in the conflict it's also displaced at least four hundred thousand others jamail and organ isn't murali itself or so at least officially the president is saying that the city was liberated we know that he was in the main battle zone that's where he held a flag raising ceremony with the troops. yes theory that he was basically a hate hilly organized event we were told just about thirty minutes before that the flag raising ceremony was going to happen in a village in what i would see if he called bangalore which is that the heart of the ferocious gunfire gun battle between the philippine military and the mouthy group over the last few months there the president spoke of rehabilitation over lessons learned in making sure that this incident will never happen again and making those responsible accountable he warned local a bit of the shows those who have that with these groups those that continue to accept drug money basically to watch out because he intends to go after them too he then reassured those fighters who went went there that their sacrifices have been worth it it was a very much a

for several months now jamie lynn the gun has more from murali. well the secretary of defense that delphine lorenzana has confirmed the death of is me alone happy alone and all more about what they both are leaders of the mao to group they pledged allegiance to i still a few years ago and they raised its black flag over several parts of america we see it see the siege has been going on for more than four months now since the crisis began more than a thousand people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced now the brother of omar met with the abdullah mosiah was killed a few months ago also in a military led operation seventeen other hostages were also released today and the government admits that even though the conflict the fighting is not officially over there is still an unidentified number of fighters and hostages right inside the small battle zone now according to the philippine military they're expecting liberation to happen any time soon now the president is expected to show up this week where the philippine flags

says it has defeated an extremist group allied to a so-called islamic state in the southern city of murali which was seized five months ago more than a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands more displaced heavy shelling has left much of merari center in ruins. i was talking about to our top story the plight of the muslims leaving. me in ma for bangladesh dr mohammed mousavi is executive director of the relief agency bracket joins us from geneva welcome to d.w. now your organization is working with ranger refugees in bangladesh doing what. yes we have been working since the new influx began breck was in that location for the last thirty five years working with the host communities on various development work but this time when this ring of people came in we work in multiple sectors number one we work in water and sanitation area so you constructed almost eleven thousand. dialects. a large number of people then we also constructed one thousand plus doers so between these two for four hundred fifteen thousand people with these two services we also have fifty. mobile clinics th

has declared victory in its five month battle against isis a link fighters in the southern city of murali the offensive left more than one thousand one hundred people dead and sparked fears of ice or gaining a foothold in the region the country's defense secretary says the final forty two fighters were killed in a gun battle against his troops this of the last group or stragglers of war this. there was a five firefight so they were friends number on the level of thirds inside the. it's the sixth anniversary of the death of libya's former gadhafi but chaos and conflict still plagued the country despite the un's efforts to end the crisis many libyans hold the current politicians responsible for derailing the revolution. has more from tripoli. this is how some libyans greeted the end of the death his four decades in power in oktober to eleven o'clock and mohammed was an opponent of good death and was imprisoned by the regime over the last six years he's watched as hope of a bright future has turned into despair. the fact that gadhafi himself is gone is a victory to every oppressed person rep

leaders has also been killed government forces have been fighting the armed group for control of murali. austria's conservative leader sebastian kurtz has claimed victory in the general election just thirty one he's now the world's youngest leader his people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote but he will need to form a coalition government the outcome of sunday's election marks a shift to the rights in austrian politics venezuela's electoral board has announced the president socialist party has won most of the governorships in regional elections there nicolas maduro is hailing the result as an emphatic victory but the outcome has sparked accusations of fraud from the opposition the ruling socialist party took seventeen governorships while the opposition won five. the portuguese government says at least twenty seven people have died after wildfires there it's the largest blaze to hit the country after fires killed sixty four people in june the government has declared a state of emergency across half the country blazes have also killed at least three people in neighborin

devastation that has been left behind just a few weeks before the end of the battle al jazeera went to murali have a look. turner eleven. so i may need. to go on a better guide and. protection to my family. but put it to you just watched was from a film by al jazeera as one a one piece program our colleague steve chow was with the philippine military as it made its final push to take back the battle took an unexpected five months much of the city is now in ruins and more than a thousand people are dead but is this really the end of the story some say there are historical grievances in the southern philippines that have yet to be addressed and many are now wondering whether i so will we group and try to make south east asia its new battleground joining us to discuss this from him again city we have rafael cassano he's a journalist of a.b.s. c.b.s. news ace guerrero is am are now youth advocate was displaced from raleigh and steve challe senior present for al-jazeera is one i want to be surprised at how everybody welcome good to have you here steve you take pictures when your reporting we see b

philippines says it has defeated extremist groups allied to so-called islamic state in the southern city of murali which was seized five months ago while than a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands more displaced heavy shelling has left much of their are we sent in ruins. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has paid a surprise visit to afghanistan to discuss washington's new strategy for the country it's also president ashraf ghani was to tell us and reiterated america's commitment to working with kabul to bring peace the meeting took place at background airfield the u.s. is largest base in afghanistan. syrian activists are reporting the bodies of at least sixty five civilians have been discovered in a town in central syria this after the government after government forces regained control of cutting out in an homs province from so-called islamic state on saturday most of the dead are believed to have been killed by us. a senior official in spain's catalonia region says its leaders will not follow orders from madrid if the central government moves to reassert control that parlia

minister says two senior eisold and commanders have been killed in fighting in the southern city of murali is still on her pillow lead abu sayyaf which sees parts of the city in may his fighters were helped by the moti group one of its leaders oh mom out was also killed government forces have been fighting the group for control of morale we. has more from there. well the secretary of defense. on the has confirmed the deaths in the happy lawn and all more about what they both are leaders of the mouth a group they pledged allegiance to i still a few years ago and they raised a black flag over several parts of city the siege has been going on for more than four months now since the crisis began more than a thousand people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced now the brother they are out there was killed a few months ago also in a military led operation seventeen other hostages were also released today and the government admits that even though the conflict the fighting is not officially over there is still on on a delta five number of fighters and hostages right

the philippines has announced today it will end its five month battle against iceland fighters and murali that fight has now ended the defense secretary says the final forty two fighters have been killed in a shootout the iraqi government is accusing the u.s. secretary of state of quote interference after he called for iranian backed fighters to leave iraq rex tillerson says the fights a should be the return to their homes or integrate into the iraqi army. catalonian leaders are exploring their options off to spain said it would withdraw the region's autonomy on saturday the castle lands parliamentary speaker accused the spanish prime minister of staging a coup madrid says catalans president will lose all powers and stop receiving a salary once the move is confirmed by the senate next week. monday marks twenty six years since an agreement was signed and fight. between vietnam and cambodia the paris peace accord was meant to bring democracy to cambodia respect for human rights and a strong opposition but now the prime minister who sends as the agreements is dead in the water and says the m

government has declared victory in its five month battle against isolate fighters in the southern city of murali a fence against the mountain left more than one thousand one hundred people dead and sparked fears of a of i.c.l. gaining a foothold in the region the defense secretary says the final forty two fighters were killed in a gun battle with his troops. this of the last group or for stragglers. in the one building and so the. there was a five firefight so they were finished number of the number of militants inside. japan's prime minister has promised to tackle the threat of north korea's military actions fresh off a decisive election victory genes are also page to take on the challenge of japan's ageing population and spend more on education and childcare aves ruling coalition maintained a two thirds hold on the lower house after sunday snap election means he could become the country's longest serving prime minister argentinian president marty a marquise governing coalition has emerged a clear winner in mid-term elections and what was widely seen as a referendum on that green is economic re

the difference is that now with the fight going on in murali, we reported them under other authorities as well, aumf. i am not positive about that. sen. gardner: is that a determination by you? is there a cold break between the title x action and the other? sec. mattis: if they are sent into direct combat, which they are not in the philippines, we are supporting, that would cause a war powers resolution to notify you of that. i think we notify you of the troops there under our normal maintaining your knowledge of where we have troops deployed, not in a combat role. sen. gardner: quickly, because i want to move on to north korea. what is the most significant rule of engagement change that we have seen in our fight against isis from previous administration to this one? sec. mattis: i believe it would be in afghanistan, where we have authorized troops there not to have a requirement of proximity to the enemy. wherever we see them, we can attack them. they are declared hostile. there is no need for them to be in self-defense mode to call air support. sen. gardner: they knew that, correct?