your prime minister, mr abadi, hailed it as a great victory for iraq. was a sense of triumphalism in his voice. are you feeling triumphant today? not really. winning a battle or two was not like winning the war. we want to win the war against extremism and against terrorism. in mosul of course this was a good in achievement but indeed we have not to lose sight of the people of mosul, their steadfastness did, and what he international community did, the us, uk and australia and so on. but what we want to achieve, really, and i warned them that this is not the end of the story. i warned abadi, i warned the president, we need to win the war, and winning the war should be a political win. by abolishing extremism as a whole from this society, and this can only be done by having an inclusive political process and by having a quality amongst the people of iraq. so, so, just to stick with the military situation for a second, i saw generaljubouri, one of the leaders for the iraqi armed forces in mosul the other day and he told news agencies they would retake tal

your prime minister, mr abadi, hailed it as a great victory for iraq.here was a sense of triumphalism in his voice. are you feeling triumphant today? not really. winning a battle or two was not like winning the war. we want to win the war against extremism and

it always seemed prime minister al abadi was somewhat less beholden to iran.y, but he is overpowered. by? by iranian forces. for example, qasem soleimani, who is sometimes seen on iraqi territory, he spends a great deal of time strategically planning iran's role. even tactically. we are talking about the commander of the revolutionary forces in iran. he spends more time in iraq and in iran. the more you tell me about what is happening in your country today as you see it, the more i am thinking that any talk of mosul‘s liberation being a watershed moment, something iraqis can hold onto as a sign that things are going to and get better, it is wrong. i don't see this happening personally. i called for political resolutions. that will lead to equality in iraq. i call that they should stop bifercation, which is happening these days. they should really take care of the displaced. they should stop the... i spoke to the leaders of the the liberation, by the way, and i told them that the only person eligible is those who joined the army and the police. iraq should not

we heard it, you heard it from prime minister abadi. you heard it from the leaders of every community, in iraq. and this is something that iran will wholeheartedly support. and we want every other country in the region to engage with us and the iraqis and the united nations in order to support national unity in iraq. particularly now that we have these prospects of a referendum and centrifuge activities in various parts of iraq. we need to call for unity and inclusion. >> rose: do we need to call for self determination for the kurds. >> i believe the kurds and the constitution of iraq have certain autonomy and i believe it is important. >> rose: within the constitution of iraq. >> within the nstitution of iraq. >> rose: you're not in favor of them having self determination. >> i believe self determination is for all peoples. but the constitution of iraq the territorial integrity and national unity of iraq are of paramount important, very important for the kurdish population, very important for the rest of the iraq and very important for

the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, said the militants have no choice other than to leave or befighters take their positions in the battle against so—called islamic state for tal afar. the city is the iraqi government troops‘ next target, five weeks after they declared victory over the militants in mosul. exposures could be seen as the iraqi forces advance on the outskirts of tal afar. the us says it carried out air strikes to support the troops. in a televised speech, the iraqi prime minister said thejihadists speech, the iraqi prime minister said the jihadists have a speech, the iraqi prime minister said thejihadists have a choice will stop translation: said thejihadists have a choice will stop translationzlj said thejihadists have a choice will stop translation: i tell daesh, you either surrender or die. as we promised before, we promise now, we will continue the liberation process. thousands of civilians have fled tal afar at that has been controlled by so—called islamic state since the 2014. it has been a very difficult journey and a very difficult climate and circumstances

haider al abadi issued a statement to the jihadists who fled saying they now have a choice. between surrendering or dying simon harding explain. nnova victory which could signal the end of the so called islamic state group in iraq the iraqi prime minister said that forces besieging telefon had liberated the city. after a two week long operation. the loss is a major blow to the jihadists who had already yielded their iraqi defector capital in mosul. in july. currently the last area controlled by the eyes group in northeast iraq is around the time. yes of mosul with the rest of its territory mainly spread across the desert region around the border with syri. the strategic town of al came on the banks of the euphrates river remains in. have the extremists and further up the river into syria. government loyalists continue to resist abdera soul. civilians who fled to comes north of this region say the group has become so desperate for fighters. that has begun to conscripted local population. that territory maybe crumbling away but these latest defeats do not yet mean the end of t

in a televised broadcast, haider al—abadi said is fighters in the city had a choice between surrenderhis is bbc news, the headlines: spain‘s government says the terror cell behind last week‘s attacks has but the hunt continues for a key suspect several of the men behind the attacks grew up in the small town of ripoll, north of barcelona. most were the children of moroccan immigrants. among them younes abuyaaqoub, now on the run, who as we‘ve heard, may have driven the van in the barcelona attack. our correspondent, wyre davies, has been to ripoll, to speak to people there about the extremists who lived among them. the small chocolate box mountain town of ripoll in the foothills of the spanish pyrenees, the last place you would expect as the breeding ground for a gang of radical islamist militants preparing to commit mayhem and murder. at least seven young men from this small town either died during the attacks or have been arrested since thursday. they include moussa oukabir, said aallaa and mohamed hychami. all three were killed by police in cambrils, on friday morning. also from rip

the iraqi prime minister haidar al abadi has announced that the city of tallinn fall has been fully re captured from the islamic state great. the last few days have seen fist fighting by iraqi forces to take advantage mitau the fall. westlife's militants have taken refuge. bangladesh coast guards have found the bodies of twenty people mostly children who drowned freeing me and all. the un said that more than twenty seven thousand drain to muslims all thought to have fled across the border into bangladesh in the past week. following a military crackdown in villages and in the rockin state. watching bbc world news america still to come on tonight's program the french president faces a key test in his young presidency plans unveiled to move a whole the country's labels. more than forty one million people believe to be affected by devastating floods across south asia with aid agency struggling to reach many of those who are in need of assistance. more than twelve hundred people are believed to have died. it's thought to be the worst mom seen season in decades with tens of thousands of peop

the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, said the militants had no choice other than to leave or be. iraqi armed units head for the city of tal afar, 80 kilometres west of mosul. troops have the area surrounded and for several days, warplanes bombed is positions. so—called islamic state has held it since 2014. in a televised speech, the iraqi prime minister announced the start of the ground offensive to retake the city. translation: i told them to either surrender or die. as we promised before, we promise now, we will continue the liberation process. it's five weeks since the iraqi government declared victory in mosul, iraq's second city, after a fierce nine—month battle. around 2,000 is militants are thought to remain in tal afar. thousands of civilians have fled under the cover of darkness for weeks now. it's not known how many remain. translation: if they had caught us, they would've given us a bullet to the head. thank god we fled. the situation over there is dire. they have no food, water anything to drink. the un has warned of a new wave of displaced civilians with fighting in

that if prime minister abadi wins the next election, he has shown his willingness to reach out and deali population in iraq. i am much more concerned about he future of syria. i think what we are doing right now is only focusing on raqqa and sort of leaving the russians and assad to do what they want to do and the net result of that -- charlie: in terms of the civil war. jake: the civil war, safe zones, etcetera. i think the net result is going to be the re-emergence of a jihadist force inside syria. that is why we cannot simplify -- cannot simply fight isis in raqqa. we have to think about syria diplomacy as a part of our counterterrorism strategy. charlie: you said two things that interest me in terms of what you have said. you say a lot of things that are interesting to me and i quote you. "my core principle is the fundamental project of american foreign policy over the next two decades is to secure and sustain american global leadership, because i deeply believe a world america leads is a world where everbody ends up better off. certainly where u.s. interests and values are protec

commanders before visiting iraqi prime minister al-abadi.it follows an iraqi army offense to push isis out of tal afar, a city in the northwestern part of the country. >>> there are new details about a deadly terror attack in barcelona. we now know that police shot and killed a man who reportedly drove a van into a crowd of people. we also know that four suspects who reportedly helped plan the attack appeared for court this morning. they are expected to be questioned throughout the day before a judge decides if they can be released from jail. at least 15 people died in the attack. >>> one of those victims was from lafayette. jared tucker was on vacation with his wife. they were celebrating their first wedding anniversary. >>> new developments in the search for ten missing sailors. divers have found the remains of some of the navy sailors in a compartment of the uss john mccain. the tensile los rios went missing yesterday after -- the tennissing sailors went missing yesterday after their ship hit a japanese oil tanker. >> the divers were able

the first is a man named haris abadi, who is an iraqi american.s really sort of someone of two identities, born in iraq but naturalized american who, for a variety of reasons, wants to go fight in syria. his efforts are stymied and he meets up with a couple of syrian refugees-- a man and wife named amir and daphne and you sort of learn their stories and the stories of their loss. they lost a daughter in the revolution. and so what you see is a lot of these geopolitical themes kind of orbiting around these characters who are engaged, you know, in a pretty intimate narrative amongst the three of them. >> brown: are these based on people that you met, in some ways? are you taking notes from your work and thinking, ¡oh here's where i can build a character or a story'? >> it's more, you know, when you're having an experience there's sort of questions that come up and themes that come up when you're having those experiences. and then, once you sort of have bored down on the story and the themes of the i think i work in a tradition that used to be more d

i think prime minister abadi has had a number of phone calls with president erdogan, with improved stability in this part of the world. i am confident that we can get things worked out in a way that improves the relations between these particular leaders. thank you. >> today, there were negotiations taking place reportedly between coalition , forces and syrian opposition forces to create a national army in the southern side of he zakah city. can you comment on this, and if this is the case why did they withdraw arms from the syrian army? also, do you know that the lebanese army is about to launch an operation against isis? you tend to land air support against isis? mr. mcgurk: many things there i am not going to comment on, including the reports from the syrian observatory, which i have not seen. when it comes to lebanon we had , a successful visit with the prime minister. i would let the president's remarks stand on that. lebanon is a critical ally we would like to see succeed. you might already have answered this but if you have, do not bother. someone was asking about what the secretary s

abadi has had phone calls with eduhan, with improved stability in this part of the world. today, there were negotiations taking please between coalition forces and opposition- a syrian forces to create a national army. can you comment on this, and if this is the case, why did they withdraw arms from the syrian army? do you know if these armies are about to launch and operation against isis? do they intend to land air support against isis? many things there i am not going to comment on, including a report i have not regarding lebanon, we had a successful visit with the prime minister. i would let the president's remarks stand on therein. lebanon is a critical ally we would like to see 60. this, do have answered not bother. it's someone asking about what the secretary said about the orbilization, rebuild restore basic utilities -- if that is what you are going to do, are you confident that you are not leaving a vacuum that the iranians will exploit? if you have answered it -- mr. mcgurk: i did not get into the iranian element, but our focus is do not this miss the importance

the future, and i believe that is more possible on the iraq side right now that if prime minister abadi wins the next election, he has shown his willingness to reach out and deal with the sunni populations in iraq. i am much more concerned about the future of syria because what we're doing now is only focusing on raqqa and leaving the russians and assad to do what they want to do, and the net result of that -- >> rose: in terms of the "civil war." >> the civil war, safe zones, et cetera, and i think the net result is going to be the reemergence of a jihadist force in syria and that is why we can't fight i.s.i.s. in raqqa. we have to think about syrian diplomacy as our counterterrorism strategy. >> rose: you say two things that interest me in terms of what you said. i quote, the fundamental project of american foreign policy in the next two decades is to secure and sur stain american global leadership because i believe the a world america leads is a world where everybody is better off certainly our interests and values are protected but our friends and people across the world are protect

and i believe that is more possible on the iraq side right now, that if prime minister abadi wins the next election he has shown his willingness to actually reach out and deal with the sunni populations in iraq. i'm much more concerned about the future of syria because i think what we are doing right now is only focusing on raqqa and sort of leaving the russians and assad to do what they want to do and the net result of that. >> rose: in terms of the civil war. >> the safe zones, et cetera. i think the net result of that is going to be be the reemergence of a jihadist force inside of syria, so that is why we cannot simply fight isis in raqqa. we have to think about syria deplom see as a part of our counterterrorism strategy. >> rose: you said two things that interest me. in terms of what you have said, you say a lot of things that are of interest to me. and i quote you, my core principle is the fundamental project of american foreign policy over the next two decades is secure and sustain american global leadership because i believe a world america leads is a world where everybody ends

japanese prime minister's that have been in office for longer --n prime minister abe -- prime minister abadirime minister abe. those two both had real problems. there are only two things you can do. you can either call an election or you have to do a cabinet reshuffle. he is really chasing his tail changing cabinet. it is a struggle at this age. what they will have to do is call an election. i think the chances are it will be voted back in. more: you do not see any then palace measures coming out of abe? reporter: that is the problem. when your support is down, it is hard to take a lot of risk. why -- i'm hearing him stick out his neck a bit on labor reform. what japan does, it has horribly low labor productivity. it is a move to make -- people seem to be very nervous about being paid for what they produce other than turning up for work. they feel it will result in pay going down. tight, itmarket is so would have to be something seriously wrong with management. upt they want to do is build an inventory. it is only going to get worse next year and five years out. what about geopolitical tensi

president abadi has a plan to begin a campaign with steve townsend's help and consent to clear thosetowns and move into anbar province as that will deny isis sanctuary on both sides of the syrian/iraqi border. i read about the iranian republic card maki republic guard making that statement and we will have to posture ourselves to be ready for that but i don't think we should take that threat and keep it from taking action against the kuds force. >> thank you. in another area in your advance policy questions, you indicated, which is something that has been seconded by many that are adversaries and anti-access technologies have eroded a tremendous overmatch by the united states and the question is, what are we doing to get back way ahead, not just a few inches ahead, metaphorically? >> thank you, senator. you alluded to the work that we've been doing the last couple of years in the concepts development arena as well as working what former secretary -- deputy secretary called the third offset strategy. those are concepts that would allow us to contest what we call the anti-access area d