he gets a little support from baghdad, and hisjob gets a little support from baghdad, and his job feelsossible. the so—called islamic state preyed on poverty and people's frustration with the government in baghdad. that is why it was able to take over in places like this. three years on, the poverty is still evident, and so, too, is the frustration of the people here. they should be warning signs for the government in baghdad. not everyone has returned to the city. we travel out into the desert to find the people nobody wants back. in dismal cans and —— in dismal camps, they better future for those suspected of working with islamic state. this woman only fled last year. they have all been cleared to return, but they cannot. it is not clear why. it could be jealous neighbours, tribal politics, 01’ jealous neighbours, tribal politics, ora jealous neighbours, tribal politics, or a vengeful militia. translation: we found the man in charge and said if you have any proof that my sons were involved with the islamic state, that they just like them, or carried kalashnikovs, we are ready to slaug

he now has a stark warning for baghdad and the world.advantage of their new freedom. many have known nothing but life under licence. the iraq they will inherit has arguably never been more divided and this in generation will be tested again and again as old scars in this country often become fresh wounds. yalda reporting from mosul there. a little earlier she gave us an update on the rest of iraq. use all the situation in mosul, the whole city is flattened and you heard the anger from the sunni tribesmen. why did i sis come to power to begin with? they were angry at the government in baghdad, angry that they were being repressed in cities and this was a feeling felt by sunni tribesmen across this country. i sis control different parts of iraq for about three years and before mosul was liberated, the cities of falluja and rabada date we re cities of falluja and rabada date were liberated. paul adams has managed to get rare access inside falluja to give us a sense of hope people are coping 12 months on. what does a city do for an islamic s

that's why they were able to ta ke baghdad.. three years on, the poverty is so evident, and so was the frustration of people here. they should be warning signs for the government in baghdad. not everyone has returned to the city. we travel out into the desert to find the people nobody wa nts desert to find the people nobody wants back. in dismal camps, an uncertain future for the families of those suspected of playing along with islamic state. this family stayed in a rural suburb under islamic state role, only fleeing last year. they have all been cleared to return, but they can't. it is not clear why. it could be jealous neighbours, tribal politics 01’ jealous neighbours, tribal politics ora jealous neighbours, tribal politics or a vengeful militia. we found the man in charge and said, if you have any proof that my sons were involved with islamic state, that they dressed like them or carried guns, we are ready to discipline them. the wall against so—called islamic state is being won. slowly, and that great civilian cost. the c

>> i think that's a difficult time that the government in baghdad is going to have. this is one of the many problems in the first place why it began to rise so strongly in this part of the country. it was felt that the government in baghdad does not represent so as a result when an organization comes along, and saying we are defending you against the oppressive government that's dominated in baghdad. and also the sectarian killings and vendetta and anger coming out of the government. they were willing to sort of let this group come in and take over more territory. the question is can the incoming forces prove that they're really a unit of government and that they are really a government to be a voice in baghdad. i think that's really the key. it's going to take a lot of time. it's going to take a lot of trust. a laud of rebuilding to assure that's been achieved. >> he's the director of international security studies at the royal united institute. thank you so much for your insight there in london. >> got a ways to go there. >>> after months of violent protests, venez

and into south baghdad. one of the petraeus initiative was small combat outpost in 100 soldiers here pism talking with a chain that is guy with cabbage and a john henry in charge of that, with of that particular outpost and at the end of the table is mike the brigade commander and steve who are making a tour for petraeus to see how the doctrine is operates they have combat outpost and head up with these -- rise of the son of iraq these militia groups rise up around outpost to fight against al qaeda. the -- second fern from et left there is -- chief -- shake saaba shows up to run the local militia. he said he was nco i watched him operate i don't know he was in the iraqi army. but basically he became organizer of the -- local militia i'm outside the photo request the captain taking this picture and he turned to me an he said you know sir i can swear those guy were shooting at me two months ago. i said captain qk welcome to counterinsurgency that's the way it goes for the iraqi government -- the ministry in ra

the other picture is outside the embassy in baghdad. that sign struck me as fairly interesting and kind of gave a sense of some of the atmosphere over there. i often wonderedded who was walking into the embassy drinking while they were armed. how i got into this, the term cassandra in oz, most of you are aware that cassandra was a figure from greek mythology who was cursed to tell truth the power and never get hurt. and i got involved in a number of things in the early years of this millenium. the red one on the right i talked about the army's response to vietnam which was not to learn how to fight these wars better, but to avoid these wars. and i closed in 2002 with a plea that we needed to revisit counterinsurgency doctrine. i was put in charge of a team to rebuild iraq for the mayor of baghdad in late 2002 when the army thought they were going to be in charge of reconstruction. the day we finished the was the day that secretary rumsfeld created the office of humanitarian affairs under general garner, and nobody was interested in our

iraq's vice president says that baghdad needs russian political and military presence in the country to restore balance to the ridge. u.k. straight secretary accuses the b.b.c. of biased coverage of the break the process of ignoring positive stories about leaving the european union. i cannot. recall a single time in recent times when i have seen economic news that the b.b.c. didn't describe us despite rick's it i. get evening and welcome my name's neil harvey you're watching r.t. international now an e.q. delegation is currently holding crunch talks with u.s. lawmakers this comes as a leaked memo suggests brussels is preparing retaliation if washington pushes ahead with new anti russia sanctions that could hurt european business is a part which has the details. this is all about an internal note which was which has been leaked from the european commission which indicates just how unhappy the brussels is over the prospect of new sanctions against russia because of the implications that they have for the u. and what the nie says is that the european commission is prepared to and i quot

and that open conflict with baghdad could follow.rnings yet they are determined to go ahead with the vote on independence. >> we know we don't live in on an island. we live with our neighborhood with geoography history. >> if you get a new state across the world, the map is going to change. are you willing to accept the consequences of that? >> definitely there will be a change. i mean on the whole middle east is changing. >> so the map of the middle east is being redrawn. >> of course look at syria. we want to have our right of self-determination, to have our own state, peacefully. >> the kurd's drive for independence puts the u.s. in a difficult position. the american military has a strong alliance with the kurds. but washington officially supports iraqi unity. at some stage the americans will have to pick a side. more coming up after the break. stay with us. new charmin ultra soft! it's softer than ever. new charmin ultra soft is softer than ever so it's harder to resist. okay, this is getting a little weird enjoy the go with char

and that open conflict with baghdad could follow.ds have heard all the warnings and yet they are determined to go ahead with the vote on independence. >> we don't live on an island. we live with our neighborhood, with geography, history. we, therefore, are careful really how to present this. >> if you get a new state, across the world, the map is going to change. are you willing to accept the consequences of that? >> definitely there will be a change. on the whole middle east is changing. >> so the map of the middle east is being redrawn? >> of course. look at syria. we want to have our right of self-determination to have our own state peacefully. >> the kurds' drive for independence puts the u.s. in a difficult position. the american military has a strong alliance with the kurds. but washington officially supports iraqi unity. at some stage, the americans will have to pick a side. more coming up after the break. stay with us. one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think pr

javad zarif: ice -- greg support, no voice in baghdad? with you that the perception of not having a voice in society leads people to join these extremist groups. which is why i said in the beginning that we need a comprehensive strategy to deal with these extremist groups. and that strategy includes certainly, giving a voice to everybody. i think this is what the government of iraq is committed to. you heard it from prime minister abadi and leaders of every committee in iraq. this is something that iran will wholeheartedly support. we want every country in the allon to engage past and iraqis in order to support unity in iraq. particularly now when we have these prospects of a referendum -- we need to call for unity and inclusion. charlie: do we need to call for self-determination for the kurds? javad zarif: i believe the kurds have certain autonomy in the constitution of iraq. within the constitution? javad zarif: i believe self-determination is for all ofples, but the constitution iraq, the territorial integrity and national unity of ira

yes it's to the iraqi government today i'm sitting in baghdad and i'm having meetings with government officials where i'm raising our very serious concerns and making these these recommendations but i but at the same time i'm talking to coalition partners the americans the british the australians and other members telling them begin to urgently be intervening on this issue because really other people you're talking to are they taking you seriously. on the coalition side i fear concern from them of these developments they recognise that for long term reconciliation in efforts in iraq that this will find. it meant to me over my. violation of the law but i haven't seen any yet to prove that they are raising this issue. and demanding swift action. from a human rights watch a senior iraq researcher in the middle east and north africa division thank you very much for your time today thank you. well the. analogies in u.s. politics sound surprising well it's actually become something of a trend this year this time the victim was fox news host tucker carlson for suggesting the u.s. should work

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a member of the security committee for the baghdad provincial council can hear me sir. i think some of us turned your volume up very good morning a live on air can you hear me. kevin oh i can hear you being with us again just before we came to the false start we heard just a snapshot of some horrendous cases allegations of human rights abuses in your country so we've been hearing serious allegations from rights groups do you think there is a thorough enough investigation into what's going on in mosul or not there is an investigation but is it thorough enough is the question why didn't of deep enough that you know what that is exactly that is the question because we still state of war the. sixteenth division which we're talking about was bailed out of mosul people from people who were prosecuted by isis so if there are any personal vendettas or knowledge of who ices were there was a payback even a violent fay back some people may understand that but as a state that is definitely rejected and should not take. personal vengeance would you like this is here. well we we woul

lots of little towns where you will have to fight between mosul and baghdad but if and when the fightingre 25 million sunnis between baghdad and damascus whose governments have failed them. what do these governments have to do to make sunnis feel part of the country they live in? i think you hit on the essential issue which is the cause of isis in the first place. the government of iraq did not make the suny people feel as if their government represented the interests and fell prey to isis. and if we are to keep isis, the next isis, from emerging, we will have two, the iraqi government will have to do something significantly different and reach out and reconcile with the sunni population and make them feel like their government in baghdad represents them. you today said make no mistake, this victory alone does not eliminate isis and there is still a tough fight ahead. what have you learned from fighting, both the coalition and the iraqi forces, learn from fighting isis in mosul that will be useful in this is a brutal, evil enemy. a very determined one. so one of the things i learned is t

the skies over baghdad have been illuminated.ing bright flashes going off all over the sky. we're getting star bursts in the black sky. >> the significance in journalism terms was it was the first time you had extensive live coverage of the war. >> our office was on the ninth floor of the rasheed hotel. we were one of the tallest buildings in baghdad, so we knew whatever was going to happen, we would be able to see the drama. >> the military offensive overnight has been described as the largest, strongest attack in history. >> clearly, i have never been there, but it feels like we are in the center of hell. saddam hussein in an address to the iraqi people and arab nation says the mother of all wars has started. we told you earlier in the week that the ministry had received its own satellite dish and prior to that the foreign ministry -- we have to run. somebody is knocking on the door. we're going to hide. >> we opened the door and there were several armed iraqi security people. one of them could speak broken english. he said, wh

charlie: and very close to baghdad. mr. javad sharif: yes, we went to the aid of both.rlie: we went to the aid of both by doing what? mr. javad sharif: by sending out advisors. charlie: they were more than advisors, were they not? mr. javad sharif: general suleimani was there with weapons and advisers. it is the people of iraq who are fighting the terrorists. it was the kurdish people who fought the terrorists. they needed support and help, and they needed people who knew how to organize them. we were there within two hours of president barzani calling us to go to their assistance. those who are talking about a shia crescent should tell me where in that crescent iraqi kurdistan falls. these are just fear mongering scenarios, narratives that are created -- presented, elaborated, articulated in order to create fear. this is not what we are after. we have called for a political solution in syria, where everybody, shia, sunni, alwaite, everybody canws, participate in the running of the government. this is what we want. charlie: what do you think about president bashar al-as

. >> very close to baghdad. now we've been to the aid of both. >> rose: we went to the aid of both by doing what. >> by sending our advisors. >> rose: they were more than advisors were they not? >> general suleimany was there with weapons and add veersz. it's people within iraq fighting the terrorists. it was the kurdish people fighting the terrorists. they needed support they needed help. they needed people who know how to organize them and we were there within two hours of the president calling us. now those who are talking about the shi'a crestent should tell me where in that crescent iraqi kurdistan is. these are just fear mong ring scenarios, narratives that are created to, that are presented, elaborated and created in order to create fear. we have called for a political solution in syria where everybody, shi'a, sunni, christians, jews, everybody will participate in the running of the government. this is what we want. >> rose: what do you think of president bashar assad and what's happened to syria? >> it's

civilians were killed they also they more or less across iraq in the cities that i've been to i'm in baghdad right now people have been blaming the united states more than anyone else for this devastation. unfortunately the iraqi government to spend doesn't have the money to rebuild the city because it's still fighting the war it's trying to liberate the west of the country there is no way that any of these cities are going to be rebuilt any time soon and i think that many people will gradually leave the country and move towards europe because there's just no hope. we also actually the same group of people we visited aleppo right after the break as well and what it was very interesting or very unfortunate was that the devastation was very similar to the devastation that we saw in west and the the bombing by the americans basically destroyed so much of that part of the city the west side of the city yet the western media says said almost nothing about it whereas when in syria russian syrian iranians were trying to liberate the city from their forces what the western media was talking about th

would have energized the terrorists there to a change map of the region and it would have led to baghdad's for. i with are still seemingly on its last legs all eyes are on what's next for iraq and despite a string of military victories for government forces the battle for united country is far from over well look at the split between the sunni's in the shias remains in place and one of the states supports the sunnis and in the she is it will contribute to the creation of a new ice with new ideas new faces and new so far the main efforts in iraq are focused on the short term goal of defeating iso but with a whole patchwork of regional and internal conflicts it will be the longer term why do problems that will need careful and painstaking resolution in the coming years. most residents have been complaining about the huge destruction caused by american airstrikes they share their frustration with professor saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he gave us a potential that he felt that during a trip to the devastated city as you can see the level of destruction is truly shocking

so after reducing a formerly stable country to over a decade and a half of chaos the usa now warns baghdad that it better start building bridges and enforcing reconciliation the usa for its part intends to stay the iraqi government has expressed an interest in having the u.s. forces and coalition forces remain after the defeat of isis our government is equally interested in that as are several coalition governments have expressed an interest in joining in that effort so all of this help with sectarian violence the violence in iraq and syria has only made the long standing feud between the sunni and the shia worse on top of that you have the kurds in their upcoming independence referendum a lot of this sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse has already bolted it's almost like a case national of. amnesia we forgot what happened in two thousand and three when president bush said mission accomplished we've done everything we need to do a great victory the reality is that just created the problems that we're still fighting today so the idea that we're going to do the same thing whic

without internationals go straight back to baghdad because the connection. is abraham high and there's so we lost the line then i see again what we said we were talking about the. i'm always assuming the problems are got a lot worse as a direct correlation the supposed between all the destabilization after the foreign invasions there are if that had not happened you would have such a big problem with these lovely artifacts being looted and taken away there's a clear correlation yes yes yes in fact iraqi archaeologists believe that the local the smugglers had ties with international leaders to take this important art piece out of the country today you would have options and the americans through the night many counties like turkey and jordan and united arab emirates. i won the least you could say they're going to a safe place rather than being smashed up by isis for instance when no one's saying that's a good faith being looted taken out maybe there are at least going to some place of safety with collectors but the cost problem is that you may never see them

was the dome under which baghdad on a made that message three years ago >> mr. sreenivasan: the iraqi force that is you speak to, what's the next step? let's say best case scenario they retake the city. it's in ruins right now. >> the infrastructure in mosul is heavily damaged, where there is electricity and water, it's usually provided -- generate raters or weather trucks. basic infrastructure not there. so the battle continues, and security and stability maintaining that really is going to be a trick as well. where almost a hundred percent percent sure of that islamic state had sleeper cells that some of the fighters have blended in with civilian population. we expect there will be some sort of return to insurgent attacks and that will be attack number one for the security forces to handle. >> mr. sreenivasan: reuters joining us live. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: global sea level rise went up 50% between 1994 and 2014, according to a study published this week in the journal "nature climate change"" in 2014 alone, it went up an eight

>> as barbara just described, she has actually nailed the challenge of the government in baghdad.call, the strategy was always to clear, hold and build. clearly what has happened so far is the clear part in mosul, the hold and build, that's where the heavy lifting really begins. you have to be able to sustain all of those elements of governance and the ability of this military to take a step back and allow civilian leadership to move forward, not disappear, but be available to provide what we call the outer ring of security and protection so that isis and other elements cannot slip back in. this is really the very, very difficult part and there's a long-term engagement. lots of money. there will continue to be conflict that will take place, there will be attempts at trying to undermine what's taking place in mosul and in baghdad in terms of their relevance. and then the ironic thing moving forward is the kurdish people are looking at this as their victory or are the iraqis looking at this as their greater victory. >> you bring up the issue of the kurds in iraq, the kurds are actua

talk to us of the challenges of a shia government in baghdad now gaining the trust after predominantlyunni population with the goal of rebuilding in mosul. >> you know, george, to understand what comes next, it is important to look back at iraq's history. iraq has been here before to an extent at a smaller scale. but a very similar scenario. before isis, there was al qaeda and iraq and islamic state of iraq. and these groups did control some territory in the country with the help of the u.s. military helping push them out. but the real issue, you know, the grievances within the sunni community that led to the rise of these extremist groups were never really addressed. those feelings of large nalization of that part of the population were never really resolved. they felt that they were sidelined by the government and predominantly shia security forces. and this is one of the factors that led to the rise of isis again in 2013 and 2014. so yes, while you look at these major defeats when it comes to isis militarily, there still is a lot of work to be done afterwards when you're talking abo

we departed the airbase and headed for our mission support site in baghdad. we attended and operations brief. headed for our mission support the brits are always fun to work with. although we shared a common language, they were often very difficult to understand. tom was the one who translated to american for us. the brief this night had a very heavy accent. i turned over to my guys and said did anybody understand a word he said? everybody shook their head no. we were able to get a good translation and clarification and were good to go. our mission that night was simple, one we had performed hundreds of times. it was 30 minutes south of baghdad. the ground force with linked up with fighting vehicles. they would ride to the objective. they would be difficult at the vehicle drop-off and then quietly and undetected walk up to the objective, where they would surround the target building. once surrounding, they would call out the person of interest, the target. for us, it was low hanging fruit. things got loud, meaning they had the assaults building. we would be c

the shia are holding a conference in baghdad in ten days to create a new leadership. this situation we find it very difficult to imagine stability within a year 01’ to imagine stability within a year or two or three, but the prime minister is the only person that so far he is able to win the moderate iraqis, whether kurds, shia or sydney. —— sunni. iraqis, whether kurds, shia or sydney. -- sunni. sobering thoughts, there. thank you very much. a ceasefire brokered by the us and russia has come into force in south—western syria. it was announced after presidents donald trump and vladimir putin met for the first time at g20 talks on friday. the truce is also backed byjordan. it is in force along a line agreed by syrian government forces and rebels. 0ur correspondent sophie long is in beirut and joins us now. sophie, this is very early days in the ceasefire and the records of previous ceasefires is not a positive one. how much faith is being put in this latest deal? positive one. how much faith is being put in this latest deanm positive one. how much faith is being put in

and out time for they are backing still their own rebels this is clearly an attempt to cut off the baghdad damascus highway which the iranians used to supply has this is israel's main concern is that the iranians continue to supply his blood they've been doing it by air but this is a land route that the americans i think the trying to cut off that seems to be what their aim is although that's also a guess again right here that that junot let me just because i says not that i have to hear that we have to go to a hard break and after that hard break we'll continue our discussion on the changing middle east a productive. income inequality stagnation gerrymandering of political districts polarization you know those lack of effectiveness in congress there are these are well documented trends going back decades and no they're really cute ten minute fast to the point where people describe the system is being seized with a kind of paralysis. there's a saying. there on the cheap but then you have to come through so let's idea is really right it's going to it's come. he said if you ever do to. this

instead of baghdad. so i took a job here and this happened. tell you a few things about me, how i came to the united states. i was working for bbc in india and met a woman from rural pennsylvania who was there on a scholarship. her name was holly. i met her, became friends, fell in love, that is how america became my new home. make a lot of money and get married and have kids and live forever and ever, i didn't get the job they wanted. i also got married. when i came here a lot of stuff in this book, in india there is a lot of prejudice, if you take a menial job, people look down on you, for doing something menial and judge you on the basis of. i was constantly constant. this thing in the back of my head people are judging me, had a good education, radar detectors and electric tools, why did i give everything up in india. i am going to read a chapter and open up so you can ask me questions. this is the first day on my sales floor. i had been on sales for for only a few minutes when i saw an indian couple

the brits were flying to an american forward operating base south of baghdad. there the ground force would link up for american fighting vehicles and armored humvees and ride to the objective. they would leave the vehicles at the vehicle drop-off and quietly, hopefully undetected, walk up to the objective, where they would surround the target building. once surrounding the target building, they call out the person of interest, the target that night, the person they wanted to detain, for us it was really low hanging fruit at that point. now, things got loud, meaning they had the assault on the building and we would be called in to provide close air support. as required, proceeded to our planned holding area. when we took off, i use the power of the heavily laden egg-shaped 649. i was loaded with 14 rockets. 800 pounds of fuel. even at the the maximum gross rate, the 650 horsepower engine easily came to life with a rotor blade turning the hot night air into submission and we left. at 300 feet i called out the departure using the callsign of havoc, and the dogs of