in pittsburgh where 11 worshippers were killed by a gunman on saturday. mr trump visited pittsburgh despite protests from onejewish organisation, which said he should not be received until he denounced white nationalism. denmark has demanded new eu sanctions against tehran, after it said it had foiled an iranian plot to assassinate an iranian—arab activist on its soil. a norwegian citizen of iranian background has been arrested, and the danish intelligence service says he was working for tehran. the indonesian authorities have ordered the inspection of all boeing 737 max airliners. meanwhile, rescue teams have recovered more victims from the lion airjet that crashed into the sea with 189 people on board on monday. dozens of divers are taking part in the recovery effort along with helicopters and ships. when the people of warwickshire decided to honour the war dead from their local regiment, they set themselves a task of making 11,610 poppies — one for each

soldier who died in the first world war. what came next was quite remarkable. word spread and tens of thousands of poppies arrived from all over the world. the spectacular tribute is on display at st mary's church in warwick. kevin reide went to see it. the idea was to get 11,610 poppies and put them on display in st mary's church in warwick, each one representing each soldier of the royal warwickshire regiment who died during the first world war, but they've been inundated with well over 60,000 being sent in. it's just, wow. people walk in and that's their reaction. they might have seen photos in the press or on social media, but to see actually it in person, you can't beat it. there are poppies from local primary schools, local people, but also as far afield as the united states, canada and africa. and these have been sent over from the people of warwick in australia — that's how far word has spread.

janet, from warwick, warwickshire, decided she would crochet 1,000, but ended up making 2,000. they now make up this important part of the display. my first reaction when i came in the evening that they launched was, "oh, my goodness." and a great lump came into my throat, i couldn't speak, i had a tear in my eye and i was just overwhelmed with the wonderfuljob that they have done with mounting it all. and sue knowles, also from warwick, also became interested when she saw a familiar name on warwick's war memorial. tw andrews turned out to be a long—forgotten great uncle. she has since sought out and visited his grave in northern france, and her husband has created this copper poppy as part of the display, so he'll never be forgotten again. i think it's brilliant, because i think most families, because of the huge number of soldiers killed, have a family member who was involved in that war.

it gives everyone an opportunity to say, "you are not forgotten." the poppies will be on display until december the ninth. and st mary's church is open seven days a week with free admission. it's a site worth seeing. kevin reide, bbc midlands today, warwick. in 2007, an intense struggle was taking place in one of the most violent areas of iraq. the us army was fully engaged. in 2007, the bbc filmed with a group of us soldiers in baghdad, and now, a decade after their return from iraq, our world tracks them down to find them still struggling to adjust to life back home. the programme contains some graphic images of war you may find upsetting. in 2007, an intense struggle was taking place in one of the most violent areas of iraq. the us army was fully engaged. as a bbc correspondent and cameraman, we watched them fight for their lives. i was positive i wasn't coming home. i knew it, just because we were losing guys left and right. the sergeantjust stopped bleeding.

there wasn't anything left in there to bleed outwith. he was gone. now, more than a decade later, we wanted to look at the effect of the iraq war on those who we met. it was just like out of nowhere. i could barely hold on, i had to run into the woodland, ijust started crying. what is wrong with me? coming home was odd. there is a switch you're supposed to be able to — you can't shut it off. the sleep was bad, and it was like, man, the slightest noise, i would wake up, and it was constantly like that. i am mark urban, and this is a story about how war changes people. why they go, how it binds them, and how life afterwards is never quite the same. the men of second platoon gator company 212 infantry came

from the heartlands. places like 0klahoma, texas and pennsylvania. we've tracked them down, a plain—spoken sample of the nearly 4 million americans who served in iraq and afghanistan. a distinct cohort of society that now lives with the consequences of what was called "the war on terror." i had a little bit of the post—9/11 fever, a little bit of bitterness, hostility towards the people who carried out the attack. i think ijust wanted a little bit of adventure. and i got it. it is kind of one of those things that had been tugging at me ever since i was a kid anyway. and then i kind ofjust had that opportunity. i said, "i want to do the stuff they did on the recruiting videos." he said, "that'd be infantry," and i said, "yeah, why not? " this is coming up on post, gator.

and their imagined war collided with reality in a place called dora. shouting in 2007, the islamic state in its first incarnation was trying to seize this southern suburb of baghdad. screaming the americans opposed them by putting an outpost right in the middle of dora market. as the insurgents did everything they could to dislodge the americans, cameraman mark macauley and i embedded with them and witnessed the fighting. time to rock—and—roll. you coming out? ieds in the streets. a couple of small firefights. machine—gun fire from elevated positions. getting shot at while in the truck. sniperfire. i got hit by a small ied. we've got rpgs, rockets coming in.

we found, in the second platoon, a group of men who are open and philosophical about the business at hand. when you see your generals, you think they've a real grasp of what's going on down here? they are able to project what they want to, you know. they want it to look stable so they walk around, they project stability. i'm sure they're well aware of the situation. team one, first order of movement. dorian perez was the first sergeant, a father figure to the platoon. he was indelibly marked by its experience. so, i'm dealing with these depressions, i'm dealing with — sometimes i am really happy, i'm on top of life, everyone sees this big smiley guy running around, having a great time. and then sometimes in the middle of the night, i wake up at 2am and, so... what now? no sleep, no rest, you do that for periods of time,

up to a month maybe. that dinged off my helmet just yesterday. and i love this, i'm going to make a necklace out of it. it's gonna be right here. it will be my good luck charm. nick mazzarella, then 20, survived several bomb strikes. now back in florida, he's working in a hospital. i know that we had an objective and i feel like we accomplished our objective, but i'm always going to be bitter about the lives that we sacrificed to accomplish that goal. there's always a hook in the vice, no matter what. that's your kind of fly fishing voodoo? yeah, it's like voodoo. straight up voodoo. so that way, i have to come back and tie it, that's my thing. cody edmondson was already a graduate and a father when he went to dora. we got hit with everything you can think of. we got rpgs, rpks, mortar rounds, it was nuts. it was all like ten minutes, i was like, my eyes,

i was like, "oh, this is going to be a bad year!" we have a truck blow up a few weeks ago, and two of my friends got killed. that was a big explosion, that was a real bad one. this was benjaminjones‘s first operational tour. he was 2a when we first talked, and he's now 35. soldiers and marines have to be trained to be able to go through a firefight and make the right moves and the right decisions without totally losing it. but they can't make it so that you can necessarily properly deal with it later on, after you've had time to internalise it. nick mazzarella left the army eight years ago, returning to fort myers florida and the support of his family. his kids are at school there and a key part of what keeps him grounded. 91. nice, that's an a. 90 or above is an a.

alright, tell me about your day, buddy. you know i don't like burgers, so i had fish. but he feels it's too early to tell them what he did in iraq. he's been dealing with the psychological scars of that tour ever since his platoon got back from dora. i had quite a few nights of drinking a lot to try to numb the pain, and as my wife will tell you, she had to sit there and listen to me bawling my eyes out, pretty much blackout drunk, talking about the guys i lost and all the pain i was going through. nick mazzarella has his own way of unwinding, keeping the memories in check.

even though i hated it when i was in the army, i have a rucksack in my garage and i like to strap it on and walk over the bridge, or walk around the park for hours, miles and miles, with a little bit of music in my ears, that's really therapeutic. benjamin jones returned to pennsylvania, a few miles from where he grew up. like nick, he took advantage of educational opportunities after the army, and that helped him get a job with the police. but a decade ago, like most of the married men in the platoon, he found his relationship in a downward spiral. i don't know if it was because i had changed or she had changed or maybe we both did. but we weren't the people that we had been and itjust didn't work anymore.

it was a long road home for cody edmondson, back to his roots in oklahoma. he works in construction, like he did before the army, putting life back together after his first marriage and his ambition to be an army pilot collapsed. but even getting back from dora years ago, he knew things were wrong. so they've set up an all—new routine, and you're kind of like, oh, your kid doesn't recognise you for the first two weeks or whatever, so, yeah, it's a difficult position to be in. but the marriages didn't fare well. after the army, dorian perez studied agriculture. he's been working with farmers,

encouraging better practices in north carolina. he was married at the time of dora, but he's single now. i came back, i assumed everything was the way it was when i left, and actually, she realised that she no longer had those feelings for me. i remember that put me into a bad spot, but i didn't really get hateful or anything. for dorian and the others, troubled relationships heralded further battles — struggles of the mind that loomed just around the corner. dorian has gone to the vietnam war memorial in washington. his father is a veteran of that war and perhaps it was his example that led dorian into combat. but people who have experienced battle know that it can leave a bitter legacy in the mind — post—traumatic stress disorder. my original position was ptsd is full of shit,

it's not real, this is something that people are using to try to get some money from the va. i went out walking with a unit, because i was part of a training command, and someone throws a flashbang, because that is how you demonstrate an ied in a training environment. and just out of nowhere, i was like, i could barely hold on, i had to run into the woodland, i'm crying. what the hell's wrong with me? what's up, brother? how you doing, man? it is nearly ten years since ben and dorian met. but the former first sergeant has travelled up to pennsylvania to put that right. this is great because i have a long distance, and for close quarters i have a 45 degree offset. both of them have suffered from their experience of violence. but both of them find in firearms comfort, and a hedge against the anxiety that iraq has left them with.

i get out of the army and i have my pistol, my a5. and i guess that was my comfort, you know? it's like — you get so used to sleeping with your weapon within arm's reach, you know? my pistol started off at my nightstand. and i don't know how, but i ended up sleeping with it under my pillow. my hypervigilance went up as time progressed. i wanted it closer and closer. this is not like a pistol with a cold chamber, it is locked and loaded, ready for someone to come to the door. for nick, this bar has become a place to switch off after work at a nearby mental health clinic. but like many an old soldier, he has not found his relationship with alcohol easy. his mother told me she's worried

about his tendency to isolate himself and drink. she can tell that i have ptsd and heavy drinking don't help that. it is pretty detrimental. but she is a really great mom and she reaches out to me all the time just to ask how i am doing and if there is anything she can do, and just to remind me that she loves me, and that's one of the key components of me functioning very well right now. nick's ambition is to become a psychiatric nurse dealing specifically with veterans. he's all too aware of the burden they all share. all of us came home with life changing injuries, you know? i mean, we all — we all got banged up and tossed around to the point that we're not the same anymore. for many, there are recurring dreams and agonised thoughts about what they might have done differently. for nick, those thoughts often dwell on a lost comrade, and thoughts it could have been him.

it kind of stings a little bit because could have been me. it was him. one of the biggest things that i struggled with is survivor's guilt, feeling like he died and i should have done more to stop it. if i had, you know, gone this way instead of that way, if i had done this or that — that kind of stuff runs through my head on a daily basis. this is staff sergeant jarred fontenot — glimpsed during ourfirst embed, he was not there for the second. he was shot in october 2007. some of the guys grabbed fontenot and dragged him into our humvee, cut off his vest and tried to stop the bleeding. i was trying to cpr and keep him alive but he was totally unresponsive.

they got him to hospital, but too late. the adrenaline wore off and the emotions came flooding in. we sat down and had a smoke. some guys came up to wash the blood out of the humvee and — and that was that. he was gone. while they had been trying to save fontenot, an apache helicopter arrived to take out the sniper who shot him. seeing one man pass a rifle to another over a wall, they engaged a car with three people in it. i have watched that a billion times.

should it make me feel good? i don't know. i don't know if that's right or not. but it does. it at least lets me know that the guy that pulled the trigger and his getaway driver were not going to do that to another soldier or marine or civilian. the effects of ptsd are now blamed for a national epidemic in veteran suicide. in the year after dora, none of the second platoon took their own lives. but following their next tour in afghanistan, one soldier did. so nearly 11,500 american troops were killed in action in iraq. but between 2005 and the end of this year, the figure of veterans lost to suicide will reach 100,000. those are people who served

in various conflicts, but what's startling is the number — 22 a day. so the thought, of course, should ijust die, you know? i am sure, i don't know, i'm going to say that crosses everybody‘s mind. maybe that's not true. it's crossed my mind. do i really need to still be here, type of thing. but i have never been that point where i consider myself at risk. seven months later, we were embedded again with the second platoon to see what had changed. we are pushing into dora, which is a district in the south of baghdad. we witnessed a remarkable transformation. they put up walls to shut out sectarian death squads, and a local militia,

many former insurgents, were recruited to help keep the peace. it's like before, we go in, and it is like, oh, that's the americans here. now it is like hey, the americans are here, how you going? it was an extraordinary change. but for the a0 men deployed with britain, three had been killed, and more than a dozen wounded. it was hard won and these soldiers were not sure it had been worth it. no. not even close. it wasn't worth a single one of them. i know that the soldiers that we lost out here died for a reason. i'm not exactly sure what that reason was. today, that issue still resonates. a rabbinic saying in the old videos, i wouldn't read one of his guys for any of those people. and part of me feels that way, yes, for sure. but we also sign the dotted line and said we would do what was needed. so for me, partially,

part of that was, yes, ok, that is what i signed up for. if i said it wasn't worth it, then i feel like i would be saying that all my friends died in vain. and i can't get myself to that point. i think at least for a few years what we did in the dora district made it so that people who would live a shit life would be able to look back and say, i remember there were good times. maybe that made it worth it for something. you know, in those ten years, we have had maliki, we've had isil, the defacing of all those ancient artefacts. we'll never get those back. and that is because of a pocket that policy created. so now, ten years later, i don't know if it's worth it any more. i hope that we've learned our lesson

when it comes to trying to fix other countries and not focusing as much on our own. i feel like we look outward a little too much, if you like. there is a lot to do here on the home front. it is interesting talking to the soldiers about where they have emerged politically as a result of their life experience and their service. a couple of them feel really there is nobody now who represents them politically in the american setup. one of them is a keen trump supporter. but the thing that unites all of them is a strong feeling that america should no longer be the world's policeman, and should be focusing on problems at home. in 0klahoma, cody has his

own release in hobbies, most of all deer hunting with his brother. he makes his own bullets and built this rifle. he has remarried and believes that's turned his life around. i met my new wife, miranda. she really got me, she understood me. she totally, she said hey look, man, you need to get your act together, let's do this. so she did. she kind of kicked my butt into gear and i started working again, successfully. dorian, on his own, still craving adventure and a challenge, is moving to alaska to work with farmers there. why alaska? it's the last frontier. a degree of it is internal peace. i do — ifind comfort, sometimes being around people, mostly when i am out in these places where i have experienced what i feel is the presence of god.

places like standing on top of a mountain at sunrise. # edelweiss, edelweiss...# in pennsylvania, benjamin jones, meanwhile, is remarried, has a newjob at the police, and is raising his kids, one of whom he has named gibson, a reminder of william gibson, who was killed in dora. everyone says, oh, he was named after the guitar. i say no, he's not named after the guitar, he's named after one of my friends who died in iraq. i feel if we forget, if we forget our fallen brothers, that we are invalidating them. because if we don't remember them, and if we don't tell their stories, and talk about what kind of men they were, who is going to remember them? and if they are not remembered, was what they did, was the sacrifice that they made, even worthwhile? there are countless reminders of the ways in which the second platoon

is still fighting. and their experience now marks the next generation as well as their own. hello there. if the cold weather isn't your thing, then you'll be glad to know by the end of the week, and certainly into the weekend, it'll be turning much milder, but also wetter and windier with it, too, so more on that injust a moment. this morning we're starting off again on quite a cold note for many areas. more clout around in the west with spots of rain thanks to some weak

weather front. some rain spots of rain thanks to some weak weatherfront. some rain across western scotland, northern ireland and a bit in scotland and western england and wales but after the a frosty start across central and eastern parts, did of mist and fog, a fine day with plenty of sunshine. still cool across the north, 8—9, but we picked up southerly winds, so campsa bit but we picked up southerly winds, so camps a bit milderfor england and wales. 0n camps a bit milderfor england and wales. on wednesday night, rain pushing up in southern, south—eastern areas and into thursday, that rain will move northwards and it will amalgamate with this weather front in western areas so with this weather front in western areas so by the end of thursday, the cloud and rain will be confined to euston areas with skies brightening up euston areas with skies brightening up in the north and west, some showers in western scotland but a cooler day as the weather fronts move through —— eastern areas. the south could see double figures. we look to the atlantic by friday, this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane 0scar,

hurtling to the north—west later on friday. friday starts actually, but dry and bright with lots of sunshine. 0ut west of the low pressure m oves sunshine. 0ut west of the low pressure moves in, it turns windy, wetter and cloudier in northern ireland. importing slightly milder air across the board, double figures for many by the end of friday. friday night looks like it will be stormy in the north—west, the same for saturday. very windy with outbreaks of rain. this next secondary area of low pressure will arrive across our shores on sunday. as you can see, quite a wild end to the weak. this is saturday, blustery day for all. dry, bright the weak. this is saturday, blustery day forall. dry, bright with sunshine in southern and eastern areas, it will be gusty. further west, very windy. we could see some disruption from the gales in the north—west and there will be this band of rain. a blustery day across—the—board, like band of rain. a blustery day across—the—boa rd, like i band of rain. a blustery day across—the—board, like i mentioned, but the winds from the south means it will be mild, 14 but the winds from the south means it will be mild, 1a or 15 across—the—board. it will be mild, 1a or 15 across—the—boa rd. 0n it will be mild, 1a or 15 across—the—boa rd. on sunday, it will be mild, 1a or 15 across—the—board. on sunday, the next area of low pressure moves in. again, another mild day but windy

with outbreaks of rain. a very welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: president trump, his family and advisers visit the scene of the massacre of 11 jewish people in pittsburgh. hundreds of protestors say he's not welcome. mr trump claims he's considering ending birthright citizenship in the us, although it's unlikely he actually can. denmark says it's foiled an iranian plot to carry out an assassination on its soil and demands eu sanctions against tehran. indonesia orders inspections of all boeing 737 max 8 planes after the lion air crash. this is now the grim ritual that's taking place here at the port. these coastguard boats coming in, bringing back what they have been able to recover from the wreckage.