isis, originally called itself the islamic state of iraq and al sham, what is al-sham. it refers to syria. but that is a small part of what al-sham means, sham is islamic prophecy is the equivalent of the christian magido. sham is the site that is said to be the location of the last jihad against the infidel. if you know your become of revelations, your christian history, christians taught what? before judgment day in the second coming, they there will be asserts of mighty battles and the most important one will happen in the plane offed magido, a town in northern israel, where we get the english world armageddon. sham and the city babik the name of the isis magazine -- not a coincidence -- the territory of where the last holy war will occur. let's stop there when isis gets up on twitter, tellgram and all the other facebook or social media platforms, and posts more than 55,000 social media postings every day, and says we are the islamic state of al-sham, what is the message they're sending to the young man in his mom's basement to the immigrant in san bernardino, what is

isis originally called itself the islamic state of iraq and how some. what is al syam. that is a small part of what it means, it means in islamic prophecy, it's the equivalent of the christian megiddo. it is the site that is said to be the location of the last jihad against the infidel. if you know your book of revelations, if you know your christian appetite as he, before judgment day in the second coming there will be a series of mighty battles and the most important one will happen in the plains of megiddo. it's a town in northern israel where we get the english word armageddon. the name of the isis magazine sham is the territory of where the last holy war will occur before all people are resurrection and judged by allah. when isis use of social media platform and post more than 55000 social media postings every day and says we are the islamic state of out syam, what is the message ascending to the young man in his basement, to the immigrant in san bernardino? they are saying hey, look at who we are. we haven't just named ourselves after the territory in which the las

that's the islamic state. the walk-through very quickly three or four yardsticks that will help internalize just how very serious the threat is to america, the why the president has made it his primary mission. to destroy this organization. number one. the islamic state is unique amongst threat groups. why? because it is the world's first ever trans- regional insurgency. the first world ever. let me unpack that. it's an important one. we now know and it's out in the open, that the islamic state. [inaudible] "territory in syria, iraq, it has affiliates according to the national counterterrorism that is now unclassified and has feel fully operational, and at least 90 nations around the world. these are people who say, fully operational sub affiliates.histc let's take a little bit of historical perspective to that. maybe we have some amateur historians in the room. go back to the last hundred 17 years and pick any insurgency in modern history, any insurgency.t whether it's now in china or after world war ii, whet

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here in northern syria, the so—called islamic state is collapsing. that abandoned europe to live under the caliphate? these camps are for civilians, the most desperate. but lurking here is a threat, is fighters living among them. the camps here in northern syria are being overwhelmed. people are fleeing fighting on a number of fronts, and this is before the big attack on the is de facto capital, raqqa. is fighters and their families are trying to get out. some are trying to defect. many of them are being captured here, before they even make it to the border with turkey. we were given exclusive access to one jail holding european is fighters. they are a threat, and distrusted, so are heavily guarded by the al shamir front. these are the personal belongings of is prisoners and defectors. hundreds have been captured, including whole families back to europe. mohammad atalla and his wife left nieminen france to join the islamic state. they had a baby while in raqqa. he says he doesn't hate france, and wants to return. translation: a friend came and told m

the regime is fighting the islamic state in the south of the country and he has put egypt under a state of emergency following the attacks. in egyptgh christians have historically been aligned with these sort of regimes because they want -- they worry perhaps about a government that could be in its place, many still do worry about sisi is not doing enough for christian egypt since. we have seen a rise of cops seeking asylum in europe and eu as saying out cc is not doing that -- al-sisi is not doing enough. it would be suspected of islamic state is behind it. anchor: put it into wider context. >> the islamic state, we talk about it in europe and of the threat it poses here, primarily a middle east entity and organization. not just in egypt, we see the capacity they have to attack minority groups in iraq, syria, as well as not just christians. and even in a general sense of the middle east that christians feel they are under attack even in jordan were christians are very much. minority. it is important to remember while veggies some -- g7 summit is getting underway and one of the key issu

the strategic town was taken from the islamic state on wednesday. the fighters will now push on and launch a self-proclaimed caliphate silly and -- caliphate syrian stronghold. it has been targeted with airstrikes by the syrian government and russia in the united states, as well as france. >> the liberation will be at the hands of syrian democratic forces. be the good news will announced once we reached the heart of the city. >> the recapture edges closer to the syrian heartland of the islamic state caliphate, which resides 55 kilometers down the valley. kurdish fighters also capture -- country's largest a crucial prize in the strategy of retaking the city. >> we think the international coalition forces that largely contributed to the city by land and by air. we are informing the public that the administration will be handed over to a civil counsel. the victories being viewed as a diplomatic snub to turkey. erdogan hasident offered his own troops. the italian court has upheld the 16 year sentence for the disgraced captain of the doomed concorde he a

life under islamic state is difficult.s not a life i would wish on anyone. >> i had a normal life in france. i was happy. i was in school. europe does not want them back. the fighters here do not want them to stay. are a burden on us. ability tove the look after them. from the more help countries in europe, many more members would defect. the bbc spoke to a british man inside syria. despite joining i.s. willingly, he appealed for rescue. we need help and i'm aware the turkish government is not willing to help. we asked if you have spoken to the brits. he replied the british embassy said they're not able to do anything. we asked who is preventing you from leaving. none of the groups in northern syria are preventing people from leaving, he said. in matter -- as a matter of fact, they do not warn people. escaped turkey and is held in jail. set traps foras those fleeing. >> the number defecting is increasing a lot, but the main problem is i.s. sleeper cells pretending to be smugglers. they make contact with members trying to l

teletu bby, circulate notjust the islamic state teletubby, not just circulate notjust the islamicear, but also able to circulate through europe. but if you want to move from tripoli you can or via istanbul and get back to the uk. it is not impossible. people here say that pretty much anything is impossible for getting back to europe for a libyans. and one other thing, we're hearing that salman abedi, his parents, they we re that salman abedi, his parents, they were exiles from libya and came to britain from libya because they were fleeing from qaddafi, from the gaddafi regime. there are quite religious people and they hated what he stood for. there was a large exodus if you like in the early to mid 90s, of people fleeing here, and then heading towards the uk. a lot of them settled in manchester and that was a very difficult time another brutal dictatorship. some would say that they were radicalised, that they became increasingly islamic in the communities in the uk. in fact on social media there has been criticism from some libyans about that faction. the real difficulty here thou

the paperclaims mrtrump intelligence on the islamic state. hite house has denied the claim is false. the us secretary of state said that they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. two major internet security firms say they are looking at clues that may connect the attacks with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. and this video is trending on our website: it's the noble british sport of lawnmower racing. it has its thrills and spills as you can see. that is all from me. our top uk

plans flying out of angelique air base to attack the islamic state group in syria and iraq. turkey cannot be placed that planes flying from one of its bases are being used in support of the syrian kurds when he regards the syrian kurdish fighters is a bunch of terrorists. what else it could do? i don't know. even if it was to restrict the u.s. use of angelic airbase, that would be harming turkey in the sense that america's campaign against islamic state is good for turkey as well. rochelle: jasper mortimer reporting to us. thank you. staying in the u.s., the white house has denied claims that president donald trump revealed highly classified information to russia's foreign minister over a planned islamic state operation. the allegations were first reported by "washington post." they say he first discussed the intel during a meeting with sergey lavrov last week. ..r. mcmaster denies have a listen. mcmaster: the story that came out tonight was false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to , civil avia

he described the threat posed by laptops on their planes with regards to the islamic state, and disclosed from an intelligence partner. they were classified — he should not share that with the russians. and the partner that shared that information with the united states would certainly be upset about it. and you were saying that discussing those matters with somebody in government would be illegal? it is not illegal, because the president can choose to declassify anything. but it is inappropriate. it's inappropriate. we have seen hr mcmaster deny this. he said it did not happen that way. what is your response? he said the president did not disclose sources or methods, and our story also said that. but the nature of the information provided to the russians would allow them to reverse engineer that information to discover the sources and methods. in other words, he said so much that someone could figure it out. and the second thing i would say is that, following the meeting, there were messages that went out from the white house, from the nsc and cia. from the nsc to the cia. this suggested

we know that the islamic state had said they were behind the attack.n the last few weeks, we have seen a very concerted effort by the u.s. military against the islamic state in the eastern province where there was the mother of all bombs dropped. there's also ground operations with u.s. special forces targeting key isis come on -- command control centers and the most difficult rugged terrains and afghanistan. host: the islamic state group says it was responsible, but many initially thought the attack was carried out by the taliban. in what context does the attack comes? ? reporter: we saw the taliban announcing its offensive after their former leader killed in a u.s. drone strike. this is very much the fighting season. it's been 300 years since marines have ride -- arrived in the southern province. 2017 unfortunately looks like is another bloody year and the taliban managed to control an area and they are much more powerful. betterve better weapons, forces, and they have expanded their area of recruitment. presence in the eastern province, which is ano

in the sea ofjapan. 2000 civilians trapped in the city of marawi — as security forces battle an islamic stateroup in the philippines. nearly half a million people are forced from their homes, as the death toll from flooding in sri lanka rises to more than 150. a second day of chaos for passengers with british airways, as computer failures continue. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london and 8am in the morning in singapore. south korean military officials say north korea has fired an unidentified missile, which reportedly landed in the sea ofjapan — inside the country's exclusive economic zone. it's thought to have been fired from near the north korean coastal city of wonsan. japan has strongly condemned the launch. president trump has been notified of the move, while south korea's new president, moonjae—in, has called a meeting of the national security council to assess the latest event as tensions remain high on the korean peninsula. the bbc‘s steve evans has more from seoul. condemnation clearly. the national sec

there were a lot of islamic state group militants there. >> we left because of the chaos. islamist militancy isn't new to the philippines. the nation has struggled with it decade-long separatist insurgency in the south that left over 120,000 people dead. however, this time around, at have beenilitias cooperating with each other. ordinary filipinos were standing firmly behind authorities and --sident to church a president rodrigo deterred take. duterte.ent >> if i'm incompetent and incapable of keeping order in this country, let me step down and give the job to somebody else. he has threatened martial law in the past to deal with many issues, including illegal drugs. itle the constitution limits to 60 days, he can keep it in effect for up to year. the critics have raised the underr of potential abuse for denmark is a decade ago. laura: taiwan has become the first country in asia to legalize gay marriage. it's a huge victory for gay rights activist whose long battle to have their relationships recognized by the state. the streets of time they explode in celebrations. followe

russian ambassador, was describing the threat posed by laptops on airplanes, with regards to the islamic stateou know, disclosed key sort of details from an intelligence partner. they were classified and he shouldn't have shared with the russians. and that the partner who shared that information with the united states would certainly be upset about. and you're saying that discussing such matters for somebody in government would actually be illegal? it is not illegal, in part because the president can choose to declassify anything, but it's inappropriate. it's inappropriate. now, we've seen hr mcmaster deny this. he said that he was in the room and it did not happen this way. what is your response to that? i'd say two things: one, he said the president did not disclose sources or methods, and that's what our story also says. but the nature of the information that the president provided to the russians would allow them the russians to reverse engineer essentially that information to sort of discover the sources and methods. in other words, he said so much that one could figure it out. and then t

claims they are fighting for the islamic state group. he's vowed to press ahead with despite signs of opposition. and the the police armied forces -- armed forces say the philippines are safe, this marshal law will continue. will not listen to the others. court, congress, they don't matter. therter: marshal law gives military power over civilian authorities. armed forces can conduct searches or carry out arrests without a warrant. also applies curfews for some of the provinces. congress has the authority to the decree. the supreme court also has to power to rule on the law's legality. those checks and balances are designed to prevent a repeat of suffered under marcos. the former dictator was one yearn in 1986, before the current constitution was drawn up. to faceis unlikely opposition in congress. but getting his project past the could provet trickier. last friday, the court chief expressed concerns about duterte's decision to impose marshal law. >> north korea has fired its third missile in as many weeks. president, donald trump, says t

there is a report out tonight that president trump shared highly classified information about an islamic state plot with russian officials. president trump met russia's foreign minister and the russian ambassador to the u-s last week at the white house. according to the washington post.. and former u-s officials... president trump offered details about an islamic state terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on planes. president trump's actions are not considered illegal. the president is allowed to disclassify almost any information he desires. just a short time ago, the president's national security adviser denied the report. "the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did not discuss any military operations that were not already publicly known." according to the

organization and had been shared by another party with inside knowledge of the islamic state group. that party, according to reporting from the new york times. the two sides seem to be talking past each other. the white house administration saying doll trump had the right to disclose the information, and his critics saying he had the right, but should he of done so? righter: that's the question to ask. he certainly has the legality to do this. the u.s. president can essentially declassify any document and any information he wants, and that's what donald trump did, without maybe knowing too much about it. that is what h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, said that he was not even briefed before on where this intelligence had come from and which country might have shared it, so he didn't know, and decided to come up with it in that meeting in the oval office. it's within his rights to do so, meaning that information is now officially declassified. the white house is trying to move this toward the actual leaking of this information. this is a very frustrated administration wi

officials are said trump disclosure jeopardize a critical source of intelligence on the islamic state. the information the present relayed have been provided by you as part of two and intelligence sharing agreement concerning so sensitive information that details have been withheld from allies and unrestricted even within the u.s. government, according to officials as we said, a quick respon as was said a quick response from the white house, white t house official who went out to get a response national security advisor h. r. mcmaster. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the store they came out tonight as reported is false. if the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials were present, including the secretary of state, remember the meeting the

i was afraid islamic state would ask me to join them as many already have. some my age and many younger. reporter: a number of children have been left homeless and offered to work instead of pursuing an education. while the situation is slowly improving in eastern muzzle, educators in the city are calling for more government support. we need more investment from the ministry of education and teachers to help support students and help them forget these negative experiences. they need to be able to keep on with their study so they can be like students in other parts of the country. primary school in rome and in iraq was at 100% in the 80's but unicef estimates today there are 1.2 million children nationwide not in school. there have been more antigovernment protest in dennis whalen with demonstrators blocking the streets of caracas after the president announced plans to form an assembly with a power to rewrite the constitution and circumvent the parliament. critics say it is another move toward dictatorship. the venezuelan capital brought to a standstill. anti

we're with iraqi forces as they open up a new front in their fight to dislodge the islamic state grouprom mosul. to stay or to leave? yep, the big boss of one of the world's largest banks, goldman sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit. that's coming up in an exclusive interview. and as you've been hearing, it's the last day of campaigning before france elects their next president, and i tell you what, it's a biggie for europe. so we're going to look at how each one plans to run the eurozone‘s second—biggest economy. hello, and welcome to bbc news. good morning from paris. in a matter of hours, it will all be over. at midnight tonight, campaigning officially ends. and what a badtempered campaign it has been, culminating in that televised debate between the two candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. one of the most badtempered in french presidential election history. it has even resulted in the front—runner, emmanuel macron, filing a lawsuit because of rumours on the net that he has an offshore bank account in the caribbean. he disputes that, he say

trump is going into details of what the united states knows about this unfolding plot, how the islamic state is pursuing it, trying to put it together, trying to pull it off. and at the same time trying to talk about some of the measures that the united states is taking to try to deal with it. and this is problematic mainly because this is information that the united states has mainly if not exclusively because of a foreign partner providing it that has some access to the islamic state. and so this wasn't intel that the united states was authorized to share, and especially not authorized to share with russia. >> and i want to read to you, greg, because this goes to the heart of what you're reporting, two statements from the white house tonight, one of which came from the secretary of state, rex tillerson say this, drurg president trump's meeting with foreign minister lavrov a broad range of subjects were discussed. among these counter terrorism. during that the nature of specific threats were discussed but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. in your report you're sa

the islamic state group says it is behind the attack in afghanistan today. gunmen have overrun a state cityision building in a not far from the regional governors compound. he has only been in power for a few days, but workers at a french factory threatened with closure want president macron to intervene. in france, the biggest film festival kicks off today. live coverage coming up. emmanuel macron is said to reveal his cabinet today, one day later than originally planned. his team wants more time to vet all of the candidates before they are announced. to chris moore, who is at the presidential palace. the cabinet was supposed to be announced yesterday. what is taking so long? the reason was to allow background checks to be carried out on potential cabinet ministers, checks into their finances and potential conflicts of interest. macron campaigned on a promise to clean up french politics. there was an affair under francois along -- brought in to clean up tax evasion. he was found to have a secret overseas bank account. it is one element of what mr. macron is

if the islamic state has done this it would also not surprise me because we have seen more brutalityn their part, more attacks. perhaps it is revenge for the mother of all bombs that was dropped against their position. at the time they had said they would be taking revenge for their attack. i think it's too early and not wise for me to speculate which group may have carried out this attack. genie: thank you. the world is still waiting for donald trump to weigh in on whether or not the u.s. will back last year's landmark agreement on climate change. the president refused to commit andhe deal at the g7 summit said he will announce the decision later this week. spoke yesterday in new york, not mentioning trump by name but still targeting the u.s. and the world efforts to fight global warming. >> absolutely essential is how the u.n. secretary-general to maintaine need the agreement. antonio guterres stressed that the rest of the world must -- its efforts to fight climate change. >> if any government doubts the need for these accords, that is reason for all others to unite even stronger a

you look at islamic state, it's been losing territory.se foreign fighters, those who came from european states, they are looking to return home. not all those returning home want to carry out a terrorist attack, but here's the fear. those that are well-trained could pose a great threat. obviously you are traveling to libya and syria, it has to be questioned. this is no doubt why people get on information systems, intelligence systems. why you go to these regions when the conflict is so high in these particular countries. normally we've seen attacks by lone actors and groups like islamic state will claim respsibility. it may be a little bit not so much direct order or direct control, but you can clearly see there's some people really and vetted within the narrative, this extreme islamist narrative. brent: david in liverpool, thank you very much. we appreciate your insights tonight. reporter: you're welcome. brent: u.s. president donald trump has met with pope francis in rome as part of his nine-day tour. the two had clashed publicly on iss

but this attack follows a series of church bombings that were claimed by the islamic state group. >> this is how the bus, attacked on friday, looked once security forces arriveded at the site. riddled with machine gun bullets, its windows ripped out. and a massive hole on the side. on the inside of the vehicle, holes shshow the bullets had penetrated the bus. friday, dozens of worshipers, among them many children, were traveling in the small convoy to visit the st. samuel monastery about 220 kilometers south of cairo. they were ambushed by three s.u.v.'s. witnesses say eight to 10 gunmen, wearing clothes that looked like military uniforms, stormed out and opened fire at the bus. they escaped before security forces arrived. while the injured were evacuated to the nearest hospital, security forces set up checkpoints along the road to try and catch the attackers. this is the fourth time since december that egypt's coptic community is attacked. dozens of people were killed when jihadists bombed three churches in december and in april. the president sisi then declared a three-month state

each of these countries has been fending for itself as islamic states and others like it pick them off one at a time. now if there is a united front led by the united states with the majority muslim countries, 50 of them or so. then we would be picking the spots, not being on defense only. lou: the president calling for his plan as we have been discussing, his plan for the generals to show how to win to destroy the islamic state. we haven't seen the tempo improve. we haven't seen them rolled up. and we still see the strange policies being pursued that do not support refugees in a zone somewhere safe in their homeland. supported by u.s., western european militaries. it's fall without resolution and the president has only been in office four months. but that promise is an important one to keep. ed: i think's making gigantic steps forward. and it will make the tough resolve. this kinds of tragedy is not again. there isn't a parent in the world who can think of their kids going to a concert or shopping center or basketball game and having this happen. lou: you say there isn't a parent. the

thejourney him in beliefs they have links to the islamic state.as a regular trip. his parents man took here was a regular trip. h is pa rents left man took here was a regular trip. his parents left libya as part of an exodus during gaddafi's time. gaddafi said extremists were fleeing here. but that isn't the whole story because there was another exodus that happen here in libya after 2011 when moammar gaddafi was ousted and that exodus was thousands of libyan fighters heading towards syria. they've taken the skills they learned in the battle against gaddafi and they honed them further in syria. then they returned here to libya with those sharpen skills and they set up a base for the islamic state in syria inside this country. hugh, it's worth remembering, western governments do not have a presence inside libya, they closed all of their embassies, that makes it much more difficult for western intelligence agencies to have a presence here and to gather every information on the likes of the abedis and others who may have linked to extremist groups he

the paper claims intelligence on the islamic state. the paperclaims mrtrump intelligence on the islamic state. the paper claims mr trump gave information supplied by an ally which had not authorised it disclosure to the russians. the white house has denied the claim is false. the us secretary of state said that they did not discuss soui’ces, said that they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. two major internet security firms say they are looking at clues that may connect the attacks with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. and this video is trending on our website: it's the noble british sport of lawnmower racing. it has its thrills and spills as you can see. that is all from me. our top uk story: ian brady — one of britian‘s most notorious serial killers — has died aged 79. he killed five children and teenagers in the 19605. we cross to singapore for the latest business news. singapore airlines‘ earnings are due out later today

similar to recent taliban attacks a and that more recently, for several attacks, the so-called islamic state or isis has claimed responsibility. could you say who you think might be responsible for the attack and what the motivationn might have been? understand,at i nobobody claims responsibility, paicularly thehe talibanan were yosee a lot ofof civilian casualtities during public ououy and public crcriticisism. -- fearing pubublic outcry and public criticism. if you had more military casualties, i'm sure you would see taliban and others rushing to claim credit and responsibility. well, the question is, who had suicide bobombers? andcan really trainin bombers bring trucks full of explosives into the capital? these terrorist groups who are active and have been doing this for many, many years. i am not going to name anyone. i do not think it is appropriate at this stage for me to blame someone. but i think, certainly, some of these terrorist groups who have been taking afghan lives for many, many years, and this is just one more. amy: let me ask you, the u.s. is considering -- president trump

air power to recapture of islamic state capitol raqqa, the final main goal for the islamic state campaign and would be the culmination of this long effort that the united tates launched against the islamic state. on the other hand issue the united states has close relationship with turkey and is dead set against this considers e turkey pkk, pg to be extension of oth labeled a terrorist group and exists -- it is rebel group that exists in turkey. calls with missy ryan. leo up next, an independent, good morning. hello, how you doing? rouse, trumpl as a trying to get the heat off of him as far as his involvement russia. i think that we need to learn see thisory, napoleon, fghanistan-iraq war will eventually bring this country i thought we had more intelligent american politicians and is country, but trump afghanistan, iraq, will bring the united states down to a sneeze. leo in florida, missy ryan, the caller bringing up russia, syria a place where is russian involvement, as well. today, s of your story how much coordination is there with russia when it comes to kurdish e arming the rebels th

plan has been agreed to by leaders to tackle the islamic state group.e who do not pay their way he has criticised. there is no punishment for countries that do not meet the 296 for countries that do not meet the 2% that he had a point, there are plenty of countries who work towards spending 2% on defence but have not done so. it was a speech i think for his supporters of back home, they did however, the leaders here, want to give him something because america is crucial to this alliance and they have agreed amongst themselves despite reservations that themselves despite reservations that the nato alliance will be a formal pa rt the nato alliance will be a formal part of the coalition against islamic state. what does it mean in pratt is? to be honest, it is more symbolism than anything substantial. —— in pratt says. he could have aircraft to fly over syria and manage the airspace during the bombing campaign but the secretary general of nato said it would not be directly involved in direct combat. us media are now reporting that jared kushner, the preside

under the 2015 national defense authorization act to help iraqi forces combat the rise of the islamic stateto discuss these findings, we go to london where we're joined by patrick wilcken, amnesty international's arms control and human rights researcher. patrick, welcome to democracy now! talk about what you found and what is pentagon documents reveal. >> thanks. audits a kind of worrying of the whole process of the supply chain of over $1 billion worth of equipment. a lot of it weapons, as you said, going into kuwait and then snaking its way up and through toack to various -- iraq various army day pose. it found that there was no real centralized information source. oneu.s. military at any given point in time could not have an accurate assessment of the quantities and the location of equipment coming in. i think this is especially concerning because we have seen in previous dod audits that the situation is even worse on the iraqi side. once equipment is handed over to the iraqis, previous reports have shown that the iraqi warehouses are disorganized, even the iraqi officials don't know wha

saying the president jeopardized intelligence on the islamic state. let's go to jim acosta.so what's the reaction you're getting over there from official eats the white house? >> it is almost radio silence here at the white house. in response to this washington post story. if true, it means that president disclosed highly classified information during meeting he had last week with the russian ambassador, sergey kyliak and lavrov. he was already under criticism because of the optics of it. now bb the national security adviser to the president, hr mcmaster, did walk by reporters within the last hour inside the west wing. he was peppered with questions about this washington post story and according to reporters who were there if the room and heard hr mcmaster respond to all of this, the only thing they heard him say is this the last place i want to be. and then he surreyed away from reporters. at this point, the white house, national security staff, wolf, had been given us any kind of response to either confirm it, knock down the report, comment on it, what have you. but we sho

the so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility forjakarta bus station attacks that left at leastdozen others wounded on wednesday. authorities investigating the incident also believe the bombers had links with is. the blasts were believed to target police. and republican congressional candidate greg gianforte was arrested after body slamming a guardian journalist who asked a question about healthcare. inmates have escaped from prison in north—east brazil. the police hunt is under way at the prison in the state of rio grande do norte. like manyjails in state of rio grande do norte. like many jails in rizal, state of rio grande do norte. like manyjails in rizal, it is dilapidated and overcrowded. and wayne rooney might not be getting that big money move to china after all. that's because the football authorities there have announced a 100% tax on future signings of foreign players. the move is being made to encourage the development of home—grown talent. american media are reporting that president trump's son—in—law and senior and —— senior adviserjared kushner is under fbi scrutin

this is his brother ismail, now under arrest in libya for supporting so—called islamic state. er, affiliated to extremists, the libyan islamic fighting group, now back home in libya. on his facebook page, he praises al-qaeda fighters in syria. today he gave an interview in libya minutes before he was detained, defending himself and his son. translation: he does not belong to any organisation. i know this about him. he does not hide it from me. i a lwa ys him. he does not hide it from me. i always discuss things with me. i am sure andi always discuss things with me. i am sure and i believe that salman would not do such a thing, but there are hidden hands behind us, security organisations, in order to harm the libyan community, especially the youth. he did not travel to syria, i have seen his two passports and he never hides anything from me. there was no apology. before he left south manchester, we are told he would sometimes lead in prayers in this mosque. he's there all the time when the prayers are happening. he's a guy who announces. police now want to know if anyone else kn

his son hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state.edi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met him at a mosque, and we just prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, extra 5—10 minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supported manchester united. now, he is too scared to show his face and says, over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell that there was something up with him, like, something was bugging him. then it came to a point where he didn't really listen to music anymore, didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, i'd be like, oh, this is a good song. he'd be like, nah, man, turn it off. shouldn't listen to music, it's the devil. he goes, even if you're to do bad stuff, and like sell weed or do whatever, like, even drink alcohol, as long as you're praying, just pray and just keep it up, because you still can get forgiven. but like, just ‘cause he knows himself, doing what he did, he'll go to hell. so i don't know why he did it. th

a british man suspected of being in an islamic state cell