerous. so they certainly are welcoming