line as a bluebird. sala's former club, nantes, have changed their twitter profile to include a picture of the star. and, at their ground, flowers for a player who was popular there. an inquiry by air accident investigators is under way or stop a decision about whether search and rescue teams will resume their efforts will be made tomorrow morning. sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff. the so—called islamic state's once—vast caliphate that stretched across areas of syria and iraq has now been reduced to the area around one small town in eastern syria. it's thought around 2,000 fighters are now gathered at al marashida, on the banks of the euphrates, after the syrian democratic forces — backed by the us — made further advances today. but the mainly—kurdish?fighters of the sdf have suffered heavy losses in the battles with is, and following the?surprise?announcement that the us will be withdrawing its troops from syria they are facing life without their most important ally.