there is much more about the plight of the yazidi people on our website.wed its demand to know whether the government offered a special deal to surrey county council to help fund its social care services. the council had been considering holding a local referendum on raising the council tax. but in a secret recording, obtained by the bbc, the conservative leader of the authority, david hodge, is heard telling colleagues that he'd secured a "gentleman's agreement" with ministers. there may come a time, if what i call a gentleman's agreement, as the conservative party often does, are not honoured, we will have to revisit this in nine months or a year's time. if we do, let me assure you, you will have to drag me, kicking and screaming, not to go for referendum next year. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. potentially, how tricky is this for the government, vicki? in recent weeksjeremy the government, vicki? in recent weeks jeremy corbyn the government, vicki? in recent weeksjeremy corbyn laid into theresa may in all of this say

some yazidis have managed to escape and seek sanctuary in germany.s a place of exile, 80 yazidi women and children now live here. they were violently persecuted by so—called islamic state and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp, aged just 1a and 16. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons. we learnt how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercises, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. translation: to learn how to fire a gun on human beings they took us to big graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors, spies of the regime or those who took drugs. they said we have to fire on the bodies to get used to it. after a year, a smuggler helped them escape the camp. translation: by god i knew it was dangerous, but there was nothing left to be afraid of. we had seen death with our own eyes. we saw how they killed. when you lose everything, you have nothing left. we had nothing to lose. more than 1000

some yazidis have managed to escape and seek sanctuary in germany.in a forest in the south west of the country. a secret location in south—west germany. 80 yazidi women and children now live in this safe house after being violently persecuted by so—called islamic state and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp, aged just 1a and 16. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons. we learned how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercises, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. translation: to learn how to fire a gun on human beings, they took us to big graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors, spies of the regime, or those who took drugs. they said we have to fire on the bodies to get used to it. their books were just like magic. they quickly changed your mind and made you into one of them. i bet, notjust me, even a man's mind would have changed. after a year, a smuggler helped them escape the camp.

it's a place of exile. 80 yazidi women and children now live here.ic state, and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp, aged just 1a and 16. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons. we learnt how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercises, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. translation: to learn how to fire a gun on human beings, they took us to big graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors, spies of the regime, or those who took drugs. they said we had to fire on the bodies, to get used to it. translation: if we didn't do what we were told, or broke the rules, they would beat us with a stick. everything had to be like they wanted. i had to pretend to be a muslim to survive. translation: their books were just like magic. they quickly changed your mind, and made you into one of them. i bet, notjust me, even a man's mind would have changed. after a year, a smuggler helped them escape the cam

they are the yazidis.e ethnic kurds, and according to the united nations, are the victims of a genocidal campaign. some yazidis have managed to escape to sanctaury in germany, where the bbc‘s naomi grimley has met them. a secret location in south—west germany. it is a place of exile. 80 yazidi women and children now live here. they were violently persecuted by so—called islamic state, and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp, aged just 14 and i6. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons. we learnt how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercises, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. translation: to learn how to fire a gun on human beings, they took us to big graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors, spies of the regime, or those who took drugs. they said we had to fire on the bodies, to get used to it. translation: if we didn't do what we were tol

it is a place of exile. 80 yazidi women and children now live here.ed by so—called islamic state and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp aged just 14 and i6. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons, we learned how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercise, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. to learn how the fire a gun on human beings they took us to graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors or those who took drug, they said we had to fire on them to get used to it. if we didn't do what we were told or broke the rules they would beat us with a stick. everything had to be like they wanted. i had to pretend to be a muslim to survive. their books were like magic, they change your mind and made you into one of them. i bet notjust me, even a man's mind would have changed. after a year, a smuggler helped them escape the camp. it was dangerous. but there was nothing left to be afraid of. we had

amal clooney who is married to george clooney tommy why she's going to represent the yazidis why their was one of a number of viewers watching that who had this sort of reaction. is it really necessary to mention the fact that amal clooney is married to george clooney? she's an intelligent woman who is doing the job that she does because of her intelligence, together with the knowledge and experience. and because she is married to a fulham star. put it out bbc, you can do better than that. finally, back to the budget and to numbers — specifically, the amount of extra funding for social care announced by the chancellor, philip hammond. you will spend 2 billion on social ca re you will spend 2 billion on social care in england. a billion available in the next year. there is a longer—term review off to pay to look after the elderly. with that plea, we leave you this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 0370 010 6676 or e—mail newswatch@bbc. co. uk. you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc, and do have

than 13,000 syrian refugees in this country, 150 of thome -- less than 150 of them are christian, yazidis. so i wonder now that secretary tillerson has had time to settle in. as you review the refugee

sunni, shia, yazidis, and others, all the other governates, fought with us under the iraqi forces under the umbrella of the iraqi forces to decimate daesh. also, we had the law on the pmf based on how it was adopted by the parliament. the pmf, accordingly, is under the general command of the armed forces. that is the prime minister. the pmf is within the system of the iraqi government, is under the iraqi discipline and we can not consider it as a security apparatus, cannot only be involved in security because we have the elections coming up. it must not -- it also other political groups who hold up weapons must not also enter into the elections. we must separate the weapon from the political effort and the political track and no weapon must be outside the scope of the government. the constitution of the iraq state is very good on that. no weapon that is outside the umbrella of the government. and those are doing so against -- only consider them outlawed and fight them according accordingly so the pmf will bring the fighters who sacrificed themselves and fought bravely under the umbrella

tomorrow, the lawyer acting on behalf of the yazidis will address the un in new york.of viewers who had this sort of reaction. is it really necessary to mention the fact that amal clooney is married to george clooney every time she is featured in a news item? mrs clooney is an intelligent woman who is doing the job that she does because it's that intelligence, together with her knowledge and experience, and not because she's married to a film star. cut it out, bbc. you can do better. finally, back to the budget, and the numbers, specifically the amount of extra funding for social care announced by the chancellor, philip hammond. he'll spend £2 billion of taxpayers' money on social care in england. £1 billion available in the next 12 months. and there is a longer term review of how to pay to look after the elderly. jonathan ruddle described himself as frustrated by the coverage, writing: with that plea, we leave you this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme: that is all from us. we'll be back to hear yo

we meet some of the young yazidi people who escaped from the islamic state group to find refuge in germany

the husband of hollywood film star george clooney, told the way she has decided to represent the yazidisivian davies was one of a number of viewers who have this sort of reaction. is it really necessary to mention the fact that amal clooney is married to george clooney every time she is featured in a news item? mrs clooney is an intelligent woman who is doing thejob mrs clooney is an intelligent woman who is doing the job that she does beakers it who is doing the job that she does bea kers it is who is doing the job that she does beakers it is that intelligence, together with her knowledge and experience, and not because she is married to a film star. cut it out, bbc. you can do better. finally, back to the budget, and the numbers, specifically the amount of extra funding for social care announced either chancellor, philip hammond. —— announced via the £2 billion of taxpayer money on social care in england, £1 billion available in the next 12 months. and there is a longer term review of how to pay to look after the elderly. jonathan ruddle described himself as frustrated by the coverage,

reporter: more than 1000 yazidis have been given refuge by the german state.ere, they can get counseling to help overcome their trauma. should they wish to stay, they are given the chance to start a . but at replaces home, least it is far from the religious zealots trying to wipe them out. aura: rush hour, it is often way of life for those who live near city centers. los angeles is in a class of its own, probably the worst traffic in the world during peak hours. there's big spending to improve public transport and reduce pollution. it is part of the continuing series on efforts to clean the air. james: the city of angels is the deviled by traffic. commuters spend 100 hours going nowhere in rush hour. >> as bad as this looks, it will get worse. a $10 it costs fell annually. technology is fighting back. >> the red signifies -- james: this company uses live data from 300 million cars around the world to point drivers in the right direction. the information it gathers in this control room is used to shape policy. >> instead of building a new highway, maybe it is t

later ms clooney and yazidi genocide survivor nadia murad explained why she'd called on the un to actt able to do it themselves on the ground, you know? there are a grand total of 32 forensic pathologists in iraq to try and deal with all of these crimes that have been committed. we know that they are not able to conduct investigations and prosecutions themselves because there have not been any prosecutions of isis members for crimes of sexual violence, for crimes committed against the yazidis, international crimes including genocide. so there is no reason for them not to act. they have themselves asked for un assistance and, even today, you heard the iraqi ambassador ask for un assistance with the investigation, so we have to translate these public statements into an actual deed that will make this happen on the ground, and that's why i made a clear call at the end directly to the prime minister of iraq to say "send a letter to the un security council requesting this investigation and it will happen." it's not too much to ask, it's really not that difficult, it's in the interest not o

we meet some of the young yazidis who escaped from the extremist group, the so—called islamic state,

saved from slavery, and worse, we meet some of the young yazidi people who escaped from the islamic statee first—known attack of its kind in europe, poachers kill a rhino for its horn at a safari park near paris.

saved from slavery, and worse, we meet some of the young yazidis who escaped from the extremist groupn attack of its kind in europe, poachers kill a rhino for its horn at a safari park near paris.

we meet some of the young yazidis who escaped from the hands of the islamic state group, to find refugee to march against their country's anti—abortion laws, some of the strictest in the world. i'm sally bundock. in business: feast orfamine? it's budget day in the uk with the chancellor poised

found the arab fighting side by side with the kurd and the christian with the muslim and with the yazidi and the turks. all of them believe steadfastly in the unity of iraq and the common determination and destiny for all against an enemy that wanted to break us apart and kill the minorities among us and to exclude a large part of the iraqi society and communities and drive them out of their cities. our common and one-front response is an indicator of the failure of the efforts of daesh. we are now undertaking all of the efforts to make sure they returned to their cities and the villages and we are trying to stabilize the liberated areas and stabilize many of the villages. over 70% of the residents of fallujah and the city of fallujah and ramadi and more than 90% of the city of tikrit have returned to their homes thanks to the efforts of stabilization and the return of all the necessary and essential services. ladies and gentlemen, you know the impact of the economic situation and the drop down of oil prices while we also fight this very ferocious fight that cost us very much, as well, d

i think if there are more people who now understand what's happening about the yazidis and isis, then case the extra publicity that it may get. but, you know, if you don't have a good case, and you don't have a good message, shining a light on it won't get you very far. this is outside source. wikileaks has published thousands of documents which it says contained doe tails of —— details of hacking methods used by the cia. i should say there's been no confirmation of those claims by wikileaks. it's yet to be confirmed by the cia or any media outlets. the fallout between north korea and malaysia over the murder of kimjock nap has —— na ——jong nam has intensified. the malaysian prime minister has responded saying, this is an abhorrent act holding our citizens hostage. it's in total disregard of all international law. he enforced the exact same order on north koreans in malaysia. it's estimated there are 11 malaysians in north korea. and up to a thousand north korea. and up to a thousand north koreans in malaysia. i've been speaking to michael bristow to get his analysis on whether this i

amal clooney tells the bbc about taking her legal battle on behalf of the persecuted yazidi people to rhino for its horn

it wasn't in the first place, but even christians and yazidis who were under genocide in a lot of thesees by isis were not given an exception to come here as refugees. they changed it, they did what the court said they should do, and here we have liberals fighting this. i take severe issue with this context of putting this as banned from majority-muslim countries. no, we're banning people from failed states. we're banning people from governments that don't exist. we're banning people from systems that don't have any kind of vetting or paperwork or process at all. and so for this judge to extend this continually is a problem, and this idea that we're just going to allow people from countries that have no systems at all into our country is absurd considering we've seen the consequences of that in europe. dagen: i just want to point out, though, the fact that this judge goes back to things that president trump says on the campaign trail -- >> yeah. dagen: that is judicial overreach, to say the least. he ought to -- i said he ought to doff the robe and show us the "i'm with her" k -- t-shir

. >> reporter: she is yazidi, a religious minority from n iraq.000 yazidis in two years. >> they want legal judgments to be published to their genocide cannot later be denied. >> reporter: last year, in her first network interview, clooney spoke to nbc's sin in a cynthia and says she understands the risk of her cases. >> this is something i dis 'cause with my husband before i take on a case like this. we are aware of the risks. >> he bletszs this? >> he met nadia. and he was moved for the same reasons. this is my work. i've spent my career working on international justice. and this is a clear case of genocide and genocide that's gone completely unaddressed. >> reporter: but amal clooney is dedicating her life's work to change that. >> if we do not change course, history will judge us. and there will be no excuse for our failure to act. >> reporter: clearly, she is but she is making some adjustments. in an interview with a french magazine, george clooney indicated she won't be traveling to iraq or areas where she's, in his words, not welcome. but s

. >> reporter: she is yazidi, a religious minority from northern iraq targeted by isis. the u.n. more than 5,000 yazidis in the past two years. >> they want their chance to face their abusers in court. they want legal judgments to be published, so that their genocide cannot later be denied. >> reporter: last year, in her first network interview, clooney spoke exclusively to nbc's cynthia mcfadden and says she understands the risk of her cases. >> this is something i discuss with my husband before i take on something like this. we are aware of some of the risks involved, of course. >> so, he blesses this? >> he met nadia, too, and i think he was moved for the same reasons and he understood. i mean, this is my work. you know, i've spent my career working on international justice. and this is a clear case of genocide and genocide that's gone completely unaddressed. >> reporter: but amal clooney is dedicating her life's work to change that. >> if we do not change course, history will judge us. and there will be no excuse for our failure to act. >> reporter: clearly, she is working th

than 13,000 syrian refugees in this country, 150 of thome -- less than 150 of them are christian, yazidis. so i wonder now that secretary tillerson has had time to settle in. as you review the refugee program, immigration policy, is this something that's being discussed? is this a priority to give some groups relief? >> well, i think that you know when we talked the first time about the executive order, it was something we acknowledged. there is definitely an area where in the executive order we just passed, one of the areas we talked about was -- i have to go back and look at the exact phraseology but we recognized certain groups, and they can be religious in nature, are being persecuted. i think that's going to be a factor. how we look at that program. that's something the president, as you mentioned, he's talked about in the past. it's something secretary tillerson has acknowledged. that's not just refugees coming into this country but one of the reasons we need safe havens in syria is to make sure that groups and individuals, whether they be part of a group or religion who are persecu