latest on president barack obama s visit here. in the two years since the islamic state of iraq and the levant has carved out positions across syria and iraq turkey has been reluctant to involve itself militarily. until now. on friday it announced it has begin air strikes against isil in syria, and carried out operations across turkey. more than 297 suspects are in custody. some are expected isil members, but there are members that are members of the pkk. isil has been blamed for a suicide bomb which killed more than 30 people in the turkish border town. the turkish president urged his country to trust him and his government. translator: these are the steps against our national security. our state and government will take needed action against any attack no matter what it is. it is not only for last night. we will take the necessary precautions for our nation s security and peace. last night was just the start of this, and we will keep going in the same way. we re a diffe
lewis hamilton once again setting the pace in the heat of hungary, action from the practice coming up. hello there, a warm welcome to the news hour. in the two years since the customers place customers place has carved out positions across syria and iraq turkey has been reluctant to involve itself militarily until now. on friday they announced it had announced it has begun air strikes in syria. they also carried out raids across turkey an operation spanning 13 provinces. more than 19 297 people are now in custody. it says it will treat isil and groups like the pkk without distinction. tension has been building along the border turkey shares with syria. isil has been blamed for a suicide bomb which kills more than 30 people in the turkish border town. translator: these are the steps against our national security. our state and government will take needed action against any attack no matter what it is. it is not only for last night. we will take the negs precautions for
its image. the afghan taliban has confirmed to al jazeera it s spiritual leader mullah omar is dead. and it has always elected his replacement. the afghan government said it had enough evidence to confirm that he died two years ago, but the taliban refused to confirm. there is still some conflicting reports from the taliban about where and when exactly he died and whether they have in fact chosen a replacement. reporter: shiulie, in the past 15 minutes, though we have received a statement and tweet from official taliban spokesman that confirmed the death of mullah omar. but now it s confirm by afghan taliban in afghanistan too. let me take you to the impact of his death. if we believe he died two years ago, in the past two years taliban has gained a lot of afghanistan war. they have achieved a lot of military and politically in afghanistan like if we compare 2013 with now, taliban were in 2013 only focusing on the south, now they are more splitting the war in the pa
plus i m florence looi in myanmar where villagers now have the task of rebuilding their homes and salvaging their farmland destroyed by the flooding. reporter: a sport invented in canada nicknamed murder board, makes its debut at the para-olympic pan-am games. the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution to identify those behind chemical attacks in syria. an agreement reached between the united states and russia paved the way for the resolution to pass. attributing responsibility for poison gas attacks in syria could pave the way for action by the security council. the council has threatened consequences for such attacks which could include sanctions. the syrian ambassador responded. translator: syria has upheld its commitments to the convention and resolution 2118 of 2013. [ inaudible ] has cooperated in all ways and positively dealt with this issue. all of this in spite of the ter shl challenges of an extremely challenging and complex
al-shabab ambush here. i m [ inaudible ] with the sport, including . . . [ applause ] athletic s governing body chooses its new president as it grapples to restore its image in the wake of doping allegations. we are going to start this news hour in turkey. there has been an explosion in istanbul. eight soldiers were killed on the boarder of the country, and the president is now talking about the country swiftly heading towards early elections. let s go to bernard smith who is our correspondent live in istanbul. so many things going on at the moment, bernard. and always a political background to it. tie it all together, if you will. reporter: first of all, we have had eight turkish soldiers killed this afternoon in a bomb explosion in southeastern turkey. one of the biggest losses of life the turkish military has suffered in the recent campaign against the pkk. the soldiers were in a patrol that hit a roadside bomb that seemed to be detonated remotely. and in istanbu