the so—called caliphate is gone.hese supporters who made all these incredible links, where do they go next, do the come here? baghdadi are the philippines here in south east asia and afghanistan. but for militants, the philippines is better because it is closer and it has open borders. there is an ongoing conflict and plenty of weapons. the wild and ungoverned jungle of mindanao in the southern philippines are where they headed next. here, they would become martyrs and mass murderers. it was the next stage in ourjourney as well. in january of last year, they arrived in the philippine island of sulu where the cathedral was in their sites. on sulu, the philippine army was out in force and in numbers, never seen her before. they have been fighting the militants in the southern philippines for decades. bandits, they called them. but is have supercharged the threat here. and in the jungles, is was wild. sulu is an island under siege. just a few days ago here, they found some huge roadside bombs, bigger than anything they

the caliphate was conquered.n and cowered army of local and foreign jihadists, who either surrendered, or died here. despite the onslaught, some of them escaped. but this was a family enterprise and in their haste, they left behind their wives and their children. and a promise to return. almost one year on, the leader dead and an empire lost. but where has the islamic state group gone? this is the islamic state group's legacy in syria. their wives, children, locked up in detention camps, still poisoned with their ideology. their plight is a black mark on the conscience of the world. a world which fears allowing them home. there are the guilty and the innocent. few countries have bothered to sift in separate what isis left behind. the islamic state group was not destroyed, it was broken into pieces. there is a big chunk of it right here and northeastern syria. iss was international army of jihadists grown from the four corners of the globe who brought their families in tow. many of them have survived but some of t

asia welcomed backjihadists, but found that the bonds that were formed half a world away in the caliphated for now in the camps of north—eastern syria, is leaves a unique legacy. a corner of this country has become a global no—man‘s—land, a trap for those who belong to is who now belong nowhere. the wives and children of the islamic state group had little choice in it, but they were swept up into the army of the caliphate. their men may be dead or in prison, but their cause is still alive and so is the threat. these families ofjihad will struggle to find their way home. quentin somerville, bbc news, north—eastern syria. a man who sexually assaulted and murdered an 89—year—old widow has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 3a years. 23—year—old reece dempster had smoked crack before breaking into dorothy woolmer‘s home in tottenham. dempster had previously admitted manslaughter, but initially denied murder and sexual assault. the headlines on bbc news: scotland's finance secretary, derek mackay, quits hours before the budget — he admits he "behaved foolishly" in messaging a 16—year—

the failed calliper home to keep people safe -- caliphate.tries. it's better to bring them back. at least 116 malaysians lived under the caliphate in syria and iraq, living destruction in their wake and terrorising from thousands of miles away. from here, they were freed to wage war, grim new members over social media and plan attacks —— room new members. lydia was married to two islamic state fighters. now she wants to return from syria with her three children. people in malaysia would worry that if they bring somebody like you back to malaysia, that they would not be safe, that you would attack them, that your boys would grow up and attack them. do you understand that? yeah, yeah, i understand that. this is the consequence that we must accept. there is little public sympathy for malaysians who travelled to syria. those who return home will face detention under laws which human rights groups have criticised as parish. but the government says it has decades of experience in rehabilitating prisoners with extreme ideologies. since 2001, only 3%

the caliphate is abolished in 1924. qur'an schools and sharia courts are subsequently closed down followed a year later by syfy orders and dervish monasteries. the qur'an itself is translated into turkish. the highest sophia a christian church until 1453 was the main mosque throughout autumn and rule. in 1934 as the final flourish of his religious reforms ataturk has it converted to a museum. the protests against this move continue to this day. and for basically his answer was a few years i'm just mr religion. because he himself had no need for religion and no interest in mysticism he had no understanding that some people needed transcendental beliefs of one kind or another. ataturk also hopes to change the outward appearance of his subjects making turks look more like europeans his clothing reform forces his compatriots to a bad. and in their fences and kaftans these changes also have a religious element in anatolia the heart is seen as a symbol of godlessness. the heart law of $925.00 attracts more criticism than the

fought against the philippine army the islamic state had designated murali city to be its future caliphate and asia. for the 1st time since the end of the war 2 years ago as well has returned to the city. and the devil in general my men were positioned here in these buildings. and. i had 3 or 4 armed men what each of those houses keeping watch. on the other. you had to run past in the street to avoid the snipers. they were positioned on the roofs up there. alone. into what. we put together explosives in this mosque here. that there. that's the passageway to the basement. here is where we kept the hostages. if we use this card to supply the fighters with any nation. to practically anywhere in the city. the i s had promised him a decent earning and a good life for his family after 6 weeks of fighting he still hadn't seen a single pay so he surrendered the state forces offered him the equivalent of 430 euros to give up fighting now he's been released. this is i regret what i've done. you can't trust the islamic state. they promise you a better life but in the end the only thing you can expect

caliphate left much behind in syria. detention camps for their wives, their children, entire families. ze of countries are now asking the same question -- can they welcome back orphans and houghters and mothers belonged to the enemy of the world? from the camps and prisons of syria, we trace the journey of one family who answered the islamic state group's call. through the back streets of turkey, all the way home to asia. this is central neighborhood--istanbul neighborhood, the group tightened its grip o two indonesian followers, husband and wife suicide bombers head out here for months after they failed to get into syria. they fail to achieve martyrdom in syria, so instead they would try closer to home. while otherri cou dither, here in indonesia, they are already running a key radicalization program -- deradicalization program. tiny minds were a big part of the islamic state's plans. but there is a child without song, without playtime. ♪ quentin: here at the rehabilitation center, the children of jihadists are given lo

but now, police want tong bri members of the failed caliphate home to keep people safe. >> if we abandonedin syria , what if they conduct things in other countries? so for us, it is better to bring them bac reporter:t least 160 syrians lived under the caliphate, terrorizing their homeland from thousands of miles away. from here, they were free to war, groom members over social media, and plan attacks. lydia was married to two islamic state fighters. now, she wants to return home from syria with her three ildren. the people of malaysia, if they bring mebody like you back, they are saying they would not that you would attack them. that your boys would grow up and attack them. you understand that? >> yes, i understand that. the consequence we mu accept. reporter: the is little public sympathy for malaysians who travel to syria. those who return home will face detention, which human rights groups have criticized as harsh, but the governments s it has decades of experience in rehabilitating prisoners with extreme ideologies. nce 2001, only 3% of those convicted ofro tcrimes have returned to vio

something like the caliphate which was established in syria were to move into. were to move into mali perhaps you know even smaller size but nonetheless serve it as a springboard for terrorist attacks not just throughout the region but all over the world that would certainly bring in more moral though a larger town or terrorism coalition and frankly i have some concerns that we're moving in that direction as the caliphate was a really good many of these you know it stream is a moving to africa and again right now there is no solution in so these insurgents are growing in strength and the local powers aren't strong enough to deal with max always good to have you on the program thank you for sharing your expertise max abrams fellow at the think tank the quincy institute for responsible state craft and. i love his rap music keep rolling in 30 minutes with me here at r.t. h.q. and moscow but in the meantime stay close because more great programs again right after this break. we're told it's a total meltdown confusion consumes iowa as officials struggle to report vot

we totally defeated the isis caliphate in syria and iraq and it is 100%.e have thousands and thousands of prisoners, isis prisoners and it has really been something that has been rather incredible and we did that rather quickly because when we came in as an administration it was all over and we have 100% of the caliphate. they are bloodthirsty, they are horrible, the founder and leader, our baghdadi, trying to rebuild isis is now dead, got him and that was a big thing. that was a big thing and not an easy thing. he was hiding a have been after him for 15 years but we got him. my administration is putting unprecedented pressure on traffickers at home and abroad and we are freeing innocent victims at every single turn. i was proud to be the first commander-in-chief to attend a meeting of the president's interagency task force established by the trafficking victims protection act of 2000. in november i was the first president to sign an executive order to establish a task force on missing and murdered american indians and alaska natives, just signed it. and t

the islamic state group's caliphate has been destroyed, but the threat from the group is not gone. this week we have been airing reports about the families of i.s. fighters, those left behind and those still wrapped up in terror. in our next and final report, government report heand our philippines, where local islamist insurgents backed by i.s. fighters are stepping up their campaign of violence. quentin: from the desert kenseth northeastern syria -- camps of northeastern syria to the capitals of asia and the seas of the southern philippines, the islamic state group still lurks. it was in the philippines where husband and wife suicide bombers came tfulfill their mission for the islamic state, after they failed a. get into sy in these deep island junglls, they joineow fanatics egypt, morocco, and elsewhere. in force and in numbers never seen here before. in the jgles, islamic state group roam wild. this is an island under siege. soldiers flooded here after i.s. struck at its heart. it broughtarnage to the island's catholic congregation 23 christians died in their attack when they d

she has a 10 year old son one of the islamic state child soldiers the lion cubs of the caliphate. they were trained in special camps but i also use them as human shields . we've agreed not to show his face. he suffers from a nervous tic and vision problems. i've been exercising to make myself stronger. deborah i do push ups and target practice by throwing rocks at bottles but. the boy works at a construction site in mosul to earn money to help his family. so far he's managed to escape the security patrols that are constantly on the lookout for islamic state sleeper cells. reports say an estimated 20000 people who have alleged ties to i answer being held in iraqi prisons among them are several 100 former child soldiers. what will become of these prisoners. the authorities seem to have forgotten that islamic states origins can be traced back to a u.s. detention facility that was set up in 2003 during the iraq war. the prisoners could decide to join forces just as they did back then. baghdad based authorities have now come to mosul to make sure that all residents are properly registe

leader of a bucker all baghdadi came to the mosque to announce the creation of the islamic state caliphate. the effort by the iraqi army and its allies to drive out of the city caused heavy damage and killed or wounded thousands of civilians now 2 years later many local residents still have not recovered from the effects of the war they've suffered too much and their grief cannot be measured. more than 35000 people live at this camp for displaced persons in the town of hamam . about 20 kilometers south of mosul. most of the residents are alleged to have ties to i asked fighters. there are a number of orphans and widows here. one of those widows lives in this tent with her 5 children her name is rose. her husband was killed in an air raid on a mosque in mosul he was the our prayer leader there will says he did not belong to i ass. as iraqi troops clashed with islamic state fighters and 2017 she and her children fled. they've lived in this tent ever since. i was told that the authorities say that my husband was a member of i asked why and that's why they refused to give us identity documents

the armies of the caliphate left much behind in syria.ire families. dozens of countries are now asking the same question, can they welcome back orphans and daughters and mothers who belonged to the enemy of the world? from the camps and prisons of syria, we traced the journey of one family who answered the islamic state group's: family who answered the islamic state groups: all the way through turkey and asia. the group tightened its grip on two indonesian followers. husband—and—wife couple here kid four months after they failed to get back to syria. they didn't stop these two fanatics, they failed to achieve martyrdom in syria, so instead they would try closer to home. while other countries dither, here in indonesia, they are already running a d radicalisation programme. tiny minds were a big part of the islamic state's plans. but theirs was a childhood without song, without playtime. here at the rehabilitation centre, the children ofjihad is are given love and attention. and are allowed to have fun. they are learning to be kids again. s

but now, police want to bring members of the failed caliphate home, to keep people safe.el to other countries. what if they conduct attacks in other countries? so, for us, it's better to bring them back. at least 116 malaysians lived under the caliphate in syria and iraq, leaving destruction in their wake and terrorising their homeland from thousands of miles away. from here, they were free to wage war, groom new members over social media, and plan attacks. lydia was married to two islamic state fighters. now, she wants to return from syria with her three children. people in malaysia would worry that if they bring somebody like you back to malaysia... that we would do something... ..that they would not be safe, that you would attack them, that your boys would grow up and attack them. do you understand that? there is little public sympathy for malaysians who travel to syria. those who return home will face detention under laws which human rights groups have criticised as harsh. but the government says it has decades of experience at rehabilitating prisoners with extreme id

the armies of the caliphate left much behind in syria.heir wives, their children, entire families. dozens of countries are now asking the same question — can they welcome back orphans and daughters and mothers who belonged to the enemy of the world? from the camps and prisons of syria, we traced the journey of one family who answered the islamic state group's call — through the backstreets of turkey all the way home to asia. in this istanbul neighbourhood, the group tightened its grip on two indonesian followers. husband—and—wife suicide bombers rullie zeke and ulfah hid out here for months after they failed to get into syria. but that setback didn't stop these two fanatics, they'd failed to achieve martyrdom in syria, so instead they would try closer to home. while other countries dither, here in indonesia, they are already running a deradicalisation programme. tiny minds were a big part of the islamic state's plans. but theirs was a childhood without song, without playtime. here at the rehabilitation centre, the children ofjihadists are

the isis caliphate crushed and destroyed and defeated. and you can go on as you watch the scroll on the screen throughout the night tonight. nobody else in the media mob as corrupt as they are ever want to tell you that story. why is that? because that goes against their rage, their hate, their psychosis, every second, minute, hour of every day against donald trump. the most powerful moments from the president's speech also last night surrounding the courageous americans in attendance. there were so many amazing people in this country. the parents of kayla mueller, one of the last surviving tuskegee airmen. the family of an american soldier serving abroad being brought in to that chamber a little girl receiving a life-changing scholarship. some democrats couldn't even stand for these moments. unbelievable. nowhere has the tail of two americans been more apparent than three years of the democrats and the success that we scroll on that screen we have on one side. we have the republicans, a president standing up and cheering fellow americans

had as proactive as a role as it could but imagine if we see a scenario where something like the caliphate which was established in syria were to move into africa were to move into mali perhaps you know in smaller size up but nonetheless with surveyed as a springboard for terrorist attacks not just throughout the region but all over the world that would certainly bring in more more of a larger counterterrorism coalition and frankly i have some concerns that we're moving in that direction as the caliphate was routed many of these you know it stream it's are moving to africa and again right now there's no solution in so these insurgents are growing in strength and the local powers aren't strong enough to deal with max always good to have you on the program thank you for sharing your expertise max abrams fellow at the think tank the quincy institute for responsible state craft and. another is about the new.

so where has the islamic state group gone after the caliphate?ned and executed despite the group's apparent collapse. this programme contains images which some viewers may find disturbing. vicious, fearless, the islamic state group was an army of global jihadists. hungry to die for their cause.

but now, police want to bring members of the failed caliphate home, to keep people safe. to other countries. what if they conduct attacks in other countries? so, for us, it's better to bring them back. at least 116 malaysians lived under the caliphate in syria and iraq, leaving destruction in their wake and terrorising their homeland from thousands of miles away. from here, they were free to wage war, groom new members over social media, and plan attacks. lydia was married to two islamic state fighters. now, she wants to return from syria with her three children. people in malaysia would worry that if they bring somebody like you back to malaysia... that we would do something... ..that they would not be safe, that you would attack them, that your boys would grow up and attack them. do you understand that? there is little public sympathy for malaysians who travel to syria. those who return home will face detention under laws which human rights groups have criticised as harsh. but the government says it has decades of experience at rehabilitating prisoners with extreme ideo

but now police want to bring members of the failed caliphate home to keep people safe.they conduct attacks in other countries? so, for us, it is better to bring them back. at least 116 malaysians lived under the caliphate in syria and iraq, leaving destruction in their wake and terrorising their homeland from thousands of miles away. from here, they were free to wage war, groom new members over social media and plan attacks. lydia was married to two islamic state fighters. now, she wants to return home from syria with her three children. people in malaysia would worry that if they bring somebody like you back to malaysia that they would not be safe, that you would attack them, that your boys will grow up and attack them, do you understand that? yes, i understand. there's little public sympathy for malaysians who travelled to syria. those who return home will face detention under laws which human rights groups have criticised as harsh. but the government says it has decades of experience at rehabilitating prisoners with extreme ideologies. since 2001 only 3% of those con

square miles of territory in iraq and syria today the isis territorial caliphate has been 100 percent destroyed and the founder and leader of isis the bloodthirsty killer known as al baghdadi is dead was we are joined this evening by carl and marcia miller after graduating from college their beautiful daughter carla became a humanitarian aid worker she once wrote some people find god in church some people find god in nature some people find god in love i find god in suffering i've known for some time what my life's work is using my hands as tools to relieve suffering in 2013 while caring for suffering civilians in syria kayla was kidnapped tortured and enslaved by isis and kept as a prisoner of al baghdadi himself after more than $500.00 horrifying days of captivity al baghdadi murdered young beautiful kayla she was just 26 years old when the night that u.s. special forces operations ended al baghdadi his miserable life. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley received a call in the situation room he was told that the brave men of the elite special forces team th

the armies of the caliphate left much behind in syria.ves, their children, entire families. dozens of countries are now asking the same question. can they welcome back orphans and daughters and mothers who belonged to the enemy of the world? from the camps and prisons of syria, we traced the journey of one family who answered the islamic state group's call, through the back streets of turkey, all the way home to asia. in this istanbul neighbourhood, the group tightened its grip on two indonesian followers. husband and wife suicide bombers rullie zeke and ulfah hid out here for months after they failed to get into syria. but that setback didn't stop these two fanatics. they had failed to achieve martyrdom in syria, so instead they would try closer to home. while other countries dither, here in indonesia they are already running a de—radicalisation programme. tiny minds were a big part of the islamic state's plans. but theirs was a childhood without song, without playtime. here at the rehabilitation centre, the children ofjihadists are give

we have 100% of the caliphate. remember we had 99%, i say, good, we're leaving and i was hit with people couldn't believe it. they said do 100. so we did 100. i did 100 with some great generals that knew exactly what they were doing, they were unbelievable. we took 100% of the caliphate. we have thousands of prisoners right now locked up and these are isis fighters and killed thousands, not that i want to do that. i don't want to do that, but that's what we had to do. when i came in isis was all over the place, it was totally out of control. please. thank you. >> reporter: while you've been here in the country in the capital northeast part of delhi there have been violent clashes, police have been killed, some demonstrators, nine deaths so far we hear and about 100 plus injured. what did prime minister modi say to you about this amended citizenship law and how concerned are you about this kind of religious violence? >> we did talk about religious freedom and i will say that the prime minister was incredible on what

with the military and coalition partners many that they represent here today took a caliphate from the size of great britain and eliminated the isis caliphate within the special operators of aku bakr al-baghdadi also moeller was holding a picture of his daughter and doing the things that many of us have done either that our kids have done to go out and help fellow men and instead of realizing her dream of helping people in need, she was taken captive and subject to unspeakable things but justice was brought to aku bakr al-baghdadi and in north korea when president trump came into office that was the number one policy challenge actually the obama administration was preparing for a war and created hezbollah. and kim jung-un has not lived up to the promises two d nuclear eyes north korea but we'll do the hard work of diplomacy. others that you know are working very hard on that file we will keep pushing forward we will successfully encourage our nato allies to burden share people scoffed at the president and said you cannot get it done. in fact i went back before taking office doing some

control.t of i gave the orders, and we have 100% of the caliphate. tens of thousands of people in prisons now. they're being guarded by the others.d europe should take a lot of them back. so far they haven't agreed to do that. because we do that did them a big favor. we captured them. that. a few ed al-baghdadi months ago. gone.aine is -- solemani is gone. he was the king of the roadside bomb. young people you see with missing legs and missing seen every s, i've combination, the legs are gone, to walter reed -- i have to say that the doctors at walter reed are incredible what do.'re able to incredible. that's his thing was. he thought it was a beautiful roadside bombs. it's a you ared co's bomb. -- it's a coward's bomb. that these young people have been so badly hurt. and we did a big favor. addition to that, as you bin laden is now gone. he was looking to do damage. gone. and al qaeda last week, saw what happened there. nobody's done more than what i've done. at the same time, russia should do it. do it.ould iraq should do it. syria should do it. kn

i gave the orders, and we have 100% of the caliphate.e have tens of thousands of people in prisons now. they're being guarded by the kurds and others. europe should take a lot of them back. so far they haven't agreed to do that. they should do that because we did them a big favor. we captured them. but i did that. we killed al-baghdadi a few months ago. solemani is gone. he is no longer putting roadside bombs all over the place. he was the father, the king of the roadside bomb. all of the young people you see with missing legs and missing legs and arms, i've seen every combination, the legs are gone, you go over to walter reed -- i have to say that the doctors at walter reed are incredible what they're able to do. incredible. but that's what his thing was. he thought it was a beautiful weapon, roadside bombs. it's a coward's bomb. all of these young people that have been so badly hurt. and we did a big favor. in addition to that, as you know, bin laden is now gone. he was looking to do damage. he's gone. and al qaeda last week, saw what

today, the isis territorial caliphate has been 100% destroyed. and the monster known as al-baghdadi, the founder and leader of isis, is dead. [cheers and applause] in the united states, we have also made clear that while our country will always welcome newcomers who share our values and love our people, our borders will always be closed to terrorists and terrorism and to any form of extremism. that is why we have taken historic steps to improve screening and vetting of applications for entry, and we are working to ensure that anyone who threatens the security of our citizens is denied admission and will pay a very, very big, costly price. [cheers and applause] every nation has the right to secure and controlled borders. the united states and india are committed to working together to stop terrorists and to fight their ideology. [applause] for this reason, since taking office, my administration is working in a very positive way with pakistan to crack down on the terrorist organizations and militants that operate on the pakistani border. [cheers an

children of the islamic state group have little choice, but they were swept up into the army of the caliphate. their men may be dead or in prison, but their cause is still alive, and so is the threat. these families of jihad struggle to find their way home. quentin sommeille, bbc news, northeastern syria. laura: how the islamic state group is far from gone. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program -- >> i am spartacus! >> i am spartacus! laura: remembering a legend. the world once after kirk douglas, the last of his-- urns actor kirk douglas, the last of his era. for the first time, two cheetahs born and raised in the u.k. are being released to south africa, as john mcguire now reports. john: ford and raised in the u.k., these young men are heing home, but to land thousands of miles away that they have never seen before. two and a half-year-old brothers, they are being reintroduced into th wild in a reserve in south africa. >> i fundamentally believe that animals belong in the wild. i think zoos need to be reintroducing animals back into the wild. in the l

, eliminated the isis caliphate and our soldiers, special operators brought justice to our baghdadi, to see carl mueller holding a picture of his peaceful daughter who was an aid worker doing the sorts of things many of us have done and many of our kids have done going to places to help our fellow men instead of realizing her dream of helping people in need she was taken captive and subject to unspeakable thing but justice was brought to baghdadi. we had unprecedented personal diplomacy and north korea. when donald trump came into office that was a foreign-policy challenge. the obama administration preparing for more in the korean peninsula. we de-escalated tensions there and there is hope for a denuclearize korean peninsula. kim jong un's commitment to denuclearize korea, we will keep doing the hard work of diplomacy. others that you know are working hard and we are going to keep pushing forward. we encourage our nato allies to burden share, something people scoffed at the president and said you can't get this done. i went back before taking office and did some research for a paper