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
in business briefing, we will be unpacking the latest moves on the pa rt unpacking the latest moves on the part of the european union to try and get tech giants to pay more. a warm welcome to the programme briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programe where are you going? a ba flight destined for dusseldorf landed in edinburgh by mistake after flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly. so we d like to know what has been your biggest travel mistake or diversion? send us your stories just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. in an unprecidented move, british mps have voted to take control of the brexit agenda. three government ministers richard harrington, alistair burt and steve brine resigned so they could support a cross party amendment, which passed with a majority of 27. there will now be a series of votes this week on what kind of brexit the commons will support. our political correspondent nick eardley explains. this
welcome to the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. the government has had to trigger article one five five of the constitution that was not our wish or intention thousands take to the streets of barcelona after spain s prime minister moves to impose direct rule over catalonia the autonomous region describes the measure of. another attack in the afghan capital just twenty four hours after suicide bombers targeted mosques in kabul. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson arrives in saudi arabia once again to try to end the blockade against cutter. and america s biggest carmaker hits the brakes of one of its largest five trays. in united and start of the premier league season is over. defeated won by how does feel their first win of united since nineteen fifty two. we begin this news with the news that the president of the cattle and regional parliament has accused spanish prime minister mariano rajoy of orchestrating a coup after he announced he wo
this is al jazeera. hello i m rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes more resistance cutlass push them on says catalonia will not accept what he says is an attack on democracy by the spanish government. could say they ve been betrayed by the rest of the world after iraq s military seized control of areas once held by fighters. back for another try u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia again in a bid to end the blockade against qatar. and it s election time in japan. become the country s longest serving leader since the second world war. catalonia is regional president is denouncing moves by the spanish government to take control of the region among says it s an attack on democracy and the rule of law to simmons has more from barcelona. an extraordinary day most would say for all the wrong reasons mariano rajoy said he had no alternative but to trigger article one five five which some say means repression catalo
met with french president francois hollande, and obama said the united states would stand united against its fight against isis. pres. obama: we are here today to declare that the united states and france stand united in delivering justice to these terrorists and those who send them, and to defend our nations. it is necessary that we offer full cooperation in terms of intelligence. attacks generate a lot of emotion, but that is not enough. compassion, solidarity we must act. charlie: president hollande will meet with german chancellor angela merkel on wednesday and president putin on thursday to further discuss a coalition against isis. i am pleased to have mike at the table to talk about all of this. mr. morell: thank you, charlie. charlie: let me start with the question we have talked about, where do we stand after paris? mr. morell: paris was obviously a very significant event. i think it is a game changer, and it is a game changer in the following way before paris,