during their occupation of sinjar, the so—called islamic state took over 6000 yazidis captive, forcing training camps and girls and young women into slavery. five years on, amsha now lives back at home with her family. dogs bark. is militants might have gone from sinjar, but they are still taking lives — civilians are frequently killed or injured by explosive devices. three months ago, amsha started work as a de—miner, working with a british ngo, the mines advisory group. when amsha firstjoined mag, she worked as a dog handler. it was the start of a new career and an important step in her path to recovery. iraq remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. in sinjar, civilians live side by side with homes still contaminated with explosives and fields laced with ieds. since 2016, mag has cleared over 27,000 items of unexploded ordnance from across iraq, returning thousands of square metres of land back to the community. seven years ago, amsha's family, along with hundreds of thousands of other yazidis, fled to mount sinjar. now, a temple on top of the mountain has become

in september 20 14, months after the islamic state announced the formation of the islamic caliphate in syria and iraq, the u.s. created a new global coalition with its allies and partners to conduct counterterrorism operations against isis. over the next five years, the coalition worked with the local military partners to eliminate the islamic state's territorial hold. the coalition also used nonmilitary measures to reduce the islamic state's access to funds, ability to spread messages online, and stabilize areas that had been liberated from isis. the fight against isis continues. the coalition's effort succeeded in eliminating the physical isis caliphate in 2019. can you please describe how the coalition's connected military pressure with the medic and other nonmilitary efforts successfully degraded isis's ho ld in iraq and syria? >> thank you. i think you could characterize the coalition as the most successful international counterterrorism organization in history. as you said, it combined the capabilities of many different partners, not just the united states, including all of our m

he was, instead part of the international terrorist network of the so called islamic state or ins, with connections to the would be caliphate center of power in syria. or for the 1st time, an investigation by general public broadcast at a r d has uncovered a photo of a suspected mastermind of the christmas market attack. apple barrack, i'd iraqi, otherwise known as ali, has seen as ease head of a secret ice unit focused on terrorist attacks abroad. early on in the investigation intelligence services and germany's criminal place received an explosive tip out of abu dhabi on the morning of me is even 2016. just 12 days after the attack, an intelligence agent confidentially reported our quote tip about the person ordering the burden christmas market attack from what was described as a highly reliable, intelligent source the ice command who ordered the attack was said to be abdul alba, ali iraqi, who wiggly travelled between turkey and syria, over the days and weeks that followed the information became more solid and was deemed reliable by agency experts. federalists is came to light. the a

most recently, they have aligned themselves with the so-called islamic state.ording to them and one of their leaders, he is saying that they are in the central african region to they call themselves -- the central african region . it is not just a centralized group. they have so many cells within that region. they are known to be aligned. they are known to have links with a new group that was formed in the northern part of mozambique. they have so many different affiliations. the truth is that they are much more of a criminal network. from the sources i have spoken to on the ground, the use of the islamic state logo or title is a way for them to continuously preach an ideological component to what most people have seen as a criminal network. this is a group i believe carries out attacks as we have seen in uganda but also within the northern part of drc congo. i believe a joint oppression will be the right way to go about it. conventional tactics will be very challenging because most of this has to be paired with an intelligence point of view. >> we will get ont

tareena shakil says she has turned her back on islamic state group and its ideology.witter account, in memory of those who have been lost. now, more than two years on, his account is approaching the 7,000th story. stories like that of chris lambert from new hampshire, who died nine days ago. he was a man with a great smile and a gentle soul. or vanessa lopez, a beloved high school teacher, who died from covid earlier this month, aged 42. or tyler spickard, from virginia, who was just 23. his friends say he loved tinkering on cars and trucks and was always the life and soul of the party. i can speak now to the man behind the faces of covid website, alex goldstein. i was just looking at that, and so sad, but it still makes you smile because you just think, what a wonderful way to remember people. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. why did you do this? thank you so much for— news. why did you do this? thank you so much for having _ news. why did you do this? thank you so much for having me. _ news. why did you do this? thank you so much for having me. i— news. why did

and because there was the islamic state at the time. the islamic state controlled a significant amount of territory and some of the valley between the pech and kumar rivers. and the two sides could set aside their differences around and as far as reported in, you know, a couple of years ago, the taliban also provided security in some villages way out in the western pech valley, provided security for the election of the afghan government almost hard to believe. and you read that and you think, okay, maybe there is cooperation, if possible, but the missing ingredient there, everybody was united against isis in that moment. and that's not a -- that's not an ingredient that exists in the rest of the country. >> well, congratulations again for a really, really excellent book and i highly recommend to everybody who read it, it's so detailed and this is well-researched, but it really release the big questions. over to you. >> definitely. thank you both. we have a bunch of questions coming in, right into them. and the first question we asked is

landberg, in september, 2014, months after the islamic state announced the formation of the islamic caliphate in area and iraq, the united states created a new global coalition with its international allies and partners to conduct counterterrorism operations against isis. over the next five years the global coalition to defeat isis worked by, with, and through local military partners to eliminate the islamic state's territorial hold. the coalition also utilized nonmilitary measures to reduce islamic state's access to funds, undermine itsable to spread its messages online and stabilize areas that had been liberated from isis' grasp. wild the fight against isis continues, the coalition succeeded in eliminating the physical isis caliphate in 2019. mr. landberg can you explain how chai connected military pressure with diplomatic and other nonmilitary effort to degrade isis' hold in iraq and syria? mr. landberg: thank you. i think you could characterize the de-isis coalition as the most successful counterterroris- international counterterrorism organization in history. it combined the capabilities

in the case of islamic state in kunar, the question becomes more complicated because of the islamic states whole demo of virtually in spite of attacks rather than directly plotting them. you start to wonder okay, maybe in the corn call they had a sanctuary with had a guy on a laptop but that's true in nigeria and mozambique and northern somalia and places in syria and iraq that isis has been cleared out of control of. how much effort and how many resources are you willing to commit against that kind of problem? >> so over 2000 americans lost their lives in afghanistan and over 20,000 wounded. and now here we are after almost two decades in which over 100,000 afghans met violent death, u.s. government is seeking to withdraw all troops from afghanistan with a fig leaf of an agreement with the taliban. how do u.s. veterans that you know feel about this? >> i encounter as complicated as feelings about the war in afghanistan among u.s. veterans as a do among afghans. again, it's an incredibly personal thing that runs the gamut of just about every possible take on the one that you can imagine. b

and then in the aftermath of the ice eye sis islamic state, when i tried to return back to the munntiesgo back and if they were rebuilding the churches, to see them still there was remarkable. i said why did you stay, what kept you here? and they looked at me and said, this is our land. of we have been here for 2,000 years. >> janine di giovanni, pleasure. fascinating, fascinating book. >> thank you so much. >>> next on "gps" -- ♪ when beethoven died, he left behind nine symphonies as you probably know. but did you know he started a tenth? the fascinating story of the humans and machine that completed it. when it comes to autism, finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org >>> and now for the next big idea. ♪ most of us know the four notes that come next. ♪ this is, of course, lud individual van beige hovan's first symphony first performed in 1908. in his lifetime the prolific german composer produced more than 700 works, in

led coalition has ended its mission against the so-called islamic state in iraq. government in baghdad says there are no foreign combat troops on its soil. u.s. forces went back into iraq seven years ago to halt the rise of terror groups. an international operation pushed back the extremists. not many of the remaining 2500 personnel have stayed on in iraq as instructors and advisors. [applause] correspondent: mission accomplished, claimed george w. bush in may 2003, but it wasn't. far from pulling out of iraq after the overthrow of saddam hussein, the u.s. army stayed on for years. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: it was anct of illegal aggression which stabilized iraq and csed terrible suffering f the cilian population. i would describe the iact of the last two decades as catastroic. correspondent: eat u.s. never managed to put a democratic framework in place, as terrorism and violent crime convulsed iraq. u.s. troops pulled out into 1011 , only to return three years later as the so-called islamic state threaten to take over. washington bed an internati

not alone. wolfe, he was instead part of the international terrorist network of the so called islamic state or ins, with connections to the would be caliphate center of power in syria. or for the 1st time, an investigation by general public broadcast at a r d has uncovered a photo of a suspected mastermind of the christmas market attack apple barrack ali lackey, otherwise known as ali, has seen as ease head of a secret ice unit focused on terrorist attacks abroad early on in the investigation intelligence services and germany's criminal place received an explosive tip out of abu dhabi on the morning of may is even 2016 just 12 days after the attack. an intelligence agent confidentially reported a, quote, tit about the person ordering the burden christmas market attack from what was described as a highly reliable, intelligent souls. the eyes command who ordered the attack was said to be a bull alba, on iraqi who wiggly travelled between turkey and syria. over the days and weeks that followed the information became more solid and was deemed reliable by agency. experts fed riley as his came to

they found no connection between us and islamic states. so why didn't they do those checks before launching obama to us? it looks like no other country is forcing them seek justice. there is no one to change them because they're superpower. that's why the americans have failed to keep their promises lehman unused, that they would take some measures. but nobody approached us nor contacted us, and we were given no information. how can they compensate us for our family members? all the wealth in the world means nothing to us. now we've lost 10 of our relatives . my brother was working for foreigners. he was innocent. all of our children were innocent. what did they do from all roger? they could tra, this girl was among the children killed in the strike. she was just 2 years old. 3 the children had been in a car when it was hit by a missile. in total 7 youngsters were killed all from just one family. well, the pentagon initially defended the cabal strike claiming it, targeted members of islamic state. more than 2 weeks later though it acknowle

on the us led coalition has ended its mission against the so called islamic state in iraq. the government in baghdad says there are no foreign combat troops on its soil. u. s. forces went back into iraq, 7 years ago to halt the rise of terror groups. an international operation pushed back the extremists, but many of the remaining 2 and a half 1000 us personnel have stayed on in iraq as instructors and advises. mission accomplished, claimed president george w bush in may 2003. but it wasn't far from pulling out of iraq after the overthrow of saddam hussein the u. s. army stayed on for years, islam, and for great was an act of illegal aggression which de stabilized a rock and caused terrible suffering for the civilian population. i would describe the impact of the last 2 decades as catastrophic the lance lance, wednesday, yon carrasco find was muslim. the u. s. never managed to put a democratic framework in place as terrorism and violent crime convulsed to rock. u . s. troops pulled out in 2011, only to return 3 years later as the so called islamic state threatened to take ov

and the pentagon initially defended the cobble strike claiming it. targeted members of islamic state. more than 2 weeks later though, a quote tragic mistake was acknowledged. we discussed of elements with former g u. s. military drone operator, brenda bryant you know, it's been 10 years since i blew the whistle on the u. s. drone program will be 10 years in 5 days, actually. um and to see that nothing has changed, even when it's blatantly out in front of everyone's face, how we operate and, and no one's being held accountable. like we've been talking about this for 10 years now. when i 1st started talking about it, people called me a liar. people tried to defame me, and now that we see it for what it actually is, innocence had been killed. not just innocent and innocent aid worker who was there trying to help. i really think that the united states has lost knowledge on how to conduct warfare. and it's now a business. they're not going to punish the people that make them money. they're just going to punish the people that are so the suppose it enemies in the ones that they test this, m

they found no connection between us and islamic states. so why didn't they do those checks before launching a bomb us us? so they promised us justice and compensation that they would take us to the us. it looks like no other countries forcing them to seek justice. there is no want to challenge them because they're a superpower. me. that's why the americans failed to keep their promises. logo. here on our tea, we've been speaking with more people who lost their loved ones in the bombing rage on the eve of the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan there still hoping for justice . you can watch those interviews in unheard voice is not available right now at r t dot no additional e. the pentagon initially defended at the car bull strike, claiming it was aimed at islamic state members. more than 2 weeks later though a quote, tragic mistake was acknowledged. we discussed all bound would form a u. s. military drone operator. brandon bryant, you know, it's been 10 years since i blew the whistle and the u. s. drone program will be 10 years in 5 days, a

and then in the aftermath of the isis, islamic state, when i tried to return back to the communitieshere was remarkable. i said why did you stay, what kept you here? and they looked at me and said, this is our land. we have been here for 2,000 years. >> janine di giovanni, pleasure. really fascinating, fascinating book. thank you. >> thank you so much. >>> next on "gps" -- ♪ when beethoven died, he left behind nine symphonies as you probably know. but did you know he started a tenth? the fascinating story of the humans and machines that completed it when we come back. [ding] is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the first approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. you, getting on that flight? back off, uc! stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if

tareena shakil says she has turned her back on islamic state group and its ideology.irls and women vulnerable to online radicalisation. poonam taneja, bbc news. the defence has begun making its case in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. the court in new york has begun hearing testimony from the first defence witnesses. ghislaine maxwell is accused of procuring underage girls for the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, to abuse in the late �*90s and early 20005. she says she's not guilty. nada tawfik is in new york. what did we hear from the first witness, kimberley espinosa? well, it's very clear why she was chosen as the first to speak. she spoke very glowingly about ghislaine maxwell, saying she became her executive assistant after working with epstein, and that she was a demanding boss but one that she had a lot of respect for. then the defence started asking her about one of the key accusers that is underpinning this case, jane — remember, jane said that both epstein and maxwell sexually abused her when she was 14 years old. well, kimberly espinoza said thatjane

with google, as whether he's in europe or here, but dash, he's wanted as a major figure in the islamic state, terrorist group and give them on fee. oscar as the man in charge of foreign activities, though he certainly dangerous, had drugged put into a saying, dove, and he's also of key interest to germany, georgia shun affair. i think it's important for our co operation that we find out where he is, the fish and better yet put him on trial in for a good day. back in germany, we asked prosecutors whether they're investigating attleboro, but they didn't want to say our findings alarm to lawmaker been humans. teresa yonder was i'd, as all, it's also about securing germany against future attacks. if it's possible, but master minds of the berlin christmas market attack a still alive and at large and integrated into the structure of ins, then that's a danger to germany. security alice. so it's not only in the interest of victims and survivors in terms of bringing the perpetrators to justice. it's also vital for us, for germany, for that such people be tracked down with her mentioned awesome for ca

why that was possible is the islamic state at the time. i think there was kind of this emergency that the two sides could set aside some differences around and even a couple of years ago they provided security way out for the government. you read that and think okay there may be something there that is possible. but the ingredient there is everybody was united against isis in that moment. and that'ss not an ingredient that exists in the rest of the country. >> congratulations again. i recommend anybody that's read it it is very well researched and addresses the big questions. david, over to you. >> thank you both. we have a bunch of questions already coming in so we will jump right into them. the first question is do you think it is inevitable? over to you. >> that is a hard one. it's tempting to say no that it wasn't inevitable. there are policies in the bookwh where it seems like they were going very well. an example that i will give is in 2004 after the camp had been established they had a phenomenal relationship with the people in the

tareena shakil says she has turned her back on islamic state group and its ideology. deaf — has already had a huge impact. yvonne cobb is the presenter of the bbc�*s programme for the deaf community — see hear and she looks now at how rose's participation has raised awareness. saturday night is a big night in for maddie and her best friend molly. good luck, rose. applause dancing the waltz, _ rose ayling—ellis and giovanni... rose ayling—ellis, better known as frankie lewis on eastenders, made history by becoming strictly come dancing's first deaf competitor. i was watching rose and ijust thought it was so... it was the first show that they included sign language on the television and i thought, "oh, i'd love to learn sign language." molly wasn't alone. there's a saturday night bump on internet searches on learning sign language. one british sign language website said enrolments in some courses were 20 times higher last month compared with august. so you both felt inspired to learn sign language. so what signs would you like to know? if you tell me, i can give you the

well-being of the people of libya, i think prolonging the conflict will provide ground for the islamic statend other terrorist groups in the region. >> in less than a minute, do you think they will be talking about for quite some time east/-- the divide we have been talking about for quite some time of east and west is becoming more east/south where you have gaddafi loyalists? >> i'm not sure. the possibility that somebody as president could unify the country, that's what happened in a short time or even in 10 years time, the [indiscernible] is there going to be a rush to war for example of something like this? i don't think there will be. there is no momentum and nobody is interested in war now, but that does not mean it is not an option on the table right now. as i said, mobilization is quite high today. >> quite interesting to look into the different elements of the libyan puzzle. we really appreciate your insight. thank you, too, for watching. you can see the program again at any time by visiting our website. for further discussion, go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversa

the method but it was hard to micromanage so he did the best he could don't try to set up the islamic state, do focus on the united states, so to the top deputy to distribute those orders you can make the argument he was micromanaging the organization and you could the argument that it was hard for him to manage because he had to kind of communicate that. he had a good line in the book [inaudible] but there were things that were completely preposterous yet he was moving these divisions around europe so it's a complicated picture trying to micromanage things. >> often times the only inside folks have is what these people say and what they say may be you deeply divorced from reality. it doesn't mean you can blow up the eiffel tower. i think it's a stark reminder for one of the risks frankly of some of the analysis we've seen on statements these folks make. >> that is so true. you could say things that produce ace reaction but in the end it wasn't heroic and we talkeded a little bit about the certified with al qaeda and peoples attention to bin laden and if you look at the polling data it trac

when the islamic state rolled through.and literally for these people that was the end of days. ice is seemingly did not come out of nowhere. i was working in syria at the time as well so we were aware of the rise of isis but for these people, they stayed in their villages until the last moment and it's interesting you ask thisquestion . why didn't theygo ? their land, their ancestral home is so important to them and they know if they leave, christians in that area will disappear. now, the numbers are really i mean, i'm not a numbers person because i think numbers never tell the true story so for instance in syria the un stopped counting the day due to the war in 2016 we have no idea how many people were killed. no idea how many christians are left in iraq but we just that in the last census which is in the time of saddam so 40 years ago there were 1.5 million. today, we wager between 150,000 and some say it's 300,000 i say postage 150,000 . so why are they leaving? those that survived isis appeared more radical groups especially the iranian backed militias, the popular mobiliza

in germany, a frankfurt court has convicted a former member of the islamic state of committing genocide against iraq's minority yazidi community. taha al-jumailly was also found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes. he was sentenced to life in prison. the landmark trial involved the killing of a five-year-old girl who al-jumailly bought as a slave, along with her mother, in 2015 in syria. they were then taken to the iraqi city of fallujah. the girl died after being chained and left in the hot sun without water. the mother survived captivity and testified at the trial. the landmark trial is the first time a person has been convicted for the role in the brutal persecution carried out by the islamic state of the yazidi religious minority, a kurdish-speaking group. the u.n. denounced as genocide. french president emmanuel macron inducted american-born, pioneering performer, and civil rights icon josephine baker into the pantheon, considered france's highest tribute. josephine baker is the first black woman at first american to receive the honor. this came on the same day that fa

marked for assassination by the islamic state due to his work on national conciliation, he was among those trying to get his family into the airport onto a plane to promised refuge in the netherlands. he was in hiding in late august when he was told in the middle of the night to go to the airport. he tried to gather his family from different locations where they had moved for their safety. his wife mr. the call. his brother brought the children who were staying with him but it was so dangerous at the airport that he initially sent them back. >> they saw the people work fighting. after 24 hours, he managed to make it onto a flight with four of his children. his wife and the others would be forced to really -- flee through pakistan. she treated the trip as a great adventure. which they all must do now, starting over in the netherlands. gender advisor -- a gender advisor. she became an asylum seeker overnight despite what her dutch colleagues had promised. >> i remember last night we were with them like a family. there were talking to us. the next day, the taliban took control of kabul.

mercenaries could be deployed to help its government battle islamist militants linked to al qaeda and islamic state. to lebanon now where covid restrictions are also being announced. the tourism ministry has ordered restaurants and hotels to require visitors to prove -- present either a certificate of covid vaccination or a negative pcr tests before entering, measures that will increase the strain on the local economy which was already in turmoil over the past few years. this is especially being the country's christians during this holiday period. our correspondence in beirut have this report. >> less presence, more prayers -- that's the motto alexander's grandmother is hoping to teach him. >> before this crisis, we used to do our expenses with accounting, but now we cannot afford that. we have taught them you only get one present and not whatever you wish. >> alex and lena will be playing with their older toys, like many children, this year as 70% of the population continues to be affected by poverty. an ngo aims to provide over 35,000 parents and children with free gifts and shoes over the course

we have to branches of islamic state active or building up here, and it's quite worrying, and this isntry is at war. this banditry is not some mere criminality, it is war, and the only way to deal with it is to launch a full—scale war against the bandits because the bandits and terrorists are linked, and they are one and the same. if boko haram's influence is spreading, doesn't it show that the federal government doesn't have a handle on security at all in nigeria, like many nigerians are saying, they haven't handled security well. no, security has definitely improved. those that are, yeah, yeah... i think many parents would disagree with you. when we came into office, boko haram occupied how many local governments in borno state? today they are restricted. should they have been wiped out? yeah. we work with the security forces to try to rescue the students. they are doing their best, but they can do better. the resources available to them can be improved, definitely. criminal gangs are not only targeting schools. they also regularly abduct civilians travelling by road. some think tha

i remember that robert robert this is how a family outing ended the global coalition against islamic state flu. more than 300 drone missions in northern syria. this year alone. this one happened to be filmed. the only cron variant of the coretta virus is fast becoming dominant here in europe. countries like france, britain, italy in portugal, have all announced a record number of new infections in poland. authorities say nearly 800 deaths have been recorded in one day, the highest number. so far in that country, 75 percent of the people that died had not been vaccinated. germany, on the other hand, has seen a dip in its infection rates, but health minister car love. her boss says he doesn't trust the numbers because of test failures and reporting delays due to the holidays. or more on the coven 19 situation in germany, let's speak to dr. a. yan sons. he's the general secretary at the german society intensive and emergency medicine. thanks for being with us. are fiances. germany is surrounded on all sides by countries with soaring infection rates. is this country due for a rude awakening to