islamic state in air la.is will make us were abetted with several units of the iraqi military in their efforts to root out is from the northern city of mosul. this is as far forward as they had been so far. thousands of civilians were still trapped in the city under siege. traumatised by their ordeal, they ran traumatised by their ordeal, they ra n towards traumatised by their ordeal, they ran towards the government positions scattered around the city. women and children screaming and begging for a way out of a desperate situation. despite the huge risks, they ca ptu red despite the huge risks, they captured at all. the cows as the civilians fled their homes, and the confusion of the soldiers locked in close combat. filmed under constant fire and in intense heat, harvey and his team full of what was happening around them, revealing the true turmoil of war. forjavier, what stood out most in covering this conflict was the level of violence in fitted on the civilians by the islamic state fighters. they would exp

in 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 man's electricity but people are slowly coming back. from a doubt it luckily some schools are opening again and we were just heard 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 another factor that the u.s. has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubble repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction while 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 political front the future of syria is being negotiated far away in geneva by the u.n. sponsored talks t

to me like the islamic state group itself. it's all come to nothing. and where we're going to head advance the stadium which was one of the last i point out but for the surrender. the football stadium in the heart of russia is where i simply did terrible punishment so much prison. they spent most of the time they got to destroy it so we're going to check out some of the tunnels and what not to have the sandbags are all pretty good so desperate to get on a sandbags yeah pariahs this is a sort of underground place that's here. what was this this is a shooting i'm sitting right yeah you can see there's. lots of holes in the walls all the way down. and they've got. use of paper. is rubble holes. the boards. should've been set up. even though they were pretty much secluded underground that was to have been through training and become more effective at killing people. it's even equipped with secret tunnels so one of the tunnels they use that's ten meters you have ten meters and then there's a hole at the end that shoots off in that direction i haven't been d

the last major stronghold of the islamic state.he bbc's quentin sommerville described an ironclad -- of a city with minefields with no option for escape. and the city was trapped during the weeks in raqqa, syria. >> this is the center of raqqa, the very heart of the islamic state. fewg roundabout are a missiles. locals call it the circle of hell. for these fighters, it is critical territory to retake. but it is much more than that. the are the comments and friends of the crucified. when they take that territory, they will clamor, as islamic state. but the for the cleansing, more blood has to be spelled. -- has to be spilled. the men are pinned down. they are almost in panic, so desperate. again, an airstrike is called in . this time, it works. finally, they can get to him. he is rust to a field hospital. but he does not survive. old.s 21 years the fighters are exhausted. they have had too many days end like this. >> congratulations, quentin and darren. this is quentin's second win. he won last year 2017 for the challenges involved

when they take that territory, they will cleanse raqqa of islamic state.oreefore the cleansing, blood has to be spilled. the men are pinned down. they are almost in panic, so desperate. again, an airstrike is called in. this time, it works. finally, they can get to him. he is rushed to a field hospital. but he does not survive. he was 21 years old. the fighters are exhausted. they have had too many days end like this. >> congratulations, quentin and darren. this is quentin's second win. he won last year 2017 for the challenges involved in fighting isis. congratulations. you wore a killed -- a kilt last year and i hope you are wearing it again. congratulations. oh, you are not. [applause] >> thank you for having me back. let me just talk about your dad. i've spoken to some of his contemporaries from back in 2003. everybody talks about how he was a brilliant journalist, balls y, gutsy, but also someone you did not want as your competition. my boss now as a producer in iraq at the time. he was feeling pretty good about himself because he just paid cash for tw

they came under fire from the turkish military on wednesday yes plays a key role in countering islamic state but is considered by turkey to be a terrorist group the united states arms and supports the s.d.f. the groups and i saw patients have recently been focused on the there is or problems meanwhile on the other side of syria eisel terrorists have gained ground close to the border with iraq killing more than forty u.s. backed fighters during an offensive that is despite washington's earlier claims that the terrorists were almost defeated which is it goes down of comments. from all the boasting you may have gotten the idea that ms alarming state in syria is so two thousand and sixteen the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory we've done a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated isis but the latest carnage is a clear signal that the terrorists are not ready to buckle just yet they've squeezed every drop of profit from the victory they've been craving for so long from obvious territorial gains to a massive p.r. push they fil

business interests in the islamic republic and kurdish forces in syria halt their operation against islamic state claiming they've come under fire from turkey while isis is gaining ground in its latest offensive. hello there is the latest news and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days you're watching weekly here on r.t. international now the president of china has instructed the country's military to be wall ready as tensions increase over trade and territory but should we see it is posturing or perhaps a genuine response to a real military threat but again takes a closer look. so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect that's their thing their game ik they're incredibly careful reserved at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed. the military to concentrate on the bouncy revenues for war the chinese are preparing for war out loud how over how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs is sanctio

during the war that made here an easy target for islamic state but they picked the wrong one. that they would come to me and tell me to leave the house but i wouldn't. they occupied our neighbor's house and made it their headquarters. i believe they killed the house and yes he was killed they said he was a regime thug and killed him but we didn't leave our house we refused. i aspired his told was not to shut down his shop and remarry all live off islamic charity. in that they were me and after i refused to have a three times they threatened to take me to the religious police. and i told them if i leave the shop door while i was ready to stick on your head i'd rather fire a bullet into my head than leave my shop. when she stood her ground and i aspired to hit her. what. they came to the shop and told me to go with them to the religious police and i asked them why because i refused to close my shop when i told them that if you were a real man you wouldn't hit a woman why did you slap me. what was bravery is remarkable and she still struggles with what she endured. and has more c

kurdish forces in syria their operation against islamic state claiming they've come on the. ground in its latest offensive. with the week's top stories on their main headlines off today welcome to our sunday program the week. the president of china has instructed the country's military to be war ready raising the specter of a potential conflict over trade territory but how much of this is just possible posturing. takes a closer look so here's the thing the chinese government almost never says anything you wouldn't expect thing. they're incredibly careful reserved at least with their tongues so when the chinese president orders his military to prepare for war serious indeed. the military to concentrate on that in these four war the chinese are preparing for war out loud. how over how did we get to this well trump for one aside from land blasting the chinese at every opportunity is tariffs his sanctions his trade war he's also being very heavy handed congress has just approved a second arms deal with taiwan in eighteen months. kind of untruthful the sales of weapons by the uni

weapons are going to islamic states in syria and iraq according to a new draft report to be table to the parliament speaking at the debate on tuesday lawmakers have already expressed their anger. explored skip feeling conflicts and add a tool to mass regulations of human rights a snap shot approach delivers policy countries need to share their interpretation of arms controls rules because currently we see member states failing to even make full submissions of the draft by german any piece of been alerting expresses shock of the volume of e.u. weaponry going to die as it urges far more to be done to stop export licenses that might be used to supply terrorists adding more effective methods must be found to stop such transfers. i'm joined on the line now by jonathan fry he's a writer and broadcaster good evening to you jonathan sort of detailed what's happening here but could in your opinion large amounts of a united weaponry as the report suggest really be ending up in the hands of terrorists. well all the reports are that indeed that has been the case this is something we've known abo

militia, the bulk forcessyrian democratic have been fighting the islamic state group for years.hey are backed d by the u.s. they are a potential threat for ankara. we will bring down the terror structure east of the euphrates. we have completed our preparations, plans, programs for this offensive. >> after several operations to area,he ypg out of the the next target is the region to the east. directto avert confrontation, the u.s. and turkey have started joint patrols in the area. it has not stopped turkey from bombing kurdish posositions nearby. halturdish say they will their own battle against the islamic state group if turkey does not halt. new caledonia will be voting independence referendum. the island was annexed by the the mid-19th century. a french overseas territory, many of the inhabitants say they feel neglected by paris. others insist the island has benefited from a french economic assistance. let's get more from jack in new caledonia. what is the mood like ahead of this weekend's vote. it has been quiet here today for the final day of c campaigng fofor a referendum.

fertile ground for islamic state to emerge and inflict its misery on a long suffering iraqi population. i'm on my way to meet allie the soldier we met earlier he's just one of the tens of thousands of iraqi casualties coolest by isis. he lives on the outskirts of baghdad. and out of there my daughter then one dog of all that whatever they all went last saw him. muslim one god and so on. so a lot of. hardy. when allie lost his leg his wife walked out on him. ellie suddenly became a single father to his young son who sign. the macho done to make them better as the real world are what is your box of ours are the. most fun i. had them and they were down in the dirt of another being you know for me the most i want is in a lot more of the name. of the wish you were going to have and they would rather look up or go with it the market as you can see on the movie or saw it in the teletype guide and sure more than a good. shot of that is evolving we're going to have. the head of wired with us so there are those hell. you think. this is the greatest. i only saw them early and hussein now live wit

reporter: islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul.hey sowed hatred in people's hearts. i.s. snipers even used children as bait. when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children, they were ambushed. hamudi was used this way. he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in. the baby survived, but lost his arm. he's just eight months old, and no one knows what happened to his parents. sukina: most children can hold milk bottles at eight months. but he can't because he's missing an arm. he's often ill, and needs a lot of care. reporter: there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage. but at least now the children can laugh, sing -- and dream of a better future. anchor: many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future. in sub-saharan africa, more than 60% of the population is under 25. many of them long to have fulfilling work. yet, more often than notththat dream remains s a dream. kenya has particularly high levels of youth unemployment -- around 20%, says the world ban

reporter: islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul.hey sowed hatred in people's hearts. i.s. snipers even used children as bait. when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children, they were ambushed. hamudi was used this way. he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in. the baby survived, but lost his arm. he's just eight months old, and no one knows what happened to his parents. sukina: most children can hold milk bottles at eight months. but he can't because he's missing an arm. he's often ill, and needs a lot of care. reporter: there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage. but at least now the children can laugh, sing -- and dream of a better future. anchor: many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future. in sub-saharan africa, more than 60% of the population is under 25. many of them long to have fulfilling work. yet, more often than notththat dream remains s a dream. kenya has particularly high levels of youth unemployment -- around 20%, says the world ban

the us is effectively giving aid to the remnants of islamic state. how ironic that the united states that claims claims to be fighting terrorism and is imposing sanctions on those who defeated isis to those who participated and the war is still ongoing in syria. isis is not completely dismantled the. more rewarding efforts by the syrian army with the help of the russian army with the help of the iranian forces in order to completely destroy these terrorist organizations. that are affiliated with that i think the world these sanctions are illegitimate they are illegitimate against syria they are illegitimate against illegitimate against hezbollah because they are baseless they are not based on the decision made by the united nations or by some actions that are proven to be illegal actions or by direct support for any terrorist organizations. leonardo da vinci as being dragged into a riot between the french president and italy's deputy prime minister who have been trading insults online no room is reconsidering loaning the masters priceless works for a

nicholas and i am a journalist a former eyesore hostage and author of jihad academy the rise of islamic state thank you all for joining me on from mir let me start with you am i wrong in saying that despite a few really bad eisel attacks like the one in november in melbourne australia the threat that poses at least to the west seems to have gone down in the media we don't talk about it as often politicians are talking about the threat from the attacks seem to have gone down compared to you're a target is it fair it to. and on what you're calling the west if you're calling north america the west than absolutely the number of attacks have gone down the statistics for twenty seven thousand was that there were sixty five terrorist attacks or terrorist events in the united states last year more than fifty percent were extreme right wing but if you're looking at other places if you're looking at western europe or you're looking at the rest of the world we are largely ignoring places like nigeria where the attacks have actually gone up or places like southeast asia where in indonesia or the philippi

islamic state didn't just leave behind destruction in mosul they sowed hatred in people's hearts. by a sniper's even used children as bait when iraqi soldiers came to rescue the children they were ambushed. was used this way he was dragged out of a firefight by a dog as iraqi special forces closed in the baby survived but lost his arm he's just eight months old and no one knows what's happened to his parents and he don't know what has me most children can hold milk bottles at eight months but he can't because he's missing an arm and means that he's often ill and needs a lot of care you have to move data from one of the key word here there are many such sad stories here at the orphanage but at least now the children can laugh sing and dream of a better future. many children and young adults around the world share that hope of a better future in sub-saharan africa more than sixty percent of the population is under twenty five many of them long to have fulfilling work yet more often than not that dream remains a dream. kenya has particularly high levels of youth unemployment around t

documents showing the salaries and rewards islamic state terrorists were paid for. various acts of terrorism. headlines here on r.t. international just passing mid day on tuesday. israeli warplanes have unleashed a torrent of ball missed hitting targets in gaza this came in retaliation for hundreds of missiles being fired from the enclave it is the most intense escalation of hostilities in the region since twenty fourteen. israeli military says it destroyed over one hundred fifty targets including a. t.v. station according to sources on the ground at least three palestinians were killed and many more wounded while israel in turn says it was only responding to heavy shelling of its territory staged by militants in gaza and reports say israeli tanks are being deployed to the gaza border in preparation for a potential ground offensive. now what you just saw was the moment an antitank missile fired from gaza hit an israeli bus five people were injured in that attack one of them seriously all together though militants in gaza fired some four hundred missiles into israel

backed syrian democratic forces stop operations against islamic state. in a moment. in terms of i mean he has never actually been used to nobody has been prosecuted but you are right it was only renewed ten years ago by a previous government and it really shows how out of step. this one time there's been a huge movement of women and young people on days been pushing the political establishment you know relentlessly on the issue of abortion rights because ten women a day leave the country and five others were taking on line illegally. the united states under many threats as a long growing. break in its treaty and other promise. the united states says is going to leave the treaty again. thanks for joining us on this sunday. syrian democratic forces which are mostly made up of kurdish troops have announced a temporary halt to operations against the islamic state that comes several kodesh villages were attacked by turkey near its border with syria and the u.s. has been supporting kodesh forces in the region and washington considers them to be effective fighters against i

and the syrian army rescues over a dozen hostages from the grips of islamic state while a us report reveals american aid money is ending up in their pockets. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. and the french president warmly welcomed donald trump to paris on saturday ahead of celebrations commemorating the end of world war one appearing in front of the press and i know micron appeared keen to show that the much talked about bromance between the two heads of state and still life. there was some tension leading up to the presidential tete a tete though just hours before trump had lashed out on social media or suggestion that europe should create its own army explains. president strong have always been fond of emphasizing their close personal friendship was well as the importance of the transatlantic alliance that was very much emphasized during my visit to the united states back in twenty seventeen but since then things haven't gone so smoothly over seventy world leaders have gathered here in t

arabic obtains documents showing the salaries and rewards islamic state fighters were paid for their reign of terror. very good evening to you you're watching international. palestinian groups have declared in a joint statement a cease fire against this after the situation on the israel gaza border suffered what's been called this worst escalation of violence since two thousand and fourteen israeli warplanes have unleashed a torrent of bombs hitting targets in gaza after hundreds of missiles have been launched by militants. the joint operation room of the palestinian resistance factions declares that the egyptian efforts have resulted in reinforcing the cease fire with the israeli occupation the resistance will abide by the cease fire agreement as long as the israeli occupation and here's to the egyptian brokered truce and a little earlier on i discussed the latest with our middle east correspondent paula . well as we heard over there have mass which of course is in control of the gaza strip and monitors what's going on with all the groups that operate there has called for a cease fi

the country this week in particular jim bank says security is being undermined by the rise of islamic states regional affiliates eisel ok here in six others had to leave on tuesday just as they learned of a suicide bombing in the afghan capital the attack on a religious celebration in kabul was one of the deadliest this year it killed fifty five and injured close to one hundred this islamic state suspected of carrying out the bombing there's been a wave of bloody violence in recent weeks in which hundreds have died as militants stepped up their assaults amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts to end the seventeen year war on terror yet in all that time more recently unveiled research shows it's had a severely limited effect on tackling extremism. the horrendous attacks that took place on september eleventh two thousand and one in which nearly three thousand. and people lost their lives were followed up by the launch of the u.s. war on terror that was seventeen years ago and the war on terror is still taking place it certainly produced results but not the kind of results that many were expecting

and the syrian army rescues over a dozen hostages from the grip of islamic state while a u.s. report reveals american aid money is ending up in terrorist. acts committed in moscow and you're watching all to international with mean a day or two day welcome to the program. the french president has a woman he welcomed in paris ahead of celebrations commemorating the end of world war one appearing in front of the press tried to show through body language that the bromance between the two heads of state is still alive. but there was some tension leading up to the presidential tete a tetes just hours before trying to. create its own army dahlia holkins takes up the story. president strong have always been fond of emphasizing their close personal friendship was well as the importance of the transatlantic alliance that was very much emphasized during my visit to the united states back in twenty seventeen but since then things haven't gone so smoothly over seventy world leaders have gathered here in the french capital to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of the first wor

was one of the deadliest this year it killed fifty five and injured close to one hundred this islamic state is suspected of carrying out the bombing there's been a wave of bloody violence in recent weeks in which hundreds have died as militants stepped up their assaults amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts to end the seventeen year on terror yet in all that time more recently unveiled research shows that have severely limited effect on tackling extremism. on the horrendous attacks that took place on september eleventh two thousand and one in which nearly three thousand people lost their lives. followed up by the launch of the u.s. war on terror that was seventeen years ago and the war on terror is still taking place it certainly produced results but not the kind of results that many were expecting a new study shows that at this point there are roughly four times as many just hottest in the world as there were at the time of the nine eleven attacks at this point there's two hundred thirty thousand militants spread across seventeen different countries while the united states and allied governm

the syrian army rescued over a dozen hostages from the grip of islamic state all u.s. report reveals american aid money is ending up in the terrorist pockets. and needle marks its territory territory with a sinking ship and by death accounting and public place the host nation norway complains the alliance has left the country and the mess on large scale drills there. you're watching r t international for your global news update welcome to the program and thanks for joining us this hour. president trump has had his say over a c.n.n. journalist accused of inappropriate behavior and a white house press conference he defended a twitter post that apparently shows reporter jim acosta pushing the arm of an in turn as he tries to ask the president follow up questions the u.s. is split over the issue with some claiming the video has been doctored in order to justify banning acosta from the white house the video was posted by trump's press secretary of sarah sanders and shows a close up version of events c.n.n. claims acosta never touched the in turn and called the whole inciden

the three, all australian nationals of turkish descent, were believed to be inspired by the islamic stateific organisation. our correspondent in sydney, hywel griffith, told us more. police allege that these three men had been plotting for some time and had been plotting for some time and had been plotting for some time and had been under surveillance since march. all three have had their passports cancelled and police claim they have been inspired by the so—called islamic state and were plotting what could have been a chilling attack in the centre of melbourne. there is no location of police say they wanted to get semiautomatic weapons and carry out a mass shooting particularly in the busy time leading up to christmas. they had become more energised and active in the last couple of weeks. you remember, earlier this month there was an attack in the centre of melbourne were a man was stabbed and killed and the attacker shot by police. authorities have decided it was time to step in. all three were arrested early hours australian time and they are now in custody and we expect them to appear

right to the middle east where the syrian army say's its homes rescued over a dozen hostages from islamic state during a military operation near the embattled city of palmira the captives had been held since july but have not returned to their hometown. it's not just the stomach state there are other terror groups are present in the war torn country as well some of them even have access to foreign funding a recent report has revealed that us aid money is actually lining the terrorists' own pockets right gusti it has more on the story american taxpayer money cash that is almost wholly in the u.s. mindset inviolable money but has seen politicians jailed for the slightest misuse is ending up in the hands of al qaeda in syria now that's a sick twisted if anything a new report has found that medians millions of dollars in aid to syria has been funneled to terrorists since late twenty seventeen u.s. agency for international development office of the inspector general investigation have uncovered numerous instances of possible or confirmed diversions to armed groups in government in northwestern syria

and the syrian army rescues over a dozen hostages from the grip of islamic state while u.s. report reveals american aid money is ending up in terrorist pockets. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q thank you for joining us this hour for a global news update. the french president has warmly welcomed donald trump in paris ahead of celebrations commemorating the end of world war one appearing in front of the press emanuel mccrone trying to show through body language that the bromance between the two heads of state is still alive. we were thinking. there were some hiccups leading up to the meeting just hours before trump lashed out on social media over mccrone suggestion that europe should create its own army cannot cross live to daniel hawkins in pairs daniel tell us how are the two leaders getting on so far. all presidents trump in my craw and i have long been fond of their very close personal friendship as well as emphasizing the importance of the transatlantic at lloyd's that was sealed of course last years are micron's first official visit to th

and the syrian army rescued over a dozen hostages from the grips of islamic state while the us were board reveals american aid money is ending up in terrorists. to. broadcasting live their work force it is moscow business arch international thomas glad to have you with us in the french president warmly welcome to donald trump to paris on saturday ahead of celebrations commemorating the end of world war one appearing in front of the press a man who micron appeared keen to show that much talk about the much talked about bromance rather between the two heads of state is still alive. if you look at the. weekly t.v. . well there was still some tension leading up to the presidential tete a tete a just hours before trump had lashed out on social media over across suggestion that europe should create its own army or it is daniel hawkins explains. president strong one micron i've always been fond of emphasizing their close personal friendship was well as the importance of the transatlantic alliance that was very much emphasized during my visit to the united states back in twenty seventeen but sinc