this is bbc news, the headlines... one person has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at the israeli embassy in thejordanian capital, amman. further details on the motive for the attack are not yet known. eight people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in the us state of texas. two children were among them. police say they were the victims of human trafficking. 28 others were suffering from severe dehydration. in a new documentary to mark 20 years since princess diana's death, prince william and prince harry have spoken of their regret that their last conversation with their mother was a rushed phone call. britain's chris froome has won the tour de france for the fourth time. he crossed the line on the final stage at the champs—elysees in paris to secure his fourth tour victory in five years. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, it's time for our world. in the syrian city of

raqqa, islamic state is making a final stand. fighting them, a fragile coalition... gunshots. ..of powers, great and small. of arabs and kurds. of men and women. the enemy they face has weaponised fear. but this is more than the final showdown with isis in its capital. it's also a battle for a kurdish state in northern syria.

there's something bigger than me. it's for people here, the women here and women in the middle east, and maybe potentially the world. it's a fight for territory, both physical and ideological. this story begins not in raqqa, but in kobane. what remains of this largely kurdish city stands as a monument

to a brutal turning point in the war against islamic state. it was here that is reached its high water mark. its territory extending as far as the turkish border. it was here it met its first significant defeat. the cemetery in kobane testifies to just how high a price kurdish fighters, men and women, have already paid in their war against is. for the kurds, this is part of a wider battle, for a long—held dream of self—determination. for the kurds, this is part

of a wider battle, for a long—held dream of self—determination. commander sonxuin is part of that battle. her nom de guerre means red blood. today, sonxuin commands around 1,000 fighters on the raqqa front line.

periods of intense fighting punctuate the mundane routines of war. together, these men and women make up the syrian democratic forces, or sdf. an alliance that includes arabs, but is led by the kurds. we're heading towards the centre of raqqa. islamic state fighters are holed up in the old city, just a few hundred metres away. everyone is on edge. a sound overhead signals

the presence of an attack drone. what's happening is we've just driven down these narrow side streets. suddenly there's gunfire overhead, everyone‘s looking up in the sky, searching for these is drones. this is urban warfare. there are no realfront lines. the kurdish led sdf are not on their own in this fight. the americans have quietly built up a presence on the ground here in northern syria, providing weapons, training and firepower. with us help they've chased islamic state out of traditionally kurdish areas and beyond. expanding their control across the euphrates and into mainly arab territory to the west. this is manbij.

the syrian democratic forces took the city last august, after two and a half years under is rule. this building was their courthouse. here, islamic state would sit in judgment over people they deemed to have broken their laws. punishment would be meted out in the car park opposite. a local shopkeeper witnessed many of the gruesome executions. even though is is gone from here, he asked us not to reveal his identity, forfear of reprisals. down in the basement, their brutal legacy lingers, like a ghost. in this dungeon, is tortured its prisoners. a policeman showed us the cell

where his uncle was kept. barely big enough to contain a man. tiny air holes to keep him alive. when they let him out, after four days, they had to amputate his leg. in a vast graveyard in the centre of manbij, is fighters have smashed every single headstone. and even though islamic state has been chased out of this town, that doesn't mean its ideology has gone with it. in manbij, a multiethnic military

and civil council has brought life and stability back to this mainly arab city, under the auspices of the kurdish led sdf. the sdf and their american allies see manbij as a template for raqqa,

once is is driven out, but in the context of syria's ongoing civil war it is at best a temporary arrangement. from kobane to manbij, and now to raqqa, it has been a long road to the capital of the caliphate. commander sonxuin and her unit are on the western front. it's a tight squeeze in a home—made armoured truck with a couple of her fighters, driving towards the centre of raqqa. islamic state are supposed to be surrounded inside the old city. but is have dug tunnels.

and frequently they pop up where you don't expect them. gunshots. these fighters, they are coming up against is snipers in all these streets around here. other than that they've got drones, they've got suicide bombers, this is going to be a very hard fight into the centre of raqqa. back at base, sonxuin and her fellow commanders are having a strategy meeting. as the fight enters the narrow streets of the city, they are constantly having to adjust their tactics. as the sdf push forward, raqqa seems deserted. but the empty streets are deceptive.

there are still people here and they are desperate to get out. as we drive towards the centre, carts appear flying white flags. there are still tens of thousands of people in raqqa, trapped between the coalition air strikes on one side and islamic state on the other, who have been killing anyone who tries to flee. the problem for the sdf coalition is this. they don't know whether some of those fleeing could in fact be is supporters themselves. after screening, many of them end up at this camp.

all have lived under the harsh regime of islamic state. not all against their will. noor left lebanon for raqqa two years ago, to join her husband, ajihadi. as the wife of a foreign fighter, noor was in a relatively privileged position. there were many women, especially yazidis, whose fates were much darker. women captured and sold between the fighters as sex slaves. she saw all this. those women are still there, in raqqa, prisoners of the caliphate. syria has been at war for more than six years now.

longer than the whole of world war ii. the fight against islamic state is but one facet of an ongoing conflict that is drawing in the world's big powers. from a hilltop overlooking the manbij countryside, a local kurdish commander showed me the point at which all these competing forces come face—to—face. 0k, well, it's a pretty complicated picture, but basically it boils down to this. from the west, all the way up to the north, up to the euphrates river over there, is controlled by the americans. from that same west point, all the way to the south,

is controlled by the syrian regime. that describes the sort of d shape. in the middle of that is the pocket of the manbij military council, which is an arab kurdish coalition, but is basically controlled by the kurds. but in between all of that there's a russian basejust over there, an american base just four kilometres along from that, and surrounding all of it are fsa forces — free syrian army — that are basically sponsored by the turks. for now, the battle against islamic state provides a kind of common purpose. but once is is gone, the potential for conflict between these big powers is very real. the kurds‘ position is extremely fragile.

their fighters belong to a branch of the pkk — considered a terrorist organisation by both turkey and the united states. for now, the syrian kurds have the backing of the americans, but turkey, a nato ally, carries out sporadic attacks against them. that's because their fight against the islamic state is really about creating their own state. 0n the raqqa front lines, sonxuin‘s fighters are so close they can hear is in the building across the street. for the kurds this is more than a war. it's a revolution.

and it's attracting its share of idealistic outsiders. there's a million ways to die here. it's notjust on the front. there's no front line. it's a huge space of war, that is like, even though it seems peaceful here, anything can happen. kimi taylor is a former maths student. she is originally from blackburn in the north of england. she left behind a life of activism at home to come to syria to fight islamic state. what are the biggest worries, the biggest threats? 0n the moving front, where we are moving to take more space, it's snipers, there's mines everywhere and snipers everywhere. are you scared? no. there's something bigger than me. it's for people here. it's for women here and women in the middle east, and even maybe potentially the world.

in a conservative society this feminist revolution faces internal opposition too. but this is a movement that tolerates little dissent. political opponents have been jailed. thousands of young people have fled conscription. but for sonxuin, a true believer, the fight against is is but one battle in a longer war to convert her own people to the cause. sonxuin‘s fighters face islamic state at perhaps its most dangerous. wounded, cornered, and with nothing left to lose. this is of course a battle for territory. they are fighting to take the capital of the caliphate. there's something happening here. everyone is just springing into action. they think they've got...

some isis snipers in the buildings around. let's go. what's going on? they are moving here. the fall of the islamic state is within sight. the question is, can this kurdish revolution survive in the face of syria's still unfinished war? he sings. summer is on hold. i think we will

all agree with that. and the weekend was far from all agree with that. and the weekend was farfrom ideal, in some all agree with that. and the weekend was far from ideal, in some cases absolutely tipping it down, a bit of absolutely tipping it down, a bit of a wash—out. sunday, not a great day against across eastern scotland. further south, a nice picture coming in from shropshire, so we had some fine weather around. it wasn't pouring with rain everywhere. you can see how hit and miss the weather was on sunday, rain in the north, in the south and lots of showers in the centre of this low pressure. a very changeable weekend. how is the week ahead looking? again quite changeable and some wet weather on the way, wednesday said to be the wettest day of the week. by the end of monday, we would have seen that low pressure that has been drifting over us very low pressure that has been drifting over us very slowly finally pull away towards the east, still bringing some residual rain to these

eastern counties here, and a bit of a wind coming in from the north as well, whereas the weather improving across many western part of the uk, and that really sets the scene for monday itself, because there is then to bea monday itself, because there is then to be a very big contrast between the weather we are going to have in the weather we are going to have in the east and the weather we are going to the west. 0n the east and the weather we are going to the west. on monday, lots of sunshine across many western areas of the uk, really a beautiful day from cornwall through devon and wales, it into scotland, eventually northern england too, and very warm here, temperatures could get up to 2425, here, temperatures could get up to 2&25, whereas further east from hull into east anglia and the south—east, it will probably stay cloudy with spots of rain on and off through the course of the day. later on monday, monday night in the tuesday, that low finally pushes out into the continent, and we have this brief window of better weather, before the next weather systems start racing in the atlantic. so overall tuesday will be the best day of the week across the uk, on the whole. and

then tuesday night into wednesday, we start to see the jet stream intensifying across the atlantic and pushing these weather fronts in our direction, quite a nasty low so our gardens will get another good watering. look at all of this rain piling in through northern ireland, the west, and eventually reaching eastern areas later in the day on wednesday. so that is the middle of the week. wednesday night, that weather front pushes through into the north sea and the continent. behind it, quite a few isobars, that means that the winds will pick up. soi means that the winds will pick up. so i think on thursday quite a brisk day, really fresh throughout the uk, windy across these coastal areas, particularly in the west, but a lot of bright weather, so overall wednesday not looking that bad. friday might be a fine day as well. you can see behind me that is the next weather system coming in, that is the next spell of rain that will sweep across the uk during the course of friday and into the weekend. so saturday and sunday, we are going to see a big low—pressure

dominating the weather across this portion of the atlantic. that basically means unsettled conditions heading our way. in the next weekend, most of us can expect some rainfall, not necessarily all the time. there isjust a hint, only a hint, the far south—east of the country, could just about hang onto dry weather. and then, the following week, guess what? summer is still on hold, staying unsettled with low— pressure hold, staying unsettled with low—pressure and blustery conditions of the atlantic. thanks for watching. tonight at ten, female stars at the bbc call on the corporation to sort out it's gender pay gap, now. in an open letter, more than a0 personalities call for urgent action, to ensure women get the same as men, for doing the same job. it's not about getting wacking great pay rises for women who are already well paid it's about pay parity and getting fairness for everybody. the bbc‘s director general

tony hall, says work is already under way, to tackle pay inequality. also tonight: princes william and harry, speak candidly about their mother, princess diana, 20 years after her death. all i can hear is her laugh in my head and that sort of crazy laugh where there was just pure happiness shown on her face.