i m anthony held welcome we begin with the fight against islamic extremists that extremism in west africa for a summit with 5 countries in africa region french president a man moma krung has ruled out and maybe a reduction in the number of french troops stationed in the region he hopes additional forces from european allies will about france to reduce its contingent of germany doesn t agree with the strategy. enters roads leading through the sparsely populated sawhill desert this remote part of the world remains chronically underdeveloped and under policed. the west. by a violent islamist insurgency jihad is threat is particularly acute in the region bordering mali and blocking a fire zone prompting france and other european countries to deploy troops there during a regional summit attorney by man where. the french president committed to keeping over $5000.00 soldiers in the area until at least the summer. i consider the year of 2020 to have paid off we have had one victories
evidence of torture and abuse at the hands of belorussian police in the days following the disputed election. this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day the controversial head of the u.s. postal service pledges to deliver ballots on time as the house meets for a rare saturday vote for emergency funding. a delegation of west african mediators has arrived in modeling to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after the president s ouster in a coup. russian opposition leader alexina vonnie has been transferred to a hospital in berlin to receive emergency treatment for suspected poisoning russian doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in the siberian city of but they change their position late on friday the mccain has more from berlin. this is where alex in our van his journey has brought him but world renowned shady hospital and the start of treatment his supporters hope will save the life of one of the most prominen
very important from volunteers start rolling up their sleeves to the united states 1st large scale vaccine trial. also ahead 3000000000 animals killed or displaced scientists give an alarming reassessment of australia s devastating bushfires. i m johnny gosch roscoe with the sports 500 and up england cricket the surf boards joins an elite club with his latest test against the west indies. we begin this news in malaysia with the former prime minister najib razak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption he won t go straight to jail though and says he s appealing this verdict is from the 1st of 5 trials not she was facing linked to the one n.d.p. scandal he launched this state fund when he was prime minister in 2009 we are always positive we believe. you know innocence we believe that. we have a strong case. but of course we have to convince the judges and we would do our best. chef we would continue to lead a team and he is very determined
frozen in time and i. thought it was a basketball battle in los angeles with le bron is a lakers full of shorts against the clippers we have that and more christmas n.b.a. action coming up. iraq s president says he would rather quit the name a new prime minister rejected by protesters. is refusing to designate the nominee of an iran backed parliamentary bloc in a letter to parliament barcella said out of my kin list to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name assad danny as a candidate for the next prime minister or president saleh has been trying to find a replacement for. who resigned as prime minister last month his decision to quit has done little to calm protests demanding a complete overhaul of the sectarian political system this wave of demonstrations started in october but there were similar scenes last year over the sign compliance many say they ve had enough of corruption unemployment poor public services and a low standard of living hundreds of peopl
israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his audi. turkey s president typewriter one says he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government to he says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long offensive by forces loyal to wall otani for have to offer president present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. from the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libya s legitimate government against the coup plotter who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share maritime border lines in the mediterranean sea once the parliament comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on the security cooperation agreement once indo