mostjoin regiments from the kurdish ypg army. 0ne young man, ryan lock, was praised this week as a herowho heard details of his death. he shot himself to avoid capture after being injured in a gunfight last december — the third briton to die fighting isis. others who have fought have been arrested on their return to britain. i'm joined now by vasilika scurfield, the mother of eric scurfield, who was killed in 2015 as he fought with the ypg. i am so sorry for your loss. why did eric, or costa, as the family knew him, why was he so keen to get involved in a war that in many ways have nothing to do with him? he felt that since most of the people fighting in syria for isis, many of them were british soldiers or most were from other countries, he felt that it was his duty to redress that balance. and he felt that isis was a threat that if not stopped, would spread. what if isis had not been stopped by the kurds? they might have gone on tojordan, the greek islands, albania. they were unstoppable at the time and he felt he had to step up. and i think he was doing his national service in the gr

but because of long hostilities with the kurdish, the ypg and anyone associated with it is seen ypg andw it is defined in turkish law is broader than in europe. and they are more afraid of the propaganda aspect of a british national fighting with the kurdish army against islamic state rather than that person being a threat to public security in turkey. the british foreign office says it is aware of a british national in detention in turkey and said that has requested british officials to be given consular access. but in reality the bbc understands it can ta ke reality the bbc understands it can take several weeks before turkish authorities and now —— allow british officials to have contact with someone accused officials to have contact with someone accused of offence. president trump has cast fresh doubt on his willingness to impose fresh sanctions on russia — only minutes after signing the measures into law. he said the law was "significantly flawed" and unconstitutional because it limited his powers to lift the sanctions. they were originally imposed in retaliation for russia‘s action

and spent time with the kurdish rebels the ypg, who are fighting against so—called islamic state.ys trying to help other people. he is not a terrorist. that is the most ridiculous thing heard in my life. because of long—standing hostilities with the kurds, the ypg and anyone associated with it, is viewed by turkish authorities as a terror threat. the concept of terrorism and how it is defined in turkish law is a bit broader than how it is described in european law. they are afraid more of the propaganda aspect of the british nationalfighting with the kurds against isis, rather than that person being a real threat to public security in turkey. the british foreign office says it is aware of a british national in detention in turkey and says it has requested for british officials to be given consular access. but in reality, the bbc understands it can take several weeks before the turkish authorities and now british officials to have contact with someone who is accused of terror offence. the number of deaths due to drugs in england and wales last year, reached their highest level on r

judge crushed his american league leading 37th home run of the season giving the ypgs the lead againstlatter in the ninth he struck out for the 33rd game in a row. the dubious record for the most consecutive with a strikeout by a nonpitcher. just means he's swinging for the fences and he's obviously doing it. >> you can't win the lotto if you don't buy a ticket is what my coach used to say. >>> enough with baseball and my coach. let's get highlights from espn. >>> good morning. >> america. >> she's nicole. i'm neil. how is my hair? >> stellar. it's all real too, i hear. >> yeah. >> east coast bias so i get to go first. red sox looking to sweep the cardinals. trailing 4-3 runners on first and second. two outs. mookie betts, off the monster and bogart will score. jackie bradley coming around from first, always fast, gets around the tag at home. molina, yadier molina can't get him. ball isn't in his glove so wouldn't have counted anyway. red sox walk it off, 5-4. sweep complete. you can go. >> no photographers were injured in the making of these highlights. you had a walkoff. the dodgers

working together to fight islamic state but there is one issue they do not agree on, the us arms, kurdish ypgturkey considers them to be a terrorist group but at the moment they are having to agree to disagree. as i have been discussing many times, it is losing territory in iraq and in syria. the most high profile example is mosul. i have a report from lyse doucet. she is with syrian government troops. this is the man leading the syrian army against islamic state in eastern syria. the general wants to take us to the front line to see their latest successes. vowing with a soldier's swagger to take back all of syria. tens of thousands of men under his command. translation: i am hell-bent on victory, we're not scared of death. i am the commander on the ground and i have been wounded three times. this is my arm, look at it. every inch the ruthless commander. charismatic, controversial. he is on the eu sanctions list, accused of suppressing peaceful protest in 2011. the general laughs this off, insisting he is fighting terrorism. this is now the army's forward firing position. days ago, this area