in syria, daesh and nusra. >> thank you. i think ken and and us want to come in, then open it up to the audience. >> first of all, while isis is terrible. isis clearly you know, commits horrible atrocities in iraq and syria, represents a threat to europe, let's be clear that in syria, by the count of a local activist and the best count here is by the syrian network by human rights, 90% of the casualties are the product of the assad government and its alleyies, so, yes, let's fight daesh, but not do it using the forces of someone who's killing nine times as many civilians as even the maximum count. there's a distinction between fighting daesh and defeating f. you look where did it come from, it came from the sectarian poll sis of remark over maliki. and syria under assad. so we need an inclusive political solution, wheone wher the population feels it has a real home in syria, so that's going to be absolutely essential. somebody who's going to be recognize recognized. final point, i honestly don't know what the real military p

in syria, ypg fighting daesh for syria? no. they are fighting daesh to gain more territory, and also further an agenda -- also for their own agenda. iraq -- ladies and gentlemen, the situation in yemen is also a concern. unfortunately, the you and meditated these talks have not achieved the desired outcome, the initiatives could be a good basis for a peaceful solution in yemen as well. finally, libya. iraq, and wekes in also made mistakes in libya twice. , and untilent there gadhafi was killed, and immediately he was killed, we left. then we helps them sign an .greement around 20, 24 countries were gathered together to support them. immediately after they signed the agreement, the second time we left them alone. the country is facing a lot of problems, including terror, and some of the countries are supporting different groups for their own interests, and together we should support the interest of the libyan people. are hopeful now that there is a political document that we altogher supported, and the presidential council final

there is a difference between fighting daesh and defeating daesh. if you look at where daesh came from, you look at the policies of iraq and syria under a sod. -- assad. a solution where the sunni population believes it has a home in syria. that will be essential to the question of who you substitute for assad? you hopefully move past sectarianism. the final point, i honestly don't know what the real rockary plan is for taking up. i do not know who the ground forces are. i am not sure the kurds want to go that far south. we heard this morning from the turkish foreign minister. then what? to proceed with syrian government ground forces really means proceeding with the militia and a number of forces who will not provide this inclusive solution. to team up with russia, russia does not have more significant ground force them the u.s. does. either ishink providing a real solution there. there is the question of does teaming up with russia mean eaming up with civilians -- it is not just whether siebel stepped back, is russia going to change its approach t

daesh is a very clever enemy. we are j we are creating massive chaos and confusion in their ability to coordinate a fight against our iraqi allies. i'm very proud of our team. stephen: can you walk me through the process, how it works when you guys get paul -- get called upon? >> it's a rather dynamic process. sometimes, you know your target. there is support on the ground, ir. there is support in the ar a targets are than destroyed. stephen: can you give me an example of a specific mission you and your fellow pilots have flown when fighting the islamic state? >> there are deliberate and dynamic targets. they can range from any of value torget isis. it could be ied's, weapons caches, vehicles personnel, anything of military value that we say, we are here to destroy isis. stephen: how do you measure success against an adversary such as isis? >> the best way to do that is to count the number of targets destroyed, but a lot of the gains come back to territory, and 50% of that territory has been returned to the govern

administration have now adapted daesh's false narrative that its conflict is one between the west and islam? if we want to be a global leader, this government need to show global leadership. where is it? the prime minister has been tested and she has failed on this, her first challenge. boris johnson: as the hon. lady -- honorable lady will know, when it comes to tackling the scourge of daesh, she is absolutely right, this country is the second biggest contributor to military action in strikes against daesh in iraq and in syria. we continue to be the second biggest donor to dealing with the humanitarian crisis in that region. everybody in this house should be incredibly proud of the leadership that the uk is showing in that respect. mr. speaker, i have already made my views about this. it is up to members of the house of commons if they wish to exhaust the wells of outrage in the denunciation of this policy. i have made my position clear-i . i made it clear yesterday. i said it was wrong to promulgate policies that stigmatise people on the basis of their nationality, and i believe tha

recent reports from the united states say that there are 6,000 daesh militants in libya; is that figureorrect? how effectively are the government of national accord, which is the organisation we support, and the organisation led by general haftar working to defeat daesh? pm may: obviously we are doing all we can and working with all parties that we can in relation to the defeat of daesh. my hon. friend understands the issue very well. he will know that while steps are being taken in other places-for example, in iraq-to take military action against daesh and to have an impact on it there, it is important that we do not see it able to regroup and come forward in other parts of the world where perhaps there is a vacuum that would enable it to do that. as he mentioned, underlying it all is the fact that we need to deal with the ideology. it is not just about the people at the moment, it is about dealing with the ideology. that is where the work to deal with radicalisation is so important. mr. leslie: will the prime minister answer part of the question on which my right hon. friend the membe

daesh or islamic state. —— anti-assad. to defence intelligence agency documents, which is the most important pentagon in —— military intelligence 0rganisation important pentagon in —— military intelligence organisation and i am making reference to hillary clinton's e—mails. so this is not coming from the iran. the tankers are something that the russians took photos of before they began bombing them. the americans never bombed them. the americans never bombed them until the russians began to do that. i would also like to point out that. i would also like to point out that an that. i would also like to point out thatan iranian that. i would also like to point out that an iranian reporter, or at least an american lebanese reporter working for press tv, was murdered on the turkish border when she reported that turkey was using aid trucks, linked to the un, to send in weapons and people into syria. turkey threatened to and she was murdered the next day. of course you are very opposed to the turkish government, because of course

the police chief of the province tells us that this area is where most militants loyal to isis or daesh a controversial oil pipeline in north dakota has been given the go—ahead. these are pictures from today and also from protests in the past. opponents of the pipeline have called for worldwide protests about the decision. there have been protests before. these pictures are from today but the rest are from the last few months. the protestors are mainly made up of the standing rock sioux tribe and their supporters. this is the background to this story. the pipeline is supposed to cross four states, to transport crude oil to a terminal in illinois. it's costing $3.8 billion to build. that is the estimated cost. most of it is already built, except for this bit — the section closest to the standing rock sioux reservation. members of the tribe say the construction will damage their water supplies and ancestral cultural sites. these protests helped lead to the suspension of construction. that decision has been reversed by donald trump. the bbc‘s peter bowes is covering the story from los ange

isil and daesh will use any opportunity they can to make difficulties to create the environment thatt is a propaganda opportunity for them, potentially. and the home secretary told a committee of mps that, seen from britain, the countries which are the subject of president trump's travel ban are not the main problem. the difficulties to the uk over terrorism are not caused by people largely coming from the sort of countries that the us has named, but from people becoming radicalised here. downing street tonight seems to be distancing theresa may from her home secretary's remarks. number 10 is saying that the extremists will twist any policy from any government for their own propaganda purposes. but unease in britain about president trump's visit is the more than matched by stark warning from mainland europe. the president of the european council listed as key threats to europe assertive china, russia's aggressive policies towards neighbours and radical islam. he said the united states risked catastrophe in europe by weakening transatlantic ties. particularly, the change in washington

course, let's not forget the situation in syria come in yemen, and iraq, et cetera when it comes to daesh, when it comes to the soviet involvement. >> well, i think actually this reemphasizes the aspect of the revolution, the revolution in mind. we need to struggle against injustice. we know both from our experience and also our concept belief in islam that the struggle goes on. the only important thing is should be are you going to be part of that struggle instant for what is right, and standing for those who are oppressed in standing for the independence and the, indeed, the of the people. and islamic iran and th islamic revolution has done that for last 38 years, and it's been extremely successful. now, you know, on the other side looking at the sort of opponents of islamic revolution, the hegemony of the united states, we see that that is also extremely exposed now with the trump. and while obama was involved in killing hundreds of thousands,, millions of people with the drones and others sort of weapons, but he was able to actually put a very nice charismatic smile and try to justify

[applause] >> many of them, most of them, actually, are fleeing from terrorist groups such as daesh. they're victims of terrorists and they are men and women and children, with personal stories, dreams and fears, and profound wounds. and most of all, they have a future to build. also for the sake of their own country and our own security. because the social reconstruction of their country depends on them. so, let me -- actually i should say let us be very clear. the european union will not turn back anyone who has the right to international protection. this is where we stand. this is where we continue to stand. it will not be moral, it would not be just, it would not be legal, and it would not be in our interests because this kind of measure has the potential to increase tension and mistrust among peoples and nations, when i say among people i also mean among people in our own society, and that's why with a lot of respect i invited president of the united states to pay attention what is happening in his own country. all respect and cooperation can make us more secure. only respect an

daesh goodbye for now. the headlines this hour.es this hour. the half brother of kimjong—un has been killed in relation capital of kuala lumpur. he is believed to have been poisoned. the white house as the donald trump's national security adviser, michael flynn, discussed nothing illegal with his contact with the russian ambassador but resigned over an erosion of trust. inflation reached a 2.5 year high in january. the consumer prices index rose to 1.8% january. the consumer prices index rose to1.8% up january. the consumer prices index rose to 1.8% up from 1.6%. the rise has been driven in the increases in the cost of food and fuel. the price of raw materials and fuel the factories is up 20% because of the fall in the value of the sterling since the brexit boat. prices may be up, but it is not yet the consumer who is being squeezed hardest. it is the company that sells you the goods, and even more so the companies that produce them. this east london brewery has boosted prices by 5%, but its costs have risen twice as fast. we've go

at one point, for 1.5 billion muslims all over the world, the terrorists daesh, boko haram, and all of the franchises run by this terrorist community, all put together, will be less than 100,000, all over the place, nigeria, pakistan, afghanistan. there are more than that. so condemning or labeling a religion, a community of 1.6 billion or 1.5 billion people for the wrongdoings of 100,000 people or 50,000 people, in my humble opinion, it is unjustified. >> general monguno briefly and then to the audience. >> if it will help, i just want to say that while it makes sense not to call a shovel it makes s not to call a shovel a spade. i point out that i come from the part of nigeria from the northeast that is the epicenter of the boko haram, and if you had told me that that a nigerian girl who is 6 or 7 years old would have the capacity to strap herself up and blow herself up, i would have laughed at you. but the fact is that nobody is tailor made to be a terrorist. these things happen once you are immersed and exposed to some extremist belief. once the tools are there, you can inflict any

isis and daesh will use any opportunity they can to make difficulties to create the environment theybring them over to their side. so it is a propaganda opportunity for them potentially. we will continue to monitor what is said, continue to take down the sort of literature and postings we see on the internet, that try to encourage that sort of extremism, they may use this as an example, and we will continue to take down the sites where we can. the next stage in the plan to expand heathrow airport is under way. in the commons on thursday, the transport secretary launched a four—month consultation and set out planning and infrastructure proposals. a liberal democrat was just one of the mps to raise concerns about air quality. will he explain what he will do if the airport cannot be delivered within legal obligation limits, proceed anyway, change the air quality objectives, or pull the plug on the runway? the airport will not be able to secure its development consent order if it cannot demonstrate its ability to meet those targets. but some of the things we are consulting on today, for

it is the only where it daesh or islam expect can protect itself. taking several weeks for the iraqi forces to clear them from the iraqi forces to clear them from the last western stronghold of mosul. they know the forces are on their way, and this particular wave of bombings that ronald was involved in was to slow down that advance. at the end of the day, given time, they will all be pushed out and i think he was just one of the sacrificial lambs to buy them a few extra days. and we'll find out how this and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are former pensions minister baroness ros altmann and the evening standard columnist mihir bose. a heterosexual couple have lost their court battle to have a civil partnership, rather than be married. civil partnerships give relationships legal recognition, and are currently only available to same—sex couples. rebecca steinfeld and charles keiden claimed that was discriminatory. but today the court of appeal rejected their argume

that is exactly what daesh and other terrorist groups want to do, to push confrontation and send a messaget the 2 cannot coexist. orla: it is a very long way from this. president obama center stage in cairo in 2009 with a seminal speech about healing age-old divisions. president obama: thank you very much. i have come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world. one based on mutual interests and mutual respect. orla: in the great hall of cairo university which echoed to the soaring rhetoric, we sat down with 2 of those in the audience that day. they say president obama didn't deliver what he promised, and his successor is off to a bad start. >> there is concern in the region, particularly from the seven muslim-majority countries that were banned and other countries that might be included. i think we are all trying to brace ourselves for what will happen next. and we will all just watch carefully. orla: what would you say to donald trump? >> look at the u.s. constitution and stick to american values of freedom and democracy, because when you

the iraqis will certainly defeat daesh and mosul. they will prevail.lict, is fighters will use every tactic they can. this is video eulogises the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. the effects are terrifying. this woman's leg was shattered in a drone attack. "i was lying on the ground. there were people pointing to the sky from where the bomb came", she told me. this is pretty new for this conflict. this method can be very effective and impacts on the population. really, really brutal. with 750,000 civilians currently trapped inside western mosul, aid agenies are preparing for the worst. they're already calling it a humanitarian crisis. a woman has been charged in connection with the death of a three—year—old boy who was attacked by a dog in halstead in august last year. jade dunne, aged 29, has been charged with owning a dog dangerously out of control that resulted in the death of dexter neal. the dog, an american bulldog, has since been destroyed. dunne has been released on bail to appear at colchester magistrates' court

the sad fact is the threat in this country, represented by what we now know as daesh or so—called islamicl says the terror threat today is at least as great as it was to london during the ira bombing campaign in the 1970s. yet the situation is not the 1970s. yet the situation is not the same. the uk terror threat has prompted a major rethink on how britain's cities are protected. the police have been up guns and surveillance increased. but the threat from is today differs from the irs -- ira in threat from is today differs from the irs —— ira in several ways. the jihadists with no warning, they aim for maximum civilian casualties and they are prepared to take their own lives. i think the nature of the threat and attempt to the public are seeing is very different. back in the 1970s, you saw a terrorist threat expressing itself fairly frequently, with bomb scares and actual devices. nowadays, the public have not seen a terrible plot on a grand scale be as destructive so from the public perspective the threat seems much smaller but from the security agency ‘s perspective, the security agency

the iraqis will certainly defeat daesh in mosul. they will prevail. the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. the effects are terrifying. this woman's leg was shattered in a drone attack. translation: i was lying on the ground. there were people pointing to the sky from where the bomb came. this is pretty new for this conflict, but also for conflict all over the world. this matter can be very effective and the impact on the population will be really brutal. with 750,000 civilians currently trapped in western mosul, aid agencies are preparing for the worst. they are already calling it a humanitarian crisis. 0ver a0 people have died, including the head of the military security branch after a suicide bombing in homs in syria. the attack targeted security service headquarters in the city. reports say that five militants attacked two heavily guarded districts. 0ur correspondent rami ruhayem who's in beirut gave us the latest. it is quite a stunning blow to the regime, given the sensitivity of the targets. as you mentioned, two in

the iraqis will certainly defeat daesh and mosul. they will prevail.ct, is fighters will use every tactic they can. this is video eulogises the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. the effects are terrifying. this woman's leg was shattered in a drone attack. "i was lying on the ground. there were people pointing to the sky from where the bomb came", she told me. this is pretty new for this conflict. this method can be very effective and impacts on the population. really, really brutal. with 750,000 civilians currently trapped inside western mosul, aid agenies are are preparing for the worst. they're already calling it a humanitarian crisis. the zimbabwean president robert mugabe has celebrated his 93rd birthday. with thousands of supporters attending a party outside the city of bulawayo. activists and opposition leaders have criticised the lavish festivities, which have been taking place all week, despite severe economic hardship in the country. mr mugabe has been in power since 1980 and says he will stand in elections next

the sad fact is that the threat in this country, represented by what we now know as daesh or so—calledntinuing, and is not going to abate. how to compare this decade with the 1970s is sometimes very difficult. of course, they are very different threats posed by is and the ira at the time, different ideologies. i think the similarity he is referring to is the intensity at which serious plots are now being planned. did he say anything about how, as is is being put under increasing pressure in the middle east, for example the iraqi army's operation to retake mosul, whether that has an impact on how is is operating in europe? he didn't specifically refer to that, but as you say, is is in retreat on the battlefield in the middle east, in mosul in particular, and at the same time we have seen an increase in suicide bombings in iraq. we've seen europe attacked before, of course, with the massacres in 2005 in paris, and we know there is an intent to attack the uk. max hill is saying there is no room for complacency, and he is also saying that the british intelligence services have had what he

i mean, isil and daesh will use any possibility they can to create the environment they want to radicaliset is a propaganda opportunity for them potentially. what we will continue to do is monitor what is being said and continue to take down the sort of literature and postings that we see on the internet that tried to encourage that sort of extremism. they may use this as an example. we will continue to monitor and take down those sites where we can. another labour mp turned to the decision to invite president trump ona decision to invite president trump on a state visit. why spend this money policing and individual with all the added costs that come with a state visit, and individual that has peddled hate, racism, misogyny, islamophobia, when many people in this country would rather that money we i’e this country would rather that money were deployed on actually, for example, policing our communities? well, he is the head of state of the usa. we have an arrangement internationally where we look after each other is head of state is. if the queen goes abroad we expect them to look after eac

attacking. 0ften official targets, army targets, police, where as if we look at what we see i guess, daesh state doing, it really is anything that is representative of the state — churches, schools, all sorts of institutions. the para meters sorts of institutions. the parameters of what would be considered targets are transformed the nature of the sort of a track —— attack they are trying has changed the picture considerably and made it more terrifying. i would like to get your thoughts on a question i put to caroline hawley earlier and that is, as isps under increasing pressure in the middle east, does that affect in any way what they are trying to do in europe? we've certainly seen that the group has been trying to launch attacks in europe for some time and i don't think that is going to decrease become any less with their loss of territory. i think it will probably continue to increase as we see more people leaving the battlefield, but what we have to be careful of is saying that there is going to be some sort of a step change because suddenly the group use its territory. this is a grou

would just be on content and happy with living a jewish life with the great rhythm of the shu bought daesh shabbat and let us leaving aside these great tasks of ordering and asking, escorting the nations to these findings of their own faith. >> so before we take questions, and i am going to take questions next, what you remind me is that you say in this book that the great division is not between orthodox and non orthodox but it is between thinking jews and non-thinki non-thinking jews. i would like your discussion on this where the rabbi pointed and he said they are dead. and they said what do you mean and he said they don't have questions anymore. they walked on and a student said rabbi, how do you know i am not dead? and he said because you asked. maybe some of us are non-thinking jews and we might hear this and rethink it. >> i am so angry when i hear some lazy analysis about this. i am a secular jew. my relationship to the jewish is to be frank very light. i don't belong to the order of the men in black. i don't belong to this world. but i will still crossed, i am so angry who i see t

. >> we should be conscious of the potential that daesh may attempt to embed agents within that population. >> sean: president trump is listening to the top intelligence and defense officials of in this country, and now the president of syria, he's actually echoing those same concerns. keep in mind, syria is one of the countries on tribe's travel ban list. here is what president al-assad told yahoo! news. take a look. >> are some of the refugees in your view aligned with terrorists? >> definitely, definitely. you can find it on the net. the same pictures you show them in some cases, of course, in some instances, those terrorists in syria holding the machine guns or killing people, they are peaceful refugees in europe or in the west. that'sre e true. >> tucker: that's the syrian president, a guy who is a dictator, admitting some refugees are definitely terrorists. wow. to make things worse, they are reporting that 77% of refugees allowed since the u.s. travel ban to again come from the seven suspect countries. and that's not all. today, the people in a ran iran, they are celebrating the 197

state so we're at a moment where we are on the verge of being able to at least get to the defeat of daeshsyria with mosul in iraq, raqqah in syria. there are critical questions about pursuing that campaign including what to do about raqqah, who's going to take that city, are we going to go ahead and arm some of the kurdish fighters on the ground working with arab fighters to take rack a a? how are we going to proceed? s a critical questions about, as you said, the stabilization and governance of cities that are newly liberated. the obama administration handed off a detailed coherent convincing plan to the trump administration across the board, hui hope is the trump administration will take that up and implement it. >> avril when you look at the count terrorism operation in yemen that seems to have gone awry, do you think that could be the lack of staffing and coordination or was it bad luck, sometimes these operations go well, sometimes that go badly. >> it's hard to tell. i don't know exactly what came to the president, what was approved by him and how it was dealt with. what i would say

brave troops to start the push to liberate the rest of the city from the oppression and terrorism of daesh. >> reporter: it was clear this was coming. in western mosul as well as an intensification of artillery bombardment. overnight, the iraqi air force dropped millions of leaflets over the western part of the city calling on those duped by isis to lay down their arms and surrender and warning civilians to stay inside their homes as this operation progresses and to put white flags outside to indicate there are civilians inside. it is the civilian that is are a real cause of concern in this operation. they are anywhere between 650 and 800,000 civilians in the western part of the city. they are already in dire circumstances given a shortage of food. only a few hours of electricity a day. there is a shortage of medicine, of safe drinking water as well and now they are in the cross fire as this battle progresses. now, we understand from the iraqi military that iraqi forces are approaching the western side of the city from four axsis from the south and the southwest. their first target is to r

troop toss liberate the rest of the city and to liberate people from the oppression and terrorism of daesh. >> the iraqi military says that at the moment they are approaching western mosul from four axes, basically from the south and the southwest. their immediate goal is to retake control of monsul and th military base in the southern part of the city. this is going to be a long and difficult operation. there are anywhere between 650 and 800 civilians in the city. they have already been living under very difficult circumstances with dwindling supplies of food. only about 40% of the population has access to safe drinking water. they are running low on medicine as well as cooking oil and fuel oil as well. the iraqi air force overnight dropped millions of leaflets calling on isis supporters or members to lay down their weapons and surrender and warning the civilian population to stay inside their homes to put white flags outside their home to homes to indicate civilians are inside. keeping in mind it took well over three months to take the eastern part of the city. so the western part, sligh

and that is exactly what daesh and other extremists and terrorists groups want to do, push towards at. it is a very long way from this. president obama, centre stage in 2009 with a seminal speech about healing age—old divisions. i come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world. one based on mutual interests and mutual respect. in the great hall of cairo university which echoed to the soaring rhetoric, we sat down with two of those who were in the audience that day. they said president obama did not deliver what he promised and his successor is off to a bad start. there is concern here in the region particularly from muslims from the seven muslim majority countries that were banned and also other countries that might be included in the ban as well. i think we are alljust trying to brace ourselves for what will happen next. and we will alljust watch carefully. what would you say to donald trump? look at the us constitution and stick to the american values of freedom and democracy because what you're doing is very dangerous not only to

equal important for president trump is equal action against the daesh or islamic state of isil. the problem is that thus far moscow's extensive operation in syria devoted little attention to the extremists. it has instead been directed against the weak moderist who we support and lately working against the kurds. the bombing against civilian populations fueled refugee flows, exacerbating the refugee crisis in europe. moscow's principal objective in syria is to shore up the weak yet savage assad regime. if we backed off active opposition to assad, a serious concession to mr. putin is moscow really willing to partner in syria and beyond. another area to explore is iran. moscow has been an active partner of iran in syria. as we saw recently, iran even provided warplanes, a base for a brief period of time. yet at the same time it worked with us and others in persuading tehran to assign the agreement. on its nuclear program. the trump administration indicated that it wants it take a second look and improve the terms of that agreement. is moscow willing to partner? or does it prefer g

of abu safe, and important town, all that lies between the federal police and mosul is that town, a daeshd. all morning we have watched these helicopters attacking the town and the iraqi police have fired their own home—made rockets deep inside that town. it is very important for them. just two miles, you can hear them. just two miles, you can hear the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it. we can hear it. just beyond that town, two miles, is mosul‘s airport. that airport is mostly symbolic value because the islamic state long ago destroyed the i’u nways islamic state long ago destroyed the runways and terminal buildings. taking that would be very important because it would be a small victory. after that, they would be in mosul. the us president donald trump has attempted to explain on twitter why he made comments about a nonexistent security incident in sweden on friday. at a rally on saturday in florida, president trumpjustified his moves to restrict immigration from several majority—muslim countries by referring to the imaginary swedish incident along with other recent terro

the annexation of crimea, and the beginning of the war in eastern ukraine and the appearance to have daeshalized we had to make a turnaround. >> many americans don't agree that you are spending enough. and you had some tough words, seemingly, for president trump in your speech. you said the words he uses can have an impact on the cohesion of europe. but what the vice president says is that germany defense spending is eroding the alliance between america and europe. >> i didn't hear that from the vice president. >> he didn't specifically say germany, he said, not meeting the target on defense spending. >> it is good that we agree once again. in 2014, all heads of state of government in the alliance said we have the goal until 2025 to meet the 2%. >> reporter: you will meet 2%? you will do that? >> absolutely, that's the goal. the heads of state of all 28 have committed themselves. so we want to stick to our word, but therefore, you also have to admit that there is a plan we fulfill together. for more on nato and growing tensions over defense spending, i'm joined by nbc news and msnbc contri

we're taking steps to make sure yazidi and other survivors of daesh have the support they need when they" do you think he's trying to send a message to the president in. >> i think he's trying to send a message to refugees, recognizing they are a source of strength for canada. canada's immigration minister and foreign minister both told me that you know, this in a sense can help canada. if the u.s. closes itself off to the most talented people around the world, then canada will grab them. and i've got to tip my hat to canada for its willingness to do that. for how well it has arranged immigration services and for the fact that it recognizes that diversity brings strength. >> let's turn now to the new national security adviser. lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. he is known to speak his mind to superiors. he's very hawkish when it comes to putin and russia. how do you think this is going to play out in the trump administration? >> i thought it was a great choice. >> i haven't heard anyone say anything -- i haven't heard anyone say this is a terrible choice. >> everybody is relieved. i thin

the iraqis will certainly defeat daesh and mosul. they will prevail.tal conflict, is fighters will use every tactic they can. this is video eulogises the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. the effects are terrifying. this woman's leg was shattered in a drone attack. "i was lying on the ground. there were people pointing to the sky from where the bomb came", she told me. this is pretty new for this conflict. this method can be very effective and impacts on the population. really, really brutal. with 750,000 civilians currently trapped inside western mosul, aid agenies are are preparing for the worst. they're already calling it a humanitarian crisis. ina in a moment we join bbc one for a full round—up, but first, news organisations in the united states have been ruffled by fans were several of them, including the bbc have been barred from entering a press briefing. president trump's spokesman said the administration would "push back" against what it sees as false reporting. 0ur washington correspondent laura bicker reports.

in response to that the russian foreign minister said iran has never been seen having any ties with daesh or al nusra or any other structure affiliated with the terrorist organizations and included in the relevant u.n. security council list. given that, how difficult will it be for trump to get russia on board to try to deal with iran as some have suggested as part of the master plan? >> i think trump may think he can strike a grand bargain with russia, trying to woo russia toward the american side toward c confrontation with iran. some have floated trump is willing to ignore russian violation of ukrainian sovereignty in exchange for russia having a more strident tone on iran. i think it would be a more terrible deal. not just for the middle east but also the security of europe. as you mentioned, there are multiple foreign military cri s crises. i do not believe ultimately that this is a joint american area which can be worked on with regard to taking on iran in a confrontational manner. >> josh, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >>> now the fate of donald trump's travel ban is in th

perhaps more so with daesh increasingly asserting itself on our soil and the resurgence of al qaeda in both russia and iran's positioning on the taliban side of the equation. as ambassador, i get the same question a lot from people in washington here -- are the taliban winning? is it true that they control more territory than at any time since they were ousted from power? i'm not going to exaggerate our victories, but that doesn't tell the whole story of what is happening. it requires a change in mentality from focusing on not losing the war to focusing on winning. in his testimony before congress, general nicholson also called for a holistic review of u.s. relations with pakistan. this is very encouraging to hear. because you cannot talk about the state of security in afghanistan without talking about the state of terrorist hav havens and support provided by pakistan. the two are intrinsically connected. one is the cause. the other is the effect. until the u.s. takes meaningful action to sever that connection, our two countries prolonged and costly joint effort against terrorism in th

opposition which in some cases we support and then i would say last of the five russia is after isil or daesh. i don't see their property in the same way shape at all in russia or syria. in having a conversation with russia i don't think is out of bounds but we need to be clear-eyed and wide-eyed. my biggest concerns about that is to align ourselves with iran and russia, in syria, would be very problematic to me. to align ourselves with iran and russia in support of mr. assad would be very tough for me to deal with. and as an f-16 fighter pilot watching the way bombing has been conducted in syria, to try to associate our type of conducting this conflict in syria, with russia's way of conducting this conflict in syria, would be an affront to the way i believe we should conduct that. >> i'm not arguing there's any equivalency. i'm arguing that the world is what it is and we can say that assad must go but we've been saying that for a long time. i would say it is unlikely that assad guess. >> thank you befo. before turning to senator, if russian troops were used to clear raqqa, is it like lie tly