Hello im rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Afghan Special forces battle gunmen inside a five star hotel in kabul at least fifteen people are reported to have been killed or injured. Turkey says it started an offensive against kurdish positions inside syria. Deep political divisions in the u. S. What a stalemate between republicans and democrats forces our Government Shutdown plus. As women take to the streets to mock President Trumps first year in office we take a detailed look at his turbulent twelve months. Gunmen have stronger five star hotel in afghanistans capital and taken hostages the Afghan Interior Ministry says special forces are battling attackers at the Intercontinental Hotel it comes just days after the u. S. Embassy warned of possible strikes against high profile targets lets speak to jennifer glad shes in kabul for us jennifer whats the latest there. Rob we know that special forces continue to clear that hotel theyve be
Donald j. Trump he is a man who has shocks and outrages his critics as much as he thrills and galvanizes his supporters he has turned political norms on their heads. In the way leaders speak to their people most often in two hundred eighty characters a few it over the next hour we will look back on one here with the u. S. President without precedent. Wherever youre watching around the world welcome im come all santamaria this is an aljazeera news special trumps first year as we say at the exact time that dont trump was being inaugurated last year noon Eastern Standard Time seven hundred hours g. M. T. Here is what weve got coming up for youth out. Thousands of people getting ready for what is effectively round two of last years womens march the largest single day protest in u. S. History marches are happening across the country including the capital washington d. C. Further afield from north korea to jerusalem its been quite a year as trumps Foreign Policy created shock waves across th
Brought them. To move into the. Next. Determined. Political action. Network for an overnight siege at the Intercontinental Hotel in kabul gunfire and explosions can still be heard from outside the hotel despite the interior minister. Afghan Officials Say one hundred and sixty people including four foreigners have been rescued lets go. Now she is joining us on the phone from kabul what are you hearing jennifer. Well listen im just outside the Intercontinental Hotel where we know that explosions and gunfire have been going on over the last couple of hours or so as you said that this siege is going into its fifteenth hour we saw all Security Forces heading to the hotel where the enforcement heavily on just about an hour ago but the explosions and gunfire heavy arms as well as small arms fire has continued here you can see the hotel side of the hotel totally burnt out where fires burned overnight and at daybreak this morning we saw some very dramatic footage of people getting out of the ho
A five star hotel in kabul at least fifteen people are reported to have been killed or injured. Turkey says it started an offensive against kurdish positions inside syria. Deep political divisions in the u. S. Where a stalemate between republicans and democrats forces a Government Shutdown plus. As women take to the streets to mock President Trumps first year in office we take a detailed look at his turbulent twelve months. Gunmen have stormed a five star hotel in afghanistans capital and taken hostages the Afghan Interior Ministry says special forces are battling attackers at the Intercontinental Hotel it comes just days after the u. S. Embassy warned of possible strikes against high profile targets jennifer glass has this update from cup. Afghan special forces have been clearing the hotel floor by floor trying to find the gunman and get and evacuate staff and guests from the Intercontinental Hotel the siege started about nine oclock on saturday night when at least four gunmen attacke
Sixty minutes after a chaotic start interruptions and delays the russian sponsored talks on the. Top. Two days of fighting in yemen and said have taken control of the port city of aden. Donald trump gets ready to deliver his state of the Union Address will he stick to script and can he rally a deeply divided nation plus. His main Opposition Leader declares himself the people president. Russian sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution to the war in syria have ended with some progress in the black sea resort of sochi the conference final statement said elections should be held to allow syrians to decide their own future but there will be no formal agreements and the event was boycotted by the leader of the Syrian Opposition over what he called broken promises the us russian and france didnt attend the talks either they support a separate u. N. Mediation process with some delegates in foreign minister when he read a statement from president Vladimir Putin they accuse moscow o