quentin sommerville, bbc news.ents, there is one global competition which will be going there. special olympics is the third part of the olympic movement, representing competitors with an intellectual disability — and sanctions don't apply. joe wilson reports. special olympic sport is for the 200 million people in the world with an intellectual disability. it's often aboutjoy. there are no world records. medals are shared across ability. the world anti—doping agency doesn't operate here. it's never yet needed to. when sweden withdrew from hosting the next winter games, there was a sudden gap. in stepped kazan, russia, so tarnished by doping, band pending appealfrom hosting global competitions by wada, but special olympics can go there. aren't you lending credibility and integrity to a sporting regime that seems to the world to be toxic? we're lending credibility and legitimacy to a sporting regime that wants to welcome the athletes at special olympics. full stop. everywhere in the world, people with intellectual di

quentin sommerville reports.d syria, a war has reignited. the islamic state group is resurgent. in the dead of night in syria's deir ez—zur, a convoy of kurdish—led special forces are on the move earlier this month. inside this house, is suspects thought to be armed. 150 were arrested in this operation alone. many more are at large. is is back. the caliphate remains, says this graffiti. terrorising and extorting the people here. and like in its early days, is hit men are murdering local officials. the people here live in fear. this man's son was murdered by thejihadists. translation: eyewitnesses said that a car started following them. it caught up with them and then they were kidnapped. the next morning their friends organised a search party. they found their decapitated heads resting on the asphalt. the coronavirus and troop withdrawals mean there are fewer coalition troops on the ground, but in the skies, warplanes have been busy. british, french and american aircraft have struck is again and again in their de