this is d. w. news life from berlin the self-proclaimed callous that crumbles in syria the syrian rebel forces hoist their flag in the goos after expelling the so-called islamic state from till the last scrap of territory it's still held in the country we'll go live to rocco also coming up illusion or no collusion u.s. special counsel robert muller completes his probe into possible russian interference into the twenty sixteen presidential election he's reportedly not recommending any further charges and get analysis from washington.

welcome to the show we begin with some breaking news u.s. backed syrian fighters are claiming victory over so-called islamic state expelling the self-proclaimed caliph it from the last bit of territory a controlled in syria rebels from the syrian democratic forces group raised their flag over booze after announcing they had to feed it i guess this followed a weeks of fighting over the village on the iraqi border i asked a clear it's caliphate and twenty fourteen and went on to control vast areas of syria and iraq. let's bring in vladimir from vogue and borg our correspondent in syria he's currently and rocca lied to me or what are you hearing about the situation in bugaboos.

finally if you know that i was going to feed them bottles and there as you have forces are also asking for more support to continue to fight also against isis sleeper cells because there's also a predator. and also there are two possibly about turkey and damascus the battle for gas has been going on for weeks why hasn't taken the syrian defense forces so long to drive out i guess. inter-married a lot of the battle be over soon but there was an unexpected among the civilians still involved and in the refugee camp of all there is now around sixty dozen people and most of them right from the number of civilians that are still in buckles they still guard of offensives and that's why it took so long because they wanted to protect the civilians there what happened to these civilians were they all brought to refugee camps. you know are the woman most of the

women and children are bob to the gap but most of the men who were present because most of the civilians that are still in buckles there are actually supporters of isis most of them for the war and so that's the situation. what about those i asked supporters and the i as fighters have they been taken into custody as you just said as the supporters and the fighters have been killed or driven out of what's what's the situation what's happening to them. while a number of forces fighters refused to surrender absolutely were killed in the fight the majority of them they surrendered and they were joined by u.s. forces and by. forces and they were brought in prisons to women and children they were first checked if they have any weapons or if they were and the like information on them like this mobile homes that were taken from them and there are probably died the other men were brought down who didn't surrender day were killed

at the site and the women and children they're brought to. work there's a special section for foreign i which is why it's like local want to rock you thanks for your analysis glad i'm here to washington now and the moment voters around the country have been bracing for yesterday's special counsel robert morris submitted his report to the u.s. justice department miller spent almost two years and bester gating russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election and possible collusion with president donald trump's campaign team it's unclear how much if any of the confidential report will be released to the public but u.s. media are reporting the special counsel does not recommend further charges and the document president trump has repeatedly condemned the more probe as a baseless witch hunt. there was no collusion. there's no collusion no callers

there is a girl over joe the question was played to a trump presidency since day one what a fiver can lose your. ditties campaign team collude with russia to win the presidency did donald trump obstruct efforts to investigate this is the man tasked with finding out robert muller shrouded in secrecy his team has been quietly conducting one of the most high profile political inquiries in u.s. history. so what do we know so far. russian meddling russian meddled in our twenty sixth election our intelligence community has it right it was the russians we know that they know that it was directed from the highest levels like a little like a u.s. intelligence agency say russia did interfere in the election more than two dozen russian citizens and three russian companies have been indicted so you've asked seven direct used to using online campaigns to sway voters and hacking into

democratic party e-mails. so what about trump and his team one by one members of his inner circle have been swept up in the investigation but former national security advisor michael flynn and former campaign adviser to george papadopoulos who have both pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about their contacts to russian officials. former campaign chairman paul none of four convicted of tax and bank fraud he was also found to have lied to investigators he now faces a lengthy jail sentence oh roger stone a former presidential campaign advisor and a long time trying ally largest market rather he's accused of making false statements to congress and witness tampering. and transform a lawyer michael. cohen jailed for three years on separate campaign violation

charges he's since admitted to lying about a trump business deal with moscow in damning testimony before congress becoming claimed it was trump who instructed him to commit those violations and to lie about them i am ashamed because i know what mr trump is he's a racist he's a con man and he used to cheat. so what can we expect now i'm sure will be just that you know why none of the revelations so far amounts to proof that the trunk team colluded with russia. to trump seek to obstruct the investigation that's one area could present more evidence the probe has got ever closer to the oval office the question now is what it all means for the president. although miller's findings have not been released some details about his report are coming to light correspondent helen humphrey has more on this. what we do know so far is that the special counsel has reportedly not recommended that any more indictments be made so

far thirty seven people have been indicted in this investigation including those close to the president paul man a force his former campaign manager was sentenced to prison time as was of course michael cohen his fixer as well now not since the watergate scandal as the american public been so mesmerized by an inquiry all of this sort certainly the president and other high ranking republicans have called this a partisan probe they have said that it's a witch hunt and even if no criminal wrongdoing is exposed in this report what may be exposed are misdemeanors which the democrats may then further investigate so although they say has been a long process in the report now has finally been handed in is expected now to be a far lengthier process now to some of the other stories making news around the

world. prayers have been held in the more mosque in christ church for the first time since a gunman killed fifty people there and elsewhere in the city new zealand police handed back the mosque to the local community after taking over the premises in the wake of the march fifth time. chinese president xi jinping has attended a grand welcome ceremony hosted by him telling him president said that a lot in rome she arrived in the italian capital on friday for the first stop of this three nation european tour which will also take him to monaco and france trade ties are a focus of the trip. and thailand voters are gearing up to cast ballots on sunday in the first general election since a military coup nearly five years ago the election has been billed as a contest between the countries with oppressive military junta and democratic rule prime minister. hopes to gain legitimacy from voters after seizing power in the

twenty four team as government has an active constitution that critics say tips the electoral process in favor of the military. and more let's bring in de ws for a new show and joins us in bangkok thailand is holding its first election after five years of military rule what commute specked. well tomorrow's elections will officially restore civilian rule here in thailand but what is already clear right now is that the military will retain quite a big chunk of its power due to the new election that for example it stipulates that there is an opera house that is completely. chosen by the military with two hundred fifty senators who will also elect the new prime minister but there is still a lot of excitement here and even in security as to the election outcome because

despite all these unfair advantages this lack of a level playing field military through its political vehicle the pollen counts right party is expected to perform quite poorly because people are quite fed up with the military so we'll have to wait and see for sunday for the election results and we might see a coalition government in which the military junta will still take part in what are the most pressing issues for voters. while i like all the elections that i have been covering in the past words usually the left versus the right you know more business agenda business prone agenda or a mo welfare prone agenda here in thailand the key question is are you for or against the military and basically all the parties fall in one of these two camps dollar fuse swing potties where nobody really knows how they will. fall or what

camp they might fall in they might become kingmakers in the end so there's still a lot of excitement because the polls have been very unclear as to what exactly we will see come sunday lioness and back cock thank you very much. germany's football team begins its euro two thousand and twenty qualification this weekend and they don't come much tougher in an away match against the dutch. hoping a shake up will cast off the gloom that has surrounded the team since the world cup and this came will give the first indication of whether they're on the right path or the road to nowhere. germany's national team took a break from their training pitch in wolfsburg to visit the towns of volkswagen assembly line germany have been far from a well oiled machine lately they need to click into gear and head of their tough euro two thousand and twenty qualifying clash against the netherlands coach you he

loves under pressure he's tried to remedy dismal performances in the world cup and nations league by dropping mainstays thomas. and mats hummels but tuesday's one one draw with serbia showed his new young team need some fine tuning the experience of model noir marco royce and midfielder tony crows will be needed against the dutch. some of course we know that everything doesn't happen overnight but we're all on bishops we want to win every game whoever is on the pitch. and to concede that soon sunday's match will be germany's third against the netherlands in seven months with a dutch victory and a draw in the other two games is from the it's always an interesting jewel when germany plays against the netherlands and will show the according level of mix of asian. work again as a child i used to go to the netherlands on holiday and you could say i've grown up with that rivalry. so it's going to be

a spicy encounter with as much as you know has to have been the focus now for germany is on exploiting their strengths and finding the winning formula to beat their dutch neighbors only a victory will give the new look squad a much needed boost to their confidence. yes pop artist brian donnelly known professionally as cars has towed amass of inflatable sculpture into hong kong's victoria harbor the floating artwork looks like a cartoon mouse drifting on its back and gazing at the sky it's nearly forty metres long about the length of three double decker buses formulate a street artist concept they were climbing mountains aimed at firing feel like they shot. an increasingly hectic while. ago and a reminder of the top story we're following for you us back syrian fires have claimed victory over so-called islamic state in syria syrian democratic forces say

they are recapture is the village of the last scrap of territory held by iran liners and. coming up next world stories with a special report on a lawsuit challenging the war on drugs being waged by philippines president to terror attacks don't forget you can always follow on all the news on our website. it's time. for the. president to. go to the morgue in patriotic front in could turn the rebel army into the going to be fortress on wasn't when little in the rooms there was and windows.