syria and iraq, but still, accounts emerge of atrocities carried out by them. the minority yazidi community has been amongst one of the most persecuted groups of people, living mostly in northern iraq. they have been killed, forced to convert to islam, and the women and girls have been held in sexual slavery. my guest is psychologist jan kizilhan, a yazidi kurd living in germany. he's helped bring 1,000 yazidi females from camps in iraq to germany to start a new life. ul... l!l.l.l ll. l!l.l'l!l. l...l. ll:l.. 5l} — — stay and who should go? jan kizilhan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. what is your main goal, purpose, in rescuing these women and children, bringing them from iraq to germany? they are under pressure, psychological pressure. they have post—traumatic stress disorder because they were for moments in the hands of is, tortured, violated, exploited and a lot of things. our main goal is to bring exploited women and girls for medical treatment and psychological treatment to germany. you live in stuttgart, the capital of the state of baden—wurttemberg, and the state

>> narrator: tonight on frontlintwo special reports from inside iraq's besieged city of mosul. first... >> this is the other entrance of the building. >> narrator: guardian reporter ghaith abdul-ahad shows us the human toll of war with isis. >> no one knows how many civilians have been killed in this battle of mosul. not even the government know. >> narrator: and later, how iraq's specialal operations fors are hunting isis. (automatic gunfire) (woman screaming) >> narrator: and protecting those civilians trapped by the fighting. (weeping softly) (gunfire) >> narrator: tonight, on this special edition of frontline: two stories about survival, determination, and the battle for iraq. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation

the role of translators in iraq and afghanistan. this is about an hour and a half. >> welcome, everyone. i am told this is the largest turnout we have had for a gathering in our new building since we moved in here. that is lovely. we have to thank who thought up that executive order, so we are grateful for that. [laughter] >> but believe it or not, this is not a spur of the moment in planning. we have actually been talking about doing this event -- in two weeks, it will be the one year anniversary, actually. general petraeus is a very busy man and not easy to get him on our schedule and we managed to do it. our timing could not have been better. and we thank you for taking the time to be with us. of course, when i say the timing couldn't be better, the goal is not to critique the executive order, but i think it makes it -- the discussion today important in two ways. our main topic is about the fate of the interpreters left behind in afghan and iraq. and the special immigrant visa program that was supposed to take care of them. the program has been broken for six years now. six

interpreters left behind in afghan and iraq. and the special immigrant visa program that was supposed to take care of them. the program has been broken for six years now. six years ago, an afghan translator who supported u.s. forces for many years, applied for one of those visas and waited four years. but sadly he is waiting no , longer because in 2015, the taliban kidnapped him, tortured him and shot him in the head so people would know what happens to people who work for the americans. that shouldn't be allowed to happen. it should be allowed to continue. hopefully, the current environment gives us an opportunity to revisit the problems that are causing obstacles and that program -- in that program. during our recent presidential campaign, candidate donald trump was asked about his view of prospective immigrants who wanted to serve in the u.s. armed forces. his reply was this. "i think when you serve in the armed forces, that is a very special situation." he's right about that. the people we are talking about today are veterans in every sense of the word, except the legal sense. the

particularly in the last month from interpreters back in iraq or afghanistan that you dealt with about the anxieties they are feeling? guest: you hear about it -- general betray us: you hear about it. it comes and goes depending on the situation in a country, in an area. obviously we heard a great deal out of mosul tragically when swept in and tate posed this very barbaric extremist form of government and interpretation of islam. certainly i've heard, again, from afghanistan as the security situation has eroded. and so yes, you do hear that. there are other groups also beyond no one left behind. there are a number of very, very wonderful folks who are trying to look after those who we know from when we were there. and it does bubble up and bubble up. and obviously the events of the last week, needless to say, have put this into higher relief than ever before. paul: what do you think is the implicit or explicit promise to these people when they came to work with us? general petraeus: i don't know if people sat down at the beginnings of this and said if you share risk and get hit by i.e.d.'s

from unesco, bert walker and the ambassador of iraq. please join me and recognize the ambassadors. [applause] >> we would like to extend our gratitude to the individuals who have worked to make this event possible. among them, jared, for his work to get vian here, and we are so glad that you are here. [applause] former recipient of the lantos prize rejoined just today, taking. [applause] >> kate came from the lantos foundation advisory board, and john as well. thank you all. [applause] >> vian, we are here because of you but we also hear because in your story we recognize our own. we see the story of my grandmother who had to swim a river on christmas day 73 years ago in the hopes that those on the other side who were not of her faith and not of her heritage would welcome her and give her another chance of life. i see the story of my wife's family that came to this country to flee religious persecution many generations ago. and we know that anytime your story could become our own. so we are here today because of you, we are also here today because we share in a common struggle, an

, we have has blocked -- we have hezbollah. we have the who do militias in yemen, shia militias in iraq, etc., etc. and, of course, all of this is under the umbrella of the biggest and most powerful and brutal and sophisticated terror organization in the world , the iranian revolutionary guard and their control of the terrorist number one in the world. but regardless of israel, if i tried to understand what we have since the signing of the nuclear deal between p5 plus one , it is a first of all competition organized in tehran denial cartoonst with a first prize of $50,000. there are hebrew inscriptions that say israel must be wiped out. we saw a state department report last august on global terrorism iran clearly stated that is the top state sponsor of terror in the world. just a few days ago, we saw a wild mob in downtown tehran, shouting death to america and death to israel. iran is developing ballistic missiles contrary to un security 2231 and hasution strong cooperation with north korea. iran persecute us ethnic and andgious minorities journalists and activists and civil society fig

should the united states, britain and others give, and to whom? in iraq, the iraqi army has been retrained and seems to have a new spirit. it's also important to remember that when mosul fell to isis, it was because army generals were given the order to withdraw. there is a myth now that the army was in disarray, they've retrained, and two and a half years later, they've come back. yes, there has been training and effort but at the heart of it is the political decision. the political decision to leave mosul to isis broke something significant in iraq. the losses and huge humanitarian suffering. the mosaic in terms of different ethnicities and religions who live together well, at the moment that will need to be reconstructed. the iraqi army going back is our hope and an opportunity to try to rebuild that and having belief in the iraqi state. having said that, on their heels are some of the mobilisation units which are the volunteer forces that were put together to fight isis who are sectarian in large part, but not all of them. how iraq will figure out dealing with all of these gr

cultivated with yazidis and others in iraq and communities here contributed significantly to those very early efforts to get aid to the people and to halt the brutal massacre. my friends, it is hard to fully convey just how influential, indeed pivotal, vian dakhil, to rouse a different world to act. truly your words that day were incontravertable evidence that one voice can make a difference. i, as so many others here, will long remember the impact that you had at that crucial moment when you spoke out on that faithful day, vian, you were not only defending your brothers and sisters and pleading their cause to a heedless world, with you are imploring some of the rights that we as americans cherished and defended. the right of freedom of religion, conscious and belief, rights of minority to enjoy full and equal rights as citizens. when we speak of freedom of religion we are speaking of all of us to live our lives according to the dictates of our kun traits, to be free to live with integrity and conviction whether we are muslim, crist nan, yazidi, muslim, jew, free-thinker, we must protec

. i think the decent thing now would be for him to apologise, properly. iraq war veterans say it was demoralising to be accused of torture and murder. it's certainly been very difficult. it's been a lot of stress on my family, and i've had to go through a number of investigations, tribunals, cross—examinations, which of course are all very stressful events. we'll be asking where this leaves other investigations into claims of abuse in iraq. also tonight: the brexit effect that's yet to happen — shoppers drive the economy on as the bank of england upgrades its economic forecast again. meanwhile, the government publishes its plan for brexit. new rules on immigration are a key measure. the former head of a christian holiday camp is accused of abusing boys. the church admits it failed terribly. light at the end of the tunnel — a deal with drivers in the southern rail dispute, but one union is still holding out. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: after 21 years, frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. he won three premier league titles and four fa cups with ch

credit stand, i ambassadors from unesco, and the ambassador of iraq. please join me in recognizing them. [applause] tomicah: we would like to extend our gratitude to the many individuals who have worked to make this event possible, including jared gensler. we are so glad that you are here. [applause] recipienthe former of the prize, joining us today. [applause] king from the lantos foundation advisory board. thank you. [applause] here because of you, but we are also here because in your story we recognize our own. we see the story of my grandmother who had this when a river on christmas day 73 years ago in the hopes that those on the other side, not of her faith or her heritage, would welcome her and give her a chance at life. i see the story of my wife's family who came to this country to flee religious persecution. and we know that at any time your story could become our own, so we are here because of you bid -- but we are also here because we share in a common struggle, a struggle we must continue together. the principles that unite us are not unique to democrats or republicans, not

is a veteran of iraq and afghanistan, with years of battlefield experience. he is deeply familiar with the politics of serving at the highest levels of the military. >> mr. president, thank you very much. i would just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful to you for that opportunity. i look forward to joining the national security team and doing everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. thank you very much, sir. >> reporter: but now, he wades into white house politics and a national security council in turmoil, since the firing of michael flynn for not telling vice president mike pence the truth about his contacts with russia. mcmaster is known to be very plain-spoken. people who know him say don't expect him to change. >> if general mcmaster not only understands his role but accepts his role as the lead to the national security council staff, and he also serves as the lead policy maker in essence for the white house and the administration, then he will have a chance to succeed. >> reporter: s

from iraq, we did a bachelor at bridge water. and chris welsh is the author of courage. michael and chris, thank you so much. >> we are rolling? everybody can hear me okay? no. >> we can't hear you. >> you are breaking up. >> should i move the mic? maybe i am just talking quitely. now can you hear me? michael will do the one-two. good evening, thank you, portage square books. it is an honor to be here to help michael launch this fantastic war memoir; "civilianized." i will say a few words to introduce him and the book, ask him a few questions and we will open it up for your own questions. looking at the book, i was reminded of the image that was going around the internet about 6-8 years ago of a snapshot of a whiteboard in some military base in, i think it was afghanistan that said america is not at war. the marine corp is at war. america is at the mall. the wasn't just the marines who were at war. the army was too and with the army was michael anthony who was fresh out of bridge water high and joined at the age of 20, went to iraq, and helped build and then man combat support hospi

people. in iraq, troops are pushing into western mosul in their offensive to drive out so—called islamic state from the country's second city. the militants are surrounded, along with an estimated three—quarters—of—a—million civilians. around a dozen people have been critically injured after a car ploughed into a crowd watching a mardi gras parade in new orleans. a police spokeswoman said that the number injured could rise as their investigation continues. the driver of the vehicle has been arrested. new orleans police chief says terrorism was not suspected. now it's dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. the state we're in — is there a vacuum at the heart of british politics? how far does the future of the european union rest on the next president of france? and,the fight against the group calling itself islamic state. who will be doing the fighting? my guests today are agnes poirier, who is uk editor of france's marianne, stryker mcguire of bloomberg markets, mina al oraibi, the arab affairs commentator, and ned temko, who is an author and journalist.

almost croaked because of her vote for iraq and that she does have a war hawk history and with clinton, she pushed for the intervention in libya as well as arming unknown rebels in syria. there were things -- i wouldn't vote for him in a million years and i did not, of i was attracted to some of the things he said. he said "we will not impose u.s. values on other nations." i am attracted to what he said about "we are not innocent." even though chuck todd try to compare -- i understand that we don't kill journalists, our leaders don't kill journalists, however when we have done in iraq and syria and libya have left a lot of destruction in their wake. and these media outlets don't cover what the conditions are now in those countries. think aboutou trump? do you think he will stand by that and that we will not impose our allegedly moral values -- look, how many people are dead in iraq and in syria. so the you think trump will stand by what he says? >> well, so far, he seems to have reinforced what he said on the campaign trail. that has positive and potentially negative implications. i ce

in iraq trying to clarify president trump's past remarks about taking the country's oil. mattis is also working on a plan to step up the fight against isis, which the president has requested by the end of the month. and as we await a new executive order on travel from the president, cnn has obtained draft memos from the department of homeland security outlines some aggressive new guidelines for carrying out the president's immigration policies. they would tighten current immigration laws pertaining to asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors and people awaiting immigration proceedings. we are covering all of that and much more this hour. congressman ruben giago, and our correspondents and expert analysts are standing by. let's begin with the breaking news. the new national security advisor. general mcmaster replaces the fired general michael flynn. >> that is right, and there were plenty of concerns about michael flynn at the get-go, but mcmaster seems a rosier reception. republicans on the hill have come out with statements on the hill or twitter praising this pick. just before leavin

immigration order is affecting relationships with iraq. >> translator: the executive order will only worsen relations. >> america is trying to use iraq. the country isn't really our true partner. >> reporter: the order is also affecting people who have long been enamored with the united states. this 51-year-old worked for a u.s. related organization. he had plans to resettle his family in the u.s. have been shattered. last week he and his family got on plane heading for their new home but after trump's executive order, they only got as far as their stop over in egypt. they were told there that the u.s. was denying their entry. now, the family is back in iraq staying at a relative's house. he quit his job and sold his house and furniture thinking they would leave so their future remains in limbo. his family was traveling on an immigration visa which was issued by the u.s. embassy after two years of interviewing and vetting. they wanted to emigrate as they feared the control of the islamic state group. he always thought of america as a country of freedom, but now he is deeply disappoin

, the president of afghanistan, the president of iraq. and clearly this has been kind of a body blow to our cooperation. they're still working with us. but it just got a lot more difficult. and you can imagine, if we're trying to recruit sources, trying to gather intelligence, and people that we're working with or hope to work with, their last, you know, chance if they are discovered is the hope that they can emigrate, that they can find protection in the united states. if we can't offer that anymore, or more broadly, people don't want to work with us because they think our country is hostile to islam or more hostile to people from their country, it makes it that much more difficult. >> the white house says this isn't a muslim ban, obviously you and others have a different take on that. you were in iraq three weeks ago, and you said, on the ground in iraq what you see is that the united states is competing for influence in iraq with iran. adam kinslinger made this comment just yesterday with wolf blitzer. >> i actually wish that iraq was not included on the travel ban. i think it will b

native in southern iraq. he served with various american organizations and units. from 2003 to 2011, and he waited two years to get his s.i.v. begin a little bit of how did you get involved with these crazy americans and are you crazy also to do so? salwan: well, i'd like to stand because i am not comfortable with seats. [laughter] i'm a civil engineer so i have to be on the field. so let me ask you this, guys. anybody accused to be a traitor? was anybody accused to be a traitor? raise up your hand. i am only one here. of course, nobody. y colleague. my other question is, how many of you guys were standing between his fellow citizens and the american, which is their -- of course, not too many eople. he third question is, what makes you sacrifice yourself to the person just eat with him ne dish? and you have a good story with him, what makes you sacrifice with yourself to him? ou don't know him. just you eat with him one dish and you drink him, right and not like somebody who is sitting in a fancy restaurant with his fiancée, with his girlfriend asking for a ate. we are the s.i.v.'s

. is might transform itself into something else, but right now, here in iraq, we are witnessing the final days of the caliphate. quentin sommerville, bbc news, mosul. mike pregent is a senior middle east analyst and adjunct fellow at the hudson institute, in washington. he is also a former us government intelligence officer. hejoins us live on he joins us live on the hejoins us live on the programme. we've heard about this strategically important recapturing of the airport in mosul. do you think that suggests they are on course to retake... the government forces are on course to reta ke government forces are on course to retake the western part of the city? well, i was in mosul in 2005, 2006 and we secured the airfield prior to that. even though we did that we we re that. even though we did that we were still dealing with al qaeda. there are still upwards of 750,000 civilians in mosul in the western pa rt civilians in mosul in the western part of that town. us coalition aircraft are not going to drop bombs on civilian targets. the iraqi government wants us to do that, the shia milit

investigation into thousands of allegations of abuse by iraq war veterans is shut down. this will be a huge releief to hundred of british troops who have had these quite unfair allegations hanging over them. they're now being freed of that. the health secretaryjeremy hunt concedes that the problems facing the nhs are completely unacceptable — but says there is a plan to help hospitals cope. cocaine with a street value of £50 million has been washed up on the norfolk coast. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a £34 million government investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. it follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the iraq historic allegations team an unmitigated failure. thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90% of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has the story. it is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abu

returning to terror pose little threat to the united states. one of them carried out a attack in iraq. a british national released from gitmo who later was able to travel to syria and joining up isis as well has killed himself. here to discuss is deputy assistant to president trump dr. sebastian goreca. good morning to you, sebastian. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning, everybody. steve: does it surprise that you this isis suicide bomber in iraq was a former gitmo detainee? >> unfortunately it doesn't. if you look at the great work done at the long journal people like tom jocelyn. we know that at least 30 if not more than 40% recidivism rate from the people released at gitmo. so, president obama released lots and lots of people that were there for a very good reason of what happened. almost half the time they returned to the battlefield. this individual not only was he released, he was given compensation of more than a million dollars by the british government. who claimed he had been mall treated. and then he goes and executes a suicide attack in iraq. ainsley: why would the brit

>>> michael anthony chronicles after returning home from the iraq war in the civilian. this finds language that some might find offensive. >> good evening everyone. saturday at 3:00 we will have the new middle great mystery and then on tuesday we have eugene with this novel. you can make sure that your cell phones are turned off and also when we do that q-and-a after the end of the discussion we had a microphone. we have michael anthony after he got back from iraq he did it bachelors and then nas leslie before the memoir about his experience and chris is the interim director of the program and the author about the courage and how we respond. thank you very much. >> everybody can hear me okay? no, we can't. can you hear me? the image that was going around the internet about six or eight years ago. it was in afghanistan and america is not at war. at the age of 20 went to iraq. he assisted the doctors and wounds saving american lives. event is no longer wanted to live in the world that he fought for. it was difficult and reminded him of this cauterized smelling flesh. he writes we ha

investigation into thousands of allegations of abuse by iraq war veterans is shut down. this will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who have had these quite unfair allegations hanging over them. they're now being freed of that. the health secretaryjeremy hunt concedes that the problems facing the nhs are completely unacceptable — but says there is a plan to help hospitals cope. overall, there are positive things as well as negative things, and there is huge commitments in the nhs to sort out those negative things. cocaine with a street value of £50 million has been washed up on the norfolk coast. scottish power raises its energy prices while british gas announces a price freeze until august. also in the next hour — the desperate efforts to save whales that washed up on the shores of new zealand. volunteers are trying to rescue more than 400 pilot whales — one of the largest mass strandings ever seen in the country. and coming up in sport — a look ahead to the second weekend of six nations fixtures. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a £34 million government investi

role of iraq and afghan translators that they played in service to u.s. forces and the experiences he had with them throughout his military career. paul: well, welcome, everyone. i'm told this is the largest turnout we had for a gathering in our new building since we moved in here which is lovely to speak of and we have to thank not only this amazing general but whoever thought up that executive order so we're grateful for that. but believe it or not, this is not a spur of the moment in planning. we talked about doing this event -- in two weeks, one-year anniversary actually. it won't surprise you, general petraeus is a very busy man and not easy to get him on our schedule and we managed to do it. and we thank you for taking the ime to be with us. course, when i say our timing couldn't be better, the goal is not to critique the executive order but i think the executive order makes the discussion important in two very big ways. first of all, our main topic is about the fate of the translators left behind in afghanistan and iraq and the special visa program that is supposed to take care

that u.s. troops had been wounded by isis leaders in iraq as they weigh whether to send more soldiers to syria. and debate night, candidates for democratic chairman lay out their cases and in a cnn special tonight. who will lead the party out of the political wilderness? >>> we want to welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. president trump's secretary of state rex tillerson has just arrived in mexico on a mission to strengthen ties badly strained by the president call for a border wall and homeland secretary john kelly is taking part of the talks in mexico. ahead of the talks with american counterpart mexico's foreign minister says mexico doesn't have to accept unilateral decisions. the new executive order on travel restrictions will now be issued next week. had had been expected this week. sources also say it's being carefully tailored to avoid legal challenges that sidelined the president's previous travel ban. >>> some an

bomb attack in iraq. the thing i would like to know from him, because it crossed my mind, what is going to do in terms of the surveillance powers of these people slipping in and out of the country. very quick, last look at the telegraph, emma stone, picture of her, just ahead of the oscars, hot favourite to be best actress. la la land. you saw it and did not like it? i am that person who did not like it, hollywood did because it is a love song to hollywood, to how beautiful california is... everything that hollywood stands for. so one would imagine that it would do incredibly well, but it would do incredibly well, but it would not get my vote, maybe i am just not enough of a romantic. caroline, great filmgoer?” just not enough of a romantic. caroline, great filmgoer? iwish i could be but having three children, this is my idea of a great night out! laughter the papers, better than the movies, perhaps we can get an oscar! laughter we will be back at 11:30pm, for another look at the stories making the news. coming up next on the bbc news channel, it. reporters. welcome to reporters

dishonestly, in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. is there light at the end of the tunnel for southern rail commuters? a deal‘s been done with drivers to end strike action, but one union is still holding out. the bank of england has risen its growth forecast. it now thinks the economy will grow by 2% this year. and coming up on newsnight. more detail on brexit plan — we'll get a view from the continent on how messy they feel the divorce will get over there. good evening and welcome to bbc news. phil shiner, a human rights lawyer who brought dozens of allegations of murder and torture against british soldiers who served in iraq, has been struck off for dishonesty. mr shiner paid thousands of pounds to a fixer to find iraqi clients. he'd already admitted acting without integrity and his firm is no longer in business. the defence secretary sir michael fallon said mr shiner had brought great pain to soldiers and their families. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been following the case. once an award winning human rights lawyer, tonight, phil shiner‘s re

from these seven muslim majority countries. libya, sudan, somalia, yemen, syria, iraq and iran. >> the order also suspends the u.s. refugee we could missions program for 120 days until so-called vetding procedures can be put in place. and syrian refugees are barred indefinitely. also, people holding certain visas will have to undergo in person interviews in order to renew them. >> and qatar airline ways is not letting residents from those countries board a plane. . >> a statement says nationals and all refugees seeking admission presenting a valid unexpired u.s. visa or green card will be permitted to travel. >> so people directly affected by the travel ban have been waking up to this latest news. let's go to baghdad. ben we'd medeman is tastanding . we've just heard the news that qatar airways will be plallowin people on these flights. any other sense of what airlines are planning to do in the region? >> reporter: from here in baghdad, we don't know because there are no direct flights from iraq to the united states. i've been told that the situation at the airport here is norm

, afghanistan, iraq and many other similar conflicts, when so many of these allegedly internal conflicts spill over their countries' borders or draw incompetence from outside has happened in liberia and rwanda in the 1990s. can such wars even be considered civil in the traditional sense of taking place among fellow members within a single community when, for example, insurgent groups comprise transnational elements like al-qaeda or isis, for instance, or are -- or they deliberately set themselves against the existing world order of states by plo claiming their wish -- proclaiming their wish to -- [inaudible] is every civil war really a specimen of the same spee access when ethnic con flickses, wars of cessation, battles for secession can be found across history and around the world under the name civil war and when local context may make it impossible to analyze particular incidents of violence as parts of larger patterns of collective action. what, in short, is a civil war? this is a question i dodge repeatedly in the book and will continue to dodge in the question time. [laughter] i ju

southern iraq. he served with various american organizations and units. from 2003 to 2011, and he waited two years to get his s.i.v. how did you get involved with these crazy americans and are you crazy as well? salwan: well, i'd like to stand because i am not comfortable with seats. [laughter] i'm a civil engineer so i have to be on the field. so let me ask you this, guys. anybody accused to be a traitor? was anybody accused to be a traitor? raise up your hand. i am only one here. of course, nobody. my colleague. my other question is, how many of you guys were standing between his fellow citizens and the american, which is their -- of course, not too many people. the third question is, what makes you sacrifice yourself to the person just eat with him one dish? and you have a good story with him, what makes you sacrifice with yourself to him? you don't know him. just you eat with him one dish and you drink him, right and not like somebody who is sitting in a fancy restaurant with his fiancee, with his girlfriend asking for a date. we are the s.i.v.'s, guys. we did everything. we s

into allegations against british troops in iraq has failed and must be shut down, according to a report by an influential group of mps. record waiting times in a&e, as the health secretary concedes the nhs in england is facing "completely unacceptable" problems. you know, i'm doing thisjob because i want nhs care to be the safest and best in the world. and that kind of care is completely unacceptable. nobody would want it for members of their own family. "see you in court". the message from president trump as a federal appeals court blocks the attempts to reinstall the travel ban. a 16—year—old girl is among four people arrested by french police on suspicion of plotting an imminent terror attack. police say they found a makeshift laboratory during a search. i'm reeta chakrabarti, also coming up this hour:. the multi—million—pound cocaine haul washed up on two norfolk beachs. about 360 kilos of the class—a drug were found stashed in holdalls by a passer—by. officers are continuing to search the area. a self—employed plumber wins his battle for basic workers‘ rights

major stronghold in iraq. u.s. backed iraqi forces are reportedly closing in on the airport in mosul as troops continued the advance on western mosul. the u.s. defense secretary is in iraq. reporter: it is wheels down in iraq for the new u.s. defense secretary. he arrived with the message on what could be done for damage control. it is the second time in the tis has found himself assuring others. >> i'm sure we will continue to pay for our gas and oil all along. you're not here to seize anybody's oil. this comes after another contentious statement from president donald trump. >> i don't want to go into iraq, -- forlways said that economic reasons. if you kept the oil, you probably would not have isis. we should have kept the oil. critics have said that keeping the country's oil would have been stealing from civilians, violation of international law. alsog his trip, mattis addressed the controversial travel ban. n is on hold by u.s. courts. confirmed his renewed, it would not affect iraqi in u.s. forces. this comes at a time when the u.s. bank coalition continues to fight the islamic

. it is one of the minorities in iraq. but it is the original iraq. and one of the oldest people inhabited that land. uv -- more than 3000 men were killed. during the in brick -- invasion of isil in 2014. than 6700 women, girls and baby girls were kidnapped. and rapedraped, again. they were sold as slaves in the market. children were taken away from their mothers. little girls were sold in the markets. for the cheapest prices. the little girl was only worth a few dollars. nine-year-old girls were raped. and in front of their family members. among them some were gang raped. is a sharia court in mosul to sell and rent the girls and women. it is true that we with the help of kurdistan government we were get 2800 women. but still, there is more than 3900 women and girls in captivity. 420,000 living in the refugee camps in kurdistan. 80% of all of our villages and cities are completely destroyed. tens of mass graves that contained the remains of women and children. is our tragedy that will keep going until now. it did not end. we need the fan from the international community to get ov

islamic state in mosul. iraq's second-largest city was seized by the jihadist group over two years ago when they took control of northern and western iraq. last month after a 12-week offensive, government forces recaptured the eastern half of mosul, claiming to have a fully liberated it. but around three quarters of one million civilians remain inside the west of the city, where i.s. is still in control. from mosul's southern front, our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville reports. quentin: in towns and villages along the tigris and across the desert, they are ready for the attack on west mosul. the so-called islamic state lies just over this ridge. as coalition warplanes circled overhead, a scouting party returns from plotting i.s. positions. these are the men of iraq's emergency response division, police special forces. the hour of batle is moving closer. it took 100 days to take the city's east. they have been rested and reequipped but the battle scars are still fresh. they took heavy casualties, but as they fought i.s. across iraq, they have grown in confidence. >> we

. ben, this is the last major holdout in iraq. how much significant progress is there? >> reporter: quite significant. this is the second largest city in iraq. for the iraqis to drive isis out of western mosul will be a final chapter in the war that has been going on for two and a half years. with secretary mattis, under scoring the role the united states plays in that fight. there were around 5,000 u.s. military personnel supporting iraqi forces in the battle in addition to the involvement of the u.s.-led coalition with aircraft bombing targets as well. before secretary mattis arrived in baghdad, he made an interesting statement. contradicting what we heard from president trump the day after inauguration at cia headquarters. where he said that we may have a chance in the future to seize iraqi oil. secretary mattis directly contradicted that before he arrived in baghdad. >> all of us in america generally paid for our gas and oil all along and i'm sure we will continue to do so in the future. we're not in iraq to seize anybody's oil. >> reporter: of course, this comes as something a

, author of "civilian iced" after he got back from iraq he did a bachelors degree. chris welsh's interim director of the writing program and the author of "cowardice" so thank you very much. >> thank you sarah. everybody can hear me okay? >> should i move the mic? maybe i'm just talking really quietly knocking here and michael will do one too. >> thank you and good evening. it's an honor to be here to help michael launch this fantastic war memo. i'm going to say a few words to introduce him in the book. ask them if you questions and then we'll open it up for euro questions. looking at the book, i was reminded of the image that was going on the internet about six or eight years ago was snapchat of a whiteboard and some military base in afghanistan that said, america is not at war. the marine corps is at war. americas at the mall. it was just the marines that were, the army was too. and with the army was michael anthony who, at the age of 17, fresh out of bridgewater high, joined up and in 2007 at the age of 20 he went to iraq and help to build and then man combat and a support hospital wh

to their assault on the last stronghold of the so—called islamic state in iraq. the town of abu saif is under attack. it is all that lies between these men and mosul city proper. famine in the world's newest nation. alistair leithead reports from south sudan, a country devastated by years of civil war. cracking albania's people trafficking rings. reeta chakra barti follows the brutal trade to the uk, meeting the victims whose lives have been broken. you were raped every day. translation: yes, every day. many men? yes, many. what we could do is say that... and life behind the camera, but still in the spotlight. angelina jolie talks to yalda hakim about directing her new film on cambodia, her family, and her split from brad pitt. we are a family and we will always be a family. and we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it. the battle to recapture the last stronghold of the so—called islamic state in iraq has been long and hard. iraqi forces have besieged mosul, iraq's second city, for the past four months. last month, they captured its eastern regio

up here at this hour, defense secretary mattis says the u.s. is not in iraq to seize iraq's oil, a different message than the president delivered to the cia just last month. >> if we kept the oil, you probably wouldn't have isis, because that's where they made their money in the first place. we should have kept the oil. but okay. maybe we'll have another chance. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. and if you have more than one liberty mutual policy, you qualify for a multi-policy discount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> defense secretary james mattis making an unscheduled trip to baghdad to meet with u.s. soldiers fighting against isis. he said this about the u.s. taking iraq's oil. >> all of us