why we are busy with islamic state. now al-qaeda is gaining strength in different parts of the middle east and now they are very strong in yemen, in parts of africa. they start to gather strength and recruit people. the same thing, islamic state will do they same. they have branches — in sinai, iraq, syria, afghanistan, pakistan. ijust came back from india. they are worried about terrorist attacks by islamic state, especially among the muslim community. we are now seeing this terrible famine. how that will play together i do not know. i wonder whether al-qaeda will be almost like a successor organisation, as a more kind of sensible islamist force. donald trump claimed — based on no evidence, apparently — that predecessor barack obama wanted to wiretap him. the language seems quaint, given that we learned this week — courtesy of wikileaks — that the cia can not only bug your phone, but your tv and, for all i know, your toaster and teapot as well. is wikileaks doing a public service, or is it a danger to the sec

and of course, as you havejust islamic state militia. and of course, as you have just mentioned, they have cut off the road to raqqa, so that is a target they want to get to at the moment. in the us, president trump says he has removed himself from the day—to—day operations of his businesses. but has he done enough? his critics might point to his mar—e—lago resort in florida where the fees have doubled since he won the election. and in indonesia, mr trump has signed a deal to build two resorts with a billionaire, worth about $1 billion in total. the bbc‘s karishma vaswani went to indonesia to ask mr trump's business partner about their relationship. do you know who donald trump is? no, because i'm from indonesia. he is a president...of america. meet indonesia's donald trump. hary tanoesoedibjo is one of indonesia's richest men. in 2015 he signed a billion—dollar deal to build a trump tower in west java and the first trump resort in bali. you know, i know eric trump, i know ivanka, you know, and then i met with donjunior and t

the fear is that when they beat islamic state here in mosul, they may turn on each other. violence has infested politics and become the route to money, power and territory. war is iraq's tragedy, curse, and its normality. ten minutes ago, he says, i killed one of them near the mosque. the men fighting now were children when america and britain invaded in 2003. they grew up during the sectarian civil war the invaders helped create. in most sought, even in the ruins, sunny muslims are the majority. but the government in baghdad is dominated by iraq's bigger group, shia. the battle grounds of west muscle are still home to several hundreds of thousands civilians. —— west most soul. this street is about 700 metres from the current confrontation line. the sunnis here are nervous about the future. they remember the old threats from shia politicians. this man, with his five—year—old daughter, says that when the army fled in 2014, he thought it was a sunny tribal revolution. then, men from is, daesh, with the accents of north africa and saudi arabia, began to impose their v

islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack. in mosul iraqis forces have closed in on islamic state in an attempt to capture a strategic moss. -- a strategic mosque. this strategic airstrike is causing more residents to flee the region. reporter: fleeing their home which is now a battlefield, these are desperate times for most mosul residents as ground fighting and airstrikes intensify in the city once again, more and more of them are being forced to leave. >> i lost my daughter, my wife was shot, my brother was killed. why should we stay? e-house fell enough. -- my son is about to die from hunger. there is no milk. reportrter: this is what they he left behind, their homes, now serve as bunkers for the so-called islamic state fighters. the iraqi forces have renewed their offensive to flesh them out. troops on the ground are backed by firepower from the air. strikes thatat have alsoso regad -- resulteted in heavy civilian hassssle to. one of the targets is this a mosque where islamic leader al-baghdadi named his caliphate. captur

what has the difference been to get islamic state on the back foot now? was 2010the bad period to 2013, when former prime minister maliki took deliberate steps to reduce the effectiveness of his own forces. he was selling senior positions, he was stopping all professionalization, stopping all continued training. he gutted out his own security forces. once that stopped in 2014, you could start rebuilding confidence, the main thing required for the fight. tim: these special forces trained by the united states and others, they are up to the job now. what is the split now in terms of the coalition forces? have you got american fighters and special forces on the front line actually involved? >> i would say actually yes. it is the iraqi counterterrorism forces with american advisers, iraqi conventional forces with american advisers. some of those calling in the strikes are quite close to the front lines. tim: and yet the weaponry used, as jeremy pointed out, indiscriminate and causing , it seems, a lot of civilian casualties. how does america and britain square

fighting between government forces and so—called islamic state has driven thousands from their homes to refugee camps. but with 700,000 civilians still trapped in western mosul, that islamic state might now be using chemical weapons is a huge concern. fighting is still heavy but government troops say they are easing islamic state's grip on mosul, its last major stronghold in iraq. with islamic state threatening to kill those who leave the city, and relentless shelling from the government side, escape is not easy. this family was inside the western pa rt this family was inside the western part of the city this morning and as they escaped, there was fighting inside their house. two members of the security forces that freed them we re the security forces that freed them were killed, and according to them, many more are being kept by so—called islamic state as human shields. sammy mahmud and his family survived the warped logic of islamic state and count themselves lucky to have escaped with nothing but their lives. under ias, having a simple simm card for a phone, or a woman refusing

it comes as iraqi forces have intensified their assault against so—called islamic state as they attempt to drive the group of out of the western half of the city. thousands of people have been forced to leave mosul with their lives at risk. with the city still divided between is and the iraqi army, our middle east editorjeremy bowen is in western mosul and sent us this report. this is the iraqi solution to an offensive that's stalled over the last week or so, attack again. it feels as if the air war over mosul is intensifying. the gunship pilots fly low. they seem confident they won't get shot down. and every day, a few thousand more people come walking out of the areas of mosul still held by the jihadists who call themselves islamic state. many said is used them as human shields, shooting out from the cover of their homes and streets, but the response, more air strikes, horrified them. translation: they destroyed our homes, our cars, everything. they destroyed us. entire families are gone, they are under the rubble. translation: a lot of people died, children, women and men. houses col

survivors fleeing the city describe the brutality of life under so—called islamic state. two of the security forces which freed them were killed and according these civilians many more are being kept by so called islamic state as human shields. frusration for francois fillon, the centre—right candidate in the french presidential race, after his campaign manager quits. a man appears in court accused of making eight bomb threats tojewish centres across the us. and the elusive british graffiti artist banksy opens a hotel on the west bank, with a message for the middle east. good to have you with us. the iraqi government says militants from the so called islamic state carried out what seems to be a chemical weapons attack, during the battle for the city of mosul. it's thought to be the first time chemicals have been used during the fighting. 12 people are now being treated in irbil, but exactly what chemical was used is still unknown. our correspondent wyre davies has been to the hospital and sent this report. an 11—year—old boy rushed to hospital after a mortar struck

there are some that have a distorting idea of islam. they are going to support islamic state. this has nothing to do with our religion. we need to be clear that this is not us. let's talk about what is happening at the grassroots level. so many western muslims in america, the uk, europe. they are putting the future of our countries. my culture is a european culture. that's the positive. you yourself are a controversial figure, with links to the muscle by —— to the messi brotherhood. you are part of the problem. you can never be pa rt of the problem. you can never be part of the solution? i don't think that there is a problem. i was never a member of the muslim brotherhood. why aren't i controversial? two reasons. first, iam banned from nine muslim majority countries. i am banned because i don't say that i will support the readers, i say that i will not support states where there is no freedom. —— that i will not support the leaders. dictators, this is were we have to speak of. at the same time, i am talking to my government in switzerland and other governments to say t

it is still held by islamic state group. taking it back is going to be that much more difficult because of the concerns of causing damage to it. over the weekend the islamic state group claiming it had been damaged. they walked that back telling people they should not flee the area. operational and we are hearing the same kind of warnings that we heard in the past about mosul dam. the syrian democratic forces will have to tread carefully in any assault in this area to make sure they are not damaged by fighting or to provoke a sabotaged by the islamic state group. fightingyou would have thought t would be unlikely simply because it would cause large-scale flooding in the areas. genie: thank you, adam. to the iraqi city of mosul. there are conflicting accounts over an explosion that caused dozens of civilian deaths. the iraqi military says 61 bodies were recovered from a destroyed building that the islamic state group had booby-trapped. spoke ofeports hundreds of victims with the u.s. coalition admitting it had shelled the are

they are on the radar of the islamic state group. let's underscore the fact that there has not been a formal claim of responsibility from the islamic state group. claire: theresa may said police are running on the assumption that the attacker acted alone. >> this is now more of a familiar refrain in the wake of a lot of attacks. -- in the saw this case of brussels last year, yesterday was the one year anniversary. the islamic state group claimed formal responsibility afterward. as we know with the pair attacks. there was -- paris attacks. and had been trained dispatched to commit the attacks. the islamic state group, they take a multilayered approach to organizing these things. says theesa may attacker presumed he was inspired by islamist extremist islamist ideology over the internet perhaps, what do you do about that? can you have eyes on everyone? is it humanly possible to do that? even if you do, is it always an indication that someone is about to commit an attack? it's very easy to sound the faultand say we need to the security f

iraqi forces capture the last major road out of western mosul, to stop islamic state militants fleeing the city, but civilians are still trapped. indeed, some of the people i've spoken to here today say that other civilians have been forced by islamic state to go behind the frontlines and act as human shields. these people, in some ways, are the lucky ones. they've been able to escape the war. after the assassination of the half—brother of the north korean leader, we report on the ups and downs of being a member of the kim dynasty. and british scientists discover what they say could be the earliest evidence of life on earth. good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, 11:00pm in london and 8:00pm in the evening in washington, where the response to donald trump's first speech to the us congress since taking office has been largely positive. the president has himself tweeted to simply say thank you. and the financial markets seemed to approve, with the dowjones closing at a record high, an apparent endorsement of his calls for a massive infrastructure investment programme. the battle now

state. -- 68-nation meeting on fighting islamic state. abadi asked for more financial assistance from the prior administration. i spoke a short time ago to the former director for iraq at the national security council during the bush and obama administrations. what is he seeking from president trump? >> i think prime minister abadi is looking for something president trump is going to want to hear. it is all daesh daesh daesh, for islamic state. he wants to make sure this is stomped out in mosul and there are programs in place to keep it from coming back and being as effective terrorist group. they had a terrible bombing in baghdad today that killed upwards of 40 people. he will want help with that as well. tim: it looks as if mosul will be retaken, but he is looking for money for that, for reconstruction. how does that go with president trump and his proposed budget cuts? it will see the state department lose a lot of money, and that perhaps would have been responsible for reconstruction in iraq. >> i suspect when it comes to reconstructi

it is clear that islamic state supporters are just jihadist supporters in that islamic state supporters are justjihadist supporters in general, and have seen this as a tactic they can implement anywhere, at any time. the other thing is, there is no profile for these attackers. khalid masood was 52 years old, much out of the normal. it is much older than most inspired plotters. that is not something you would normally look for ina something you would normally look for in a profile, but what is a commonality of most of these islamic state cases and the inspired recruits is their criminal history and criminal past. they seem to be more attractive to the islamic state than previously to al-anda, which would sort of fat and train and recruit people who have much less common background. he had criminal convictions, but none for terror. how do you track someone none for terror. how do you track someone like that? there are thousands and thousands of people with previous convictions who may not necessarily be radicalised and do something like this. sadly, there is no one solution for it. what w

islamic state says it was behind the atrocity. as the investigation continues, a fourth victim has died of the injuries he sustained on westminster bridge. he was 75 but his identity has not been released. a vigil was held in trafalgar square a short walk away from the scene of the attack. london's man said that londoners would never be cowed by terrorism. —— mayor. and the head of the fbi has been accused of double standards by the man who ran donald trump's campaign. he said that they went through the hillary clinton's e—mails but not russian connections to the donald trump campaign. now it is time for

raqqa is the islamic state group's stronghold in syria and as such has huge symbolic value. the us marines will be firing at is positions from around 30km away. while that's happening, the sdf militia will attempt to advance. in addition to the marines, those tanks i just showed you are part of a separate group of us army rangers. they're deployed near a town called manbij, that's north—west of raqqa. and the reason for that deployment encapsulates the complexity of this conflict. liz sly, a washington post beirut bureau chief, calls it a mess. "us troops flying us flags in empty syrian villages to try to stop their allies fighting." what liz sly is talking about is that the americans are trying to stop the kurdish backed militia being attacked by fighters who are backed by turkey. bear in mind everyone i've mentioned so far wants to defeat is. one more consequence of this situation. a us military magazine says us and russia have found themselves teaming up for the first time in the war in syria against turkey. you might ask why all sides cannot unite to defeat is. nothing

two british trainee doctors — part of a large group of students who joined so—called islamic state have been killed in iraq. sex education is to become compulsory in all schools in england with children as young as four being taught about healthy relationships. coming up on newsnight that the man behind some great tv satire. he will tell us about comedy and politics and whether he's laughing at politics now. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the house of lords has dealt the government its first serious blow over the brexit bill — which will trigger the formal process of leaving the eu. they've voted by a large majority to give european union nationals, who already live here, the right to stay in the uk. the prime minister has so far refused to give any such assurances until british citizens on the continent get similar guarantees. the issue now goes back to the commons, where the government will attempt to overturn the decision. our political editor, laura kuennsberg, reports. they have voted, contents 358. not contents 256. so the contents have it. "wow!" you can hear them say. t

so—called islamic state stopped him going years ago. now back in iraqi hands, for what it's worth, several more neighbourhoods. troops remain watchful. the militants are about a mile away. explosion. they were driven from here just four days ago. this is the engineering department of mosul university. 0n the is curriculum here, only fanaticism and death. well, this was a place of learning, it was a source of pride for the people of mosul, and you can see what's become of it. it was also a key strategic location for the so—called islamic state, it gave them high ground to dominate the area. it was heavily defended by uzbek fighters and this is just one of the areas that's going to have to be rebuilt when the battle for mosul is finally over. some uzbek militants are still lying where they fell, no decent burial for those who terrorised a city. nearby, a suicide belt they didn't manage to use. at dusk, iraqi forces gather for the next advance. armoured vehicles give some protection against car bombs, but they won't fit in the narrow str

admitting the cement company paid money to the islamic state group. lawyer hasa's top been accused of lying under a. attorney general jeff sessions said he did speak to russian officials despite telling the senate that he didn't. let's get some business news. tell us all about snapchat. it is having a big day on the stock market and making its debut. the question is, is it really worth the hype? reporter: the holding company of , have seen their shares soar since they began trading on the nasdaq hours ago. currently trading above the $17 targeted which means we could be heading for evaluation of about $33 billion, higher than the $24 billion that was targeted. is sending the app to the very photos or snp -- or snaps. there is of course much more we haven't quite discovered yet although some of the people that know about it -- young users are more than half of the 58 million daily users. the question is, can the company keep up or is the snap bubble destined to pop? >> it is best known for its but thereng messages was no chance the cofounders would esc

state —— the last 24 so—called islamic state —— the last 2a hours. results are coming in as diverse members of the new northern ireland assembly are elected it seems the dup and sinn fein will remain the largest parties —— results are coming in as new members. prosecutors said thatjuan thompson was also charged with cyber his girlfriend. the main centre—right candidate in the french

so—called islamic state stopped him going years ago. now back in iraqi hands, for what it's worth, several more neighbourhoods. troops remain watchful. the militants are about a mile away. explosion they were driven from here just four days ago. this is the engineering department of mosul university. 0n the is curriculum here, only fanatism and death. well, this was a place of learning, it was a source of pride for the people of mosul, and you can see what's become of it. it was also a key strategic location for the so—called islamic state, it gave them high ground to dominate the area. it was heavily defended by uzbec fighters and this is just one of the areas that's going to have to be rebuilt when the battle for mosul is finally over. some uzbec militants are still lying where they fell, no decent burial for those who terrorised a city. nearby, a suicide belt they didn't manage to use. at dusk, iraqi forces gather for the next advance. armoured vehicles give some protection against car bombs, but they won't fit in the narrower stre

do you think the islamic state is gaining ground in afghanistan? is adon't think that it consequence of what is happening in syria, yes. that might be the case in the future as they lose more territory in iraq. afghanistan, has for the last year and a half, then a target for i.s. cells from the region. many i.s. belong to what used to , and others belong to foreign fighters from central asia. thea: why do you think afghan government needs to fight the extremist threat, whether it is the taliban or i.s.? would more u.s. troops and nato boots on the ground help? >> better command, better control, better management. going after real targets. there is a suspicion and afghan society there is a 5th column in the government that may be aiding and abetting. i hope that is not true. laura: it might be? .> it is a very strong belief they cannot make sense of why this is happening. the united states is at a point, and nato and other countries who have contributed to the afghanistan security for the last decade, they are at a point where they have to make hard

until muslims start to defeat this identity state of islamism, islamic state ideology, and that's what a long-term strategy has to be the resurrection something like the u.s. information agency where we start doing radio free liberty into saudi arabia come into iran, into pakistan in order to defeat those ideas and create society groups the begin to share ideas. like we did in the cold war, without firing a bullet against the soviets directly, but winning that by defeating, and by the way, in america we see the implication of blasphemy laws that using the term islamophobia. we need to stop using that term islam as a diverse idea that doesn't have rights. muslims have rights. we need to fight bigotry that exist against muslims, but don't use the term islamophobia because they're trying to shut us all up from criticizing islamic state ideology. [applause] >> ambassador rooney, you also served in congress from florida. is the republican support for more money for voice of america, for radio free asia, all of those things that seem to atrophy under the clinton administration when without w

significant setbacks for the islamic state group today. we can concentrate on mosul, the last stronghold and as they discussed government forces are trying to reca ptu re government forces are trying to recapture the city. they have taken an important bridge. the freedom bridge, and kurdish forces also backing up the crimes that it has fallen to the government. the reason it matters, we have got the situation in the city when the east is controlled by the government forces, the west still buy islamic state. this bridgejoins the territory. the second development, raqqa. the centre of operations. reports that syrian militia has cut of the last main road out of the city. the plan has long been to encircle raqqa, and if islamic state militants want to get it, they are going to have to cross the river. the situation is complicated because you have got different entries competing. actually, this is the most difficult pa rt actually, this is the most difficult part of this battle, it is not only the battle of eliminating the so—called islamic s

name of islamic state. eg for islamic state to claim that. yes. in some time -- in some ways, it is irrelevant. they wa nt in some ways, it is irrelevant. they want to know about people in this country or people that they could get to overseas that they could get to who knew about it in advance. people giving assistance to this man, khalid masood, who is now believed to be the killer. just to remind our view is that the met police have just relieved the lake mac —— released the name of the person they believe that the attack. khalid masood. they believe he was most recently living in the west midlands and was known by a number of aliases. police are also stressing we should point out that they don't believe that there was any intelligence to suggest there was any kind of imminent threat to the public. that has been obvious since yesterday. the threat level could have gone up. they could have but the threat level up one more notch to suggest that there was an attack imminent. it was going to happen now.

the islamic state group, as it is also called. with their cooperation in syria, and in particular around the offensive on raqqa, the isis stronghold, is far from straightforward. you will realise why when i show you this map. this red territory is controlled by islamic state. we have the syrian army territory towards the syrian army territory towards the west. the us is opposed to the assad regime. this purple area george the turkish border is controlled by kurdish forces. the americans are working with the kurds. the turks consider them to be terrorists, quite a difference of opinion. they held a joint news conference. rex tillerson was asked whether the us and turkey saw eye to eye on the issue of kurdish fighters. here is what he had to say. let there be no mistake. there is no space between turkey and the united states and our commitment to defeat isis. notjust in syria and iraq, but as members of the greater coalition to defeat daesh anni where daesh shows its face on planet earth. they will be confronted by the coalition. re

the islamic state is now in raqqa, the actual capital of the islamic state. they are surrounded now. the kurds are in position and the only way out is to the south. there is significant heavy artillery already there and bring nothing the heavy ones is a big deal in support of the forces that are surrounding the islamic staut surrounding raqqa. >> this was always necessary in my view. it is a myth to try to minimize the american involvement. i hope other plans will bring for arab forces in soy we william not benefit iran when isis is destroyed. it is clear the military has in mind after the overthrow of the islamic state. and osama bin laden slipped through and we searched for him. it is important they don't get out and get to libya or whatever they want to go. >> lou: it is important to show it is not a nice tidy. we are talking about sunni insurgent force and kurds, the islamic state. this is and russian forces as well. this is, one general described it, these forces are within a grenade's throw of one another. this is also fraught with danger and unintended

the so-called islamic state have threatened to carry out chemical weapons attacks in the past, haven't they? yes, and the opcw, the in the past, haven't they? yes, and the 0pcw, the organisation for the old is sure and off chemical weapons in the hague, the implementor of the chemical weapons convention, they actually in a report in october last yeardid actually in a report in october last year did say that they pointed fingers at islamic state for a mustard attack in syria. as i understand there's also a report, a forthcoming report, that the 0pcw will state that isis also is responsible for a mustard agent attack in iraq as well, specifically against kurdish forces. so basically it is spreading. the use of chemical weapons is spreading from syria in the iraq. 0bviously weapons is spreading from syria in the iraq. obviously this is very problematic. i suppose the main difficulty is that nobody knows quite what they have. there is no way of checking. how do civilians keep safe in a situation like this? u nfortu nately keep safe in a situation like this? unfortunately that's very diffic

islamic related terrorism is oui’ state? islamic related terrorism is our assumption. inaudible in terms of levels of concern the prime minister said earlier we are not changing the national threat level. the independent body that looks at those issues decided it is not necessary at that stage so we are still at the level of severe and an attack remains highly likely. given what has happened on a precautionary basis across the country we are stepping up police patrols, unarmed and armed and the public will see far more of their local police forces over the local days, particularly in crowded and iconic places. how long will the centre of westminster be closed as a crime scene? the examination of the crime scene? the examination of the crime scene will take many hours, parliament will reopen tomorrow. some of the crime scene will restrict some of the entrances, but business must return to normal as quickly as possible. you say you think you know the identity of this attacker, was he known to you before? i will not talk about the details of the investigation, the individ

his writings in the principle magazines and channels of the islamic state, and namely the magazine "dabiq." "dabiq" is a reference to a location that's really the place where the sort of the coin toss that begins the end of the world will happen. and from there, armies will collide, cities will fall, empires will collapse. and eventually, when things get really interesting, the antichrist will appear, and jesus, from christianity, will come back as a muslim and fight on the side of the islamic state. >> reporter: they believe this? >> they certainly do. this is something that has been from the very start a centerpiece of their propaganda. >> reporter: wood reports, in 2013, georgelas became one of at least 65 americans known to have joined isis overseas. he moved to the group's de facto capital, raqqa, syria, bringing his pregnant wife and their three young children. but his wife didn't stay for long. she comes back to america, comes back to texas, moves in withis parents for a time, and then she decides to divorce her husband. where do things stand now? >> yahya's family took in the

so what do you think can be done practically to bring islamic state to justice? well, the first step that should be taken is for evidence to be collected on the ground because we know that it‘s disappearing. so there are mass graves that are being discovered. just a few days ago, in mosul, a huge mass grave, that‘s thought to have 4,000 bodies in it, was discovered. and there‘s other types of evidence as well. isis is actually a big bureaucracy, believe it or not, and they‘re leaving behind documents. you know, you need to collect dna, you need to collect phone records and none of that is being done at the moment. you‘re going to the un this week, what are you going to be saying there? i‘m addressing the un on the issue of accountability and saying something needs to be done. so why do you think they‘re not doing it? this is exactly the question that i‘ll be posing to member states. you know, i‘m going to ask them — are the crimes not serious enough for you to investigate? well, that can‘t be it because it‘s genocide. you know, do you thin

state. alone but was inspired by the likes of so-called islamic state. yes, we have seen this pattern over the last two or three years now, isis do put out these general encouragement incitements to their supporters worldwide to attack nonbelievers and even muslims in their neighbourhood, they put out these general incitements and when somebody does actually act on that, even alone or perhaps directed from syria or iraq, oi’ perhaps directed from syria or iraq, or with local networks or cells, then they claim responsibility and put out these press releases, isis do, saying soldiers of isis, they did it with the tunisian who murdered 30 british holiday—makers, for example, they did it with the knees and berlin attackers and others, so we don't know whether the direct link with isis yet, whether this person is a completely lone attacker or part of a network or sell, but sadly this is a pattern we will often see, that isis is probably at least indirectly responsible given the nature of the very strong incitement that we have seenin very strong incitemen

it is currently occupied by so—called islamic state. these pictures show pro—government forces on the outskirts of the city two days ago. the development comes after fierce battles against is it's understood the army has taken control of a western neighbourhood in the city. barak barfi is a research fellow at the new america foundation. he met and interviewed syrian president bashar al assad in october and visited aleppo in november. palmyra, ancient, very well—known, is it significant to the war and to the shape of the country? inaudible. forgive me, we are not hearing your sound. we will try to come back to you. police hold that thought. let's move on for a second. now last year we brought you the story of 5 month old maram — the little girl who lost both her parents when her home in syria's aleppo was bombed. she was terribly injured — with a broken arm and 2 broken legs — her plight made her a symbol of the suffering in syria's war. a british surgeon david nott — operated on her — before she was sent to safety in turke

so what do you think can be done practically to bring islamic state to justice? well, the first step that should be taken is for evidence to be collected on the ground because we know that it's disappearing. so there are mass graves that are being discovered. just a few days ago, in mosul, a huge mass grave, that's thought to have 4,000 bodies in it, was discovered. and there's other types of evidence as well. isis is actually a big bureaucracy, believe it or not, and they're leaving behind documents. —— you know, you need to collect dna, you need to collect phone records and none of that is being done at the moment. you're going to the un this week, what are you going to be saying there? i'm addressing the un on the issue of accountability and saying something needs to be done. so why do you think they're not doing it? this is exactly the question that i'll be posing to member states. you know, i'm going to ask them — are the crimes not serious enough for you to investigate? well, that can't be it because it's genocide. you know, do you think that there's

at least 30 people are dead, with the so—called islamic state claims responsibility. a student police warn of a sexual predator posing as the singer online. —— australian. a united nations report has described south sudan as edging closer to genocide. the un commission on human rights accuses government forces and militia allied to them of ethnically—motivated attacks on civilians, using the civil war as a smokescreen. the government in south sudan denies it is carrying out ethnic cleansing. this report from our africa correspondent alistair leithead. the grief of the mother. the death of her son. she travelled through the night when she heard what had happened. he was dumped in the river, a metal wire around his neck. my son was fishing and found the body. we do not know why they did it. does this happen a lot? yes. the government forces are in charge here. we arejust the government forces are in charge here. we are just a short drive from the town. this is about as far as the government forces can go. rebels are in control from the top of this road. houses and

the leader of the islamic state lroup reportedly fled mosu weeks ago. the cia hits back at the document dump from wikileaks, saying it's putting americans in danger. the website revealed spy hacking techniques on smartphones and tvs. is it the end of the ecb's spending spree? europe's central bank has some difficult decisions to make. more on that in our business update. the man who has been dubbed france's elvis presley is being treated for cancer. more on that from 73-year-old johnny halliday later. first our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: we will start in brussels, where the eu summit is getting underway. former prime minister sk is facing tough opposition from his own government. in more now let's bring meabh mcmahon. is the polish government still holding up the process? >> absolutely. just scanning through the polish press this morning, the prime minister has been speaking to them saying he will do to -- the votean taking place on the president of the european council president today. he will go as far as blocking .he official conclusions t

in the fight against ”a“ state, what do 7 ww fight against islamic state, what do we expect america will offer to spearhead any agreement with all of those different countries?” spearhead any agreement with all of those different countries? i expect the 68 countries are going to be looking less at iraq, as you mentioned. that fight is nearly done, and focus more on syria where that problem is more complicated and= are more difficult to find. answers are more difficult to find. america promises more cash in the fight against islamic state as well? possibly, but money can only take you so far. what you need our boots on the ground and good allies, not boots but local forces who american boots but local forces who carry the fight to islamic state. 0n the syrian side of the border, they are more difficult to find. it's a pleasure talking to you. pope francis has askedg god ‘s pope francis has asked for god ‘s forgiveness for what he called the and failings from the roman sins and failings from the roman catholic church during the rwanda genocide, and it came after he met the presi