the country's counter terror laws do provide for the detention and trial of anyone involved with beisel that applies even if they have not committed violent crimes and only played support roles for example working as cooks or in hospitals. and the founder of infamous private security company blackwater now known as a cademy says that the war in afghanistan may not actually be lost for the united states and so after president trump expressed his willingness to withdraw from the country after nearly eighteen years of war is a senior correspondent more against the ghana style the so-called graveyard of empires a politician's nightmare not least for trump spite the president's boasts about ending this war about leaving afghanistan no it isn't happening as we make progress in these negotiations we will be able to reduce search ships presence the political conditions where we are in the reconciliation right now don't merit that almost two decades of war death and there's no end in sight over the start of talking round after round of negotiations between the taliban the u.s. leading nowhere la

bombard islamic states last stronghold in syria people are fleeing the area including the wives of beisel fighters loyal the so-called caliphate. venezuela's self-proclaimed leader says he will ask the national assembly to declare a state of emergency. for a us intervention. today the solution is intervention airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board crashes just minutes after taking off from. there are no survivors. and i welcome to the weekly here in r.t. international. thanks for joining us this hour u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their assault against the last area held by islamic state terrorists fighting is now raising in the town of near the iraqi border the final showdown with arsenal was delayed to allow families to flee the area a spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces says the military are close to wiping out the last contingent. our troops began an offensive at six pm local time planes targeted the terrorists weapons depos there is fierce fighting on the outskirts of the camp our forces are now ready to finish what is left of i saw off of t

end of the caliphate saying he simply playing to his domestic audience there's more concern about beisel fighters the remain in iraq and syria and what they might be planning for the future iraq car on the turkey syria border. some ishaqi is a member of the presidential committee of the syrian democratic council and co-chief of the united states representation he says true victory over eisel needs to go beyond defeat on the battlefield. defeating isis doesn't end with a military victory we also need to defeat now the sleeping selves and eventually the ideology that motivated. these people to join isis in commit the crimes that they committed so far there are no indications that the syrian government. would respond we have sent messages to the syrian government. through a delegation from syria in crafting council that visited moscow in december of two thousand and eighteen and presented what are our demands eleven points but the syrian regime has not responded he basically wants us to surrender that region. to their regime and leaves and of course this is not acceptable for us we have a r

end of the caliphate saying he simply playing to his domestic audience there's more concern about beisel fighters the remain in iraq and syria and what they might be planning for the future iraq of on the take you serious. ok let's focus on now let's bring in our guests joining me right here on set we have more in kabul and who's the head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies over nothings we have a new rink she's a journalist and author of the book the war on isis on the road to the caliphate and in that land we have meir blum she's a professor at georgia state university and author of the forthcoming book small arms children and terrorism welcome to you all and i'd like to start with you here in the studio so we have this last piece of ice or territory reclaimed but what happens now is actually finished as i feel diminished is it rebuilding what threat does i still present now well i think we have to be cautious now i think it's been it's a bit and if the early to celebrate the end off. as an ideology it me have actually finished as a territorial entity

end of the caliphate saying he simply playing to his domestic audience there's more concern about beisel fighters there remain in iraq and syria and what they might be planning for the future iraq car on the turkey syria border. well it's more still to come on the news hour including french police banned yellow vests protestors from some of paris is most iconic areas next year as will show whether that strategy works special counsel robert miller completes his reports on the best occasion into russia's role in the twenty sixteenth u.s. election and it's raising more questions than answers and christ church is famous super rugby team for cern's action after the mosque shootings and consider changing their team name to clear will bring us more of bats in sports. and more than a week after a cycle swept across southern africa aid agencies say they're running out of time to reach survivors and stop the spread or disease the u.n. says there are no confirmed cases or kolarov but stagnant water.

end of the caliphate saying he simply playing to his domestic audience there's more concern about beisel fighters the remain in iraq and syria and what they might be planning for the future iraq of which is a on the take the serial port of. ok let's take this on now let's bring in our guests joining me right here on set we have more in kabul and who's the head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies over nothings we have a new rink she's a journalist and author of the book the war on isis on the road to the caliphate and in that land we have meir blum she's a professor at georgia state university and author of the forthcoming book small arms children and terrorism welcome to you all and i'd like to start with you here in the studio so we have this last piece of ice all territory reclaimed but what happens now is i will finish his i feel diminished is it rebuilding what threat does i still present now i think we have to be cautious now i think it's been it's a bit and if the early to celebrate the end off. as an ideology it me have actually finished as a terr

end of the caliphate saying he simply playing to his domestic audience there's more concern about beisel fighters the remain in iraq and syria and what they might be planning for the future iraq of which is a on the take you serious. ok let's focus on now let's bring in our guests joining me right here on set we have more in kabul and who's the head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies over nothings we have. she's a journalist and author of the book the war on isis on the road to the caliphate and in that land we have meir blum she's a professor at georgia state university and author of the forthcoming book small arms children and terrorism welcome to you all and i'd like to start with you here in the studio so we have this last piece of ice or territory reclaimed but what happens now is actually finished as i feel diminished is it rebuilding what threat does i still present now i think we have to be cautious now i think it's been it's a bit and if the early to celebrate the end off. as an ideology it may have actually finished as a territorial entity but