north africa was theperiphery of the al qaeda mobilizations in the past al qaeda headcontrol over north africa affiliates and over it south asian were saudi arabian. there's a part of the question about whether the lack of impact isis ideology here is done decades ago by other groups and were just seeing the outcome of that. >> i would just say two things in response, doug. the first is that i think people were more animated in many regions by social issues than the political one. the notion of this being a state-building project. what we we are looking at in 2013-2014 was compelling for people in the region that was a lot more animated about the questions of how to use socially organized in islamic society as opposed to how do you contest the influence of materialism or colonialism et cetera. these are the regions of saudi arabia that are also protesting the new laws that the kingdom has passed about allowing women to drive. i think it will be the source of a lot of angst as the kingdom continues down this path of economic reform it has been promising. the other piece of it is the mess

country has been the first port of call for thousands of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa the two day meeting is being held by the organization for security and cooperation in europe according to the u.n. h.c.r. more than one hundred forty seven thousand people have crossed the mediterranean to reach europe so far this year the majority are from nigeria syria and guinea more than double that number more than three hundred sixty two thousand made the same journey in twenty sixteen but twenty fifteen was the peak of the crisis when more than a million people cross the mediterranean the u.n.h.c.r. believes more than eleven and a half thousand people died trying the crossing but of delphi me joins us live now from paloma where that conference is taking place what are they trying to achieve today. trying to find. out. for example that. agreement with. was one of the main reasons behind his. number. throughout two thousand and seven. the bad weather. would have anyway a minimal number of people. but. very. a bigger challenge. to three months. thousands of people arriving. if. yo

number of obese children in developing countries is soaring especially in the middle east and north africa and parts of asia. the united nations is accusing me and mar security forces of torture killings and the rape of children as part of what it says were what well organized coordinated in systematic attacks against or hinge on muslims it says the clearance operations began before an attack by rohingya fighters on august the twenty fifth which was the reason given for the military crackdown more than half a million range or have fled the bunker there since august and many more are on the way yet a limb has more now from young gone. an away service in a sea of misery. this school is teaching english to or hinder refugees who fled mean mass military campaign before eleven year old say you know the conflict is ever present. in our village reckoned people came to our house to kill people and they burned houses so we can't stay there they were torturing you know what united nations investigators are prevented from going to main mosque conflict zone so they came here to bangladesh in what is n

i would point also to north africa, not just west africa. again, a wide range of terrorists and extremists groups predating isis operated in libya, algeria, morocco, and so on the scenef isis only added another player to what was already a difficult terrorism situation. i would characterize it largely as a local problem, a significant threat to our interests, rather than something truly transnational. look far tove to see africa is close to europe. those are not just iraq and syrian fighters we worry about. we worry about fighters from the african continent. do you see any isis presence in the united states other than people inspired by? isholas: by and large that her biggest concern in the united states. individuals motivated by, inspired by, tapping into the isis ideology. we certainly don't see at present the kind of clandestine cell structure we worried about when we were doing with al qaeda after 9/11. the organization does not run itself in the same way. , i have to beean careful in terms of what it means for actual threat. in some way

africa. the united states is the only country to have divided the world into separate military sectors to monitor and patrol these are north com. south can you calm centcom and now africa. under the stated goals of fighting terrorism and providing humanitarian assistance afrikan implanted itself on the continent conducting military exercises with a growing number of african countries. but was this the only reason for africa for pos create god i saw it but i don't hold any thought that the oil is there is out there i mean sort of course you know is that a private area was up in utah is a notorious list there for so who are some of the b.o.c. daughter or. security i don't know is also going to make a good i don't they are us the press or the screwed up by government just of all that she. had for me. established itself as a counterweight to french and american interests on the continent. in the first decade of the twenty first century china had overtaken the rest of the world to become africa's not just trading. is also called snowball if you don't want to tip it's also it's not at all about the creative force a thought under

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of obese children in developing countries is soaring it says rates are warst in the middle east north africa and parts of asia while levels among kids in the rich countries appear to have peaked a run off is likely to take place following presidential elections in liberia there were twenty can that it's running and the winner must secure at least fifty percent of the vote to avoid a second round president ellen johnson sirleaf africa's first female leader is stepping aside after nearly twelve years in office. right well those are the top stories i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour stay with us coming up next it's the stream thank you for watching see very soon by. it judging people were shocked you're surprised why would you put on a travel ban list and that's why we started the travel ban to ask why chad has been banned doesn't make sense there is no logic behind it and there are no data supporting it and i said has been supported by so many people globally and has called that mission of so many international organizations and we feel the objectives of the hashtag were met b

in recent years the sawhill of north africa as witness the so-called wool on terra. but is this. a battle for the natural. at this time. london these are the top stories on. police in kenya have fired tear gas at protesters unhappy at a new election law the law says that if one can that it was draws then the other also massacre wins the presidency the opposition fears it could lead to a walkover victory for the current president to rural kenya in the rerun of the election which is shuttled for just over two weeks. well they certainly are more questions than at the moment even when we look at the amendments that were passed by parliament with regard to the electoral laws there is no certainty if indeed those amendments will apply to the opposition leader raila odinga his withdrawal which happened a day ago these amendments would allow for a president to work and he ought to be declared the winner because a dingo withdrew but of course the may not be able to the may not happen retrospectively. spain's prime minister has given catalan leaders among the deadline to clarify whether th

malaya the spanish enclave on the coast of north africa which shares a border with morocco. there are around three hundred unaccompanied child migrants here at the moment. we start our search in a place where we can be sure of finding some lapper is a reception center for boys traveling alone most american and only come here occasionally in the evenings they prefer to sleep on the street a child refugee living at the center tells us why. their mistreated at the reception center. it's cruel. they're often sent to bed hungry whether or not they've misbehaved. that's why they'd rather try to stall way on a ship. nobody at the reception center wanted to comment on these allegations and we want to allow to film at the center. a seal thirteen shareef twelve mohammed fifteen nine some have been here. others for just a few months they are the spanish enclaves street children they come from morocco and are a major challenge for many as police force. although malaria north africa is part of spain unaccompanied child migrants are not permitted to emigrate to the continent of europe fro

they continue to look for ways of preventing the flight of people from countries particularly north africa by putting money into those countries to try and encourage people to stay they've taken a decision to look at withdrawing some funding from turkey as part of its access process essentially a punishment for straying away from the rule of law is this catalonia of course the catalans have asked for the e.u. to intervene in what could be a very significant crisis at the heart of the e.u. in just a few days' time of the e.u. has essentially shrugged its shoulders and said that its hands are tied it can't intervene in the affairs of a member state unless it's asked to by that member state and thus far spain has asked for no such help ok thank you. well speaking of spain in catalonia the processing group the catalan national assembly is calling on its supporters to withdraw their money from five or spain's largest banks this is in response to the spanish central government's plans to suspend the region's autonomy on saturday catalonia as president carlos has threatened a regional parliament

in recent years the sawhill of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara at this time on al-jazeera. quick mind at the top stories here on al-jazeera the death toll from the powerful truck and car bombs that exploded in the somali capital mogadishu on saturday is reported to have jumped to two hundred the government has declared three days of mourning. conservative leader sebastian curse has claimed victory in austria as a general election the latest projections for the thirty one year old politicians people's party in the lead with thirty one point five percent of the vote. u.s. backed syrian forces say almost all civilians and about two hundred seventy five isis fighters have left the northern syrian city of raka under a deal brokered by tribal leaders on saturday. voting is underway in venezuela as all twenty three states elect new governess the regional vote is the first since a new super body was created by president nicolas ma

it is expected to remain the most popular transit route for migrants to reach europe from north africa. and. tripoli. here with the news hour from out zero still to come on the program we'll take a look at why some kenyans fear for the future ahead of thursday's disputed presidential election rerun a call for justice in sri lanka where emotional wounds after thirty years of civil war are still. out in sport all eyes may be on the world series in the u.s. but we'll tell you about a place where baseball is flourishing away from its traditional home. spain's justice minister is urging the cattle and regional presidents to accept an invitation to attend parliament. said that it would be a positive step in finding a solution to the dispute madrid is moving to curb catalonia as autonomy following a vote on to session earlier this month andrew symonds reports now from a town on catalonia has border with the rest of spain where people are nervously following events. easygoing charm of san rafael del rio is under threat one side of the town is in valencia the other in catalonia while there may

cool showery windy southern areas dry and fine sunshine in rome and highs of twenty five into north africa it looks fine here the breeze continued to come in off the mediterranean socorro there temperatures of twenty nine just jones wanted to showers pushing into the gulf area so between tripoli and benghazi there could be a few showers as we head on through into friday in particular for central parts of africa still plenty of showers between central africa public and d.r. congo extending towards cameroon the gulf of guinea region further towards the west we've got a few showers here are current gano may pick up wanted to share a few in the day for southern parts of africa it's looking to me draw and find should be a bright day in cape town with a high here of eighteen. what are you seeing like how a suspected terrorist people of all faiths fell victim to a suicide bomber in manchester but if the bomb was indiscriminate was the placing of blame this is nothing to do with us this is about an individual who's psycho you know nobody could do this unless they were completely on how much just a

if you look at the area that i deal with, the middle east and north africa, we need 100 millionjobs inand still. how does it stop people from getting employment was to mark this stops people from getting employment because you do not start your own textile industry. if you do not start your own textile industry and you get a ready—made goods, then there are no seamstresses to stitch things together, no weavers for weaving cloth and all of this. me ntally weaving cloth and all of this. mentally a makes —— environmentally it may make sense but i am not so certain once you factor in shipping and such costs. i need to stop you there because we have one more story. homes are not an asset. i have grown up with being that an understanding, almost, that you leave something behind. have we got to scrap that idea? it tightens into the imf story. here, i think, what the imf story. here, i think, what the conservatives are proposing, thatis the conservatives are proposing, that is difficult because we have an affluent older population so if they propose this, then good luck in the next election. t

they wanted what thousand of these for the invasion of north africa. the thing to remember is that by the biggest take the germans had was a panzer. this was a case of the army wanting bigger equipment just in case the opposition came up with something bigger. armored force the tested one. it mayncluded that technically work but you don't have to fight it. it is incredibly cramped inside. the crews cannot make the most of the tank. it was fundamentally to grant to be effective. they rejected it and said try again. ordinance branch went. audience participation question number five, what do these vehicles have in common? you are correct, who said that? he is quite correct. these were all tanks of proof for production and in the case of the and seven they built a stated just to build a once the contract was approved and signed they decided they did not need these. rubbish, this i will come back to, that thing could not be figured out. in that entire factory that they they had six prototypes and seven production models. it's a matt graves stewardship of th

by terrorism, in north africa, and the middle east, the worries about terrorism hit its business definitelyle of years i think it in that respect, suffered because of that. 110,000 passengers, the caa, arranging airlines to try to get them home. where are we going now? washington post. puerto rican spencely any help or a way out. —— don't see. it hasn't really been talked about, it has been very quiet and one of these stories which is intensely dramatic and terrible for the people involved but it hasn't truly got a huge amount of coverage. i think what's interesting is how it has revealed how few americans know that puerto rican is part of the usa and both are american citizens who are being affected to when we saw the horror can hardly hitting texas, that galvanised the country, they got aid, the president spoke —— hurricane. the response to puerto rican has been very different. the president has commented on the indebtedness of the island for instance, and almost try to make it out as though these people who are us citizens are asking for a bit much. this is ridiculous. they don't have wa

when was the last time you bought a manufactured product made in the middle east or north africa. this is a civilization, a complex web of cultures that's not competitive in any sphere of human endeavor. even terrorism. we are terrorizing the terrorists. the university are no good. social values impose by islam don't work. kennedy: will free will? one of the reasons we saw the fall of the soviet union is because the free market culture gained traction it doesn't seem there is the same hope for the same mechanisms in the radical islam. >> no. kennedy: so what do you do? you can't just kill them all. >> maybe you can't. but you have to try. being nice, nation building. what we are doing by killing as many as we can is buying time so that the middle east in north africa, the civilizations, the cultures will repair themselves. we can't fix it. but -- kennedy: maybe sending troops all over the world trying to fix it is being counter productive. thank you for your words. i don't always agree with them, but i do like you. a bipartisan group of senators looking to rein in on the administr

experts say storm ophelia picked up saharan dust from north africa, and dust from wild fires in spainnd portugal, producing an eerie effect which made the sun appear red — and provided plenty of people with opportunities to take some memorable photos. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sportsday. mahrez strikes as leicester salvage a draw at home to west brom in the premier league. anthonyjoshua's opponent is named ahead of the defence of his world titles. and the changes in welsh by titles. and the changes in welsh rugby which could affect one of the team's biggest stars. it has not been the start to the premier league that leicester would have hoped for as they were held to a 1-1 have hoped for as they were held to a 1—1 draw with west brom. the former champions remain in the bottom three with one win from eight league matches will not long ago the king power stadium was the home of the champions but the summer of 2016 now feels a distant memory, leicester started this game in the bottom three, and to climb up the tabl

frontier high-growth markets beyond middle east and north africa.of how you plan capital,te that raising capital for expansion, where would you put the money? will it be in hiring people in some of the key markets? it is primarily original content. it is primarily a acquiring more content, as well as technology and delivering the right customer experience to our consumers. yousef: taking on netflix, you to still very small compared netflix. netflix has a lot of muscle and they put that into production budgets. how are you going to be able to compete with them? what is the longer-term thinking? maaz: sure. global platforms like netflix and amazon's see problems and in the same areas that give us opportunity and hope. where we excel is localizing our content. where we excel is localizing our methods of payment. for example, in this region, we are working with over 18 mobile carriers. netflix and amazon are not working with a single one. same thing and other areas of the service. for example, we carry more hollywood content -- bollywood content. we cat

as a get to thursday, we are getting warm air for this time of year, coming from north africa, acrossatures on thursday could get to 22 degrees. these are the average temperatures you would see injuly, the height of summer. you would see injuly, the height of summer. it is pretty unusual to get them this late in october, but they are coming our them this late in october, but they are coming oui’ way them this late in october, but they are coming our way through southern pa rt are coming our way through southern part of england on thursday. rain around before that warmer weather wafting our way. and that is your weather. this is bbc world news, i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: catalonia's leader says he will not accept madrid's plan to curb the region's powers. as thousands take to the streets of barcelona, carles puigdemont makes a passionate appeal for the defence of catalonia's rights. we do what we do because we believe ina we do what we do because we believe in a democratic and peaceful europe. after growing international criticism, the world health organisation rethinks it

day, they end of the are helping those partners be better at fighting isis in north africa to protect our country so we don't have to send large numbers of troops. who knows a gold star fallen person? john. reporter: thank you for being here today. there has been some talk about the timetable of the race of the of the release of the statement about the soldiers who were killed. can you walk us through the timetable of when they will release that information? what fact that a beacon was pending had to do with a release of a statement? was it concerned that it might jeopardize soldiers? general kelly: we're at the highest level of the u.s. government. the people who will answer those questions will be people at the other end of the military pyramid. i am sure special forces group, i know they are conducting an investigation. course,estigation, of under the auspices of afracom. ultimately it will go to the pentagon. i know a lot more than i am letting on, but i am not going to tell you. there is an investigation being done. as i say, the men and women of our country that are serving worl

in recent years the sawhill of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror . but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara at this time on how much is iraq. the nature news as it breaks out of the legal head and only general way out of our what did you get for doing that are we with detailed coverage this is what you mean when you go to finally after a raid by the nigerian army hundreds like these companies forward in the past few months from around the world they're also hundreds of thousands of arabs that have arrived here in recent years fleeing the price or they feel very let down by the baghdad government. this is al jazeera. well i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes.

that's probably the most important issue there are some experts from north and central africa for their articles they urge donors to stop helping those countries stop giving them money because that money is being spent on political bribes instead of building new roads new schools or new hospitals. which is what i believe it's best and i mean my northern league party has some experience with this i believe it's best to provide funding to specific organizations schools and hospitals in those countries because it's true that people think they give money to help poor african children but that money ends up in the pockets of shady african politicians well it's vitally important thing to really monitor where the money goes so that's a fair question i mean. all right mr selvin name good luck with everything thank you for this interview today i was talking to a leader of italy's northern league party discussing the country's northern region drive for a greater autonomy from rome and how this would affect the european union and that's it for this edition of so franco i'll see you next. here's wh

seventeen isn't too bad for want of this time of the deep low pressure system towards the west into north africa it's looking fine in many areas but we have got this low pressure down through the gulf of sirte give you some heavy showers on the coast of libya in particular further towards the east so it should be fine in karachi in the day with highs of thirty one. it sank to the so. six years after the death of gadhafi. soldiers their lives travels to libya. to hear from some of those who fought his regime and contributed to his downfall. the battle of misrata at this time on al jazeera. welcome back a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the united nations secretary general antonio tyrus has arrived and central african republic for four day visit his supervising efforts to keep the peace between rival factions roughly split between the christian and muslim populations. the french and addiction governments have pledged to strengthen their economic and military ties during a visit to paris by president abdel fattah el-sisi that's despite accusations that c.c.s. regime is responsible fo

country's been the first destination for thousands of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa the two day meeting is being hosted by the organization for security and cooperation in europe according to the u.n. more than one hundred forty thousand people have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far this year the majority of from nigeria syria and getting. reports now from palermo where the conference is taking place. the focus of the conference is migration and security and it comes at the back of warnings from italy's interior minister that could be infiltrating europe once again now that it has lost its stronghold of mosul and. now. crease in the number of migrants who have reached from libya in two thousand and seven to about twenty five percent less than two thousand and sixteen but what we are witnessing is actually the revival of old routes for example from tunisia. there's been more fighting between kurdish peshmerga and iraqi government forces near a key oil pipeline in the north the town of is near iraq's borders with both syria and turkey peshmerga commanders sa

at the end of the day, they are better those partners be at fighting isis in north africa, to protect our country so we do not have to send large numbers of groups. anyone else that knows a goldstar fallen person? john? >> general, thank you for being here. and thank you for your service. there has been some talk about the time to -- of the timetable about the release of a statement. regarding the people killed in niger. and you walk us through the timetable about the release of that information? and what does the fact that there was a beacon pinging have to do with this? all, wekelly: first of are at the highest level of the u.s. government, the people that can answer those questions are the people on the other end of the military pyramid. i am sure the special forces group is conducting an investigation. that investigation is under the auspices of africon and will ultimately go to the pentagon. i have read the same stories you have. i do know more than i in letting him but i am not going to tell you. there is an investigation being done. but as i say, the men and women of our countr

he originally came from north africa he grew up there and that's where he got that feel for color a completely different feel than what was normal for paris at the time yet. he favored warm colors and strong contrast like in india we also mix orange and pink. it's quite at home in america it reminded him of his childhood. we'll never see the two new museums opened he passed away on september eighth but his greatest wish has been granted he's made even sell a long the artist and visionary the first fashion designer to have not one but two museums devoted to him. and we have on the press which has always featured three stop stories in europe. germany's first same sex marriage was celebrated in berlin on sunday bodo mender and carcano had waited thirty eight years for their special day. in june the german parliament approved marriage equality which already exists in thirteen other european countries the new law went into effect on october the first same sex couples don't have exactly the same status under german law as heterosexual couples wedding bells also rang for gay and lesbian couples in ha

well, with regard to north korea and africa you have countrying like zimbabwe which have been broughtto sanctions and in attempt to break that strangulation, of course, it has relationships with china and has relationships with north korea, et cetera. you may have noticed in the newspaper just the other day that -- sudan which had been undersanctions by the u.s. authorities was sanctions requester just to break or u downgrade relations with north korea. if i'm not mistaken someone can correct me that major statue in sin senegal with the man, woman, and the baby. i think that was north korean sculpture if i'm not mistaken. because there was a complaint that they look north korean not african. [laughter] but -- i think that there's a long time, long-term relationship between north korea of the democratic people republic of korea the dprk and many african countries because if you think about it for a mannano second you have the war with on korean peninsula june 1950 stretching in its hot phase until 1953, and with the regime survives and then you have african nations surging independents

and various geopolitical reasons on the continent particularly in the horn of africa as well as north africa so essentially what is the u.s. looking to do in those countries the united states so far has not been able to stabilize the situation in somalia and libya or in some done the atmosphere there is still quite uncertain and libya for example it is the source of human trafficking and terrorism it's also a for all types of destabilization programs not only in north africa but in west africa as well so whatever they say they are doing in regard to security and stabilization obviously it is not working current and former military officials they say the distinction between advising and combat is a blurring as the number of u.s. troops in these countries is expanding now what do you say to that. i think that is quite accurate we saw in somalia where u.s. special forces troops are were killed several months ago also recently a newsier at least four u.s. special forces were killed in an operation in which they claimed to be have been advisors but they were actually on a patrol with news variant

here is early yet and i who is a policy fellow for the middle east north africa program at the european council on foreign relations joining us from istanbul to talk about this one the thing i always think about early is that this was a deal signed by six nations plus iran just because the u.s. pulls out a looks like it will pull that that surely doesn't mean the end of the deal entirely well this is certainly a point that u.s. allies in europe have been making consistently both with the trumpet ministration and the u.s. congress this is a multilateral deal and one party cannot break it by walking away alone and neither can one party unilaterally even if we negotiate the deal so this is yet another. action by the trumpet ministration that is really diluting the standing of the u.s. within the international community and what does it do for iran i mean if the idea of sanctions or if the idea of u.s. sanctions comes back what i know we're crystal ball gazing about what type of things do you think would be expect to see in the form of sanctions. well first of all it's important for everyon

in recent years the sawhill of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara at this time. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current of bad that matter to you al-jazeera. is different whether someone telling someone it's very red but it's not a weeny tree thing it's how you approach an individual and if it is a certain way of doing it you can just buy a story and fly out. with us documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. somalia declares three days of mourning after saturday's bomb attacks which are reported to have killed more than two hundred people.

and are in north africa or afghanistan. threat continues and i think is increasing. even as the isis caliphate dissent united states. u >> bill: that will be the next chapter,unfortunately. so will iran. >> bill: stay on offense and you have a chance at this.t >> that's right. >> bill: good to see you. >> good to be here. >> bill: horrific las vegas still so many answers missingg tonight. that's the only things that's missing. that's missing in las vegas that, could rather, hold the answers to this investigation. we'll tell you what that is next. ♪ retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now. what's up? gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. he's got a killer backhand. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. i enjoy the fresher things in life.o. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest... ...prices. so if you're anything like me... ...you'll want to check tripadvisor

in recent years the sawhill of north africa as witness the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara at this time on how much is iraq. a convoy of turkish. crosses into syria.

i would point also to north africa, not just west africa. again, a wide range of terrorists and extremists groups already -- even predating isis operated in libya, algeria, morocco. so the arrival of isis on the scene only added another player to what was already a difficult terrorism situation. i would characterize it largely a local problem, a significant threat to our interests, rather than something truly transnational. but you don't have to look far africa edges of close to europe. the southern tier of europe. they concerns we have about foreign fighters migrating in the europe, those are not just iraq and syrian fighters we worry about. those are foreign fighters we worry about transiting from northern africa onto the european continent. halfway point. deb: do you see any isis presence in the united states other than people who have been ? spired by nicholas: by and large that is her biggest concern in the united states. individuals who are motivated by, inspired by tapping into the isis ideology. beyond that we certainly don't see at

well so far this year, about , 100,000 refugees have made their way across the mediterranean from north africao europe. most of them want to somehow get to germany. but the balkan route is shut down, and austria has joined hungary in enforcing tough border controls. and that means many of the refugees trying to make it across the alps are risking their lives in the process. reporter: rosenheim station in southern germany. a freight train from italy makes an unscheduled stop. german police scour the train for illegal immigrants. with passenger trains subject to close scrutiny, freight trains have become a secret ticket to germany. >> what are you looking for exactly? >> to see whether it is sealed or if the seal is broken. if it's not sealed or the seal is broken, we'll take a closer look and open it up. reporter: the officers focus on containers and truck trailers. there are lots of hollow spaces for stowaways between the containers. but it's an extremely dangerous way to travel. >> they squeeze under the train. they're used to it. back home it's more common to hang onto a train than to get a

were there killed was exchanged for high as terrorists including four from north africa who were being held by the kurds. after two hundred eighty days in i asked captivity his parents came to collect him from the kurdish why p.j. the militia was keen to parade their success and publish the first photo of my suit in freedom. he was the first kurdish civilian to be freed from i asked captivity in syria. his colleague for heart was released a few weeks later it was a defeat for islamic state. change of scene at the end of twenty fifteen when hundreds of thousands of syrians were heading to europe must kill decided to join them the risk of falling into iran's hands again was just too great he chose the balkan wrote ending up in germany a journey fraught with risk now when i think about it. i feel myself stupid a little bit i still myself that. after i had another chance to leave again i put myself and i put my life again in danger. for them all better than to discover that on arriving in europe islamic state was here to. buy our supporters launched numerous attacks on european cities targ