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i'm jonathan betz. let's get a check of the foreyast with nicole mitchell here with that. how is a looking out there? >> depends where you are, of course, as we head to the weekend. it's only been a day over the weekend. it's been a lot of good weekends. one is dry, one is wet. this has been pretty wet. i mentioned the monsoon flow. especially today into tomorrow, watch for more of this rain. anywhere, including parts of the mid-atlantic over the next two days, some places in the core of the mid-atlantic, two or three inches, a little soggy for the rest of the weekend. >> 10 years ago today n.a.s.a. launched an ambitious mission to explore mercury. "messenger"is orbiting near the surface, spending back information to help scientists better understand the solarcm. >> reporter: it took "messenger"more than six years to get to america curie and enter the orbit. the scientists who bit it at john hopkins figured they could send back 2,000 images of a planet too close to the clienting son for telescopes to ob

follow up with a report from jonathan betz on what is making a difference here. >> ferguson is 10 miles north-west of the the center of st louis. most of the demonstrations in the south-east. near where michael brown was killed on canfield court. clashes are on florissant avenue away. the quick trip convenient for was among the first attacked and burnt. it's been where protesters and media gathered. ferguson's meat market and liquor. near is a mcdonald's where two journalist were arrested. it's been jand vandalized. the national guard has been called in to protect the area so that local police officers can focus on protecting the strip of businesses and hopefully on stopping the looting. >> as we have seen here in ferguson, jonathan betz report, what is happening in the area is cordoned off trying to prevent a repeat. this is a story that has drown national media attention as well as international servers trying to keep an eye on rights violations that may be happening. joining us is stefan hawkings from amnesty international, which has tan an unprecedented step to get involved in an am

jonathan betz is here. jonathan. >> never so much need in so many places. gaza, nearly all of the 2 million people are suffering. half the population has no running water. 11 million people have been scattered because of syria's civil war and half of yemen's population nearly 15 million people, the poorest country in the arab world, does not have enough food. recently, iraq, today the u.n. declared it humanitarian catastrophe, highest level. that's joining 30 million people across the middle east who need shelter, food or water. iraqi protesters set fires and carried english banners to make sure their message is understood. >> we need obama help us. >> reporter: already the u.s. and now britain are dropping food and water for stranded iraqis facing persecution. >> we need a plan to get these people off that mountain. >> reporter: but how? one iraqi rescue chopper crashed yesterday, killing its pilot. and as the u.s. considers options, the need is only growing. thousands of yazidis an ancient religious minority are walking miles some barefoot, to safety in k

the follow up now with a report from al jazeera's jonathan betz on what is making a difference here. >> ferguson is downtown 10km centre st louis. most of the demonstrations have been in the south-eastern corner of ferguson, nearby where michael brown was killed on cannes field court. a lot of clashes were half a mile away on west flory son avenue, it's about a mile long but has seen process and looting. the quick trip convenience store was among the first attacked and burnt, and is where protesters gathered. others hit is sam's meat market and ferguson's market and liquor, where brown is accused of stealing the cigars. nearby, the mcdonald's where two journalists were arrested. the police have been staging down the road here at a target parking lot. the national guard is called in to protect this area so local police officers can focus on protecting businesses and on stopping the looting >>> as we have seen in ferguson, jonathan betz report of what is happening in the area, cordoned off by law enforcement, trying to prevent a repeat of the violence. this is a story drawing media att

john. >> jonathan betz.nk you. >>> since 2003 fighting has forced dramatic population shifts in iraq. 1.2 million people have been forced from their homes as the islamic state group moved into areas considered relatively safe. over the past two months, the islamic state has pushed into kurdish territories, close to 200,000 people forced from areas around mosul, erbil and kirkuk since the beginning of july. these religious minorities are fleeing their towns and villages because the islamic state group wants them eliminated. just last week tens of thousands of minority yazidis were stranded on sin mountain after running from islamic state fighters. thousands of others have been led down the mountain by kurdish troops often on foot with very little food and water. >> i came from the mountain by my foot. i walk from sinjar mountain to syria walk. just we have the bottle of water. >> over the weekend, there were reports that some of the islamic state's victims were buried alive. until this crisis many people had

jonathan betz has the story. jonathan. >> together they would be the world's third largest fast food chain, a company based in canada saving burger king a bundle in taxes. >>> burger king's merger was welcome for wall street, the company's value jumped 20%. white house has little appetite for deals known as inversions, companies moving across the border to avoid taxes. >> renounce their citizenship and essentially renouncing a portion of their tax cost. >> burger king would be moving its headquarters out of the u.s., to canada where it's half the 35%. one burger chain accused burger king from abandoning the u.s. working an immediate fix oforce flood of these dangerous inversions and a long term solution that lowers corporate tax rates. but some companies have found that tamer taxes abroad aren't worth the bad publicity stateside. as for burger king and tim horton's they are not planning to comment further until a deal is reached or rejected. >>> white house says it's looking for ways to convince american companie

they're also asking for the release of another woman, being held in the united states, and jonathan betz is here with that story. >> reporter: that woman a well-known prisoner, and various groups in the taliban have long demanded her freedom. she's a mother and a scientist and a terrorist. in exchange for captured americans, islamic state group fighters have been demanding this woman be released. a pakistani neuroscientist, now in prison in texas, convicted of trying to kill american soldiers in afghanistan. xii years, protesters and her family have demanded her freedom. now her loved ones are reportedly devastated here name has been connected to a ransom request by the islamic state group. >> they are traumatized by the fact that someone else could be harmed in the name of afia and they expressed their adamant opposition to it all. >> she's a mother of three, studied at mit and spent years in the united states. videos online posted by her supporters show her speaking about her faith when she was in the u.s. >> islam is the best savior and protecter for women. >> she became friendly with

in ferguson, especially as 86% of traffic stops in ferguson are against black drivers. >> jonathan betz, thank you. >>> joining us from washington is journalist and social activist jeff johnson. welcome. what is your reaction to what you are seeing tonight? >> i think many of us that have been watching for the last few days could have answered that it was going to escamate to this -- escalate to this level. we sawmill tarized levels over the city. there's a lack of productive relationship between the police department, city leadership and the citizens of that community. ju.a pose that to the -- juxtapose that to the fact you have citizens who are angry. when leadership talks to them they tell them not to be angry or allow their anger to erupt into disruptive behaviour. i think we have to consistently make sure that we are differentiating between the looting that we saw going on a few nights ago, and the unrest that we see over the last two nights. they are different. we have to delineate between the two. the frustration and antagonism between citizens and the police is what is causing t

jonathan betz, thank you. >>> one of gaza city's tallest buildings has been hit by israeli air strikesst three air strikes took about half of a 13-story building. it had two floors of commercial space, including some hamas political offices. at least 20 people were injured. in all, more than 2100 palestinians have died so far in the fighting between israel and hamas. israel's prime minister says he has warn gazans to avoid hamas bases and offices but as the past seven weeks have shown no place in gas is safe from air strikes. many people are now trying to escape in to each i didn't want threw the rafah crossing, but earlier today that area was also hit by an israeli air strike. here is a report. >> reporter: this is one of the only ways in and out of the gaza strip. for the first time in more than six weeks of conflict. israel i jets targeted the rafah border crossing with egypt. the impact of the three missile strikes which hit just outside the passengers' terminal was so powerful it cause address a partial roof collapse, despite the attack, the crossing was kept open. allowing those

reporter: most injured were brought here first, this is the kuwait hospital and his obstet tricks and betzt has treated many of people and many in the outdoor car park that is a triage. >> for receiving this huge number of the injured and in most cases they are transferred to the hospital and the road is difficult and ambulances. >> reporter: the worst fighting in resent days between friday and sunday morning more than 200 people were killed, many of them children. i'm with al jazeera, rafa. >>> well, israel's main ally spoken out against the u.n. school attack in rafa and we have details from washington d.c. >> reporter: attack on a u.n. school, this time in rafa where gazas had been told they would be safe and u.s. stresses they must do more to avoid casualties and it says the suspicion that militants are operating nearby does not justify strikes that put at risk the lives of so many civilians. from the u.n. a spokesman for the secretary general moon called the unrest school shelling another gross violation of international law. u.n. agency for palestinian refugees also denounced the att

i am jonathan betz in new york. here are the top stories we are following for you this half hour.ool is hit in gaza, killing at least 10 people. some israeli soldiers start to pull out. a powerful earthquake rattle southern china. hundreds of feared dead. >> a tunnel is open in miami. many are calling it a model of public and private partnership.

jonathan betz is here with more. >> reporter: let's get our bearings here. we're focusing on iraq at the moment. it has already taken huge parts of western iraq and syria. for months it left largely the kurdish region here in yellow alone. and now the kurds are friendly to the u.s. american soldiers, the diplomats are based here in the kurdish region capitol. but when the rebels began pushing towards the border that's when the president fired. airstrikes hit fighters not far from the area. now this comes after the islamic state group has already seized and controls key parts of iraq. it is the country's largest and provide water and electricity to thousands of iraqis. also on sunday rebels took over that town where they kidnapped hundreds of women and 40,000 people ran to a nearby mountain. now many have died from dehydration and starvation. >> we asked if we can expect a targeted strike aimed as islamic state trying to regain control of the mosul dam. >> reporter: we've seen isis sometimes called isil achieve an extraordinary series of military successes in

jonathan betz joins us with more on that, jonathan. >> john, the united kingdom is very worried about its citizens going to syria and returning home launch ugh attacks. as britain raises its alert level. >> we will respond calmly and with purpose. >> reporter: the united states is taking a very different approach. >> it is my understanding now there are no plans to change it. >> reporter: growing threat over the islamic state group. >> it is one we have been monitoring and focused on for quite some time. >> reporter: the white house says its strategy is voxg. other than 100 air strikes in iraq, pentagon says the approach must go beyond military involvement. >> the threat that i.s.i.l. poses. >> cure for the depression is you have to submit -- >> reporter: 3,000 westerners have joined the fight in syria many with nor american or european passports. >> that does give them freedom of movement that could allow them to come back to the west and carry out acts of violence. >> reporter: especially troubling for united kingdom, 500 of their citizens are thought to be in england, much more tha

jonathan betz explains. jonathan. >> reporter: john, the united kingdom is very worried about its citizens fighting in iraq and returning home and launching attacks. there are ways to evade the authorities. as britain raises its alert level -- >> we will respond calmly and with purpose. >> reporter: the united states is taking a very different approach. >> it is my understanding that the white house has no plans to change it. >> the rising threat of the islamic state group. >> it is one we are monitoring and focused on for quite some time. >> reporter: the united states says its approach is evolving, must go beyond the military involvement. >> believe me, we share the same sense of urgency of awhat the threat the i.s.i.l. poses. >> reporter: 3,000 westerners have joined the fight in syria many with north american or european passports. >> that brings them some freedom of movement the could allow them to come back to the west and carry out acts of violence. >> reporter: especially troubling for the united kin

jonathan betz is here with more. >> it's one of many sore poisonings between the white house -- points between the white house and the kremlin. >> reporter: more than a year after edward snowden spilt sol of america's biggest secrets. russia is deciding whether to allow him to stay. edward snowden made clear whether he'd prefer to be. i don't think there's a question that he would like to go home. from day one he says i'm doing this to serve my country. >> instead is a coward, he is a traitor. >> and u.s. said amnexty is out of the -- amnest any is out of the question. leaks were explosive revealing eavesdropping. the scandal shocked politicians, angering foreign leaders and terrifying tech kls. there are people around the country refusing to by american tech products because they are not sure of privacy. >> two-thirds of americans say it's wrong for the government to monitor their communications. the president has promised other reforms. we have to make some important decisions about how to protect ourselves and sustain our leadership in the world while upholding the civil liberties a

jonathan betz has more. >> john, frustration grows in washington. on capitol support for israel and age are towards white house. >> and when i see john kerry going out there trying to broker a ceasefire we should all be supporting him. there shouldn't be a bunch of complaints and second-guessing. >> reporter: after a ceasefire quickly collapsed lawmakers aimed their criticism squarely at secretary of state john kerry. >> he's trying to make the world a better place but quite frankly he's tone-deaf at times. >> i think his first attempts by bringing in parties that are clearly not unbiased. was a predictable total failure. >> reporter: the president was quick to defend efforts for peace despite several failures. but the president also questioned whether another truce is even possible at this time. >> i think it's going to be very hard to put a ceasefire back together again. if israelis and the international community can't feel confident that hamas can follow through on a ceasefire commitments. >> are meanwhile the senate passed a $225 million bill t

johnson betz joins us. >> australia's government may now intervene in this case. couple apparently rejected one child while keeping another. this woman gave birth to little gammy. she cares for him as if he is her own, but he's not. she is a surrogate. and he was abandoned when his biological parents realized he had down syndrome. the story has raised deep anger around the world. >> it's a very, very sad story, and i hate to see -- you know, a child could be abandoned like that. >> reporter: an australia couple hired her to carry their child. she gave birth to twins in december, and she says the biological parents kept the healthy girl, but left the boy. >> translator: why does he have to be abandoned while the other baby has its easy? >> the parents said they didn't realize their new daughter had a twin, and denied the boy was even theirs. >> the father did visit both children in the hospital, so i find it hard to believe. >> much of australia bans commercial sir gasy, so many couples go overseas. some say the laws need to be changed. >> it's a wake-up call if yo

jonathan betz is here with more. >> rarely do we see the national guard called into situations like thisbut after nine days of protest and anger, the government decided they needed more protection. after days of peaceful protest mixed with violence. the governor decided to send in the national guard. in a statement he said . . . the governor cancelled a curfew, and said the soldiers would only be charged with protecting a police command center, set up not far from where michael brown was killed. >> how do you communicate and built trust with people if you are changing things on them and they perceive this as punishment. >> reporter: protesters are already criticizing what they are calling a heavy-handed approach. >> he has two battalions of military police in missouri, so it's assume that is the formation he sent, which means there are police officers, but military police officers, and they are cleared to do any law enforcement tasks assigned to them by the governor. >> activating the guard provides more manpower and equipment. in 1957, they helped the little rock nine black teens attend

jonathan betz joins us with more. jonathan. >> australia's government may intervene in this case. while one family rejected one child while keeping another. >> she gave birth, she cares for him as if he is her own but he's not. she's a surrogate. his biological parent realized he has down syndrome. >> i don't hate them at all. we were always willing to forgive them. >> raised difficult questions about surrogacy among government leaders. >> it is a very, very sad story and i hate to think that you know a child could be abandoned like that. >> an awfnt couple hired her to carry their child. the biological parents kept the healthy girl but left gami in thailand. >> why does he have to be abandoned while the other baby has it easy? i feel sorry for him. >> didn't realize their new daughter had a tin and denied gani is even there. >> the biological parents did visit both children in the hospital, that claim is hard to believe. >> many couples instead go overseas. some say the laws need to be changed. >> i think it's have a wakeup call for us if you like to see the issues involved. >> h

jonathan betz has more on that jonathan. >> the john the group was called islamic state of iraq and the levant. but it dropped the last words. people are not allowed to pray toal together. a very bold blood and something not even osama bin laden made. the islamic group is so violent and so feared not even al qaeda will work with them. islamic state fighters are quickly becoming a growing threat not just to iraq but to the world. >> what we see in syria and now in iraq in terms of i.s.i.s. is the most serious threat to britain's security that there is today. >> for months, rebels have been rampaging across syria and then iraq. slaughtering people destroying sliens and demanding people of other faiths convert to islam, pay a tax or be killed. it's forced tens of thousands of minorities including christians to flee. >> it's grotesque targeted acts of violence. show all the warning signs of genocide. >> its fighters are armed with american weapons abandoned by retreating iraqi force he and flush with millions in cash from looted iraqi banks. >> given the inroads that i.s.i.l. has made, abov

. >> lieutenant david betz and his narcotics officers are gathering intelligence on a controlled drugl. >> what did he buy? how much is it? >> five bags. >> chelsea is north of boston, just over the bridge, across the mystic river and like many other cities and towns across america, police here have seen demand for heroin skyrocket. >> drugs are, you hate to say they are as american as apple pie. they are here. they are not going anywhere. >> the growing epidemic is fueled in part by people increasingly hooked on prescription painkillers, people looking to heroin as a cheaper way to get high. people like marie who grew up here and took her first hit two decades at age 16. we agreed to protect her identity. >> how often do you do heroin now? >> several times a now. like right now, i've already done two no 40 packages a day. >> do you have one dealer or multiple? >> multiple. >> the majority of drugs at 60% are sold in and around the public park by chelsea town hall. an endless flow of traffickers, suppliers, sellers, and buyers. >> how do they find they are way here into a place like c

jonathan betz has the report. jonathan. >> implying it's not focused local hi, it's trying to establish a caliphate, a religious state where women are not largely part of the home. a bold move osama bin laden made. >> the islamic state is so violent and so feared, not even al qaeda will work with them. islamic state fighters are quickly becoming a growing threat not just to iraq but the world. >> what we see in syria and now in iraq in terms of i.s.i.s. is the most serious threat to britain's security than there is today. >> rampaging across syria and iraq, slaughtering people destroying sliens and demanding people of other faith convert to islamic islam, pay a tax or be killed. it's forced tens of thousands of minorities including christians to flee. >> its grotesque targeted signs of violence show all the warning signs of genocide. >> it's fighters are armed with american weapons abandoned by retreating iraqi forbes and flush with millions in cash from looted iraqi banks. >> given advances that i.s.i.s. or i.s.i

jonathan betz has that story. >> well, jonathan, 12 -- john, 12,000 fighters, they may pose a greater risk than al qaeda. the recruiting drives use slick videos to spread urgent pleas. >> feel depressed. the cure for the depression is you have to -- >> campaign tools that apparently are working. the u.s. says thousands of people from all over the world are streaming into syria. to join the fight into the assad regime. >> my name is abu ramara. from america. >> reporter: dozens of them are americans like doug lak dous mccain. >> my cousin is not a terrorist. and this is the first that i've heard that he was equity canned to the jihadi or whatever. >> reporter: the syrian observatory for human rights said 6,000 joined the islamic state group last month alone. it's extremely savvy using facebook and twitter. >> my brothers living in the west -- >> appealing mostly to men. the so-called jihadi coolidge promoted on line. >> they have a sense of wanting to belong to something. so a lot of the imagery that is used by the radical folks, the radical mullas is attractive to them. i think we all

jetblujonathan betz is here. jonlt. >> her people are slaughtered and among many begging for help to stop the sunni rebels. another holy shrine fell in iraq over the weekend and as islamic fighters push further into the country tens of thousands of more civilians were pushed out. the suffering brought one iraqi law make are to a breaking point. after earlier targeting christians the group that calls itself the islamic state are now focusing on other religious states, like the yazidi. >> thousands of yazidi have been killed and thousands have become refugees. 40,000 have fled their homes. >> fighters from the islamic state group have threatened to kill iraq groups, they have been seizing land from syria to iraq and now for the first time lebanon. after briefly taking a lebanese border town this weekend fighters agreed to a ceasefire and have indicated they'll pull out. still, some people there have blocked aid from reaching the village, worried it would only help the rebels. iraq has been fighting back with air st

jonathan betz is here with more on that part of story. >> the islamic state has been on the move. it controls huge areas of syria and western iraq, for months the kurdish region in yellow has been left alone. now the rebels have been pushing in, threatening erbil, the regional capital where american soldiers and diplomats are based. the president authorised strikes if fighters try to take the town. rebels have taken over the town of sin jar, not far away, happening on sunday. it forced 40,000 to one to the nearby mountain. they are acidies or religious minority groups. they are people the president says the u.s. must protect. >> for the tens of thousands of iraqis trapped on the mountain in north-west iraq, some help arrived from the air. president obama ordered u.s. military planes to drop food and water, a move that could be followed with air strikes on the rebels. >> we intend to stay vigilant and take action if forces threaten our personnel anywhere in iraq. >> it's the first time the u.s. struck at the group known as the islamic state. capturing the largest dam and 15 towns.

. >> jonathan betz is here with more. >> north-west of downtown st louis, 10 scms. the police headquarters are in the center of town. there has been protests. much of the anger is in the south-eastern corner of ferguson, near where michael brown was killed on cannes field court. the clashes have been not far away, half a mile on this strip, flory son avenue, it's about a mile long, and has seen protests in looting over the last couple of days. the quick trip convenience store is one of the first attacked and burnt. this is where a lot of protesters in media have been gathering. other stores that were hit, and ferguson market and liquor here. this is where brown is accused of stealing the cigars. this is near where natasha is, it's the mcdonald's, where two journalists were arrested, it's been vaned lied. and this is where the protesters are gathering. police have been staging at the target store, where officers have been staging for response to the protests and the looting. national guard has been called in to protect this area, where the officers are staging so tha

jonathan betz is here with more on them. >> let's get the bearings in ferguson. a suburb of st louis, 10 miles north-west of downtown st louis. this is where the police headquarters are, most of the mo pests are -- most of the protests are in the south-eastern part. michael brown was killed on cannes field court. most of the clashes are along west florence avenue. it's a mile long. it's where most of the protests and lootings have been processed. the quick-trick convenience store is among the first attacked. it's been a major gathering point for protests and media. other stores in the days since this happened, and also ferguson market and liquor. this is where brown is accused of stealing the cigars. and nearby is the mcdonald's where two journalists were arrested. this is where you heard natasha talk about, has been vandalized. police have been down the road at a target parking lot outside the town limits. the national guard will protect this area. officers can focus more on the strip of land in the businesses here, and hopefully be able to stop the looting. >>

jonathan betz talks about community peacing to the community. >> that's a big concern because so muchngers that been directed at the police department in ferguson. and other cities can offer lessons to that town. chiefs who have faced angry crowds and cautioned their first response may not be the best. the rage in ferguson has been felt before. in cities like seattle in 1999. then thousands protests outside of the world trade organization meeting. armored police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. the city's chief at the time now admits it was a bad idea. >> it is sure to backfire. it will, in fact, radicalize otherwise peaceful protesters. big, big mistake. >> reporter: a lesson he worries too often ignored like in ferguson where the national guard has been called in. and the police have repeatedly changed tactics as they try to end days of violence. >> these peace officers were called. >> reporter: officers should change their entire approach speaking more with protesters and putting away the heavy equipment. >> if they embraced community policing and work as partners with t

linwood norman and perry betz were released by the imagine state on house arrest meaning they will be under electronic surveillance 24 hours a day. and after the decision was reached, we spoke with the attorneys for officer norman and officer reynolds who are being released and got their view on just what happened in court today. >> government moved for detention which they had a right to do indicate ago this there was a danger to the community and it was a rebuttable presumption and we presented evidence today that the judge obviously believed that rebutted that story. >> i had a petition from over 200 of his neighbors which were gathered by his sister in the last 24 hours that the petition stated that linwood norman is a credit to his neighborhood. that they called him a gentle giant. i was particularly moved that his sisters were able to gain those signatures, names, addresses, phone numbers of people who are willing to come forward for this gentlemen. >> reporter: that was basically the argument in court for all five of the officers whose hearings were held today. there will be a

jonathan betz is here with that story. jonathan? >> that woman demanding to be release asked well known. the various groups including the taliban have long demanded her freedom. she is a mother and mit-trained scientist and they say she is a terrorist. >> in exchange for captured americans, islamic state group fighters have been demanding this woman be released. a pakistani neuro scientist now in prison in texas convicted of trying to kill american soldiers in afghanistan. >> for years, protesters and her family have demanded her freedom. >> my sister is going to come back. >> now, her loved ones are reportedly devastated that her name has been connected with a ransom request with the islamic state group. >> they remember traumatized by the thought that someone else could be harmed in the name of afia. they expressed opposition. >> she is a 42-year-old mother of three. she studied at mit and spent years in the united states. >> we would like to call positive sister aafia. >> show her speaking about her faith when she was a teenager

jonathan betz has that story. >> a number of fighters pouring into syria has been growing, 12,000 so far from more than 80 countries and some analysts worry those fighters pose a greater threat than al-qaeda. the recruiting drives use slick videos to spread urgent pleas. >> the cure for the depressed. >> campaign tools that are working. the u.s. says thousands of people from all over the world are streaming into syria to join the fight against the assad regime. >> i am from america. >> dozens of them are americans like douglas mccain from san diego who was killed recently. family members say they were shocked at reports he had joined the islamic state group. >> my cousins is not a terrorist, and this is the first that i have heard that he was connected to the jihadi or whatever. >> the syrian observatory for human rights says 6,000 new fighters joined the islamic state group last month along. it has proven savvy at using facebook and twitter. >> my goodness, living in the west, i know how you feel. >> appealing largely to men, mostly in their 20s. they are attracted, experts say by t

al jazeera's jonathan betz has more cal. >> the islamic state group is so violent and so feared, not even al-qaeda will work with them. islamic state fighters are quickly becoming a growing threat not just to iraq but the world. >> what we see in sir i cant and now in iraq in terms of isis is the most serious threat to britain's security that there is today. >> for months, rebels have been rampaging across syria and in iraq, slaughtering people, destroying shrines and demanding people of other faiths convert to islam, pay a tax, or be killed. its forced tens of thousands of minorities including christians to flee. >> it's grotesque, targeted acts of violence, show all of the warning signs of genocide. its fighters are armed with american weapons, abandoned by retreating iraqi forces and with millions in cash from looted iraqi banks. >> given all of the advances that isis or isil has made, i think that there are accounts -- their accounts have grown substantially above any other group. >> they are trying to carve out a strict islam ilk state where even mannequin's faces must be covere