this is d w news live from berlin a blow has been struck against the so-called islamic state with the capture of its headquarters the suppose it caliphate the city of raka in syria the months long fight has left the city in rowan's but how much damage has been done to the militant group itself. also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish held areas as the u.n. and the u.s. appeal for call. and a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack in malta the e.u. says that it is horrified at the death of deftly gallito her son accuses the maltese government of complicity. plus the champions league hits the pitch on tuesday and it is crunch time for this to get teams the life stage facing porto while door open to take on the go sia both clubs need a win to get their respective campaigns back on track. i'm sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us. u.s. backed fighters in syria have retaken rocka the city that the so-called islamic state considers its capital now troops fighting i-s. say that they have captured

"bbc news," beirut. >> islamic state sized raqqa early in 2014. the city was transformed by the group, which carried out public executions and planned attacks against the west from there. so what does the fall of the city mean for islamist extremism? i put that question to the former u.s. ambassador to iraq. >> ambassador, how significance is the defeat of islamic state in raqqa? >> well, it is very significance symptom bolically. this was the carmelo anthony of the islam -- this was the capital of islamic state. they are losing everywhere. they are losing in iraq they ave some pocks in western iraq near the borders of iraq, syria and jordan. we can see the end of isis on the horizon. now the challenge is what to do in syria, and what to do in iraq so that the circumstances that produced al qaeda in iraq a few years ago and then isis in more recent time doesn't repeat itself with yet another group with a different name but not being that different in content. >> president trump is claiming victory and credit for the fact that islamic state is on t

this is d w news live from barlett islamic states defacto capital the city of raka in syria has fallen. u.s. backed forces say that they have overcome the final pockets of resistance from the extremists it marks the end of an intense battle that started back in june so what now for i us. also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish held areas as the u.n. and the u.s. appealed for calm. and a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack in malta the e.u. says that it is horrified at the death of death eagle you see her son accuses the maltese government of complicity. plus from great hope to break misery south sudan is one of the world's newest states but today millions of people there are reliant on food aid we have a special report on one woman's struggle to survive and feed her family. i'm sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us. u.s. backed fighters in syria have retaken rocket the city that the so-called islamic state considers its capital troops fighting i say that they have captured one of the mili

fight for somebody like islamic state?ofile, there is no signature, there is no single marker that defines someone as more vulnerable or more at risk than anyone else. so actually one of the best ways we can do that is preventing radicalisation generally is to look at society as a whole and to look at what it is that makes society less resilient to these ideas and in order to do that we need to think about the ways in which young people are educated, the way they're given skills to challenge propaganda when they see it, that means challenging you, challenging me, it means having difficult conversations with teachers about things. those are some of the key ways we can do that, instigating critical thinking. the other thing to bear in mind is that radicalisation is notjust about belief, it is about belonging and behaviours. so rather than always asking why does someone join, perhaps we also need to ask mundane questions about how theyjoin. so that sense of belonging, being part ofa group, that sense of belonging, being part

secretary of state now that the fight against the islamic state is coming to a close. ose also the words of rex tillerson. those iranian backed militias did help the united states achieve one of its biggest foreign-policy goals, not just of the trump administration but of the previous obama administration. the defeat of the islamic state organization not just in iraq but also in syria. a u.s. official had to come out ter to expxplain what rex tillerson meant with the iranian backed m militias. they are the popular mobilization forces in iraq but also, the paramilitary arm of the iranian revolutionary guard that had been sanctioned by the trump administration earlier this month. what this administration is seeing in the region or what it is fearing at this point is the increasing influence of iran in the region at the exact same time that the trump administration is trying to an and is dealing with it as a rogue regime. >> jumping off a 30 meter highbridge it might not be everybody's cup of tea. one group of 245 daredevils in brazil did just that on sunday. not alone. th

senator coons, islamic state islamic state has clearly lost an important symbol in the fall of raqqa.sis still controls some of the euphrates river valley so there is more fighting to be done before they've lost control of all territory in syria. and we now face a criticaljuncture because we have to have a path forward where syria has a political process that can lead to the departure of assad and some reunification and resolution of its grinding civil war. 0k, all of this depends to some extent on american leadership because those militia were american backed in the fall of raqqa. let me turn to another issue, comments made by senatorjohn mccain last night when he was receiving the liberty medal at a dinner you attended in philadelphia. senator mccain, as we heard earlier, said "half baked spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solving problems." tough language, he was referring to president club, i imagine. senatorjohn mccain got a standing ovation for his moving speech last night, i recommend it to all your viewers, during which he spoke abou

islamic state's power the long fight for iraq has left this city in ruins. a five month battle is over for the syrian kurdish and arab fighters backed by the united states they killed dozens of i asked militants in their final push rocka is now a shell of a city. there's nothing left where near the end we haven't seen any i asked militants we haven't seen any of them near the stadium either i think the city will be fully clear of them in the next two days which once all of the i asked militants are gone from syria i'll go home. i asked took control of rocca in early twenty fourteen and made it the capital of its self-styled caliph that. the militants imposed a strict interpretation of islamic law and used extreme means such as beheadings and torture to quash those who oppose the rule it became home to thousands of jihadists from across the globe after a call by us leader baghdadi to migrate to the syrian city however in recent months the so-called islamic state has steadily lost territory in syria and iraq. the fall of raka is a major blow to the militant gr

the de facto capital of the islamic state has fallen. is has been driven out by a us—backed, kurdish—led group fighting to return the city to its people. clearly all the residents, in fact probably all the residents, in fact probably all the residents, have now fled the city and many are in refugee camps. it is and many are in refugee camps. it is a terrible irony that in order to reta ke a terrible irony that in order to retake raqqa, they've had to destroy the city. in iraq, government forces have taken oil fields from kurdish fighters. we'll also have reaction to the murder of an investigative journalist in malta. her son says the country's a mafia state. i'm rebecca jones at london's historic guildhall, where the six authors short listed for one of the world's most important literary prizes, the man booker, are waiting nervously to find out if they've won. we'll bring you the announcement of the winner live here on bbc news in the next hour. raqqa has fallen. the islamic state group has been driven from its de fa cto group has been d

news the live from berlin islamic states defacto capital the city of brotha in syria has fallen. u.s. backed forces say that they have overcome the final pockets of resistance from the extremists if marks the end of an intense battle that started back in june so what now for the so-called islamic state. also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish held areas as the u.n. and the u.s. appealed for calm. and a dangerous journey to escape persecution thousands of new rope him to refugees pour into bangladesh from myanmar not all of them are making it alive. i'm sara kelly welcome thanks for joining us u.s. backed fighters in syria have retaken rocka the city that the so-called islamic state considers its capital a commander of the troops fighting i-s. says that operations are under way to clear this. city of landmines and militant sleeper cells dozens of jihad it had made their last stand in the city stadium but it is unclear if they remain holed up there meanwhile still to celebrate its processes aeration as the four month

kurdish and arab fighters say they now control raqqa, but their us backers have warned around 100 islamic stateattack in malta has denounced what he called the country's mafia state. daphne caruana galizia died when her car exploded shortly after she left her home on monday. she was known for her blog accusing top politicians of corruption. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

the islamic state's foreign fighters here vanished. some may be hiding in these ruins. islamic state group may have abandoned their capital but they haven't abandoned their cause, so the fight against is goes on. george saunders has won the man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo, becoming the second us author to take home the £50,000 fiction award. the book tells the story of abraham lincoln's grief after the death of his young son, and his visits to his tomb. it is the first full—length novel from saunders, previously best known for his short stories, and is set in a graveyard over a single night. i hope you are not planning to spend your nights in a graveyard, but it is certainly a book worth reading if you get the opportunity wherever you are. we are back with more news at midnight. now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with evan davies. a great new cultural battle is being fought in british universities. freedom of expression, versus freedom from the hurt caused by other people's expression. i've paid, not only for my education, but an experience. a s

kurdish and arab fighters say they now control raqqa, but their us backers have warned around 100 islamic state a car bomb attack in malta has denounced what he called the country's "mafia state". now on bbc news, it's time for panorama. hundreds of thousands of us are now using private hospitals. you pay for private health care because you think you are giving your family and yourself the best possible treatments. we assume it's as safe as the nhs, but is that true? for those that are not transparent should be closed. we investigate the worrying lack of information about private health care. is that good enough? no, it's not good enough. it's unacceptable, things have to change. the potential conflict of interest... the problem is, there's a cheque—book sitting between the patient the doctor. ..and how private hospitals can avoid paying compensation

the islamic state's foreign fighters here vanished. some may be hiding in these ruins.already fled. the islamic state group may have abandoned their capital but they haven't abandoned their cause, so the fight against is goes on. this is an important moment where perhaps for the first time we can see a future in the middle east without the islamic state. we know that is brought chaos and destruction, we have seen that in raqqa but they also brought something else to the region, unity. they united against that common enemy, arabs turks and kurds altogether fighting against is, trying to bring about their defeat. that common enemy is now proceeding and already we are seeing those old middle east fault lines, in iraq in baghdad, those fault lines resurfacing. and the reality may be that because the conditions which brought about is still exist, that the middle east isn't much different once they've gone and that those old blood and that is well quickly resurface, even when is is defeated. quentin sommerville in beirut for us tonight. the head of the security service mi5, a

cow if it collapsing looks like the ruins of the syrian city of iraq the capital of so-called islamic state well today the city failed to us back to forces and into three years of hell on earth you know tonight after the atrocities of rocket will anyone ever want to go home again i'm brant gulf and berlin this is the day. it was two thousand and fourteen when isis forces at the height of their power world into iraq stolen tanks spinning through the city's paradise square which isis would soon turn into with showcase of sabbath. today the same square aptly renamed paradise to hell square with no capital and little territory isis is broken is a total defeat now imminent. also coming up they have fought together to push back islamic states now iraqi and kurdish forces may be turning on each other the u.s. refusing to take sides claiming it's really not that bad. aside from the incident from early morning hours on sixteen october south of kirkuk that we assessed as a miscommunication there have been no further reports of armed conflict or contact between the two groups. and we begin the day wit

also coming up they have fought together to push back islamic states now iraqi and kurdish forces may be turning on each other the u.s. refusing to take sides claiming it's really not that bad. aside from the incident from early morning hours on sixteen october south of kirkuk that we assessed as a miscommunication there have been no further reports of armed conflict or contact between the two groups. and we begin the day with the biggest military victory so far in the battle against so-called islamic state for the past four months u.s. backed forces have waged a campaign to retake the syrian city of raka from isis today a general of the syrian democratic forces announced that the fighting is over in two thousand and fourteen isis fighters took control of rocket making it the capital of a new caliphate but rocket quickly morphed into a capital of cruelty isis rulers showed it showed off to the world one atrocity after another women accused of adultery beaten before an audience of men inside a sports stadium public beheadings of western hostages and men accused of being gay thrown to t

he was freed from islamic state torture chambers after two hundred eighty days. now my suit has escaped to germany and he's hunting down terrorists. on his own doing something against us is a good thing. mustn't inist from victim to terrorist hunter. close up in forty five minutes on d w. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news to go out africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference become a. magazine d w. y e r forty million people in east africa threatened by starvation what are the causes of the situation. we focus on five specific problem areas. this huge journalistic project tries to find the answers white africa goes green our topic this week on w online. i one walk into drive at the motor magazine today's topics piloted driving in an audi eight with traffic jam assist it.

the islamic state's foreign fighters here vanished. some may be hiding in these ruins.hip have already fled. the islamic state group may have abandoned their capital but they haven't abandoned their cause, so the fight against is goes on. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. final preparations are under way in beijing for the ruling communist pa rty‘s national congress. the event only takes place once every five years, and is used to set out the country's next steps. our china correspondent robin brant is in tjiananmen square in beijing. lots of security are would imagine around where you are at the moment. as ever, security is very intense for this event, which as say comes every five years. it lasts for about a week and it starts today with a significant moment, a speech from the country's president. more importantly today the general secretary of the chinese communist party xiejin ping and that will look back on the last five years, assessing how the communist party has done and did it did dell might live up to the pleasures of reform —— xijinping. and

how the islamic state fighters were parading on the hamster's of toyota's the to abort on the money of the state department the state probably explained that they were designed for the moderate opposition but somehow these two hundred toyo's with heavy machine guns ended up in the hands of the islamic state in the region of palmira and there is or it was never explained by the american side and how they got to the islamic state so i think that by helping the so-called moderate opposition in syria the united states were defacto helping the islamic state to fight against it but then at some point there was a turn of public. opinion against the islamic state when they started to decapitate western journalist and started to blow up people in paris and in so many other european cities i think it just became completely unacceptable for any government even to try to use the slavic state for certain hidden political goals well r t this network funded by the russian taxpayer was one of the networks one of the only networks in the world that has been covering that angle that perspective to the w

this is c w news law a bomb for alleged a blow has been struck against the so-called islamic state with the capture of the self-proclaimed capital of its supposed that caliphate the city of droste in syria the months long fight has left the city in ruins but how much damage has this done to the militant group itself. also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to read to take disputed kurdish held areas as the u.n. and the u.s. appealed for calm. and from great hope to great misery south sudan is one of the world's newest states but today millions of people there are reliant on food aid we have a special report on one woman's struggle to survive and to feed her family. plus calls for justice grow louder in malta following the murder of anticorruption journalist tough enough to leave. and following the harvey weinstein sex abuse allegations stories of sexual harassment sweep across social media using the hash tag me to. i'm sara kelly welcome thanks for joining us. u.s. backed fighters in syria have retaken rocca the city that the so-called islamic state

what i wa nted calls itself islamic state.what i wanted to say about that is that the islamic state is suffering a major loss in territory is due to air strikes as well as fighting on the ground, but let's be clear, the ideology is not going anywhere. u nfortu nately, ideology is not going anywhere. unfortunately, it will go underground and go elsewhere, whether vulnerable, politically vulnerable countries where it can grow, and it will also feed on the discourse of grievance, that it has lost the islamic state, where the caliphate was, and it needs to get that back and we need to fight the good fight, so it will feed on a discourse of grievance with vulnerable groups, and that's the danger. the optimism of this photographs which is one of the opposition soldiers from the syrian democratic forces, waving a flag in celebration. we also saw that in mosul. the different bits of the alliance starts wobbling with each other. go back a decade ago and you can see al-qaeda. the whole question now, surely, is whetherthe hearts and mind

forces to stand up and fight these militants, as you mentioned from both al-qaeda linked groups and islamic state linked groups that have been crossing in this region and increasingly carrying out violent attacks. >> woodruff: so they are there because-- who is the enemy there? >> well, various islamic extremists, roughly in two broad coalitions, one announced yus this past march that is calling itself the group for the support of islam and muslims, gsim, in the region which is made up of al-qaeda linked groups including those linked with ethnic torag, ethnic polla polani and former members of-- and members of al-qaeda and islamic magreb sa harrah battalion. and on the other side we have this group calling itself islamic state greater sa harrah which was approved last year by the so called khalifah islamic state. >> woodruff: you were telling me the more active these groups have become, islamic groups have become, there has been more competition. >> there has been. each seeking to be the more lethal, the more dangerous, the one to join to attract both recruits and resources. and in fact the leade

in a sense, the islamic state group foresaw this. it is hardly likely they did not know this military operation was eventually going to route them and wrest control of this territory from them. they are going to prepare for this. what they do is, they revert back to where they were before in proclaimed a caliphate june 2014. they are back in the desert. they are going to pockets of the desert, hoping they will slip through security crocs, benefit from the chaos and the lack of the sort of unified government, especially at this point in syria. iraq is starting to regain control. it is going to go back to the low-level or not level type of insurgency. even if you look beyond iraq, the islamic state group has set up de facto basis and a lot of other countries right now, from libya to yemen to egypt to afghanistan, and even in countries where they do not have an isis-branded, so to speak, branch. there are countries such as nigeria, where boko haram has been reportedly in decline. it is affiliated there. they can still work in alliance.

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once the state of the islamic state's -- the seat of the islamic state's power, the fight for raqqa has left all of the city in ruins. reporter: a five-month battle is over for the syrian, kurdish, and arab fighters. backed by the united states, they killed dozens of i.s. in the final push. raqqa is now a shell of a city. "there is nothing left. we are near the end. we have not seen any i.s. militants. we have not seen them near the stadium ideas are. that's either. -- we have not seen them near the stadium ieither." i.s. took control of raqqa in early 2014 and made it the capital of its self-styled caliphate. the militants imposed a strict interpretation of islamic law and used extreme means a such as beheadings and torture to quash those who opposed to their rule. it became home to thousands of jihadists across the globe after a call by iborra baghdadi to migrate to the city. in recent months, the so-called islamic state has steadily lost territory in his syria and iraq. the fall of raqqa is a major blow to the militant group, but the extremists still controlled territory in neighbori

we meet a man he was helping the authorities in germany to hunt down fighters for a so-called islamic state. and scores of people are still missing after saturday's powerful truck bomb in the somali capital mogadishu the explosion killed hundreds of people and the death toll is expected to rise even further. plus the dawn of a new era in astronomy is at hand and that's what physicists tell us scientists have been discussing the existence of gravitational waves for a hundred years and now they have proved for the first time that they exist get ready to find out why these waves are so important. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us iraq's military is reporting progress tonight but not in the fight against islamic state iraqi forces have moved into the disputed city of kirkuk in a bold campaign to retake land from the kurds thousands of kurds are said to have already fled the city tension has been high in the kurdish region following a controversial independence referendum that was held last month kurdish officials have called today's iraqi advance and unprovoked attack non kurdish resi

brent: the kurdish and iraqi forces fight together in the campaign against islamic state.implications will this offensive have for the fight against terrorism? correspondent: i spoke to a major in the iraqi counterterrorism forces and he was in the central offices in kirkuk. these are the forces are taking i -- partaking in the fight against isis in mosul. this creates a headache for the americans. the u.s. coalition have armed and trained both sides of this conflict. there is a question about misuse of weapons supplied by the americans. definitely concerns going forward. i do not think it will impact isis in the area but isis could take advantage of the insecurity. let's hope they do not see an opening. brent: thank you for reporting for us north of kirkuk where the latest clashes between iraqi and jukurdish forces are clashing. to mogadishu now where a bombing took place. it is the deadliest single attack in the country's history. correspondent: two days after the blast, he once crowded street in the heart of mogadishu lies in ruins. emergency workers still recovering bo

the islamic state's foreign fighters here vanished. some may be hiding in these ruins.fled. the islamic state group may have abandoned their capital but they haven't abandoned their cause, so the fight against is goes on. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. britain faces the highest rate of terrorist attacks in the last 30 years, with some plots hatched in just days and 3,000 extremists currently being investigated. that's according to the head of mi5, andrew parker. in a rare interview, he says 800 british jihadists have gone to fight for so—called islamic state in syria and iraq. and he's defended mi5‘s record after four terrorist attacks here this year. frank gardner reports. four terrorist attacks in britain, inspired by so—called islamic state, in the space of six months. most of the attackers were already known to mi5, the security service. today, its director general addressed journalists on the extent of the current threat. we've seen a dramatic up shift in threat this year. it's at the highest tempo i've seen in my 34—year career. i asked him why mi5 was una

led coalition in that country is dissolved saying the forces are destroying everything but islamic state. but meanwhile syrian government forces edge forward against eyes still in derry sole province witnesses fierce fighting with our correspondent reporting from the front line in one of the areas loss of terrorist from. isis is the key. here is one of the jihad just briefly surely give yourself whilst brain away on full auto. spain's prime minister demands clarification from catalonia about whether its declared independence the east threatens to suspend the region's autonomy. and a former presidential adviser to barack obama spills the beans on what was once branded a special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. . all these are the headlines here at and t. international coming to you live from moscow thank you for joining us i'm kate partridge. well let's begin with that top story from syria where the country's foreign minister has demanded the dissolution of the u.s. led coalition claiming the operation is nothing but a cover up for syria's destruction auntie's jacqueline figure

of islamic state group held land to civilian populations since twenty fourteen. liberating more than six million syrians and iraqis from the extremist groups grant. for more on this as now bring in our correspondent in beirut adam flats and adam thank you so much for joining us. how much of a blow is the follow roccoco to the islamc statate group? becacause it's her heavy blw to his eyeyes state group bt one let's look say inevitable for quite awhile. ththat now and that ththe cy was one of the first had taken by islamic state grou. alerts nowhere near the size of mosel it was of course said that smsm self declare. that a capital of the so called counterfeits. and but i s say that it'ss n inevitable for sometime because the syrian democratic forces. have been making ground against the islamic state group hat for a while this offensive was really. that announced back in november twenty sixteen even before that they'd been taking territories ms i state group. at the fighting reach the town itself in june of this year event net roughly four months the street to stre

up so—called islamic state have signed upforan so—called islamic state have signed up for an organisationst. if they end up dying on the battlefield it doesn't surprise me and i think this is something they ultimately would expect and were looking for. if we look at some of the cases and individuals who tried to come back who appear to want to change their ways, who are willing to come back and be open about what they have done on the battlefield and will show evidence of what they have participated in and go through due process is in the court of law here that and it that will solution as well. i don't think we'd execute them on the battlefield. if some of them on the battlefield. if some of them come back and they are willing to demonstrate and atone for their sins and pay their dues as the requires then we have a system in place to handle these people so that's fine. what do you think is the best way to deal with british extremists who go to syria to fight alongside islamic state is to mark there are two sets of rules, one is for the battlefield and if you are on the battlefield you ar

the islamic state at differently fighting to keep it.argeted by snipers. the men quickly returned fire. for these men, it is personal. many have had family members killed by the islamic state. in another nearby village, and these fighters know the threat of his estate. the militants have been pushed out, replaced by syrian government forces. translation: our defensive line is over there, at the sugar factory. beyond that, the regime is in control. islamic state is no longer present there. we had an agreement that we will not target each other. but we have been shelved by artillery fire. the war he has drawn in the world's biggest players, and 110w in the world's biggest players, and now their proxies here each other. in this area, these us—backed forces 110w in this area, these us—backed forces now line up against syrian regime troops, which are in turn supported by russia. the stakes here are high. the big question is what will happen next. stay with us on the briefing. also in the programme: a century after the russian revolution, we r

it was the capital of the so—called caliphate, at the centre of that state that islamic state wa ntedd and hoped would continue to expand and obviously it being routed and the last of the city speaks as clearly as anything could that those dreams of state building have been brought nothing for iis. is continue to hold small area of territory straddling the iraqi syrian border but it is under pressure there as well. nobody who watches this group closely believes that will be the end of the story, that will be the end of the story, that it will disappear. the feeling very much is that is will go underground and operate much more conventional guerrilla tactics, hit—and—run and so on, and they become more dangerous in other ways, maybe even more determined to strike out in places like the cities of europe in an effort to hit back at the forces that have routed them on their islamic state. they must leave it there, alan johnston, their islamic state. they must leave it there, alanjohnston, thank you very much. people who kill someone on the roads could face life sentences under new laws be

the so-called islamic state appeared well organized. it's like a prison i present and this paper had been formed by an isis member he was from tunisia and that was in a shop that he prison then came on so tear up buzzard was in six different ions prisons in all. they tortured us with. with every with every instrument they can torture us. they started first of all to investigate and ask questions and during the answering they started to tortured me beating me by sticks on my legs on my back slapping me on the face pulling my hair and every day or every two day and sometimes twice a day it was the pending on how much the prison guard is happy that they or how much he is angry i can't for about their eyes the only thing i remember their eyes so i want to forget them i do remember them all the time i want for that and. the word your heart both iraq and syria are known historically for using the most savage torture methods and techniques and those doing the torturing are mostly from iraq and syria. is a puzzle in common those in your heart i

iraqi prime minister says iraqi troops every taken the islamic state group stronghold that is one of the last two areas held by the militants in iraq. rejectsish government calls for mediation over catalonia's push for independence as the factions head for another showdown. the girlfriend of the las vegas gunman says he had no white that she had no idea he was planning the attacks. mary and emily was in the philippines at the time but said stephen paddock had wired her $100,000 there to buy a house. serious aboutet hardware, but why does the king of search engines need to make smart phones? our businessin updatete. after bob dylan's shock when of the nobel prize last year for whorature, we will find out is the winner this year. first, our top story from paris. iraq's prime minister is in paris today. he held talks with french president emmanuel macron. the leaders gave a press conference earlier where they talked about the importance of national reconciliation in iraq. urged dialoguen and offered to help mediate between baghdad and the kurds, who voted for referendum -- - fr independ

will rock as last be the beginning of the end for islamic state. i think it's all to do the end for the islamic state that's like a mixtape. you know all but a couple of months has expanded very quickly took all the territories from the you know scene and out. from different. you know groups and syrian had ak and then they found it so they have significantly. the international coalition has launched its open ation to take all that up so i think it's auditee the end for them isis is no longer. it's not i think more than twenty percent. of it's you know people follow it over a couple of years ago so yeah this is that so-called caliphate it is it is now taken all but from. there the militant side of fleeing bad and out to out in a video the smaller towns they had not a significant does more undock but some of them much. of it controlled but i think yeah this is this is the end that i would expect a couple of months before it i think it's completely. you know he moved. in that out that it's taken back by either the seat in the gmo aren't. you know foll

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this is d w news live from berlin islamic states a one time capital of the city of raka in syria has fallen. u.s. backed forces say they've overcome the final pockets of resistance from the extremists it marks the end of an intense battle that started back in june so what now i guess was a coming up in neighboring iraq vanguard is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish red areas as the u.n. and the u.s. appeal for calm. and of trauma in an investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack in malta the e.u. says it's hard to fight at the death of daphne zia hassan accuses the morty's government of complicity. hona will welcome to you i'm under thought she. u.s. backed fighters in syria have retaken the city the so-called islamic state considered its de facto capital a commander of the troops fighting isis operations underway to clear the city of landmines and militant sleeper cells dozens of jihad this have had made their last stand of the city stadium but it's still unclear if they remained holed up there meanwhile soldiers celebrated iraq because liberation

this is deja vu news coming to you live from burning the de facto capital of the islamic states capital city in syria forced to u.s. supported forces. goodish midsole just celebrated in one of the last may just strongholds of the said star caliphate commander say the city of raka is liberated but cleanup operations are still under way also coming up bogged down pushes ahead with an offensive to retake the disputed kurdish areas in northern iraq as the u.n. and the u.s. the p.t. for calm. and a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack in malta the e.u. says it's hard to find at the death of duffy sia the son accuses the government of complicity. plus in sport the champions league hits the pitch on tuesday and it's crunch time for monday's the gun team's live says face portal one door twenty eight gone and it was both clubs need a win to get their respective campion's back on track. hello and welcome i'm under touchy about thank you very much for joining us. u.s. bank find is in syria had retaken rock on the city the so-called islamic state considered its de facto

a new reality for raqqa after islamic state.yn has called for mps who are guilty of sexual harassment or abuse to be held to account. in a speech this afternoon, the labour leader warned that a warped and degrading culture was thriving in westminster. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. jeremy corbyn‘s warning today was stark, he said sexism and misogyny were widespread in society and while the labour leader gave no specific examples or evidence, he used a speech in scotland to describe a culture in westminster where abuse had been accepted. it extends to a culture that has tolerated abuse for far too long. it is a warped and degrading culture that also exists and thrives in the corridors of power, including in westminster. his comments about these corridors follow newspaper reports of unnamed mps acting inappropriately. no—one has been directly accused or official complaints made, but those who know this place well say there is a problem that must be addressed. in westminster, there has been a longstanding issue a