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Syrian state tv showed images of government soldiers freeing military personnel from inside an air base in northern Syria after a siege by Islamic State insurgents. Rough Cut (no reporter narration.)
Syrian state tv showed images of government soldiers freeing military personnel from inside an air base in northern Syria after a seige by Islamic State insurgents. Rough Cut (no reporter narration.)
First, we bring you an exclusive report from our reporter embedded with the French army in northern Mali. Next, we look at how the Congolese M23 rebel movement has split into two with one wanting talks with the army and the other wanting to keep fighting it. Finally, we meet the African model who inspired French designer Yves Saint Laurent in the 1980s.
Images show Somali military personnel and a military vehicle on a Mogadishu street near a popular hotel which was under siege by Al-Shabaab Islamist militants. The siege ended on Friday after more than 13 hours with all the gunmen killed, a police officer told AFP. IMAGES
The United Nations begins withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to the national police. During an official ceremony at the Kamanyola base, close to the Rwandan and Burundian borders, the flags of the United Nations and Pakistan, the countries of origin of the peacekeepers in charge, were replaced by those of the DRC. IMAGES
The United States warns Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the UN that they "must walk back from the brink of war" as tensions between the neighbors ratchet up. "Regional diplomatic efforts, not military conflict, are the only path to a negotiated solution and sustainable peace," says American envoy to the UN Robert Wood during a UNSC emergency meeting. SOUNDBITE