falluja feel secure. but it's a fragile peace.he idea is that ravaged their city. afterwards, concerns a more basic. the city's mayorfaces their city. afterwards, concerns a more basic. the city's mayor faces a barrage of questions about the lack of electricity and jobs. he gets little support from baghdad and the job feels impossible. islamic state preyed on poverty and people's frustration with the government in baghdad. that's why they were able to ta ke baghdad. that's why they were able to take over in places like this. three years on, the poverty is so evident, and so was the frustration of people here. they should be warning signs for the government in baghdad. not everyone has returned to the city. we travel out into the desert to find the people nobody wa nts desert to find the people nobody wants back. in dismal camps, an uncertain future for the families of those suspected of playing along with islamic state. this family stayed in a rural suburb under islamic state role, only fleeing last year. they have all been cleare

pauladams, bbc news, falluja.we all know that the fight to regain control of mosul was the toughest and fiercest, so if the situation is as he says, we can only imagine how difficult it will be to gain the conciliation and a lasting peace in mosul. the polish president has announced he is to veto a controversial bill to support the country's judicially. he said he will not support the proposals to replace supreme court judges with government nominees. thousands of protesters had taken to the streets in recent weeks, opponents arguing that the changes would undermine the independence of the judiciary. we'll have the headlines any moment, but first he is the weather. across many eastern areas, it is rather clouded, but blue skies here in cornwall. and that sunshine, as you can see, many western areas. towards eastern parts, cloudier skies, showers towards east anglia, and is feeling quite chilly on that course. further west, the sunshine and temperature is getting into the low 20s. 0ne and temperature is getting int

falluja has barely known peace in 1a years.he government in baghdad divided. isis took advantage. when the government finally took control, the city was almost deserted. look at it today. over the past year, 80% of the city's population has returned. falluja feels secure. but it is a fragile peace. at friday prayers, which is as —— would are told to abandon the violence in a city. afterwards, the concerns are more basic. this city's hard mayorfaces a barrage of questions about the lack of electricity and jobs. he gets a little support from baghdad, and hisjob gets a little support from baghdad, and his job feels gets a little support from baghdad, and hisjob feels impossible. the so—called islamic state preyed on poverty and people's frustration with the government in baghdad. that is why it was able to take over in places like this. three years on, the poverty is still evident, and so, too, is the frustration of the people here. they should be warning signs for the government in baghdad. not everyone has returned to the city.

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falluja one year after being retaken from islamic state.

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past, that the iraqis claim victory even when there are still pockets of resistance in places like fallujatreat it with caution. there's no doubt is is on its last legs in mosul, but certainly so are the civilians who've got to rebuild this city and rebuild their lives. a man who's confessed to being an ira bomb maker has told bbc news he accepts "collective responsibility" for all the group's actions in england, including one of the deadliest acts of the so—called "troubles." mick hayes has never spoken openly about his role. he says he was an "active volunteer" in november 1974, when the birmingham pub bombings killed 21 people. the ira has never officially admitted the attack. the apology was dismissed by relatives as "insulting." this from our ireland correspondent, chris buckler. the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. placed inside pubs to cause destruction. explosions that led to 21 deaths. in the same year, 1974, mick hayes took part in this funeral for a hunger striker in london. he was a well—known republican, an admitted ira bomb—maker who was convict

even when there are pockets of resista nce even when there are pockets of resistance in places like fallujawe should treat it with caution. there's no doubt is is on its last legs in mosul but now the challenges to rebuild the city and for people to rebuild their lives. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is in kuwait. he's there for talks aimed at resolving the crisis caused by saudi arabia and some of its arab allies breaking links with qatar. mr tillerson will hold meetings with the leaders of kuwait, qatar and saudi arabia. our security correspondent, frank gardner, explains. the accusation by saudi arabia, bahrain, egypt and the uae is qatar has been channelling funds to extremist and terrorist groups around the region, as far away as libya and yemen. qatar denies this and they say it's open to a monitoring system providing everybody does it, notjust them but the saudis. rex tillerson, who has a lot of friends in the gulf from his days with exxon mobil, he was an oilman for most of his career, he's not a career diplomat, but he comes with a lot of contacts and clout in the region

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waving on the beach of enormity and the mountains of korea and the jungles of vietnam, the streets of fallujaican. every fire house, ballpark, town and city of this great nation and the front porches of my house and many of yours waiting for their return. you state the obvious, thus far the resounding answer is yes. and it will now and forever wave, but only be holding on to it. because it's not the flag that we're waving, it's what lives within us. is it in our heart. do we really understand and mean what this museum is about to celebrate. and the heart of every american is the very idea of america. i don't even know it to articulate it that way. ask the average person when you leave here, go to lunch on the street corner, why do you have the right to do a, b, c or d. i'll tell you, because the constitution says i do and i've never even ever read the constitution. folks, this is important, not monument, but reminder that we've got to fight every damn day to remind ourselves how we got to where we are. and don't ever think that there's ever anything self executing about democracy. we live in

i don't know general kelly, i think we may have been in iraq at the same time but my forays into fallujaief in terms of days, not months, but he is held an extraordinarily high regard by friends of mine in the military who did work with them, so the military who did work with them, so this is a good step but let me also say in america we are facing issues with russia, with china, north korea, with health care and taxes, and yet once again the big story for the next 24 hours will be the palace intrigue in the white house, it is like the crumlin on steroids. how long will it be before republican leaders step in and say enough is enough? get rid of a president of the united states than it is the prime minister of great britain. i wasn't suggesting impeachment but enough is enough in terms of chaos and being preoccupied in trying to run the white house and let's get down to business. in trying to run the white house and let's get down to businesslj in trying to run the white house and let's get down to business. i think that started late thursday night here when that razor thin margin on the