so-called islamic state, haven't they?— so-called islamic state, haven't they?rting with the kurds, haven't they? starting with the kurds. they — haven't they? starting with the kurds, they have _ haven't they? starting with the kurds, they have established l kurds, they have established the main forces with fighting alongside the international coalition against isis. kurds where the main city which they could defeat isis in this city and then in the international coalition with the support of the local communities and local forces, alongside arabs, christians could defeat isis and eliminate them. the kurds are known by their loyalty with the international coalition, started to work with rival groups in turkey before. however in 2013, all of this changed over and the rebels turned to be radical islamic groups, so after that, the international coalition started to work with the kurds in northeast assyria and now there is a syrian democratic forces with an alliance with the local forces who are fighting with the international coalition against isis in the region h

islamic state still exists. wejust islamic state. islamic state still exists.s on their positions in the desert south of the euphrates river yesterday. we have to consider that mission and we have to play a role in shaping the political development along with our partners and allies. syria cannot be rebuilt without hundreds of billions of dollars of assistance and aid from humanitarians for reconstruction. that is not going to flow, if there is chaos, if the rise terrorist elements running around the country. elements running around the count . ., ., ., , , country. you have also been yes ambassador— country. you have also been yes ambassador to _ country. you have also been yes ambassador to iraq _ country. you have also been yes ambassador to iraq and - country. you have also been yes ambassador to iraq and turkey, | ambassador to iraq and turkey, looking a bit more at the region, what does this mean for the balance of power? i5 region, what does this mean for the balance of power? is a dramatic _ the balance of power? is a dramatic. on _ the balance of power

as i mentioned, that mission is against islamic state.ffice after the 24th of january, it is hard to say because we don't know, things are moving so quickly, it is pretty hard to not even where we will be by the time he gets into office. but remember, he came to office on a platform of ending foreign wars and disengaging the us from its role in them. this is a very small role, what you will hear from the biden administration, it is a small price to pay to get stability and containment of islamic state, which is largely pretty much degraded in the east of syria. that having the small number of forces is a small price to pay, and they can exert influence on the wider political process in syria. i think it remains to be seen whether or not mr trump tries to pull out. let's get more on the reports that bashar al—assad and his family are in moscow. steve rosenberg is with us. a few minutes ago, russian news agencies are quoting a source in the kremlin reporting that bashar al—assad and his family had arrived in moscow and had been granted asyl

it's been ten years since she was taken captive by the islamic state in iraq and thousands of her people were massacred. but since she's escaped, she's been campaigning relentlessly for victims of war, lobbying governments, top politicians and even hollywood celebrities. so, we've come to norway, home of the nobel institute, to speak to nadia about her work, fighting forjustice for the yazidi people, and trying to eliminate sexual violence in war. hi. nice to meet you. so nice to meet you. thank you so much. nadia murad, thank you for speaking to 100 women. we're sitting here in the nobel institute in oslo because you are a nobel peace prize winner. you won the award in 2018 jointly for your work advocating for survivors of sexual abuse during conflict. what did that award mean to you? before 2014, i was not aware of this award. i didn't know that there was something like this that even existed. you know, it was an important recognition but i didn't start telling my story for an award orfor being, you know, recognised by, you know, powerful committees like this one. i started to share my

the islamic state killed more than 3,000 yazidis and captured 6,000 others. you were one of them.national courts, no—one has been held to account for any of these war crimes. 0nly germany has successfully convicted any of these criminals. why do you think there has been so little justice? well, i think that's a question that i ask them all the time. with my friend amal clooney, we worked on creating a un team called unitad, where unitad is — you know, their mandate was to collect evidence of isis crimes in all over iraq. unitad was there for years. they collected evidence, testimonies, documentations, and we know, yes, isis was — a lot of iraqisjoined isis, our neighbours and a lot of people from the region. but there were also thousands of foreigners who came from europe, from other parts of the world and joined isis and believed in their ideology. and a lot of them, you know, after isis was defeated, men and women were able to come back to their countries of origin. so, it's not about evidence, it's just a lack of political will. and that process is over now, is it? the process

when islamic state were pushing to go for them, un officials feared that the islamic state people actuallyide against the community, some massive chaos, bloodshed, if you went, if he stays, possibly also chaos and bloodshed. stays, possibly also chaos and bloodshed-— stays, possibly also chaos and bloodshed. either way, do you think there — bloodshed. either way, do you think there is _ bloodshed. either way, do you think there is a _ bloodshed. either way, do you think there is a significant - think there is a significant chance of a major refugee crisis emerging from what we see? ,,. , see? sadly, whenever fighting itself, civilians _ see? sadly, whenever fighting itself, civilians who _ see? sadly, whenever fighting itself, civilians who have - see? sadly, whenever fighting itself, civilians who have had l itself, civilians who have had a long experience of these situations want to get out of the way, and that means crossing a border.- the way, and that means crossing a border. thank you for taking — crossing a border. thank you for taking us _ crossing a border. thank you for taking us

malejihadists inspired young male jihadists inspired by young malejihadists inspired by isis, so—called islamic statecase at all here, this is someone who appears to be anti—islamic and that again, it is really confusing a lot of so called experts on this. i think in terms of the physical security around these things, the german authorities were very aware, and it is at federal eyes to place with a lot of power invested in individual states, so rather than having one all—powerful mis than having one all—powerful m15 or than having one all—powerful mis or fbi than having one all—powerful m15 or fbi equivalent for the whole country, a lot of power is divested and placed in individual states. they clearly missed the fact that there was an access route where he was able to drive his bmw through the gaps in the concrete barriers and carry out the mayhem that he then is accused of doing. in the last few hours — a memorial service at magdeburg cathedral was held for the victims of the attack. the service was led by the cathedral�*s choir. families of the victims, emergency workers and government officials i

and it uncertainty about syria's future, the pentagon says us warplanes struck more than 75 islamic stateur state department correspondent bateman. president biden called this moment both an opportunity and a risk. what more can you tell us about his remarks? frankly, i think the _ us about his remarks? frankly, | think the white _ us about his remarks? frankly, i think the white house - us about his remarks? frankly, i think the white house has - i think the white house has been stunned by the speed and magnitude of the rebel advance, and the downfall of bashar al—assad in syria, but at the same time president biden is trying to take part of the credit for it, because what he said during that statement from the roosevelt room a bit earlier was that it was a consequence of his foreign policy decisions over the last four years, firstly to bolster ukraine against russia's �*s full—scale invasion in 2022, and then to poor weapons into israel after the hamas attacks of the 7th of october and also to facilitate its attacks on hezbollah in lebanon, that it was those factors, he said, that had b

in 2014, the islamic state took over northern iraq and persecuted any community that refused to convert to its extremist idea of islam. but they saved a particular brand of cruelty and hate for the yazidi religion and people. when they attacked nadia's village, they murdered her mother, six of her brothers, and many more men in her family. they took younger women and children captive. the boys were indoctrinated into isis while the women and girls were used as sex slaves, sold from man to man, raped and gang—raped repeatedly. after three months, nadia escaped. but so many others didn't. more than 200,000 people are still displaced and there are 3,000 women and children still missing. do you think enough is being done to find them? i think nothing was done to find them. nothing was done until isis made the decision to murder all the men, including six of my brothers, my nephew and dozens of my cousins, and the elderly women — including my mother. and then, they enslaved more than 6,500 women and children into sexual slavery. most of us who survived were able to just run away and go ask f

, and it housed guy called heidi back, the strategic mastermind of islamic state and gelati, andt allowed them to discuss how could the exploit not only the security vacuum in iraq but the impending security vacuum in northern syria. hts was born out ofjoe on the zero, and 2016, july and he said he would distance himself from that and in 2018, the us and the uk and nato all designated hts as a terrorist group and then we hit today and the uk are now discussing, he spoke about it earlier in the programme. there is a decision _ earlier in the programme. there is a decision submit _ earlier in the programme. there is a decision submit because - is a decision submit because david lammy send earlier today that they're going to send david l

the inmates joined the so-called islamic state from all over the world. they're locked up, apparently indefinitely, 20 or more to a cell. we're from cbs news. this man told us he was a doctor from windsor, canada, who traveled to the islamic state and was captured six years ago. >> we all make mistakes, right? >> reporter: do you regret it? >> i regret the mistake that i made? of course. >> reporter: to the canadian government, do you have a message? >> why haven't they come? why haven't they asked about me? that's all i can, want to ask them. >> reporter: the inmates don't know the syrian regime in damascus was toppled, because it could be dangerous. [speaking in a global language] they would be disobeyedant, he told me. and this prison is important for them. the prison is guarded by american-backed syrian forces who control about a quarter of the country. five years ago, they defeated isis in syria with u.s. help. we witnessed them capture raqqah, the headquarters of the islamic state. >> reporter: and you thought it was clear, and now you think there's

i fell in the islamic state in syria.r opportunities because they themselves have been expanding over the last 12 months and getting bolder in their attacks. so instability means that hard—line jihadists will definitely have an opportunity after a period where they had seemed more on the back foot. thinks for taking us through that —— thanks. let's talk to another expert. another thought to start with. it has been an astonishing four orfive it has been an astonishing four or five days, it has been an astonishing four orfive days, has it has been an astonishing four or five days, has an?— it has been an astonishing four or five days, has an? thank you for having _ or five days, has an? thank you for having me — or five days, has an? thank you for having me on. _ or five days, has an? thank you for having me on. but _ or five days, has an? thank you for having me on. but i - or five days, has an? thank you for having me on. but i want. or five days, has an? thank you for having me on. but i want to | for having me on. but i

"they are from our country, they are not islamic state. "we're not afraid of them.rce us to cover ourselves from head to toe." today, the man at the centre of it all, dressed in his usual damascus is still largely shut down, and there is a curfew from dusk till dawn. at a police station, we met hts men brought in to protect it. we asked what would happen to the men who fought for assad. translation: our revolution is not for revenge. _ any policeman who does not have blood on their hands, we will work with them. the looting and vandalising that was seen on the first day, that appears to have stopped today. what we've seen at government buildings, public places, markets, is that rebels from hayat tahrir al—sham have been moved from idlib, the region which they control, en masse to damascus, to secure these places. but as of now there isn't a proper, functioning government in place. that vacuum can breed instability. who will run this country? an answer is needed quickly. yogita limaye, bbc news, damascus. as the new groups in control of syria attempt to find theirfee

and their basic mission has been to suppress the islamic state, to prevent the islamic state from creatingso to keep a lot of islamic state terrorists essentially in prison, and it's the currents who are -- the kurds who are keeping them there. if we would abandon the kurds, all those prouder prisoners would go to other places in the -- prisoners would go to other places, maybe in the middle east, see if they can come up from the border into the u.s. so i would hope those who have worked with us we will want to protect as well, and i hope trump will see the utility in that. paul: yeah. just to put a number on that, the israel lammic state numbers, something like 40,000 are now detained the. cliff may, thanks so much for coming in. appreciate it. >>> still ahead, president biden claims his administration's policies set the stage for assad's fall in syria, so is his victory lap deserved? our panel looks at that next. ♪ >> -- balance of power in the middle east to. with this combination of support for our partners, sanctions and diplomacy and targeted military force when necessary, we now see

that does — so—called islamic state. that does not _ so—called islamic state. realty— anti—islamic and again, it is really confusing a lot of so—called experts on this. in terms — so—called experts on this. in terms of— so—called experts on this. in terms of the physical security around — terms of the physical security around these things, the german authorities were very aware, and — authorities were very aware, and it— authorities were very aware, and it is— authorities were very aware, and it is a _ authorities were very aware, and it is a very federalised btace _ and it is a very federalised place where there is a lot of power — place where there is a lot of power invested in individual states, _ power invested in individual states, so rather than having one — states, so rather than having one powerful mi5 or fbi for the whole — one powerful mi5 or fbi for the whole country, a lot of power is divest _ whole country, a lot of power is divest a _ whole country, a lot of power is divest a placed in individual states. they clearly missed — individual states. th

they say trying to prevent islamic state and other radical islamist groups from reconstituting themselves within the chaos of what syria has become, we've also seen israelis launching their strikes against targets in damascus and other places. so we're seeing a lot of these other countries in the region trying to take advantage of the chaos and shore up their positions and to prevent more unsavory characters from those of the assad regime, al qaeda or islamic state from taking over. there is a very, very brief moment of uncertainty and optimism. whether that carries into next week, next month is yet to be seen. a federal lawsuit is accusing star rapper jay z of raping a 13-year-old girl in the year 2000, allegedly along with sean "diddy" combs. the anonymous accuser says the assault happened after she was driven to an mtv after party and given a drink that made her feel woozy and light-headed, according to the lawsuit. jaz, whose real name is shawn carter fired back in statement calling a pre-litigation demand letter he received a blackmail attempt, accusing lawyer tony busby of engaging

there are thought to be thousands of islamic state fighters currently detained in syria.rd to be certain of the exact number, but campaign group human rights watch have estimated that there are nearly 42,000 foreign suspects and their family members from 60 countries currently detained in north—east syria. the group also estimate that there are around 23,000 syrian islamic state suspects being held. 0mar mohammed is a senior research fellow at the i beg your pardon, we will take you to brussels where the president of ukraine is meeting the head of nato, they are giving a statement outside of the residence. let's listen in. know in order to make sure there are 19 systems delivered to ukraine to protect the critical infrastructure so this will all be on the agenda plus how to make sure that when peace comes one day that we also think about the economy of ukraine. now but also after a future peace deal and here i extremely happy with the date and the initiative to not only by weapons, but to buy them from ukraine from your huge defence industrial base and this is good news b

the other thing is jolani and his movement has fought the islamic state. and while he is officially still on the terrorist list, we haven't seen any what we would consider terrorist activities out of that movement for a good deal of time for 4 or 5, six, seven, eight years. and in fact, we indirectly, uh, we didn't work with him, but we were, uh supporting the people. some 3 million refugees that were under his control in the northwest of the country. and we were very appreciative of the efforts he was doing to stop assad russia and iran's advance. >> do you expect to see more u.s. bombings and airstrikes like the ones we saw today oh absolutely. >> uh it's been hard to fully eliminate the islamic state in syria, but i think that that was partially because of the inept nature of the syrian army. i think that with the syrian democratic forces, uh, kurdish allies who have moved, uh, in some cases south of the euphrates, and with these opposition forces unleashed on the islamic state, uh, along with our bombing campaign and the usual kind of raids, our specia

inevitably, people will be looking at terrorism as a possibility because isis, the islamic state, itsrs -- a calls on its followers, dwindling as they are, to do something like this. there have been attacks similar to this in several european countries. it is always a risk. think the thing that is strange here is that given how popular these german christmas markets are in germany, that more precautions have not been taken. this guy was able to drive his dark bmw through the crash areas and career through hundreds of shoppers, injuring dozens and killing at least two before he was stopped and arrested. caitriona: frank, on that point, you mentioned there was an attack almost exactly eight years ago, eight years ago yesterday, on the christmas market in berlin. what is the security situation like in germany at the moment? frank: well, it is reasonably tense. it is not the highest it has been. there have been a number of plots that have been -- that have been intercepted. to be honest, most of the attention is on the ukraine war, as it is here in this country. mean in the u.k., the prim

the pentagon said the us carried out strikes against over 75 targets linked to the islamic state group uk prime minister sir keir starmer welcomed the fall of bashar al—assad's "barbaric regime" in syria, as he called for the restoration of "peace and stability". meanwhile israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has claimed the collapse of the syrian government was a direct result of his country's forceful action against hezbollah and iran. israeli ground forces also advanced beyond the demilitarized zone around the golan heights on the israel—syria border for the first time in 50 yea rs. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. just bring us up to date on some of the latest developments. let's start with the us to begin with and its operations in syria in the last 24 operations in syria in the last 2a hours. operations in syria in the last 24 hem-— operations in syria in the last 24 hours. ~ . . ., ., ,, 24 hours. according to the us centre of— 24 hours. according to the us centre of command _ 24 hours. according to the us centre of command they - 24 hours. according to the us cen

that s so—called islamic state ? and al-qaida are no exceptions.s now, butjust nine years ago, the isis self—proclaimed caliphate, at the height of its power, controlled around a third of syria, governing and repressing millions of people. it was defeated by a us—led multinational coalition and today, the map of syria looks like this — its a patchwork of different spheres of control, hts in red, the kurds in purple, and so on. now, the white area in the centre is what s known in arabic as the baadia, the empty desert. it's where the surviving remnants of isis are hiding out, getting periodically bombed by us forces, who still keep an outpost down on the border. up in the north—east corner in hasaka governate, in the kurdish area, is where isis prisoners are being held. and the fear here is what would happen if they broke out. their number includes britons who went off to join isis, like shamima begum and muslim convertjack letts. these prison camps are a tinderbox. they're angry, they're overcrowded and isis has long made it a top priority to try t

syrian forces, cottage policies are of looking off to prove a, it's not mc state. thousands of islamic state prison has and prisons holding tens of thousands. and if the talk is policies by continued these assaults, the fear is that those prisons will be open and you will have a search of islamic state minutes and some nice thing that. so another key issue on clinton's each end a here is that the advice will to contain the assignment states, right? how would you expect us darkest cooperation on syria to change once donald trump returns to the white house? well i think that that is the key policy for monk for they believe that they will have a formal understanding presidency when trump was previously in power. he was uh, calling for the total with, for one of us forces to in the presence of the syrian, i'm much of the recent statements by trump indicates the same thing that he said to you, i should have nothing to do with sir. they should stay out a nice thing. the uncle will be waiting till trump comes into about with the hope that he will pull out those us forces. and that will remove one l

i follow the islamic state in syria.are very bitter rivals of hts, but they are also looking at opportunities because they themselves have been expanding over the last 12 months, getting a lot bolder in their attacks. so instability means that hardline jihadists will definitely have an opportunity after a period when they had seemed more on the back foot. lets go from syria to ukraine. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is making an unexpected visit to the ukrainian capital, kyiv, today. mr scholz said he wanted to use this opportunity to express solidarity with ukraine and has promised kyiv a fresh package of military aid worth more than 630 million euros. germany is currently the biggest european supplier of defence equipment to ukraine. our world affairs correspondent paul adams is in ukraine and explained the significance of this visit. the chancellor has a somewhat mixed reputation here. everyone is acutely aware that germany is, as you said in your introduction, the largest european provider of military assistance

i'm is islamic state that's really able to exploit what's going on in syria at the moment as the us phase. so that is definitely a concern, particularly because trump has already signaled that the us of won't likely have anything to do with syria that the us may need to get out of syria. and as a report mentioned there, 900 troops there in 2019 trump removed many us troops that were there. so this number is smaller than it was before because trump sees it was part of his america 1st agenda that the us gets troops out of different parts of the world where he thinks this is too costly for the us. and there are 2 camps in the trump administration, the future trump immunization, one would be the camp that sees use on like state is incredibly dangerous. and therefore us troops need to remain here to prevent it from emerging again. and then the other camp, which of truck leaves is that, that feels that the us is overburdened by these military expenditures. and these all make state at once you have 30 percent of the serious territory 40 percent of our racks. territory were basically the size of

but in a sign of how uncertain the future of syria may be, us planes have struck more than 75 islamic state that's according to the pentagon. the us military central command says it has carried out more than 75 air strikes on what it says are islamic state targets inside syria. a spokesperson said it was to prevent the group from taking advantage of the current situation in syria. president biden has also commented on the rebellion — here's a little of what he had to say in a statement he gave at the white house a short while ago...(tx sot) at long last, there assad regime has fully foot of this regime has fully foot of this regime brutalised, tortured and killed nearly hundred of thousands of serious, if fall of the resume is a fundamental act of justice of the resume is a fundamental act ofjustice for them it is an opportunity for the long—suffering people of syria to build a betterfuture long—suffering people of syria to build a better future for their proud country. it is also a moment of risk and uncertainty as we all turn to the question of what comes next, the united states and will

the pentagon says us warplanes struck more than 75 islamic state targets in syria on sunday. correspondent, tom bateman. president biden spoke earlier today, calling this moment both an opportunity but a risk, what more can you tell us about his remarks? the white house has been stunned by the speed and magnitude of the rebel advance and the downfall of bashar al—assad in syria, but at the same time, president biden is trying to take part of the credit for it. what he said during that statement from the roosevelt room a bit earlier was that it was a consequence of his foreign policy decisions over the last four years. firstly, to bolster ukraine against russia�*s full—scale invasion in 2022, and then support weapons into israel after the hamas attacks of october seven and also to facilitate its attacks on hezbollah in lebanon, that it was those factors, he said, that basically eroded the power of russia and iran, the outside powers that had been propping up assad in syria. that is the way he took the credit for it. as i said, on the other hand, he acknowledged the fact that t

with al-qaeda, they actually fought al-qaeda loyalists in northern syria, they cut ties to the islamic statebefore expelling them out of the territory that this organisation, hts, controls. they have opened up to the christian community in north—western syria and aleppo, very unlike al-qaeda or the islamic state. they have sent a message trying to reassure the syrian alawi community, again very unlike al-qaeda or the islamic state, and they seem to be relatively competent managers of cities. there are syrian—american medical organisations that have been running hospitals and clinics in the territories controlled by hts and their leaderships have told me several times during the last years that they are able to work smoothly without difficulty from this hts organisation. police in new york say the search for the killer plenty more on that story and the bbc website. let's head now to new york, because police say the search for the killer of the us insurance executive brian thompson has been widened to at least two more states — newjersey and connecticut. police have also compiled more than 200

the united states is calling for stability, saying it's working to prevent a resurgence of islamic state seizing control of a demilitarised buffer zone in the occupied golan heights. earlier, i spoke to the american diplomatjames jeffrey. he's been the ambassador to iraq and turkey and most recently an envoy in syria. ambassador, great to have you on the programme. there seems to be, of course, many different neighbours there in the region that are interested in trying to shape the future syria, the direction the country may be going in. is there a country you think may be actually able to wield some power and some influence over syria in the coming weeks and months? first, thanks for having me on. second, this is, before all of the mess that we will talk about, a great day for the syrian people. it's a great day for regional stability as iran and russia reel back. now, the country that exercises the most latent of potential power is the united states. we have troops on the ground, we are very close partners to the turks, the israelis and the arab states who are the other major outside p

military intervention in syria with airstrikes against the islamic state. late 2015 the u.s.d troops first ensyri theigoal was to help the kurdish fighters defeat the islamic state. december 2018, top announces his intention to withdraw troops om syria but the plans often within a year. this is when defense secretary james mattis resigned in protest and today, 900 troops are still in the country. michael o'hanlon, what you see as the united states top priority militarily in syria? guest: that is a good timeline but i would add one piece which comes before 2014 which is that we started to look for ways to support opposition groups who were rising up in insurrection against president assad, but were very restraint and how we did that. president obama thought it might be better to keep american hands largely out and maybe save our powder so to speak for a new syrian regime. there was enough expectation that assad would fall and he didn't have a lot of money and only had minority support in the country. our role in the early period was in some ways counterproductive. we encourage

basically, look, there are links not only to al-qaeda but also rooted in historical roots to the islamic state entity which may or may not be governed by an organisation thatis governed by an organisation that is still widely considered to be a terrorist institution tjy to be a terrorist institution by many nations as well as the united nations. a difficult decision to make.- united nations. a difficult decision to make. you mention turkey in _ decision to make. you mention turkey in terms _ decision to make. you mention turkey in terms of _ decision to make. you mention turkey in terms of what - decision to make. you mention turkey in terms of what it i turkey in terms of what it thinks about the kurdish entity is in syria. how difficult is it to balance that, given those entities and relationships with international players like the united states?— international players like the united states? again, i think it is very difficult. _ united states? again, i think it is very difficult. there i it is very difficult. there have been a widespread sort of, i would say, reasonably accurate supportin

we've seen the islamic state has had an uptick in the number of attacks this year compared to last yearknow, 5—10 years ago, but if anything destabilises in the east definitely could create a lot more problems because it is important to remember there continues to be 10,000 male isis prisoners held by the syrian democratic forces.— democratic forces. thank you as alwa s. democratic forces. thank you as always. thank _ democratic forces. thank you as always. thank you. _ south korea's president yoon suk yeol has vowed to fight for his politicalfuture — after parliament impeached him over his short—lived attempt to impose martial law 11 days ago. president yoon says he will never give up — describing the impeachment vote — as a temporary pause in his presidency. early on saturday, crowds celebrated outside the national assembly as the impeachment motion passed. our correspondent, jean mckenzie, is in seoul and has this report. cheering. in a moment, a protest erupts into a street party, rejoicing the downfall of a president many have long despised. they'd accused him of being authoritaria

the islamic state has not gone away. yes, the rebel forces that are leading this push now have cut ties, or did cut ties with ias in the past but again this vacuum of security provides the vac -- opportunity for those sorts of forces to regain strength, too, and that is something the u.s. will be interesting in ensuring is not allowed to happen. >> deborah haynes, thank you so much. prime minister mohammad ghazi al-jalali has been speaking this morning. he says i am here in my home, i have not lifted and i do not intend to leave except in a peaceful manner that ensures the continued functioning of public institutions and state facilities, promoting security and assurance for our fellow citizens. he goes on to say i hope everyone will think rationally and consider their country. we extend our hand even to the opponents who have reached out and affirmed that they have not harmed any individual belonging to this syrian homeland. he goes on to say we believe that syrian -- syria belongs to all syrians and that all of its cit

the united states has launched strikes against 75 targets they say are affiliated with the islamic state, they say trying to prevent islamic state and other radical islamist groups from reconstituting themselves amidst the chaos of what syria has become. we've seen the israelis launching their strikes against targets in damascus. so we're seeing a lot of these other countries in the region trying to take advantage of the chaos and shore up their positions and to prevent more unsavory characters from taking over. there is a very, very brief moment here of uncertainty and also optimism. whether or not that carries over into tomorrow or next week or next month, it's very much yet to be seen. >> all right, matt, thank you. >>> and now to a nbc news exclusive. president-elect donald trump giving his first broadcast interview since winning back the white house, speaking with "meet the press" moderator, kristen welker. >> you've talked about prioritizing people who have criminal histories. >> correct. >> but, is it your plan to deport everyone who is here illegally over the next four years? >>

. ♪ christian: 65 british nationals linked to islamic state are still detained in prisons and camps in syria but the kurds who guard them are under regular assault from turkish back rebel groups in the north. what future is there for the kurds in syria? will their rights be protected and what wrist does that pose to security here in europe? also tonight, emmanuel macron cut short his visit to poland. who will be the new french prime minister? later in the program, ai decoded. semiautomated decision-making. is it the future of the beautiful game? welcome to the program. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in and car tonight for high-level talks with president erdogan. there is an emerging struggle in the power struggle where the countries are notably clashed and that is the role of the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces's. the united states has been predicted the kurds of northeastern syria since the overthrow of isis and its base in 2017. what the u.s. air force was protecting the kurds from was not isis itself nor even assad's forces, they were shielding them from washingt

we saw the expansion of the islamic state group.hile the syrian people were suffering should we saw them suffer on the beaches of europe. we saw them suffer in turkiye. we sell them displace 12 million people. more than half the population of this country were cast out of their homes. we met them in the most harrowing circumstances. entire families who were fleeing for their lives and now with the fall othe assad regime are beginning to get a true sense of the absolute horror they were fleeing from whether it was the mass graves being found all over this country, now 157,000 missing people. think of all those. families missing for loved ones -- looking for loved ones and relatives. the chemical gas attacks. the barrel bombs. the horrors of that war. the most abiding sense i have had while being here has been one of joy and perhaps one of be willed or meant the assad regime -- of bewilderment the assad regime fell so quickly. this was a leadership that was being welcomed back into some parts of the world and suddenly here we are. but

the pentagon said the us carried out strikes against over 75 targets linked to the islamic state groups more on the us response. the white house has been stunned by the speed and magnitude of the rebel advance, and the downfall of bashar al—assad, but at the same time president biden is trying to take part of the credit for it. we heard during that statement from the roosevelt room a bit earlier was that it was a consequence of his foreign policy decisions over the last four years, firstly to bolster ukraine against russia�*s full—scale invasion in 2022, and then to pour weapons into israel after the hamas attacks of october 7 and also to facilitate its attacks on hezbollah in lebanon, that was the conditions. as well as taking the credit he has to own part of the outcome as well. they meant addressing crucially what comes next. i think the americans are temporarilyjoining the euphoria, jubilation of many syrians about the demise of president assad but more they are worried about what fills the gap. i spoke to qutaiba idlibi, a seniorfellow with the atlantic council, and asked him for

their focus is on doing what it takes to destroy the islamic state, not we want to find a way to killilians so carpet bombing is not targeting civilians. if we know where the headquarters of isis is we are going to bomb it even if there are some homes nearby are looking at fuel trucks leaving to head to turkey we won't bombed the with leaflets. we think the drivers are civilian casualties who are going to bomb all your trucks. it the difference of disposition. mr. sean riley. >> how are you doing? >> doing all right. >> you talked about the social issue and use said on some of them may be there is some kind of obsession, i don't disagree with that. america has been bought and water under the bridge in a certain sense but the illumination of the white house, i think there is a certain sense the rest of the world does not agree with the united states on that issue and when they look at the way that that is being litigated in courts and lack of magnanimity of victors and those struggles, they are motivated to pushback against us and when foreign policy looks like we are going to be promo

aware of the suspect our first thought was that we are dealing with an attack attributed to the islamic state for followers to attack especially christmas events and christmas markets. 0ne wing of the islamic state network was very active in calling for explicit violence to spread fear in the heart of the enemy, so this was the first thought. but soon we got some information about the perpetrator and as soon as we heard it as a saudi arabian male 50 years old, we realised we already knew him as a right—wing online activist. was very much part of a global filter bubble of far right extremism, dealing with anti—migrant content as your colleague mentioned. so we were following this lead and analysing his online profiles on social media accounts, and with german media speaking with journalists and politicians and the giving analysis for the background and motivation of the perpetrator. while we were doing this another thing reached out so some of our colleagues were in contact with migrants in the city of magdeburg and we had many talks with migrants living there who are in fear, some are leaving

aleppo was the first major city to be captured by the rebels including islamic state that used to controlr has been looking at the threats as group imposes. they both like to exploit the current situation if they could. it is easier to forget this now but nine years ago the self—proclaimed isis caliphate was at the height of its power and controlled around a third of syria governing and repressing millions of people. it was defeated after five years by u.s.—led multinational coalition and today the map of syria looks a bit like this. a patchwork of different spheres of control. hds in red, the kurds in purple and so one. the white area in the centre is what is known as the empty desert. where the surviving remnants of isis are mostly hiding out. getting periodically bombed by us forces that are still keeping an outpost down on the border. up an outpost down on the border. up in the northeast corner in the kurdish area is where isis prisoners are being held. the fear is what would happen if they broke out. there are number include britons that went off tojoin number include britons that we

how much of a threat does the so called islamic state still posed in syria today as well? i mean, it's very clear that at the moment as it currently stands, it doesn't have enough resources and fights is to hold any territory. but it is also clear that over the last 12 to 14 months, every month i, as in syria, was able to conduct more and more terror attacks, which means they is an existing cell network structure that it allows. it's to act as a terrorist operation, but not yet to control the territory. the real risk is all the crowds really beacon enough that although the big idp can, or any of the kurdish prisons that they hold around 25000 individuals linked to icy . so the fighters and their families are they, are they going to lose security? and i'd be going to see present breaks, like we did in 2022 from i asked when they attacked the hock of prison. curtis areas. yes. i mean, curves are fighting and turkish back militias in the north is where those camps are . and does turkey have any interest in that kind of an opportunity for i s o in a neighboring country? no, of

with al-qaeda, they actually fought al-qaeda loyalists in northern syria, they cut ties to the islamic stateloody battles against them back in 2014 before expelling them out of the territory that this organisation, hts, controls. they have opened up to the christian community in north—western syria and aleppo, very unlike al-qaeda or the islamic state. they have sent a message trying to reassure the syrian community and they seem to be very competent managers of cities. there are syrian—american medical organisations that have been running hospitals and clinics in the territories controlled by hts and their leaderships have told me several times during the last years that they are able to work smoothly without difficulty from this hts organisation. that was the former us ambassador talking to me a short time ago. police in new york are continuing their hunt for the man who shot dead the boss of one of the biggest companies in the world. on thursday, detectives shared new images of the man they want to question over the shooting of the unitedhealthcare executive, brian thompson, outside a hot