purcell's all over the country and to help iraq restore instability and return the liberated area to what they used to be in order for terrorism not to exist delegates at this conference taking note of the view of u.s. intelligence chiefs at odds with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al jazeera washington one iraqi city which was under the control of eisel for a long time as mosul it was taken over by the armed group in twenty fourteen they were driven out three years later but the fight between i saw and iraqi forces left large parts of the city in ruins matheson reports now from baghdad. the iraqi government is very concerned that these comments by donald trump might be the precursor to the same sort of pullout that he's talking about from syria and the

government doesn't want that but it's in a kind of cleft stick here is why there's a large section of the iraqi parliament which has ties and links to iran and makes no secret of the fact and iran does not want to see american troops or foreign troops on the ground on its doorstep in iraq as well there's a large block led by. the leading shia cleric who's describing himself as a nationalist he doesn't want to see any foreign troops on the ground in iraq but the government is in a difficult position as i say because on the one hand it has to reflect the views of those members of parliament but at the same time it knows it needs the american and foreign troops to be able to deal with a potential threat from myself and also to be able to train its own troops to deal with cells and attacks around the country that meanwhile the city of mosul is trying to rebuild itself there's a big government program at the moment to try to move

a lot of the rubble and people are starting to rebuild their lives but thousands are still homeless. small shops are surrounded by devastation. the wreckage of the iraqi military's battle to regain the city of mosul from i saw a gunman as i said the other day. i still kidnapped and then killed my husband when they stormed the city back in twenty fourteen and ever since i've been struggling to earn a living and feed my children i still sees mosul in twenty fourteen but after a hard fought battle the iraqi military won it back three years later this is all that's left of what's known as the old city. the united nations says it will take ten years to clear the rubble but. it's a good sign the rubble is being removed it gives people like me a chance to go back to where their house was and start rebuilding their lives the international committee of the red cross says there are about one point eight

million people in iraq who can't return home often that's because their homes simply don't exist they've been destroyed in the fighting between the iraqi military and i saw but the i.c.r.c. also says it's not enough just to build houses it says people need a wide variety of different types of help before they can start again it is important that they are protected from further harm and their basic needs in housing in health in education and work in finding jobs are met. there's also pressure on iraq's government to give more financial help. in the old city of mosul there are more than sixteen thousand destroyed homes the government needs to do more to compensate people and support them to rebuild mosul . opened her shop using donations from charities she and her two sons have taken their first steps towards

a normal life thousands more like he's still have nowhere to go matheson al-jazeera back down a speech or something not a who's the director of the levant institute for strategic affairs he joins us now live from beirut good to have you with us what do you make of president trump's comments is it possible to completely wipe out ice or you can do it territorially but not necessarily in terms of personnel. the direct question is quickly no because this is before being a military organization. an idea that emerged out of poverty and modern munching on ideas asian political and social marginalized ition and. up to the point where the root causes are dealt with we cannot say it clear that death of that is over but the position of the president yesterday the announcement

of a unilateral withdrawal from syria i mean implies two major two critical remarks first of all and this is the critical question of who will fill the void that will be left by the united states of america is it and other regional forest like russia iran turkey or other allies france and britain so it's a critical question why because the united states of america in two thousand and eight operated a similar ways that all will result was this you knew that it was the world was filled first by iran and second by isis to enemies or the enemies or the united states of america secretary second question was which is related to the first first one is this was the goal when consistent with the

declared american strategy yesterday in the state of the union address president obama said like laid out his strategy in the mideast saying that iran is a major threat and the leading. terrorist region so the question now is will this unilateral withdrawal will be to the advantage of iran. similarly to what happened in two thousand and eight and this is why i do believe the major allies of. washington are very concerned was a. sudden decision. that is an important question today to. washington to build alliances and to keep. allies in that coalition with the kurdish who have been fighting with washington to

i'm sorry i'm sorry to interrupt you sir time and time is tight you talked about eisel being more than just a military grouping it's an idea you said secretary of state might pompei or said that withdrawing troops wouldn't signify a change in mission but a change in tactics he said the fight against deisel would always be military led other than a military action how can i still be defeated. i think isis can should be defeated not only by militarily means that the this is true it should there are. means to be put in the place to stop countries or the source of financing for financing for such military or organization but primarily i think this is a long term strategy that has to do with peace it has to

start was proper. and profound to the forums in the society that that to the emergence of dyes and starting in start think was foetal political participation namely of the sunni community in iraq and syria now who are the. is the. political system in place in syria and iraq is it ensuring a full participation of all the component. of that iraqi and syrian society and food but if the patient of all the components and the power sharing system this is the question going on it has that problem of enfranchising. is resolved i don't think that one can say that threat of isis is over so many thanks indeed something out of the direction of the levant institute for strategic

of us the un is warning against using humanitarian aid as a political tool in venezuela the u.s. says the trucks carrying supplies of arrived in they bring colombia they were sent there to request by venezuela's self declared interim president but the opposition says that the military has blocked a bridge along the border where the aid has been to pass zeros alessandra of m.p.'s he reports now from the colombia venezuela border. the promised a doesn't even reach the venezuelan border but the government of nicolas maduro is already taking steps to stop it entering the country fences huge shipping containers and armed soldiers are blocking crossings into venice where. the united states and neighboring colombia are leading an effort to move tens of millions of dollars worth of aid into linux well it includes desperately needed medicines and food. president has long denied this country faces any such crisis in regard to the

aid offer as the first step towards ending beechen of the country in the eyes of venus well as our position it's no more dinner an act of compassion. humanitarian aid is humanitarian aid is to take care of the emergency it doesn't resolve the problem of food it's important to say that it's to attend to the most vulnerable that today are about to lose their lives. on wednesday the u.s. secretary of state in colombia's foreign ministers call them president maduro to change his mind. where we. have been as well and people are calling for this humanitarian aid to arrive and what it needs to do is not impede our being as well and brothers from getting the humanitarian aid they need this is the entrance to that bridge the main entry point for the aid arriving from the capital but we're still days away from being ready to operate as

a humanitarian corridor the building there you see behind me is being adapted to properly store food and medicine that will arrive the first trucks are still on their way from their expected here at some point on thursday and local authorities are telling us that even once all this will be ready they feel don't have a clear plan and how to move this into venezuela. on the venezuela side of the border hungry families were anxiously waiting for news of the shipments. and even here in colombia who fled their home country or hoping to receive some help i don't know not be sure they get here we were told we could receive some food and help here but know their thing it needs to go into venezuela doable not let it in let's hope he will put a hand on his heart and yield something that at least for now seems out of the question listen i'm. going to show you some live pictures now from istanbul where

rescue teams have been working through the night searching for survivors of a collapsed building it happened on wednesday evening at least three people were killed several others have been pulled out of the rubble alive it's believed that people are still trapped under that rubble that you can see there. the building was an eight story apartment block. we'll get a weather update next year i was there at them the court battle over campaigners efforts to prevent migrant deportations from the u.k. plus. a danish my own has just been sentenced to six years in a russian prison his crime being a jerk i was witness barbara retellings of mustard keep watching to find out more on the crackdown on a religious organization that in russia is classed as extremist.

it's very wet and windy for some of us in europe at the moment there is a particularly strong in the northwest and they're bringing in plenty of cloud and plenty of heavy rain as well one system is working its way north woods now so we'll see some heavy downpours out of that over parts of scandinavia during the day today and then behind it we've got the next system that's rolling its way and bringing us yet more in the way of wet and windy weather staying wet and windy across the british isles there as we head through the day on friday that's also stretching in to parts of denmark there for the south and here it's just more mild so paris getting to around ten degrees but not too much in the way of what with the hair and actually that mild weather is extending further east now to say walsall should get up to around five degrees of the maximum temperature of the mediterranean we've had this very active system with us that brought us a lot of rain and some fairly strong winds as well that system is moving away from

us but it's been quite windy i mean damp forcing kyra things here a calming down but behind it we may just see the or shall perhaps around the coast of libya and that white just stretch its way eastwards on to the coastline of egypt as well ger in the day further towards the west it looks fine dry unsettled for most of us here and the temperatures are on the up as well to look at to around seventeen hour batts will be up eighty. the weather sponsored by qatar at least. in the next episode of techno the team looks into the environmental impact of waste management trash is a big business for them unfortunately smelly bills next to the complexities of recycling when these different plastics are blended together then the recycling becomes difficult to impossible and the scientists that office solutions it's very easy for us to have a hundred percent recycled material techno on al-jazeera. hello

again this is al-jazeera a reminder of the main news this hour the u.s. president is predicting victory of ice or as early as next week donald trump says the coalition is close to replacing all the territory previously held by the group in syria and iraq. the u.n. is warning against using humanitarian aid as a political tool in venezuela the u.s. says the trucks carrying supplies of arrived in neighboring colombia they were sent there after a request by venezuela's self declared interim president. rescue teams into searching for survivors of a collapsed building in istanbul it happened the wednesday evening at least three

people were killed. britain's prime minister's reason may is travelling to brussels late so it's an urge e.u. leaders to accept changes to that breaks it agreement or face the prospect of the u.k. leaving the block without a deal on wednesday the european council president said that there was a special place in hell for british politicians who pushed for the u.k. to leave without a plan in place may's been campaigning for a deal in northern ireland from where al jazeera is paul brennan reports. that the second i have spoken about the necessary actions in case of no deal. i know that you will also be discussing this shocking with the european commission. by the way i've been wondering what that special place. in her looks like for those who promoted heat without even a catch of a plan how to carry it safely now those incendiary comments have quite predictably

caused a reaction certainly from breakfast supporting m.p.'s and journalists in london but let's just have a little look at a video clip as they stood up to leave you can just about hear an exchange between layover i guess and donald tusk where they almost anticipate the reaction that's coming let's have a look at this. now let's bring it back to where i'm standing in belfast which is where the prime minister has been she's going to brussels on thursday with the purpose of her visit here is a try to work out exactly what the parties will accept and it seems a very confused picture is emerging shin fein the republican party which has seven seats in the westminster parliament but doesn't actually sit and votes in london refuses to do so it is accused to recently of bad faith for trying to reopen the withdrawal agreements and change the backstop arrangement however the d u p which

does sit in london and upon which to research may realize for her parliamentary majority has insisted that to tinker all try to reform the backstop but leave it in place is not enough they want the backstop totally replaced they're not happy with it being in the ritual agreements it's all a court in russia sentenced a member of the christian group the jehovah's witnesses to six years in jail the group was banned in twenty seventeen and classified as an extremist organization many other members are in pretrial detention cases raising concern among human rights groups about religious freedom in russia will reach chalons as more from moscow. dennis christensen who arrived in good spirits to hear the verdict on wednesday thank you but do you. really. think that we've just made it up but after cameras and supporters were told to leave the court the judge in the town of oriel sentenced the dane to six years for extremism it's

a conviction he intends to appeal. i thank you everybody for coming i'm very happy that you're here thank you. dennis christensen may be the first jehovah's witness to be given jail time in russia but he's certainly not the only one in trouble we filmed worship at their main moscow meeting hall in two thousand and seventeen just before russia's supreme court outlawed the witnesses as an extremist organization before we were banned this building was. very intensively as you can see. since then the doors have been shot to them they have about twenty two people in prison.