my own country, i lived in iraq, i grew up in iraq. i knew mosul since i was a child. my father used to take me with him. i walked in the old city, in the old market. i had this connection to mosul. in 2016, mosul was declared as this final battle, the final showdown with isis. i went to mosul to see if the liberation of the city will usher the end of this endless war that has been going on in iraq since 2003. >> narrator: the operation began in october 2016, and the army quickly defeated isis in the villages surrounding the city. but when they entered mosul itself, the advance was slowed by fierce fighting. isis used snipers hidden amongst the civilians to exact heavy casualties. (gunshot) >> (men speaking arabic) >> narrator: and they began an unprecedented campaign of suicide attacks. it is now five weeks since the battle began. ghaith is with the elite iraqi special operations forces, known as the golden division. they're taking him to their commander in eastern mosul. >> narrator: the route to the front line passes through areas t

and presumably in afghanistan but especially in iraq at greater isk inside iraq? other executive orders radicalize even more some people in iraq who could retaliate against iraqis who work with the united states? general petraeus: i think the -- that will depend on the speed of the ironing out what the processes will be. again, there have been halts in the past, occasionally, some of these processes. at the end of the day, though, if you go back and look, we used to have a sign on the operation center -- in fact, you saw it up in mosul, wherever i was privileged to be a commander and there was a question up here that stared us in the face all day long and it was "will this operation or policy create more bad guys than it takes off the battlefield by its conduct, and if the question to that was -- that it will create more bad guys, then you probably want to pause a bit. again, depending on how quickly this is sorted out, that's a policy that could run afoul of that particular question. paul: in the back. i think you had your hand up before. >> thanks, paul, for you

and presumably in afghanistan but especially in iraq at greater risk inside iraq? are those executive executive orders radicalize even more some people in iraq who could retaliate against iraqis who work with the united states? gen. petraeus: i think that will depend on the speed of the ironing out what the processes will be. again, there have been halts in the past, occasionally, some of these processes. at the end of the day, though, if you go back and look, we used to have a sign on the operation center -- in fact, you saw it up in mosul, wherever i was privileged to be a commander and there was a question up here that stared us in the face all day long and it was "will this operation or policy create more bad guys than it takes off the battlefield by its conduct?" and if the answer to that question is that it will create more bad guys, then you probably want to pause a bit. again, depending on how quickly this is sorted out, that's a policy that could run afoul of that particular question. >> in the back. i think you had your hand up before. >> thanks, paul, fo

for iraq and i think the s.i.v. for afghanistan both are now in that exempted category, though i going forward, it was great to see secretary mattis immediately have not seen the actual language on that. so, again, yes is the answer to that, without question, i think. the process of coming together as a country in the wake of an election is the macrocontext and this is the element of that mack could he -- macrocontext. >> stand up. general petraeus: i think we need to have your microphone come to you here. >> my name is mahood with american university. my question is, the war in iraq started like 2003 and actually the withdrawal of the forces completed 2014. so why do we have like translators and interpreters still behind and still having process to come here to the states? just mr. trump, and he's been in the office like for 11 or -- general petraeus: no. this is not something you can pin on this administration clearly. i mean, the reason is quite simple. we just haven't done enough. the s.i.v. numbers haven't been

what will happen with iraq?ing in refugee camps, and about 800,000 living normally in sinjar. what will happen then after this situation? what we are facing is, you know, the yazidis face now the 71st time a genocide. through the last 800 years, about 1,000,800 yazidis were converted to islam by force. about 1,000,200 yazidis were killed in the last 800 years. so there is a kind of mistrust to the islamic society, because every time they are massacred and face genocide by muslims. so they need and they believe like britain, like america, like european countries can help them to have a safe zone, and they will maybe have a kind of security, a feeling of security, at least, that they are not alone. that is the reason why i can understand nadia murad saying that we need a safe zone. just picking up on that point of genocide. this is a point of fact. you say that genocide has been committed against the yazidis, but not all members of the international community accept the term "genocide". the united kingdom's govern

i came to you from my country iraq, from curtis dan, iraq. the country that is intense with suffering. a people that were struggling for decades under dictatorial regime. and suffer displacement and wars and oppression. after the positive role that united states played in to liberate us from the dictatorial regime. our people suffered from al-qaeda. which the whole world suffers from. and now we are suffering from isil. that you are all standing with us to eradicate them. there is no component of order a people that they didn't suffer oppression. shia, sunnis, the kurds, the christians and the yazidis, turkmen. the 1700 murders, of course for those who don't know speicher, it's an american soldier that was killed on that day. therefore, they named after, they named the base after his name to perpetuate his memory. speicher said martyrs, kidnapping, extermination of our tribe, displacing christians, thousands of murders, all of these are witnesses and prove as they were targeting all of us. despite the ordeal that was passed to us, the yazidis

should or could take iraq's oil?ou can't overstate the daylight between him and mattis on this. >> no, i think we have seen a pattern emerge on a lot of these issues, where whether it's torture, one state or two state solution with israel, the oil in iraq or the contribution to nato, where the president allows himself to think out loud in ways that contradict what his principals are doing. i think there's a message to this which we need to think about. take, for instance, the nato question. the last two administrations have complained about the europeans not meeting their 2% contributions to nato. i was in the defense department when i heard bob gates say very very quietly but very very bluntly to the europeans that they had to start ponying up or the american people were going to take notice. i think we are getting a very different kind of response from the europeans now that they realize that hey, that might actually happen. so we have mike pence and we have jim mattis going out and speaking very very, in comfortin

re gone, iraq, and americans? build a wall of containment and how did they contain this revolutionary power this >> we should do it with 21st century means. can be virtual containment, denying access to the banking system, trade, travel, there are other ways of imposing sanctions on a country that doesn't build a wall. there are ways that the international community can make it. every revolutionary comes to an end. the revolutionary and has to come to an end. iran has a young population and i'm certain they want to be part of the world and want a better life. and unless these changes that can lead to a change in in the way. we will still have problems. lyse: we have to end this session. a very brief, even one-word answer. call to arab states including saudi arabia to fight against iran. is this a coalition you want to join? >> i don't know. the issue is not specifically fighting iran. we are looking at hoipping iran will change its behavior so it can be an accepted member and constructive member of the middle east

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you just take iraq, and you've had the iran—iraq war. you had the revolution.2003. now it's 2017. this is not going to be solved overnight. the first gulf war was in 1991. exactly. it's a generation. and you have two generations there. there are 140,000 children inside mosul and in western mosul they are under siege. the idea that no food or medical substance is coming in... unless they are given something to look forward to and they feel the world has looked out for them, what impact will it have on these people? because of the risks from iran as seen in saudi arabia and elsewhere, there is a new diplomacy going on and it's interesting. donald trump has reflected that, in some ways. very significantly, the saudi foreign minister visited baghdad, and that development is of huge consequences for intra—arab relations, but there have been some developments. with the new lebanese government and the fact the lebanese president who is seen as an ally of iran is seen in all the arab capitals. there are overtures to try to bring back some arab countries who felt that i

it a one of the minorities in iraq. but it is the original iraq.habited that land. more than 3,000 yazidi men were killed. invasion of isil to our cities and villages of 2014. more than 6700 women, girl and baby girl of yazidis were kidnapped. they were raped. and raped. tortured. they were sold as slaves in the market. children were taken way from their mothers. little girls were sold on the markets. the cheapest prices. the lila zidy girl sold for a few dollars. nine years old girls were raped in front of their family members. and among them some of them were gang raped. there is a shia court in mosul to sell and rent yazidi girls and women. it is true that we are with the help of kyrgyzstan government we were able to liberate 2800 yazidi women. but still more than 3800 yazidi girl and women in captivity in isil. 420,000 yazidis leaving in refugee camps in kyrgyzstan. 80% of our villages and cities are completely destroyed. tons of mass graves that that contain the remains of women and children. this is our tragedy. that still keeps going until n

the iraq war is what it is. i can understand people had that sensation but to go 50 years and people not recognize you are willing to give up your life and you went over and did this and i am the first person to say this? i think the other end of this to go back to one of those dating classes, i went back to one of them and this was an inner game one. a really good one. i remember this one scene one time during one of these exercises there was this big, masculine guy who had a breakthrough. he just realized something about himself, something about life and he is having a big breakthrough. he is crying. having a cathartic cry. he realized something about his life and is having a perfect breakthrough. right in the middle of the crying, cathartic moment, one of the other guys walks up to him and is like awesome breakthrough, high five. he is right in the middle of this cathartic full buddy cry and the guy is like high five, dude. i feel like vets coming back from war are in that zone and someone coming up to you fe

proved his undoing, a battle in iraq in 2004.h soldiers in hand—to—hand combat, fixing bayonets and fighting through heavily defended positions. acts of bravery we re defended positions. acts of bravery were soon followed by allegations that they murdered, mutilated and tortured iraqis. a five—year enquiry costing £30 million found those claims were based on lies and without foundation. the process of going through the last ten years has put a great deal of stress on my family, particularly, who have had a difficult time understanding why the process was being applied as it was, and my soldiers and families. what do you want from phil shiner?” would ask him to apologise to the soldiers and families that have been put through the pain and the stresses and strains of the last decade. wood there is proof of mistreatment by british soldiers. decade. wood there is proof of mistreatment by british soldiersm was phil shiner who highlighted the case of an iraqi hotel worker battered to death in british custody. but it was just one of hun

president's order is an attack against iraq and its people. iraq has made sacrifices in the fight against terrorism and should be appreciated for that. the executive order is wrong. >> reporter: some are responding by barring americans from entering iraq. the military campaign against the islamic state militants is in a crucial stage. trump's executive order is threatening relations at a time when close cooperation is essential. >>> close economic cooperation is something the japanese prime minister wants to nurture with the u.s. he'll be getting on plane to meet trump next week. let's find out more about what they might be discussing. tell us what you know. >> as abe pitches his plan he might highlight the investments that japan has been making already especially since trump has been criticizing japan's automobile market and foreign exchange policy and we all know that he's pursuing policies that put america first. abe is mindful of all that but wants to make sure it works for japan too. abe revealed some of his ideas at a lower house budget

our ben wedeman is in iraq. about how they were retaliating with these sleeper cells they're activating and these surprise attacks. >> reporter: what's going on, poppy, is that in eastern mosul, which actually has been liberated, they left behind a lot of sleeper cells, which have set off a series of bombings, suicide bombings, car bombings that have really sort of spread terror in a population that was beginning to return to the city. now some of the residents of eastern mosul are leaving because of the uncertain security situation. we also understand these isis sleeper cells are distributing leaflets warning everybody that if they cooperate with the iraq authorities, they will be killed, poppy. >> ben, also we know that a man who carried out a suicide bombing on monday, we've learned, has been identified as a british former detainee of guantanamo bay. what have we learned? >> reporter: this is ronald fidlor, he was a 50-year-old british national from manchester. in 2001 he was picked up by u.s. forces in pakis

we shouldn't have gone to iraq in the first place.he attacked others for going to the iraq war and how that helped him get elected. but he's advising this ten years ago, people were calling me a coward for doing this and i think the conversation has been changing where we can support the war in the first place that the iraq war is changing. we probably shouldn't have gone there in the first place. the conversation is changing between the supporting. we could agree there were no weapons of mass destruction, probably shouldn't have gone in there. it has been changing in that way we can support the soldiers that we can admit is going on with this war seriously are already headed that way but it's important to keep in mind that there could be a distinction between supporting the war and supporting veterans. you can, you know, think those people for showing bravery in the battlefield. >> this conversation turns my mind towards a real empathy towards young men who are by the standards of the culture or so many things in the entire human his

should have kept iraq's oil if the u.s. had kept iraq's oil, there wouldn't be any isis. does a comment like secretary mattis' reassure you? >> it reassures me, but more importantly does it reassure the iraqis, as somebody who has served in the middle east will understand that what is said is important, what is understood is even more important. and when the president speaks it matters. and this is why it's very dangerous that donald trump is essentially setting foreign policy through his speeches and through his tweets, instead of allowing the experts, such as general mattis to lead the charge. you know, the president needs to watch what he says, he's acting irresponsibly. and you are potentially putting a lot of lives in danger. just like even at his other executive orders, he basically banned some iraqi interpreters that helped us during the war, such as someone like me when i was in the war from coming to the united states. that is not going to encourage better participation by the iraqi army or anybody who wants to ally with us. >> congressman, you served, it's hard

iraq may be one country or two. syria might be one country or r.u libya is trying to find its way in the post gaddafi era. we do have, right now, a profound skepticism among the american public. it is share by democrats and republicans, as john quincy adams said, because about going off in search of foreign monsters to destroy. launch thedid limited intervention in libya but pulled back very quickly and he was very cautious about getting involved and to try to impose a military solution on .yria his most significant mandate coming into office in 2009 was to get the united states out of iraq. he did that for limited period of time. we are back in iraq and using limited use of ground forces, but once again what donald trump is going to do is continue that policy but we are going to rely on forces in the region to defeat the islamic state with american help. we are not going to do that for them. host: he is the assistant secretary for public affairs from 2009 to 2011. one of your jobs for that was working at the nation

the russian civil war, the spanish in iraq. this demonstrates the way that it became both politicized and also deployed in the long-range histories of the civil war but it's also about the definition that we might say is a classic example of garbage in and garbage out. use one definition and you get a times 46 in iraq. hput in another definition and its since 1500. i got interested in where the definitions were coming from and why people were deploying them this way and for what reasons were they differ in their insurgency rebellion in those cases. with a debate like that a philosopher, political scientist might find i find only conceptul confusion in such a language in the term civithe term civil ware historians we wanted to find out where did this complexity come from and what is the back story behind the disputes. it is sent to com isn't to comea better definition that would clear up the disputes on which all the sides would agree that where they came from and how they arose from those that lived in the civil war or that att

the other elements of iraq, the arabic portions of iraq, they have some oil as well.our interests for a stable iraq to make sure that they are allowed to keep the oil and that they can use that oil to further develop their country. >> we also heard trump's repeated critique of making some military strategy public, the u.s. and iraqi military just announced they are launching a new offensive to retake mosul. is there danger in giving the enemy a heads up? >> there certainly is. that's why every time there is a planning operation, you have to look at what was the most beneficial for your forces. so in this case, the decision was made to make sure that the civilians in mosul understand that they are going to be subject to an invasion. so the first phase of that invasion that took over the eastern part of the city of mosul, there were a lot of announcements saying we're coming in, stay in your houses, you know, make sure that you understand what the iraqi forces are doing and here are the procedures in case you encounter them so you don't get shot by them. the same type o

defense secretary is in iraq. reporter: it is wheels down in iraq for the new u.s.efense secretary. he arrived with the message on what could be done for damage control. it is the second time in the tis has found himself assuring others. >> i'm sure we will continue to pay for our gas and oil all along. you're not here to seize anybody's oil. this comes after another contentious statement from president donald trump. >> i don't want to go into iraq, -- forlways said that economic reasons. if you kept the oil, you probably would not have isis. we should have kept the oil. critics have said that keeping the country's oil would have been stealing from civilians, violation of international law. alsog his trip, mattis addressed the controversial travel ban. n is on hold by u.s. courts. confirmed his renewed, it would not affect iraqi in u.s. forces. this comes at a time when the u.s. bank coalition continues to fight the islamic state group in iraq alongside the government to ,ake the western half of mosul the last remaining bastion o of islamic state power. >> the iraq

in iraq i in iraq i was in that zone 24/seven.writing in chasing something and going after something brighter than myself to help veterans, that brought me back to the zone and help me focus and work on. >> and then you talk about neural feedback which is something i'm not familiar with. >> neural feedback is just something to experiment with vets, there's all the different parts out there but i try this thing where they hook things with a video games with your game. a so instead of thinking about this you'll think about that. so i did talk about experimenting that with a few different things. in the book itself i talk about how, it's an embarrassing story but i went to do this neural feedback thing and it's supposed to rewire your brain so instead of thinking of something negative you'll think of something positive. i i've been having bad thoughts at night. after i did neural feedback i had a way tutoring. it was my first wet dream since high school in ten or 15 years. so i think it re- wires something in my brain. >> i first bec

this is the second largest city in iraq. for the iraqis to drive isis out of western mosul will be a final chapter in the war that has been going on for two and a half years. with secretary mattis, under scoring the role the united states plays in that fight. there were around 5,000 u.s. military personnel supporting iraqi forces in the battle in addition to the involvement of the u.s.-led coalition with aircraft bombing targets as well. before secretary mattis arrived in baghdad, he made an interesting statement. contradicting what we heard from president trump the day after inauguration at cia headquarters. where he said that we may have a chance in the future to seize iraqi oil. secretary mattis directly contradicted that before he arrived in baghdad. >> all of us in america generally paid for our gas and oil all along and i'm sure we will continue to do so in the future. we're not in iraq to seize anybody's oil. >> reporter: of course, this comes as something as a reassurance to the iraqis who are also upset by the fact

let's return to iraq now.up has done to the country's ancient sites. iraqi officials and international experts are meeting in paris to examine the condition of the cultural heritage in the liberated areas of the country and to work out what to do next. andy beatt reports. images that shocked the world. treasured artefacts from iraq's rich cultural heritage destroyed by so—called islamic state. now, with islamic state seemingly on the back foot, there is a chance to assess the scale of the destruction. as the iraqi forces are leading the operation to liberate west mosul, i wish to take this opportunity to renew our solidarity with the people of iraq who have suffered so much from the ravages of war, from displacement, from humanitarian crises, from destruction of cultural heritage. unesco's mission is to understand what remains, and determine priorities from now on. translation: nobody can believe the amount of damage to cultural heritage sites after islamic state the control of large parts of iraq especially t

and then in kuwait and iraq and afghanistan. in iraq i initially when we were up in mosul, i hadn't realized how extraordinary saudi was. so one of the one-stars got him. i had a local translator. bashar, phenomenal. he didn't translate from arabic to english but telling me about the individuals with whom we were going to meet. he was explaining about the culture. he was explaining to me -- i had a reasonable idea of what islam was and the difference between sunni and shiia. , in mosuls we had yazidis christians, kurds, shiia and sunni and different political parties, different movements, different districts, tribal elements, and he was an incredible window into iraqi society for the first year that i was there and again very, very privileged to have him. tragically, the situation up there deteriorated, as you'll recall, the year after we left and so forth. and ultimately, he did have to come to the united states. we got him here and now i see him out every time i'm out in los angeles or when he's in new york because he's now a

there is no that some abuses did happen in iraq. were detainees being beaten in basra in 2003 and over the past few years the ministry of defence has paid out millions in compensation. but the ihat investigation has been criticised for getting out of hand. it was set up seven years ago and it has had to examine more than 3,000 claims. it has cost over £34 million. ihat and its work has always been controversial in the military but the downfall of phil shiner and mounting concern over the toll it was taking on former soldiers and their families has led the mod to act. i think this is something really, really important — it will make a big statement to the army and most importantly it shows that the government is foursquare behind supporting the army and providing it with the appropriate framework in which our soldiers can deal with those very difficult operational decisions that they have to deal with. of all the allegations made over the course of britain's long involvement in iraq, the ministry of defence now says that by the summe

one of them carried out a attack in iraq. a british national released from gitmo who later was able to travel to syria and joining up isis as well has killed himself. here to discuss is deputy assistant to president trump dr. sebastian goreca. good morning to you, sebastian. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning, everybody. steve: does it surprise that you this isis suicide bomber in iraq was a former gitmo detainee? >> unfortunately it doesn't. if you look at the great work done at the long journal people like tom jocelyn. we know that at least 30 if not more than 40% recidivism rate from the people released at gitmo. so, president obama released lots and lots of people that were there for a very good reason of what happened. almost half the time they returned to the battlefield. this individual not only was he released, he was given compensation of more than a million dollars by the british government. who claimed he had been mall treated. and then he goes and executes a suicide attack in iraq. ainsley: why would the briti

the only other kind ever concern i have is if, and it sounds like they are, if iraq is included, iraq right now is our chief ally in fighting the war on terror against isis. i think it doesn't send a great message. in fact we actually basically created the vetting standards in iraq. they have tight vetting standards who gets a passport. this is within the president's purview and if this knew executive order cleans up what the ninth circuit overturned it may stand. >> thanks very much. >> as always, thanks snooch. >> a top european leader, a stunning rebuke and he did it right next to vice president mike pence. more after this. every social oc. so the the broom said, "sorry i'm late. i over-swept." [ laughter ] yes, even the awkward among us deserve some laughter. and while it's okay to nibble in public, a lady only dines in private. try the name your price tool from progressive. it gives you options based on your budget. uh-oh. discussing finances is a big no-no. what, i'm helping her save money! shh! men are talking. that's it, i'm out. taking the meatballs. thattoday, unlimited gets

they then invaded iraq and afghanistan.s in afghanistan, but on a greater scale. we have that message. that you think that this is not fuelling conflicts, you are not fuelling conflict. that this is not fuelling conflicts, you are not fuelling conflictm wasn't for a run, there would be black flags in damascus today. and if syria had fallen, iraq was on the verge of falling. a run stopped al qaeda or isil from taking verge of falling. a run stopped al qaeda or isilfrom taking it. it verge of falling. a run stopped al qaeda or isil from taking it. it was a run that prevented this. —— iran. contrary to the western narrative, a figure reported to have been to syria know that the people of syria do not prefer the so—called moderates that the un vice president said did not exist. they do not like those so—called moderates over the three government. at a run spends about $1 billion a year supporting the shah al—assad in syria. you spend so bit like $800 million supporting has bhilai and other non—, and various other interventions.

committed by british soldiers in iraq is being shutdown. a report by mps called it "an unmitigated failure that had cost tens of millions of pounds." this will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who've had these quite unfair allegations hanging over them, they're now being freed of that. me and my fellow soldiers and my regiment, going through a ten—year, you know, tarnish, and it'sjust not on. and it's not fair. the government's announced that most of the investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan will also be dropped. also tonight: the health secretary admits waiting times in a&e in hospitals in england are unacceptable. donald trump vows to fight on, despite a court refusing to reinstate his controversial travel ban. over 400 whales beach themselves on the coast of new zealand — volunteers battle to save them. and england get ready for the clash in cardiff, in their crucial six nations game against wales. and coming up in sportsday in bbc news: tom varndell becomes the premiership‘s all—time leading try scorer as

iraq, january 4th, 2016.an instant, the soft cartilage of his nose, lips and most of his face ravaged. the images are tough to see. >> he realizes there is something different about him and it's really sad because these kids, they're scared of him. >> reporter: his name moeans wounded hart and it's a story of being trapped. his family fleeing from isis to this refugee camp. and now trapped in the united states without his parents. you see, this woman is not the boy's mother. she's not even a relative. she is simply a kind stranger. his parents, a world away. but we tracked them down in northern iraq. it's really hard, his father said. he's a little boy. he needs his parents. so what happened here? well, after the fire and burns, the british aid group, road to peace, arranged for the boy and his father to come to shriner's hospital for children in boston. that was for the first of a series of operations to slowly release the con track churs of his chin and lower lip allowing him to take a bottle again. but wit

it's going the issue of iraq and how iraq has dealt with this is something that people feel very stronglybout. carl, you also served in iraq. he lost friends there. you worked with interpreters, people in iraq who were there to help. the feeling is that they feel slighted by this. that they are not embraced in this, is that true? >> no. there are many interpreters who do feel that way and there's many that don't. the issue of the fact that we are finally beating back isis, geographically they are shrinking, but the problem is that they are down to 20 or 30 different countries. if that's a misunderstanding of people that worked with the obama administration that think they are winning the war against isis. we are fundamentally not. anyone who says that we are should obviously take a look at the global prospects of this thing. the serial refugee thing that we stopped along with six other countries, we have to acknowledge the fact that i ran in places like that, some of those attackers and come from around, they are the largest state sponsor of terror. this is a start, much like obamacare, n

they were in iraq.was i united states. >> they didn't give us visas because they thought we would go there and stay. we want to finish our's treatment and return home. and then things got even worse. >> secondly i'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america. >> president trump likely made it impossible that his name sake along with mom and dad will travel to the united states any time soon. >> that's what we're afraid of, is they have to wait 90 days which maybe he doesn't have that. he needs this surgery as soon as possible. >> what's the sentiment or the emotional -- are they angry? >> not really. just sad and hopeless. they don't know what to do. >> do you think there will be an exception made? >> we're praying for that. >> and it's worth pointing out why these visas were revoked. they say these parents could not show they have strong enough ties in iraq. the concern that they would come to the united states and not leave and the family s

first off, we need to begin accepting new applications in iraq. we have not accepted a new application since 2014, which might shock a lot of people in here because we have 4,800 military troops fighting in iraq and another 7,800 contracts. most of those people don't speak arabic or kurdish and are likely relying on nationals on the ground who, by the way, once they served with us have fundamentally excommunicated themselves from the community around them. they need a pathway to get here there ast pocket, it's not large but enough to warrant consideration, iraqis who are not able to submit their applications because isis showed up at one point and prevented them ever getting to baghdad to file the application in time. in addition, in afghanistan, the backlog is in the thousands. anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 depending on what month the state department is reporting. there's only a current allocation of 1,500 visas to cover that backlog and we are still accepting new applications. every visa we get out, we receive a new one in its place. if we don'

it is one of the minorities in iraq. but it is the original iraq.oldest people inhabited that land. uv -- more than 3000 men were killed. during the in brick -- invasion of isil in 2014. than 6700 women, girls and baby girls were kidnapped. and rapedraped, again. they were sold as slaves in the market. children were taken away from their mothers. little girls were sold in the markets. for the cheapest prices. the little girl was only worth a few dollars. nine-year-old girls were raped. and in front of their family members. among them some were gang raped. is a sharia court in mosul to sell and rent the girls and women. it is true that we with the help of kurdistan government we were get 2800 women. but still, there is more than 3900 women and girls in captivity. 420,000 living in the refugee camps in kurdistan. 80% of all of our villages and cities are completely destroyed. tens of mass graves that contained the remains of women and children. is our tragedy that will keep going until now. it did not end. we need the fan from the international commun

a classic case would be in iraq in 2003. after we took down saddam hussein, we looked for ideas for rebuilding the country. we focused heavily on nazi germany. i would argue and in hindsight we probably should have looked at some other cases like japan in 1945 or the reconstruction in the american south after the civil war. we could have learned a lot from there. history will not necessarily fall into your lap. it requires a lot of serious thought. i would add that we cannot ignore, at times we had tried to do foreign policy without any history at all -- that has led to disaster because it is based on unfounded assumptions. we know that history will be used. the question is how do we use history effectively? history is important because it gives us familiarization. it gives us context. if you are confronting a counter narcotics situation for example, it would be useful if you spent time studying five or 10 historical cases. when you go to the next one, you at least know what questions you will ask and you will have an idea o

historic abuse tea m future of the iraq historic abuse team inquiry. to get a response from ministers. i have been speaking to the ministry of defence, they say they are not in a position to respond just yet. it is clear that ministers at the highest level did have concerns about this inquiry. it was due to be completed in the year 01’ was due to be completed in the year or two, it ballooned, the caseload rose rapidly. as i said, many of those cases were brought by phil shiner‘s legal team. by a firm which has now been closed as a result of him being struck off. but there is a lot of significant detail in this report about the way the enquiries we re report about the way the enquiries were conducted. it says that in some cases the enquiries were intimidatingly, including one example of a contractor who was brought in to look into allegations, claiming falsely to be a policeman. the committee says it is very deeply concerned about the use of covert surveillance. so it feels that the way being quarries have been conducted has been wrong, that the mod its

leading the attack, iraq's emergency response division, police special forces.surrounded by is two years ago. theyjust escaped with their lives. today, they threw everything they had at is. gunfire. we are now above the village which is their main target. they are laying down fire. they are about to call in some artillery strikes. the captain tells me there are three is fighters in a yellow building down there and car bombs were targeting them now. there were four car bombs in total, but soon government forces were inside. they killed 13 is fighters without taking any casualties. here they discovered is weapons. this village is small, but it's important, it's the gateway to mosul proper and the city's airport. hidden inside another house, away from surveillance aircraft, another car bomb disguised as an ambulance. the bomb inside was still live. in these streets, though, a critical advantage — no civilians. in western mosul there are three quarters of a million people and thousands of is fighters. it took these men just six hours to take this village. they made

ben wedeman in iraq. qatar airways has announced they plan to board all passengers with valid visas to the u.s. on flights after this blocking of this travel ban. so that also is certainly an indication that things are moving at least in the opposite direction that they were moving yesterday. so keeping an eye on all things there in baghdad and across the region, ben wedeman, thank you so much. >>> well, the trump white house is also setting a new tone for both domestic and world affairs. we'll discuss all of that ahead. >>> plus what renewed fighting in ukraine means for mr. trump's ties with russia. we'll go live to moscow when we come back. ce back like... ...it used to? neutrogena® hydro boost water gel. instantly quenches skin to keep it... ...supple and hydrated... ...day... ...after day. with hydrating hyaluronic acid, which retains up to 1000 times its weight... ...in water. this refreshing water gel... plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin that bounce

for the first time in years, iraq's flag flew above the village.illage is small but important. it's the gateway to mosul proper and the city's airport. and, as we discovered, homes had become fortresses. here is weapons. and hidden inside a house away from surveillance aircraft, another car bomb disguised as an ambulance. the bomb inside was still live. in these streets, though, a critical advantage. there were no civilians. in west mosul there are 750,000 people and thousands of is fighters. it took these men just six hours to take this village, their target. they made good progress but with overwhelming force. beyond here is another town and another village. that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself. from here on in, though, the going won't be nearly so fast. this was a victory two years in the making. but it's more than that. these troops once humiliated by is today celebrated a moment of redemption for them and for iraq. quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosul‘s southern front. more from quentin later in the programme. let's take a l