60 Miles
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About 60 Miles
Brussels shooting: Security doubled for France v Scotland friendly
... " Lille, where Scotland fans have been gathering for the friendly match against France, is less than 60 Miles (96km) from Brussels...
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... The town is some 100km (60 Miles) north of Karabakh s regional capital, Khankendi, known as Stepanakert by Armenians...
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... The BBC has been told that some victims bodies have washed ashore more than 100km (60 Miles) from Derna, after they were swept out to sea...
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... Their resting site is on the bed of the South China Sea, some 100km (60 Miles) off the east coast of Malaysia...
Ministry of Defence condemns 'desecration' of Royal Navy wrecks
... The ships are resting on the bed of the South China Sea, 60 Miles (100km) off the east coast of Malaysia...
Cheltenham man completes John O'Groats to Land's End route in wheelchair
... Engineers put lithium batteries into the 38-year-old s wheelchair and took out 70kg of weight to " be faster and go further" and allow him to travel 60 Miles or more on a single charge...
Homeless children: Living with trauma, tears and tiredness
... When the 28-year-old told her local authority their property would be too small when her baby was born, they offered her a bigger place, 60 Miles away in Colchester...
Ukraine war: How the conflict is creating family rifts in Russia
... She says this became clear while she was filming Vanya s funeral in their home village of Arkhangelskoe, 60 Miles [97km] outside Moscow...
Jihadists 'attack US Baledogle training base in Somalia'
The Baledogle base, pictured here in 1992, is used by US troops to train commandos
Jihadists have attacked a military base where US soldiers train commandos in Somalia.
Local residents reported heavy blasts and gunfire at Baledogle airport in the southern Lower Shabelle region.
The al-Shabab militant group said it had carried out The Attack , using a Car Bomb to blast through The Gates before sending its fighters inside.
Military officials say the jihadists were repulsed without breaching The Perimeter fence.
No casualties were reported among the Somali military.
In a statement, for their "alertness and swift response".
"This attack Yet Again demonstrates al-Shabab violently opposes progress towards peace and prosperity in Somalia," he said.
Al-Shabab said in a statement it had launched the raid, adding: "After breaching the perimeters of the heavily fortified base, the mujahideen [holy warriors] stormed the military complex, engaging The Crusaders in an intense firefight. "
The Base , about 100km (60 Miles ) west of the capital Mogadishu, is said to house US Special Forces , Somali Special Forces and Ugandan peacekeepers. It is used as a launch site for US drones as well as being a training centre.
US Somali operation shrouded in secrecyBy Mary Harper, BBC World Service Africa editor
The fact that al-Shabab managed to attack two foreign targets in a single day proves its enduring power, 13 years after it came into existence. It shows it is a well-coordinated force, with a sophisticated intelligence network.
The Assault on the US military training base at Baledogle airport will be an embarrassment to The Americans , who have stepped up drone attacks on al-Shabab since Donald Trump became president.
The US military is also active on the ground in Somalia, training an Elite Group of Somali commandos known as The Shield and taking part in special operations, always shrouded in secrecy.
Al-Shabab seems impervious to the multitude of forces ranged against it, from thousands of African Union troops, to Western and other foreign Special Forces , to a large if fractured Somali army.
The Group does far More Than stage attacks on its enemies. It imposes fines and taxes, even in government-controlled areas. It provides effective - if brutal - judicial services, which are as popular with those living outside the areas it controls as those inside them.
It is essentially a governing force, and is likely to remain so until the Somali government and its allies form a credible, functioning alternative.
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Separately, an Italian military convoy was hit by an explosion in Mogadishu itself, Italy's defence ministry said. No casualties have as yet been reported in this attack.
us drone strikes, al-shabab, somalia, drones
Source of news: bbc.com
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