now still ahead on al-jazeera as eisel fighters take advantage of an uncertain situation in northern iraq we meet the villages left alone to defend themselves. a new generation of thai protesters we'll tell you about the backlash following the ban on the opposition party. hello and welcome to international weather forecast let's start in europe we've got some mild conditions across eastern areas still moscow up at 12 to greese average this time of year should be about one i care also several degrees above average may want to cross more western areas still looking brown southall another frontal system pushing towards the u.k. bringing some heavy rain to parts of southern ireland meanwhile fine conditions across much of spain the wind having died down as well very windy here places over the last few days as a move the forecast through into sunday and see that rain sweeping on through the u.k. into the channel coastline the fronts. scenarios seeing some fine weather conditions vienna the sunshine and 9 rome should be generally fine with a mix of 15 but it still remains on settle around

of eisel members.hat's your perspective on what the long term situation should be for some of those i think you soprano question and i think the status quo is simply not an option the kind of lost their status quo is not an option and i think the basic principles of humanity require an understanding that amongst those disk can be a whole spectrum some are going to be violent men and women that would if they are given half a chance to. kill maim rape and terrorize communities in iraq in the region and in other parts of the world they and those individuals that are the hardcore those that we are committed past crimes and who try to do so again they need to be identified and subjected to proper investigation and you process to may well be amongst those undoubtedly women also and children that have been the news and women that maybe battered wives that have been dragged along by dies by their abusive husbands that they have to be treated in a separate way some children that are young again rehabilitation r

early morning in mosul these swat team members get a final briefing before they set out to look for eisel fighters we accompany of the specialist police unit as it heads into the countryside in iraq's northern maine of a province eisele was forced out of mosul in 2017 by iraqi troops of support from the u.s. led coalition and the iraqi government announced its territorial defeat shortly after but thousands of fighters have retreated into rural areas where security forces are spread thin and where hills like these offer plenty of opportunities to hide one of the. we got information that there is a cave that is being used by ice or members as a shelter to carry out attacks on nearby villages. we are only hundreds of meters away from the target but the vehicle struggle in this difficult terrain and so colonel rounds men are forced to advance on foot but as they approach the cave they are surprised to find the entrance blocked off probably the result of a recent airstrike but. well the unit needs a surveillance and supports from the air until recently that was provided by the american led coa

chief executive of the abdullah was there but he escaped unhurt eisel has claimed responsibility. there's been an explosion outside the u.s. embassy in tunis he has capital sureness 2 suicide bombers attacked a patrol in the street outside the embassy killing one person several others were injured including at least 5 security employees to misuse ministry of interior has put security forces on high alert zambian president has confirmed that more than 50 people have been killed in violence since december during an address to follow meant to blame some community leaders for inciting the killings the rest follows a series of attacks in which gangs used poisonous gas to target their victims leaving them unconscious last month the army was deployed after protests across the country demanding justice with those are the headlines you're up to date the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story so stay with us. investigating war crimes in afghanistan the i.c.c. has now cleared the way for an inquiry into the allegations and the u.s. is angry so justice to be done in this war tor

led coalition and their iraqi partners conducted regular air raids in this area forcing eisel into hiding but since tensions between the u.s. and iran escalated on iraqi soil earlier this year those operations have largely stopped and i saw has taken advantage it's areas like these honeycombed with river beds and surrounded by mountains that offer ideal terrain for eisel to operate in they lay low during the day but at night they emerge from their hideouts to terrorize the population villagers here say they have noticed an uptick in iceland doing since coalition activities came to hold in january as a result of growing u.s. iran tensions. useless family survived in iceland tak last month they are now staying in their relatives home in the nearby town for the moment going back is not safe they were targeted because her husband the matata or village chief in arabic cooperates of security forces has suffered a broken jaw and serious injuries to his stomach had not in months the incident was very terrifying there's no security in our area it's finished from dinner time until the morning we're

and iran could have a long term impact on neighboring iraq and the effort to root out remaining eisel fighters the. manifold went to nineveh province that's where she met swat team members who've been searching for eisel fighters in the south of mosul. early morning in mosul these swat team members get a final briefing before they set out to look for eisel fighters. we accompany of the specialist police unit as it heads into the countryside in iraq's northern maine of a province eisele was forced out of mosul in 2017 by iraqi troops of support from the u.s. led coalition and the iraqi government announced its territorial defeat shortly after but thousands of fighters have retreated into rural areas where security forces are spread thin and were hells like these offer plenty of opportunities to hide one of the. we got information that there is a cave that is being used by iceland members as a shelter to carry out attacks on nearby villages. we are only hundreds of meters away from the target but the vehicle struggle in this difficult terrain and so colonel rounds men are forced to adva

you some other news now soldiers in syria are trying to retake control of a prison after captured eisel fire staged a riot the president spoke down walls and took over the crowd for the challenges saka soldiers also hunting for for eisel commanders who escaped during that riot. shock here these are the headlines on al jazeera new numbers released in spain show its death toll from the corona virus has risen by 812 in the past 24 hours so that means more than 7300 people have now died there since the outbreak began also more than 12000 help workers have been infected hospital officials say they not only need more test kits they also need training on how to use them. when this government crisis committee comes out to say we have everything it is not true when they say we have 300000 test kids well that's very nice to have 300000 kids but those kids must be tested by professionals who know how to do it if not why do you need them so we also have this problem when they say we have 300000 kids daily i can tell you it is not true and china some people are going back to work and will han where

a 1000 confirmed cases soldiers in syria are trying to retake control of the prison after captured eisel fighters staged a riot prisoners broke down walls and took over the ground floor of the jail in a soccer soldiers are also hunting for 4 eisel commanders who escaped during that riots so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera more news to come inside story is next . the european union is under fire over coronavirus it's accused of failing to properly deal with the pandemic even as 2 of its members are among the hardest hit worldwide so can the union stay united and relevant this is inside story. hello and welcome again to the program i'm peter davi the spread of coronavirus a shut borders across europe and challenge the freedom of movement and the free movement of goods those are the very foundations of the european union and some argue the bloc could be facing an existential crisis european governments have been criticized for initially retreating behind their walls in response to the outbreak and its leaders are divided over how to tackle the crisis economically they've also recently s

couple of other headlines soldiers in syria trying to retake control of the prison after captured eisel fight is staged riot the prisoners broke down walls and took over the ground floor of the jail and sarka soldiers are also hunting for 4 eisel commandos who escaped during the riots on the study a coalition that has carried out several airstrikes against the hooty targets in yemen as capital sanaa a presidential palace compound a military school and an air base were hit the coalition says the operation was aimed at destroying court legitimate military targets on saturday saudi air defense systems intercepted 2 hooty missiles targeting riyadh and the southern city of. talk to others here is next with the world health organization's mart run we are also waiting for the next news conference from the w.h.o. . frank assessments wise it's only struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action with them behind her and in depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. moveables to. cope with 19 has killed more than 18000 peopl

couple of other headlines soldiers in syria trying to retake control of the prison after captured eisel find a staged riot the prisoners broke down walls and took over the ground floor of the jail and house aka soldiers are also hunting for 4 eisel commandos who escaped during the riots on the study the coalition that has carried out several airstrikes against the hooty targets in yemen as capital sanaa. a presidential palace compound a military school and an air base were hit the coalition says the operation was aimed at destroying court legitimate military targets on saturday saudi air defense systems intercepted 2 missiles targeting riyadh and the southern city of. talk to our desire is next with the world health organization's might run we are also waiting for the next news conference from the w.h.r. frank assessment why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to really aggressive action with them behind her and in depth analysis of the day global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. covered 19 has killed more than 800000 people and infected at least 4000

led coalition and their iraqi partners conducted regular air raids in this area forcing eisel into hiding but since tensions between the u.s. and iran escalated on iraqi soil earlier this year those operations have largely stopped and i saw has taken advantage it's areas like these honeycombed with river beds and surrounded by mountains that offer ideal terrain for eisel to operate in they lay low during the day but at night they emerge from their hideouts to terrorize the population villagers here say they have noticed an uptick in iceland thing since coalition activities came to hold in january as a result of growing u.s. iran tensions. useless family survived in iceland tak last month they are now staying in their relatives home in the nearby town for the moment going back is not safe they were targeted because her husband the our village chief in arabic corporates have security forces he suffered a broken jaw and serious injuries to his stomach had. the incident was very terrifying there is no security in our area it's finished from dinner time until the morning we're watching we neve

or if qualis negativities will fully resume this climate of uncertainty office fertile ground for eisel with iraq civilians once again paying the price see want to fall to an al jazeera in the oven iraq the un has called for an immediate end to military action by your bones warring parties. jaw. between the rebels of the coalition the i.c.r.c. has response efforts have been her but since last month the road 70000 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical care the conflict in the region's poorest country has killed homes of thousands of people. yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. we will either silence the guns and resume the political process. or we will slip back. into a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready seen here in my area where the u.s. state department says it's working with to disable forty's to investigate a suicide bomb attack its embassy in tunis on friday one police officer was killed and 5 other people injured close to the embassies baby gate it's believed to barbers motorbikes were behind the attac

fully resume this climate of uncertainty office fertile ground for eisel with iraq civilians once again paying the price seem want to fulton al-jazeera in northern iraq the u.s. state department says that it's working with trinity and authorization to investigate a suicide bomb attack at its embassy in tunis on friday one police officer was killed 5 people were injured in the embassies main gate it's believed the true bombers on motorbikes were behind the attack no group has yet claimed responsibility amnesty international is calling for the immediate release of protesters in algeria after a new wave of demonstrations thousands rallied in the capital algiers on friday continuing year long protest calling for the removal of the ruling elite and for sweeping reforms amnesty says that more than 70 people have been arrested the joint arab list the party that represents palestinian israeli has made history and israel's election by winning more seats than ever before but what is the party plan to do with its new found power among com reports from haifa there are nearly 2000000 palestinian cit

or if qualis negativities will fully resume this climate of uncertainty office fertile ground for eisel with iraq civilians once again paying the price seem want to fall to an al jazeera in more than iraq the u.s. state department says that it's working with trinity and authorities to investigate a suicide bomb attack at its embassy in tunis on friday one police officer was killed 5 other people were injured at the embassies main gate it's believed the 2 bombers on motorbikes were behind the attack no group has claimed responsibility for southern africa is suffering its worst drought in decades zimbabwe is one of the country's most affected many many families there struggling with daily water shortages. reports from where. in zimbabwe 2nd city the supply of piped water from the city council is unreliable that means they sometimes have to use i'm treated water these women uses for washing and flushing toilets if they have to drink it they will boil it 1st in some suburbs supplies are often cut off for days at a time when the supply is turned on with lindsay make several trips to the comm

american troops from a potential iranian attack after 2 marines are killed in iraq during an anti eisel operation. this hour bottom could potentially run again for president if the public votes for new changes in the russian constitution next month. plus fires riots and death violence sweeps at least prisons after the state's strict response to the spread of the coronavirus.

he said after the nato meeting that he should that turkey should not be fighting eisel alone now the european. commission president spoke also a short time ago after meeting with president earlier one and she says that the lines of communication are open and active that migrants greece and turkey all deserve support and that they're looking for a path forward she says there are still. disagreements but she hopes that there is a constructive way to ensure that the e.u. and turkey's interests are met now in 2016 turkey and the e.u. formed an agreement where turkey would put strict measures on its borders to halt migrant flow in exchange for billions of dollars the c.v. in the european commission president is saying that that 2016 agreement is still valid but she is saying there are missing elements that need to be looked at and that they will look to try to address in the future and the name with the latest from the turkish there in russia thinking. sudan's prime minister. survived the government is calling an assassination attempt a convoy of cars carrying the leader was attacked by a

me as being targeted repeatedly by fighters in the area who have links to al qaida and eisel. yobs a terror on al jazeera do stay with us people in power is coming up next talk to al-jazeera we speak what will force was when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you'll europeans go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges 0. 2014 people are revealed to shameful treatment of disabled people and remain new state from. our investigation is to raise questions about why the e.u. was from doing some of those institutions now the refresh allegations about the correct mistreatment this time not just in romania but in neighboring countries in the 2nd of 2 special reports sarah spill it has been to poke area to find. in the 1st part of our investigation into the treatment of disabled people in european union countries we revealed shocking evidence of abuse. neglect. and incarceration in state institutions. for our 2nd film we start in polk area another co

american troops from a penned potential attack after 2 marines are killed in iraq during and anti eisel operation. also this hour a lot of could potentially run again for president if the public votes for a new changes in the russian constitution next month also ahead. fires riots and death violence sweeps at least prisons after the state strict response to this praed of the coronavirus. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 8 pm welcome to the program. the u.s. is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u.s. central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran we're also in the process of bringing their defense systems ballistic missile defense systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against up another potential iranian attack. now for more on this we cross live to our to scale up and so more american military kit in the middle east what's prompted this indeed well many believe the tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of i

american troops from a potential iranian attack that after 2 marines are killed in iraq during an anti eisel operation. also this hour about amir putin could potentially run again for president if the public votes for the new changes in the russian constitution next month. plus fires that riot and violence sweeps at least prisons out of the states district response to the spread of the coronavirus. you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the u.s. is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u.s. central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. we are also in the process of bringing air defense systems ballistic missile defense systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u.s. central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is

country's sovereignty he also suggested that such attacks by undermining the iraqi state could risk an eisel resurgence the u.s. reprisals also met with anger in the capital baghdad to. think ahead are there let me about it we condemned the attacks on popular move lies a synthesis sites in the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external wars american the run the fighting one of them threatens to be out there and ultimately iraqis are the ones who for victim. schools are being settled between america and around and it is happening in our soil it violates our silver inti it wiley's how right now we are calling for the united nations to intervene. but. i am surprised that the government is ignoring such actions if you condemn both sides iran and america their actions violate iraq's sovereignty which has become a joke among countries in the region and around the world middle east expert on the wrist told us that despite donald trump's antin to eventually his campaign promises he doesn't see u.s. troops withdrawing from iraq any time soon. from the beginning trying to look at about

troops from a pension potential debris me an attack out of 2 marines are killed in iraq during and anti eisel operation. also this hour a lot of could potentially run again for president if the public votes for a new changes in the russian constitution next month also ahead. fires riots and death violence sweeps at least prisons after the state strict response to this praed of the coronavirus.

they launched airstrikes on eisel hideouts its fighters and convoys. in october last year a u.s.military operation in northwest syria resulted in the death of ice was leader of a bucket and about the dead. a move a car i'll baghdadi is dead. in 2018 the un secretary general antonio terrorist announced the appointment of a special advisor to support efforts to investigate icicles crimes. as the head of the un investigative team the special advisers mandate is to collect preserve and store evidence.

eisel made headlines around the world in 2014 when its fighters pushed out iraqi soldiers and took control of cities like mosul and central. and in what became known as the sindar massacre thousands of u.c.b. men women and children were killed. in response to isis rapid territorial gains the united states and its allies formed a coalition to fight the armed groups. they launched airstrikes on actual hideouts its fighters and convoys. in october last year.

kabul a dollar a dollar a leading political figure in the countries in attendance he escaped unharmed eisel said it was behind what happened there the prosody comes just days after the u.s. and the islamist group signed that big peace deal to try to end the 18 year long conflict in afghanistan and elsewhere. i. pretty nasty scenes in the colombian capital riot police are using tear gas and water cannon against students protesting near bogota national university of colombia as they testers have been building barricades torching police vehicles and hurling projectiles the country's seen months of demonstrations over the falls to. prove the education system there. a lot of us election focus right now is on how the democratic party choice is pretty much done to white men in the seventy's as we reported later on this week but hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard is still is not to get in the race just about she won 2 delegates in american samoa and so makes it through to the next democratic debate but the party executive wants to shift the goalposts on but how much caleb maupin reports the democra

me as being targeted repeatedly by fighters in the area who have links to al qaida and eisel. yobs a terror on al jazeera do stay with us people in power is coming up next talk to al-jazeera we speak what we will force with when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges 0. 2014 people are revealed to shameful treatment of disabled people and remain new state from. our investigation is to raise questions about why the e.u. was from doing some of those institutions now the refresh allegations about the direct mistreatment this time not just in romania but in neighboring countries in the 2nd of 2 special reports sarah spill it has been to poke area.

american troops from a potential iranian attack that after 2 marines are killed in iraq during an anti eisel operation. also this hour about amir putin could potentially run again for president if the public votes for the new changes in the russian constitution next month. plus fires that riot and death violence sweeps at least prisons out of the states district response to the spread of the coronavirus.

they launched airstrikes on eisel hideouts its fighters and convoys. in october last year.

air support to iraqi security forces as they prepare to stand on their own feet in the fight against eisel simona fulton al-jazeera get that money for new orleans could become the next epicenter of a crime a virus outbreak in the u.s. health officials say louisiana's largest city has the highest growth rate of new cases and the world and a calendar reports. this is new orleans most celebrated neighborhood now the french quarter is a shadow of its former self businesses a closed tourists are leaving and now the big easy is facing a major health crisis officials say the city is on course to become the next coronavirus at the center the rate of new cases is the highest in the world and may in the next few days overwhelm the city's hospitals what isn't a theory what is fact is what's actually happening on the ground and we know that it's serious we know the case count is much much higher than we obviously want it to be many in the medical community blame the rapid spread of the corona virus here on mardi gras the annual celebration attracts well over a 1000000 visitors from all over the world

inhabited by ethnic full army herders who are often targeted by vigilantes for their alleged links to eisele and al qaida. so that this prime minister of the law has survived what the government is calling an assassination attempt a convoy of cars carrying the leader was attacked by a roadside bomb and gunfire in the capital khartoum doc escaped without injury people morgan has more now from the scene. the monday morning attack happened in the capital hard to name prime minister abdullah who was in a convoy of cars when a roadside bomb blast was followed by gunshots he survived the attempt on his life but the police motorbike rider was injured within a couple of hours a photo to prove in his words that he's in good shape and vowed that the attack one gets in the way of saddam's transition the government says it was a targeted attack and investigations are underway into who carried it out. and we're not we know that there are people who are trying to target the revolution of the sudanese people and to attack the gains of the revolutionaries but we stress that revolution is going on at the rev

africa's whole region where violence has worsened over the past year armed groups linked to al qaeda eisel of targeted security forces and civilians explosions from a suspected rocket attack curve interrupted the inauguration ceremony of afghanistan's president of carney. the blast adult appeared to take place near the ceremony but gandhi's political rival abdullah abdullah held a power level swearing in both men are laying claim to the presidency after a disputed election in september to me this in kabul she says the feud could affect peace talks with the taliban. this was certainly i think full of controversy and violence because 1st of all there was a lot of delay in this inauguration people had been told to arrive quite early in the morning all the guests and the media and then when we arrived there we were told no it was delayed by 6 hours and then it was delayed by another additional hour during that time you had the u.s. envoy zalmay khalilzad try shuttling basically between these 2 political rivals president me and. trying to find a compromise where he couldn't find a compromise an

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the iraqi army and the iraqi police these are its partners under the coalition here in iraq to fight eisel so essentially what ended up being the outcome rather than deterring the type hezbollah and other iranian ling's groups from conducting further attacks on u.s. servicemen at the u.s. in fact and that up further rupturing the relationship between its iraqi partners and its presence here in iraq thank you for that update some wonderful jeanne in baghdad. a 4 chief minister of indian administered kashmir has been released after 7 months in custody for bello was arrested along with other local leaders when india revote kashmir's special semi-autonomous status in august he was charged with quite disturbing the public order delhi imposed its lockdown in the majority of muslim populated territory after withdrawing its autonomy and finally a note from new zealand where special friday prayers have been hill's to remember the 51 people killed in the shootings at to mosques one year ago hundreds of people gathered in an arena in christchurch not far from one of those mosques which were attacked

is a professor of peace studies of the american university of afghanistan she says eisel has a history of carrying out such attacks we really hear about them but this season all the role mandate and when he takes. and gets a policy from the state to actually to actually terrorize and antagonize all minorities in afghanistan from their perspective. supposed to be a sunni state and a caliphate and therefore just like any other minorities in iraq or in other parts of the world they are being targeted the public is exasperated by the political games that are taking place at the moment and they do want the government and the state website she'll get responsibilities to them and this goes with security but it's also going to be but you can't everybody here is expecting a tsunami to happen and they really don't know which government is going to support them in prosecutors in turkey are indicting 20 suspects for the killing of journalist. they include the deputy head of saudi intelligence and the royal court advisor all are accused of instigating premeditated murder with monstrous intent saudi

mounting debts violent groups became dominant and in 2014 these nomic state of iraq and the levant or eisel declared a caliphate but as its capital. 6 the countries which are fused military action in syria soon formed a coalition against isis. syrian civilians were being killed by assad's forces opposition in fighting eisen attacks and coalition airstrikes by then more than 200000 people had been killed in the united nations decided to stop counting the dead. russia's active military deployment in 2015 was a game changer for damascus it was backed by should be of russian air power and iranian troops and military from iraq and lebanon opposition fighters drop at the last areas they controlled through the years activists and rights group kept reminding the world of the horrific violence syrians are facing. i feel is propaganda and abuse by government forces drew condemnations from international leaders for the military the starve or surrender tactic worked where bombs and troops didn't millions of syrians removed each year to live province and the various deals until it became the last remain

eisel has claimed responsibility for an attack in afghanistan's capital which is left at least 30 people dead ahead of the country's plea peace council was giving a speech when shots were fired country's chief executive up to the 2 little boys there but he escaped on its 1st major attacks and says. the band signed a peace deal with the united states. pope francis has accepted the resignation of a french cardinal who was convicted but later acquitted of covering up sexual abuse within the catholic church the archbishop of leon phillipa barbara was convicted last year for failing to report a priest who had preyed on dozens of boy scouts in january he was acquitted on appeal when he told the court he was following vatican instructions in his handling of the case of brown says he hopes his departure will allow the church with a new challenge for the president's troika gaucho has been arrested in parent wire for allegedly using fake passport 39 year old and his brother were taken to a police station in the capital asuncion for questioning on friday or not the u.s. legal team is filed an injun

these smaller bases in the rule areas of iraq have been used to launch partnered missions against eisel in those areas so these this representing while it's being said that it is in response to a successful fight against eyes lit has managed to degrade the group it could also have an long term impact on not being able to quickly mount missions from these bases in the future. simona we're just hearing now in breaking news that rockets have hit an iraqi base hosting foreign troops according to the military and of course this is in the context of what you've been talking about and i'm sure you'll be able to update us later today when you get more information but on the political front what's happening today is that there is a deadline for a new prime minister to be designated where do things stand with that quickly please. while iraq has been in this political succession crisis for 4 months now the caretaker prime minister resigned in the ember and we still don't have a new prime minister several people have been nominated in the past mohamed tawfik allow it was the last one and he didn't

so far rallies army has been targeted repeatedly by fighters in the area of links to al-qaeda and eisel the u.s. has placed sanctions on 5 companies based in the united arab emirates accusing them of buying hundreds of thousands of tons of iranian petrol last year at follows the blacklisting of chinese and south african companies earlier this week pedicle hain as more details from washington d.c. . this is just the latest move just on tuesday the state department announced sanctions against 9 different companies in hong kong china south africa so what does this actually mean well if you are these 5 companies you if you have assets in the united states those would be frozen u.s. businesses and people are not allowed to do business with these 5 entities and probably the more biting sanctions is they get cut off from the u.s. financial sector so any bank foreign bank that the charger department is sending this morning any foreign bank that actually works with banks that do business with these 5 companies they could face additional sanctions so really the big bottom line here is the united

felt on the ground several iraqi officers told us that they need american support if they're to fight eisel effectively and both civilians and security officials say the fighters have taken advantage of us iran tensions to regroup as we will see in the 2nd part of this report. in iraq's name of a province. u.s. senator elizabeth warren has ended her bid for the white house she was once considered a frontrunner for the democratic nomination but failed to win a single state during the primaries she lost her home state of massachusetts to rival joe biden the withdrawal leaves 3 hopefuls in the race. i will not be running for president in 20 but i guarantee i will stay in the fight for hard working folks across this country have gotten short end of the stick over and over that's been the fight of my life and it will continue to be so germany's and terry a minister says the threat of right wing extremism is not being taken seriously was to see how far is pushing for gun owners to undergo psychological tests germany's had a spate of attacks links to the far right and the most recent a gunman kill

and in 2014 these nomic state of iraq and the levant or eisel declared a caliphate but as its capital. 6 the countries which refuse military action in syria soon formed a coalition against isis. syrian civilians were being killed by assad's forces opposition infighting. and coalition airstrikes by then more than 200000 people had been killed in the united nations decided to stop counting the dead. russia's active military deployment in 2015 was a game changer for damascus it was backed by should be of russian air power and iranian troops and military from iraq and lebanon opposition fighters drop at the last areas they controlled through the years activists and rights group kept reminding the world of the horrific violence syrians are facing. propaganda and abuse by government forces drew condemnations from international leaders for the military the starve or surrender tactic worked where bombs and troops did and millions of syrians were moved each year to the province and the various deals until it became the last remaining rebel stronghold. in the last 9 years hospitals have been de

air support to iraqi security forces as they prepare to stand on their own feet in the fight against eisel. al-jazeera baghdad. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has called on the donald trump a racist cowboy after the u.s. offered a $15000000.00 reward for his arrest but there has been charged along with several senior officials with crimes related to what the u.s. justice department calls narco terrorism and drugs trafficking they are accused of using the proceeds of the cocaine trade to make up for lost oil revenue it's more on this from alan fischer we estimate that somewhere between 20250 metric tons of cocaine are shipped out of that as well up by these routes a virtual news conference but for a very real target today i'm here to talk about the former maturer. and its direct participation in narco terrorism corruption money laundering and drug trafficking the series of charges against nicholas mcdougal the man who leads venezuela and some of the most senior figures in his government the justice department alleges that running a drug gang called the cocktail of the sons who do w