it seems like you are scared because you are in fact members of islamic state. impicciatore, so it was time to try the taliban. this guy is supposedly a member of the taliban. he was the taliban commander i had heard about. there have been some pretty deadly suicide bombings killing many innocent civilians in kabul. do you condone asa civilians in kabul. do you condone as a tax? —— those attacks? why can you not have talks, ceasefire, communication? what if you get to the gates of heaven and you tell god you've killed all these people and he tells you they are innocent and that you have not been a good muslim? before we could challenge in though we we re before we could challenge in though we were told we had to leave. your time is up. 0k. the guards were concerned with our safety. the taliban were angry at the interview. that was my chance to meet the guys who terrorised this place. they are the people literally killing civilians on an almost daily basis now. and you can see why, because death is really nothing to them. this is a country desperate for peace. bu

hygiene now the syrian units were carrying out an offensive against the last of what remains of islamic state in that part of the country and we are hearing from a military diplomatic source that the mistake was the result of a lack of professionalism and coordination between the united states and the syrian kodesh fighters on the ground but at the same time we are hearing that this did not disrupt the operation that they were however a number of defections among the ranks of the syrian democratic forces and some islamic state fighters did manage to take over some new territories but that the operation continued now for more than six months the u.s. led coalition and syrian kurds have been involved in offensive against the islamic state stronghold in the area but this has been largely unsuccessful and it comes amid reports that the islamic state fighters have in their ranks some seven hundred hostages and again we hearing from sources that among those hostages are foreigners and the concern is that the islamic state will use those hostages as human shields and indeed they have indicated that

a special report from kabul on the taliban and so—called islamic state prisoners jailed for violence disruption. people on florida's gulf coast have spent the day assessing the damage to their homes and businesses, from one of the strongest storms that's ever hit the united states. hurricane michael tore into north—west florida as a category four on wednesday, with winds over 150 miles an hour — 240 kilometres an hour. it weakened as it moved inland, towards the north east. at least six people have died. mexico beach, showcased online as a perfect holiday destination, where the sand is as white as snow. now described as ground zero. the place that bore the brunt of hurricane michael as it slammed into florida. florida's governor flew across the state to see the extent of the destruction for himself. especially the damage at mexico beach, it is devastating. you just pray to god that everybody survived that. crews from the coastguard worked tirelessly, rescuing 37 people during ten missions. this survival was found and brought to safety a helicopter team scouting the devastation in alab

if you are all not members of islamic state, are you happy to renounce what they do?ctics that they use? the people that they kill? and the parents of a spanish man receive an honour from the queen for his bravery during the london bridge attack last year. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, scotland took the lead in their nations league tie in israel. find out if alex mcleish‘s side could hold on to make it good evening. there is deepening concern about the viability of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major warned that it could spell "deep political trouble" for the government. and, during the day, the work and pensions secretary acknowledged that some people could be worse off under the scheme. universal credit brings together six welfare benefits into one payment. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports from bath. no problem finding milk for a cuppa anyway, fridge always seems to be empty. soon millions on benefit will be getting universal credit, and each has their own tale to

a special report from kabul on the taliban and islamic state prisoners jailed for violence and disruptionpeople on florida's gulf coast have spent the day assessing the damage to their homes and businesses, from one of the strongest storms that's ever hit the united states. hurricane michael tore into north—west florida as a category four on wednesday, with winds over 150 miles an hour — that's 240 kilometres an hour. two people, including a child, were killed by falling wreckage. emergency workers say the town of mexico beach was worst hit. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue was there. two days ago, this was an orderly beachfront community, home to around 1,200 people. but street after street, michael tore through this town, uprooting and smashing everything in its path. this is what the federal emergency director is calling ground zero. mexico beach, where hurricane michael came ashore yesterday with those winds of 155mph. it's completely devastated the street down to the sea, just two houses left standing, and people's things all over the street, microwaves, mattresses, kitchen sinks, you name

it seems like you are scared because you are in fact members of islamic state. the so-called islamic state clearly were not in the mood to talk. it was time to try the taliban. this guide is supposedly a dangerous member of the taliban. it was the taliban commander i have heard about. there have been pretty deadly suicide bombings killing many innocent civilians in kabul. do you condone those attacks? rorter: why can you not have talks, cease-fire communication? reporter: what if you get to the gates of heaven and you tell god you have killed all these people, and he tells you they are innocent, and you have not a beood muslim? reporter: before we could chlenge him further, we we told we had to leave. ok. the guards were concerned for our safety. the taliban we angry. that was my chance tmeet the guys who terrorize and literally kill civilians on an almost daily basis now. seyou can see why -- becaueath is nothing to them. this is a country desperate for peace. for many here, it feels furthera awayever. bbc news, kabul. ne: fascinating interview there, and clear

this man from a small german town says he fell in with the so-called islamic state by accident but federal prosecutors say he was at the center of a terrorist plot to kill hundreds in germany we'll hear from them later in the show . and chaotic scenes at a major hindu temple in india hundreds of police try to prevent clashes between women of menstruating age entering the temple for the first time in centuries and conservative hindu groups are determined to stop that. plague. i'm sorry so much condoms good to have you with us british prime minister teresa mayes face. an intense criticism at home that's after admitting that she is considering a european union proposal that would keep britain bound to the blocs rules for several months longer than originally planned after a summit of leaders in brussels failed to make enough progress and reaching a divorce agreement the e.u. has now suggested more time for striking a trade deal that ensures a frictionless border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland that with drugs at the border between northern ireland and the republic is set

the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing for sure will come of that luckily some schools are opening again and we registered our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.r.s. now she's in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's not the fact that the u.s. has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubber repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction. the united states has said that in terms of rebuilding there can't begin until we've got here reversible progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so that's what we're looking towards it's. irreversible progress on the politica

backed forces are fighting to retake the last bit of territory held by the so-called islamic state. looked out of so that i've lost so many friends so many i can't count this one died in my arms and another right next to me there were so many at the. u.n. climate scientists have issued their strongest warning yet regarding the risks of rising temperatures they say we need to take unprecedented steps to avert the worst effects of climate change and that we need to take those steps now this includes changing the way we consume energy the way we travel and the way we construct buildings if we fail to act they say we will face more heat waves more flooding and more extreme weather. it's not like cycling an easy task for these greenpeace activists but for them it's worth the effort the big banner they're putting up in front of the german embassy in london is a call for germany to face all the use of co similar protests took place just a few days ago in germany which gets around forty percent of its energy from coal authorities struggle to explain why germany is lagging behind when it com

these recruits are here to liberate the last areas in syria held by islamic state in just a few days the young men from the syrian democratic forces will be transferred to the front about fifty kilometers away. marching shooting practice and tactics the u.s. estimates that up to two thousand as a still entrenched in hygiene. the twenty four year old commander of the kurdish militia is rallying his troops for the bloody battle ahead. i've lost so many friends so many i can't count one died in my arms and another right next to me there were so many. the u.s. invited to visit the s.d.f. as part of the press trip with the group is us commander of the special operations forces in iraq and syria major general robison since twenty fifteen the u.s. led coalition has been supporting the kurdish arab militias in their fight against the so-called islamic state with the air raids weapons vehicles and training. the offensive against the lost iowa stronghold operation round up has been running for for weeks now but the militias a making slow progress fighters have dug a tunnel system under the cit

this is d w news live from our lead us back to kurdish troops step up the battle to expel islamic state from a strongholds in eastern syria these troops are preparing for their last friday here in syria i guess. they would within the next weeks it's going to be a turning point for them that's why they're preparing every day who is embedded with the n.t.i. us coalition and reports from the front lines also coming up right politicians here both in auto has won the first round of brazil's presidential election they'll face a left wing candidate for now know who died in the runoff in three weeks time a dog has warned voters that both in the road is a threat to democracy plus time is running out to avert a global climate disaster a new landmark report warns that the world has reached a tipping point it says the next few years could be the most important in human history. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program a final push is under way in syria and iraq to take back territory still controlled by the so-called islamic state it is hoped that this will be the final chapter in the war against the

the human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the islamic state in iraq also coming up. the u.s. senate votes to advance fred come from those nominations to the supreme court the move is likely to further polarize republicans and democrats vote for his candidate seek a second final confirmation vote is set for saturday will get reactions from washington . on the most vulnerable victims of indonesia's quake one week after the disaster authorities and aid groups grapple with how to help children who've been separated from their families. i'm glad you could join us to come pain as for victims of sexual violence the winners of this year's nobel peace prize the committee chose to own a yazidi company and not be a mirage. dennis mccuaig for their efforts to put a stop to rape as a weapon of war. nadia mourad was one of those women in two thousand and fourteen she was kidnapped in mosul and handed over to a militant from the so-called islamic state my religion she managed to escape and described her ordeal to the u.n. security council. home and he humiliated on every day he gav

at the time, the group known as islamic state was on the rise. of the main groups fighting is on the ground. it is hell, really. it would be hell for any parent, yeah. itold him, i said i love you and i am proud of you, but i said it is time to come home — after raqqa, enough is enough. just days after the battle for raqqa was over, jac was killed attempting to defuse an is suicide belt. he is one of eight people from britain to have died with the ypg. authorities in britain repeatedly warn people not to travel, saying fighting with any armed group abroad is not only dangerous but brings legal risks. now, jac‘s father and other parents of those who were killed have made a journey to syria of their own. jac‘s father also made the dangerous journey into raqqa. it was the primary reason me going on the trip, to see where jac had fallen. do you think it was right that the kurdish ypg allowed westerners into their ranks? youngsters like jack who had no military training? yes, absolutely. at the time, the kurds were almost overrun by isis, like all of

and dw takes you inside what was once the capital of so-called islamic state. the city of rocket was liberated from i.s. occupationn one year ago. tonight we report on the u.s. willing and unwilling to help rebuild the city is coalition airstrikes largely destroyed. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. they tried again, and again they failed. european union leaders are meeting in brussels tonight. they had hoped to break the deadlock for a deal for britaian to withdraw from the european union. shortly befofore the summit gern chancellor angela merkel said she was optimistic a deal could be done. britain's prime minister theresa may told most reporters the issues have been resolved, although differences remain over issues about the northern island border backstop. both sides say they want to make sure there will be no physical border between northern ireland which is part of britain, and the irish republic brexit once his history. -- once brexitit is history. >> what we have seen is that we have solved most of the issues in the withdrawal agre

the foreman a match tells us islamic state terrorists carry it out mass executions here and that they tortured hundreds of civilians in these cellars. i hope that the stadium will be full again one day and the people will come and play sports here again. like they did before the i.a.s. took control that's what we're hoping for. the first football game sergio to take place here in a couple of weeks they could offer brief respite from everyday life in the ruins of russia. the head of usa gymnastics has quit it just four days into the job mary bono said she was forced to resign because of personal attacks against her she had been criticized by olympic champion simone biles for her opposition to a recent nike sportswear ad it featured a former n.f.l. player and civil rights campaigner collin cabernet usa gymnastics has been rocked by former team doctor larry nasser being convicted of sexually abusing athletes banos previous role in a law firm involved in the nasser case also angered. our mind are now of our top story at this hour at least eighteen people have been killed and dozens injure

in essence both these countries iran and the united states have been fighting islam and states groups inside iraq and syria in tandem but somehow disconnected from each other but iran's official policy is if they have the evidence to suggest that the united states has been backing up the islamic state as well as other groups inside syria for some time they say this information is far too confidential to make public but that there certainly this part this is part of the united states and its allies strategy to try to create instability in the region and to try to create instability inside iran as well you get the sense where you are saying that for the for the leadership the dichotomy here because they've got to maintain that that line of separation because if they don't maintain that line of separation that comes to going after islamic state ice or so-called they then run the risk of just getting sucked into a broader conflict and then other external players may react to an added presence or an added involvement on their part. well certainly if that's how it would play out to sort of

back to kurdish troops step up the battle to expel islamic state from a stronghold in eastern syria peace troops are preparing for their last fight here in syria against isis it's the wind within the next weeks it's going to be a turning point for them that's why they're preparing every day. w. is embedded with the anti i guess coalition and records from the front line. i. i. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the u.n. climate scientists have issued their strongest warning get on the rests of rising temperatures they say that we need to take unprecedented steps to avert the worst effects of climate change and that we need to take those steps now they include changing the way that we consume energy travel and construct buildings if we fail to act we will face more heat waves flooding extreme weather scenes like this could become more frequent if the world does not act now that's the message of scientists on the un's climate change panel whose job was to work out what governments must do to implement the promise of quarter twenty fifteen. first climate change is already affecting people

the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing we shovel how much that it luckily some schools are opening again and we registered our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.r.s. now she's in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's not the fact that the u.s. has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubber repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction. the united states has said that in terms of rebuilding their camp again until we've got here reversible progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so that's what we're looking towards it's. irreversible progress on the political

with the taliban and the taliban has never asked the americans again to cooperate against the islamic state the americans are bombing us while we fight against isis. so the latest suggestion talks between the taliban and washington came from the state department on friday. this is ministration has made it clear that it is prepared to engage with and participate in the goshi asians with both the taliban and the afghan government under the leadership of the taliban doesn't want to negotiate with the americans and has never wanted this and the leadership of the taliban never gave permission to any member to negotiate on their behalf u.s. defense secretary james mattis just had a meet and greet with the afghan president in kabul they finally decided to play nice in a bid to get the taliban down to talks but just one day before their words of peace washington dropped a big f. thirty five b. bomb on the taliban looks like the peace process is getting off on the right foot especially when the u.s. has for years led up to this moment promising both talk and terror i want to reinforce to the taliban

of europe's largest refugee camps a group of syrians claiming to be followers of the so-called islamic state are spreading fear throughout the camp. kept loria is on the greek island of lance bass since two thousand and fifteen tens of thousands of refugees have become stranded here on their way to europe. victims tell us how they're supposed to isis followers force their own religious views of morality upon others . they've also taken over a large portion of the camp's criminal activities. as isis established their power base in cap morea. camp morea is then stuff like a high security prison by a lens has become part of everyday life the greek police have to step in often. to the left the official camp we aren't allowed to film there. here on the right is where refugees have found no space in their official camp have makeshift shelters it's a right to film here. we're following rumors of isis infiltration there seems to be a new violent gang in camp morea claiming to be an offshoot of the so-called islamic state they say they're from day resort in syria one of the last ice a strawman. this

it posed as vice president mike pence, tom perez and the islamic state. they were approved. joining me to talk about this, william is the correspondent on hbo who carried out the tests and reported on this story. it is kind of crazy. after all of the talking we have done and all of the testifying and talking they have done about how they fixed it you managed to get approval for ads by 100 u.s. senators and no u.s. senator was involved in this. >> right. >> so a facebook rule rolled out that would add more transparency to more political ads. it was a paid for disclaimer. in order to display a paid for disclaimer you to get it approved by facebook. you submit the name to facebook. in our fist test we tried mike pence, tom perez and they were all approved. we actually ran ads that showed at the top of them, paid for by the islamic state or mike pence. >> did anything not get approved? b one was not approved was hillary clinton and the other were mark zuckerberg. >> has facebook respond today this? >> facebook said they are not perfect and they will need help from watchdogs and

now gone down for three years in a row that is in part due to the fact that i yes the so-called islamic state has been losing influence in many areas that it previously controlled in countries like iraq and syria but the fear now is that a growing number of both terrorists and ordinary criminals are escaping prosecution by joining the ranks of the refugees and setting up new networks of course refugee camps are supposed to be places where people can seek shelter from war and persecution but camp morea on the greek island of lesbos has a troubling reputation for appalling living and health conditions and it seems large parts of the camp are under the control of remnants of islamic state or possibly every day criminals pretending to be part of the i s network is certainly a complex and disturbing scenario and our reporters have been to lesbos to find out more. camp moria has a notorious reputation originally planned for two thousand five hundred refugees it now holds over eight thousand and eight organizations have often criticized the inhumane conditions here we're here to see if of isis infil

scene of recent violence and also the latest stronghold of the islamic state militants in the region we also heard from the u.s. led coalition around three weeks ago that they were preparing a massive offensive on these areas to finish it up actually and according to u.s. . military estimates it could be between fifteen hundred to two thousand milton's operate in that area so it wasn't. like so the catalyst for this today we think was the. it was it was published around the world it was graphic you were in for a long time. shooting people. that's what was behind it today can you remind our viewers a little bit about him or they think was responsible for it it was a very tragic event in iraq and happened. one week ago september twenty second during a military parade in iran southwest and. it was part of the nationwide celebrations to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the iran iraq e eighty a long war. they were a military of course marching on parade and of course ordinary people gathered towards the march and at least four gunmen opened fire they were dressed as military s

rabaa says underestimating islamic state can have serious repercussions far beyond libya. if the terror group is not stopped here, he says, it's just a matter of time before isis grows and strikes again elsewhere. >> ( translated ): the islamic state is not only our problem. l ite a cancer spreading all around the world. today, isis is here; tomorrow, it can spread again somewhere else. it's as simple as that. >> sreenivasan: that's all for this edition of "pbs newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for gatching. haved night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access gro at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwar. the cheryl and philip milstein sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been

she herself was to and sexually abused by islamic state militants in northern iraq. she shares the prize with denis mukwege, a gynecologist who has treated thousands of victims. the bbc's lyse doucet has more. lyse: a peace prize to fig one of the worst weapons of war, sexual violence. 25-year-old nadia mud was brutalized by islamic state fighters. it all came back when she returned to her village in northern iraq last year. horrific memories of being rape everday for months.er her mond six brothers killed when islamic state stormed into the yazidi heartland. t visited the village just weeks ago, a monum a massacre. almost everyone killed or captured, women sold as sex slaves nadia spoke of it when i met her in new york with her lawyer. nadia: i went to visit my family home a few mons ago. it was completely destroyed. isis had left nothing behind. it is going to be hard to forget, but at least we are working now to bring his criminal to justice. at s least that omething, a tiny victory. elyse: and today intern congo, sweet celebration in an place knfor its painhe, th

hygiene now the syrian units were carrying out an offensive against the last of what the mains of islamic state in that part of the country and we are hearing from a military diplomatic source that the mistake was the result of a lack of professionalism and coordination between the united states and the syrian kodesh fighters on the ground but at the same time we are hearing that this did not disrupt the operation that they were however a number of defections among the ranks of the syrian democratic forces and some islamic state fighters did many to take over some new territories but that the operation continued now for more than six months the u.s. led coalition and syrian kurds have been involved in the fence of against the islamic state stronghold in the hygiene area but this has been a largely unsuccessful so significant alarming situation unfolding on the ground i have every reason to believe that it's true that they did act. these currents may very well been an accident but that's the problem. with war and this is an example of the many disastrous unintended consequences that the u.s. has