state, it's a state and that it's islamic. but let's look at what actually happened on june 29, 2015. when mosul fell, to just a handful of isis fighters, very soon after, about two weeks later, al-baghdadi, the head of isis, walked into the grand mosque of mosul, walked up the stairs of the pulpit and addressed in the black clerical cloak and wearing a black turn ban made an eloquent statement where he declared the islamic state, the caliphate, had been re-established and he was in the new caliph. now why is this important? let's look at that word caliphate. caliphate isn't some crazy idea dreamt up with a jihadi in a cave somewhere in south asia. the caliphate was a real entity for over a thousand years, first founded in the arabian peninsula, and the 600s, headquartered out of mecca. then its headquarters moved to damascus the height of its power, the caliphate was run out of bag dad. what was the -- baghdad, the caliphate was the imspire of islam, an entity that melded religion with politics and spanned a massive expanse o

who is the head of the islamic state. so when i'm talking to you about isn't theoretical things, 8000 miles away. it is linked intrinsically to the threat here in america. you will know the san bernardino killers swore allegiance on social media to. [inaudible] as well. this is not something theoretical. not something hyperbolic connected to the safety of everybody in this room. let's talk about the context of what isis has achieved. again making it unique.ake fun it's easy to make fun of the bad guys, much of the left wing media will not even use the word caliph and they'll just pooh-pooh the concept that there is something called the islamic state that it's a state and its islamic, yeah smart but let's look at what happened on june 209th, 2015. when. [inaudible] fell to a handful of isis fire fighters fighters, two weeks later the head of isis walked into the grand mosque of muscle and walked up the pulpit and dressed in the black clerical robes cloak and wearing a black turban, he made a statement very eloquent stateme

the war against the islamic state has made progress. a lot of statistics were thrown about, but i think one of the key takeaways from yesterday was --mattis,athis saying the focus hatch shifted to and not -- has shifted to annihilation. looking at the foreign flyers in both countries and doing the best to and circle them and take them out. host: your report in the military times says that by total annihilation, the pentagon's approach to defeating the islamic state is now defined as a merciless annihilation. has become ahat more aggressive effort in syria, , to prevent the foreign fighters specifically from escaping the stronghold once local allies have been cornered. foreign fighters are the strategic threat, should they return home to tunis, to kuala lumpur, paris, detroit, wherever , by taking the time to surround an attack, we carry out the annihilation campaign so we do not simply transplant this problem from one location to another. , do we see an actual plan on fighting isis formulated and if not yet, when do we expect that? gues

the strategic town was taken from the islamic state on wednesday. the fighters will now push on and launch a self-proclaimed caliphate silly and -- caliphate syrian stronghold. it has been targeted with airstrikes by the syrian government and russia in the united states, as well as france. >> the liberation will be at the hands of syrian democratic forces. be the good news will announced once we reached the heart of the city. >> the recapture edges closer to the syrian heartland of the islamic state caliphate, which resides 55 kilometers down the valley. kurdish fighters also capture -- country's largest a crucial prize in the strategy of retaking the city. >> we think the international coalition forces that largely contributed to the city by land and by air. we are informing the public that the administration will be handed over to a civil counsel. the victories being viewed as a diplomatic snub to turkey. erdogan hasident offered his own troops. the italian court has upheld the 16 year sentence for the disgraced captain of the doomed concorde he a

here in northern syria, the so—called islamic state is collapsing. but what happens to its believers and converts, those that abandoned europe to live under the caliphate? these camps are for civilians, the most desperate. but lurking here is a threat, is fighters living among them. the camps here in northern syria are being overwhelmed. people are fleeing fighting on a number of fronts, and this is before the big attack on the is de facto capital, raqqa. is fighters and their families are trying to get out. some are trying to defect. many of them are being captured here, before they even make it to the border with turkey. we were given exclusive access to one jail holding european is fighters. they are a threat, and distrusted, so are heavily guarded by the al shamir front. these are the personal belongings of is prisoners and defectors. hundreds have been captured, including whole families back to europe. mohammad atalla and his wife left nieminen france to join the islamic state. they had a baby while in raqqa. he says he doesn't hate france, and

here in northern syria, the so—called islamic state is collapsing. but what happens to its believers and converts, those that abandoned europe to live under the caliphate? these camps are for civilians, the most desperate. but lurking here is a threat, is fighters living among them. the camps here in northern syria are being overwhelmed. people are fleeing fighting on a number of fronts, and this is before the big attack on the is de facto capital, raqqa. is fighters and their families are trying to get out. some are trying to defect. many of them are being captured here, before they even make it to the border with turkey. we were given exclusive access to one jail holding european is fighters. they are a threat, and distrusted, so are heavily guarded by the al shamir front. these are the personal belongings of is prisoners and defectors. hundreds have been captured, including whole families heading back to europe. mohammad atalla and his wife left niemen, france, to join the islamic state. they had a baby while in raqqa. he says he doesn't hate fran

life under islamic state is difficult. it's not a life i would wish on anyone. >> i had a normal life in france. i was happy. i was in school. europe does not want them back. the fighters here do not want them to stay. are a burden on us. ability tove the look after them. from the more help countries in europe, many more members would defect. the bbc spoke to a british man inside syria. despite joining i.s. willingly, he appealed for rescue. we need help and i'm aware the turkish government is not willing to help. we asked if you have spoken to the brits. he replied the british embassy said they're not able to do anything. we asked who is preventing you from leaving. none of the groups in northern syria are preventing people from leaving, he said. in matter -- as a matter of fact, they do not warn people. escaped turkey and is held in jail. set traps foras those fleeing. >> the number defecting is increasing a lot, but the main problem is i.s. sleeper cells pretending to be smugglers. they make contact with members trying

it would be suspected of islamic state is behind it. anchor: put it into wider context. >> the islamic state, we talk about it in europe and of the threat it poses here, primarily a middle east entity and organization. not just in egypt, we see the capacity they have to attack minority groups in iraq, syria, as well as not just christians. and even in a general sense of the middle east that christians feel they are under attack even in jordan were christians are very much. minority. it is important to remember while veggies some -- g7 summit is getting underway and one of the key issues is in a kind of consensus between leaders and trying to tackle terrorism and feeling the effects of manchester and those kind of terrorist attacks taking place in other parts of the world. anchor: thank you for that analysis. underway int is sicily this friday. it is the first annual group of meetings for president trump and he is in the final leg of his first overseas trip. he criticized leaders in brussels for not paying their part of the alliance. he

state teletu bby, circulate notjust the islamic state teletubby, not just circulate notjust the islamic state teletubby, notjust to libya across the city here, they lost that last year, but also able to circulate through europe. but if you want to move from tripoli you can or via istanbul and get back to the uk. it is not impossible. people here say that pretty much anything is impossible for getting back to europe for a libyans. and one other thing, we're hearing that salman abedi, his parents, they we re that salman abedi, his parents, they were exiles from libya and came to britain from libya because they were fleeing from qaddafi, from the gaddafi regime. there are quite religious people and they hated what he stood for. there was a large exodus if you like in the early to mid 90s, of people fleeing here, and then heading towards the uk. a lot of them settled in manchester and that was a very difficult time another brutal dictatorship. some would say that they were radicalised, that they became increasingly islamic in the communities in the uk. in fact on social media there has been

so let's focus on the most serious terrorist threat to the united states, that the islamic state and i want to walk through quickly three or four yardsticks that will help you internalize just how very serious the brett is to america, and why the president has made it his primary mission to destroy this organization. number one, the islamic state is unique amongst threat groups. why? because it is the world's first ever trans regional insurgency, the world's first ever. let me unpack that, that the technical designation but it's important. we now know what's out there of course, that the islamic state old territory in most of the country. both territory in syria, iraq and has affiliates according to the national counterterrorism center , it has fully operational affiliates in at least 19 nations around the world. these are people who say isys, you are cool. they are fully operational. >> let's take a historical perspective to that. maybe we have some amateur historians in the room. go back the last 170 years. pick any insurgency in modern history, any insurgency whether it's now in c

now the so—called islamic state, through their news agency, has claimed responsibility for the attack. terrorism experts are warning it is very unlikely it was planned organised outside of indonesia and the links between people in syria or iraq and indonesia are very loose and communication is difficult. despite the fact that thinking has been done within indonesia itself, there have been lots of concerns about a rise in radicalism. there is indeed. when the president went to visit the site of this attack, he reiterated his concerns and demands that anti—terrorism laws in the country need to be beefed up. he drafted laws after the ja ka rta beefed up. he drafted laws after the jakarta attack at the centre of the city last year. they have been held up city last year. they have been held up in parliament. this is something the president is frustrated about. the new terrorism laws would widen the definition of terrorism to include hate speech of the spreading of radical content. it would also give the police the ability to detain someone without trial for three months. in parliament th

there were a lot of islamic state group militants there. >> we left because of the chaos. islamist militancy isn't new to the philippines. the nation has struggled with it decade-long separatist insurgency in the south that left over 120,000 people dead. however, this time around, at have beenilitias cooperating with each other. ordinary filipinos were standing firmly behind authorities and --sident to church a president rodrigo deterred take. duterte.ent >> if i'm incompetent and incapable of keeping order in this country, let me step down and give the job to somebody else. he has threatened martial law in the past to deal with many issues, including illegal drugs. itle the constitution limits to 60 days, he can keep it in effect for up to year. the critics have raised the underr of potential abuse for denmark is a decade ago. laura: taiwan has become the first country in asia to legalize gay marriage. it's a huge victory for gay rights activist whose long battle to have their relationships recognized by the state. the streets of time they explode in celebrations. followe

claims they are fighting for the islamic state group. he's vowed to press ahead with despite signs of opposition. and the the police armied forces -- armed forces say the philippines are safe, this marshal law will continue. will not listen to the others. court, congress, they don't matter. therter: marshal law gives military power over civilian authorities. armed forces can conduct searches or carry out arrests without a warrant. also applies curfews for some of the provinces. congress has the authority to the decree. the supreme court also has to power to rule on the law's legality. those checks and balances are designed to prevent a repeat of suffered under marcos. the former dictator was one yearn in 1986, before the current constitution was drawn up. to faceis unlikely opposition in congress. but getting his project past the could provet trickier. last friday, the court chief expressed concerns about duterte's decision to impose marshal law. >> north korea has fired its third missile in as many weeks. president, donald trump, says t

he described the threat posed by laptops on their planes with regards to the islamic state, and disclosed key details from an intelligence partner. they were classified — he should not share that with the russians. and the partner that shared that information with the united states would certainly be upset about it. and you were saying that discussing those matters with somebody in government would be illegal? it is not illegal, because the president can choose to declassify anything. but it is inappropriate. it's inappropriate. we have seen hr mcmaster deny this. he said it did not happen that way. what is your response? he said the president did not disclose sources or methods, and our story also said that. but the nature of the information provided to the russians would allow them to reverse engineer that information to discover the sources and methods. in other words, he said so much that someone could figure it out. and the second thing i would say is that, following the meeting, there were messages that went out from the white house, from the nsc and cia. from the nsc to the cia.

the paper claims intelligence on the islamic state. the paperclaims mrtrump intelligence on the islamic state. the paper claims mr trump gave information supplied by an ally which had not authorised it disclosure to the russians. the white house has denied the claim is false. the us secretary of state said that they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. two major internet security firms say they are looking at clues that may connect the attacks with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. and this video is trending on our website: it's the noble british sport of lawnmower racing. it has its thrills and spills as you can see. that is all from me. our top uk

the battle to take back mosul from the self—proclaimed islamic state has been raging for close to 1,000 days, when they first swept through northern iraq like a plague. what still remains will be some of the most difficult and dangerous fighting for the iraqi forces. heavy metal music. they are not alone, however. the us—led coalition has been a steady presence, conducting thousands of air strikes and providing intelligence. but they have been increasing their work on the ground with iraqi forces. here at patrol base foundry, us soldiers are working directly with the iraqi federal police to push is out of iraq's second—largest city. we're in mosul, actually. we're at the airport on the south end of mosul. we're about five or six kilometres from the frontline of the federal police. do you have any closer positions to the frontline? yeah, we have some other units that are a little bit closer, but they are still well behind the forward line of troops. there's people bleeding almost every day up there. there's back—and—forth fighting. keeping watch at all times, the small group of a

we know that the islamic state had said they were behind the attack. in the last few weeks, we have seen a very concerted effort by the u.s. military against the islamic state in the eastern province where there was the mother of all bombs dropped. there's also ground operations with u.s. special forces targeting key isis come on -- command control centers and the most difficult rugged terrains and afghanistan. host: the islamic state group says it was responsible, but many initially thought the attack was carried out by the taliban. in what context does the attack comes? ? reporter: we saw the taliban announcing its offensive after their former leader killed in a u.s. drone strike. this is very much the fighting season. it's been 300 years since marines have ride -- arrived in the southern province. 2017 unfortunately looks like is another bloody year and the taliban managed to control an area and they are much more powerful. betterve better weapons, forces, and they have expanded their area of recruitment. presence in the eastern province, which is a

state organization and had been shared by another party with inside knowledge of the islamic state group. that party, according to reporting from the new york times. the two sides seem to be talking past each other. the white house administration saying doll trump had the right to disclose the information, and his critics saying he had the right, but should he of done so? righter: that's the question to ask. he certainly has the legality to do this. the u.s. president can essentially declassify any document and any information he wants, and that's what donald trump did, without maybe knowing too much about it. that is what h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, said that he was not even briefed before on where this intelligence had come from and which country might have shared it, so he didn't know, and decided to come up with it in that meeting in the oval office. it's within his rights to do so, meaning that information is now officially declassified. the white house is trying to move this toward the actual leaking of this information. this is a very frustrated administration wi

president trump offered details about an islamic state terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on planes. president trump's actions are not considered illegal. the president is allowed to disclassify almost any information he desires. just a short time ago, the president's national security adviser denied the report. "the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did not discuss any military operations that were not already publicly known." according to the

the battle to take back mosul from the self—proclaimed islamic state has been raging for close to 1,000 days, when they first swept through northern iraq like a plague. what still remains will be some of the most difficult and dangerous fighting for the iraqi forces. heavy metal music. they are not alone, however. the us—led coalition has been a steady presence, conducting thousands of air strikes and providing intelligence. but they have been increasing their work on the ground with iraqi forces. here at the patrol base foundry, us soldiers are working directly with the iraqi federal police to push is out of iraq's second—largest city. we're in mosul, actually. we're at the airport at the south end of mosul. we're about five or six kilometres from the frontline of the federal police. do you have any closer positions to the frontline? yeah, we have some other units that are a little bit closer, but they are still well behind the forward line of troops. there's people bleeding almost every day up there. there's back—and—forth fighting. keeping watch at all times, the small group

plans flying out of angelique air base to attack the islamic state group in syria and iraq. turkey cannot be placed that planes flying from one of its bases are being used in support of the syrian kurds when he regards the syrian kurdish fighters is a bunch of terrorists. what else it could do? i don't know. even if it was to restrict the u.s. use of angelic airbase, that would be harming turkey in the sense that america's campaign against islamic state is good for turkey as well. rochelle: jasper mortimer reporting to us. thank you. staying in the u.s., the white house has denied claims that president donald trump revealed highly classified information to russia's foreign minister over a planned islamic state operation. the allegations were first reported by "washington post." they say he first discussed the intel during a meeting with sergey lavrov last week. ..r. mcmaster denies have a listen. mcmaster: the story that came out tonight was false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to , civil avia

officials are said trump disclosure jeopardize a critical source of intelligence on the islamic state. the information the present relayed have been provided by you as part of two and intelligence sharing agreement concerning so sensitive information that details have been withheld from allies and unrestricted even within the u.s. government, according to officials as we said, a quick respon as was said a quick response from the white house, white t house official who went out to get a response national security advisor h. r. mcmaster. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the store they came out tonight as reported is false. if the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials were present, including the secretary of state, remember the meeting the

the islamic state group says it is behind the attack in afghanistan today. gunmen have overrun a state cityision building in a not far from the regional governors compound. he has only been in power for a few days, but workers at a french factory threatened with closure want president macron to intervene. in france, the biggest film festival kicks off today. live coverage coming up. emmanuel macron is said to reveal his cabinet today, one day later than originally planned. his team wants more time to vet all of the candidates before they are announced. to chris moore, who is at the presidential palace. the cabinet was supposed to be announced yesterday. what is taking so long? the reason was to allow background checks to be carried out on potential cabinet ministers, checks into their finances and potential conflicts of interest. macron campaigned on a promise to clean up french politics. there was an affair under francois along -- brought in to clean up tax evasion. he was found to have a secret overseas bank account. it is one element of what mr. macron is

but this attack follows a series of church bombings that were claimed by the islamic state group. >> this is how the bus, attacked on friday, looked once security forces arriveded at the site. riddled with machine gun bullets, its windows ripped out. and a massive hole on the side. on the inside of the vehicle, holes shshow the bullets had penetrated the bus. friday, dozens of worshipers, among them many children, were traveling in the small convoy to visit the st. samuel monastery about 220 kilometers south of cairo. they were ambushed by three s.u.v.'s. witnesses say eight to 10 gunmen, wearing clothes that looked like military uniforms, stormed out and opened fire at the bus. they escaped before security forces arrived. while the injured were evacuated to the nearest hospital, security forces set up checkpoints along the road to try and catch the attackers. this is the fourth time since december that egypt's coptic community is attacked. dozens of people were killed when jihadists bombed three churches in december and in april. the president sisi then declared a three-month state

you look at islamic state, it's been losing territory. those foreign fighters, those who came from european states, they are looking to return home. not all those returning home want to carry out a terrorist attack, but here's the fear. those that are well-trained could pose a great threat. obviously you are traveling to libya and syria, it has to be questioned. this is no doubt why people get on information systems, intelligence systems. why you go to these regions when the conflict is so high in these particular countries. normally we've seen attacks by lone actors and groups like islamic state will claim respsibility. it may be a little bit not so much direct order or direct control, but you can clearly see there's some people really and vetted within the narrative, this extreme islamist narrative. brent: david in liverpool, thank you very much. we appreciate your insights tonight. reporter: you're welcome. brent: u.s. president donald trump has met with pope francis in rome as part of his nine-day tour. the two had clashed publicly on

what is the appropriate response now against the islamic state? are the generals going to be told to advance your thinking and advance your address against the enemy? >> i think it longer time goes on when the islamic state isn't brought to it's ins, the greater the opportunity to continue to recruit and train terrorists. we don't know what the cause of this particular attack in man classer was. i note and hesitate to say this even given our last discussion, man classer has one of the highest islamist patch laightss of any city in england. it's second or third. larger than paris and france. most muslims in the united kingdom come from the subcouldn't in the. it's possible it's pakistani in origin it's possible it's isis. but even given th president's performance in saudi arabia, this is still a global threat. it highlights why the timid response we have seen the past 8 years has put us in such a defensive position. as one of your guests was saying earlier, it's only 15 years since 9/11. it's like we have forgotten how bad that was. like so many, w

because of a foreign partner providing it that has some access to the islamic state. and so this wasn't intel that the united states was authorized to share, and especially not authorized to share with russia. >> and i want to read to you, greg, because this goes to the heart of what you're reporting, two statements from the white house tonight, one of which came from the secretary of state, rex tillerson say this, drurg president trump's meeting with foreign minister lavrov a broad range of subjects were discussed. among these counter terrorism. during that the nature of specific threats were discussed but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. in your report you're saying that while the sources and the methods may not have been discussed, but the information that the president shared they would be easily ascertainable, right? >> in fact our story says clearly that the president did not discuss -- did not name this partner, the source of this intelligence. >> the country. >> did not talk about the particular collection capability that was respo

the paper claims intelligence on the islamic state. the paperclaims mrtrump intelligence on the islamic state. the paper claims mr trump gave information supplied by an ally which had not authorised it disclosure to the russians. the white house has denied the claim is false. the us secretary of state said that they did not discuss soui’ces, said that they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. two major internet security firms say they are looking at clues that may connect the attacks with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. and this video is trending on our website: it's the noble british sport of lawnmower racing. it has its thrills and spills as you can see. that is all from me. our top uk story: ian brady — one of britian‘s most notorious serial killers — has died aged 79. he killed five children and teenagers in the 19605. we cross to singapore for the latest business news. singapore airlines‘ earnings are due out l

i was afraid islamic state would ask me to join them as many already have. some my age and many younger. reporter: a number of children have been left homeless and offered to work instead of pursuing an education. while the situation is slowly improving in eastern muzzle, educators in the city are calling for more government support. we need more investment from the ministry of education and teachers to help support students and help them forget these negative experiences. they need to be able to keep on with their study so they can be like students in other parts of the country. primary school in rome and in iraq was at 100% in the 80's but unicef estimates today there are 1.2 million children nationwide not in school. there have been more antigovernment protest in dennis whalen with demonstrators blocking the streets of caracas after the president announced plans to form an assembly with a power to rewrite the constitution and circumvent the parliament. critics say it is another move toward dictatorship. the venezuelan capital brought to a standstill. anti

we're with iraqi forces as they open up a new front in their fight to dislodge the islamic state group from mosul. to stay or to leave? yep, the big boss of one of the world's largest banks, goldman sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit. that's coming up in an exclusive interview. and as you've been hearing, it's the last day of campaigning before france elects their next president, and i tell you what, it's a biggie for europe. so we're going to look at how each one plans to run the eurozone‘s second—biggest economy. hello, and welcome to bbc news. good morning from paris. in a matter of hours, it will all be over. at midnight tonight, campaigning officially ends. and what a badtempered campaign it has been, culminating in that televised debate between the two candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. one of the most badtempered in french presidential election history. it has even resulted in the front—runner, emmanuel macron, filing a lawsuit because of rumours on the net that he has an offshore bank account in the caribbean. he disputes that

plan has been agreed to by leaders to tackle the islamic state group. those countries in the nato alliance who do not pay their way he has criticised. there is no punishment for countries that do not meet the 296 for countries that do not meet the 2% that he had a point, there are plenty of countries who work towards spending 2% on defence but have not done so. it was a speech i think for his supporters of back home, they did however, the leaders here, want to give him something because america is crucial to this alliance and they have agreed amongst themselves despite reservations that themselves despite reservations that the nato alliance will be a formal pa rt the nato alliance will be a formal part of the coalition against islamic state. what does it mean in pratt is? to be honest, it is more symbolism than anything substantial. —— in pratt says. he could have aircraft to fly over syria and manage the airspace during the bombing campaign but the secretary general of nato said it would not be directly involved in direct combat. us media are now r

state. to discuss these findings, we go to london where we're joined by patrick wilcken, amnesty international's arms control and human rights researcher. patrick, welelcome to democracy now! talk about what you found and what is pentagon documents reveal. >> thanks. audits a kind of worrying of the whole prorocess of the supply chain of over $1 billion worth of equipment. a lot of it weapons, as you said, going into kuwait and then snaking its way up and through toack to various -- iraq various army day pose. it found that there was no real centralized information source. oneu.s. military at any given point in time could not have an accurate assessment of the quantities and the location of equipment coming in. i think this is especially concerning because we have seen in previous dod audits that the situation is even worse on the iraqi side. once equipment is handed over to the iraqis, previous reports have shown that the iraqi warehouses are disorganized, even the iraqi officials don't kno

if the islamic state has done this it would also not surprise me because we have seen more brutality on their part, more attacks. perhaps it is revenge for the mother of all bombs that was dropped against their position. at the time they had said they would be taking revenge for their attack. i think it's too early and not wise for me to speculate which group may have carried out this attack. genie: thank you. the world is still waiting for donald trump to weigh in on whether or not the u.s. will back last year's landmark agreement on climate change. the president refused to commit andhe deal at the g7 summit said he will announce the decision later this week. spoke yesterday in new york, not mentioning trump by name but still targeting the u.s. and the world efforts to fight global warming. >> absolutely essential is how the u.n. secretary-general to maintaine need the agreement. antonio guterres stressed that the rest of the world must -- its efforts to fight climate change. >> if any government doubts the need for these accords, that is reason for all others to unite even stronger

state. to discuss these findings, we go to london where we're joined by patrick wilcken, amnesty international's arms control and human rights researcher. patrick, welcome to democracy now! talk about what you found and what is pentagon documents reveal. >> thanks. audits a kind of worrying of the whole process of the supply chain of over $1 billion worth of equipment. a lot of it weapons, as you said, going into kuwait and then snaking its way up and through toack to various -- iraq various army day pose. it found that there was no real centralized information source. oneu.s. military at any given point in time could not have an accurate assessment of the quantities and the location of equipment coming in. i think this is especially concerning because we have seen in previous dod audits that the situation is even worse on the iraqi side. once equipment is handed over to the iraqis, previous reports have shown that the iraqi warehouses are disorganized, even the iraqi officials don't know wh

the so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility forjakarta bus station attacks that left at least three policemen dead and a dozen others wounded on wednesday. authorities investigating the incident also believe the bombers had links with is. the blasts were believed to target police. and republican congressional candidate greg gianforte was arrested after body slamming a guardian journalist who asked a question about healthcare. inmates have escaped from prison in north—east brazil. the police hunt is under way at the prison in the state of rio grande do norte. like manyjails in state of rio grande do norte. like many jails in rizal, state of rio grande do norte. like manyjails in rizal, it is dilapidated and overcrowded. and wayne rooney might not be getting that big money move to china after all. that's because the football authorities there have announced a 100% tax on future signings of foreign players. the move is being made to encourage the development of home—grown talent. american media are reporting that president trump's son—in—law and senior and —— senior a

state group. the us secretary of state has said they did not discuss "sources, methods or military operations." the serious work in france begins as president macron appoints his top political team. mr macron has alreadyn named edouard philippe, of the centre—right republicans party, as his prime minister. ian brady, one of britain's most notorious serial killers, has died. he killed five children and teenagers in the 1960s with his partner, myra hindley. the

you look at islamic state, it's been losing territory. those foreign fighters, those who came from european states, they are looking to return home. not all those returning home want to carry out a terrorist attack, but here's the fear. those that are well-trained could pose a great threat. obviouously you are e travelelio libya and syria, it has to be questioned. this is no dououbt why peoeoplet on information systems, intetelligence systems. why you go to these regions when the conflict is so high in these particular countriries. normally we've seen attacks by lone actors and groups like islamic state will claim responsibility. it may be a little bit not so much direct order or direct control, but you can clearly see there's some people really and vetted within the narrative, this e extreme islamist narrati. brent: david in liverpool, thank you very much. we appreciate your insights tonight. reporter: you're welcome. brent: u.s. president donald trump has met with pope francis in rome as part of his nine-day tour. the two had clashed pu

his son hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then, salman abedi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met him at a mosque, and we just prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, extra 5—10 minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supported manchester united. now, he is too scared to show his face and says, over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell that there was something up with him, like, something was bugging him. then it came to a point where he didn't want to listen to music anymore, didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, i'd be like, oh, this is a good song. he'd be like, nah, man, turn it off. shouldn't listen to music, it's the devil. he goes, even if you're to do bad stuff, and like sell weed or do whatever, like, even drink alcohol, as long as you're praying, just pray and just keep it up, ‘cause you still can get forgiven. but like, just ‘cause he knows himself, doing what he did, he‘ll go to hell. so i

i disagree with him in regards to putin and islamic state. russia isa to putin and islamic state. russia is a known devil. they clearly violates treaties and borders and certainly do not operate according to international norms. we are playing a bit into their hands according to former kgb agentjack ba rs ky according to former kgb agentjack barsky who said the other day on fox news that what they are trying to do is create chaos with elections. they are picking democrats against republicans and we are not focusing on the true problem, terrorism. this is the first time a president has brought sunni muslims and israel against iran. islamic state is huge, with 200,000 fighters around the world, including 20,000 in the us. they have highly sophisticated technology, including facebook. like my texas animal, the armadillo, they are burrowing into neighbourhoods in the us, the uk, and throughout europe. they are huge threat along with north korea. he comes back from that trip with the german leader saying we can no longer rely on the us. that is sending shock waves around. well, first o

his son hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then, salman abedi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met him at a mosque, and we just prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, extra 5—10 minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supported manchester united. now, he is too scared to show his face and says, over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell that there was something up with him, like, something was bugging him. then it came to a point where he didn't really listen to music anymore, didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, i'd be like, oh, this is a good song. he'd be like, nah, man, turn it off. shouldn't listen to music, it's the devil. he goes, even if you're to do bad stuff, and like sell weed or do whatever, like, even drink alcohol, as long as you're praying, just pray and just keep it up, because you still can get forgiven. but like, just ‘cause he knows himself, doing what he did, he'll go to hell. so i don'

potentially significant players in the fight and taking the fight to so—called islamic state. why is turkey so opposed to the americans helping them? turkey is furious with the latest decision. ankara considers ypg as a terrorist organisation like pkk. turkey has long asked the united states to stop its support for the ypg. however, the us makes a distinction between pkk and ypg. and doesn't consider ypg a terrorist organisation. the washington administration considers them a very useful ally against the fight in syria. you have a real problem, washington thinks the kurdish fighters are an ally but they want to keep president erdogan onside. the only you can feel from the turkish leader, there could be a backlash. as we watched earlier, doing your report, recep tayyip erdogan sharply criticised the us administration and calls mr trump's latest decision a mistake. both leaders will meet on monday, for the first time, as heads of state, and definitely discuss this issue. certainly it's going to be top of the agenda. is that meeting going ahead as far as we know? yes, they can me

here in northern syria, the so—called islamic state is collapsing. but what happens to its believers and converts, those that abandoned europe to live under the caliphate? these camps are for civilians, the most desperate. but lurking here is a threat, is fighters living among them. the camps here in northern syria are being overwhelmed. people are fleeing fighting on a number of fronts, and this is before the big attack on the is de facto capital, raqqa. is fighters and their families are trying to get out. some are trying to defect. many of them are being captured here, before they even make it to the border with turkey. we were given exclusive access to one jail holding european is fighters. they are a threat, and distrusted, so are heavily guarded by the al shamir front. these are the personal belongings of is prisoners and defectors. hundreds have been captured, including whole families heading back to europe. mohammad atalla and his wife left nimes in france, to join the islamic state. they had a baby while in raqqa. he says he doesn't hate fra

his son hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then, salman abedi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met him at a mosque, and we just prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, extra 5—10 minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supported manchester united. now, he is too scared to show his face and says, over the past six months, salman abedi changed. there was something up. you could tell that there was something up with him, like, something was bugging him. then it came to a point where he didn't want to listen to music anymore, didn't think about girls. if there was a nice track on, i'd be like, oh, this is a good song. he'd be like, nah, man, turn it off. shouldn't listen to music, it's the devil. he goes, even if you're to do bad stuff, and like sell weed or do whatever, like, even drink alcohol, as long as you're praying, just pray and just keep it up, ‘cause you still can get forgiven. but like, just ‘cause he knows himself, doing what he did, he'll go to hell. so i do

is his brother, now under arrest in libya for supporting so—called islamic state. this is abedi's father, affiliated to extremists. the libyan islamic fighting group is now back home in libya. on his facebook page, he praises al-qaeda fighters in syria. before he left south manchester, we are told he would take part in present this mosque. he is there all the time when the prez are happening. here's a guy who announces. police now want to know if anyone else knew what salman abedi and his father believed. he was well—known in the mosque? abedi and his father believed. he was well-known in the mosque? oh, yeah. a good man? he is a good man. this man is close to the trustees at didsbury mosque. like many, he had no idea of the family's extremist links. we know he is connected to extremist fighters in libya, groups close to al-anda. extremist fighters in libya, groups close to al-qaeda. right. is that a problem, though? people like yourself, good people, don't know who they are with? the mosque trustees have to do more about that. leaders of communities have to sit

air power to recapture of islamic state capitol raqqa, the final main goal for the islamic state campaign and would be the culmination of this long effort that the united tates launched against the islamic state. on the other hand issue the united states has close relationship with turkey and is dead set against this considers e turkey pkk, pg to be extension of oth labeled a terrorist group and exists -- it is rebel group that exists in turkey. calls with missy ryan. leo up next, an independent, good morning. hello, how you doing? rouse, trumpl as a trying to get the heat off of him as far as his involvement russia. i think that we need to learn see thisory, napoleon, fghanistan-iraq war will eventually bring this country i thought we had more intelligent american politicians and is country, but trump afghanistan, iraq, will bring the united states down to a sneeze. leo in florida, missy ryan, the caller bringing up russia, syria a place where is russian involvement, as well. today, s of your story how much coordination is there with russia when it comes to kurdish e arming the rebels th

state group, i think he is the premier and most important threat, more so than islamic state. i think isis can do terrible things and i worry a lot about what is happening with the muslim faith. i worry about a lot of things about that. but it is the russians who are trying, who tried to destroy the very fundamental democracy and that is to change the outcome of an american election. and for more on the investigations into russian interference we are joined now by james woolsey, who formerly served as the director of central intelligence. do you agree with senatorjohn mccain that the real concern and real threat at the moment for the united states national security is not so much islamic state but russia? i would say iran and north korea and russia. iran and north korea and russia. iran and north korea both have strong elements of instability about them and ideology, who knows what the ideology is for north korea. iran it is islamist terrorism. and that is a very serious problem. russia, we're used to dealing with, we fought a cold war against them for several decades and more