bring us up to date on, complete control of deir al—zour?rted, although we have had some rogue reports that there are still pockets of resistance in the city. to all intents and purposes, deir al—zour is under the control of syrian forces. this is a significant moment. if we go back three years ago, the so—called islamic state controlled large part of syria and iraq in what was seen, and what has been seen in the last two years is then seeing a rollback in iraq, and are now in deir al—zour. it's close to oilfields, deir al—zour, so it's significant, and close to the iraqi border. the big question is now what will be what happens to so—called islamic state. then they no longer have a caliphate and they no longer controlled towns and cities but there are still estimated to be thousands of fighters believed to be in border areas in iraq and syria. let's not forget, the group still has an appeal and that inspired attacks in europe and america. so the so—called islamic state, the self—styled caliphate could be over but the ideology is not. thank

hold out in deir al-zour. syrian state television announced the government victory this morning, as i.s. resistance rapidly crumbled. it marks a big change from when president assad was accused of encouraging the growth of i.s. and doing little to fight it. government forces will be keen to retake oilfields in the surrounding province. and moved swiftly to the border with iraq, where i.s. still holds out. on the other side of the border, the jihadists have suffered another blow. iraqi pro-government forces entered al-qaim, the main town of the only iraqi region still under i.s. control, and say they have taken the border post on the iraqi side still held by i.s. another big propaganda blow list to a group once seen as masters of pr. the iraqi government is preparing to announce a complete the territorial defeat of i.s. in iraq, with losses having intensified in recent weeks. but it won't be the end of the group or its ideology. there are concerns that there is potential for conflict between the various state a

is seized deir al—zour in 201a, but had recently held on only to a few pockets in deir al—zour provincedeir al—zour is so important. well, because it marks the end of the islamic state's caliphate. its last major stronghold. what we have seen in the past few months is a push and the rolling back of islamic state gains in both iraq and syria over the summer. most will fail and then we saw the capital of the self styled caliphate raqqa fall, and deir al—zour was the last prize, and now according to syrian tv it has fallen. in terms of holding territory, the militant group no longer has any more strongholds. that is not to say it is defeated. it still has fighters, many of them are believed to be in the iraq and syria border area. of course, it's ideology still has appealed, but there is no question this is a major setback for islamic state. the kind of setback we have seen in the past few months. so, martin, as you say, there are still some bobbins of resista nce there are still some bobbins of resistance from islamic state fighters. there is the question of defeating ideology, a complex

he's going through the big blow out are the on the page deir al bowes who did what you might call it at tells is nt indictments that will try to delay the election. probably for that he is als. for three years says at a land aboutut a thank you vey much indeed for joining us. waving at to the united states now whether trump administration has announced its ending a special visa program for people from haiti sixty thousand people were granted a special status following the devastating earthquake of twenty ten. but the government says conditions in haiti have now improved enough to send people back then the country remains one of the poorest countries unless it's custom vietnam fools. a blow for haitians living in the u. s. the government announced its ending their special protected status. the program was put in place after a devastating earthquake struck haiti in two thousand and ten. the loud haitians to live and work inn the u u. s. legally eveve aftfter their visas exexpired. now t the trump administratn says conditions in haiti have improved enough to begin sending its citizens h

the syrian army says it has taken back the city of deir al—zour, while the iraqi town of al-qaim hasgovernment forces. iraqi soldiers say they have also driven is from the last border post it held between the two countries. malta has observed a day of mourning for the funeral of the murdered anti—corruption campaigner, daphne ca ruana galizia. the blogger, who had made allegations of corruption against leading politicians, was killed by a car bomb last month. you can find much more on all of the stories that we are following here by going to which is all at bbc.com/news. you also have the option of downloading our news app. _by option of downloading our news app. —— by going to our website, which is all out. —— at. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: metropolitan police investigate an alleged sexual assault by the hollywood actor kevin spacey while he was working in london. the conservative party has suspended the mp for dover, charlie elphicke, after receiving what's been described as "serious allegations" that have been referred to the police. mr elphicke, has denied any

to syria next with thee islamic state groupup contrs roughly one quarter of the oil rich and deir al zour province but is battling for survival on two fronts. one offensive against isisis is by thehe syrian o of chet regime forces backed by russian and power. while the second is by a a u. s. backd kurdrdish and ara c coaliti. islamic state group fighthts of deir ezzor province one t the front year with iraq. andd many civilians have ben trying to feed the affecectd area. there was a double car bomb attack at thiss friday and for more on the situation. of a for more on the situation of from the ground here's a france24 was a james andre reporting from northeast syria. there has been a double c cr bomb attack t today in the thirds off from us here. and in syria nine he could vehicle attack. that killed twenty peoplple and injured thirty or more and the tech that was squarely t targeted at a. of refugee. fleeing p presencee which we at war and then n there was another attack on this side of the r river the northern side of the u. front this inindeed it was possible too the public. much

the syrian army says it has taken back the city of deir al—zour, while the iraqi town of al-qaim hasvernment forces. iraqi soldiers say they have also driven is from the last border post it held between the two countries. malta has observed a day of mourning for the funeral of the murdered anti—corruption campaigner, daphne ca ruana galizia. the blogger, who had made allegations of corruption against leading politicians, was killed by a car bomb last month. the french footballer patrice evra, who plays for marseille, has been suspended after he kicked one of his own fans. the france international, who was a substitute in a europa league game in portugal, was sent off after he aimed a kick at the head of one of his club's supporters, before the match had even started. european football's governing body uefa has charged evra with violent conduct. the us soldier bowe bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to abandoning his post while serving in afghanistan, has been spared a jail sentence by a militaryjudge. bergdahl has instead been given a dishonourable discharge, had his rank reduced to privat

earlier syrian state television said its army had forced all is militants out of the eastern city of deir alate. interesting actually, we've heard from the new defence secretary, gavin williamson, a statement talking about the defeat of is in iraq and syria entering the final phase. this is being underlined. they've lost more than 90% of the territory they once held. the raf has been part of the us—led coalition for five years, carrying out more than 1500 air strikes. johnny stringer, the air commodore, is the raf man who has been in charge of the campaign for the last year. he gave a briefing and essentially said we are reaching the end game. do they still hold some residual territory? yes, they do. is there a threat that we need to go against? yes. but i think we are seeing a caliphate that has all but dissolved. so the war is over? it's not the sincerity over in that sense, not the sincerity over in that sense , you can not the sincerity over in that sense, you can see that it will morph to be an insurgent campaign. there will be a requirement for the uk and others to deal with that, incl

al-qaim in iraq has been recaptured by government forces, and syria's army has taken back deir al—zourr weeks of fighting. today the uk government is announcing a new package of aid to try to support those displaced by the conflict. joining us from our london studio is dr lina khatib, who specialises in middle eastern relations and islamist groups. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us how significant this loss of territory is for so—called islamic state ? territory is for so—called islamic state? very significant because it means the end of the so—called caliphate that the terrorist organisation had declared. 0f caliphate that the terrorist organisation had declared. of course loss of territory doesn't mean the end of the group but it is a big blow to their global ambitions. what percentage, they've lost what, 95% of their territory, is it fair to assume that this strategy for power will be abandoned?” assume that this strategy for power will be abandoned? i think we can expect that so—called islamic state is not going to be able to retake the territories it has lost. the days of t

in syria, the syrian army said it had forced all is militants out of the eastern city of deir al—zour hope it could halve the time it takes to get new drugs to patients. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. andrew has a rare eye condition. his sight is getting steadily worse. there are new drugs which could save it, but it can take as much as seven years to get clearance and adoption by the nhs. at some point in my life, i expect that i will go blind. but there are trials of new drugs at the moment and knowing that they could be ready, but i might have to wait seven years to get access, in that time i could have gone blind. there have been significant advances in medical technology as well as research on new drugs and treatments, but the big question is how rapidly can they be brought into nhs hospitals for the benefit of all patients? this health minister says the government has an answer, he was visiting hammersmith hospital in london today to see new technology for heart procedures. the idea is to cut delays in the approval process for breakthrough drugs and treatments. at the mom

strip of land the controls in syria russian jets have been pounding the city of al book amal on the syria iraq border and the deir ez-zor countryside six members of the same family were killed after residential areas were hit the syrian army's elite forces iran backed shia militia and as paula fighters are leading the operation on the ground on friday i saw was pushed out of there as or city the armed groups last major urban stronghold in the country. is tracking those developments from gaziantep on the turkey syria border. the military campaign to take over a welcome mat is underway the russians are pounding i still position in fiber turn of the syrian army pounding wheel for some of an elite unit which is going to engage with i still love the videos are concerned about their fate of a double of people were killed during those strikes i said and i was left with very few options if we did five why it was absolutely no way they can cope with vastly superior army the syrian army which is backed by russia i do think that this time we're going to see is basically the syrian army coming from the east the turkish of th

al-qaim. earlier, the syrian army took full control of the eastern city of deir az—zour. that is it from me.uncan will be here at two a.m.. but now on bbc news it is time for click. goodbye. this week, we're talking emojis with weather stations, xbox, and andy serkis. if it feels like the weather is getting weirder, that is because it is. in many parts of the world, meteorological records seem to be coming year after year. and as gets more erratic and extreme, the need for accurate forecast becomes vital. this is the bbc‘s weather centre at new broadcasting house. this is where they take their best guess at what the next two days will look like. we kind of thing at the granted, these days, but as you would expect, there is an awful lot of numbercrunching that goes on. that is what that is doing right now. hello ben. you might recognise them from the television. ben is taking raw data from the met office on the screen and then it into something more akin to what we see on the television. it all goes to make other familiar weather map that we and love. in the uk, each four kilometres square ge

deir ezzor was the most important stronghold for isis. right in the agriculture heartland. the demise leading vladimir putin to praise russia and iran role in backing bashar al thanks to our joint efforts with iran and by turkey, the situation regarding the fight against terrorism and in the territory of syria is developing in a positive way, putin, said with the meeting with president rouhani. russian forces are not the only ones beating isis back. u.s. fighters have been routing the terror group from the caliphate it once occupied. including mosul and the self declared capital raqqah. >> as far as what happens in raqqah after isis has been cleared and raqqah is liberated, the raqqah civil council is established and they are eager to begin work to restore essential services. >> reporter: like in so plamany places in iraq an and syria, deir ezzor be sieging an enclave for three years. now the group has been defeated here, russia and u.s. groups believe they are in the final stages of ousting the remaining fighters from syria. fred pleitgen, cnn, london. coming up, against the back drop of the threats, we are looking at the u.s. military drills off okinawa. >

al shabab, has long been the lead threat. separately, isis forces were ousted today from two of their last major holdings in iraq and syria. government troops in syria retook deirzour, capital of an oil-rich, eastern province. and in iraq, security forces and shiite militias entered qaim, along the syrian border. isis has now lost 96% of the territory it once controlled. the united nations urgently appealed to australia today to take in some 600 asylum seekers, stranded at a camp in papua, new guinea. food, water and health care were cut off three days ago, when a court ordered the camp to close. but the detainees refused to leave, saying locals would attack them. a u.n. spokesman warned today the situation is "unsustainable." >> we are trying to urge australia, again and again-- take up its obligation and its responsibility. this humanitarian emergency should be dealt in a humane way based on compassion and international laws. >> woodruff: australia has refused to take in asylum seekers who arrive illegally. back in this country, the centers for disease control and prevention report that the rate of gun deaths rose last year, for the second straight year. that