a number of british conservative politicians have joined the race to replace the prime minister theresa may after she announced she will be stepping down. the former foreign secretary borisjohnson is seen as the frontrunner. the new leader is expected to be in post by the end ofjuly. the united states is sending another 1,500 military personnel to the middle east, accusing iran of having been behind what it called a campaign of recent attacks. the acting us defence secretary, patrick shanahan, said it was a defensive measure, aimed at safeguarding us forces in the region. a suspected parcel bomb has exploded in a central district of the french city of lyon. local police say thirteen people were lightly wounded by the blast in a shopping street. local media are reporting that the improvised device had been filled with nails, bolts and screws. let's have a look at how

the newspapers here in the uk are reporting on theresa may announcing she's stepping down as prime minister. they've nearly all gone for the same photograph. the daily mail chooses just three words — ‘a crying shame‘ — highlighting theresa may's emotional farewell outside downing street. the times opts for ‘it all ends in tears‘ as their headline. its lead story says the coming leadership contest could cause a constitutional crisis, with the new leader facing a potential vote of no confidence in parliament. the daily mirror, which traditionally supports the opposition labour party, the sun takes a lighter tone with ‘teario theresa, hello bojo‘. the paper says the former foreign secretary is now the front—runner among 15 candidates thought likely to stand. and the daily telegraph has the same picture but its headline is ‘boris makes brexit vow in push for no 10', saying the former foreign secretary has vowed to take britain out of the eu on october 31st, deal or no deal, if he

becomes prime minister. the announcement is front page news gci’oss the announcement is front page news across europe. spain's el pais echoes the message in much of the press that there is now a greater risk of a no deal brexit. we'll certainly keep an eye on all of that and the fallout here on bbc news. it's liz32am. now on bbc news, it's time for our world, which this week travels to iraq and syria to discover the disturbing story of the yazidis‘ secret children the years edie‘s... an ancient religious minority and the hymns of one of the islamic state's most ritual attacks. but they are a minority now hiding a secret. —— the yazidis.

many yazidi women were forced into sexual slavery, and some have had children fathered by their islamic state captors. children... translation: i was in prison for four years but i've been able to put it all behind me now because of this child. but women like reg dean are being forced to choose between their children and returning to the yazidi community. translation: children and returning to the yazidi community. translationzli children and returning to the yazidi community. translation: iwant children and returning to the yazidi community. translation: i want to ask you, are we going to miss our children? i mean women like us. are we wrong? over the past year, i've travelled across northern iraq and syria to find the women reinforce to make these agonising choice, and to

tell their story, the story yazidi leaders want to silence. into thousand 14, these pick years of desperate yazidis fleeing islamic state fighters shocked the world. trapped on northern iraq's sinjar mountain, hundreds of men were massacred and over 6000 women and children were thought into captivity. the yazidis or an ancient religious minority of around 800,000 people, most of whom live in northern iraq. they've been persecuted for centuries, but the attack by the islamic state was different.

their main objective was to abduct women and girls to be traded as sex slaves. five years later, and with the so—called islamic state all but defeated, i've come to a safe house in north—east syria, where a group of yazidi women are able to be sent home after surviving years as is risen as. the fate of these women has captivated the world's media. the ultimate tale of good versus evil. but part of their story is being hidden, and the yazidi leadership wants to keep it that way. after five years of rape and forced marriage, many of these women have had children with their islamic state captors.

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the women asked with lee placed into some cars and driven off to the iraqi border to be reunited with theirfamilies iraqi border to be reunited with their families —— are swiftly. we we re their families —— are swiftly. we were followed but warned against further recording. this is the point where these women are finally leaving syria and we know at least two of them here have had children with is militants, but it seems both of them are going back to iraq alone. some of these women have been forced to abandon their children before returning to the yazidi community. it makes for a bittersweet reunion with their long relatives in iraq. because, for one family to reunite, another has been ripped apart.

it was one year ago when i first met an islamic state survivor who had been through this. because of the stigma attached to having a child with an is fighter, we have hidden herface and with an is fighter, we have hidden her face and given with an is fighter, we have hidden herface and given her name. like thousands of other women, ordeal started on sinjar mountain. translation: all the women and girls we re translation: all the women and girls were captured. while the men were gathered, i believe they were killed. they took girls as young as eight. we couldn't do anything about it. jovan was kidnapped eight. we couldn't do anything about it. jovan was kidnapped with her three yazidi children and to keep the family together, she was forced to convert to islam and marry a

tunisianjihadist. to convert to islam and marry a tunisian jihadist. translation: to convert to islam and marry a tunisianjihadist. translation: that is when the monster took us. i stayed with that tunisian is memberfor ii i stayed with that tunisian is memberfor 11 months i stayed with that tunisian is member for 11 months until i stayed with that tunisian is memberfor 11 months until he i stayed with that tunisian is member for 11 months until he was killed, but by that time, i was seven months pregnant and three months after his death, i gave birth to my son. eventually, jovan‘s yazidi husband located her through a network of people smugglers and paid for their children to be brought back to iraq. butjovan children to be brought back to iraq. but jovan remained children to be brought back to iraq. butjovan remained in syria for another two years because her husband refused to accept the child fathered by her is. translation: husband refused to accept the child fathered by her is. translationzlj was being held with eight or nine other women and girls. they also had children with members of is, and so couldn't come home because of their families. her

husband finally allowed her to return to iraq with her son, but she didn't keep him for long. translation: i wanted to keep my son, but i couldn't. the community wouldn't accepted him. is did terrible things to us. they kidnapped and killed lots of us. i didn't want to offend my community by keeping my son. a decision that continues to cause her pain. translation: a decision that continues to cause her pain. translationzlj a decision that continues to cause her pain. translation: i want to ask you, are we wrong to miss her pain. translation: i want to ask you, are we wrong to miss oui’ children? imean children? i mean women like us, are we wrong? this is lalesh, the holiest temple in the yazidi faith. the yazidis say that their religion is the oldest in

the world, but it is a religion that is not open to all. maintaining a pure bloodline is central to the faith. amongst this group are a number of young victims of the islamic state. five years ago, they would have been banished from the community for having sexual relations with someone outside of the mac one, even though they did so under duress. —— the yazidi. but in a historic move, the religious leader of the yazidi community, issued a ruling that those enslaved by the islamic state could rejoin the community. it is incredible to see these young victims of is being welcomed back into the community, and now thousands more years edie's are arriving in lalesh to celebrate the new year. the yazidi faith seems

to be modernising, yet another ancient doctrine remains in place. to bea ancient doctrine remains in place. to be a yazidi, both of your parents must be yazidi. so for women raped by is fighters, their children are not accepted. but if the religious leaders change the rules once, couldn't they do it again? to find out, i've had to leave the celebration in lalish to meet this man.

so if it wasn't because of the iraqi law, would yazidi community, yazidi council and faberge, would they accepted these children? but i met families that they said that there should be a fatwa. if there is a fatwa from baba sheikh, we will accent, otherwise we won't accept these children.

a week later, the yazidi council published a statement saying children born to islamic state fighters are not accepted. despite what he told me, this policy of non— a cce pta nce what he told me, this policy of non— acceptance had clearly been in place for a while. during our year—long investigation, we identified 20 yazidi women who had given birth to children under the caliphate. none had been allowed to bring their child home. we did find one woman who had kept her baby. we arranged to meet her in the privacy of my hotel room. she doesn't want the community to know she is speaking to us. community to know she is speaking to us. rajeen, not her real name, fell pregnant just weeks before us. rajeen, not her real name, fell pregnantjust weeks before she was freed by the islamic state and gave

earth seven months later when she was back in iraq. she is now secretly raising the child, who we've called nadia, as a yazidi with the help of her husband. translation: neither my parents, nor the community, know the truth about this child. i'm always worried about death. i was in prison forfour yea rs, death. i was in prison forfour years, but i've been able to put it all behind me now because of this child. do you think that if they know, if they find out, they would force you to leave nadia? translation: yes, if they find out, they will take the tribe from the andi they will take the tribe from the and i will be forced to leave my family —— child. so it must be very difficult to live with all these concerns and fears all the time? translation: yes, it's really difficult. i was held by isis

forfour really difficult. i was held by isis for four years really difficult. i was held by isis forfour years and really difficult. i was held by isis for four years and i suffered a lot, beating, thirst and hunger. but what would be even worse would be to have my son taken off me now. this is a camp in north—eastern syria. it is home to about 70,000 women and children from the islamic state. they were rounded up when coalition forces defeated jihadist fighters. conditions are dire and many of the inhabitants still cling to isis's eight field ideology. yet it is thought that many years it is

also among its residents, hiding the children they brought to. this doctor is a kurdish activist looking for women and persuade them to go home. how many women are for women and persuade them to go home. how many women are we for women and persuade them to go home. how many women are we talking about and how many children? those who are coming back now... and how many each? most of them have one, up to three orfour many each? most of them have one, up to three or four kids. the feeling ofa to three or four kids. the feeling of a mother, you will not believe how they are holding their babies because... a mother is a mother. the love of mother comes above all kind of religion or belief or anything. she believes yazidi that women and

children go home even if it means leaving its born children behind. she has a team of yazidi women who escaped is. they have come to the camp to work undercover, to find the yazidis. it is a dangerousjob. the islamic state police force still operate in the camp. a number of yazidi women have left al—hol camp. i spent months searching for their children no—one would tell me where they. still, iam children no—one would tell me where they. still, i am determined to find out what has happened to them. i have been told about an orphanage in mosul which a seen an influx of children since the war against is

started. this orphanage takes care of more than 50 children. the local government official is responsible for running this place. i have discovered that she knows yazidi the woman i met over a year ago who was forced to give up her is son who we called adam. she tells me her husband approached and asked her to ta ke her husband approached and asked her to take the child.

she was told she was giving up her son for a week, knowing full well that her husband would not allow her to return and collect him. this would be the last time that she would be the last time that she would ever see adam. months later, the orphanage ran into financial difficulties and decided to put some children up for adoption.

it turns out i am not the only one to have visited the orphanage. she came back looking for her son but it was too late. the news he had been adopted without her consent must‘ve been devastating. i wanted to find out how she is coping and decided to track her down. sadly, she is now living in a woman's refuge far from sadly, she is now living in a woman's refuge farfrom home, having been divorced by her husband. translation: my family and my husband were extremely strict and separated me from my son. i got the

impression and i left my other children. it is now impossible for me to go back to them. i betrayed him. idid me to go back to them. i betrayed him. i did not want to abandon my child. ifelt like i betrayed that child. ifelt like i betrayed that child. ifelt like i betrayed that child. i betrayed that kid. my three other children know that i have not betrayed them because they are old enough but this child was just a poon enough but this child was just a poor, poor kid. it was such a terrible day when i left them. a woman has adopted my child and has taken him for herself. my baby does

not know me but i think about him every day. but i think it is better for him to live with the other person now. it is better for him. it is horrible to seejoval so upset after losing all four of her children. ijust had to try to speak to herfamily children. ijust had to try to speak to her family to find out if there is any way they could have saved themselves from this pain. surprisingly, joval‘s husband agrees to meet me and seems keen to talk. translation: i told you that the child is not at fault. i said it was god's will that the child was born. but when someone comes and kills all the men in a community and then that killer fathers are child with your

wife, it does not matter whether they are is or from wife, it does not matter whether they are is orfrom any wife, it does not matter whether they are is or from any other religious group, who would accept that child. perhaps in the west it is acceptable but in the east it is not. we do not accept that. it is an unforgiving position and one that i would not find shared byjoval‘s son. she came back from isis and left us again. i do not want to see her. you do not accept that child as your brother? no, if it is true our mother gave birth to the child but he's not our father's so it is not possible. he is the son of isis and cannot accept him as our brother. joval may have left the horror of the islamic state but the demands of

the islamic state but the demands of the yazidi religion outcasts along shadow of her life but there are no winners when a mother is made to choose between her children and her religion. translation: choose between her children and her religion. translationzlj choose between her children and her religion. translation: i decided to name him adam and i called this one after my son, hattie. i hope my children will not forget me. hopefully one day, if god has mercy on me, then we will see each other again. hello there. well, as you've probably already heard, it's not going to be a heatwave this bank holiday weekend.

it's turning cooler and there is some rain in the forecast, but it's not going to be a washout by any means. there will be some sunshine around. most of the rain is likely to be across more northern and western parts of the uk, but by sunday night it's a bank holiday monday it will be turning cooler for all, with north—westerly winds setting in. this is the pressure chart for this morning. we've got this weak weather front gradually easing into the north—west corner of the country as the day wears on. that will produce thick outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and much of scotland as the day wears on. further south, the best of the sunshine. staying dry for many places, skies turning hazy across the south—west as the cloud begins to build. temperatures reaching maybe 23 degrees in the south—east. a little bit cooler across scotland with all that rain and the breeze. more weather fronts moving in during tonight. it's going to be heavy rain in places and that rain also arriving across northern and western england as well, the south—east continuing to stay dry, with temperatures here around 11—13, actually quite a mild night for many because of the cloud,

the breeze and the rain. low pressure firmly in control as we head into sunday. this cold front is the one that will bring the cooler air to the country as it continues to spread its way south and east. it will do so quite quickly, i think. bursts of rain eventually reaching east anglia under south—east during sunday afternoon. skies brightening up, one or two showers, at least it's an improvement since the afternoon. 20—21 in the south—east early on, but as that cold front moves through, the cooler hour will arrive here as well. it does so during sunday night, opening the floodgates for north—westerly. quite a brisk north—westerly. this next feature will bring more wet weather to northern parts of the country, showers or even longer spells of rain here, but through bank holiday monday it looks like it will be a day of sunshine and showers for northern ireland, england and wales. some of those showers will be happy across western areas and quite blustery too. the further east you are, the better chance you have of staying dry and seeing sunshine. noticeably cooler for everybody.

beyond bank holiday monday to tuesday, a northerly wind for a while, but will feel quite chilly, feeding and further showers at times. again, there will be some sunshine around but it is pretty unsettled for the upcoming week. it is going to feel quite cooler times, most of the showers across northern areas, with some sunshine and signs of things warming up a bit across southern areas the end of the week.

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