islamic revolution. i would like to bow in the face of their dignity as today's dignity of ours is indebted to the bravery and chivalry of those individuals. today also coincides with the auspicious birth and anniversary of one of our members, peace be upon him. i would like to ask god on the occasion to bestow his blessings to our government and people. 111 years ago today, a new iran was born out of a tumultuous situation, and a new epic was created. the constitution movement of iran as the first national movement of the middle east emerged victorious, and there were two fundamental principles of the rule of law and the national governments. that's what brought for our people in government. as a matter of fact, the first national uprising of the people of asia seeking freedom in this age old continent, 111 years, within this period, the constitutional movement agenda in order to restrict the powers of the iranian kings witnessed numerous ups and downs, and ultimately, unfortunately, it went awry. in or

we also publish twice monthly global islamism. if you haven't already there is a sign-up up sheet outside where you can sign up free of charge and it brings you that type of information every two weeks on. extremist islamic ideology and trends in ideology but also in terms of movement, what is happening with bo boko haram and nigeria. things that may be slightly outside of your purview. publish digital and multimedia project. about a month from now we have our 2017 addition, which will hit the newsstands. you can already access all of the chapters online. it is the first comprehensive study of islam is an as a political phenomenon. and alls all countries regions its impressive even though it is not completely global. lookdea is to take a geographically and topically across various regions, across various act to these of global movements ranging from the islamic state to al qaeda to the taliban. and to look at where these groups are active and where these groups are come a where the threat is increasing or decreasing. and in partic

term of the islamic republic is starting. since then, the highest position post of the people have been determined and decided by the vote of each and every one of the citizens. the iranian people who are aware and wise to create an epic and en masse, and one more time, they spoke to us clearly and conveyed a message expressly. they announced what they had on their mind. they spoke by language of their vote. they told us what they demand and what they do not want, and by giving the vote of confidence ,gain, which was meaningful they decided a path and approach being tested for four years. it was commented and criticized by everyone for four years. so from now on, it's us who need to be responsible to address the demands of the people, the people who once again put their trust in the islamic establishment and the government . vote was not an incident. it was the fruit of a social asurity that could be seen the series of demands of the that would call the executive branch to meet those demands. the people should rightly know fr

it's not all of islam. it's very distinct, definable, small minority parts, but they are growing in strength because of the conditions on the ground. ilon: why don't we do a kipple of questions, one back there and one over here. >> i am with the pakistani -- my question is about the salafi movement not getting much external help. how do you know they are not etting from saudi billionaires there are many in iraq so this fight has been in progress for the last 1rks400 or 1,500 years. why should america get involved and give its precious blood and not precious dollars because we have enough dollars and we can afford to mess around but these people don't respect human life so is it a good idea for america to stay out of the mess and let them fight with each other like they've been doing from the 1400's at least? thanks. katie: i think the u.s. needs to get involved because it is presenting a threat for the united states. i also dismiss the idea that this fight has been ongoing in violent terms if that long beca

so briefly looking at what this movement is, it's not all of islam, it's not all of sunni islam. there are sunni who are secular, sunni who practice, very devout, threat.ent us with no there is a sect within a trend line within islam, and not all to us.gerous salasi believe they should return to the end state of muhammad, but not all pursue it in a threatening manner to us. is accepted within islamic. some take no action. simply practice devoutly side. to the there are political salasiists using political means to pursue this end state. even though end state is contrary to what we would see as our own interest in the world, the fact they've existed for actually gained majority support in any of the exist, nothere they widely accepted by what we're calling mainstream muslims today means they are a minority group who exists within the political who have only gained power in one instance in egypt only opposition, the mubaraknter to the regime was the muslim brotherhood, and there was not a uprising when the muslim brotherhood fell in egypt, because there was not massive what the mus

, the 12th the islamic term of republic is starting. since then, the highest has been position determined by the vote of the citizens. are run for people who prepared and wise. they participated in the masses.tial election in they spoke to us clearly and conveyed a message. expressly, they announced what they had in their minds. this book by the language of the te and told us what they want. by giving us the vote of confidence, they decided a path and approach that was being tested for four years. it was criticized by everyone for four years. from now on, it is us who need to address thele onceds of the people who, again, put their trust in the establishment and the government. vote was not an incident. it was the crew of social seen as that could be the demand for the iranian people. that would call the executive branch to meet those demands. the person picked by the people from amongtly know what demands and votes he has been picked and what commitment he has for the people. he needs to stick to that commitment to the end and needs to

it started out in the nation of islam. then they made the shift into more orthodox islam. we definitely carry on a lot of the good things that -- the good trainings and teachings that were in the nation of islam. some people have very stringent diets still. . we call the pioneers who are 60 and up. a lot of them have a diet that consists of one meal a day or two meals a day, something they learned in the nation of islam. martial arts is a very big part of our community. there's a dojo in my mosque, a dojo in the mosque down the block. with practice orthodox islam trade we pray five times a day. people cover. our culture is very much like african american and caribbean culture. when it's time to celebrate, we have a block party, when the weather is good. people sing calypso, they do james brown impersonations. there's always a martial arts demonstration. people perform hip-hop, all that kind of stuff. that is for me what i grew up to seeing, black muslim culture. i grew up around -- other groups my family exposed me to other groups that were young, and i put -- i took it up

there is no problem with islam but there is a big problem in islam right now which represents a small minority but a very dangerous minority. i was talking with a muslim imam and he said to a european crowd, how do you refer to islam as if it has something to do with terror? islam is a religion of peace and jihad is doing this atrocity. i said thank you from the bottom my heart that you shared this important messages with us. why do you spend your valuable time on us? you should preach this every day to your believers, your people in the sudan, iraqi, afghanistan, telling those people beheading innocent civilians under the name of islam that what they do is against islamic concept. not as a favor to us but in order to defend what you believe. i think that's the message that needs to be given to the muslim community. >> here in the united states, it's critically important that our cve efforts be as granular as possible and community let as possible. the communities need to work at the most granular level like librarians are schoolteachers or what have you. it's the strategy to build st

this, if wesay think that islam itself is the cause -- islam by nature inherently is extreme or radical, then we would have to look at certain other statistics and facts we have. the first mosque in this country was built in the united states when? does anyone know? 1929. that mosque is no longer standing but we do have a mosque that was built in 1934 that's still standing today. islam has continued to grow in this country both through converts to the religion and through people immigrating from other countries. muslims beingany charged with terrorist activities in this country until 1993. even then, we're not talking veout what a lot of people ha coined as homegrown terrorism, like the world trade center in 1993. a total of eight people died. of over 60 span years in which we had a consistent presence of muslims in this country but without any terrorist activities. if you look at canada, there is andmilar time frame likewise if you look in england. in the majority of the western countries. what is it that has led to this uptick in what we would call radicalization or extremism? does am

indeed, we've seen in the past two years how versions of sunni islam, of shia islam and even of sufi islam in the events that occurred in turkey have shown us that regardless of religious orientation, each of these groups may be, may be co-opted for political purposes. one of the hallmarks of radicallist belief is their tendency to engage in group think, negating from the individual their personal autonomy and their ability to make their own decisions. and instead, demanding from them dogmatic, rote application of the group's ideals. it's imperative for any chaplain or teacher of those susceptible to radicalization to present the general precepts of islam and how, first and foremost, every individual believer be held accountable for their actions and their beliefs. and several verses of the quran this idea of personal responsibility is reiterated. every soul shall be accountable for what it earns, says one verse. and another, no soul shall bear the burden of another. and yet another, every soul shall be concerned with itself on the day of judgment. in one prophetic tradition, a man c

not from islam itself but for radical islam that's really if you want to get the head of the snake that's really we should be focused on not some sum game like because i think. well i look i mean i think that just comment there from our friend in new york just sums up what the problem is. we've had our mosque you know terrorist attack here in the u.k. carried out by the far right we have a mosque bombed only a few days ago in minnesota and this is what the right will always do they always said oh forget everything else is happening from the far right let's just focus on the muslims i accept the majority of terrorist atrocities we see around the world are carried out by so-called muslims the majority of victims of those terrorist attacks are muslims so you know our i've been pretty consistent of fighting terrorism been on the front line and confronting it but what we require now is the same leadership the same commitment from people on the other side rather than looking for excuses for far right extremism because it's an ever growing problem do you know we've seen a massive increase in the

launches a campaign to bring home russian speaking children left by their islamic state affiliated parents following the liberation of mosul in iraq. the trading of threats between the u.s. and north korea spawns international concern and fears of a genuine war. thanks so much for joining us this evening my name is neil harvey your change the weekly here on r.t. international. violent street brawls turn to tragedy in united states states of virginia on saturday with one person killed dozens injured it all happened at a far right rally over the removal of confederate heritage from the small city of charlottesville where a car rammed into a group of anti far counter protesters the driver has been arrested and charged with second degree murder i must warn you though you may find that coming video disturbing. thank. you people. like ok we're ok there's room ready to. try to get out. intentional tears well we're right now here at the scene of the attack just behind me is where it occurred i think that the atmosphere here right now is so member a but also hopeful everyone that we've talked to ha

who is a chaplain, and who speaks for islam? what sort of faith we have in our text and what sort of trust to have those entrusted to interpret it. if we can answer this question is a muslim community and instead allow ourselves to interpret it, how are our personal interpretations of a government more authoritative or valid than those of others? here feel support as well that muslim communities themselves cannot only denounce radical beliefs but see themselves as partners and be seen as partners by organizations and government authorities that want to work with them to combat their police for any purpose whether that be for national security or to promote extreme acts that will damage society. as a whole, at home or abroad the question that is how can the blue space for positive change and reform the people prone to radicalization? with regard to government policy, correctional institution that what is needed is an open door policy for religious affiliated or qualified individuals to counsel, teach, and advise incarcerated indi

jews that converted to islam. it is probably very much easier to radicalize a person who is becoming a newcomer in this religion. last, but not least, and i would limit myself, i said at the beginning that we used to believe that intelligence is useless in reference to dealing with lone wolf attackers because the secret kept in their mind. well, we were wrong. instead of human sources and communication sources intelligence we have found that we have the ability to understand what's -- maybe even to predict what's going to happen based on open sources intelligence. the writing is on the wall on the wall of the facebook, of telegram, of instagram, you name it, and what we see that many of those activists actually give prior warning because they want to brag about it. because they want to do their honorable thing to do and the people believe that what they did is the honorable thing to do and therefore, they're sharing that over the social networks. this is one example of the lone wolf in israel, in the name of allah

it started out in the nation of islam. shift intoade the more orthodox islam. we definitely carry on a lot of the good things that -- the good trainings and teachings that were in the nation of islam. some people have very stringent diets still. . we call the pioneers who are 60 and up. diet thathem have a consists of one meal a day or two meals a day, something they learned in the nation of islam. martial arts is a very big part of our community. there's a dojo in my mosque, a dojo in the mosque down the block. with practice orthodox islam trade we pray five times a day. people cover. our culture is very much like african american and caribbean culture. when it's time to celebrate, we have a block party, when the weather is good. pso, they docaly james brown impersonations. there's always a martial arts demonstration. people perform hip-hop, all that kind of stuff. that is for me what i grew up to seeing, black muslim culture. i grew up around -- other groups my family exposed me to other groups that were young, and i put -- i took it upon myself when i gradua

or islamism, and to those societies, those islamic republics of iran, the brother of egypt.tan, although if these huge global movements are often nonviolent, but they are the precursors by telling muslims that we should reject western ideas and freedom, free speech, all of these things. so therefore we need muscular liberal terrorism. many movements not only against the symptoms, but for the ideas that we believe in the west that muslims came to be able to celebrate in order to finally have a long-term strategy against the jihadi insurgency in spain, and the united states. >> trace: what is the initial step, zuhdi jassar? we need the liver is liberalism, what is the step? >> a cultural shift in america, not only news media, but hollywood, music, interface, academia, starting the focused of theocratic islamism is a problem. not that all theocrat's, we don't want to outlaw free speech, but to make the ideas radioactive, but not make them the advisors to government and homeland security, but marginal so that we empower, we have a muslim reform movement, trace, barely gets atten

like, what is this islam thing? muslim,s it mean to be maybe people start googling, or they start researching for themselves. form an opinion now, where as, previously it was not something you may have been thinking about it all. me, i tend to think that there is inevitably some good coming out of every kind of situation. right now, we do see a lot of negative things happening. we see a lot of good as well. even people -- people are now forming -- thinking about things that they were not thinking about learning and that they knew nothing about. a lot of people are discovering a lot of good things about the notition that they did think anything about. even if they were looking into spirituality, like i said, my parents are both converts. now thinking, maybe i want to be muslim, or that kind of thing. for my debt, he did not even think what people could be muslim, that he always sought indian people as muslim. once he came here and realize, it is very diverse, there are black people that are muslim, it awoke something

you know the story this week is a campaign to bring home russian speaking children left by their islamic state affiliated parents after the liberation of mosul in iraq. the trading of threats between the u.s. and north korea sparks international concern and fears of a genuine. it's eleven pm here in moscow monomers neil harvey thanks for joining us here on out tonight. violent street brawls turned to tragedy described by u.s. national security adviser herbert mcmaster as terrorism one person was killed dozens more were injured in the u.s. state of virginia on saturday and it all happened at a far right rally over the removal of confederate heritage from the small city of charlottesville or a call rammed into a group of counter protest as the driver has been arrested and charged with second degree murder a warning the following footage is graphic. you . ran down. the road there was a girl ready to. try to get out of. intentional tears well we're right now here at the scene of the attack just behind me is where it occurred i think that the atmosphere here right now is are a but also hopefu

from islamic state. is that. what the people. have gone through and there was no other to see nothing to almost. three here in moscow. where we bring you the biggest stories of the past seven days and also if you have today developments to update you on as well first off a story we've given a lot of coverage to in the past week or so five children from southern russia who were stranded in iraq have been reunited with their families it's believed the youngsters were taken to iraq by their parents who were killed while fighting for myself the film the children in a baghdad orphanage where they were taken after the liberation of mosul we've also been helping to find their other relatives in russia among the five children are two sisters. and what they went through is heartbreaking. i know mom or dad each. one of them i could i said i've heard her. third say. i feel. that goddamn thing. of a son and i have to travel to dagestan to see how the two little girls are now adapting to life back home. tears of joy and relief the very eviden

for islamic state party hears their stories later this. new video appeared online showing the arrest of a sixteen year old german girl who went to join this nomic state she could not face the death penalty in iraq. this is r t international coming live from moscow twenty four hours a day from the team and myself you know neal welcome to the program our top story all round two hundred seventy islamist extremists have recently come back to france after fighting in iraq and syria some have been arrested in the courts are currently plowing through the cases of others the numbers were revealed by the french interior minister who also highlighted that the terror threat remains extremely high and then attempt to try and rein in extremism france had opened its first. center nearly a year ago but the facility has already hit the buffers charlotte dubin ski reports it was billed as a front seat. with john. was the country's. radicalization center when it opened last year it. was here. this is rehab for extremists once. inside psychologists say will

there is no problem with islam. there is a big problem in islaml right now which is a small minority, but a very dangerous minority with the muslim clerics. he said to the european crowd, it's a religion of peace and calamity. jihadi and those across the doit table. i approached and i said thank you from the bottom of my heart that you share this important messages with us. but why do you spend your time, your valuable time on us non-muslims. you should preach that everyday to your believers coming to your people in sudan, in iraq, and afghanistan. there have been innocent civilians under the name of islam and what they do is against islamic concept. not as a favor to us westerners, non-muslims in order to defend. that is the message that needed to be given to the muslim communities. >> here in the united states, i think it is critically important that our cde efforts be as granular as possible and as community led as possible. you know, the local police are involved in community policing and are able to work out th

islamic state says it's behind an attack on a shia mosque in the afghan capital kabul. gunmen stormed the building during friday prayers that's while a suicide bomber detonated the device at the gate of the mosque officials have confirmed that there have been at least twenty people killed and fifty others wounded the five hour long attack ended with all four assailants dead afghanistan based journalist and also report crisis response unit the special forces unit to fight these attacks is still a clearing that building we have heard some ambulances of taken those wounded out of the mosque two members of the police force are also among those killed one is a special forces from c.r.u. the unit that was fighting this attack another was a police car that was killed in the initial stages of that tack this is a very well coordinated attack the attackers knew that there was a special religious gathering of the she as are a community on a friday this is also a week before the holy month of muharram which has traditionally been targeted not only here in afghanistan in neighboring

if a muslim does such an ask it is islamic terrorism. we don't know much about the individual or the family or the background or anything. we label one and a half million people by the behavior of the one or the 19, it is wrong, very wrong. you cannot do that. and labeling christians because some christian is shooting or went to a school and started shooting. that would be wrong too. put all the people together and label them by the behavior of the one or the few or doing that in this country now. when the shooting took place in san bernardino, i saw it on tv. what went through my mind immediately is my daughter because she works for the county. in that area, she was held up and certified so that was the first thing. as a father you worry about your children first but then as an american, a palestinian arab-american, i'm not muslim either, i am catholic actually. as an american, arab-american, i got very worried that the shooter or shooters may be arab or muslim. thank god they weren't arab, they were pakistani. that contributes to label

we practice orthodox islam trade -- islam. we pray five times a day. most people are covered. our culture is very much like a african american and caribbean culture. when it's time to celebrate, we -- celebrate eid, we have a block party. when the weather is good, people sing calypso, they do james brown impersonations, there's always a martial arts demonstration. people perform like hip-hop, all that kind of stuff. so that is, like for me what i , grew up seeing black muslim , culture. of course i grew up around other groups in my family exposed me to other groups that were young, and i took it upon myself when i graduated from college and was looking for -- or just having more time to be social, just being in all kinds of different communities, whether it's the nyu community. i'm a part of this other one. and being in these different groups where there are various cultures. if you are muslim and you are from south asia, you have a culture that is south asia culture and also muslim. a lot of times that is conflated as being muslim culture because a lot of times those people g

the way it became islamic in a way was the rise in afghanistan. under president ronald reagan re- recruited people from the arabian peninsula and north africa in different places to go to afghanistan and fight in the name of islam. then after the war was over, we forgot about afghanistan. base date there on their base. the word base in arabic is hide. we, in essence were the contributing factor mma got very upset at us because we abandoned them in a try to go back to their home country and they didn't want them, opposing their system because they had become so devoted to their version of islam. they felt stranded and abandoned and they tried to take revenge on the united states and then september 11 happened. the invasion of iraq on the current wave under isis, the islamic state of syria, if we didn't have them in afghanistan, there would not have been al qaeda. in a way we have a hand in creating these types of groups. we bombed the country, we had shock and all. they tried to take them to school and feed them and do your job and all of a sudden

trump has repeatedly called it islamic terror.it faster to investigate and see the connection, right? >> yes, it does. and what is the ideology we're facing, it's the quran, the sayings of the prophet and sharia law. those are the things that make this an evil ideology. and the fact is, is president trump gets it, but his team -- as john bolton, ambassador john bolton just said, he doesn't have his full team as hooked up in the same direction yet. elizabeth: you know, let's show the general the stats again. more than 19,800 people have been killed by radical islamic terror attacks since 1990. we've looked at it, more than 51,000 have been injured in islamist terror attacks. when you fold in all sorts of terrorist attacks, those numbers go up. again, the numbers that we first showed you are from 1990. the media really not reporting the totality of these numbers, sir, over the past few decades. >> exactly. and the media has been in denial, in all honesty. if it wasn't for fox news that would at least articulate the issue and have ba

iraqi military says it's retaken the strategically important town of tal afar one of the last islamic state strongholds in the country but the u.s. backed offensive has come at a heavy cost for civilians. but operation started a week ago i still militants have dropped back from telefonica but they do still hold nearby territory and i guess they have reports from there. we're at the airport of talent five near five kilometers from the city itself where the operation to liberate is under way this actually serves as a sort of said sold base serving the entire operation and soldiers from the front lines they come here to rest and to eat before heading back there exultant they say that the operation is almost over they've actually even go to message for isis. i have a massive leave they are world now you have no place here will hunt you down wherever you are there jubilation however is a stark odds with what the people of talent have gone through it because miserable we were under occupation imagine that and you know they turned the mosques into prisons there were thirty to forty people th

so—called islamic state claims it was behind the attack.pped a second attempted attack, shooting dead several people in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. the authorities say four suspected terrorists were wearing what appeared to be suicide belts. president trump has criticised efforts in several us states to remove statues honouring civil war leaders who fought to defend slavery, saying that america's culture and history were being ripped apart. he said the controversial monuments were beautiful and would be greatly missed. plans to take down a statue in virginia last weekend led to violent clashes in which a woman was killed. now on bbc news, panorama. looking forward to your summer holiday abroad? better hope you're not stuck on a flight with this lot. 0n panorama tonight, we investigate the rise in drunk and disorderly passengers, and the chaos they are bringing to uk flights. when people were getting on the plane, they were really clearly very drunk. a panorama survey of uk cabin crew reveals the scale of our problem with booze

indeed, we have seen in the past two years have versions of sunni islam, shia islam, even of sufi islam in the events that occurred in turkey has shown us religiousdless of orientation, each of these groups may be co-opted for political purposes. hallmarks of radical beliefs is their tendency to engage in groupthink, negating for the individual the personal autonomy and the ability to make their own decisions. instead demanding from them. medic -- instead demanding from dogmaticic -- beliefs. that everyoremost, individual believer be held accountable. in the koran, this idea personal responsibility is reiterated. every soul shall be accountable for what endurance. another verse says, social bear the burden of another. another, every soul shall be concerned with themselves on the day of judgment. a man came out of the desert in us the prayer mohammed if you only prepared his prayer infested facet his fast and did basics, when he enter paradise and the prophet said yes. when he left, the prophet turned to his companions and said, if he is true to his word, then he enter paradise. in anoth

the so—called islamic state group said it was behind the attack.slamic state group said it was behind the attack. i want to express the solidarity of the whole of spain barcelona. today, hit by jihad is terrorism. like other cities around the world before it, cities around the world before it, cities like madrid, paris, nice, brussels, berlin and london, experienced the same pain and insecurity at the citizens of barcelona are feeling today. in another development, police are also linking an explosion on wednesday in alcanar in linking an explosion on wednesday in alca nar in catalonia linking an explosion on wednesday in alcanar in catalonia with the barcelona attack. 0ne alcanar in catalonia with the barcelona attack. one person died. police believe those living in this house were preparing explosives. and as people anxiously wait of news of loved ones, the authorities have warned the number of dead may rise. sarah corker, bbc news. 0n the line isjessica tanner. she's on holiday with her best friend in barcelona when she got caught up in the atta

the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility.will have details as part of our extended coverage. ♪ >> i am sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. your joining us for special coverage of breaking news from barcelona. the so-called islamic state claim responsibility for a vehicle attack that has left 12 people dead and 80 injured. the attack happened in the famous las ramblas street in the city center. a white van plowed into a street of pedestrians. police shot and killed a man in a car at a traffic blockade in barcelona. it is unclear if those events are connected. we are joined in the studio by our correspondent. we had in the field our journalists. i will begin with you because the situation has been very fluid this evening. bring us up to date. >> i could say right now in the last little while things have become more calm. i was outside a few minutes ago and it was very quiet. i'm one flow muncher -- i am one flaw matter from --there are no people in the street, it is now night time. 10:00 p.m. local time. usually at this time

syria but let me just point out the strategic and geographical importance of this particular one this islamic state convoy was heading to the city of dare as zoar and as you can see on this map this city is still controlled by the syrian government but it has been completely encircled by islamic state for three years now the russian army is now saying that if they manage to kick out state from this province and this case we will find ourselves in a situation essentially when we are very close to the end of islamic state in syria is indeed an insignificant if it can gain and i think has been losing a lot of ground in syria recently as well just look at this map the area which is black is indeed the areas that are still controlled body still but if we looked at this map just three weeks ago most of this area this is mostly the hama and homs provinces was controlled by islamic state as you can see the yellow bits this is where the kurds in the allies have made significant gains north of their resort but again these particular gains and territorial advance advances by the syrian army they were ma

other stories this week he launches a campaign to bring home russian speaking children left by their islamic state following parents after the liberation of mosul in iraq. and back and forth threats between the u.s. and north to respond fear of a catastrophic escalation. joining us this is neil harvey watching the weekly. international. the us national security advisor mcmaster has denounced what he called an act of terrorism in charlottesville virginia one person was killed and dozens more injured on saturday when i man rammed his car into a group of people who were protesting against the white nationalists rally the driver has been charged with second degree murder warning there are some disturbing images coming up. rained down on you. so. far. were all those. trying to get out. intentional tears well we're right now here at the scene of the attack just behind me is where it occurred i think that the atmosphere here right now is are a but also hopeful everyone that we've talked to has talked about the community here in charlottesville that it's very much so more like a family and that they

so—called islamic state claims it was behind the attack.cond attempted attack, shooting dead several people in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. president trump has criticised efforts in several us states to remove statues honouring civil war leaders who fought to defend slavery, saying that america's culture and history were being ripped apart. he said the controversial monuments were beautiful and would be greatly missed. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

the war against so—called islamic state?est city, now that mosul has fallen, that islamic state still controls in iraq. also, before the city was surrounded, it enabled islamic state to operate across the syrian border. we should be careful with tal afar, it's not the final city that is controls in iraq, they still control another city on the syrian border, to the south of tal afar. this is something i know a lot of people are left wondering, why is is so difficult to find? why do these battles go on for so long with so these battles go on for so long with so much destruction, when you have an iraqi army, trained by the american and british military, with the back—up of the coalition over the back—up of the coalition over the years as well, however become so well armed and trained themselves? they are drawing on experiences of fighting in urban areas in iraq echo right back to 2003 and the civil war and insurgency against the us and uk forces. they are using tactics and tricks, the use of suicide bombers, the use of civilian

make it a lot less messy we will destroy radical islamic terrorism. some suggest the president will send even more troops to afghanistan but that would break his election campaign promise to deescalate the conflict not only would it do that but it would also undermine trump's criticism of his predecessor ramping up the war effort barack obama first pledged a total withdrawal from afghanistan only to later announce that five and a half thousand troops would remain then eventually leaving about eight and a half thousand troops there and yet again it failed to resolve the afghan conundrum so it waits to be seen whether trump's new approach can finally make a difference in america's longest war. many thanks our correspondent rick cohen joining us that from washington d.c. bureau thank you. maybe on a group of racism protesters this clash with police in canada now this happened after the demonstrators attempted to disrupt a right wing rally in the city of quebec. it was. the. dozens of anti fascist protesters dressed in black as you can see the through smo

variety oftish islam. that goes against what i've been learning. 2013 published results showed percentre was a native -- and 80% who agreed [indiscernible] then't understand why are partying with -- parting with islam when islam does not support minorities. research wassame happening in the 1950's and 1960's. i agree with you. there is a disease, a virus in the interpretation of islam. theou look at the bible and old testament, there is a [indiscernible] christian communities have evolved beyond scripture and they had their own of interpretation of that. same. take the search and -- if you take the same pew research [indiscernible] muslim women are more likely to have a masters degree and to work in professions than men. i agree with you. think, and i'm sorry to offend everybody, but each has problems, to. -- too. are christians in egypt who are living under the eyes and the nose of a military leadership. their supervision of the region is corrupt. my problem is you have to come back [indiscernible] it's a

what they do is against the islamic concept and for jihad. in order to defend what you that is thehink message that needed to begin to the muslim communities. states, i the united think it is critically important be as granulars as possible and as community led as possible. the local police who are involved in community policing know their communities best. they are able to work at the most granular, comfortable level with people. working in their community. religiousey are leaders or librarians or school teachers or what have you. , a title of the study strategy to bring -- build strong communities to protect the u.s. homeland. this is a bipartisan study. with a heavily negotiated title. i think that especially as there is ongoing debate and discussion about how and at what level the federal government should be involved in this space, we have these debates under the obama administration, with concerns about legal issues precluding the federal government from getting involved in these issues to granularity. have debates with the trump admini

iraqi military says it's retaken the strategically important town of tal afar one of the last islamic state strongholds in the country but the u.s. backed offensive come at a heavy cost for civilians. the operation started a week ago i saw militants have dropped back from tell of father but they still hold nearby territory radagast they have reports from their. we're at the airport of telephone mia five kilometers from the city itself where the operation to liberate telephone is underway this is actually serves as a sort of central base serving the entire operation and soldiers from the front lines they come here to rest and to eat before heading back there exultant they say that the operation is almost over they've actually even got a message from isis. i have a massive leave they are world now you have no place here will hunt you down wherever you are there jubilation however is a stark odds with what the people of tal afar have gone through it was miserable we were under occupation imagine that and you know they turned the mosques into prisons there were thirty to forty people ther

the so—called islamic state group said it was behind the attack.lation: i want to express the solidarity of the whole of spain with barcelona, today hit byjihadist terrorism. like other cities around the world before it, cities like madrid, paris, nice, brussels, berlin and london, experienced the same pain and insecurity that the city of barcelona is feeling today. police are also linking another explosion in catalonia with the barcelona attack. 0ne explosion in catalonia with the barcelona attack. one person died. police believe those living in this house were preparing explosives. and, as people anxiously wait for news of loved ones, the authorities have warned the numbers of dead may rise. let's ta ke let's take you to the scene live right now from cambrils. this is the live shot. a beachfront promenade just south of barcelona. police are saying in past few hours they have shot dead five suspected terrorist allegedly linked to the van attack earlier in las ramblas, in barcelona, which as you have heard killed at least 13 people and injured more

well, he is an islamic cleric. to the islamic state while injail serving a allegiance to the islamic state while in jail serving a sentence of ten yea rs while in jail serving a sentence of ten years for setting up a training camp, a militant training camp, and he is said to be quite charismatic, who has the trust, one of the few individuals in indonesia, of the is leadership to spread propaganda in indonesia. he has told his followers to carry out attacks notjust against western targets, which we've seen against western targets, which we've seenin against western targets, which we've seen in the past from terrorist groups here, but also against fellow muslims who don't follow the same dockin muslims who don't follow the same dock in and approach. —— doctrine. and especially attacked police officers, which we've seen in smaller attacks which are being linked back to him. indeed, the circumstances are rather in usual because he was already in prison when the attack took lace. what does this say about the country's b