our special correspondent lucy manning has been talking to him. —— tauqir sharif.s, to volunteer, set up a charity and help those injured in the fighting. his aid work has been featured by the bbc and other broadcasters. but the government doesn't want him to return. in syria, i've been in a war zone for six years. from syria, he told the bbc he's been stripped of his citizenship, seen as a threat to national security. i've got the home office's letter here. it says, "you're aligned with an al-qaeda aligned group." no, of course not. i mean, i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime. there's many expats like myself, doctors, engineers, educated people, that have come here legitimately and sincerely to help the syrian people. because mr sharif‘s father is pakistani, the home office says he wouldn't be stateless. it's racist, the british government, if they believe that i'm pakistani by birthright, to a country that i've never lived in. if i was a white aid worker, that worked for 0xfam, i don't think you'd be asking m

sharif's appearances on prominent news networks as well as dispatches via his live updates from syria blog posts left his political preferences no secret the reason why i came to syria is to help the syrian people who are being massacred by the bashar he rebels why do they do it the problem is is that the drug of of of the syrian regime is a forced woman and children and civilians that are facing the rest these individuals who could be cannot take their word that they are that over there is aid workers because we know that these aid groups are operating in opposition held territory are only operating with the kid can i even say and at a messy of some of the most grievous and force violent terrorist groups that are nor so these aid workers so-called cannot exco themselves from the activities of these groups because in and working in these opposition held areas controlled by these groups they are giving sanction to these opposition groups and sanction to their activities sharif's lawyer has been seeking evidence from the home office to find out why exactly his client was deemed a threat

the home office told tauqir sharif that he'd be a risk to national security if he returned to the uk. who is in syria with his british wife and children claims he has been delivering aid supplies, but admits using weapons there. he's appealing against the government's decision. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has been talking to him. tauqir sharif left britain for syria nearly seven years ago, he says, to volunteer, set up a charity and help those injured in the fighting. his aid work has been featured by the bbc and other broadcasters, but the government doesn't want him to return. in syria, i've been in a war zone for six years. from syria, he told the bbc he's been stripped of his citizenship, seen as a threat to national security. i've got the home office's letter here. it says, "you're aligned with an al-qaeda aligned group." no, of course not. i mean, i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime. there's many expats like myself, doctors, engineers, educated people, that have come here legitimately and sincerely to help the s

the home office told tauqir sharif that he'd be a risk to national security if he returned to the uk.ren claims he has been delivering aid supplies, but admits using weapons there. he's appealing against the government s decision. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has been talking to him. tauqir sharif left britain for syria nearly seven years ago, he says, to volunteer, set up a charity and help those injured in the fighting. his aid work has been featured by the bbc and other broadcasters. but the government doesn't want him to return. in syria i've been in a war zone for six years. from syria, he told the bbc he has been stripped of his citizenship, seen as a threat to national security. i've got the home office's letter here. it says, "you're aligned with an al-qaeda aligned group." no, of course not. i mean, i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime. there's many expats like myself, doctors, engineers, educated people, that have come here legitimately and sincerely to help the syrian people. because mr sharif‘s father is pak

would present a risk to the national security over the united kingdom sharif's lawyer has been seeking evidence from the home office to find out why exactly his client was deemed a threat what is it the british government is so frightened of that they don't want these individuals in a court of law and they want to quickly shut them of their citizenship and export them somewhere else i do think that some of these individuals carry some very sensitive information it will be deeply embarrassing to the british state given the british government's role in the conflict in syria over these past three years i.e. how much support has a british government various points along we've been given the so-called rebel groups and to which development has been supporting them in terms of the atrocities are being committed by these rebel groups to exculpate themselves of any criminal offense because you know that they've lost the war has been lost the conflict has been won by the sitting government and its allies you know they're thinking about how they're going. survive. it push conflict world and so th

government's decision to strip him of his citizenship because the move unfair and racist to care sharif describes himself as an aid worker but admits to previously engaging in armed combat in the country and to see a check in has the details the story of a british born syria based aid worker fighting for justice has been making headlines in the u.k. this week to kira sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean i came out here to help the innocent people there were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm an aid worker. the stories come to light following the lifting of the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k. government stripped him of his british citizenship back in twenty seventeen he was informed of the decision with this letter. it is assessed that you are a british pakistani jewel national whose travel to syria and is aligned to an al qaeda aligned group your return to the u.k. would present a

for nationals in sharif's appearances on prominent news networks as well as dispatches via his live updates from syria blog posts left his political preferences no secret the rebels why do they do it the problem is is that the broad of of of the syrian regime is a force women and children and civilians are facing the rest he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean k. i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm an aid worker the stories come to light following the lifting of the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k. government stripped him of his british citizenship back in twenty seventeen he was informed of the decision with this letter it is assessed that you are a british pakistani jewel national whose travel to syria and is aligned to an al qaeda aligned group your return to the u.k. would present a risk to the national security over the united kingdom sharif's lawyer has been seeking evidence from the home office to find out why exactly his client was dee

this week to care sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean k. i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm unable. the stories come to light following the lifting of the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k. government stripped him of his british citizenship back in twenty seventeen he was informed of the decision with this letter. it is assessed that you are a british pakistani jewel national whose travel to syria and is aligned to an al qaeda aligned group your return to the u.k. would present a risk to the national security over the united kingdom my decision has been taken in part reliance on information which in my opinion should not be made public in the interest of national security deemed a national security risk and twenty seventeen the man had been a media darling just a few years prior. she reads appearances on prominent news networks as

of racism after london stripped him of citizenship or alleged ties to the hardest to care sharif describes himself as an aid worker and eyes any wrongdoing but mr previously engaging in armed combat in syria and us to see a church that picks up the story. pickier sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in ablett she reads appearances on prominent news networks as well as dispatches via his live updates from syria blog posts left his political preferences no secret the rebels why did it do it the problem is is that the broad of of of the syrian regime is a force women and children and civilians are facing the rest he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean k. i came out here to help the innocent people there were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm an aid worker the stories come to light following the lifting of the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k. government stripped him of his british citizenship back in twenty seventeen he was infor

and supporters of former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif have been celebrating his temporary release from jail pakistan's supreme court granted sharif six weeks bail for medical treatment shareef is currently serving a seven year prison sentence for not disclosing assets abroad. you're watching d.w. news still to come delivering pizza in the desert we meet a young woman who's built a successful business serving up tasty food in refugee camps. now pakistan's supreme court is expected to decide today whether to uphold the acquittal of men accused of an infamous gang rape in the country the case has gripped pakistan for almost two decades and made headlines worldwide survivor who is appealing against the the acquittals comes from a rural area in pakistan's point job province she was gang raped in two thousand and two on orders of her village council they wanted to punish her for her younger brother's alleged relationship with a woman from a rival triad of fourteen men my fused and baldwin the only one is serving a prison sentence while the rest have been acquitted by now a prominent hum

is awful sharif we're noticing that in some regions jewish children are no longer going to public schools you know they're being pulled out because they can't have a normal school day they're being insulted and their physical safety can't always be guaranteed. back in the synagogue young ballerinas are practicing for a big performance. the synagogue offers jewish children an afterschool program which parents gladly make use of delphin tell you have is the mother of three sons she tells us one of them has moved to israel because he feels safer being jewish there delfin says she is shocked by the rhetoric she hears she thought it was a thing of the past. or not they should get is when we hear things like go back home jew it hurts us deeply. you feel threatened. in launch a mom says he will never conceal the fact that he's jewish despite the dangers loser make a fugitive i've never hidden the fact that i'm jewish and i won't do that now when i go to the synagogue for sure but i will my kippah and i will continue to do so much social will. but when it came to the question of whether he would

there's been a violent standoff in missouri sharif one of afghanistan's biggest cities between police and special forces. this goes back to a rivalry between president danny and the former governor of this province and then mohamed nor nor when he was in power appointed a provincial police chief danny on wednesday said that that is not doing a good enough job at securing the province and decided to dismiss him the former police chief said that agents was to know the had been put in. the eyes of a. few. more to go to jericho with mr speaker after the last few days of government chaos and some defeats all of us now have the opportunity and the responsibility to work together to find a solution to the crises facing this country where the government has so dramatically failed to do so. we have to go to where we began told me with members across the house divided consensus and a compromise that meets the needs of this country but the last two days of also put responsibility on the prime minister should just to publicly accept that broke her deal and no deal a simply no longer viable option

there's been a violent standoff in missouri sharif one of afghanistan's biggest cities between can lease and special forces. this goes back to a rivalry between president danny and the former governor of this province and then named mohammad nor know when he was in power appoint a provincial police chief danny on wednesday said that that man is not doing a good enough job at securing the province and decided to dismiss him the full of police chief said that his allegiance was to nor the had been put in that place and he refused to leave that lead gunny to seemed in special forces and at ten o'clock they surround the city and one pm day into the city along with approximately a dozen tanks and heavy gunfire was heard for about four hours as they made a push to try to get this old police chief out and put gunnies appointment in place just after five pm local time the new police chief held a press conference from within the office and said he had gained control over the police that. whatever happened between president gandhi and. we don't care about their problems now all shops are closed an

lee is awful sharif we're noticing that in some regions jewish children are no longer going to public schools they're being pulled out because they can't have a normal school day they're being insulted and their physical safety can't always be guaranteed system. back in the synagogue young ballerinas are practicing for a big performance the synagogue offers jewish children an afterschool program which parents gladly make use of deaf intel you have is the mother of three sons she tells us one of them has moved to israel because he feels safer being jewish there delfin says she's shocked by the rhetoric she hears she thought it was a thing of the past. or not or this when we hear things like go back home to you it hurts us deeply. you feel threatened to. fall down. to lunch alone is determined to stay in his homeland france despite the worsening situation experts say that anti-semitism is no longer soley coming from right wing groups but also from radical islam but it rarely has anything to do with religion and jews often meet hostility because they're seen as being part of an elite. he

sharif is ruling council has voted to introduce two major changes in world football president gianni infantino announced that the club world cup will be expanded to twenty four teams and take place and twenty twenty one european clubs are against the move and say they will not compete in the tournament also great to work with qatar to expand the next world cup to forty eight teams if at least one of the country can hold extra games infantile notes that a final decision on that would be made in june we came to the conclusion that yes it is feasible to move the world cup in twenty twenty two from thirty two to forty if it's feasible provided of course so the conditions are met so if it is feasible if it is possible great if it is not feasible it is not possible great but i think . as fifo we have the duty to look into the. now we bring you the story of the man who was almost swallowed by a whale what you're seeing in this picture is a diver by the name of ryan nash caught in the jaws of a pride's whale this happened along the southern coast of south africa while he was filming sharks f

there's been a violent standoff in missouri sharif one of afghanistan's biggest cities between can lease and special forces. this goes back to a rivalry between president danny and the former governor of this province and then named mohammad nor know when he was in power appoint a provincial police chief gani on wednesday said that that man is not doing a good enough job at securing the province and decided to dismiss him the full of police chief say that his allegiance was to nor the had been put in that place and he refused to leave that gun into seemed in special forces and at ten o'clock they surround the city and one pm day into the city along with approximately a dozen tanks and heavy gunfire was heard for about four hours as they made a push to try to get this old police chief out and put gunnies appointment in place just after five pm local time the new police chief held a press conference from within the office and said he had gained control over the police and that. whatever happened between president gandhi and. we don't care about their problems now all shops are closed and w

it's awful sharif we're noticing that in some regions jewish children are no longer going to public schools they're being pulled out because they can't have a normal school day they're being insulted and their physical safety can't always be guaranteed. back in the synagogue young ballerinas are practicing for a big performance in the synagogue offers jewish children an afterschool program which parents gladly make use of deaf intel have is the mother of three sons she tells us one of them has moved to israel because he feels safer being jewish there delfin says she's shocked by the rhetoric she hears she thought it was a thing of the past. god or not or this when we hear things like go back home it hurts us deeply. you feel threatened to list them have all gone. to lunch alarm is determined to stay in his homeland france despite the worsening situation experts say that anti semitism is no longer so many coming from right wing groups but also from radical islam but it rarely has anything to do with religion jews often meet hostility because they're seen as being part of an elite. todd reaso

secretive back channel when moodie was proposed to have this back channel by former prime minister nawaz sharif he refused and i think you know at a time like this when tensions are so high something like a back channel is very much needed. prem we've seen commentators and analysts saying that the problem with modi is that he has always been describing this as an issue coming from pakistan when he forgets the fact that this has become more of a homegrown problem where the indian government and the big party in particular have been ignoring the discontent which has been simmering for quite some time in the cuss me a region. i think you are basically right on this and i would put it only slightly differently this is not merely a discontent that has been simmering discontent had pretty nearly vanished when the when the did the road between she no good and. and with off about was opened i was there was present i saw it i would say that the line of control it had value after that the amount of the number of militants coming across the border dropped sharply we went ahead and we had the the framework

protests the anti-government rallies were once more marred by violence with fires being said look sharif shall plute it clashes with police the french government has admitted it feel to sufficiently contain the on the rest. analysis of events shows that the measures taken proved to be insufficient in containing the violence and preventing the actions of the rioters last saturday paris indeed so an unprecedented sharp increase in violence this iconic plays sadly new to some so you say it was practically a left in a pile of glass and flames and now this is streets it resembles a battlefield right after the protests and now this completely burned down kiosk is a reminder of what happened here so recently and now police say thousand of protesters gathered here and took two hundred sixty most had been identified over two hundred and forty people have been arrested and overall over eighty shops including some luxury as boutiques were vandalized. was. praised president who was forced to court chart a his ski trip and he has said that what happened here no longer a demonstration it has become a

the golan heights which it captured from syria more than fifty years ago it's estimated twenty mile sharifone of islam's holiest sites might pompei a state department signaling what was to come by referring to israeli control of the golan heights rather than israeli occupation and more than half a century of u.s. policy reversed by one presidential tweet after fifty two years it is time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights says president trump which is of critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel and regional stability replete grateful for duty. unbelievable and unmatchable support for our security and our right to defend ourselves we will double our efforts to make sure that we protect all that this important over this important is raul what is important to america and indeed all that is important to the world some though see this as a dangerous u.s. move in a deeply sensitive region those from a former state department spokesman for probably who concludes he's not advancing the peace process he's killing it president

the al sharif family says it received the equivalent of three hundred fifty euros. i don't know what the money is for maybe it's a gesture of solidarity from the palestinian people or compensation for the loss of assad who are without even but the money can't rectify such a loss of. what is a home with god nothing can replace him or compensate for losing him. so often those stories aren't even reported on or they are you know the smallest reference in the media the most marginal reference and quickly for the headlines so because this was filmed because all of a sudden there's a whistleblower who is putting it out there in the world. the government needed to respond to the army needed to respond to it and they had no choice essentially but to put him through the legal process. so like. today the military prosecution provides they need dyke went to the military court. we sing that we will be able to release the soldier from his open detention because not only that he didn't do anything wrong. or criminal offense but he acted as we expect from a combat soldier to act w

the al sharif family says it received the equivalent of three hundred fifty euros. i don't know what the money is for maybe it's a gesture of solidarity from the palestinian people or compensation for the loss of assad as you are with. but the money can't rectify such a loss with all of them. but it's a home with god nothing can replace him or compensate for losing him over the infighting. so often those stories aren't even reported on or the you know the smallest reference in the media the most marginal reference and basically for the headlines so because this was films because all of a sudden there's a whistleblower who's putting it out there in the world. the government needed to respond to the army needed to respond to it and they had no choice essentially but to put him through the legal process. so. today the military prosecution provides thing like meant to the military court. we sing that we will be able to release the soldier from his open detention because not only that he didn't do anything wrong. or criminal offense but he acted as we expect from a comba