the lies on the unrest in neighboring syria exploiting the security vacuum it started to capture territory and changed its name to islamic state in iraq and the levant before falling out with al qaida leader ayman al-zawahiri i so now the challenge is al qaida not only in syria and iraq but for the leadership of what it calls the global jihad this struggle back that he was once a prisoner in a u.s. run jail in iraq he is believed to have been born near the iraqi city of samarra in 1971 and said to have a ph d. in islamic studies from an iraqi university giving him religious credentials it isn't known what role back that he played in recruiting arab and foreign fighters or in orchestrating attacks abroad there have been questions about his grip on power and reports of dissent within the group's leadership but the man who declared himself caliph the would be successor of the prophet managed to elude death and capture for years and even though i still state in syria and iraq crumbled under

his rule the group's goals are not defined by borders or one man its appeal comes from harnessing the grievances of some new muslims in iraq syria and across the world. well i still may not control much of iraq in syria anymore but it does still maintain a covert network of supporters counter-terrorism officials brief the un security council in august and revealed that the group has affiliates stretching from afghanistan in south asia to nigeria in west africa which is considered to be its strongest affiliate with more than 4000 fighters of the 40000 foreign fighters who joined us all along with their families of just 30000 of them survived the u.s. led campaign to topple the group and i saw remains very rich with around $300000000.00 at its disposal according to some estimates let's bring in him he's associate professor of conflict resolution of the door instead. the graduate

studies he joins us now from our studio. was. was he operationally in charge or just now a figurine for the movement well i think since he left. with that the with the battle of muscle he lost that organizational structure and organizational command that he was in charge of the organization there is no doubt that after the battle of mosul the whole isis organization became in the city so it was more or more important that for the organization that he had him in the figure he had even the symbol him in the leader and they spying figure for his followers and that's why he demand important the spy and the fact that isis did not exist then was an. after the battle is there an obvious successor waiting in the wings donald trump saying as to the question of successes we know who they are well there are of

course as we've seen in the history. you know from what's called the shura council of the. old guys edition which is an 11 member council that usually takes over when when the lead that is assassinated or as the moved before about that the there was about you bill and saadi who was also killed before and then and that's why when when the a walkabout that he was elected from within the shura council to become the needed though it's still very unclear who's exactly is going to take over because this all depends on the consult the action within the 11th member shura council it's expected that one from this council that who will take over 'd. assassination.

and what about those ice a loyalist sewer at the leading edge of his the implementation of his ideology you know the people who ended up in prison camps who we've been reporting on it on this channel in the past 10 days or 2 weeks as a result of the relationship going the way it's gone between the u.s. presidency donald trump and the kurdish fighters those some of those are so fighters might be free and on top of that you've got the question of a say the reports that we've also carried on this channel talking about isis fighters regrouping historically over the past year or so in the southern half of libya. that's correct we need here to distinguish between actually do doubles when is the organization itself and i think the organization since again the battle of wills and has been significantly weakened and the killing of but that is going to fear that we can. all going to zation not for any reason other than

that he is a symbol he's a figure he's the leader and the fact that you know the lead that is killed is going to weaken them or all that is going to weaken the organization there is no doubt about that however the 2nd level that we have to keep in mind in talking about or analyzing this which is the phenomena the phenomena of terrorism and i don't know. that the drove this situation and drove the sort of an assertion to be . to be open a tional ideology i think that's the way it and that is the killing go back that the is not going to affect the us. and it's the ideology that came as a result of a number of reasons related to security and external invasions dictatorships under development in many areas many many factors that contributed to the. images of this phenomena of terrorism so this is i think it's still there it's

going to continue to inspire others with that it's in the southern parts of libya as you mentioned or another areas that's has nothing to do the killing of of that he has nothing to do with the phenomena of terrorism and that's why i think it's very likely that we expect to see this image or those photo what is who would join actually it doesn't have to be. recruitment process in a mechanic way when they approach members and recruit them and they bring them to the organization you know as long as the idea that ideology is there is a floating there the causes of their ok then we can expect to see this coming up or appearing in some areas and that they were in great structure as ever we do appreciate your insight here on al-jazeera thank you still to come for you on intercept helen jordan's capital amman which is bursting with colors and quickly becoming a home for street art. welcome

to look at the international forecast with the rain clouds gathering across southern parts of china at the moment quite a bit of cloud there into those central areas down into the southeast largely fine and dry hong kong around 28 degrees but you see that what's the weather will make its way further south which is we go through monday sweeps through by the time we come to choose the brighter fresher weather coming in behind a pleasant $26.00 in hong kong at stay still a fair bit of cloud there into northern parts of vietnam on show showers drifting into those central areas will see some showers too just a little further west with easing over towards myanmar across india well a majority of the showers across the eastern side of the country we got this weather system here

a trouble spot for pulling out into the open waters you can see how well organized it is now that i clearly showing up on the storm thankfully it's putting that way to weather away from the western side of in the so we are going to see the showers continue into the far south into kerala and. pushing up towards others but they're shy and into addition as we go on into what shoes day a similar pitcher still a few showers along that eastern coast schrank are also seeing some very heavy showers as and northeast the monsoon continues to set in. china is calling on taiwan to reunify with the mine. face the consequences one of 150 gates taiwan's determination to remain independent on al-jazeera. on counting the cost as africa opens up its borders in the hope of it relating the success of the european union nigeria shuts its borders blaming smuggling and tax

evasion plus airport expansion and the creation of a regional media hub counting the cost on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from the. top stories the ice a leader. being killed in a u.s. military raid his death was confirmed a short time ago by the u.s. president bill he gave details about how baghdadi detonated a suicide vest up being cornered by troops in northern syria. president trump says d.n.a. evidence was collected on site confirming the death the u.s. aircraft bombed the scene of the raid a short time after the forces pulled out

a month long operation included input from russian and kurdish officials. tens of thousands of lebanese protesters have formed a human chain across the country today people joined hands from the city of tripoli in the north to tire in the south creating a 170 kilometers long demonstration that part of a civil disobedience campaign is demanding that the government resign. voting is underway in argentina's presidential election where the incumbent conservative moderate see a mockery is almost certain to lose according to opinion poll. his leftist rival alberto fernandez has campaigned on my creased failure to deal with growing poverty and high inflation it's reasonable reports now from when osiris. juan carlos unsought dyce a taxi driver in winter scientists he's 57 years old and said that in his lifetime he has seen how argentina has repeated the same mistakes over and over again part of them you know. i don't care about myself anymore it's about my children future

generations how can it be that we can never turn the page around living a normal country i want to country with social justice and somehow we never get there. arjun ties are choosing between 6 presidential candidates the 2 frontrunners are the business friendly incumbent market he promised to reform argentina but has been struggling with a financial crisis and a lot of the for a man this who's running mate is former president cristina fernandez the kershner from the powerful peronist party coming in 3rd is former economy minister roll out of the one year renegotiated argentina's foreign debt at the economic collapse in 2001 for a family film oddly have been very highly favored here in the capital one side if you might of the around 55 percent inflation rate and rising poverty red even though mark 3 retains around 30 percent of the vote there are many who say that they're disappointed in the way he handled the coral and that's why the time they

won't vote for him the primary elections in august gave the center left peyronie's party coalition a 15 point lead over maglis bloc even though many are disenchanted with the accusations of corruption that involved christina kirshner they say they would rather vote for her coalition than mockery who they say has only benefited big business. i want to party that favors the working class and mockery did not do that i came here to. dollars because we cannot trust in the end we don't know what will happen next week it. has lost significant value in the past year and people are turning to the dollar concerned there will be another collapse but some say they fear a comeback by the peronist party. i have been seeing the same crisis since 1945 and the fairness have always made things worse analysts say it's going to be

difficult to force a 2nd round. the ruling party campaign is trying to consolidate the power they have and maybe think of the future and the type of opposition they are going to be there is a huge difference between mockery and fernandez that's difficult to reverse voters will now have their say will suggest the results will be clear cut and argentina will elect a president outright. anything different would certainly come as a major surprise. now the police in hong kong have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters during the lengths of some to rally against the government and police brutality 1st aid workers say they treat protesters for injuries like broken bones mass demonstrations demanding change been going on for 4 months now. the anniversary of indian troops entering kashmir in 1907 is being absurd to cross the border and pakistan there is being

mocked as part of antigovernment protests billed as a long lunch demonstrators a marching from the southern city of karachi to the capital islamabad the demanding the resignation of prime minister imran khan who's accused of financial mismanagement and failing to raise living standards has the latest from karachi. a berlin broadcast on. a black day the. nation has come by trend they did being led by milan of the ramón. spoken to a large crowd think that the people of pakistan were on the. right there that critical issue of courage for me however to go warn that from monday onward the president will be marching on it it is going to be a long drive from the video. the opposition party that was. behind them there demanding for the resignation of the pakistani prime minister brown and

they're all going to say that there should be a new election on joint is going to be a border. plays out in the next few days as the opposition continue to engage. on a brown contour step down. painting graffiti on just about anything is one way artists express themselves in many parts of the world and it's no different in the children in capital local communities didn't welcome streets on a few years ago but things have changed and shapiro has that story from amman. the canvas that miramar is working on looks a lot different to the ones she used in our classes in university. instead of producing art destined for a gallery or the wall of a wealthy household she's decided to paint for a different clientele. i didn't want to be in the system that's why i quit studying in the university graffiti has become much more welcomed by society and the

government lately one of them i hear from on the street out is that they can't sign with their real names and they have to cover up when they're painting here we don't have these issues i'm waiting for the situation when i have to run from the police or someone in the community because i'm painting on the walls or portraits are a celebration of arab influence a tribute to the celebrated iraqi architect zaha hadid as well as palestinian poet mahmoud darwish and lebanese musician marcel khalifa the paintings that the cult has stairs and amman are surrounded by homes built in the 1930 s. the area has enjoyed a renaissance in part thanks to the work of miramar and other artists that i didn't get has he actually the stairs transformed from normal sad stares to a colorful tourist destination and all of this affects our sales because people come here to take photos and then buy something from our stores with this artist completed the whole atmosphere of the area and helped us to attract more people. many of the larger murals started appearing in 2013 after local graffiti artists

decided to form a collective called doc it hosts a festival each spring where people fly in just for the chance to leave their mark on the city's walls artists from around the world are coming here to jordan and along with the local artists the crossing boundaries not just of countries but also of wealth and class they say they're connecting the more affluent areas in the west of the city so the older and less developed ones in the east and the local businesses are enjoying an economic boost the neighborhood of el hushmail somali has some of the most impressive in scale by one of the. gordon's best known street artist the son of palestinian refugees so he is creating landmarks in his old neighborhood that have changed more than the physical landscape of the area that neighborhood. problems like fights and drug dealing and all of that. and it's been we've been doing it for the past 4 years. the numbers that i do think so much like

. a lot of kids there like. to have like a way to interact with was coming to that neighborhood. having a plan like now to make it through. bringing. a lot of international artists to do that it's $28.00 buildings that neighborhood in addition to encouraging local children to be more artistic hopes his work will bring everyone together raise their spirits and express themselves in a colorful way and are chapelle al-jazeera in the jordanian capital amman. this is al jazeera i'm peter dhabi these are your top stories so far today the ice a leader of al baghdadi has been killed in a u.s. military raid his death was confirmed a short time ago by president trump he gave details about how he detonated a suicide vest after being cornered by troops in northern syria 8 helicopters were

used in the mission and there were no injuries among the u.s. forces involved. last night the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice abu a car al baghdadi is dead he was the founder and leader of isis the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world. the united states has been searching for baghdadi for many years capturing or killing baghdad he has been the top national security prarie of my administration u.s. special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring nighttime raid in northwestern syria and accomplished their mission in grand style president drums the d.n.a. evidence was collected on site confirming the death u.s.

aircraft bombed the scene of the raid a short time after their forces pulled out. mr trump also think kurdish forces russia syria turkey and iraq for intelligence that proved helpful in the operation he's called the killing of a great night for the united states and the world wrapping up some of the top stories tens of thousands of lebanese protesters have formed a human chain across the country today people joined hands from the city of tripoli in the north to tie in the south creating a 170 kilometers long demonstration there part of a civil disobedience campaign that's demanding that the government should resign. voting is under way in argentina's presidential election where the incumbent conservative moderates your muckraker is almost certain to lose according to opinion polls his leftist rival of and under his is campaigns on cruise failure to deal with growing poverty and high rates of inflation those are your headlines up next is one on one east taiwan's dyess straits i'm back after that with 30 minutes

of world news so you can. that's the winds of forming in taiwan. for 70 years ta we need to live under self rule but now china is calling on the island to reunify with the mainland will face the consequences knowing it would hurt our own who are finding a tool to. be awash in the. d.d.r. lucy does if china is willing to use a miniature e means to go against taiwan i think the people understand that the fighting

against china is the ultimate way to go. what i want to investigates taiwan's results were 90 independent in the face of china's growing determination to regain control. od. a new generation of taiwanese nationalists dark want to sing along to it sure written by a communist china ah leading the tchotchke pretty lame front man of band phonic independence activist banned from flying in china.

also used to be a member of taiwan's problems. i. have a close to the so-called red line across it by taiwan declaring independence is to invite military invasion now the communist leaders and i confronted my death metal diplomacy. i tried to lead china and the world understand it was the young people in taiwan think that maybe it will peace china all. pretty lame just the political power of a generation that increasingly identifies themselves as taiwanese not chinese.

silden to the back of a 2014 mass protest called the sunflower movement students fearing by james influenced successfully the government plans to close a tri ties with china. to 2014. move. these shows taiwanese young people would never want to be a part of china in the future. i . wasn't like you to be that i was. 2 i feel that i. i feel that i can change the world. with me.

some of the taiwanese based final preparations for a very different kind of. league. sand trailed by taiwan's military is a full dress rehearsal for catastrophe. fighting off and by china's people's liberation army. taiwan's being selfless 70 years since chiang kai shek and its national army fled here after losing china's civil war to the communists. about aging the on an easy unfinished business. let's.

just say conscription is being ice time fish and all force i was seems some of the next gen troops does appeal to. much of these areas now outdated the troops outnumbered. the u.s. is promising billions of dollars worth of you tanks fighters and missiles but they'll still be no match for china. china is building more ships and i'm president of rights for peace time and it's night he is now challenging us dominance.

this is all about showing by using the list i did really try to invite. it would be brutal it would be bloody and there would be a massive economic and political process but this is just one aspect is also the hearts and minds and the reason i've come here is to answer the question do the people of this island have the will to keep standing china's pressure. these days rock stuff ready blues to a very different. it's campaign season is up for re-election in 2020 and needs to reach a generation gap. i think. there's no doubt it's only. you and i do you know you go out and you go man i really

i think most of the young people recognize goes on those things that are in. all of their citizens they recognize me. as an independent ready is part of the coalition that supports the democratic progressive party the government is the balancing support for independence with the diet consequences of pushing china. so just so you see joseph who is taiwan's foreign minister if you believe in democracy i think the people here already say we are not interested in unification with china but of course we understand our responsibilities in preventing war from taking place on our part and the current government ever since 2016 when we took over we are taking

a very prudent approach toward china we tried to prevent china. having on the skews to go after taiwan miniature really. explain a little on the streets of the capital type high a reminder taiwan's to secure a little. least since the wall and the island still pays for chinese attack. and you lay right bills now have an emergency china's growing arsenal of missiles could have literally the city with just a few minutes warning. this is really eerie i'm going to

cite this bustling metropolis is just tending to a ghost town when they say right sorry again literally the tropical storm at a big part of driving everybody inside when they are being told by the place that we need to go inside as well live in you and practice. genuine ryan collets police woman spells out the rules. get. out that. life and rise experience says. it was like a pretty seriously can't wait to get. a lift maybe . a little of that public hair and see if you find peace love. and.

after half an hour. the all clear is sounds like the most goes. very good to see you this is quite an office. expected. david bowie on the wall yeah i tried to remain as a musician to study liam has taken an unconventional path to politics aside from his definitely also led amnesty international in taiwan. so you've got a rock star background. on your wall what on earth do you think in beijing they make it. i don't think they're like me. pretty lame says the immediate threat comes not from beijing soldiers storming out

these pictures the tower was open briefly in the media it was nothing like. there was a member of parliament and some security committee he warns some news outlets with links to china really did this the push a defeatist may see each that the unification is inevitable. i worry about it very much especially in the last 2 or 3 years that i can see media who got billions of dollars from china they tried to brainwash taiwanese people and tried to. make images on china they try to avoid to people to know what happened in tibet and she. in the course of last year we have seen the chinese is also engaged in this information campaign against various

government institutions to create distrust. in the government and to create a distrust in the democratic institutions isn't working. we warry because it's being deeply entrenched. there's no doubt that is why gene and intense hops and minds can find here where according to the taiwanese weapons a fight and lots of mine land cash especially in the context i want to call is a former canadian intelligence officer who stepped out of the shadows that is are now at a high price security and it's a huge intellectual challenge to you know it's a try to connect the dots and make sense of what's going on. this information is certainly an area where the chinese are been very you know constant farms are called the males that employ individual.