raqqa used to be the best province. 0ur thanks to god. raqqa used to be the best province.than home? know there is not. the united nations says it expects more people to return over the next few months. —— no. it is trying its best to rebuild the population. dina demrdash, bbc news. spain's socialist government has passed a decree to exhume the remains of the late fascist dictator francisco franco from a huge mausoleum near madrid. they say the site glorifies spain's fascist past — but many say the remains should be left to rest in peace. georgina smyth reports. high ona high on a mountainside near madrid, this 152 metre high cross marks the valley of the fallen, restingplace of 37,000 killed from both sides of the spanish civil war and of francisco franco, spain's former fascist dictator. now the government has taken the controversial decision to have his remains easier and and moved. it is completely intolerable for a mature democracy like ours to have the victims from the civil war in the same place as franco's term. it is just as baffled to the people buried in the same

raqqa used to be the best province.n to normality. is there anywhere better than home? no, there isn't. the united nations says it expects more people to return over the next few months. it's trying its best with local ngos to rebuild the city and care for the population. egypt's top prosecutor says the deaths of a british couple who died at a hotel resort in the country were not due to poisonous gas emissions in their room. john and susan cooper were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. both died on tuesday amid claims the hotel's air conditioning system might be to blame. concern following the deaths led to other holidaymakers being flown home. the first have now arrived back in the uk, as katy austin reports. it's still unclear how an apparently fit and healthy couple died at this 5—star resort. the couple, in their 60s, were found on tuesday at the aqua magic hotel. inspectors found no evidence of toxic gas leaks in their hotel room, and a local manager said fumes were unlikely to have caused t

it's just a two hour drive to raqqa. most of it lies in ruins. a united states led campaign removed them last year and life is slowly returning. her home is badly damaged, and they all have to live in one room. translation: thank god we have returned home. the house is destroyed, but it's better than being displaced. there's a shortage of electricity and water in raqqa. as well as the risk of unexploded devices. but the smiles on the faces of her family tell a different story. nearly 150,000 people have returned, and feel it's worth the risk. translation: the most important thing is that we're back home, thank god. raqqa used to be the best province. our plan is to repair our home and try and return to normality. is there anywhere better than home? no, there is in. the united nations says it expects more people to return over the next few months. it is trying its best with local ngos to rebuild the city and care for the population. this weekend, visitors to the notting hill carnival will walk though ‘knife arches' for the first time in the event'

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still shining brightly ten years on — we consider the sporting and social legacy of the 2008 beijing olympics. also on the programme: black business in a brooklyn helped black african entrepreneurs who say there is more to the borrow than hipsters. the question was whether we want to save our people, and japanese as well, and win the war or taking a chance to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at 2am this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this

the cells under raqqa's stadium are a reminder that is brutalised a population.s born here in this is prison. he was held nearby. ricardo heard the screams of the tortured and the dying on a daily basis. yeah, we spent three months here in a cell like that, three people. eventually, his government secured his freedom. ransoms were paid. then, he went back to work. but his task here is not complete. here are the men suspected of imprisoning him. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh are accused of torturing and killing 27 hostages. ricardo wants to confront them. he says they're cowards who fled the battlefield. they refused to answer his questions and quickly bring the interview to a halt. before he leaves, he takes a final picture. but they want to shut him out. afterwards, he gave me his reaction to the meeting. translation: i wanted to see the suspects and look them in the face, that's it. the first thing i thought when i saw them was gaddafi or saddam. they were able to torture and murder, but when the moment arrived, they handed themselves in order to surviv

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa.y're now dealing with the largest ever wildfire, to hit the state. the result of two fires that have joined together, the mega blaze has already burned through over 290,000 acres. eleven people have died since the fires broke out last month. the us president donald trump has been talking about the situation in california. he has just been talking about the situation in california. he hasjust finished that talk. he said that we are looking to what can be done to mitigate fire danger in the states. he added that my administration is in co nsta nt he added that my administration is in constant contact with the state authorities. more meetings to come regarding this. from california, here's peter bowes. california's new normal. raging wildfires eclipsing previous records in their size and ferocity. about 150 miles north of san francisco, two fires have merged to create this monster. its sheer size is overwhelming, about the same area as the city of los angeles. fuelled by intensely hot wea

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa.oss elon musk has suggested he's considering taking the electric car firm private. in a tweet, mr musk said he could buy outstanding shares in the company for $420 each, more than they're currently worth. trading in tesla shares was briefly halted when the price spiked on his announcement. our business reporter kim gittleson has more from new york. it is quite a surprising development in the endless saga of tesla and whether it can hit its production targets and turn a profit. now elon musk is saying that he believes because so many investors are betting against tesla's stocks, that has created a hostile environment of the country —— company and that is why he thinks taking it private would be better for tesla's future. for that price, $420 per share would give the company a value of $82 billion, a significant premium of what it is trading at on the nasdaq and it would be one of the biggest player in us history. i want to mention that shares in tesla resumed trading for the last 15 min

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa. largest ever wildfire to hit the state, and they're warning it could burn for the rest of the month. it's the result of two fires that have joined together, with the mega blaze already destroying more than 280,000 acres of land. nine people have died since the fires broke out last month. from california, here's peter bowes. california's new normal. raging wildfires eclipsing previous records in their size and ferocity. about 150 miles north of san francisco, two fires have merged to create this monster. its sheer size is overwhelming — about the same area as the city of los angeles. fuelled by intensely hot weather, strong winds, low humidity and tinder dry brush, the flames are consuming everything in their path. what can you say? it makes you sick to your stomach. everything they've worked for all their life gone in a heartbeat. the firefighting effort is intense. we're heading out with the aircraft, cooling it down, and that's letting the ground crews get in there and put out the f

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa. ever wildfire to hit the state, and they're warning it could burn for the rest of the month. it's the result of two fires that have joined together, with the mega blaze already destroying more than 280,000 acres of land. nine people have died since the fires broke out last month. from california, here's peter bowes. california's new normal. raging wildfires eclipsing previous records in their size and ferocity. about 150 miles north of san francisco, two fires have merged to create this monster. its sheer size is overwhelming, about the same area as the city of los angeles. fuelled by it intensely hot weather, strong wind, low humidity and tend it dry rush, bush, the planes are consuming everything in their path. what can you say? it makes you sit to your stomach. everything they worked for all of their white pawn in a heartbeat. the firefighting effort is intense. we are working with the aircraft, cooling it down and that is allowing the ground crews in there to put out the fire. thr

the closer you get to raqqa, the more you see local arab forces. think the story of batool, th mother you showed, embraces and embodies the horror and the hope of this conflict. the horror in that here is a mom who walked out of raqqa city when we met her one year agolf eight and a onths pregnant and gave birth to a baby that's two kilos. >> that's four and a half pounds. >> and had a very strong chance of dying. her mother thought she was gotog ie. when we met her, she was talking about how she did not want to give bth to a baby in isis-controlled territory, and it is why she gave her whole life savings to a smuggler who made her, put her family i a convoy with five other cars. fifth car exploded as itove over an isis-placed landmine. basically what we see today ise this mother oear later who iss, you know, a baby that really healthy and chunky and happy. all her kids are in school. and she talked to us one yearr lateerm when we first met her about how she really has hope for the future. and what she believes is possible now is to have a basic lev

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa.e been turning fresher in recent days from the north and west but we held into heat and humidity in the south. things turn cooler and fresher for all of in the south. things turn cooler and fresherfor all of us in in the south. things turn cooler and fresher for all of us in the next few days with some showers around. some showers run this evening in kent, essex and norfolk, some of them quite heavy. there could be some lying water first thing on wednesday morning. through the day on wednesday as the fresh air moves in from the west things being very different in sudden and eastern areas. temperatures around 17, 23 degrees. for some of us 10 degrees cooler than on tuesday. some more rain across parts of the of england on thursday but dry in between. good night. —— parts of the south east of england. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel — they were caught after one overcrowded boa

in raqqa, he experienced both. he has come to find his formerjail.e beatles. this is the place but we do not know exactly where it is because maybe the house was there but... it was destroyed. he was held captive for eight months. he and his british, french and american cell—mates were moved regularly to prevent any western rescue attempts. once an is stronghold, this ground now belongs to the kurds. a house was destroyed by a coalition air strike. this is the place. this was the view that ricardo saw. a rare glimpse of sunlight from underneath his blindfold. we were having the room, and we slept there and we had the toilet there. on the second floor. now ricardo is free to go where he wants. the cells under raqqa's stadium are a reminder that is brutalise a population. a new sadism was born here in this is prison. he was held nearby. ricardo heard the screams of the tortured and dying on a daily basis. we would spend three months here in a cell like that. three people. eventually his government secured his freedom, ransoms were paid. then, he went b

at the same time we must continue to take mosul and raqqa and stop this flow coming out of raqqa andeing sent to europe and the united states to commit acts of terror. reporter: today in recognition of his unique approach to foreign affairs, tributes with foreign leaders around the world are coming in. israel's prime minister tweeting his support for israel never waivers. the state of israel salutes john mccain. a poignant sentiment from germ numbers foreign minister who writes, he stood for america which is a reliable and strong partner. an america that takes strong responsibility for others and sticks to its principles even in a difficult moment. arthel: to more on this. we'll get ambassador kirk volker. ambassador, thank you for being here, unfortunately under these circumstances. if you would, start for us with your thoughts of the man himself. >> he was an extraordinary individual. he had the hallmarks of courage and integrity that guided him. he was about serving a cause greater than one's self. arthel: as executive director of the mccain institute which is part of arizona stat

the army conttolsls who comes i, freely or bring much-needed aidd to the rohingya in northern raqqa. jojournalists are forbidden n fr coming ere unless they are inviteddby authorities..6 c13 c1 today.ur case myanmar hasn't bided us and wee1 are on a a so-callld guided tou. -- as invited us,s, and we have taken on a so-calleded guided tour, including to venues such as so-called "transit camps." set of authorities have these camps to welcome the rohingya who might wanant to coe ckck from bangladesh, come back to their villages in northern rack up. -- in he north. very few people have m mooed bak to myanmar. these transit camps are empty. it is pretty understandadable, given n the level of tensions between the uddhists and thee61 muslim rohingya in recent months. appeals courtthas extended ex-presidenttpark geun-hye's prison sentence by one year, to 25 years. corruption scandal riggered mass protests. receiviving or demanding m moren $20 million from conglomerates, itit sharing secret state documents, and blacklisttng critics. next, to a major political% shakeup in australia. the countr

the cells under raqqa's stadium are a reminder that is brutalised a population.s. we would spend three months here in a cell like that. three people. eventually his government secured his freedom, ransoms were paid. then, he went back to work. but his task here is not complete. here are the men suspected of imprisoning him. they are accused of torturing and killing 27 hostages. ricardo wants to confront them. he says they are cowards who fled the battlefield. they refused to answer his questions and quickly bring the interview to halt. before he leaves, he takes a final picture. but they want to shut him out. afterwards, he gave me his reaction to the meeting. translation: i wanted to see the suspects and look them in the face, that is it. the first thing i thought when i saw them was ghadaffi or saddam. they were able to torture and murder but when the moment arrived they handed themselves in order to survive. i think that is despicable. should they face the death penalty? translation: no, i do not believe in the death penalty. but i think they should spend the

quentin somerville, bbc news, raqqa. the headlines on bbc news.k down. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes — on trial for affray — was not acting in self—defence — but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. a study of twenty countries has found the uk experienced one of the largest global slow—downs in improvements to life expectancy between 2011 and 2016. the office for national statistics said the change was more pronounced for women in the uk where increases to life expectancy fell by 90 per cent. between 2006 and 2011 a woman in the uk could expect an average improvement in their life expectancy — from birth — of 12.9 weeks per year, but that improvement has fallen to just 1.2 weeks extra per year from 2011 to 2016 — the biggest reduction in all of the countries the office for national statistics analysed. joining me now from oxford is danny dorling, he studies life expectancy as a professor of geography at the university of oxford. some context first, how worrying do these figures look to you? extremely worrying when we

also there is an isis convoy closing in on raqqa, could someone below that up, please, thank you. anyway, here is the tape of omarosa getting fired. >> i would like to see this be a friendly departure. there are pretty significant legal issues that we hope don't develop into something that would make it something could you go on without any type of diftd in the future relative to your reputation. >> stephen: general kelly, you work for donald trump, i wouldn't worry about other people's reputations. not only-- yeah. >> not only did she tape her firing, omarosa taped trump's reaction whans is going on. i just saw in the news that you are thinking about leaving, what happened. >> general kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave. >> no, i-- nobody even told me about it. nobody-- they run a big operation but i didn't know it. i didn't know that. >> yeah. >> goddam it. i don't love you leafing at all. >> stephen: what a weiner 6789 you're the "you are fired guy" and you're too scared to tell omarosa she's fired. they fired you. gosh darn it. oh, oh, cheese and cracker

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. -- hard rock raqqa international asia. southeast asia's biggest developers reporting.o. 728as on revenues up from million. looking for opportunities after reducing exposure to the singapore residential market ahead of curbs. softbank vision fund said to be into the foodment operation owned by alibaba. is vital for ellie mae me.e ramy inocencio has the details on elon musk. ramy: elon musk is thinking of taking tesla private. reason, a better operating process. in a tweet, he says he has funding secured. his target share price is $420. the big question he has left us with is how will he pay for that? he would need to find $66 billion. that means that would be the biggest leveraged buyout in history. there have been reports that saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund could be related to this. pushed share price up 11%, to its highest in almost a year. but short-sellers are still out there. earlier, i spoke to david could udla. -- david k >> this does not change my perception or outlook. more sharesting today on the strength of the stock. ramy: doubling down. the next quest

our mission is syria we been back in the democratic forces, in their effort to retake the city of raqqanot on our side here. i understand within their view, some of the kurdish elements, terrorists recently do not view it that way. but they were proactively and i mean militarily, attacking some of our allies. they were killing them when we were moving troops into the area they actually threatened that they might attack our troops if that was the case. in no certain terms they were telling they were going to take actions. and it did not matter what we were saying. we are seeing with the detention of this american city sin -- under very certain circumstances. he says he is finding fault with us and he wrote an op-ed in the new york times complaining and he did not mention one of the very many egregious things he is doing. i do not think he has a lot of room to complain about the united states.ebony: to that point, you point out and many other experts like you say would be america's best interest to have a better relationship with turkey. they are a nato ally. but to support what you just

just 17 days after elon musk raqqa the market saying he would take test of private, he abandons those plans under what he says is shareholder pressure. and tiffany's turnaround on the eve of how the luxury retailer is polishing its look. the next 30g in minutes, the first abigail doolittle is already with us have with the trading day. abigail: we have a rally on our hands. ,ake a look at the dow, off 1% the s&p and the nasdaq is not far behind. row, we'res in a looking at a new all-time highs. confirming the fact we have arms trading lower, the 10 year yield 's backing of the most since early august, up four basis points of this link. this is a risk on picture. interesting, one driver for all of this could be the dollar. let's take a look at the turn of the dollar index, it's extraordinary. one day late last week he had the dollar down seven of the last eight days. some of it may have had to do with president trump talking behind closed doors about wanting an easy money fed. last week the jackson hole fed chair delivered comments that seemed to be just right, talking about the fact th

when the trump team went into raqqa and went in there with such force and power they really knocked the its balance. wiped out a number of them. some would argue you could have done it four years ago, not just two years ago. we deal with the realities of what we have today. if you look at some of the movements throughout the continent of africa, northern africa and also in iraq and afghanistan today, you are seeing a resurgence and james mattis will tell you, you have to fight fight for a long time. >> julie: a lot of fighters are popping up where we don't have u.s. troops. that's sort of the problem. are we going to have to, as bill mentioned, mattis's comments how we have a fight ahead. what do we do? are our troops not in the right position and where are the loopholes? >> it depends on the strategy we use over the past couple of years. we have pushed isis away, not just destroyed their positions in syria and iraq. their numbers were reduced but into the last enclaves where they are. the mother of all battles to finish off isis ahead of us. the question you have raised is as important