mosul streets are airily quiet. and this is a sense that the violence for which the city is notorious is never far away. the family i'm about to meet, protected me from that violence, and this is the 1st time out of seamen since their youngest son and the reuters photographer, whose work is on exhibit here, was killed by u.s. soldiers. who say i want to hear what you feel when you hear that right. i mean it's still very sad still here. that's why this in doha we saw the story. ok on the reuters wire. so i called you, i think at that time and i asked you to call not be able because i couldn't get through to i think it was in syria. maybe behind me is older brother now below was in charge of the reuters operation in mosul. we used to be a team. the 3 of us traveled around together reporting on the growing insurgency time in mosul, streets into a bloodbath. 2003000 farm. it's good. yeah. look like that now. and nothing like in 2000, something very difficult to believe that the ammos on and just when it was starting to

maybe behind me is older brother now below was in charge of the reuters operation in mosul. we used to be a team. the 3 of us traveled around together reporting on the growing insurgency time in mosul, streets into a bloodbath. 2003000 farm. it's good. yeah. look like that now. and nothing like in 2000, something very difficult to believe that the amazon and just when it was starting to happen. yeah, exactly. when i think, yeah, you save me your hand as the situation deteriorated to me and was moved from mosul. but he continued to document life and occupation and the violence that had unleashed much more of the sort of that he was not behind the me and the 30th of the airlock. and just knocked out somewhat. john, who just came for the sword in the me, that's about that within 3 years, me and was killed by u.s. forces in baghdad. his death captured forever on video shot by the us military. and eventually leaked to the public by wiki leaks. and then started running like a fire when you know more than 10 years ago in america 100 b. had less than an hour's drive from the notion

you save me if the situation deteriorated to me and was moved from mosul. but he continued to document life under occupation, and the violence that had unleashed much more sort of the team on the, me and the unjust. when i said, what's that to john when one of us well, i just came for the sword in to me and that's about that. i'm the one within 3 years me and was killed by u.s. forces in baghdad. his death captured forever on video shot by the u.s. military and eventually leaked to the public by wiki leaks. and then started running for him more than 10 years ago to check out what the chat had less than an hour's drive from the notion of ever because one fabric has now disintegrated. and the prospect of kurdish autonomy has been a fault line cutting across the north since iraq's borders were drawn. when i was based here still at least looked like the same country. now it looks like a different planet, and that seems to be the master plan of the kind of massive foreign investments and regeneration and infrastructure projects transforming the way these cities

that's what makes the mosul and its shale soils so special . visit are most of your guests wine connoisseurs earth do they tend to be more like ni hao movie. commission it's really quite mixed. here on the most we have a lot of guests who come for the wine and know a lot about it. so we asked what it was into but we also have a lot who are less familiar with it or this might be the 1st time they've got to know it more intensively. but in recent years we've noticed that a younger crowd is coming to the most. people between the ages of 25 and 35 like to come here to cycle. or do a climbing to or through the cow month so far. they've discovered the old cliche of the mosul as a place where you taste wine with an old event in or in a stuffy little room no longer applies. we caught up with the times and have great wines and great outdoor activities on offer. made stay that way. here's. how. i love long distance travel and that's exactly what's almost impossible because of the pandemic well anyway we would like to show you some really beautiful spots

that's what makes the mosul and its shale soils so special and water bodies are.these are most of your guests wine connoisseurs earth do they tend to be more like me you know i mean how movie does this work at gunpoint commish it's really quite mixed. here on the most we have a lot of guests who come for the wine and know a lot about it. yes but it wasn't in the divine but we also have a lot who are less familiar with it or this might be the 1st time they've got to know it more intensively. but in recent years we've noticed that a younger crowd is coming to the most. people between the ages of 25 and 35 like to come here to cycle. or do a climbing to or through the cow month so far on. what. i want someone who will. discover the old cliche of the mosul as a place where you taste wine with an old event in or in a stuffy little room no longer apply. we've caught up with the times and have great wines and great outdoor activities on offer. made stay that way. i love long distance travel and that's exactly what's almost impossible because of the pandemic well anyway w

even young people consider drinking recycling from the mosul very trendy thing.riesling makes a delicious sparkling wine as well riddled overturned by hand of course. the river and the wind somehow they belong together especially in this section of the muzzle near because it's where you'll find the cause which is probably the most famous vignette in germany because of its steep slope. i have an appointment with wine maker martina. how did you become a wine maker. in a roundabout way i trained as an industrial sales rep but quickly realised that i wasn't meant to sit around in an office all day. so then i decided to become oven or. my parents had operated a winery and i could see that it afforded a lot more opportunities for me. so i trained to be a wine grower here on the most. and later i studied in ology in the garden verdant went on. i can find any regrets you know with scenery like this definitely not finishing but ok but it's strenuous look how we're standing it's super steep athletes to do the work. i know the people from around here are used to working on

who's taken to sealing the crop in barrels of his father, north of mosul. he helps to sell the next year. instead, that's if the pandemic subsides, the coronavirus left a big impact on us. our lives were exported to the southern governance now as a real and sort of money. but the coronavirus in the closing of checkpoints affected us. after years of war, time, devastation, these farmers still have no choice but to wait longer. wait until the end of the pandemic before their lives can finally take on some semblance of normality again and the rest of our program. for more news and background stories, you can log on to d.w. dot com slash business, or check out our social media. i'm chris, thanks for watching. ever suffered over the fight against the corona virus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing. the latest information and contacts on t w. p. r fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers. everyone of them as aplomb of the mission for their children . learning is just around the children who have already been there. and those

one goes on trial next week facing charges of on mosul assembly and wearing a mosque during demonstrations last year. he's painted tang for pay to play and could be sentenced to several of his in prison if found guilty. and we spoke to joshua long and i asked him how he's preparing for next week's trial. here's what he had to say. it's not easy to handle the pressure as the one who have been arrested for 10 times being jailed for 3 times. and now i'm facing. 6 truck is within 3 court cases and perhaps the time for them to jail be come soon. by the way, what happened to fly? the great assuming, right? it was, are essential to restart the mall prosy off i would generation and the generation for us. so in the upcoming, it's still important to keep on the fight, no matter urging the world to stand with the trout detained at home, call us, or how we keep on to seek for local and global community support. we just want to let the world to know that even the prison boss, etc, is still also important to encourage the world to realize that the fight in hong kong for freedom has not. and yet, hong ko

near here was the front line of operations to free mosul from the so-called islamic state group. many farms were burnt down, now the area is stable. farmers had hoped to return to their traditional ways, not so for the likes of fact, crema moved who's taken to sealing the crop in barrels of his father, north of mosul, he hopes to sell the next year. instead, that's if the pandemic subsides, the coronavirus left a big impact on us. our lives were exported to the southern governance. now as a real alomar, a sum of money. but the coronavirus and the closing of checkpoints affected us all . after years of war, time devastation, these farmers still have no choice but to wait longer. wait until the end of the pandemic before their lives can finally take on some semblance of normality. again, the spanish tourist hot spot of barcelona is usually full of bustling restaurants and bars. but as you might expect, the pandemic put a halt to all of us. now as the region of catalonia begins to reopen after lockdown, nightlife is cautiously returning. it's a genuine relief that restaurants can re

near here was the front line of operations to free mosul from the so-called islamic state group. many farms were burnt down, now the area is stable. farmers had hoped to return to their traditional ways, not so for the likes of fact, crema moved who's taken to sealing the crop in barrels of his father, north of mosul, he hopes to sell the next year. instead, that's if the pandemic subsides, the coronavirus left a big impact on us. our lives were exported to the southern governance now as a real. and so no money for the coronavirus and the closing of checkpoints affected us. after years of water time devastation, these farmers still have no choice but to wait longer. wait until the end of the pandemic before their lives can finally take on some semblance of normality. again, for centuries, the netherlands has been at the very center of the global flower trade. until recently it was considered a solid business flowers are after all, an essential part of birthday wedding and funeral thought liberations. but when the pandemic struck, the parties came to an end, and the vendors were f

and this start, berlin is a city of mosul. berlin has a soul that's completely crazy and your needle sticks me cos its soul is like my release and i live in that's my feeling and early in this nationality, less nationality. less is also how shabab in shaky feels. it's impossible for him to return to iran. he hasn't seen his homeland in a decade. so where does he belong now? in berlin. pleasures that's occurred. maybe i should see him kurdistan will forever be my homeland and stargirl, but i was born there and i'm a kurd. but the person i am now for him, this here is my home. that's it from art's 21 this week. stay safe until next time. goodbye and i'll feed as they are i am tired. i am sources that i am forgotten by society. discarded children on the streets of the philippines, searching for homes, for what they find is persecution and prison. and violence is film about minnows, homeless children, who are fighting for survival every single day. in 15 minutes, d.w. in good shape and sometimes brushing your teeth doesn't make a

near here was the front line of operations to free mosul from the so-called islamic state group. many farms were burnt down. now the area is stable. farmers had hoped to return to their traditional ways, not so for the likes of fact, crema moved who's taken to sealing the crop in barrels of his father, north of mosul, he hopes to sell the next year. instead, that's if the pandemic subsides, the coronavirus left a big impact on us. our lives were exported to the southern governance now as a real and sort of money. but the coronavirus in the closing of checkpoints affected us all. after years of war, time devastation, these farmers still have no choice but to wait longer. wait until the end of the pandemic before their lives can finally take on some semblance of normality. again . for centuries, the netherlands have been at the very center of the global flare trade. until recently, it was considered a solid business flowers are after all, an essential part of birthday wedding funeral fellow patients. but when the pandemic struck the party, it came to an end. and vendors were forced

but lots of people have gone home to find things are no better than the camps in mosul. for example, some families are living in ruin. buildings among human remains and unexploded bombs, the charity save the children, is calling on the iraqi government to provide housing. well, let's explore this further. we can speak to my man who save the children's country director in iraq and he joins us live by skype from erbil 1st up. the you know, this is just terrible as it is not a homecoming that anybody deserves awful scenes. just tell us more about the kind of things that are being reported. yeah, thank you very much for having me. and this is really a dire situation. 'd here in iraq, what's happening but legally in the last 3, poor weeks since mid october. i mean since i made between the 19 camps, closed it up, the government has taken a step or 2 blows the camps. but recently what we have seen that they are premature, forced endorsed closer all of these camps, where the internally displaced people have been there for years since the fight against niosh still and beats closu

who's taken to sealing the crop in barrels of his father, north of mosul.he helps to sell them next year. instead, that's if the pandemic subsides, the coronavirus left a big impact on us. our own lives were exported to the southern governance to nazareth. and so no money, but the coronavirus and the closing of checkpoints affected us. after years of war time devastation, these farmers still have no choice but to wait longer. wait until the end of the pandemic before their lives can finally take on some semblance of normality. again, the spanish tourist hot spot of barcelona is usually full of bustling restaurants and bars. but as you might expect, the pandemic put a halt to all of us. now as the region of catalonia begins to reopen after lockdown, nightlife is cautiously returning. it's a genuine relief that restaurants can reopen earing catalonia, for patrons and staff alike. even if things aren't yet quite back to normal. but we've reopened with 4 cooks usually have a team of 16 people, but 12 are unemployed because there's no tourism because of the sche

so until next time, recall and stay safe and others who took my 1st by sake of mosul, sewing machine, where i come from, women are bound by this notion for even something as simple as learning how to write a bicep. those isn't. since i was a little girl, i wanted to have a bicycle of my home, but it took me years to until finally they gave up and went on buying young bicycles and returned because sewing machine sewing, i suppose, was more appropriate for those than writing advice. and knowledge i wanted to reach all of those women back home who had bones by their duties and social norms, and informed them of old dead basic rights. my name is the about of people, homes and i wore adds to the sleeve carefully don't move to get discovered the, the subscribe to documentary on the fight against the corona virus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing the measures are being taken. what is the latest research, the information and context the coronavirus a special monday to friday. the claim this is the time from the virus infections continue to increase despite germany's one of se

here are some of the other stories making news around the world, mosul, hungary and poland say they're united in their dispute with the e.u. over the blocks budgets. and budapest and very, and the prime minister, viktor orban said, the 2 countries would insist there be no rule of law conditions to access your financial aid. last week they vetoed the e.u. budget over the issue of yes, iran has freed a british australian academic serving a 10 year prison sentence for alleged spying. kylie more gilbert was arrested more than 2 years ago. after attending a conference in the city of qom. she described her release as the end of a long and traumatic ordeal. state television said it came as part of a prisoner exchange for 3 year audience. danish authorities say hundreds of dead minks have been pumping out of a shallow grave. as gases build up in their decomposing bodies of the mines were buried earlier this month after being called to prevent the spread of a new version of the corner of ours. argentina has declared 3 days of mourning for superstar for baller, diego maradona. he died on wednesd

they are now squatting amid ruins on the outskirts of mosul. you know, you can see what it's like here. there is no water, no electricity, and there are snakes and stray dogs at night. there are no services at all. unfortunately, there's just a concrete skeleton we're living in. 2 cannot return to her home district of cinder, because her husband now presumed dead, had joined. i saw the tribes have to put themselves in our shoes. yes, some people have made mistakes. some are saying they didn't, don't kill the child because of the parents crime shunned by their community and neglected by their government. the prospects for assad, us children look grim, some fear the exclusion of these families could fuel resentment among future generations. perhaps once again, link fertile ground for radicalisation. see, want to fulton al jazeera in iraq's northern nineveh province. very pleased to welcome you and i are going to the news from also secretary general of the norwegian refugee council. mr. o'quinn. thank you for your time. couple of issues here, real

they brought remain and we should have enough to keep the activities, activities are taking place in mosul, but initially we need resources to be able to a revenue to be able to hear of the men that we want to improve a lot of. but again, the potential is there and again with other success like a great culture which is which was supposed to be a key. it cannot make sector. why is it like in fall behind reason that we have spoken about bad governance and i speak to you. it's one of those sectors when i spoke about human development in 3, when we talk about human development, we are talking about the agricultural sector of security, education and health. so these are exactly the 3 areas we are of course attending to or the issues of government that the india ereal drug report. sure. we are a lot of premium on that and we know that we should be exporters and we are working on we are working on the policy to make sure that we should, we can produce enough and even export security on our mind when you read reports of international organizations like the world bank or the international monetary

they are now squatting amid ruins on the outskirts of mosul. you know, you can see what it's like here. there is no water, no electricity, and there are snakes and stray dogs at night. there are no services at all. unfortunately, there's just a concrete skeleton we're living in. 2 cannot return to her home district of cinder, because her husband now presumed dead, had joined. i saw the tribes have to put themselves in our shoes. yes, some people have made mistakes. some are saying they didn't, don't kill the child because of the parents crime shunned by their community and neglected by their government. the prospects for saddam's children look grim, some fear the exclusion of these families could fuel resentment among future generations. perhaps once again, link fertile ground for radicalisation. want to fulton al jazeera in iraq's northern nineveh province. amin ians, living in parts of nagorno-karabakh, have been given 10 more days to leave before land is given to azerbaijan. the transfer as part of a deal to end fighting in the disputed regi

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some control for a middle class to move in mosul more very hardworking people who want to get ahead that have either have some some health issues or have some strict about luck a full time job moon told me he's paying for a place to live and missing just a month's rent can get you a victim to gunpoint if anything bad happens to any thing that just throws your budget off slightly. you better catch up real quick or you're going to have a judgment of possession against you and get addicted anyone that's homeless is history like garbage people look at you like a monster or someone bad or you chose to be there most of the time it's not the case see how it is to be poll in the world's richest country. next as a financial survival guide stacey let's learn about fill out let's say i'm not so i can endure. the fight while street fraud thank you for helping. destroy 6 that's true if you looked at slavery. the u.s. has a history of complicated and heated presidential what's different this time is that the biggest political events of the last 4 years is happening amid the coronavirus and the rest of

from the from venice of caracas to the battlefields around mosul our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome to this news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. furious armenians storm a government building after the prime minister signs a deal to end weeks of conflict with azerbaijan. the agreement which also involves russia follows a string of military victories by forces. also ahead the u.s. attorney general tells prosecutors to investigate allegations of electoral fraud but warns them not to pursue claims that a far fetched. career is congress votes to impeach president martin vickery he's accused of accepting bribes but has denied the allegation. on drug giant pfizer says its covert 19 vaccine looks to be 90 percent effective sparking hope that the global outbreak can be brought under control. the deal has been signed to end weeks of conflicts between armenia and azerbaijan in that disputed region of the golan a cutback a cease fire has already taken effect but there's been angry reaction among some mean eons. reports. the

and we should have enough to keep the activities activities are taking place in mosul. but initially we need resources to be able to a revenue to be able to hear of the men that we want to improve a lot of work. but again, the potential is there and again with other success like our great culture, which is which was supposed to be a key. it cannot make sector. why is it like in fall behind reason that we have spoken about broad governance and i speak to you. it's one of those sectors when i spoke about human capital development in 3, when we talk about human capital development, we are talking about the agricultural sector of security, education and health. so these are exactly the 3 areas we are of course attending to or the issues of government that the india ereal drug reports or we are placed in a lot of premium on that. and we know that we should be exporters and we are working on we are working on the policy to make sure that we should, we can produce enough. and you can export security on our mind when you read reports of international organizations like the worl

and if the listening post on out is there from the favelas of caracas to the battlefields around mosul, i would drop just to get to the truth and then power people through knowledge., u.s. president elect joe biden names a longtime aide as his chief of staff. while donald trump continues to insist, he won the election and this is our desire live from doha. also coming up, the u.s. warns of new sanctions against china as hong kong's pro-democracy legislators announce their resignations after a full of their colleagues are disqualified. the w.h.o. highlights the dangers of lifting restrictions as italy, reports 600.

this battle is not going to end in raqqa or mosul.llah will have victory. so get ready, for the fighting has just begun. some people will have seen the isis propaganda video of you. what is it that you would want people to understand ? that not all kids actually want to do that. that a lot of times they are forced. in december 2017, i travelled to syria and spoke to matthew's mother, who'd escaped with her children and was being held in a kurdish detention camp. she claimed she had been tricked into going to syria by her husband, moussa. i didn't know what was happening. i assumed that i was being lied to. i see my husband cross through a fence, and he just goes. he knows — he knows i'm going to follow him. what am i going to do? her husband, who had become an islamic state group sniper, was killed. matthew and his mother were flown back to the us injuly 2018. when you first came back to america, what did it feel like? it's like being in tight clothes or tight socks and shoes all day, and then just taking it off, that's what it felt l

the listening post on out is the ramp from the favelas of caracas to the battlefields around mosul. our job is to get to the truth and then power people through knowledge. ethiopia's prime minister warns the international community not to interfere in its affairs. as the deadline approaches for 2, great forces to surrender. live in doha, everyone. i'm come out santa maria, this is the world news from al-jazeera. hong kong's leader is vowing to end what she calls chaos in the political system as the outlines plans for the coming year. this team will make us proud to be american. it is us president elect joe biden unveiling his new team and pledging to restore the united states' position as a world leader in the perils of protesting in cuba activists. go on hunger strike, protest against an increase in government, detentions nearly 3 weeks of fighting. now on a deadline, imposed by the ethiopian government for to ground forces to surrender is going to expire later on today. wednesday, the federal army has encircled to to grow its capital. mckellen is threatening to use artillery on th

listen to the pentagon and to bring our brave service members home from kabul to kandahar and from mosul to flu, hundreds of thousands of america's finest sons and daughters who selflessly answered the call. to serve in the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and coast guard have brought us to this point. their efforts and sacrifice will go down in history as a pit in my eyes, in the strength of commitment and empathy of a force that is unlike any the world has ever seen. just last night, i joined vice president mike pence and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general milley to attend the dignified transfer of 5 american soldiers who perished on duty in the middle east. this was a somber and humbling moment. that reminded us of the tremendous sacrifices made by the men and women of the united states military in service of freedom and security . our armed forces take an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. they serve not for personal gain, but for the protection and well being of their fellow americans and their homeland . they are champions for peace, li

and shops fearing for their lives, local people left their homes and hate him left the marines in mosul government and it's really annoying. but then i'm up at that point to rush him in didn't, i'm not there and hung up will called multan one. don't you for knowledge more new group known fugues closer to true for, for more new, not just military aggression turned into judicial repression. 3, madagascar, members of parliament where arrested and were denied the immunity of elected representatives. they were sentenced either to death or life imprisonment with hard labor. although their sentences were later commuted to life imprisonment. after months of violence, cameras were allowed into the villages. the message was clear, don't mess with the french. when a future thorn or a law, then that's either a militia and a future. then it's like a few. then you take on it over the top unit only. they are still not able to get out of place on the population, even though i don't get if you don't let me show it, accept it and be british. and if you want any definition, let it get to him and you know

go on any of you again said i don't see stick down mosul retort you need it on the part of law took almost a gentle systemically 70 days that it moved community to learn some equipment needed so you wanted samak little. it's on the spec and when they need a clean one national kids get. it but don't know much so i mean you get the big get big key on the main do not i'm into what's on. the list see me get to know who's up with see me get a digital so i'm going to need it on t v and finally roll only need so final bill you need it on the. bin laden be it a useful i lose on any time of buying more of the requests and putting the board case full down on the model so ill i think he needs to look bori much at the bottom to believe the guy mean he only. sees me these articles and to me i was on a little up not deplete the conquest along the. immediate on the roof on the. i was there are signs of fascism everywhere in italy. in rome the memory of zone in the buildings and monuments on which scribe his name . and the streets where he carved his slogans. mussolini's formula as i'm calling you square

just a few years later they were back in mosul trying to liberate under awful conditions with an iraqi army taking massive casualties. whether it's afghanistan, iraq or somalia, the other theories they're talking about these have been hard won battles. this is place everyone wants to draw down, but to do that responsibly. you don't want to be the last 2,500 people in afghanistan right now trying to negotiate with a taliban that knows you're going to leave and knows there's a vacuum in leadership, that there will be a gap between those two presidents. there's no way that incoming president biden can now redeploy troops very quickly and establish a plan to renegotiate. this hands all the cards really to the taliban. >> and dr. gounder, along the same lines i'd like to give you the last word. maybe not an inauguration day, january 20th but in your view knowing what you know and knowing the president-elect as you've come to what changes will americans feel on mitigation efforts on this pandemic maybe january 21, 22, 23 and down the road? >> i think the first couple of things you're going t

just a few years later, they were back in mosul trying to liberate it under awful conditions, with anraqi army taking massive casualties. whether it's afghanistan, iraq or somalia, these are hard-won battles. this is a place where everyone wants to draw down, but to do that responsibly, you don't want to be the last 2500 people in afghanistan right now, trying to negotiate with the taliban, that knows that you're going to leave and knows there is a vacuum in leadership, that there will be a gap between these two presidents. there is no way, there is no way that, you know, incoming president biden can redeploy troops. this hands all the cards to the taliban. >> and doctor, along the same lines, i would live to give you the last word. maybe not on inauguration day, january 20th, but in your view, knowing what you know and knowing the president-elect as you have come to, what changes will americans feel on mitigation efforts, on this pandemic, maybe january 21, 22, 23, and down the road? >> i think the first couple of things you're going to see, you'll see the president-elect invoke the

what we have going on here not a lot quantitatively with this is live in about a quarter of an inch mosule the general reporting areas but just to give you an idea in stormtracker 4 as you're talking about the heaviest is off to the east a little bit down south but most in the santa cruz mountains and mild hamilton it's the higher elevations that really pick up more of that rain so a check in the winds as we see now basically coming due south and they're not going to switch around to that offshore program. it doesn't look like for at least 48 hours after that we might start to get some of that bringing in some drier air or way that feature is going to be a player in bringing in some cold temperatures at night so watch out. looks like temperatures are going to be frozen. speaking of which it fifty-nine's a good number there. a little break happening at 7 o'clock and 10 o'clock another resurgence of some very widely scattered rain showers and that's the take away is you go forward over the next about 36 hours again, the heaviest stuff you can see off to the east and to do south in the santa

part of forces the wind took the fight to die esch, they are ones who fought through the streets of mosul and they're the ones who liberated and dismantle the caliphate. then the coalition was there to provide an enabling support, the artillery, the airpower needed, intelligence, surveillance and to a degree some of that is provided now. we have actually gone past what has been the high intensity part of the conflict, and we dismantled the physical part of daesh. that's what we have defeated them and that's not objectively easy to measure. were we still got work to do is to undermine the finances and their narrative and again we can talk about that a little later on. what really change was to think. one was the fall of -- last year which sees go from high intensity into this final chapter of our military campaign, and bizarrely covid as look at the covid pandemic when it hit east cause a lot of nations because we could be that close to our iraqi partners during the training come to go back home to their host nations. and two things happened. the first of which was realizing that the iraqi

this battle is not going to end in raqqa or mosul.u. what is it that you would want people to understand ? that not all kids actually want to do that. that a lot of times they are forced. in december 2017, i travelled to syria and spoke to matthew's mother, who'd escaped with her children and was being held in a kurdish detention camp. she claimed she had been tricked into going to syria by her husband, moussa. i didn't know what was happening. i assumed that i was being lied to. i see my husband crossed through friends, and he just goes. he knows — he knows i'm going to follow him. what am i going to do? her husband, who had become an islamic state group sniper, was killed. matthew and his mother were flown back to the us injuly 2018. when you first came back to america, what did it feel like? it's like being in tight clothes or tight socks and shoes all day, and then just taking it off, that's what it felt like. like sweet relief. matthew's mother, samantha sally, was arrested and charged with providing material support for terroris

there he is who is in biden's home state of delaware let's begin our coverage with this report from mosul enjoyed. shortly after 2 am on wednesday president donald trump told his supporters and the nation that democrats were trying to steal his election day victory and trump said he was suing to hold on to the oval office so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court we want to all voting to stand but with the vote count still unfinished in at least 10 states trump's claim a victory was dubious earlier in the night trump's democratic rival joe biden urged his supporters to as he put it keep the faith i heard tell your night we believe we're on track to win a selection. was. we were because of the odd pressure down early voting a mail in vote that's going to take a while we're going to have to be patient until way on the hard work of tally of votes is finished it's long been standard practice in u.s. elections to count all the ballots no matter how many days it takes this year the delay is considerable given the more than 100000000 ballots being cast weeks ahead of time as well as the millio

, 2015, 2016 to iraq and syria where the islamic state controlled raqqa and fallujah and mahdi and mosul. the taliban controls zero, zero cities right now. i think it's worth noting that we change i think that my assessment is that we change with the u.s. with the draw. how would we know, you as? who would become a lot more difficult obviously as you noted the u.s. with some intelligence collection capability but it would be much more difficult to understand what al-qaeda was doing, what the taliban, what other militant groups were doing in afghanistan without a military cia, nsa meaningful presence in the country. >> ambassador crocker, the u.s.-taliban agreement commits the taliban -- including al-qaeda from using afghan soil to threaten the security of the united states or its allies. what would the verification mechanism be to ensure the taliban are compliant? would a troop reduction in fact, our ability to ensure the taliban are compliant? >> thank you for the excellent question. the taliban has no intention and no need -- their commitments. they will say what we want to hear, but t

2014, 2015, 16 to iraq and syria where the islamic state conolled raqqa and fallujah and mahdi and mosul. the taliban controls zero, zero cities right now. i think it's worth noting that we change i think that my assessment is that we change with the u. with the draw. how would we know, you as? who would become a lot more difficult obviously as you noted the.s. with some intelligence collection capabity but it would be much more difficult to understandhat al-qaeda was doing, what the taliban, what other militant groups were doing in afghanistan without a military cia, nsa meaningful presence in t country. >> ambassador crocker, the u.s.-taliban agreeme commits the taliban -- iluding al-qaeda from usi afghan soil threaten the security of the uned states or its allies. what would the verification mechanism be to ensurehe taliban are compliant? would a troop reducon in fact, our ability to ensure the taliban are compliant? >> thank you for the excellent question. the taliban has no intention and no need -- their commitments. they will say what we want to hear, but they know that we're going