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a story out of eastern syria, u.s.-backed forces declaring victory over isis. the so-called caliphate is no more after grueling combat there. they say they have fully bib rated the town of baghouz. they marked their flag over the village. cnn is covering this story from multiple locations. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is in baghouz and eastern syria. arwa damon is in istanbul, turkey. ben, starting with you, where you have seen so many of these battles play out for now, several week an on this day, you were there to report and see first hand isis losing its final grip in the region. >> reporter: that's right, george. what we've actually got inside that encampment, which we have been watching being shelled and hit for weeks now. it was an expanse of wrecked cars, at that time terred tetat dead bodies, males in this case. but this came after a night of heavy airstrikes on the edge of that encampment and that continued -- that continued throughout the night into the morning when we saw this announcement from mustafaa bely, saying the battle h

let's go to matt bradley, we now have him in eastern syria. the situation here is that the president says isis has been defeated. he showed maps to that and we have military people saying otherwise, what's the story? >> we were surprised on the ground here in eastern syria, behind me it spounds like a live fire fight. we're seeing tracer fire, airborn flairs falling from the sky and hearing what could only be coalition airplanes flying very low above us. the president said two days ago this battle would be ending, last night we would of very low flying. today we went out towards the front line and we talked with a few of the soldiers, they're fighting for the syrian democratic forces. these are the u.s. allies on the ground in the fight against the islamic state. they have been fighting here for years. tonight or tomorrow, they have been saying that for two weeks. that is the u.s. lead coalition. it's not quite clear where this is going. we spoke with one should j sold said there could be a thousand men, women, and children still possibly hold

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backed forces in eastern syria are bombarding the last pocket of eisel territory for a second night. the mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces resume their assault on sunday after a deadline for fighters to surrender expired they say they're making advances on the enclave guus that's near the iraqi border an estimated five hundred fighters are believed to be inside and up to four thousand civilians our correspondent have maids has more from that's on the turkey syria border. a deadline to surrender has come and gone and the battle to retake battles has picked up once again kurdish forces on the ground backed by coalition airstrikes increasing the pressure on the remaining fighters in eastern syria in the middle of the church which was once controlled by isis because they were in the beginning part of the camp which is very low should put a large area this is not confined into a smaller area under the mantle of the horse itself decker's advance into one part of the large encampment once used by the fighters and their families all that remains is ammunition weapons and a car rigged w

for the latest ben joins us live from eastern syria.en watching this battle play out for a while now. why has it taken so long, and will this be a fight to the death or will we see some of these isis fighters surrender? >> reporter: rosemary, the reason why thoefb had this is the third attempt to retake this very small bit of land still occupied by isis. and the reason is there were so many civilians inside. originally the syrian democratic forces wildly underestimated the number of people inside. and aunt ago they were telling us they thought there was only about 1,500 civilians and maybe 500 fighters. well, it turned out there were more than 30,000 inside. so after the first two attempts to retake the town they called a truce to allow civilians and fighters who wanted to leave and surrender to do so. so between the fighting we saw these huge numbers of people come out, and most recently we saw hundreds of isis fighters. some of whom i spoke to leaving. many of them said that they simply could not stand the bombardment onto that town.

-backed forces working to recapture that area in eastern syria. cnn is live near the front lines for you. >>> plus, the u.s. president delivers his longest speech ever. it was long. targeting his usual enemies, and railing his supporters with it. >>> also ahead this hour -- >> the fearful part is you might not come back. that's what i fear most. >> disturbing stories. fishermen in guiana torturing children, using them as slaves. we'll have that exclusive report for you. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta and want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. the second hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and 5:01, we start in syria where u.s.-backed forces are closing in on the last isis enclave in the eastern part of that country, amid reports of heavy fighting. listen. cnn has been on the ground reporting from the front lines and in this exclusive video, you see the battle waging through the night sky. heavy gunfire and artillery, terrorists cornered in eastern syria for wee

village in eastern syria they. could still be inside and out slowing down efforts to recapture its center. the battle for but who is maybe coming to an end fighters are surrendering doesn't emerge from the armed groups that have territory in syria. outgunned they gave up their tiny enclave along iraq's border there are others who are refusing to give up the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces who launched a final assault on the town on friday said i still fight this remained inside the enclave but the numbers are unclear early monday the kurdish led four said it would slow down its advance because i thought fighters were continuing to use civilians as human shields. we are taking into consideration the possible presence of civilians who are with the terrorists who are being used as human shields or even the families of all. who decided to stay with the terrorists. last week thousands of civilians were transported out of booze mainly women and children families of i still fighters the exodus worse than what was alr

eastern syria...tinues. >>> the battle for the last territory held by isis in eastern syria continues. fierce fighting has taken place over the weekend as u.s.-backed forces advance on isis fighters. columns of black smoke. and you can see here. coming out from neighborhoods as they pound the area with artillery fire and air strikes. >>> more than 24 hours after lifting off from cape canaveral a spacex vessel docked smoothly with the international space station. part of a test flight that could carry astronauts to the space station as early as july. >> another day another milestone. it is the first u.s.-made spacecraft capable of carrying a crew to dock at the space station in eight years. >> i think we should show off the newest space vehicle. >> reporter: anne mcclain, toured the 20 foot long spacecraft. >> welcome to the new era in space flight. >> reporter: the only passenger, a mannequin named ripley. the spacecraft began its journey early saturday morning when it successfully launched from the k

network to witness what could be the final assault on isis in eastern syria. our team there including ben we'd m wedeman live in eastern syria. >> reporter: yes, dave, overnight we saw intense bomb bardment of th bombardment of this small encampment, but there are still signs of life inside. we saw through our binoculars earlier today people moving among the tents and wrecked cars that are in that area. and also you can see i hope in the distance the black banner of isis still flying. now, this is the third time the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have tried to clear this small patch of land, the last bit of what was the so-called islamic state that stretched from the outskirts of baghdad to allepo in western syria. but at this point it is not clear if they are also going to call another halt to the fighting to allow some civilians out of this last encampment that isis holds. we were actually just on the edge of the encampment yesterday an hour before the offensive began. and i can tell you, it was hairy. gun fighting hitting around the corner from us bec

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ben wedeman is live in eastern syria this morning where all of this is happening. ben, what have you seen, what have our teams seen as they are processing these refugees in these centers? >> reporter: well, actually what i can tell you is that really most of these people are in some way affiliated with isis and what we've been seeing for the last few days is not escape from isis, it is surrender by isis. i'm going to just step out of the way to give you an idea what is behind us. this is the first spot where those leaving the isis controlled pocket arrive. the men are separated from the women. the men are finger printed, they -- intelligence people take their names, take a picture of their face and they go off to a separate detention center. the women and children are kept here maybe 24 hours, make 48 hours according to the availability of trucks to take them to what amounts to an internment camp further north. but as you can see, the situation is dire. there is very little in the way of food. all they have been given in the last 24 hours is some bread, a little bi

ben wedeman is live from eastern syria.en, first, tell us what is happening on the ground there now. >> reporter: basically, this is the last encampment occupied by isis. we are about three-quarters of a mile away from it and it is only about a half mile square. as you saw from that video last night, we have seen the same sort of thing happening today. that area has been pounded by coalition aircraft, by mortars, by artillery, just constantly. what we have seen on several occasions, actually, it appears that something has hit several munitions depots which has caused huge explosions behind us. about 20 minutes ago, there were air strikes on that area as well. now what is interesting is we have been able to see through telephoto lenses, actually people walking among some of the tents back there. as you might be able to see, it's mostly tents. there are a few buildings in the background, but mostly tents and it's not at all clear how many people, how many fighter, how many civilians are still left inside. what we have seen is

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our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville, who is in north eastern syria, has been speaking tosh is fighters who spent years with the brutal extremist group and are now in kurdish custody in northern syria. in the desert of deir ez—zor, an exodus from hell. and in numbers far greater than ever imagined. women came first. and then the men and among them, the bbc has learned, as many as 50 british fighters, captured in the final three months of the caliphate. the hardest core of hateful ideology whose secrets are being revealed. zacariah vanished from britain five years ago — this is the first time he has been seen since. you went there to kill stop you signed up with this notorious terror group. now people shrug and say, well, that was your choice. that's true, i was responsible for this choice. i cannot defend myself. i came of my own will. my own mistake, my own fault. i guess i need to be punished. what can we discuss your injury? sign menzies. tell me what happened. one of the rockets landed very close to me. two people that we re very close to me. two people that were with

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backed forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village of. twenty four hours the mainly kurdish forces are trying to push outs. some of the worst flooding in years residents are salvaging what they. twenty people have died and another thirty were killed by flash floods in other parts of the country. as. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. will bring in the news and current affairs. they are so gentle and she is on the polish i'm still talking spirit and are going to go on tough on crime or die on the park and play sports and also not. buy on spawn twine to truly dump a bomb inside the store the long long months and months finds herself. under some familiar little child but in a polygamist mind would you have the media company did you believe in the radiance was on monday in the church. cynthia on the number could you could start with a cunt feel like the indecision talk about. he said again and got. cancer lish. have a little bit so it's all talking about. quantum exact shit i was wishing. complete

destruction of isis's fraudulent caliphate, and for the liberation of isis's remaining territory in eastern syriaoffensive earlier this week on the last stronghold of the islamic state group in the town of baghuz. local forces have since been involved in mopping up operations, fighting militants who were hidden in tunnels, clearing unexploded ordinance and booby—trapped devices and also, it appears, removing what are estimated to have been many hundreds of bodies. while people in this region have been celebrating the territorial defeat of is, there is clear recognition that this is by no means an end to the threat posed by the group and the fight against it will go on. well, this has been a huge achievement that has taken a great deal of sacrifice but people here are very mindful of calling this just a territorial victory against the islamic state group, knowing that the fight against them and their ideology will go on into the future. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in northern syria. the prime minister has also been talking about this today. she has issued a statement in which she says... a teenager h

for families of the caliphate, this now overwhelmed camp in eastern syria is both a refuge and detentiony women and children, arrived over the past three days, after fleeing the tiny enclave in baghuz still under isis control. the population of the camp has reached 65,000. it's very miserable, this official says, the displaced are growing in huge numbers and we are trying to meet peoples needs, but need help. but while the wives of isis fighters may be failing to arouse international sympathy, it's the children who are suffering. many of the women either heavily pregnant, or have recently given birth. at least 60 babies and infants under five years old have died since december, making the journey to al—hol, or soon after arriving. hypothermia has become a major problem, with low temperatures overnight. aid workers say funding is urgently needed to supply a further 5000 tents, as well as food and medicine. the health of these arrivals is incredibly poor. over the last few days alone, we have seen hundreds of cases of severe acute malnutrition. and, unfortunately, we are also seeing an awf

forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village of these in the past twenty four hours for mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces are trying to push out but it's feared hundreds of civilians could still be in the area near the border with iraq the white house has rejected a request by democratic leaders for documents related to security clearance of presidents of the president's son in law jared kistler donald trump's counsel has called house democrats request unprecedented and interests of there were questions raised about how kush there who is senior advisor got a high level security clearance and a recent new york times report suggested that trump against recommendations by security officials and ordered his former chief of staff to clear shihab rattansi has more from washington following the reports in the new york times and washington post that john kelly the then chief of staff of the white house failed to give jarrad cushnie that security clearance despite the reservations of security officials the house oversight committee for more information from t

american—backed kurdish forces claim they have captured islamic state's last remaining stronghold in eastern syriathe countdown to brexit — theresa may warns mps a third meaningful vote may not take place next week if it doesn't get sufficient support. a 17—year—old is stabbed to death following a fight outside a block of flats in west london. us special counsel robert mueller submits his report into alleged russian collusion with president trump's campaign during the 2016 presidential election. the al—noor mosque in christchurch reopens one week on from a mass shooting in which 42 people were murdered there. a sterling performance from raheem at wembley, he scores a hat—trick, as england thrash the czech republic 5—0 in their opening european championships qualifier. and the click team takes a look at the latest drone technology. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. western—backed forces in syria have declared a final military victory over the so—called islamic state group. the syrian democratic forces said they'd taken full control of the village of ba

backed rebels in the last shred of territory in eastern syria the syrian democratic forces say three eisel fighters emerge from the village of bar goose acting as though they were surrendering before setting off suicide bombs six people were killed the s.d.f. says that attack highlights how difficult it has been to wrap up their offensive. hundreds of thousands of other variants have once again protested demanding president of the lizzie's part of the resign weeks of demonstrations several ready for the president to drop his bid for a fifth term and tropical cycle and it die continues to bring heavy rain and the risk of flooding as a distant upgrades over mozambique the cyclon has had speeds of up to one hundred seventy kilometers per hour affecting half a million people in the coastal city of bear and many of those are without power more than one hundred twenty people have been killed in mozambique malawi and south africa as heavy rains hit the region listening post is next. for more than a decade he's been considered a threat to national security in russia putin said we'll give you

for backers earlier syrian troops killed dozens of jihad he said heavy fighting the village in eastern syria is the last pocket of territory still have by the extremists. you're describing syrian forces say they've killed at least thirty eight in two hottest in heavy fighting in eastern syria syrian democratic forces have been closing in on the town of backers for several weeks now it's the last pocket of territory held by the so-called islamic state. just so i bring that to you twice a german public broadcasters that. has restored the press credentials of its istanbul bureau chief a year of the process took his initial refusal to do so problems with the german government to complain about restrictions on press freedom is the browser says he will be turned to istanbul to return to return to work soon. u.s. secretary of state mark pompei was announced that washington is to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from venezuela which is of the country's deteriorating situation political turmoil has increased the increase that last week around the country's electricity create largely collap

yago riedijk fought for is, and is currently in kurdish custody in north eastern syria.ing exclusively to our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. we will bring in that interview in a few minutes. let's go back to space, because the rocket has successfully attached itself to the international space station. this is a successful docking, a hard capture, as they call it. right now, the crew is going to start... the dragon vehicle, as it is called... it launched yesterday morning, it is the latest in a series of tests at the capsule has to pass in order to get approval from nasa to transport people, so let's hear what is going on there with that successful docking. be advised we will need 15 minutes for ventilation to be complete before we will carry out any other activities. copy that, we have the hd camera on. cow. copy that, we have the hd camera on. copy, we will come on board with you guys. now the dragon has completed the docking sequence, it is going to undergo a series of checks, they will pressurise the vestibule and do some legal checks, and then we will

forces declare victory over islamic state after capturing the group's last remaining stronghold in eastern syriamark duggan, who was shot dead by a metropolitan police officer, is suing the force for damages. an inquest jury found that he was lawfully killed. the shooting in north london in august 2011 led to riots across england. keith doyle reports. the family of mark duggan have campaigned for the police to be held responsible for his death. mr duggan, who was 29, was shot and killed by officers who were trying to arrest him in north london in august 2011. the police said at the time they suspected he was in possession of a firearm. the killing lead to the worse riots seen in britain for 30 years. for five nights shops were looted and set on fire. five people died and hundreds were injured. trouble spread to other cities, including manchester, liverpool and birmingham. the inquest into mark duggan‘s death heard that armed police had intercepted a minicab he was travelling in, as part of an arrangement to collect a gun. he was shot when he got out of the cab. the inquestjury concluded he was n

meanwhile in eastern syria the u.n. is saying that more than sixty five thousand people are crammed into a camp after evacuating from. pocket of territory the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say isolate the feet in the village of imminent yes jeff has been trying to pressure eisel fighters to surrender causing the fighting to allow the fighters wives and children as well as other civilians to escape will still to come for you on the program turkish women defy a ban to march on international women's day one of the many major events held all over the whoa. and a successful splashdown first space-x. paves the way for the first manned mission by a by the company. hello again a welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across australia we are still seeing some clouds anywhere the western part of australia all the way down here towards tasmania this is all due to funnel bonnie right there that is really going to be staying in place but we are going to be seeing a shift of that front as we go towards the n

backed kurdish forces resumed their offensive on the last stronghold in eastern syria. and protests in algeria show no sign of easing off to the president abandons his bid for a fifth term. as the elections. so it has been a real roller coaster twenty four hours for the british prime minister to resign may and just hours now until a big vote coming up in the british parliament earlier it looks like brags that plan might actually pay off she announced quote legally binding changes from the european union to the deal that was after a visit to book well just a few hours ago britain's top lawyer gave some advice that would have the prime minister worried the attorney general geoffrey cox said despite the changes the legal risk of the u.k. remaining locked in the custom you need remained the same and more right wing members of teresa mayes own conservative party said the changes weren't enough to sway them so let's talk to lawrence lee in london as we count down to this vote which feels like it will probably go the way of the last one. yeah exactly and if you cast your mind

meanwhile in eastern syria the united nations says more than sixty thousand people are now crammed into account after evacuating from my soul's last shrinking pocket of territory the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say i still defeat in the village of imminent the s.d.f. has been trying to crush eisel fighters to surrender causing the fighting to allow the fighters wives and children as well as on the civilians to escape. well over the border in iraq people are living with fare because of that links to i still fight us from child brides to the children a fight has many a stigma sometimes even resulting in the denial of food donations and fashion going to him has more now from a camp east of mosul. thousands of iraqi children are paying for the sins of their eisel fathers many have never met or can't remember. miriam was a child bride she says her son was born after his turkish father died fighting for i saw the three year old boy is essentially stateless unrecognized by the government as an iraqi citizen she says she doesn't want her son to make the same mistakes as his father and

meanwhile in eastern syria the u.n. says more than sixty thousand people are now crammed into a camp after evacuating from my sil's last shrinking pockets of territory u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say defeating the village of imminent the s.d.f. has been trying to pressure i still fight as to surrender. causing the fighting to allow the fight his wives and their children as well as all the civilians to escape with al jazeera live from london more still ahead madagascar struggles to contain a measles outbreak that's killed hundreds of children and across the world people turn out in force to march on international women's day. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast all of the last couple of days we've been kind of saying the same story about what's happening here across northern europe a lot of wind as well as a lot of rain in and forcefully as we go towards the weekend most of that is going to continue so take a look at our saturday map here we do have a lot of rain here across parts of germa

backed kurdish forces resumed their offensive on the final stronghold in eastern syria. and the world wide web turns thirty there's a word of warning from its inventor. and the trees amazing breck's it strategy has been dealt a devastating blow after the house of commons rejected a new withdrawal agreement by an overwhelming majority for the second time there just seventeen days to go before the u.k. due to leave the european union and the prime minister says m.p.'s will now get a vote on whether the u.k. should leave without a deal e.u. says the chances of this happening have quote increased significantly not in baba begins our coverage. the hour is to the right two hundred forty two names to the last three hundred ninety one so the no use having the know you have it was a heavy defeat for the withdrawal agreement this was slightly better for prime minister theresa made in the previous meeting to vote still resoundingly struggling with a sore throat she told parliament it now faced tough decisions does it wish to revoke article fifty does it want out a second referendum

now isis is defending its last smallhold in eastern syria as the fds closes in on them. deman is in syria to tell us more. >> reporter: inside the last crater shelled pocket. some scramble for cover. others fire through the barricades. one woman carries an aka-47 assault rifle. isis posts it on social media. it shows the insanity of that state in its dying days. three times since early february the syrian democratic forces have launched operations to finally extinguish the caliphate. night and day, u.s.-led coalition warplanes, artillery and mortar barrages have pounded the encampment, yet during lulls people can still be seen strolling through the wreckage. buildings appear untouched by the bombardment. this is all that's left of the once vast once feared so-called islamic state. all it is a sprawling junkyard, a junkyard of wrecked cars and tattered tents that has defied all the swiftness over isis. last week as a gun battle raged around us, we got a glimpse of the conditions isis followers lived under. what you can see here is where the tents were. this black spot is w

backed kurdish forces resume their offensive on the final stronghold in eastern syria. in school the titleholders suffer a setback in the asian champions league. draw it's a scam. to reason raise breck's it strategy has been dealt a devastating blow after the house of commons rejected withdrawal agreement on overwhelming majority for the second time so the no no no no no no there just seventeen days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the european union the prime minister says m.p.'s will now get a vote on whether the u.k. should leave without a deal the e.u. says the chances of this happening having creased significantly. two hundred forty two m.p.'s voted in favor of the deal and three hundred ninety one were against a defeat of one hundred forty nine votes for the prime minister in january the last time this would deal was put to a vote she lost by two hundred thirty votes i profoundly to the decision that this house has taken to it i continue to believe that by far the best outcome is the united kingdom believes the european union and an orderly fashion with the d

>> if you look at the map, the eastern part of syria, that's the u.s.-led coalition partners, that's the area we control with 60,000 syrian democratic forces on the ground opposed by somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000 isis, most of whom are now in hiding because the territory they once occupied we've taken away from them. that little circle down there at the bottom of the map, the half circle in purple, that's where a base is located. the missions that are going to continue will be in the northern part of the purple, in the northeast there's going to be a safe zone between turkey and syria and our forces and others will help maintain that safe zone. and then throughout the entire purple area is where isis is hiding and we'll keep pressure on them so they do not retake territory. the third mission is in the half circle in the southern part of syria there, in the middle of the map. that's where the base is and we'll operate that base and we'll likely have some norwegians there and others to do that. the reason for that base is to block the land bridg

back forces in eastern syria are bombarding the last pockets of territory for a second night mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces resume their assault on goods on sunday after a deadline for fighters to surrender expired the u.n. has confirmed the killing of twenty two civilians in northern yemen. and twelve children died in. the rebels are blaming the airstrikes by the. coalition fighting alongside government forces. headlined stay with us now for with. they were searching for sanctuary in australia but instead. the journey of two refugees as they did your new life in north america. morning martin morning for you doing today's market south. when you hear. of the third chance. and nervous all will but. playing little finger ten years i haven't been to syria for probably thirty years i'm fortunate that i was able to come over here and to going to medical field i think it was footage of a father carrying his son with his arm completely empty to that's what they actually instigated me to contact the syrian american medical society and they put me in touch with the facility in turkey. what d

. >>> in eastern syria, the last 24 hours have seen another round of intense fighting as forces are tryingseize that country's last enclave. >> that was the scene sunday. you can see explosions lighting up the night sky and hear heavy gunfire. the kurdish allies say isis has run out of time to surrender. >> cnn's ben wedeman and team members have been covering this battle from the front lines and now ben joins us with more in eastern syria. ben, tell us about the situation as it stands now. >> what we have been hearing is a o'kalgs shelling, occasional machine gunfire from this small enclave behind me just a half square a mile overnight. the bombardment was much more intense. we were seeing tracer fire there were airstrikes. there was artillery and martyr rounds going in as well. what's interesting is this morning we did spot through our lens not only people walking around, but despite the bombing. despite everything that's going on, there are still the black banners of isis flying over this encampment and it's not at all clear how many people are still inside. we know that the syrian demo

backed forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village in the past twenty four hours. ago and is expected to be released from a japanese prison shortly after paying bail of nearly nine million dollars was arrested in november accused of financial misconduct which he denies the white house has rejected a request by democratic leaders for documents related to security clearances of the president's son in law jerry crysler questions have been raised about how he got high level clearance. those are the headlines on al-jazeera face to face is coming up next to stay with us. he and i in a sense grew up together we were within ear of the same age and you know we were kind of naively optimistic and built a big company and most of it as rivals but we always retained a certain respect communication including even when he was sacked i got to go out and spend time with steve joel was the man of many a line of wonder kid weddle a sort of new age guru of high tech. bill gates the richest man in the world a relentless achiever fueled by dreams of greatness. to supernovas

are battling militants holed up in underground tunnels in bonn goose near the iraqi border in eastern syria the offensive resumed build sunday after a deadline for militants to surrender expired u.s. president donald trump's twenty twenty budget proposal has been delivered you see it right there to capitol hill he's seeking eight point six billion u.s. dollars for his mexico border wall as well as increased spending on defense he's also looking for big cuts to non-defense spending like environmental and welfare programs japan is marking the eighth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which struck its north east back in two thousand and eleven officials and members of the imperial family attended a memorial service today in tokyo the disaster killed more than eight hundred thousand people and calls a nuclear meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant. britain's prime minister is making a last ditch attempt to get concessions from the european union before yet another crucial vote in the british parliament tomorrow on her brights that withdrawal plan to resume a is in straw spurred fo

victims of many of them children are leaving the groups find an enclave in the village of bongos in eastern syria children caught up in islamic state leave behind a world many of them were born into. most are now orphans and face an uncertain future while some may be handed over to aid agencies there are concerns about the fate of the older boys in particular. a report by human rights watch says around fifteen hundred children are being held on terrorism charges over the border in iraq some claim they've been tortured this teenager says he has the scars to prove it at sixteen he was arrested for alleged links to i.a.s. and held for twenty two months on a solution to a tortured me using plastic pipes. they set confess what you with all yes. i told them i wasn't. forced me to confess that they put us cigarettes on me. this woman a thirteen year old son is still missing every man and my son has nothing to do with i asked he was not trained by us but people thought he was because his father was. the iraqi police said it's just an interview and we'll bring him back he's been gone for four months i wan

>> bret: benjamin hall in eastern syria. thank you. president from doubling down on his support for israel today, announcing a controversial new policy as secretary of state mike pompeo took a swipe at democrats over anti-semitism. corresponding gillian turner from the state department with the administration's tough message to congress and the world. >> on day two of secretary pompeo's visit to israel, president trump made an unexpected twitter announcement over control over disputed territory. after 52 years, it's time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. an interview with fox business network, he said the decision effectively incorporates the region as a permanent part of israel. >> four years of my other presidents have campaigned, they said they'll do it. this is sovereignty, security, this is about regional security. >> the secretary of state weighed in a few minutes later from president then speak of the lives they lost on the very ground where worthy and meaningful. >> and charac

battling militants to hold up underground tunnels in groups near the iraqi maybe iraqi border in eastern syria defensive resumed on sunday after a deadline for militants to surrender expired. japan is marking the eight hundred hershey of the earthquake and tsunami that struck its northeast in twenty eleven officials and members of the imperial family attended a memorial service in tokyo the disaster killed more than eight hundred thousand people and cause a nuclear meltdown at the fukushima power station. strains when marking the fifteenth anniversary of the terror attacks that killed one hundred ninety three people in the capital budget prime minister petro sanchez and city officials later the phantom memorial on the eleventh of march two thousand and four bombs planted by al qaeda terrorists exploded on full crowded commuter trains. a real madrid have reappointed citizens that don as coach after sacking santiago's to laurie as a down is set to take over training on tuesday his new contract runs until twenty twenty two and he's hugely successful first coach but he won three champions league t

backed syrian forces say they have killed at least thirty eight jihadi same had been fighting in eastern syria the syrian democratic forces have been closing in on the town of backwards for several weeks now it's the last pocket of territory held by the circled islamic state in syria. u.s. secretary of state might pump air has announced that washington is to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from venezuela because of the country's deteriorating situation political turmoil in the country increased last week where had the electricity grid a largely collapsed president dora has suggested u.s. sabotage is behind the blackout. caught in belgium has given a life sentence to a gunman who killed four people in an attack on the jewish museum in brussels met the in the movie stage the attack in twenty fourteen after returning from syria where he suspected of having fought the so-called islamic state of demonstrators returned to the streets of algerian capital a day after president abdelaziz bouteflika said that he would not seek another term in office he also announced that next month's presid

hundreds of faisel fighters defending their last pocket of territory of surrender to us by forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village of those in the past twenty four hours mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces are trying to push myself out it's feared hundreds of civilians could still be in the area near the iraqi border. protests are growing in algeria but its army chief vows he won't let the country go back to what he calls years of pain students have led the latest demonstrations urging eighteen year old president think out to stand out from next month's elections and a hayward reports. they've know no other leader than the one the country for twenty years. but there appears to be a groundswell against algeria as abdelaziz bouteflika in the capital algiers the message from thousands of demonstrating students was clear they want him to leave office now. we are against beautifully karna gets a regime we are fed up twenty years are enough we want change. they've been in power for twenty years we've overlooked the situation for too long to process it's time now f

battle of earlier syrian troops killed dozens of jihad is in heavy fighting there the village in eastern syria is the last pocket of territory that is still held by the streams u.s. secretary of state mike from peo has announced that washington is set to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from venezuela because of the country's deteriorating situation political turmoil in the country increased last week when the country's electricity grid largely collapsed president maduro has suggested a u.s. sabotage is behind that blackout and. the european union's aviation safety agency has joined the growing list of jurisdictions suspending the operation of all boeing seven thirty seven max eight and max nine aircraft now the restrictions following sunday's fatal crash of an ethiopian airlines max eight plane national authorities say that they are concerned that they're receiving insufficient information from that investigation many airlines have also announced that they are grounding their max eight affecting nearly half of the three hundred seventy four planes that are currently in operation ar

-backed forces working to recapture that area in eastern syria.live near the front lines for you. >>> plus, the u.s. president delivers his longest speech ever. it was long. targeting his usual enemies, and railing his supporters with it. >>> also ahead this hour -- >> the fearful part is you might not come back. that's what i fear most. >> disturbing stories. fishermen in guiana torturing children, using them as slaves. we'll have that exclusive report

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