almost three hundred islamic state fighters are believed to have fled the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left the can you say that no license fighters leave the cities and go somewhere else and you say that they can't say with the one hundred percent certainty that. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to classify media outlets as foreign agents it follows a similar move made against our team in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. we hear from an aid worker who fell foul of the authorities. plan to be used to be doing so might be purely out of the human city in desire to help is that you do. welcome to the program this is r.t. international coming to you live with me jacqueline thanks for joining us this hour it's a suspected that hundreds of islamic state fighters have been allowed to flee the liberated syrian city of raka they reportedly left in convoys as part o

suspect that hundreds of islamic state fighters have been allowed to flee the liberated syrian city of raka they reportedly left in convoys as part of a deal brokered to bring an end to the fighting in the area is the u.s. central command responded to the allegations. there were four foreign fighters that were identified and were detained by the syrian democratic forces out of the rest of me out of the three thousand five hundred civilians approximately three hundred were identified and screened as potential isis fighters as we see there were four detained but two hundred ninety six are missing now the colonel didn't go into detail when he was speaking however it is possible that they posed as civilians that's a common tactic used by the i still fighters they tend to pose as civilians they've done this in the past now there have been reports of a convoy leaving the city and it is being reported that it's possible there could have been a large amount of ammunition and i still fighters among that convoy now a pentagon spokesperson was actually grilled on this point here's how he responded we

grow that hundreds of islamic state fighters may have been able to flee the liberated syrian city of raka penton says only a fraction of three hundred suspected militants were detained as they left. no license fighters leave the cities and go somewhere else and you say that they can't say would be one hundred percent certainty that russia nor make his vote in favor of giving moscow the power to classify media outlets as foreign agents it's a move similar to the one made against art in the united states and a u.k. think tank reveals that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. we hear from an aid worker who fell foul of the authorities it's quite obvious that you don't do it for money i surely did it out of the humanitarian side of. this little girl. but i welcome you watching r.t. international just midnight here in moscow now it is suspected that hundreds of islamic state fighters may have been allowed to leave the liberated syrian city of rack it's been reported they left in convoys as part of a deal brokered to bring

administration has armed the group since may prior to the battle to retake the syrian stronghold of raka turkey considers the wife a terrorist group. eleven people have been killed in a fire at a hotel in georgia twenty one others treated in hospital at least one hundred firefighters were sent to tackle the fire and black sea resort city of attorney south africa's supreme court has more than double the sentence for oscar pistorius paralympian convicted of killing his girlfriend in two thousand and thirteen a court said they original six year sentence was shockingly lenient tanya moore has more from toria but it only took a moment for the supreme court of appeal to deliver its ruling that is splendid sentenced to imprisonment for the period of fifteen years and five months here but in the case of. oscar pistorius shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp on valentine's day two thousand and thirteen as she cowered behind a bathroom door he said he thought she was an intruder last year prosecutors successfully argued his original conviction should be upgraded from culpable homicide to murder whic

began supplying weapons to the y p g earlier this year before the battle to retake isis stronghold of raka turkey considers the y.p. g eight terrorist group some avenge of it as more from the turkish city of gazan top near the syrian border. what's being reported in the turkish media as united states saying that it will stop arming kurdish militias does not reflect in statements that have been seen from both presidents met press offices they say that would be readjusting its policy when it comes to its allies in syria especially after the fall of iceland in rucka turkey on the other hand has been calling for on the united states to stop arming these mainly kurdish fighters with turkey sees as terrorist wants the united states to be part of its campaign to try and clear the area of what it called all terrorist groups which include these kurdish militias which are allies of the united states as these statements come there is no end to the fighting on the ground inside syria but we have seen attacks by syrian government and its allies on opposition position rebel positions in not just the pro

the ruins of raka in syria even worse than the damage to the surroundings is the spiritual damage. it's beautiful in children saying but this isn't i asked warsong it's the only one they know. they tell of what they've learned about jihad to try to blow themselves up how to use weapons. and that they were afraid of their teachers because they beheaded people. lessons that i have schools include learning to tell time in english using time to detonate his size relationships using weapons and ammunition and lessons in disassembling weapons. psychologist and under who has successfully treated child soldiers now he treats children of the ins are they dangerous we here yes. yes simply because they came from a war zone dollars on the game either they were traumatized themselves or they possibly traumatized other people. because in the wars and there were explosions mass murders and hails of bullets more than. they have heard thousands of different human screams that were the result of torture. if we want to police children back we need institutions and specialists that kind of company tha

ministration his arm the group since may prior to the battle to retake eisel syrian stronghold of raka turkey considers the y.p. a terrorist group those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after one on one keep it or. on counting the cost crocodile economics what amazon mom and dad won't have to do transform zimbabwe's finances a modern day slave trade in libya and how china's internet giant ten cent over took facebook. at this time on a. in china live streaming has become a massive upgrades and a booming multibillion dollar business they live online to an extent to which people in the west would find it difficult to imagine coming up all those years or so they are the reality of did you know that much already well there is big money for the country's cyber superstars to get any attention from somebody is just a sign that you exist in a very difficult environment and endless hours of entertainment for millions of diehard fans sure have you yes yes yes yes i think. i know why he had. the great popularity can bring serious repercussions controversial life streamers attrac

the ruins of raka in syria even worse than the damage to the surroundings is the spiritual damage. it's beautiful in children saying but this isn't i asked warsong it's the only one they know. they tell of what they've learned about jihad to try to blow themselves up how to use weapons. and that they were afraid of their teachers because they beheaded people. lesson that i have schools include learning to tell time in english using time to detonate his size relationships using weapons and ammunition and lessons in disassembling weapons. psychologist has successfully treated child soldiers now he treats children of the ins are they dangerous. yes. yes simply because they came from a war zone dollars on the game either they were traumatized themselves or they possibly traumatized other people. because in the war zone there were explosions mass murders and hails of bullets more than. they have heard thousands of different human screams that were the result of torture. if we want to police children back we need institutions and specialists that kind of company that you can't just go th

almost three hundred islamic state fighters are believed to have fled the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to classify media outlets as foreign agents it calls a similar move made against r.t. in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. . for all the details on those stories and more head to r.t. dot com crosstalk is next finding out why r.t. america has been forced to register as a foreign agent and at the top the hour my colleague kate snow and we'll bring you your a live news update so do stay with us.

turkey europe and america now at this point we have the united states declaring victory in the city of raka but it's looking like quite a few isis fighters may have potentially escaped from rocka and begin setting up shop somewhere else as the fight continues. ok thanks kind of that was column open for us in the united states. because in russia's lower house of parliament voted in favor forcing media outlets which are funded from abroad to register as foreign agencies in response to similar pressure being placed on america in the united states as the details first of all we wouldn't be hearing this news from the russian parliament if it wasn't for the american department of justice which forced r.t. america to register as a foreign agent in the us the russian government promised to fight back and we can see that it's happening but to make similar demands for foreign media in this country to register as foreign agents russia's all legislation required amendments and they have just been approved by the russian duma and now the draft bill will be moved on to the upper chamber of the russian pa

turkey europe and america now at this point we have the united states declaring victory in the city of raka but it's looking like quite a few isis fighters may have potentially escaped from rocka and begin setting up shop somewhere else as the fight continues. and reporting now what we also spoke with patrick henningsen from twenty first century wired dot com and he told us that i still fighters have been helped by the u.s. led coalition on a number of occasions. i think there's a great great reason to be concerned about allowing hundreds of battle hardened and in this would be some of the most hardcore fighters of the ones the last ones to basically leave and this isn't the first time by the way but this also isn't the first time that we have reports of. multiple reports on aug twenty fourth of u.s. choppers airlifting isis commanders out of dairies or as that city was falling in isis was being routed out of there is or so there's a number of these reports we've seen over the over the months and in many cases we're seeing reports from the middle eastern press of the sort of this collusion

that doesn't covered some rather startling admissions coming out of the war torn syrian city of rakaaccording to the b.b.c. they've uncovered details of a secret deal that led hundreds of islamic state fighters and their families escape from iraq under the gaze of the u.s. and british led coalition and kurdish led forces who control the city under the auspices of ending the battle for iraq and saving civilian and coalition fighter fighters lives local officials are reported to have brokered a deal that arranged for some two hundred fifty isis fighters and more than three thousand of their family members to leave rock in a massive convoy that some estimate to have been six to seven kilometers long using fifty trucks thirteen buses and more than one hundred of the along next islamic states vehicles and despite promises to the contrary this caravan of subgroups included foreign born isis fighters you know. the kind with that high probability to return to their homelands and potentially commit acts of terrorism. so let's dive into the murky waters of tomorrow's history of isis today as w

well that's what i was saying the the fbi up the kurdish force which took raka. author has themar our o oil fields a and yes t syririan g government vererh wants them back or wants to take them. because they're quite lucrative and the syrian government iss supported by not only r rusa but by iran and iraran's prproxies hezezbollah. and e are the players that are really. how should we say cashing in on the defeat of isis the back in created by that withdrawal by isis? i even from the provinces dimension so if the stf if the kurdish forces. our can remain and if the americans will continue to support them then there's a chance abe could retain. the oilfields at least as a bargaining chip so that are there could be a negotiated withdrawal of all foreign forces from syria including the iranians and hezbollah from lebanon. they should go back and allow the syria. rule itself without the intervention of other foreign ports. and what off the islamic state spices themselves out without a territorial base may they now a a damsel reverts to to have more suicide attacks. ye

in syria in the fight against terrorism most recently in the city of raka kurdish forces fought i still on the ground they fought against the city that had been declared to be their capital the city of rock which was retaken and while they were on the ground fighting the united states provided air support to the kurdish y p g fighters furthermore after that took place we then heard u.s. president donald trump speak very highly of the wife and praised them for their efforts on the ground this is donald trump talking about the kurdish fighters we should be using we should be going to be proven to be the. really proven to be the most really good we should be working with. however the usa has other major ally in the region turkey has a history of fighting against kurdish forces there is a concern within turkey that if some kind of territory were established for the kurdish forces in syria this would serve to further inflame tensions within turkey furthermore there is a concern about the flow of arms and that if too many arms of an abundance of weapons were to develop in the hands of kurds i

in other words context matters consider the difference between how the form of raka has been covered by various news organizations the black ice is why it was replaced by the battle of the u.s. backed forces compared to how they reported the fall of aleppo. fifteen months ago so almost slowed by regime and russian forces crushing what's left of the rebel east aleppo had been held by syrian opposition forces including the al qaeda affiliated all nusra front rocket was in the hands of isis the bombs dropped on aleppo were russian and clearing the. a for syrian government troops those targeting rocka were american the ground forces were led by kurdish fighters on the aleppo story the bulk of the questions about civilian casualties the deaths of innocents came from western media reports that forces loyal to syrian president bashar al assad and backed by russia executed at least eighty two innocent civilians with roc-a those same kinds of questions are being asked by the other side pictures from iraq on exactly give us a sense of success it's a virtual ghost city the destruction you can s

grow that hundreds of islamic state fighters may have been able to flee the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon says only a fraction of the three hundred suspected militants were detained as they left the can you say you don't know why this fight will leave the cities and go somewhere else and you say that they can't say with three one hundred percent certainty the russian lawmakers vote in favor of giving moscow the power to classify media outlets as foreign agents it's a move similar to the one made against r.t. in the united states and a u.k. think tank reveals that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. we hear from an aid worker who fell foul of the authority.

this year before the battle to retake isis stronghold of raka turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist group its pictures some of injury he joins us from gaza into near the turkish syrian border seem to be a little bit of conflict then the lines coming out from turkey and the white house what is it. well jane as you've heard most things that have come out of this white house there has been clarifications and then and then more afterwards what the turkish media has been interpreting as a promise to end support for the way that is arming them has not been the case in both the statement from the president of the guns office as well as the white house and as you said this very carefully worded statement says that there will be an adjustment to the policy towards allies in the region after the fall of ice and. we know from the turkish military that the weapons supplies and the not just weapons but logistics supplies for they why p.d. and the p.k. k. which is an agreed by extension is a part of why p.g. has continued this month so yes there have been promises in the past there

of the border but it suffered a string of losses driven out of mosul itself declared capitol hill raka and that day or so or the capital of an oil rich region which was crucial for the group's finances and iraqi forces now have full control of all costs and last stronghold in the country we'll have more on that in just a moment but first. a reports on isis losses in syria. syrian army is expanding its military gains in the eastern part of the country government forces have retaken the city of dale saw after months of fighting they are now moving north to secure major oil fields but moving north could lead to clashes between the army elise main rival the syrian democratic forces of the. coalition of kurdish factions and backed by the united states of america. following a series of targeted operations units from our armed forces in cooperation with the allied forces fulfill their mission restoring order and stability to the entire city of the resort after destroying the hideouts of the remnants of the terrorist organization of. these are icily celebrating their control of dale saw and ir

earlier this year before the battle to retake our source stronghold of raka turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist group doctors in northern syria are being forced underground because of frequent attacks and hospitals one facility has been built entirely below the surface at a secret location to treat patients injured by government airstrikes or some binge of aid reports from gaziantep near turkey's border with syria. farmers on the operating table because his leg was injured in an airstrike but this is no ordinary operation theatre it's hidden underground so it's been filled by air raids. they were halfway or i'm afraid when the regime targets a hospital and lost a member of my family in an airstrike on. its lawn of the cave hospital in northern thirty or so doctors are keeping its location secret for fear of further attacks by government jets. they showed us photos after some of the hundred thirty five year strikes targeted their hospital medical facilities and medical workers nowadays are far from being working an ideal situation there are all sort of challenges one of the main ch

almost three hundred islamic state fighters are believed to have fled the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left the can you say that no one is fighters leave the cities and go somewhere else and you say that they can't say with the one hundred percent certainty that. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to classify media outlets as foreign agents it follows a similar move made against r t in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. we hear from an aid worker who fell foul of the authorities. while the state he dealt with the.

almost three hundred islamic state fighters are believed to have fled the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the problem to classify media outlets as foreign agents and holds a similar move made against r.t.e. in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the. for more on these stories head to our team dot com stay with us for the kaiser report on the tax avoidance schemes exposed in the paradise papers but if you're watching in the u.k. it's the financial news with boom bust. oh man it stars are oligarchies once the. bernie sanders does. i want to call your attention to this headline from last week and this is a headline that could only be ripped from a conspiracy theory site but in fact it's from the guardian and it's bernie sanders saying it bernie sanders warns of international all the darky after paradise papers leak bernie sanders is one of the wor

p g earlier this year before the battle to retake isis stronghold of raka turkey considers the white peachy a turkish group i mean. all i'm still on the one subject that negatively impacts our relationship with the us is the weapons that it's given to the y.p. gene lately we've seen that some armored vehicles have been supplied and our esteemed president once again reiterated his discomfort to mr trump mr trump clearly stated that he had given clear instructions that the white b.g. won't be given arms and that this nonsense should have ended a long time ago of course we were very happy with this doctors in northern syria are being forced underground because a frequent attacks on hospitals one facility has been built entirely below the surface at a secret location to treat patients injured by government or strikes some of binge of aid reports from gaziantep syria's border with turkey. farmers on the operating table because his leg was injured in an airstrike but this is no ordinary operation theatre it's hidden underground so it will survive carried . they were i'm afraid when the reg

almost three hundred islamic state fighters are believed to have fled the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to classify media outlets as foreign agents and holds a similar move made against r t in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that the volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the. for more on these stories head to our team dot com stay with us for the kaiser report on the tax avoidance schemes exposed in the paradise papers but if you're watching in the u.k. it's the financial news with boom bust.

almost three hundred islamic state fighters are believed to have fled the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to classify media outlets as foreign agents it calls a similar move made against r.t. in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. . for all the details on those stories and more head to our t.v. dot com cross talk is next finding out why r.t. america has been forced to register as a foreign agent and at the top the hour my colleague kate snow and we'll bring you your a live news update so do stay with us. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle according to the department of justice the channel you're watching now is an agent of before and even hostile power all the while to deal with she refuses to explain why this is the case or even cite what laws we may have broken but something else

remaining strongholds of fighters but it's by no means something like mosul you know something like raka it's a very small place on the border with jordan but a very strategic point because that was where the border crossing with jordan was and that's been strangled by eisel for a very long time so the iraqis are very confident now we are not expecting this operation to take weeks months we're expecting it to be over in a number of days and what about this ten thousand civilians are being held hostage well that's one of the main concerns of the joint operations come on they want to go in they want to be able to rout the eisel fighters but they want to avoid civilian casualties also want to avoid that kind of mass exodus that we've seen in other operations so what they saying to us is that we are going to go in we have gone into yet we're going to ramallah but civilian casualties are voiding civilian casualties are a priority in baghdad thank you. still to come here on our just another resignation in australia's jewels of crisis find out what this means for malcolm turnbull's government.

almost three hundred is lead the liberated syrian city of raka the pentagon admits that only a few suspected militants were detained as they left the can you say that no one is fighters leave the cities and go somewhere else can you say that they can't say with one hundred percent certainty. the russian parliament passes a law allowing the kremlin to classify media outlets as foreign agents it follows a similar move made against our team in the united states. and the u.k. think tank claims that volunteers attempting to help refugees cross international borders are being treated as criminals by the e.u. we hear from an aid worker who fell foul of the authorities climbing over used to be.

the ruins of raka in syria even worse than the damage to the surroundings is the spiritual damage. it's beautiful in children saying but this isn't i asked warsong it's the only one they know. they tell of what they have learned about jihad try to blow themselves up how to use weapons. and that they were afraid of their teachers because they beheaded people. lessons that i ask goals include learning to tell time in english using time to detonators size relationships using weapons and ammunition and lessons in disassembling weapons. psychologist and under who has successfully treated child soldiers now he treats children of the ins are they dangerous we here yes. yes simply because they came from a war zone. either they were traumatized themselves or they possibly traumatized other people. because in the war zone there were explosions mass murders and hails of bullets. they have heard thousands of different human screams that were the result of torture. if we want to pull these children back we need institutions and specialists that kind of company that you can't just go there and s

early this year before the battle to retake isis stronghold of raka turkey considers the wipe e.g. a terrorist group i mean. all of the number one subject that negatively impacts our relationship with the us is the weapons that it's given to the y. p.g. and lately we've seen that some armored vehicles have been supplied and our esteemed president once again reiterated his discomfort to mr trump mr trump clearly stated that he had given clear instructions that the white b.g. won't be given arms and that this nonsense should have ended a long time ago of course we were very happy with this doctors in northern syria are being forced underground because their frequent attacks on hospitals one facility has now been built entirely below the surface at a secret location to treat patients injured by government airstrikes asama binge of a report from near syria's border with turkey. farmers on the operating table because his leg was injured in an airstrike but this is no ordinary operation theatre it's hidden underground so it's been filled by air raid. they were i'm afraid when the regime ta