wanted new recruits to continue the fight against the philippine army. i had to wait 2 months before they finally took me and. then i became dollars right hand man . he gave me money to him. the logistics and get food and weapons. you know i was in my bed was right next to his. we had together starved together were bitten by mosquitoes and suffered the cold. one day i decided to escape with 3 others. but there had been too many innocent victims. and i wanted to help the army. that's why i guarded the soldiers to our camp it was hidden up in the mountains. but when we got there nobody was there. we followed their tracks and found him in a nearby village. shots were fired and daughter was killed. if the i.r.s. found out what i do now they'd kill me but they wouldn't shoot me with a gun they behead me with a machete i mean these are again. no one knows if even ever received the 100000 euros reward. so far $1600.00 former i.r.s. fighters have surrendered their encouraged to join a social and economic reintegration program it was launched a year ago and is he

the philippine army has been out in force and in numbers never seen here before. in the jungles, islamic state group roam wild. this is an iand under siege. soldiers flooded here aer i.s. struck at its heart. it brought carnage to the island's catholic congregation last january. cistians died in their attack when they detonated a suicide vest oside andside a cathedral during morning mass. their journey to martyrdom took three years andour countries. all the while, they hardly wavered in their commitment to the islamistate group one year later, the cathedral has been patched up and repair, but the christia community here still lies in pieces. foricriana and her friends, this was their sanctuary. s she en too scared to return, until now. >> when i turn my head, i saw ae lot of dead peear me. the wounded were screaming, "help!" but i was thinking, who would help us? tiqu the islamic state group casts a long shadow, and other attacks have followed here since. but i.s. have more than just a foothold here. local militants have sw tn allegiance them and firmly planted th

on sulu, the philippine army has been out in force and in numbers never seen here before.em more vicious and broadened their ambition. sulu is an island under siege. soldiers flooded here after is struck at its heart. and brought carnage to the island's catholic congregation last january. 23 christians died in their attack, when they detonated their suicide vests inside and outside jolo cathedral during morning mass. one year later, jolo cathedral has been patched up and repaired, but the christian community here still lies in pieces. for victoriana and her friends, this was their sanctuary. she's been too scared to return until now. translation: when i turned my head i saw a lot of dead people near me. the wounded were screaming, "help." i was thinking, who would help us? is have more thanjust a foothold here. local militants, the abu sayyaf group, have sworn allegiance to them and firmly planted the black flag in the philippine jungle. a small army of soldiers are now deployed here, searching for the islamic state group's affiliate. but they haven't been able to stop mor

——to is. 0n sulu, the philippine army has been out in force and in numbers never seen here before.en upgraded. the islamic state group has made them more vicious and broadened their ambition. sulu is an island under siege. soldiers flooded here after is struck at its heart and brought carnage to the island's catholic congregation last january. 23 christians died in their attack when they detonated their suicide vests inside and outside jolo cathedral during morning mass. one year later, jolo cathedral has been patched up and repaired, but the christian community here still lies in pieces. for victoriana and her friends, this was their sanctuary. she's been too scared to return until now. translation: when i turned my head, i saw a lot of dead people near me. the wounded were screaming "help!" but i was thinking, who would help us? is have more thanjust a foothold here. local militants, the abu sayyaf group have sworn allegiance to them and formally planted the black flag in the philippine jungle. a small army of soldiers are now deployed here, searching for the islamic state group'

on sulu, the philippine army was out in force and in numbers, never seen her before. hting the militants in the southern philippines for decades. bandits, they called them. but is have supercharged the threat here. and in the jungles, is was wild. sulu is an island under siege. just a few days ago here, they found some huge roadside bombs, bigger than anything they had ever found before and that leads the military to believe that the islamists are planning something very big. we have to keep a low profile. we have to get off the road and keep out of sight. soldiers flooded the island late last year after is struck it at the heart. it was rullie and ulfah. the couple brought carnage to the congregation last january morning. 23 christians died in their attack detonated a suicide vest inside and outsidejolo cathedral during morning mass. theirjourney to martyrdom took three years and four countries, all the while they hardly wavered in their commitment to is. months later, the cathedral has been patched up and repaired, but the christian community here still lies in piece

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where local islamist insurgents are stepping up their brutal campaign of violence. 0n sulu, the philippine armye before. here, a local insurgency has been upgraded. the islamic state group has made them more vicious and broadened their ambition. sulu is an island under siege. soldiers flooded here after is struck at its heart and brought carnage to the island's catholic congregation last january. 23 christians died in their attack when they detonated their suicide vests inside and outside a cathedral during morning mass. one year later, the cathedral has been patched up and repaired, but the christian community here still lies in pieces. for victoriana and her friends, this was their sanctuary. she's been too scared to return until now. translation: when i turned my head, i saw a lot of dead people near me. the wounded were screaming "help!" but i was thinking, who would help us? is have more thanjust a foothold here. local militants have sworn allegiance to them and firmly planted the black flag in the philippinejungle. a small army of soldiers are now deployed here, searching for the islamic

philippines? i love to ask your overall sense of that relationship, the most important things the army is doing, and then where some of your plans are headed with the philippines going forward? >> very strong historic relationship, obviously dating back to the '40s. so i'm actually traveling there at the end of the month and we'll -- we're looking very -- we have about five different locations that we're in partnership with the enhanced defense cooperation act, building out those locations so we can do advise-and-assist work together. we had a striker brigade go through there back in the spring and train together. we are looking at some other additional investments in the philippines. our middle-to-middle relationships are strong and something we work hard in. >> would you describe the relationship as it has been, i think primarily -- of course, it was the early '90s when we left the big military bases and they closed down and we changed the nature of the relationship with the philippines. after 9/11 we started doing training with their own problem with jihadists on their own territory in mindanao.

for example, in 2020, the army is sending forces on five-month long extended rotations to thailand, philippines, and even new guinea. we are not only doing this with our partners but expanding the scope, duration, and scale and locations of our training and exercises with partners to push into new areas. army national guard state partnership program ties states to 78 different countries around the world that have routine and consistent touch points with each other. u.s. forces engage with 22 countries in europe and 12 in the floep on a-ha bit actual basis. in many countries throughout the region armys are the largest and most influential military service making the u.s. army the logical partner of the services. our army partnerships build valuable partnerships. these are more than simply steadfast partners of the these are key decision makers in their respective country. furthermore, shared equipment builds inoperable and makes operating together easier while creating strategic depth. our operations in the indo-pacific include training with army forces, helping thailand stand up new striker uni

a planted the black flag in the philippine jungle. a small army, searching for the islamic state group's affiliate. but they have not been able to stop more attacks and they admit that no—one knows these jungles letter tha n that no—one knows these jungles letter than their enemy. we are moving fast on this patrol because they know somewhere in thisjungle the because they know somewhere in this jungle the new self—declared leader of the islamic state in the region. he has hundreds of his own filipino men but he has more. he has arab fighters here who have come from iraq and syria and brought family members with them and he has already shown he is willing to do the bidding of the islamic state. we obtained this footage of fighters in battle. in their ranks, farfrom fighters in battle. in their ranks, far from home, fighters in battle. in their ranks, farfrom home, an egyptian fighter. he died in another suicide bombing on the island late last year. in the jungles, the islamic state group roam wild and carers lie in wait here. —— terrors lie in wait

the army is helping the philippines train infantry battalions as they upgrade equipment and evolve their doctrine. the u.s. army is a force of choice and committed to remaining so. we build our partners up rather than manipulate them to be able to compete in today's environment. we have to be present and show our commitment. that is why we are emphasizing strategic readiness and adjusting force posture so we can deploy forces in the right place at the right time. the army's ability to mobilize and deploy gives us the advantage over threats of potential adversaries. strategic readiness will validate our new concepts, exercise our new formations, and provide an understanding of the logistical framework needed to sustain our forces. we will remain operationally dynamic, fast and lethal. take on new year's eve, we 81loyed soldiers from the t airborne division. they were at new year's eve gatherings and within hours were on airplanes. they were nine time zones away after that ready to go. we are using exercises such as emergency deployed readiness exercises getting more repetitions and theref

philippines. maneuverslp military in the grim summer of 1941. the axis armies had overrun the european continent and japan was poised to strike another blow in the pacific. in the realistic games, dwight eisenhower approved he had the brilliant mind and rugged physical vigor of an outstanding leader of men. world war ii, north africa. here the career of dwight eisenhower flowered in victory over nazi general rommel, the first triumph after a nightmare of defeat. he raised the laurels with britton field marshal montgomery. back home in abilene, misses eisenhower was proud as any mother could be with a treasured photograph of her famous son. one of the architects of victory in europe, eisenhower led the campaign that swept the forces of hillary to total defeat -- forces of hitler to total defeat. the man who went forward to do battle for justice and liberty returned to abilene and his mother the most notable american figure of his time. his people took him to their hearts. he was the man of the hour. modesty,assurance and he won the acclaim and gratitude of his f

outside of china a 44 year old chinese man from mohan died on saturday in the philippines in his last few days the polish army runs a bar and showed signs of improvement however that the shot of the patient that the earlier 8 dead well will be the last flight before our worst fears are being enhanced by. more countries are flying their citizens out of who they province and new zealand has joined the list of nations barring non-citizens who have recently traveled to china from entering as this was supposed to be the end of the extended lunar new year holiday the streets of beijing should be bustling but the government here has said only essential workers will return the others not for another week at least businesses and private enterprises are doing so. many are stuck inside their homes millions of chinese are taking to social media to talk about the coronavirus mostly venting frustration on the slow reaction of the one government when the virus was 1st discovered and how donations have been diverted or delayed this story about a t.v. crew stopped from reporting on the work of the war on red cross received ne

armies are helping the philippines, train 72 battalions as they upgrade their equipment and evolve the doctrine. this is a force of choice. and committed to remaining self. we build our partners up rather than manipulate them. to be able to compete in today's environment, we have to be a presence and show our commitment. this is why were emphasizing strategic readiness. and adjusting our force process so that we can deploy trying to ready forces into the right place at the right time. the army's ability to rapidly mobilize, deploy and sustain comment forces. or strategic readiness gives us the advantage of the threats, and potential adversaries. strategic readiness was elevate our new concepts. exercise our new formations. and provide an understanding of the logistical framework needed to sustain our forces. we will remain operationally dynamic, fast and legal. take for example, this on new year's eve, we deployed soldiers from the 82nd airborne division. cold start, no notice, to conduct an emergency deployment. the soldiers were literally at with their families gatherings and within

, in mortal against a fanatic foe, the army, marines and navy were driving close to finish the fight, alongside gallant chinese and filipino allies. the philippines back and so have a score of vital other islands, large and small, including one called iwo jima. kaze core, the japanese pilots who rode to suicide, were taking a heavy toll. [explosions] [automatic machine gun fire] ♪ sunday, following the pattern of invasion unleased half a hundred times against japanese basis, u.s. forces assaulted the island of okinawa. bombardment. [artillery explosions] fleet standing offshore, landing craft went in. the mighty pageant of assault rolled ahead, this time less than 400 miles from japan itself. this was the island the japanese could simply not afford to lose. for four months they fought a desperate battle that cost them 90,000 lives. the island was safe in u.s. hands in july. ♪ [explosions] in the u.s.-mexico desert -- u.s. new mexico desert and then in hiroshima and again at nagasaki came the world-shaking explosions of the atomic bomb. her armies had been defeated wherever matt, her navy destroyed, japan asked for peace. aboard the uss missouri i

army. the controversial law to excludesk citizenship muslims. philippine president rodrigo duterte said his country's forces can fight insurgents and muslim extremists without any help from the u.s. military. he was defending his recent decision to terminate the u.s. security pact and also said he would stick to his pledge to not travel to the united states. he made that decision early in his presidency in response to president barack obama's criticism of his deadly antidrug crackdown. the palestinian foreign minister has hit out at donald trump's peace plan, calling it no more than a surrender plan. uniono urged the european to impose sanctions on israel if it goes ahead with plans to build 3500 new units on the west bank. he told the press association in geneva it will destroy any hopes for peace. there's also the reaction by the international community regarding the release of the trump plan. it the peacecalls plan. it has nothing to do with peace. it is a surrender plan. su: global news, 24 hours a day, on-air and at quicktake on twitter, powered by mo

that is 6 -- that is surprising for students is that the head of the american army, general pershing will live in the philippines as they are trying to crush the independent -- independence movement there. he, during his time in the philippines, well dedicate himself to becoming an expert on islam. because the moral people who fought the most against the americans, or who the americans would have said were the most difficult to pacify -- language we use to refer to colonial expansion in the other parts of the world -- they were muslim. if americans were going to be good colonial controllers, they needed to understand islam. so, ha? one of the people going into world war i who is a global expert on islam is from the neutral united states. most of the officers going into battle in world war i by 1917 on the american side will have will have -- will have fought in the philippines, certainly have fought in mexico. will have spent some time in the caribbean. those in the caribbean are the most frustrated. they feel they are missing out on something elsewhere. they are just doing this with the local folk. right? they

one of things always surprised students, is that the head of american army, general portion, well for some years late in the philippines as they try to cross the independence movement there, and he, during the time in the philippines, would dedicate himself to becoming an expert on islamic, because the moral people, who fought the most against the americans, who the americans would say, the most difficult to pacify, with language we used to refer to colonial expansions and other parts of the world, there are muslims, if americans are going to be good colonial controls, in need to understand these lamb. so, haunt, one of the people going into world war one, experts on islam, is from mutual united states. >> most of the officers, going into battle, in world war one, on the american side, would have fought in the philippines, and the certainly have fought in mexico, will have, spent some time in the caribbean, those are in the caribbean, they're the most frustrated thing, feel they're missing out on something that's more exciting elsewhere, they're just doing this with the local folks. so they will understand what it's li

philippine jungle. here, a local insurgency has been upgraded. the islamic state group has made them more vicious a broadened their ambition. a small army of soldier are now deployed here, searching for the islamic state group's affiliate. but they have nobeen able to stop more tax more attacks, d they admit that no one knows these jungles better than their enemy. th know that somewhere in this jungle, the new self-declaredis leader of the mic state in thee region, h has hundreds of his own men, filipino, but more besides. he has got arab fighters here. ithey come fromq and syria. they have got family members with them. and he is already shown that he is t willingdo the islamic state group's bidding. for the net, there is a fear here that despite the presence of the filipino army, this dense, deep jungle could become a new safe haven for the islamic state group. and terrorists lie in wait here. we obtained this footage of fighters in battle. in their rks, far fromome, an egyptian fighter. nohe died inther suicide bombing on the isllate last year. off-camera,ng a y arab's voice can be hea. once again, the foreign fighters brought with th

democracy and the removal of the army from politics and business if an instance a place lost in the 1st election since the 2014 military coup. journalists in the philippines are protesting against attempts to stop them from discussing the potential closure of the country's biggest t.v. network the government's top lawyer asked the supreme court for a gagging order on tuesday the government wants to cancel the operating license of the a.b.s. c.b.s. network it has been a fierce critic of the president. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after all hail the algorithm more news in 30 minutes than. i can unlock my phone with my face you can access your bank account with your voice and fingerprints the key information on a national i.d. card all of this. boys fingerprints there are biometrics unique algorithmic measurements that are revolutionizing the process of identification. biometrics are far from perfect they convenience and seeming infallibility comes at a price most crucially prophesy. biometrics are individual unique so much so that they've always served as a gold standard for identification with really high levels of accurac

democracy and the removal of the army from politics and business if an instance place last year in the 1st election since the 2014 military coup. journalists in the philippines are protesting against attempts to stop them from discussing the potential closure of the country's biggest t.v. network the government's top lawyer asked the supreme court for a gagging order on tuesday the government wants to cancel the operating license of the a.b.s. c.b.s. network it has been a fierce critic of the president to take. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after all hail the algorithm more news in 30 minutes i'll see you then. i can unlock my phone with my face and you can access your bank account with your voice and fingerprints are often the key information on a national i.d. card all of this. voice fingerprints there are biometrics unique algorithmic measurements of us that are revolutionizing the process of identification. biometrics are far from perfect they convenience and seeming infallibility comes at a price most crucially our prophesy.

philippines in china the growing public outrage will worry their leadership as it threatens to create what they fear most social unrest adrian brown al jazeera hong kong in our other headlines turkish army vehicles and tanks have entered rebel controlled northwestern syria in response to an advance by syrian government forces turkish president. is threatening to drive back the syrian troops unless they withdraw from the strategic important town of sarich and more than half a 1000000 civilians have fled the area since the start of december. and israeli forces have shot another palestinian dead in the occupied west bank the 5th case in 48 hours a funeral procession has been held for one of the victims a palestinian policeman who was killed in jenin on thursday. coming up next our program focuses on companies that have profited from the war in yemen stay with us for that. i. was. it's a school trip. 60 children are traveling going across one of them to thomas. the rest would be filmed by security cameras suddenly the bus is hit by a bomb. the strong blast rips through shops nearby. love the love i had that moment was low about well maybe i love that i live in a like you fish of life not th

armies, so llied japanese officials gave orders that no prisoner is ever to be allies.the they should be executed first. allied cember of 1944, forces are approaching a apanese prison camp in the philippines, when the japanese realize how close the allies 150 allied ok prisoners and put them in a gasoline in there, set it on fire and then folks who were trying to jump out, would be shot. now 11 out of the 150 actually ditch into of the the woods and were able to relate this story once they were ehind friendly lines, which gave more impetus to the idea of liberating these prison camps allies got too close. so the next japanese prison camp to be massacred -- prisoners at the kaban prison camp, also in the philippines where over 500 allied prisoners were being held. american and filipino soldiers were veterans of the caban death march and were in rough shape making this rescue all the more problematic. also, the idea that the prison camp was about 30 miles behind lines only added to the complexity of this problem. of the nies c and f sixth ranger battalion under the of lieutenant colonel henry mucci were tasked with to liberate the camp. 125 rangers left their encampment, and on the way they

we speak to the widow of an army veteran with ptsd who says her husband's death could have been prevented. more than a month since a volcano erupted in the philippinesch saw thousands evacuated, our cameras follow residents as they return to see the damage. heathrow grounded. with a third runway blocked for now, what next for the country's crowded airports, and future big projects? arsenal and celtic are both stunned by late goals in the europa league. fc copenhagen score twice in the final five minutes to dump celtic out in glasgow, while arsenal suffer extra—time heartbreak. and then weather, another weekend, another name storm. more rain to come. i will have your full crucial forecast here on breakfast. it is friday 28 february. our top story: jet2 says it will not fly any customers back who have been quarantined at a hotel in tenerife until they can confirm that they do not have coronavirus. their announcement comes despite some passengers being given the all—clear to leave by the island's health minister. last night, northern ireland confirmed its first case, bringing the number of those infected across the uk to 16. charlotte rose reports. to

as a former commander of the so-called islamic state he fought against the philippine army the islamic state had designated merali city to be its future caliphate and asia. for.

currently, including liberty, kurdistan workers party, irish republican army, communist party of the philippines. the f.d.o. list has never been a war authorization. it's created by the administration. it adds the names to it. this would suggest that by being on the f.d.o., the u.s. military could take action against you even without congressional authorization. the list is so long and it can be added to by a president, this would basically destroy the underlying bill by allowing a president to add to the f.d.o. list, not come to congress and then take military action. i know the speaker's intention is to go with the irgc. if we need to defend ourselves under article 2 we can or declare war. thank you. mr. cotton: this is not about the i.r.a. itself resolution applies only to the government of iran. this is indeed only about the islamic revolutionary guard corps. let me tell you a story about the last 17 years in iraq. for 17 years the most deadly weapon our troops have faced is something called an explosive foreign penetrator that takes a slug of copper, super heats it into a ball of magma and