five travelled from khartoum to syria in january 2000 15. five followed in june.now dead. they were clever young men and women who all went through the british school system, but still travel to join is. now, they are dying for the so—called islamic state. daniel joins me now. we said they were part ofa group. joins me now. we said they were part of a group. how many more were there? 12 british medical students who had been at school here in england, mostly of sudanese parents, but who had studied in england and had uk citizenship and went to this university in khartoum. seven other canadians and americans were part of that group. 19 radical students to travel together. ahmed sadiq eider, his sister, who is also a medical student, is still in raqqa. she was one of the people who first heard about his death. of course, beyond that, some 850 british people went to so—called islamic state and of those, only about 400 have come back, with 130 killed. about 300 or so back, with 130 killed. about 300 or so british people are still in the islamic state and they are under

sudan was africa's largest nation, ruled from khartoum by people of arab heritage. african tribes have rebelled since the 1950s, and millions have died. in a quest for peace, the bush administration started a humanitarian and diplomatic campaign. $11 billion went into aid and to train a south sudanese government and security force. khartoum no longer ruled over them, and beneath them, there was oil. >> they voted almost unanimously, 99%, to create their own state, to carve the south sudan out of sudan. and within two years, it had crumbled into a full-scale war. >> reporter: john pindergast witnessed the stillbirth of the nation. he was an african specialist in the clinton white house and now leads a project which works for peace on the continent. people living where we are now have really never known peace. >> and it isn't jt war. mass atrocities are committed with regularity. almost become routine. slave raiding, aerial bombing, rape is a tool of war. child soldier recruitment. all the worst of the worst of the war crimes in the geneva regularly in south sudan and

families, who all went to school in britain and were radicalised at the same medical college in khartoum is. friends have told the bbc that he died at the weekend during this assault by iraqi government forces on mosul. he was in a convoy trying to leave the city and was killed in a fire fight. his friend, hisham fadlallah, was also killed. seniorfigures in london's sudanese community said that even when the students joined is it had been devastating, and this was much worse. that was a shock in itself. now it is much shocking now to learn actually they come to an end and they died in a cause which most of us reject. as the is—controlled city of mosul falls and their other stronghold, raqqa, comes under extreme pressure, it's likely that many more british is supporters will be killed and it's possible that some will try to flee back to britain bringing more problems for the security services here. police believe that in the last few years around 850 british citizens went tojoin is in syria or iraq, around 400 have returned, some 130 have been killed, which leaves more than 300 still ther

sudan was africa's largest nation, ruled from khartoum by people of arab heritage.e south, african tribes have rebelled since the 1950s, and millions have died. in a quest for peace, the bush administration started a humanitarian and diplomatic campaign. $11 billion went into aid, and to train a south sudanese government and security force. five years ago, there was hope. khartoum no longer ruled over them, and beneath them, there was oil. >> john prendergast: they voted almost unanimously, 99%, to create their own state, to carve the south sudan out of sudan. and within two years, it had crumbled into a full-scale war. >> pelley: john prendergast witnessed the stillbirth of a nation. he was an africa specialist in the clinton white house and now leads "the enough project," which works for peace on the continent. people living where we are now have really never known peace. >> prendergast: and it isn't just war. mass atrocities are committed with regularity, almost become routine: slave raiding, aerial bombing, rape as a tool of war, child soldier recruitment. all t

the first seven british medical students travelled from khartoum to syria in march 2015.nal 12, four are now dead. they were clever young men and women who all went through the british school system, but still travelled to join is. now, they are dying for the so—called islamic state. daniel sandford, bbc news. a violent paedophile has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. michael dunn, 57, from redcar, was jailed for a string of offences, including repeated abuse of a girl he hid in his home. teesside crown court heard that dunn, who was said to be "paranoid, controlling and short—tempered", abused four victims over decades. fiona trott was in court this morning. some viewers might find parts of her report distressing. michael dunn was able to rate or sexually abused his victims because he groomed them, beat them all kept them prisoner. we heard about one girl who was kept in a secret compartment behind his fridge. she was hidden from police. that girl had been abused before. she told the police it was all she knew. he raped her, and when she tried to stop him, her, and w

families, who all went to school in britain and were radicalised at the same medical college in khartoumends have told the bbc that he died at the weekend during this assault by iraqi government forces on mosul. he was in a convoy trying to leave the city and was killed in a fire fight. his friend, hisham fadlallah, was also killed. seniorfigures in london's sudanese community said that even when the students joined is it had been devastating, and this was much worse. that was a shock in itself. now it is much shocking now to learn actually they come to an end and they died in a cause which most of us reject. as the is—controlled city of mosul falls and their other stronghold, raqqa, comes under extreme pressure, it's likely that many more british is supporters will be killed and it's possible that some will try to flee back to britain bringing more problems for the security services here. police believe that in the last few years around 850 british citizens went tojoin is in syria or iraq, around 400 have returned, some 130 have been killed, which leaves more than 300 still there, many

sudanese origin so their families had sent them to a private medical school in the sudanese capital khartoumn they became radicalised beforejoining is and one of the two meant became infamous for taking part one of the two meant became infamous fortaking part in one of the two meant became infamous for taking part in an islamic state recruitment video. you can see him a p pa re ntly recruitment video. you can see him apparently teaching medical students about anatomy and at one point he addresses the camera directly and calls on other doctors to go and join them in islamic state trying to form the fledgling medical service form the fledgling medical service for the group. we have now heard at the weekend he was travelling in a convoy of vehicles trying to flee mosul as the iraqi government forces closed in on the last remaining bit under control of is and that convoy was involved in a firefight and he was involved in a firefight and he was killed and his friend, also a british medical student, died about the same time. it is not clear that was in the same incident but certainly about the sam