and iran potentially jeopardizing the fight against eisel. any conflict would weaken iraq's security and defense establishment including the p.m.s. because some of these armed groups would divert their focus from fighting i sell to siding with iran i still would be given a huge opportunity to penetrate the areas they want occupied as we have seen sleeper cells trying to do in recent days this video shows iraqi military air strikes on eisel targets in the hungry mountains in ceylon who didn't province army commanders say sleeper cells of eisel fighters have been trying to recruit in the area analysts say i saw were exploited any deterioration in iraq stability especially if there was a military escalation between the us and iran they have been increasing attacks by eisel in the west in the north of the country in recent months car bombs killed 5 civilians and 3 members of the iraqi security forces in 2 separate attacks in recent days. the hunt for eisel sleeper cells goes on across remote areas of iraq the. security forces continue their milit

hunt eisel sleeper cells in northern iraq. the u.s. calls the p.m.s. iran's proxy militia they were set up after a decree by iraq's top shia cleric calling on iraqis to fight i saw when the iraqi military presence isolate fancy of on the city of mosul in 2014 tens of thousands of p.m.s. fighters were formally integrated into iraq security forces 2 years later. military analysts say they were vital in the battle against isis a fight the iraqi prime minister said was won in 2017 but some p.m.s. factions have warned they would support iran if there was a military escalation between the us and iran potentially jeopardizing the fight against eisel. any conflict would weaken iraq's security and defense establishment including the p.m.s. because some of these armed groups would divert their focus from fighting i sell to siding with iran i still would be given a huge opportunity to penetrate the areas they want occupied as we have seen sleeper cells trying to do in recent days. this video shows iraqi military strikes on eisel targets in the hum remounts ans in

the state's destruction by eisel hides another reality much harder to measure mass looting. since its founding has been suspected of part financing its activities through antiquities trafficking. see poor could it. again i guess with ignorance still said that they did and that to secure it that through said maddon it took until it is like you think that. this was a key subject at a press conference to present the new red list published by i called the international council of museums for fifteen years i come has been publishing lists of rare objects from various countries which threatened to turn up on the international art market this time it concerned antiquities from iraq and syria suspected of financing eisel operations as proof that the subject is being taken seriously several international figures attended the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive or you might mr we just don't go and essentially has these the department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here what we've seen over the l

hunt eisel sleeper cells in northern iraq. the u.s. calls the p.m.s. iran's proxy militia they were set up after a decree by iraq's top shia cleric calling on iraqis to fight i saw when the iraqi military. offensive on the city of mosul in 2014 tens of thousands of p.m.s. fighters were formally integrated into iraq security forces 2 years later. military analysts say they were vital in the battle against eisel for a fight the iraqi prime minister said was won in 2017 but some p.m.s. factions have warned they would support iran if there was a military escalation between the us and iran potentially jeopardizing the fight against eisel. any conflict would weaken iraq's security and defense establishment including the p.m.s. because some of these armed groups would divert their focus from fighting i sell to siding with iran i still would be given a huge opportunity to penetrate the areas they once occupied as we have seen sleeper cells trying to do in recent days. this video shows iraqi military air strikes on eisel targets in the hungry mountains in ceylo

well these children these children are the church kids of the turkish eisel fighters who have joined i saw in either syria or iraq and right now they are for their parents are either that or they are with their they were there with their mothers in the iraqi jails however the iraqi authorities they ordered the situation that these i so much there is are sentenced to life imprisonment so that's why the iraqi officials decided to repatriate these children to their home countries and as far as we are concerned turkey is the 1st example of such a pet ration by the way this 88 this batch of turkish eisel kids is not the 1st turkish authorities then iraqi authorities set corporator before some other batches of kids a ride back in turkey and they've are they were handed to their families and regarding their kids we know that. they are different ages there are various age groups up to 18 origin and he will still have some of them who were born. and we have to be that they have afraid so then consider that in istanbul thank you very much indeed another u.s. national security adviser says he's

it was a long time between on camera appearances the world's most wanted man the leader of eisel abu bakar al baghdadi has surfaced for the first time since two thousand and fourteen the last time the world. saw him baghdad he was triumphant he was crawling over the territory in iraq and syria that i still had captured his forces have since been routed thousands of his fighters are either locked up on the run or dead so the messaging has changed through a choreographed piece of video theater designed for two audiences for the outside world a reference to the easter sunday attacks in sri lanka the message i still can still strike anywhere any time for i saw internal audience a signal to supporters and enemies alike that baghdad is alive and in control i saw media output has been central to the movement those videos of beheadings and mass executions that the group put out back when it was at the height of its power was shocking and attracted mass coverage however times have changed for i saw and it's media output it's media messaging has changed to our starting point this week is the v

the dutch foreign minister is calling for an international tribunal to be established to investigate eisel it would look into claims the armed group committed genocide during its so-called caliphate across syria and iraq diplomatic editor james phrase has more from the united nations. the un called the crimes committed by both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunal to prosecute the individuals who aided and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands well i'm here because i'm confident that there should be an international tribunal because the skill of sea atrocities committed by eisel is such that it may be me amounts to genocide and this just defines an international tribunal he's reflecting called by human rights activists including music campaigner. she spoke to al-jazeera shortly after she received the nobel. peace prize. for yes thank you and then we see that the rights of easy to people have not been given to them but we have not stopped our efforts we are doing it tireless work yeah that and we hope that very

iraqi fighters backed by iran fighting eisel in 2014. experts say that without the popular mobilization forces will p.m.s. the victory over eisel in iraq may not have won. but with the u.s. now increasing pressure on iran many iraqis are concerned that they will be caught in the middle of. washington says the pm in for one of iran's proxy fighting forces and or a potential threat to u.s. interests in iraq including about $5200.00 u.s. soldiers. stationed here there are tens of thousands of fighters among different p.m.a. factions in iraq and look at it and to say that america wants to control this region and to exploit its resources and frankly that's why we totally stand with these damage republic of iran and its people because iranian people are being oppressed by the sanctions also there is a religious bond between us that's another motive to support iran. one pyramid function led by the influential shia cleric other assad or has distanced itself from iran but said that any party that threatens iraq's stability is an enemy neither ira

iraqi fighters backed by iran fighting eisel in 2014. experts say that without the popular mobilization forces o.p.m. absolute victory over eisel in a row. it may not have been one. but with the u.s. now increasing pressure on iran many iraqis are concerned that they will be caught in the middle of washington says the pm for one of iran's proxy fighting forces and or a potential threat to u.s. interests in iraq including about 5200 u.s. soldiers stationed here there are tens of thousands of fighters among different p.m.a. factions in iraq and. america wants to control this region and to exploit its resources and frankly that's why we totally stand with the republic of iran and its people because iranian people are being oppressed by the sanctions also there is a religious bond between us that's another motive to support iran. 1 pm et function led by the influential shiite cleric muktodhara solder has distanced itself from iran but said that any party that threatens iraq's stability is an enemy neither iraq nor its people can bear another

including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eiselcoalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of us because that's the environment we're in after that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy commander run counter to the identified credible threats available to intelligence from the u.s. and allies regarding irradiance backed forces in the region the statement said. earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visits because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. mobilization forces under the command of prime minister idol of the little mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 our allies and it didn't se

a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential threats to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of others because that's the environment we're in after that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy commander run counter to the identified

eisel is behind the easter sunday bombings that left more than two hundred fifty people dead. says more than two dozen suspects still at large may now for nand as reports from the eastern town of where security forces have been carrying out searches. detections like what has been found here in qatar near batticaloa are becoming commonplace as the police the military and all the law enforcement branches bringing in their resources to conduct searches on a house to house basis as you can see this collection from hand grenades to micro pistols to walkie talkies and other weaponry have been detected in areas close by now the two hand grenades were found basically thrown in this cemetery which is just behind us obviously somebody had detected it houses used by the parent and the sister of the alleged mastermind was searched here in qatar and could be searches were also carried out in a number of locations in town leading to the discovery of a sort of weaponry and according to what we're hearing from those involved in the reads this is becoming commonplace as the net closes in and p

a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of others because that's the environment we're in after that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy commander run counter to the identified

including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of us because that's the environment we're in. to that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy run counter to the identified credible threats available to intelligence from the u.s. and allies regarding irradiance bank forces in the region the statement said earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visits because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. the mobilization forces under the command of prime minister adl abdul mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 allies and it didn't see any threats. iraq is

iraqi fighters backed by iran fighting eisel in 2014. experts say that without the popular mobilization forces o.p.m. arabs the victory over eisel in iraq may not have been won. but with the u.s. now increasing pressure on iran many iraqis are concerned that they will be caught in the middle of washington says the pm in for one of iran's proxy fighting forces and or a potential threat to u.s. interests in iraq including about 5200 u.s. soldiers stationed here there are tens of thousands of fighters among different p.m.a. factions in iraq and. america wants to control this region and to exploit its resources and frankly that's why we totally stand with the republic of iran and its people because iranian people are being oppressed by the sanctions also there is a religious bond between us that's another motive to support iran. 1 pm at function led by the influential shiite cleric muktodhara solder has distanced itself from iran but said that any party that threatens iraq's stability is an enemy neither iraq nor its people combat another wa

led coalition which has been dealing with the threats from eisel both in syria and iraq and of just on to state as i think you may have mentioned major general christopher christopher get made an assessment to journalists of the potential threat from shia groups shia armed groups here in iraq 2 u.s. facilities and foreign facilities and he basically said that there was no increased signs of the threats from those groups a few hours later the u.s. central command which is the central command area which controls military operations by the u.s. in the middle east and also in afghanistan put out a statement basically saying he's wrong there is an increased threat and therefore our troops are now on heightened alert and this has been leading also to the state department as you were mentioning earlier kimberly was talking about issuing this request for all non-essential nonny emergency employees to leave government facilities in iraq i should point out that might bump a of the u.s. secretary of state was here right about may the 8th when he came here to iraq he was talking to the iraqi prime

bomb attacks as a local police station and a military base the mostly kurdish led forces had pushed eisel out of rock and 2017 but there have been several attacks since then and explosions were also heard in the capital damascus state media describe the shooting down of numinous objects coming from the direction of israel israel hasn't commented but often attacks targets connected to iran and the lebanese creep hezbollah well 2 people have been killed and 4 others kidnapped in an attack near libya's delo oil field southwest of the capital tripoli eisel has claimed responsibility for that assault libya's oil chief has warned that if instability in the country continues 95 percent of oil production could be lost or still ahead on al-jazeera undeterred by tens of thousands of algerians keep returning to the streets to push the political change. sudan's nights revolutionaries we need the men and women joining the fit in to protect their revolution.

now we now know the eisel is claiming responsibility for this attack but it's also interesting to note that at the end of april i will back it all but daddy the leader of eisel is said to have appeared in a video for the first time in five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq. the head of the roman catholic church has issued a new law making it compulsory for all clergy to report cases of sexual abuse but francis issued the landmark to create which makes priests and nuns directly accountable for sexual abuse or covering it up they'll be required to report any abuse to their superiors for not necessarily to civilian authorities so they go reports. as head of the catholic church pope francis is a guide for one point two billion people.

a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people move slowly without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of us because that's the environment we're in. to that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy run counter to the identified credible thre

a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch take u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of us because that's the environment we're in after that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy commander run counter to the identified cr

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been captured should they be allowed to return home earlier i spoke to mr gifford a self-styled anti eisel campaigner who fought with the kurdish why p.g. in syria and just a middle girl former pentagon official in the obama administration i began by asking jasmine why she believes eisel fighters should be repatriated back to the u.s. the u.k. and elsewhere so the alternative to law. taking them back now to leave them where they are right now and that means leaving some of them under control of the s.d.f. in syria which is a non-state actor and has no capacity to handle them and the other option is to leave the others and iraq under the capacity or under the jurisdiction of the iraqi government which has really shown that it also doesn't have the capacity to try them in a fair or humane manner where people are shoved into courtrooms and they have five minute trials after which they could be sentenced to death for those isis fighters who are not able to be tried in courts there are languishing in prisons they could either escape or in the meantime be further radicalized neither of those opt

now we now know the eisel is claiming responsibility for this attack but it's also interesting to note that at the end of april i will back it all but the leader of eisel is said to have appeared on a video for the first time in five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq the head of the roman catholic church has issued a new law making it compulsory for all clergy to report cases of sexual abuse pope francis issued the landmark the cream which makes priests and nuns directly accountable for sexual abuse or covering it up they'll be required to report any abuse to their superiors for not necessarily to civilian authorities so they got reports. as head of the catholic church pope francis is a guide for one point two billion people in an institution that governs among many things morality but how to lead in an age where the moral compass of the church appears to have been broken by the torrent of sex abuse scandals perpetrated by clerics in positions of power it has cast a devastating shadow over the papacy and what the church in deep crisis the latest l

led coalition fight against threats from eisel that is its remit and nothing else but major general has said in a previous statement that as far as they were concerned there was no perceived uptick in a potential threat from shia groups in iraq many of those shia groups of course. to iran within a few hours the u.s. central command had immediately brought out another statement saying that that was completely contrary to what the situation they believed to be which was that there was a credible threat from shia on the groups and as a result the members of the or as the troops serving in the oil asked about 5200 u.s. troops there were not on a state of heightened alert but it's worth pointing out that u.s. secretary of state was here just a couple of weeks ago speaking to the iraqi prime minister.

now we now know that eisel is claiming responsibility for this attack but it's also interesting to note that at the end of april i will back it all but daddy the leader of isolate said to have appeared in a video for the first time in five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq. the cia has warned friends and colleagues of murdered journalists that their potential targets of saudi arabia's government the report by time magazine says three people have been given security briefings in recent weeks it's thought they may be targeted for their criticism of crown prince mohammed bin sandman and vulcan efforts to continue kushal g.'s human rights work let's get more on this we're joined by ali alack mentees the director of the gulf affairs institute and a former saudi political prisoner he's joining us live from washington d.c. very good to have you with us on al-jazeera what do you make of this report the warning to saudi critics especially in light of the backlash against saudi against crown friends muhammad bin some on after mr kushal murder. well the tells

that at the end of april at all but the leader of eisel is said to have appeared in a video for the first time in five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq the cia has warned friends and colleagues of murdered journalists. that their potential targets of the saudi government the report by time magazine says three people have been given security briefings in recent weeks they include activists in yet about a daddy living in norway and in canada and third person in this as in the united states but asked not to be named security services warned they may be targeted for continuing customs these calls for reform in saudi arabia. hundreds of protesters have tried to stop the transfer of french weapons to saudi arabia the demonstrations were organized by rights groups following an investigation that says french weapons have been used by saudis against civilians in yemen the presidents of many well my calls under increasing pressure to review arms sales to the kingdom . of war in yemen is a difficult we are turned into supporters of saudi arabia and if we

warships to the gulf and a move it said was a message to tehran with a deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition in syria and iraq says there's been no increase in the threat level from iran shall strafford has the latest now from baghdad. johnson fulci iraq's acedia shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa iraq used to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people without a fight but led to the. stablish moment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential threat to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we

of the country including the capital sanaa and there are also many other parties involved in yemen eisel fighting there al-qaeda a growing southern separatist movement and then pull out of yemen to the bigger regional picture and that's going to me make peace in yemen even harder of course with the current tension between the u.s. and iran even in the meeting specific to yemen we heard the acting u.s. ambassador jonathan cohen attacking the who thiis and blaming iran for its support of the who sees he says they supplied all the drones and the missiles that who these own are james thanks very much indeed james bays at the u.n. . go to sudan now where a deal to transfer power to a mainly civilian administration is expected to be signed later on wednesday the military council and opposition groups have made several concessions after weeks of deadlock they agreed on a 3 year transitional period the army had insisted on 2 years while the protests needed leaders wanted for a during that transitional period the opposition will have a 2 thirds majority in parliament but they have not agreed on w

of the country including the capital sanaa and there are also many other parties involved in yemen eisel fighting there. a growing southern separatist movement and then pull out of yemen to the bigger regional picture and that's going to me make peace in yemen even harder of course with the current tension between the u.s. and iran even in the meeting specific to yemen we heard the acting u.s. ambassador jonathan cohen attacking the who theories and blaming iran for its support of the who sees he says they supplied all the drones and the missiles that the. where is pay now to neighborhood corey who's a former united states diplomat and deputy chief of mission in yemen joins us by skype from washington d.c. mr curry welcome to the program martin griffin is saying that yemen is very much at a crossroads between war and peace is how you see it. what it's always at the crossroads isn't it there are all is peace choices to be made. martin group has so what segments trace on the progress that has been made and the data and he and his team have certainly been working tirelessly and heroically.

and foreign troops to combat the threat of eisel and it needs foreign investment especially to develop its oil fields iraq has been doing a diplomatic balancing act for years and some say that puts it in a perfect position to be able to mediate between the united states and iran but to do it successfully like most negotiations it has to be seen not to take sides they're also fears that some of shia armed groups in iraq who are allied to iran might decide to upset about violence they might decide to take their own action their own initiative against u.s. assets in iraq. iraqis filled tahrir square in the heart of baghdad on friday demanding that their government put iraq's safety 1st and that their country should be at the center for talks to find a solution. to let up at the how loud the legitimacy on iraq has become a bridge where meetings have been held at the iranian embassy with european diplomatic missions and it's taken the decision to start talks with moderate countries and affected by the situation to lobby the united states. and iran to try to extinguish the fires of war. iraq

a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch take u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted that. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of others because that's the environment we're in after that statement the u.s. central command issued a strong rebuke comments from the operation inherent resolve deputy commander run counter to the identifie

and foreign troops to combat the threat of eisel it also means foreign investment. this rally is being called by mcdonnell saddam he's a shia cleric is also a leader of one of the biggest political blocs in holland he's also a nationalist he's made no secret of the fact that he wants troops from the u.s. and foreign countries out of iraq but he like many other iraqis across the political and religious spectrum i said that they want iraq's safety and security to be paramount and they want iraq to be central to any negotiations and not have my journey we are having discussions with the u.s. and iran and will be sending delegations in a few days to various foreign countries especially tehran in washington to try to push for calm. iraq has been relatively quiet since the threat from my soul began to decline last year iraqis like these now fear that their country could be dragged into another conflict rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. well algeria's charles stratford is following the fine minister zarif visit to baghdad and sent us this update well certainly according to

now the commander of the anti eisel coalition in syria and iraq says there is no increase in the threat level from it rainin backs groups last week the u.s. deployed warships to the region in a move it said was in response to indications of threats from iran no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria we're aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of others because that's the environment we're in. baghdad for the british say iran is threats then that assessment says being disowned by u.s. central command sets an extraordinary rebuke of a senior allied officer by the us what should we make of this. let me just give you a little bit of background before we go to get into the into that element although the operation inherent resolve is the u.s. led coalition operation to try to counter threats from both in iraq and in syria and this was major general christopher again giving a press conference here in baghdad but but done a video link to reporters where he was continually pressed about the potential threat from shia

one of the suicide bombers trained in syria with i thought so is it too dangerous to allow former eisel fighters who believe in syria or iraq or even their family members to return to their home countries that's our debate but first the world's biggest exercise in democracy is underway in india with more than one hundred million eligible voters and two thousand political parties prime minister narendra modi and his right wing nationalist party the b j p are looking to secure another victory but given the dramatic rise in hate speech and communal violence why should indians reelect modi for another five years all of this week's headliner spokes person alan kohler. balun kohli thanks for joining me on up front india is in the midst of elections and your party the b j p has been in power since twenty fourteen when there in the remote is your country's prime minister but given your term in office has been marked by a nearly thirty percent rise in communal violence according to your own government's home ministry figures why should the people of india especially people from minority communit

commercial means the moment i mean paul wrote there have been conflicting messages from within the and see eisel coalition a by the general threat level posed by iran that's right it's been quite an interesting past 24 hours just a few hours ago the u.s. central command which oversees operations in the middle east and afghanistan put out a statement countering earlier comments by one of its deputy commander. major general christopher piqua who had suggested that the perceived threat level from those shia on the groups in iraq to u.s. forces and other foreign forces did wasn't as serious as perhaps had been made out here's what he had to say. no there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria we're aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor them along with a whole range of others because that's the environment we're in. now the very interesting thing about this is that as i say just a few hours after that u.s. central command put out a statement saying that it all intents and purposes it got it wrong that in fact there was busy a significant increase in the thre

giving us a really good rundown of how the politics of change i guess in the last 5 years and bringing eisel in our film talked about 1300000 displaced people half a 1000000 lived in just one count how is those numbers and situations changed the numbers are much water snow amnesty international can confirm the number of i.d.p.'s in iraq is over 3000000 now there aki government has unfortunately been a part of the problem many of these internally displaced people who are displaced because of the actions of the iraqi government and militias affiliated with the iraqi government and their conditions. be bad because of the actions of the iraqi government many of the internally displaced people are taken through screening procedures would families are separated many of them up and arrested under suspicions of collaborating or walking for isis that are tens of thousands of iraqis who have been addressed at the last few years with no due process with no access to any. mostly based on a tip from an informant or other suspicions so there are for government is definitely a part of. the problem in many

operate in this country exactly what they are not only were they integra were in the fight against eisel they were integrated into iraq security operators in 2016 and they have a very strong political presence here is world being represented by political parties in government they are very much institutionalized as part of iraq split a cool and military situation here. a president trump is using the perceived threat from iran to declare a national security emergency and that would allow billions of dollars worth of arms sales to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to go ahead without congressional approval and critics like the democratic senator and presidential candidate elizabeth warren say it poses a serious threat to civilians that it's revolting she says to suggest that we need to help the saudis kill civilians in order to stand up to iran our only emergency is a president who cares more about making money for his defense contract their buddies than the democratic will of congress or the moral catastrophe in yemen well nada hashimi is director of the center for middle east stu

muslim riots broke out across the country after the easter sunday attacks on churches and hotels while eisel claimed responsibility for the easter attack the government has blamed local armed group the national them up during the riots mobs move through towns ransacking mosques burning korans and hurling petrol bombs at shops authorities have so far arrested more than 70 suspected rioters including some described as extremists sri lanka's muslims make up less than 10 percent of the country's 22000000 people the sinhalese who are buddhist make up around 75 percent of the population meanwhile the government has called for peace and vowed to protect all citizens and the united nations asked for a rejection of hate and since the curfew was lifted last week there has been no further violence but with old wounds reopened and lingering resentment exposed how does a move forward. well with us to discuss them are not arresting them is senior research fellow at the institute for strategic dialogue in toronto canada maillard is the human rights activist and lecturer in conflict studies at the universit

now we don't know the eisel is claiming responsibility for this attack but it's also interesting to note that at the end of april i will back it all but the leader of eisel is said to have appeared in a video for the first time in five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq. the un security council has held and formal meeting on the continuing growth of illegal israeli settlements various member states reiterated that building on palestinian land violates un resolutions and international law palestinian foreign minister maliki says u.s. policies and helping the stalled peace process the cia has warned friends and colleagues of murdered journalists. that their potential targets of the saudi government the report by time magazine says three people have been given security briefings they include activists in baghdad the living in norway and all of the lizzie's and canada a third person asked not to be named security services warn that they may be targeted for continuing kushal just calls for reform in saudi arabia the u.s. . as it seized a north korean carg

it was a long time between on camera appearances the world's most wanted man the leader of eisel abu bakar al baghdadi has surfaced for the first time since two thousand and fourteen the last time the world saw him baghdad was triumphant he was crawling over the territory in iraq and syria that i still had captured his forces have since been wrote it thousands of his fighters are either locked up on the run or dead so the messaging has changed through a choreographed piece of video theater designed for two audiences for the outside world a reference to the easter sunday attacks in sri lanka the message i still can still strike anywhere any time for i saw internal audience a signal to supporters and. enemies alike but baghdad is alive and in control i suppose media output has been central to the movement those videos of beheadings and mass executions that the group put out back when it was at the height of its power was shocking and attracted mass coverage however times have changed for i saw and it's media output it's media messaging has changed to our starting point this week is the