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from the forest people first. this is. from berlin came caliphate crumbles in syria syrian rebel forces hoist their flag and bob who is after expelling the so-called islamic state in the last scrap of territory still held in the country also coming out. collusion or no collusion u.s. special counsel robert muller completes his probe into possible russian
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interference into the two thousand and sixteen presidential election he's reportedly not recommending any further charges. on michael 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 from the last remaining territory controlled in syria rebels from the syrian democratic forces fought for weeks to retake the village of from. the final shred of the. now just a torn up field littered with clothes twisted metal and bodies. on the small patch of land. stayed made the last. was over. after years of war in syria democratic forces celebrate their hard won
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victory. today that syrian democratic forces officially announced the end of all battles and a victory against the group calling itself islamic state that name is now wiped off the map here in northeastern syria. despite vowing to fight to the end thousands of isis members have surrendered. among the unrepentant wives of the jihad. hundreds were killed amid a relentless campaign and the ground assault by u.s. backed forces. remains an insurgent threat in both iraq and syria but its territory once stretched across vast swathes of both countries have been whittled down to. when the guns fell silent here the caliphate declared almost five years ago. we must become history. victorious kurdish forces have called on the u.s.
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to keep troops in syria if the u.s. pulls out their war on it is only a matter of time until the ice menace grows again. let's bring in ben to middle east analyst based in beirut lebanon welcome. this fight against has been going on for years how big a moment is this. i would say it's quite a big moment and reading the campaign in the end has achieved its goal and i think it will be a relief for all those who lived under isis rule and some of those who were affected by the fighting i mean figures have been asked recently about the international coalitions that tall among civilians things are significant and they were brought to think in many regards today is a very happy day. a little perspective here the caliph it is a limited this we know but i guess as a body has emerged from defeats in the past and there are reports it's already waging the level insurgency in other areas where it had been defeated so the
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question is is this really the end of violence. no i think that the way it is are saying to mainly is the end off the help that's territory i don't see and i think that really shows already the limits to this campaign came because this was in the cheated and we have no political. will of the root causes and how to deal with those who come out of the caliphate we hear as to expels of the fight to stop isis but we're do they go to they are not bashing and that we should see how do we hope i'm accountable how do we integrate into a normal of africa society he said quest seen as we have not yet dealt with. well one of the issues that. the president of france has is dealing with right now is the fact is he puts it that this is a major defeat and major danger for his country has been eliminated what this is
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all actually mean for the terrorist threat around the globe. well i think that the terrorist attacks that we have seen in european countries are and others. the problem has not so much been that they had in syria that was so relevant there were but they had the inspiration from isis and this is something that is not banishing . has the same disc on as we have who have these and i saw the pops think it's basically has shown the ability to chops form i mean it basically is one of that results. for two thousand and three so it is also a predominant that will stay with us for some time i. fell in beirut thanks very much for your time thank you. to washington now where house democrats are awaiting details from the justice department of what special counsel robert bowler has found in his probe into russian interference in the twenty sixteen
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presidential election moeller spent almost two years investigating that and possible collusion with president donald trump's campaign team. president trump has repeatedly condemned the mole inquiry as a baseless witch hunt there was no collusion no fillers there's no collusion no collusion there is like a loser it's the question that has plagued the trump presidency since day one we want to find the collusion. did his campaign team collude with russia to win the presidency and did donald trump obstruct efforts to investigate this was the man tasked with finding out robert mueller shrouded in secrecy his team conducted one of the most high profile political inquiries in u.s. history. so what do we know. russia middled in our twenty six to elections our intelligence community has it
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right it was the russians we know that they know that it was directed from the highest levels of. the u.s. intelligence agencies say russia did interfere in the election more than two dozen russian citizens and three russian companies have been indicted they were accused of using online campaigns to sway voters and tucking into democratic party e-mails . so what about trump and his team some members of his inner circle were swept up in the investigation. former national security adviser michael flynn and former campaign adviser. george papadopoulos both pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about their contacts to russian officials. former campaign chairman paul munna ford was convicted of tax and bank fraud he was also found to have lied to investigators he's now facing a lengthy jail sentence. oh roger stone former presidential campaign advisor and
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a long time trump clear i would just like it's the president but he's accused of making false statements to congress and witness tampering. and terms former 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 cohn claimed it was trump who instructed him to commit those violations and to lie about them. because i know what mr trump is he is a racist he is a con man. and used to cheat so what can we expect now i'm sure it'll be just that none of the revelations amounting to proof that president trump colluded with russia this means trump is likely to be confirmed in his claim that the investigation was a witch hunt but it does not mean trump's legal troubles are over he's also being
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investigated by the house traditionally committee for possible obstruction of justice. here hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of london to call for a second referendum on. organizers hope to convince lawmakers to back a new public vote on whether britain should follow through on plans to leave the european union today's march is due to conclude outside parliament earlier this week prime minister theresa may and e.u. leaders agreed to postpone bracha to give the u.k. more time to pass a deal. and in london is where we'll find our charlotte pots on the streets there give us a sense of what's going on in those streets. well as you mentioned michael hundreds of thousands of people have been mob scene here in central london carrying european and u.k. flaxen their number one demand is that they want to put it to the people again they
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want a second vote a second referendum on whether the u.k. should leave the e.u. with the deal for example that may have negotiated over the past months in brussels or whether the u.k. should indeed stay in the european union after all and i think talking to people and the number one concern that they have this they say stopping the brics the mess they have tired of the political process of these past couple of years they are tired of that politicians and of the government and of the brics the back and forth and that is why they are demanding a second referendum in the hopes that this time around it would be different that the outcome would actually be that the people of the u.k. choose to stay in the european union. so do people really actually believe that that is second referendum will in fact and the mess as you put it. well people here certainly hope so the protesters do and i mean this march for example sends
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a strong visual some images to parliament put soft pressure on that there's also been a petition via an online petition asking to revoke article fifty asking to stay in the european union and that has been signed by over four million people so certainly parliament will have to vote we'll have to debate that issue but we have to also remember that the u.k. is in complete political turmoil at the moment may just returned from brussels and the e.u. extended the deadline for the u.k. to leave the e.u. until april twelfth or later in may when if and when she gets her deal through parliament but those chances are very slim for her vote to go through in parliament and she might not even put it before parliament as we learned today so also the pressure on her within her chary posse is rising for her to resign so a lot of political turmoil and also the government the parliament a couple of weeks ago voted down the idea of
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a second referendum in parliament so the way forward is unclear but protesters here are certainly hoping that a second referendum in the long term would be a solution. thanks very much in london. united nations officials say the death toll. has now risen to more than six hundred the storm caused catastrophic flooding in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi more than a week after the cyclon struck victims say they are not getting enough food and assistance the port city of barrow was heavily damaged but is emerged as the nerve center for rescue efforts in mozambique. not much remains over 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. but no less than it was horrible to see
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how badly the house was wrecked i'm all alone with my kids i don't know where we can sleep where we can go it's so hard to try and find food for the kids waiting to help 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 then rolled over this is the first day that we've received any help it's just not enough for so many people that are going that you know for i have four kids how are they supposed to survive on this bread that survived is 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 being given to the weakest. the situation on the ground remains critical of the reasonable electricity all running while there are hundreds of thousands of children need immediate help the priority right now is
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to give them shelter food water education protection the international 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 and dairy the focus is on surviving one day to the next she and the children just want enough to eat. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. us fact syrian fighters have claimed victory over so-called islamic state in syria syrian and democratic forces say they've recaptured the village of the. last lap of territory held by us in syria. u.s.
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