French hostage rescue bid in Somalia ends with deaths
France struck against Islamist miliants in Somalia today in a failed bid to rescue a hostage who's believed to have died, along with at least one French soldier.
It comes the same day as the British Government announced it was sending two RAF C-17 planes to support the French military operation against Islamists in the West African Republic of Mali.
ITV News Reporter Sejal Karia has the latest in this report:
For more on the situation in Mali click here and to read the latest on the military operation in Somalia click here.
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