with the demise of al-qaeda, the islamic state group was formed by merging with other groups. the islamicging with other groupslj the islamic state group was formed by merging with other groups. i want to pause there. for anyonejust joining us, we have a picture of the white house. plenty of flags, including one of the marine corps. we expect president trump very shortly to come out and talk about the tweet that he sent last night when he said something big was happening. reports are that us special forces have carried out an attack on abu bakr al—baghdadi. we will continue talking while we keep an eye on those pictures and wait for an eye on those pictures and wait foertrump to an eye on those pictures and wait for mr trump to enter. if it is confirmed that al—baghdadi has been killed, how does the islamic state movement regroup? the islamic state group itself has not really disintegrated. it had lost its power base and has been kicked out of iraq. the iraqi government two years ago declared victory over islamic state. was that too early to declare victory? if you are cynical, yes, but t

it was controversial within part of the islamic state that he was so part of the islamic state that hea lot somewhat less effective as a leader in a lot of complaints during final days of the caliphate when the last pockets of resistance were following that he wasn't visible, he was not cheating on his people. even earlier it was somewhat frustrating for us covering hem. we never heard his voice and saw his image only really. he was very much reclusive, almost a shadowy figure anatomy in the case his hands on presence was not that important and his symbolic presence was there but not really something leading the troops. it was more in the background as a figure we all know and respect but not someone fighting and dying for. which raises the question of what difference it would make if these reports from the president are correct and he says they have tested the dna and believe it is him. if it is to make any difference to the operation of islamic state under threat it poses? i think it will be a symbolic blow at least in the beginning. we know that a rather casualties and these leaders

it really remains to be seen what it means for islamic state but we can be sure that the islamic stateer, that it will recover from this and reset. we need to look globally at the branches to see whether they actually remain part of the islamic state. so there's a risk that the global network falls apart, the same way there was that risk when the us killed 0sama bin laden. and there is also the chance that al-qaeda seizes the opportunity to resurge on the global stage and take that mantle back from the islamic state. first of all, going back to the leadership, what about those people that were around al—baghdadi, in the top tier, if you like? the us has been actively targeting that top tier and the reports came out today that the us killed the islamic stateste‘s spokesperson, that the us is going to be exploiting the intelligence that was recovered at the site of the raid last night and, really, within i would say the next 24—48 hours, even the next week, we can expect a surge in counterterrorism action against islamic state leaders from the united states but, as was mentioned just now

expert on islamic jurisprudence, and had was an islamic scholar, an expert on islamicjurisprudence,ist world. he wasn't just a strategist kudos on the jihadist world. he wasn'tjust a strategist but kudos on the jihadist world. he wasn't just a strategist but a religious leader. he was very rarely seen religious leader. he was very rarely seen but he presided over what has been described as a reign of terror so been described as a reign of terror so for over five years islamic state carried out extortion, rapes, beheadings, immolation, droning of its enemies, but more importantly, economically, it was able to extort billions of dollars and effectively runa billions of dollars and effectively run a mini—state right across northern iraq and syria and it took five years to dismantle that. at one stage, up to 8 million people were under its rule, and of course true that they were projecting terrorist attacks across europe and into other parts of the world, so him being at large was always going to be unfinished business after the defeat of isis in march. hello and thanks forjoining us. s

so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i trace the rise and fall of isis. >>> i've covered isis from the beginning. as the militant army rolled through much of iraq and syria, conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring of 2019, the tables had turned. isis was losing. i came back to witness the end. only a few thousand of the most hard-core militants were left. they were surrounded in a little syrian town called bagouz. >> translator: this is as far as we can go. it's very dangerous. >> he's a field commander in a force made up predominantly by ethnic kurds, a key ally in the fight against isis. >> they don't look like they're ready to surrender. he's saying the ones who are in here, they're prepared to die. the united states and the kurds had a joint war plan, a partnership. the u.s. military dropped bombs from above. while these kurdish fighters did the grunt work. they backed isis into this final holdout, a squalid section no bigger that a few football fields. >> there are ba

what do you think it means for so—called islamic state 7 think it means for so—called islamic state? but we can be sure that islamic state will appoint a new leader, it will recover and reset. we need to look globally at the branches to see whether they remain part of islamic state. there is a risk that the global network falls apart, the same way when a summer global network falls apart, the same way when a summer bin laden was killed. al-qaeda could seize the opportunity to research on the global stage and take the mantle back from islamic state. going back to the leadership, what about those people that were around abu bakr al—baghdadi, in the top tier? people that were around abu bakr al-baghdadi, in the top tier? the us has been actively targeting that top tier and the reports came out today that the us killed the stomach state's spokesperson, that the us is going to be exploiting the intelligence recovered at the side of the raid last night and, really, within the next 24—48 hours, even the next week, we can expect a surge in counterterrorism action against islamic state leader

healy is making the announcement a sort al—baghdadi was the leader of islamic states.him has been the most important part of my administration. american forces accomplish their mission in grand style with a night—time raid. the american personnel were incredible. no personnel were lost the operation but a large number of fighters and companions of al—baghdadi were killed with him. he died after running on to a tunnel, whimpering and screaming. the compound had been cleared by this time. people either surrendering or being shot and killed. 11 young children were moved out of the house and are uninjured. the only ones remaining where al—baghdadi in the tunnel. he had dragged three have children in the tunnel with him who would lead to certain death. we reach the end of the tunnel and as our dogs chased him down he ignited his best, killing himself and the three children. his body was mutilated by the blast. . the tunnel had caved in on it. test results gave certain immediate and totally positive identification. it was him. during president rob's announcement the director

that is the symbol of islam. it's the unity of islam. i'm not a muslim.it is the symbol of unity in islam. it was co—opted by isis people. and his trousers he is wearing, i bought them, they are not combat trousers. he has a different t—shirt on. but i don't believe that photo is enough to say he is a paid—up, signed—up, member of the caliphate. let me... i can't ask him about these things. jack should be able to answer these questions himself. one question that goes even further back. when he had converted to islam and clearly was becoming more and more radicalised. .. i disagree with the term already. well, perhaps... i will finish the question and then you can tell me why it is problematic for you. it seems, i understand, that you were advised by a friend of his from the mosque he was attending in oxford that he was mixing in dangerous company and that you should confiscate his passport because it would be very bad if he were able to get himself to the middle east. with respect, this has all been gone through with a fine tooth comb in our court case an

also coming up tonight and taking back the wives and children of islamic state fighters most european countries don't want them back tonight an exclusive report from the country that does kosovo. re a human we have people if someone makes a mistake one time we shouldn't just leave them and it's not the children's full time so we should help them. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the days still waiting for any semblance of justice in the murder case of journalist jamal khashoggi so she made a name for himself as an outspoken critic of human rights violations in his home country saudi arabia he was also a man in love about to marry his fiance from turkey or that wedding never happened one year ago today to show she was brutally murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has put people on trial in connection with the killing but an investigation by the united nations concluded that because death was ordered by the kingdom of saudi arabia and that evidence points all the way to the crown prince of the crown princ

when he had converted to islam and was becoming more and more radicalised. ..ady. i will finish the question and then you can tell me why it is problematic. it seems, i understand, that you were advised by a friend of his from the mosque he was attending in oxford that he was mixing in dangerous company and that you should confiscate his passport because it would be very bad if he we re because it would be very bad if he were able to get himself to the middle east? with respect, this has all been gone through with a fine tooth comb in our court case and it was very well publicised. that is not the situation we are in now. jack should be able to answer these questions himself in a trial. there was a proxy trial for him through us, so we was a proxy trial for him through us, so we were was a proxy trial for him through us, so we were asked these questions in exhaustive detail. now we are in a situation where the prisoners have been held in a legal limbo and the government hasjust been held in a legal limbo and the government has just washed its hands of them and

simmonds in london, the headlines: the us says its forces have killed the leader of the so—called islamictate group, abu bakr al—baghdadi, often described as the world's most wanted man. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. a state of emergency across california as wildfires continue to spread whipped up by ferocious winds. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: singing. vigils in vietnam, for some of the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry on the outskirts of london. and looking differently at stamford raffles, founder of modern singapore — an artist takes a more critical view of his place in history. announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news, it's newsday. it's midnight here in london, 8:00 in the morning in singapore and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where president trump says the leader of the islamic state group has died after a military operation conducted by us special forces. abu bakr al—baghdadi had been described as the world's most wanted man, and mr trump

huge swathes of northern iraq and syria were under islamic state control.all but completely eliminated, the last strongholds falling to kurdish fighters and an international multi—country coalition earlier this year. the other point is about the propaganda value, the ideological figurehead in the leader of abu bakr al—baghdadi, and that was the way in which he was able to inspire people, some who had no physical connection to other islamic state members, to carry out atrocities around the world and not just carry out atrocities around the world and notjust in the middle east. it may be that the ability to inspire is dented, and it is a significant propaganda below. the dynamics in syria have been shifting rapidly over the last year, and that is the key to how it is able to operate on the ground there. john, for the moment, —— tom, for the moment, thank you very much. riot police in hong kong have clashed again with protesters. police have fired tear gas and pepper spray to try to break up the thousands of anti—government protesters gathered illegally at the

once the islamic clerics rule, the first loser is the women.try to understand what's happening, i've come to the courthouse in sadr city. just outside, clerics are conducting marriages and divorces but under islamic law, sharia. he is doing a sharia divorce. it only takes five minutes. divorce under sharia law is easier than under iraqi civil law and leaves women with fewer rights. sharia also allows child marriage. what is the youngest age that you will marry? under iraqi civil law, a girl must be 15 to marry but that doesn't seem to bother some clerics. inside the court, i see the consequences. iraqi law doesn't recognise sharia marriages. so, to be legal, couples must have their marriage signed off by a judge. thejudges here should be enforcing the minimum age for marriage but that is not what i'm seeing. she is getting her marriage registered. she's dressed like a grown woman but actually, she's only 13 years old. a cleric married her to her husband under sharia law six months ago. now, she's pregnant. because she got married underage, herf

for the what's called islamic state in 2010 who was the leader of the leader of the islamic state. he became the leader of islamic state. of some of. the. 2014 that he is the leader of the. islamic state in iraq and leavened. few years ago. the islamic state. 23 years ago exactly since 2727 the policy. of what's called islamics they started. by the iraqi armed forces syrian armed forces in 27 in summer 27th the lebanese armed forces who were. old western borders between lebanon. and the group which is just. so that since. since. the start to lose all control in its territory in syria in lebanon in iraq 2017 the. thank you. we appreciate it thank you. to spain now where a day of protest in the city of barcelona has ended in violence police clash with catalan pro independence demonstrators on saturday firing tear gas and water cannon after what began as a peaceful rally in the city protests have swept across the region after spain supreme court imposed a lengthy prison sentences on catalan separatist leaders who were found guilty of sedition. the rally began peacefully with the stree

and leader of the islamic state. he combined those elements and that makes him a rare figure or special in that regard. another question for a lot of security analysts is what will be the reaction from i.s. will they be able to mount a real response or is that only in the areas where they're strong at the moment or they have remnants left. think of parts of turkey where they have infrastructure, iraq. and are they going to be looking for u.s. targets there to strike back, or will they indeed be capable of pulling off something in the next few days, next few weeks in response to this further afield. and of course we know they've acted in africa to i hasri lank. there la be a lot of intelligence services looking very closely at are we going to see a powerful reaction in the next few weeks. >> right, because there are cells, as you say, around the world. the question is, how this will affect isis, the operation. do you expect that there will be a leader that steps right in where al baghdadi exited? >> i think it may tak

and he was giving a salute which indicated he was fully supportive of islamic state.y there and once you're in isis territory, you couldn't leave. he was a muslim inside isis territory. that's what he was certainly guilty of and for many people it is enough to make him guilty of all sorts of things. the salute, is the unity of islam. i'm not a muslim, i don't know what it all means. his trousers he is wearing, i bought them, they are not combat trousers. he has a different t—shirt on. but i don't believe that that photo is not enough to say he is signed up, paid—up member of the caliphate. jack should be able to answer these questions himself. one question that goes even further back, when he had converted to islam and was becoming more and more radicalised. .. i disagree with the term already. perhaps i'll finish the question and then you can tell me why it is problematic for you. it seems, i understand, that you were advised by a friend of his from the mosque he was attending in oxford that he was mixing in dangerous company and that you should confiscate his passpo

well the front doesn't have any legal weight i think it's issued by indonesian islamic councils or the muslim organizations but they do not form as a part of indonesia as a free shuttle and only in that year where there is the bible which is actually a regional government regulation based on sharia with space a fake provision on or discriminatory to today as you can see i think there are at least 4 to 5 local by littles that are deemed to be discriminatory against the transgender community however in the nation's constitution i think. the national law basically protects every individual including minorities and indonesian constitutions including in the nation lol on human rights prohibits discrimination against transgender community although aren't fortunately there's not enough you know implementation or law enforcement to prevent crackdowns against the ability and transgender community. honeyed of amnesty international indonesia thank you. that's a show for today and you can find more on our website e.w. dot com for slash asia and on facebook and twitter as well thanks for watching s

their loyalty was the islamic state.o he was clearly not the sort of leader who once he disappears, the organization he leads will disappear with him. isis will remain. . >> all right. ben wedeman, thank you for that perspective from beirut, lebanon. thank you. we are joined by glen in london via skype. pen was just saying al baghdadi was a figurehead. he was no osama bin laden. but of course, as ben was just saying, people that follow isis will continue to do so even without him. but what is the significance that finally special operations were able to catch up with him apparently? >> i think ultimately of course he's the only person who served as a figurehead here. so when we are looking at him as a human being, he was seen by his followers as having a religious tphepgz and practical leadership dimensions, except he didn't come to the forefront that much. he was a little bit of a ghost. he may have, to some extent, undersold himself. to some followers he had a high and lofty almost religious stature. to other people he

to be transgender however the front jihad islam sees being transgender as a sickness that can and must be healed through prayer. to start on things everyone should stick to their birth gender he says god did not investigate people to be half man half woman. and his men are collecting money for their own religious school. they see themselves as a civil patrol against sin. in indonesia many people claim to be muslims but what sort of muslims are they they do not know much about our religion we see it as our task to explain the true islam and its rules to the people who are. asked them whizzing calls for evening prayer while people in many countries around the world are becoming increasingly open to same sex relationships and various gender identities indonesia seems to be taking the opposite path. cinta observes this very closely but hopes it's only a phase. i still believe the. indonesia can maintain a balance between democratic and conservative forces the pendulum sometimes swings more to one side sometimes more to the other but in their hearts indonesians are people who respect and ac

but they are following a very liberal version of islam very much unlike salafism is not what we see in saudi arabia when you it's a super secular country i live in bonn and in bonn i see more people with head scarves and fully veal than i saw on the streets of pushed you know and then but that is really pure speculation and then there might have been some pressure from the u.s. but i do you said you said in your report that the u.s. was crucial in facilitating the return of these returning back in april what did the u.s. to well what what officials that we talked to confirmed was that the u.s. was crucial in the luggage sticks so the u.s. probably i think with the military planes they ferried those 110 returnees out of northern syria to turkish port from when they were ferried off on a chartered plane back to kosovo but i think moreover. it has been very important that president trump has called for countries to take back their citizens in and you have to knows it. kosovo is i think the most u.s. friendly country at least in europe maybe in the world i've i've never been in any coun

people captured from islamic state and that's a huge burden specially given the turkish s.p. ration is of creating the security zone and so the u.s. is urging their partners to take their people back but up to no only kosovo and. tajikistan have actually done so ok the return a reason on your report anna says she thinks she didn't do anything wrong to my way of thinking that doesn't sound like a good basis for reintegrating into society issues security threat well it's really hard to look into people's heads and so much more difficult if they are fully veiled. you know they those written these they basically portray themselves as victims you know they say well you know we didn't know we were going to islamic states you know we were just following our husbands and while we were only staying at home and we were looking after our kids i think from my personal impression this lady she doesn't pose a threat but that's just my impression she's very positive about a country she is about possible about kosovo she's very positive about kosovo she's very thankful that her country took

only guess work that i can do here for one kosovo has not suffered attack an islamic terror attack so unlike germany unlike france and belgium on like great britain who had great losses you know there's no negative sentiment in that respect in kosovo 2nd the kosovo is a main major muslim country so 95 percent of the population is muslim you know they're following islam but they are following a very liberal version of islam very much unlike salafism is not what we see in saudi arabia when you it's a super secular country i live in bonn and in bonn i see more people with head scarves and fully wiil than i saw on the streets of pristina and then but that is really pure speculation and then there might have been some pressure from the u.s. so i do you said you said in your report that the u.s. was crucial in facilitating the return of these return ease back in april what did the u.s. do well what what officials that we talked to confirmed was that the u.s. was crucial in the look it sticks in the u.s. probably you know i think with the military planes they ferried those 110 returnees out

without a doubt this is a black day for the islamic state movement.o be far from here, possibly from the enright but it was here in these olive groves one of the most notorious and successful terrorists met his end. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler explained that al—baghdadi's death was being seen as a ‘hugely significant‘ achievement by the administration. president transport for almost an hour and president transport for almost an hourand a semi president transport for almost an hour and a semi like a victory speech, there was triumphalist language used throughout and there is no doubt in regard this as something extremely significant. at one stage he saw this as a top national security priority office administration to find, capture or to kill abu bakr al—baghdadi. administration to find, capture or to killabu bakral—baghdadi. he says as far as he's concerned is commander he has directed the obliteration of the caliphate. it gives you the sense that president john is trying to sell this as a huge moment. and to some extent he has to becau

the islamic state, but also of the islamic state in iraq.a, he galvanised what was left of al-qaeda in iraq, he had the religious credentials for this but he presided over the most disgusting, brutal, sadistic campaign of beheadings, torture, rape, abduction, sex slavery — you name it. and this was at its height a group that was able to actually establish itself as a physical entity, it actually had territory and towers? it did, and i think that was really the failure of the world backin was really the failure of the world back in 2014. it had taken its eye off the ball in baghdad. i'm told that iraq was never mentioned at the cabinet office at that time back in 2014. there were hardly any intelligence officers in baghdad dashed from baghdad in the west. they put iraq to the side. at the time, the government had adopted a very discriminatory policy against the sunnis. he capitalise on that, telling them that they were there champions. the iraqi army fled, there were mass executions. so they we re there were mass executions. so they were able

tells turkey its incursion into syria could jeopardize the fight against so-called islamic state turkish forces advance for a 3rd day the pentagon strongly encourages. its military operations against syrian kurds in the region you'll hear from our correspondent on the turkey syria border. program prime minister. wins the nobel peace prize for his initiative in resolving the confused conflict with that may bring eritrea 2 years of hostility. welcome to the program. u.s. defense department is warning turkey that its incursion into syria could jeopardize progress against so-called islamic state the pentagon says it opposes what it describes as uncoordinated actions and calls on its nato ally to. the u.n. says 100000 civilians have fled their homes and see offensive began 3 days ago and it's also raising fears of an islamic state comeback as kurdish that forces in the region say they can't detain i asked business and hold back the turkish military at the same time. a funeral for a baby boy. mourners in turkey said goodbye to the 9 month old syrian baby killed in cross border shelling. as the

they have come to the region to fight with islamic state.en escaping. we know that one camp for displaced is related people, mostly women and children, one of the camps near ain issa, was hit, and as a result there was chaos and we believe 700 foreign nationals escaped. not necessarily fighters, it seems they were family members. but is your message to the outside world today that thousands of islamic state fighters will be freed, one way or another, if this war continues? if you're not going to support, to make them secure. but see, that does sound like a threat. no, it's not. i am keeping them. i have kept them for six months now. i have fed them. i understand that. no, i understand, you have fed them, you have kept them, you have kept them detained. but, if you are serious about keeping them detained, why don't you, right now, before the turks arrive in some of those camps, move them to safer areas, so that they cannot escape? ain issa is far away. it's 45 miles from the border, where are you going to move them? we wish, we ask the intern

forces have killed the founder and leader of the so-called islamic state. but 1st into ringette can the current left of center coalition in the eastern state of turin just hold on to its majority and how will the populace alternative for germany to look at what's at stake in a bellwether state also coming up the leader of the so-called islamic state east u.s. president donald trump confirms that. he killed himself as american special forces stormed his hideout in northwestern syria we'll get analysis from our correspondent in washington. i'm michael ok welcome to the program voters in the eastern state of to reinjure are electing their state parliament opinion polls indicate no single party is likely to emerge with a strong mandate to form a government the current left of center coalition could lose its slim majority in parliament and a strong showing by the alternative for germany could further complicate forming a new state government through. total ramel 0 seems optimistic as he casts his vote in air force he wants to remain state premier his party the l

they were mainly relatives of islamic state group fighters.camp just last week, where they found amira who was brought to syria five years ago by her british parents. her two sisters, brother and both her parents were killed in the final onslaught against is. my mum died, my littlest brother, my little brother and my sister. her fate and also that of scores of female is members is now unknown. it's not the first massive security breach brought on by the turkish aggression. five captured is fighters escaped from a prison here too after it was shelled. we found it abandoned, the remaining prisoners moved into other already overwhelmed facilities. the authorities here say they are already struggling with the resources to hold many thousands of what are among the most dangerous prisoners in the world from a so—called islamic state group. what they warn is that with any further destabilisation caused by this assault from turkey, many more could escape, potentially regroup, undoing the massive effort it took to capture them and take their territory

allies and its fight against the so-called islamic state. leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the official announcement. they leave behind them empty bases near the turkish border bases that had been a guarantee of safety for kurdish forces u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled that guaranteed by tweet the kurds fought with us but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so they have been fighting turkey for decades it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars many of them tribal and bring our soldiers home u.s. troops were in syria to support kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state but turkey has long resented the presence of kurdish paramilitaries near its border it considers them terrorists kurdish groups in the region have protested the move they feel abandoned by the u.s. and they fear a turkish invasion is imminent. i had the hope was this green light the trump gave to air to one will actually complicate the crisis and the region

the cold of the islamic state and. to the west to the east. mainly to the district. so when we discovered that. the. distance between. the long distance in syria and all the territories are going to hold by syrian army army by the. old allies so it was so hard to move to the district and the main question is why we should know that if the district is rolled . all right our correspondent reporting from beirut thank you so much for that update thank you. well now let's take a closer look at what we do know about albert darby the leader of the so-called islamic state. the leader of i ask is or was notoriously reclusive and elusive this is the man believed to be. the even that isn't certain. the mujahedeen have been rewarded victory by god after years of jihad they were able to achieve their aim and hurried to announce the caliph and choose the image. that they were. in 2014 i asked seized control of large parts of iraq and syria and declared the territory a caliphate a u.s. led international coalition for back and re took the territory over the course of about 2 years.

and no no no doubt it's also an important and symbolic day for the united states of been fighting islamic state but you know there's always a but a loss in syria for so many and i've been sort of watching a bit of what's going on in this social media already this morning and you can already detect so many saying well yes one butcher is is dead but what about the other butcher in damascus and the same thing in iraq he did notice that while many people are probably relieved. by that they could be dead but many have already also moved on and many today are basically looking for bread then and butter in you know in the various parts of iraq so a lot of relief probably in the middle east but also a lots of challenges ahead still so it sounds like you're saying this is just a small piece of what of what people actually need maybe someone needed this because of something horrible that happened in their family or these c.d.'s or any number of atrocities but it sounds like you're saying that this is a symbolic thing that there are much more tangible things that people need what their lives. well c

you're watching the news from berlin coming up next is the so-called islamic state using aiming to use the phillip things as its bridge head in asia stay tuned for documentary no forget you can follow all the news and information on our web site that's dot com thanks for watching. and i'm getting on with the brand new delusions are most postcodes personal devices and the topics that affect us all our flu shot climate change and the return of. only green fans check out. awesome. if you. do search. you would look don't know one mother always burned a place it's a good. good. if i have the money of a job i won't join the isis. this was squashed by an ideology that's foreign to us. extremists him coming into the country from other countries. i could see as the british really never did think. the supervision of all this is just eat i know it's meant of our liberation. the names could lie in the blink of an eye my children were gone and i will never see them again and that something terrible. and. what the president did in mar always a good lesson. they still need to get. them warm. moos mov

the area around idlib is still controlled by islamic groups that sympathize with him if not islamic state groups. so the story sounding plausible. but if the president's going to go live tomorrow morning at 9:00, they're pretty sure that they got the guy or they know where he is. >> that they know where he is, which of course is significant. and bob, if you could talk to us a little about that. how many times have we been down this road before, where there has been intelligence that they thought perhaps they knew where he was, that he might have been injured, in ill health? and yet we had a message, right? just a few weeks ago from al baghdadi encouraging the isis caliphate to continue and for those isis fighters to continue without him. >> well, what baghdadi knew for certain is that he had to stay off telephones and any communications, electronic communications. he had to get away. like mullah omar in afghanistan. simply go underground, stay away from e-mail, telephone calls, and the rest of it. and you know, it's significant, especially now, because so many islamic state prisoners have

and its battle against the so-called islamic state. leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the fischel announcement. behind these empty bases near the tackiest border bases that hat and guarantee of safety to cut his forces. u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled that saying in a tweet it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars many of them tribal and bring a soul just hire him. u.s. troops were in syria to support kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state but turkey has long resented the presence of forces near its border it considers them terrorists and para wants to establish effective kilometer buffer zone along the border and resettle some 2000000 syrian refugees back kiddish groups in the region have protested them if they feel abandoned by the u.s. he teamed up with kurdish fighters against i.a.s. they fear a takesh invasion is imminent and there he had the this green light to trump gave to air to one will actually complicate the crisis in t

like al qaeda or islamic state or something like that. unfortunately we are dealing with all of those things in 2019, bonus, we now get white supremacists on thest rise. we now get o neo-nazis in the re and think there's only collaboration in terms of the asset versus them you. know mistaken. so we do asked the question about in the intractability of this, it's not an intractable. solutions are available right now. secondly talk about what one of the things i in the book with. and that is a very particular diagnoses in terms of what stock was in our government. around how we solve problems. this book talks about the solutions. very critically government has a role to play. so do corporations and so do regular sentences that will get into this but open power, is an assessment based on my time in government where would we look at what our options are, our tools in the toolbox, i see in you know, that our colleagues is smart is they are, there is a way to do things. so with our power, the military executed things in a very particular way and

tells turkey its incursion into syria could jeopardize the fight against so-called islamic state as turkish forces advance for a 3rd day the pentagon strongly encourages. military operations against syrian kurds in the region you hear a correspondent on the turkey syria border also on the program. prime minister of ethiopia wins a nobel peace prize for his initiative in resolving the border conflict with neighboring eritrea i think yes. 127 year old german confesses to wednesday's attack against a synagogue and says he planned a massacre 2 days later the people are still coming to terms with the answer since the crime is a shock and. i'm feel gail welcome to the program. the u.s. defense department is warning turkey that its incursion into syria could jeopardize the fight against so-called islamic state the pentagon says it opposes what it describes as turkey's uncoordinated actions and called on its nato ally to end them day 3 of the offensive has seen thousands of people flee it's also raised fears of an islamic state comeback as kurdish led forces in the region say they can't detain i as

impact will al baghdadi's possible death have on the islamic state? >> it's so interesting. in the spring, i was in holcamp where so many folks whose husbands who belong to the islamic state, so many women from around the world who belong to the islamic state themselves were there. what is fascinating is that a lot of moms talked to me about the baghdadi video that came out in april. and they talked to me about how their children, at the very end of the u.s.-backed fight against the islamic state, their children had starved. their children had gone hungry. older people had starved actually to death while baghdadi got fat is what they were talking to me about. that, you know, this guy got fat and makes a video while our children don't have juice, don't have food, don't have enough to eat. and they were talking to me about whether they thought he was the right person to have led this physical caliphate. and i do think that if it turns out that he is gone, it is another blow to the idea of the islamic state and what he represented. but it is not the end.

as american troops withdraw from northern syria, the us's main allies in the fight against the islamicte group, the kurds, say they've been stabbed in the back by president trump. and more than 200 arrests in central london as climate activists take to the streets as part of a worldwide protest against global warming. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we look at the cricketing credentials of former bowling coach chris silverwood, as he takes the top job with the england cricket team. good evening. we start tonight with a special report on the relentless increase in knife crime across england and wales. police say they're struggling to contain the problem not only in london, where the problem is acute, but also in other areas. the trauma team at the royal london hospital in the heart of the east end is one of the busiest in europe, with experts dealing with the effects of knife and gun attacks. my colleague clive myrie was given exclusive access to their work over a period of several months, and this is his extended report. this the pained face of knife crime in britain. still ear

all the areas held islam islamic state fighters and theirfamilies.g is because donald trump has decided to pull out us troops in northern syria, allowing turkey to ta ke northern syria, allowing turkey to take action against a kurdish led a force called the stf who held lots of territory here. turkey considers that force terrorist, but america has used the sdf to take on the islamic state very easily, so donald trump was accused of letting those turks down. whatever the rights or wrongs of his decision, it certainly has realigned to the situation because extraordinarily, as we talked about at the beginning of today's programme, we now have a situation where the kurdish fighters in the syrian military who previously had been opponents are 110w previously had been opponents are now working together to fend off the turkish offensive. more on that tomorrow, thanks for watching. hello there. we had an early winter storm across the northern plains at the weekend. it brought some significant snow to north dakota in particular, starting to drift steadily eas

many news from berlin coming up next a day to be a documentary about the philippines fight against islamic state insurgents on the back of the top of the hour thanks for watching. and for the new. language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w. mr. richard. it was good don't know where mother always burn the place and it's a good. good for her. if i have 'd a minute of my job i want to join the ice and. this was caused by an ideology that's foreign to us by a livestream is him coming. into the country from other countries. i see this. thing. it's a good reshuffle this is just eat i don't cement of a liberation. front in the school of law and in the blink of an eye my children were gone and i will never see them again and that's unbearable. and. what the president always a good lesson. this is only the beginning. from. whom you ma'am. the room. the removal. we're on mindanao the 2nd biggest island of the philippines. it's in the south of the country a little smaller than south korea and famous for its natural beauty. this is also the site of one of the longest running conflicts in asia

yes of course it's it's a huge loss for islam or so-called islamic states. but as we said it was one of the luckiest. so people out of great. sleeping though not so cold be long it was the may take some revenge action in the region about the from the other side as we said there is senior. leaders of all is this because people in this operation so what's next it depends on who's going to be these group next. to talk about getting the reporting from beirut middle east correspondent besson every day thank you. want to tell you now but some of the other stories making news around the world. protesters in lebanon are calling for a general strike to press their demands for an end to corruption and an overhaul of the political system demonstrations were originally sparked by a proposed new tax on internet calls well there's been a widespread disruption for the last 10 days. almost 200000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as wildfires spread through northern california's wine country strong winds are fanning the flames and a statewide emergency has been

but france and britain have warned that the islamic state group is not yet defeated.ed up by strong winds. nearly 200,000 people in the north of the state have been ordered to leave their homes. tens of thousands of homes are under threat from the blaze.

many say that it is sanctioned by islamic law and could be good for couples.ut muta'a marriage, what are the rules behind it? the man pays for a sexual relationship. the clerics that if the woman was poor, that man be helping her. but what is the difference between muta'a marriage and prostitution? 15 years of war have had a devastating effect on iraq's women. a million have been widowed and many more are still displaced. clerics have told us pleasure marriages were a way of helping vulnerable women but we started to hear stories of abuse. we are concealing their real names of the women we spoke to. her husband was killed in an irs bombing and soon after she and her two children lost their home. farfrom far from helping farfrom helping her, she says the cleric exploited her. the only way to get evidence on camera of what clerics were doing behind closed doors was to go undercover. first a reporter had to get his head and cameras through the security corridor. his task would be difficult and dangerous. we are concealing his identity. when i was arrived i was re