from different other tribes too over course the church and are the biggest tribe in the north caucasus and there's quite quite a number of jihad is inclined people there or at least enough to send some go russia official said that up to maybe four thousand all in all from russia so some of them are church and about others for dagestani there's a lot from dagestan there is a sense the ninety's continues a kind of who will key jihad this movement in the north caucasus and russia and intel services were actually. encouraging people to leave for the middle east believing that it was better for troublemakers to go to syria and iraq and maybe get killed in action than making trouble there in russia so you are now that the russian intelligence that they you are saying that the russian intelligence agencies played a role in militants leaving the caucasus to fight in syria and other trouble spots has that door changed do you think and why were they doing this in the first place . they say they were that's i mean that's was an established fact especially before the winter olympics in twenty four

turkey lying at the foot of the caucasus mountains this already volatile republic has of late become a focus our recruiting ground for so-called islamic state. draws name is not only the geographical chantelle but also the heart of touch. after a debilitating what in the ninety's it was rebuilt with the. money from moscow. nowadays the city seems peaceful but appearances can be deceiving. chechnya has become a hotspot of religious fanaticism since searching for new recruits here. we do high unemployment social discontent and soured hopes to drive many in the region towards one of the most perverse forms of islam and into the hands of the jihadists but the. jihadists are sowing on fertile ground in chechnya despite a near total state surveillance and to despite the two leader. demonstrations of allegiance towards putin and the kremlin rule in the last few years whole families left for iraq and syria they will be coming back now with that victory of isis has been declared a key step in containing militants returning home would be to prevent young people from joining the terrorist organ

islamic state as from russia most came from the russian autonomous republic of chechnya in the north caucasus recruits from this region are said to be held in high esteem by us because they are battle hardened from decades of fighting for autonomy from russia many of these chechen of the mist took their wives and children with them to syria now that the time of the i assume to be over their relatives back home anxiously await their return. the collapse case south of grozny a typical chechen town everyone knows and helps one another in spite of the high walls. but there's one thing the neighbors don't like to talk about their missing children. petty marks on a mother to has kept silent for four long years but now she's broken that silence to talk about selena her beloved daughter. here. selena followed her husband rossland who went off to syria to fight with the so-called islamic state. yes. he took selina and their three children with him. i know he'll never come back because he was killed in march last year. he won yet. we needed new. since then she says she hasn't heard anything from her da

around and you can see this big area of platter developing across turkey through into wards the caucasus and here we've got a lot of rain the moment the wrist some snow on the northern edge in that particular system is going to spiral its way further towards the east across the caucasus but also down through into the turkey syrian border over there are so many refugees of course living under canvas we're looking at a lot of heavy rain here so the potential for some localized flooding from this system and sort of a high elevations that snow is likely to prove very disruptive. the weather sponsored by cateye piece. rio has big plans to turn its largest favelas into spectacles. but inside the favelas. has big plans of his own. building since the age of twelve listen trained yet skilled architect has as good a chance as any and seeing his vision come to light. the federal role and the master plan are the concluding part of rebel architecture at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you want. your child as a whole role with a reminder of all top stories this news are turkey's army a

call of desires to move to the russian empire and they built german towns on the volga and in the caucasus they worked hard and prospered during the communist era they were dispossessed and in the second world war they were deported to siberia. and. as an orphan my grandfather my father's father earned his living there in a mine he started a family and moved to fertile kazakstan together with other german seeking to start over. there was a mine here to. tell. the story of the deportation the new beginnings the stories of the mind those were the fairy tales of my childhood. the moral of the story work hard work a lot and do no wrong. the germans lived in the russian empire for five generations they kept their culture and language alive even though they faced persecution and discrimination. then communism collapsed and half of the town left the fact that nobody was allowed to take along any money for their new beginning in germany didn't stop anyone those who stayed experience because it stands economic collapse very directly. no water no light no security. the ninety's were a dark time for

york reporter at the turn of the 20th century that he had just come back from a remote area of the caucasusrbarians who had never left that part of russia, they were so happy to have him in their midst, they asked him to tell stories of the great men of history. he says i told them about napoleon and julius caesar and the chief says we want to hear about the greatest ruler of them all, the man who spoke with a voice of thunder, who laughed like the sunrise, who came from that place called america that is so far from here that if a young man should travel there, he would be an old man when he arrived. tell us of that man, tell us of abraham lincoln. he was stunned that lincoln's name had reached this corner, so he told him everything he could about lincoln. and then the reporter said, so, what made lincoln so great after all? and tallstory said, well, he wasn't as great a general as napoleon, not as great a statesman as frederick the great, but it was in the moral integrity of his character, and in the end, that's what we should judge all of our leaders about. lincoln got more than he ever d

against russia for years being members of the so-called caucasus emirate an islamist terror organization that has been established in two thousand and seven and has carried out a range of terror attacks in russia such as the airport bombing in two thousand and eleven in moscow. after the rise of the islamic state many of the those people decided to go a brooch in order to build a caliphate because the chechen security authorities have managed almost to wipe out them completely i guess one could say those guys wanted to finish the job in syria they hadn't many to do at home. just having the desire to join something like islamic state did did that come from their experiences in chechnya or was was that imported into their country i mean they have obviously they have an islamic past is it something that is part of their roots or was it something from outside you know although the chechen people rest upon a long lasting should vision of islamic resistance against russian rule they had never been sunny ultravox is extreme. due to the start of the first chechen war a certain group of radical j

retreat in the gulf because we should like that after we've dealt with the terrorists in northern caucasus. and you can actually as you say thank you but i was a shit when some shit with the rights activists started protecting some al-qaeda. militants. and. we were so we could get what it was. it was my person for advises me. the russian council russian human rights council but as a part of what she was also added to the do these people to the one to fight for human rights or do they not want to do that so it wouldn't let me sort of another person on the list. ministration an official. who is responsible for the. i get it in for the children's policies for the youth policies. do they not want. to our country to develop in these areas what do they want we named him we know what we want. we wanted to develop a long. table relations maced on international law what we cannot allow. things to happen like insult your city in two thousand and eight when you don't look at when there was one person one individual we don't know whether he is ukrainian or georgian right now or not you know who i'm ta

countries where we don't expect them just like in north africa they might go they might even go to the caucasus we have seen examples in recent months where important personnel was able to leave syria go to go through turkey for example to georgia and nobody expected a larger terrorist cell over there but it it was a it was done very as always we appreciate you coming on and giving us your analysis thank you. well these are called islamic state is facing major setbacks on the ground in syria and iraq as we heard some say it is actually completely defeated bill that means many of the fighters who flocked to join us are returning to their home countries many of them came from right here from europe so how are those countries dealing with them how much of a threat do they still pose these are huge questions our brussels correspondent terry shal forward their trunks to belgium the country where our u.s. managed to find the most terrorist recruits in europe and she joins me now from brussels good evening to you terry so tell us tell us what what did you find in belgium. well as. explained many of th

the threat of terrorism is far lower in the caucasus now, but ramzan kadyrov told me he sees a new enemys groups and the gays we supposedly have in the chechen republic are foreign agents. they've sold out their people, their country, their religion, everything. his security guards then decided they'd had enough of our questions. they'd come for a celebration after all, reclaiming the mountains after years of conflict. the show and the glamour here up in the mountain is meant to send the message that chechnya is safe now, that the days of danger have passed. but the abuses that we've heard about are extremely serious, and they still continue. human rights groups warn this is a veneer, and if they're forced out of the republic, any future victims of abuse will have nowhere left to turn. sarah rainsford, bbc news, chechnya. it was very much bruno mars‘s night at the 60th annual grammys, which took place at new york's madison square garden. he was the biggest winner with six awards, including the most prestigious category, album of the year. he also got honoured for song of the year and rec

the threat of terrorism is far lower in the caucasus now, but ramzan kadyrov told me he sees a new enemyall those who defend human rights groups and the gays we supposedly have in the chechen republic are foreign agents. they've sold out their people, their country, their religion, everything. his security guards then decided they'd had enough of our questions. they'd come for a celebration after all, reclaiming the mountains after years of conflict. the show and the glamour here up in the mountain is meant to send the message that chechnya is safe now, that the days of danger has passed. but the abuses that we've heard about are extremely serious, and they still continue. human rights groups warn this is a veneer, and if they're forced out of the republic, any future victims of abuse will have nowhere left to turn. sarah rainsford, bbc news, chechnya. people who compulsively hoard possessions are in need of help, according to health officials. they say it can be an indicator of mental health problems and that it also poses a fire risk. in the most serious cases, local councils have a du

winter propose returning once again to turkey in the caucasus with snow showing in the forecast attention buckers been around for five degrees for a few days it's on the radar once more but south of that and there's not really much of a hint of of winter in iraq but it's by does temperatures twenty one degrees above what it should be it's a bit showery and breezy on the coast of lebanon by route sixty degrees but less sherry less breezy and slightly warmer on monday because not much in it to be honest have the winds change out of nox by dogs temperatures down brought the snow down through as a barrage on to northern iran on lansford took his time as well something that's fairly quiet twenty one here at city but the breeze picking up down the gulf not immediately obvious on sunday twenty five in dyer har and in riyadh that's not by this time the generally quiet weather there's no obvious sign of a very strong breeze but i think we've got a few something of a northerly curate and the cattle now it's dry she is listed north and central africa and in fact to get to the line they expect to be

and the next lots coming in little bit further north in fact looks like turkey than the northern caucasus across the caspian and eventually probably just catching north again we'll see significant snow maybe up to half a meter that turkey gets it first and then things cotton down temperature wise it turns colder again ankara gets the snow back by sunday five degrees colder air affects aleppo down to about eleven as your day max from baghdad picks up a suddenly from the same circulation it's remarkably warm here at twenty two degrees and terence holding on to the thirty's well back is right on the coast five degrees chances are there be a little bit more snow in la and it's quiet hillside so the arabian peninsula is settled by this time of the year not much cloud around not much breeze it's not particularly dusty twenty five in there has a max twenty three in sun of course as always it's warmer in mecca for you to go a long way south beyond the equator to become significant rain again and in southern africa it's a pretty well pretty standard story from angola through northern zambia toward

the next lot is coming in than a bit further north in fact it looks like turkey than the northern caucasus across the caspian and eventually probably just catching knows not only going to see significant snow maybe up to higher for me to have turkey gets its first and then things cotton dan temperature wise it turns colder again anchorage gets the snow back by sunday five degrees and the colder air affects aleppo down to about eleven as your day max from baghdad picks up a suddenly from the same circulation it's remarkably warm here at twenty two degrees and terrans holding on to the thirty's while bucky's right on the coast five degrees chances are there be a little bit more snow in land. it's quiet so the arabian peninsula is settled. not much breeze it's not particularly dusty twenty five and there has a max twenty three in sun of course as always it's warmer in mecca for you to go a long ways beyond the equator to pick up significant rain again and in southern africa it's a pretty pretty standard story from northern zambia towards tanzania it is where. news has never been more availabl

launched a crackdown in northern iraq on state last august correspondent charles stratford is in caucasus bazaar and spoke with the and he. i don't think the situation has really improved in myanmar and first of all where will they go back to they've lost their livelihood they've lost their crops they've lost their fields all the all the rice now as we've heard really being sold elsewhere to other countries. they've lost their homes so they're really rebuilding process is going to be huge and the people should not be subjected to living in another camp like situation we all know what happened after two thousand and twelve people are still there after two thousand and twelve and i've talked to people in charge were told that they would stay for come on muslims for three days they ended up staying in the years in the years in come in talk to you. so i know that refugees are very concerned about that what can the international community really do in terms of pressuring. some sort of process to call she was found guilty of these alleged atrocities to be committed inside myanmar i think the in

the space of the stay that way now during to say we will see some snow pushing down towards the caucasus but otherwise no great changes expected here in the arabian peninsula we have an area of cloud and the the risk of showers moving down through the gulf states so abu dhabi could pick up one or two showers during the course of monday i think for doha maybe just the far north of the country will see some showers but here in doha itself it will probably be dry on the other side the peninsula temperatures not looking too bad there for mecca thirty one degrees but in the southern portion the red sea we've seen the risk of showers over the last couple of days and that will continue as we head through tuesday heading down into southern parts of africa we've still got this tropical cyclone eva moving very very slowly towards the south and still dropping large amounts of rain across the island of madagascar so flooding remains a risk here otherwise they're looking pretty warm across parts of botswana down into south africa with highs of thirty three expected in johannesburg. ard. and i got a r

welcome back we've seen some colder air pushing its way down through the caucasus and through into western parts of asia for the last couple of days so back to struggling with temperatures of six tehran's not particularly warm either biked out there faring better nineteen degrees as a high and around the eastern side of the mediterranean the weather conditions remaining fine to twenty degrees in beirut as we start to pick up more of a southerly breeze here in the arabian peninsula still seeing the risk of showers a sudden end of the red sea and also we've seen showers working their way down through the gulf and the threat of showers still there slightly during the course of wednesday for katan through towards the rest of the gulf states and then as a head on into thursday we should find it brightening up a little bit temperatures generally not too bad riyad just getting up to twenty one degrees celsius across into southern portions of africa we've lost the remnants really of tropical cyclone aver across madagascar but still plenty of showers across the island with a southerly flow beginnin

hello winter propose returning once again to turkey in the caucasus with snow showing in the forecast attention buckers been around for five years for a few days it's on the radar once more but south of that and this is not really much of a hint of of winter in iraq but it's by does temperatures twenty one degrees above what it should be it's a bit showery in breezy on the coast of lebanon by routes sixteen degrees but less sherry less breezy and slightly warmer on monday but is not much in it to be honest have the winds change out of knox by docs time to time brought the snow down through as a barrage on to northern iraq on lance who took his time as well such as that's fairly quiet twenty one city but the breeze picking up down the gulf not immediately obvious on sunday twenty five in dyer har and in riyadh not by this time the generally is quiet weather there's no obvious sign of a very strong breeze but i think we've got a few something of a northerly curate and the cattle now it's dry as she is most of north and central africa and in fact until you get to the line that expect to

kremlin this is moscow feel that it has any responsibility itself for radicalism in chechnya and the caucasus. no i don't think so model of. personally while i would not agree with this fees is easy so if you are a member of the whole story. of the first instance when the issue for that at the lodi the collision emerged was the first issue and the war for it i mean with or without you will have been the russian state. and its no we my when they talk about the mistakes done by the russian authorities and that probably they were not flexible enough probable they could have as much as i can wait for it means that we're out of time and we have to tell you to go but thank you so much for talking with us today must know you have to ask if they're from moscow thank you so much. you are watching did every news will be back in just a couple minutes with another full bulletin for you folks watching. the touch. on the scene the scenes. using sex just mentioned. the netherlands coast to protection project is the only one of its kind. years ago the lost consciousness of sad would come to britain by the fo

the space of the stay that way now during to say we will see some snow pushing down towards the caucasus but otherwise no great changes expected here in the arabian peninsula we have an area of cloud and the the risk of showers moving down through the gulf states so abu dhabi could pick up one or two showers during the course of monday i think maybe just the far north of the country will see some showers but here in doha itself it will probably be dry on the other side of the peninsula temperatures not looking too bad there for mecca thirty one degrees but in the southern portion the red sea we've seen the risk of showers over the last couple of days and that will continue as we head through tuesday heading down into southern parts of africa we've still got this tropical cyclone a are moving very very slowly towards the south and still dropping large amounts of rain across the island of madagascar so flooding remains a risk here otherwise they're looking pretty warm across parts of botswana down into south africa with highs of thirty three expected in johannesburg. unbelievable it sounds

in the space of the stay that way now during tuesday will see some snow pushing down towards the caucasus but otherwise no great changes expected here in the arabian peninsula we have an area of cloud and the the risk of showers who've been down through the gulf states so abu dhabi could pick up wanted to showers through the course of monday i think for doha maybe just the far north of the country will see some showers but here in doha itself it will probably be dry on the other side the plane temperature not looking too bad there for mecca thirty one degrees but in the southern portion the red sea we've seen the risk of showers over the last couple of days and that will continue as we head through tuesday heading down into southern parts of africa we've still got this tropical cyclone even moving very very slowly towards the south and still dropping large amounts of rain across the island of madagascar so flooding remains a risk here otherwise they're looking pretty warm across parts of botswana down into south africa with highs of thirty three expected in johannesburg. unbelievable it s

they have really tough troubles in the caucasus. a different arrangement would benefit them greatly. and then we could start once again down the road of talking about nuclear weapons, and then this time maybe the more inclusive, have a joint enterprise of some kind and really gets after this subject. senator shaheen: thank you. senator inhofe: thank you for the parents today and your service to your country. dr. kissinger, i want to return to a point you raise in your opening statement as well as written testimony. i will repeat it. you point out a paradox, the possibility that in north korea an international effort intended to prevent a regime from destabilizing capabilities will affect the very capacity. was widelythat considered an acceptable is now on the verge of becoming irreversible. would you elaborate on what you think that is the case and what we could learn from the situation? mr. kissinger: with respect to north korea, it is the idea that we should -- that there might be a negotiation based on a freeze for freeze. the co

active yesterday in bringing together the house votes to get 230 vote, he was speaking to freedom caucasusack in the fall we submitted priorities to congress in october. we refined those at their request to say this is too much. we negotiated against ourself for hem to say here are practical things to get to a deal on daca. we have put forward that plan. righteous you saw a study that showed 2500 people on the terror watch list are trying to get in this country every year, that is ten a day. seven a day, we think it is time to fix the immigration problems in our country, and we have put forward a proposal to do exactly that, we are continuing to have conversations, i think we had productive conversations yesterday with leader mccarthy, we are about to go back up the hill to continue those conversations i think they are making progress, what doesn't make senseis making progress, what doesn't make sense is to say we are going to shut down the government because you are making progress but i need something else. studio: so there we are, that is the latest from the white house there, you were