this is the w. news live from berlin the self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles in syria and syrian rebel forces foist their flag in both goos after expelling the so-called islamic state from the last scrap of territory it's still held in the country also coming up. collusion or no collusion u.s. special counsel robert muller completes his probe into possible russian interference into the twenty sixteen presidential election where he is reportedly not recommending to any further charges related to.

a michael frolic welcome to the show u.s. backed syrian fighters are claiming victory over so-called islamic state they say they have expelled the self-proclaimed caliphate and the last bit of territory controlled in syria rebels from the syrian democratic forces group raised their flag over of a goose after and now seeing the defeat of bias this followed weeks of fighting over the village on the iraqi border i asked declared its caliph it in two thousand and fourteen and went on to control vast areas of syria and iraq. let's bring in ben to shallow middle east analyst based in beirut lebanon benton this fight against isis has been going on for years how big a moment is this. well i think it is at least in symbolic terms

a really big moment because isis territoriality ends with this and that was what differentiated it from other extremist groups that it actually had a territory and therefore it is worth celebrating however what i think more relevant is first symposiums that's france celebrating because they can paint against isis came with a heavy death toll and something everybody has to believe today the caliphate at as eliminate and what does that mean for the so-called islamic state is this really the ant. well i think we have to be careful with this as well the territory now has been taken over that doesn't mean that we have any strategy for how to deal with that or. the caliphate as you remember thousands of western european states from russia and from the africa there and none of the states is willing to take these people back so we have the potential that they say

there and don't see any other option than remaining active and we could also witness over the past decades basically that ice is always count ways to really encourage it change the name it change the shape but it is a group that has an ability to transform itself. and the last man on a call the president of france a set that with this defeat a major danger for his country has been eliminated what does this all actually mean for the terrorist threat around the globe. well i think we can't really judge about that it was not very relevant for the isis cells. when they committed their credit checks that there was a caliphate it was more about the ideology and i think the victory against isis will have made this less attractive for many people because and now the myth that strength is also gone but i think all terrorist attacks that we've seen a globe we're not steer it from there and that for one thing we concentrate lex on that and then to sell and beirut thank you very much. thank you

to washington now and the moment voters around the country have been bracing for yesterday's special counsel robert morris a minute has reported to the u.s. justice department lawyers spent almost two years investigating russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election and possible collusion with president donald trump's campaign it's unclear how much if any of the confidential report will be released to the public but u.s. media are reporting a special counsel does not recommend further charges and the document president trump has repeatedly condemned them or pro as a baseless witch hunt there was no collusion. there's no collusion no callers there are a good girl over joe the question was played to a trump presidency since day one modified the can lose your. duties 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 six to elections our intelligence community has it right it was the russians we know that they know that it was directed from the highest levels. of the 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 if you fall seven derrick used to using online campaigns to sway voters talking 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. former national security adviser michael flynn and former campaign adviser. george papadopoulos who have

both pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about their contacts to russian officials. former campaign chairman paul manifolds convicted of tax on 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. i was just a part gets the president 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 cohen 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's a cheat. so what can we expect now i'm sure it'll be just one of you know why none of the revelations so far amounted to proof that the trunk team colluded with russia. to trump seek to obstruct the investigation that's one area could present more evidence in the probe to scott ever closer to the oval office the question now is what it all means for the president. although morris findings haven't 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 pullman a four to 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 has the american public been so mesmerized by an inquiry all of the source certainly the president and other high ranking republicans have called this a partisan probe they've 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 and 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. french authorities have banned yellow vest demonstrations in a large area of paris including around the arc de triomphe this comes in response to looting rampage on the shelves of these a ave last week the anti-government protests are continuing for

a nineteenth weekend across france. mosque in christ church has reopened to worshippers for the first time since of gunman killed fifty people there and at another mosque in the city new zealand police returned the mosque to the local community after conducting investigations into the march fifteenth attacks. united nations officials say the death toll from cycle has now risen to more than six hundred the storm cost catastrophic flooding in mozambique some bob way and malawi more than a week after the cyclone struck victims say they're not getting enough food and assistance the port city of barrow was heavily damaged but has emerged as a nerve center for rescue efforts in mozambique. there's not much remains of a custom and there is home. like most houses in beirut it was destroyed but she

returned with her children because she didn't know where else to go she hoped basic repairs would at least given a roof over their heads. no less than it was horrible to see how badly the house was wrecked i'm all alone with my kids and i don't know where we can sleep where we can go when it's so hard to try and find food for the kids waiting to have hundreds of thousands of people in mozambique waiting for help some are still waiting to be rescued from floodwaters and many are in need of food and drinking water but there aren't enough helicopters to deliver aid general good though for this is the first day that we've received any help it's just not enough for so many people coming that you have one point i have four kids how are they supposed to survive on this bread that survive his frustration has been growing from day to day they're hungry and they're waiting for food to arrive for aid

workers it's a race against the clock with priority given to the weakest. the situation on the ground remains critical of the reason. though hundreds of thousands of children need immediate help the priority right now is to give them shelter food water education protection due to the action of red cross says the first cases of cholera have been reported in beirut and the number of malaria cases is also rising the u.n. has warned of long term food shortages. crop losses are extensive in fact more than three hundred eighty five thousand hectares of crops have been damaged which will impact food security in the months ahead for a custom a dairy the focus is on surviving one day to the next she and her children just want enough to eat. hundreds of thousands of people are gathering in london to call for a second referendum on braggs that organizers are hoping to convince lawmakers to

back a new public vote on whether britain should follow through on plans to leave the european union and march is due to conclude outside parliament which has so far failed to agree on a formal exit deal with the bloc earlier this week prime minister to resign may and leaders agreed to postpone frank said to allow parliament to pass a deal. germany's football team begins its euro two thousand and twenty qualification this weekend and they don't come much tougher than an away match against the dutch in lives hoping a shake up will cast off the gloom that house around of the team since the world cup and this game will give the first indications 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 both swag and assembly line germany have been far from a well oiled machine lately they need to click into gear ahead 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 their recent one one draw with serbia showed his new young team need some fine tuning the experience of manuel neuer marco royce and midfielder tony cross will be needed against the dutch. some of course we know that everything doesn't happen overnight but we're all on misha's 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. from the it's always an interesting jewel when germany plays against the netherlands and will show the according level of my savation. as a child i used to go to the netherlands on holiday i mean you could say i've grown

up with that rivalry. so it's going to be a spicy encounter with as many. nice 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. no easy feat there us pop artist brian donnelly known professionally as cars has told a massive inflatable sculpture into hong kong victoria harbor the floating artwork looks like a cartoon out there you can see it drifting on its back and gazing at the sky it's nearly forty metres long about the length of three double decker bus this formerly a street artist. cause says the reclining mouse is end of its wiring relaxation and an increasingly hectic work. coming up next some musical improv on remember you can always get all the latest

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