yazidis, christians. but of course you have to extend who hand for everyone didn't have bloody hands and who didn't kill her people. justice is very important. all of those places people should be brought to justice. -- isis people should be brought to justice. sociall we have to build peace. i'm hereto ask you and to urge you to help us not just in the rebuilding of our cities. but also rebuilding social peace. i'm not just talking for the use 80's but also victimized communities. thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you for the incredibly powerful reminder that the genocide is actually still going on. a call to action to ensure that we are investing in trying to provide physical protection, allowing for trust. of many ofators these atrocities were actually neighbors who turned on neighbors and to create the conditions for people to feel safe we have to address that and remind us that these minorities communities, 550,000 utilities -- yazidis have had to flee. iraq's christian community from 1.5 millio

you have two different communes of yazidis. one of them has been the yazidi people have beening abducted by isis and taken to rafa and those who need to the camp. [speaking in foreign language] >> interpreter: of course both of them are occupied and we have to work to save both of them. [speaking in foreign language] >> interpreter: we know that there's a marketplace in raqqa where yazidi women are assault so we try to save them. [inaudible] foreign. >> interpreter: kurdistan regional government has stop up in -- buying these yazidis in the marketplace and save them but unfortunately, iraqi government hasn't helped any in this regard. >> i'm sorry, ambassador. >> interpreter: i apologize, miss ambassador. they didn't help news buying these yazidis. [speaking in foreign language] >> interpreter: you are right in to 2014 when our people fled, yazidi people-most of them went to syria and then most came back to the region, some left the camp and some of them left. of course for me and for every yazidi and every camp needs help. >>

we have protected and provided shelter for hundreds of thousands of yazidi's. and we have provided resources to christian churches and communities to fight isis. our forces have eliminated thousands of square kilometers, one taken by isis. whether 1750 pesce murder have been killed in close than 11000 has been injured. there pass laws and includes articles in its draft constitution that protect the rights of all people of all faiths and backgrounds but we recognize it's not enough we need to accept that society evolves and demands change. for example, we have a system of allocating a quota to the minorities in the curtis and parliament. some are calling for the allocation to be widened. this should be studied and carefully consider so that the inclusivity that we are proud of his maintains an enhanced. this is just one example. what about the broader picture outside of curtis stand? the rest of iraq? what do we need to do to enable people to live a reasonable life? i don't speak of reinstating trust since trust was lacking before isis came and is not out of rea

still to come: three years after his capture by so—called islamic state, a yazidi boy is reunited with his family in canada. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 1ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. the latest headlines: spanish police say they've foiled a second terror attack, shooting and killing five people in the town of cambrils, south of barcelona. the o

three years after his capture by so—called islamic state — a yazidi boy is reunited with his family in canada. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 1ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. the latest headlines: spanish police have killed five suspected terrorists in the resort town of cambrils. they were said to be carrying bomb belts and had run over civilians wi

still to come: three years after his capture by so—called islamic state, a yazidi boy is reunited with his family in canada. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last iten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. the latest headlines: three days of mourning have been declared after a van deliberately ploughed into a crowd in the centre of barcelona, killing 13 people. as the

thousands of yazidis are still being held by is. our correspondent murad shishani has met some of the men trying to rescue the kidnapped women. in iran members of parliament have been criticised on social media after they took selfies with the european union's top diplomat, federica mogherini. she was in iran for president hassan rouhani's inauguration when she found herself the centre of attention in parliament. ms mogherini has met iran's president and foreign minister to discuss the pace of the implementation of the iran's nuclear deal. sport now, for the second night in succession, the ioo—metres final delivered a shock. 2a hours afterjustin gatlin beat usain bolt in london, the women's race went to another american, ahead of the jamaican favourite. ben croucher reports. after all the headlines in the men's 100 metres, sunday of was the turn of the women. elaine thompson was favourite but once again there was a surprise in store. as the jamaican faded, it looked for all the world like cote d'ivoire's marie—josee ta lou had t

the un says about 3,000 yazidi women and girls are still being held, and subjected to beatings and rape. the venezuelan prosecutor's office has asked a court in the capital, caracas, to suspend the inauguration of a new constituent assembly on friday. this is a response to allegations from the head of the company that supplied the voting system used in sunday's election, that results were tampered with. the brazilian football star, neymar, has smashed the world record for a transfer fee. he is now the most expensive player in history. neymar has signed a five—year contract with the french champions, paris st germain, for $263 million. in the us, the investigation into russian attempts to interfere in last year's presidential election seems to be going deeper, and gathering pace. it's emerged that special counsel robert mueller has convened a grand jury in washington, the first step towards possible criminal charges. grand juries allow prosecutors to subpoena documents, put witnesses under oath and seek indictments. a little earlier president trump addressed a rally of supporters in we

the un said the militants still hold captive some three thousand yazidi women and girls. subjecting them to be times and right. it's a match that the father of the captain of a team of afghan schoolgirls who took part in a recent robotics competition in the u. s.. was among those killed in the bomb attack in the city of herat. officials say he was wounded in the attack on the mosque on tuesday and died later. the afghan team made headlines participating in the international robot olympics in washington last month. the us government is considering plans to allow more oil exploration in the arctic ocean overturning abound put in place by president obama. the inupiat whale hunters of northern alaska could feel the greatest impact of any drilling and our environment correspondent claire marshall. traveled more than three hundred miles north of the arctic circle to send this report. the climate is changing and the ice that covers the arctic is disappearing. hey the conflict between the natural world and the business of oil is it it's my stop. this town is the furthest north in

the un says about 3,000 yazidi women and girls are still being held and subjected to beatings and rape. the venezuelan prosecutor's office has asked a court in the capital, caracas, to suspend the inauguration of a new constituent assembly on friday. this is a response to allegations from the head of the company that supplied the voting system used in sunday's election that results were tampered with. the brazilian football star, neymar, has smashed the world record for a transfer fee. he is now the most expensive player in history. neymar has signed a five year contract with the french champions, paris st germain, for $263 million. a british computer expert who stopped a worldwide cyber attack has been arrested by the fbi in las vegas. marcus hutchins is accused of creating software to steal bank details, although the charges are not related to the so—called wannacry worm. he was hailed a hero when he found a way to stop the virus, which infected computers in 150 countries. james cook reports. marcus hutchins was hailed as a hero for stopping an attack which crippled the nhs and spr

a yazidi boy is reunited with his family in canada. washington, the world's most political city is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 10 days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be freed! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" good to have you with us. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: three days of mourning have been declared after a van deliberately ploughed into a crowd in the centre of barcelona killing 13 people as the

the un says about three—thousand yazidi women and girls are still being held, and subjected to beatings and rape. the venezuelan prosecutor's office has asked a court in the capital, caracas, to suspend the inauguration of a new constituent assembly on friday. this is a response to allegations from the head of the company that supplied the voting system used in sunday's election, that results were tampered with. the brazilian football star, neymar, has smashed the world record for a transfer fee — he is now the most expensive player in history. neymar has signed a five year contract with the french champions, paris st—germain, for $263 million. in the us, the investigation into russian attempts to interfere in last year's presidential election is gathering pace. it's emerged that special counsel robert mueller has convened a grand jury in washington — the first step towards possible criminal charges. earlier, president trump addressed a rally of supporters in west virginia and once more ridiculed any suggestion or ohio, or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any rus

of the law facts at hand leads to the conclusion isis is clearly responsible or genocide against the yazidis, christians, and shia muslims. isis is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at these same groups, and in some muslims,inst sunni kurds, and other minorities. isis has claimed responsibility for attacks on christian pilgrims and churches in egypt. the protection of these groups and others subject to violent extremism is a human rights priority for the trump administration. we will continue working with our regional partners to protect religious minority communities from terrorist attacks and preserve their cultural heritage. as the 20 16th report indicates, the governments around the world use descriptive territory laws to deny their citizens freedom of religion or belief. in iran, christians and other minorities are persecuted for their faith. iran continues to send its individuals to death under vague apostasy laws. 20 individuals were executed in 20 16th on charges that included "waging war against god." members of the baha'i community are impri

disappointment when he was told by his ceos that there was no chance of him going in to rescue the 10,000 yazidi people in the mountains. he was disgusted. and of course, the government at the time was keen to offer support to precisely the sort of militias that he ended up fighting with. they lost a parliamentary vote, which makes it all the more remarkable that the status of fighters like your son is, well, how would you describe it? it is a sort of legal limbo. it is worse than that. they are often criminalised when they come back. so these are guys fighting with coalition forces. they are getting our support from coalition forces. they are getting treated, if they are lucky enough, in special forces field hospitals, for example. so they are working closely with coalition forces and they are being treated as terrorists when they come back. i understand that we have to question them to check which side they are fighting for and make sure they have not committed a crime. but after that, you find some of them are let go and some of them are criminalised and put on bail, where they have to presen

congress and just last week, the current administration, labeled ask, genocide the attacks on yazidis, christians, assyrians, chaldeans and other groups by isis. last administration, this administration, are in agreement and have been very clear. over the past three years, these communities have faced unspeakable atrocities, including mass murder, sexual enslavement and torture. through the efforts of the iraqi government, the krg, the u.s. government and the international community, important progress has been made, the liberation of areas are important accomplishments. essential steps in creating conditions for religious minorities to return home. however, despite these gains thousands remain displaced and many have seen the isis assaulto exploited fissures between the communities. they suffered under isis and saddam hussein and other iraqis, continue to fight for their rights as citizens and work to ensure a safe future for allll iraqis. over the years, united states institute of peace has supported iraqi minorities to advance their rights and emphasize the vital importance of thei

[speaking in foreign language] >> for me, and for yazidi and every camp needs help. >> thank you for highlighting the fact that there are larger populations of that sought refuge. knox, would you please respond to the question from the american perspective. what is being done. mr. thames: we're taking action in a number of different fronts. the overarching question we all ask ourselves, is, what drove iraqis to support isis? there is the respect for human rights, other couple getting factors. i think we have a good partner with the prime minister of iraq who is committed to an agenda that is inclusive, that ensures all of iraq's diverse components have a voice, have a role in the government. we've seen with the iraqi security forces in their battle against isis a remarkable commitment to civilian protection to ensure that in liberating areas they are not destroying communities they are trying to save, so that they can be rebuilt and have confidence in the government that is protecting them. there's the question of how to we defeat the ideology of isis. how do we encourage those voice

a 12—year—old yazidi boy has been reunited with his mother in canada three years after being captured by the so—called islamic state. his name is emad tamo and he was reunited after a relative alerted his mother to his photo posted online after his rescue. the family were held captive by is in 2014, after their town was captured. emad's mother escaped with some of her children, arriving in canada as a refugee. the war on drugs in the philippines continues to take a deadly toll. police say they've killed another 26 suspected drug dealers and arrested hundreds more. the operations were ordered by president rodrigo duterte. the latest deaths mean at least 58 people have been killed in the past three days alone. jonathan head sent this report and, a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. one night, 26 dead. president duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as so often before, the police say they fired in self defence. "as we are right here in san pedro," explained this officer, "two men shot at officers, that's why they were killed." the police are calling this a

the military are being urged to rescue people from the minority yazidi community, who the militants may be holding as slaves. an earthquake with magnitude of 11.3 has hit the italian island of ischia, off the coast of naples. at least one person has been killed and more than 20 injured. residents and tourists on the island ran out onto the streets from homes and hotels. several buildings have collapsed. the bangladeshi movie star abdur razzak has died at the age of 77. in a decorated career, the actor appeared in more than 500 bengali—language movies. he was born in the indian state of west bengal, but later migrated to bangladesh to pursue a career in film. he died after suffering a cardiac arrest. big ben chimes. that is big ben, but it is the last time we will hear that until 2021. for the next four years, the bell will sound only for important events such as new year‘s eve and remembrance sunday. the major refurbishment will see the elizabeth tower, the clock and the bell frame repaired and cleaned. let‘s get more now on our top story: ten american sailors are still missing af

the military are being urged to rescue people from the minority yazidi community who the militants may be holding as slaves. an earthquake with magnitude of a5 has hit the italian island of ischia off the coast of naples. at least one person has been killed and more than 20 injured. residents and tourists on the island ran out onto the streets from homes and hotels. several buildings have collapsed. the university of texas has removed three statues commemorating the us civil war era, saying they had become symbols of modern white supremacy. the operation to take down the confederate monuments, including one of general robert e lee, began overnight to avoid confrontations. at that start of that address on afghanistan president trump said he sent his thoughts and prayers to the families of the sailors who were injured and lost after the collision monday morning between the ussjohn mccain and an oil tanker in the strait of malacca. the us navy has ordered a pause in its global operations to reassess its fleet after the collision. ten sailors are still missing after the incident. it's the

a 12—year—old yazidi boy has been reunited with his mother in canada three years after being captured by the so—called islamic state. emad tamo was reunited after a relative alerted his mother to his photo posted online after his rescue. the family were held captive by is in 2014 after their town was captured. emad's mother escaped with some of her children, arriving in canada as a refugee. the war on drugs in the philippines continues to take a deadly toll. police say they've killed another 26 suspected drug dealers, and arrested hundreds more. the operations were ordered by president rodrigo duterte. the latest deaths mean at least 58 people have been killed in the past three days. jonathan head reports — and a warning you may find some of the images in his report disturbing. 0ne one night, 26 dead. president duterte‘s war on drugs is back with a duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as so duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as so often before, the polic

the military are being urged to rescue people from the minority yazidi community who the militants may be holding as slaves. an earthquake with magnitude of 4.3 has hit the italian island of ischia off the coast of naples. at least one person has been killed and more than 20 injured. residents and tourists on the island ran out onto the streets from homes and hotels. several buildings have collapsed. the university of texas has removed three statues commemorating the us civil war era, saying they had become symbols of modern white supremacy. the operation to take down the confederate monuments, including one of general robert e lee, began overnight to avoid confrontations. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we meet the wild donkeys of northern cyprus, animals that have had to fend for themselves in a divided island. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed tod

the military are being urged to rescue people from the minority yazidi community, who the militants may be holding as slaves. an earthquake with magnitude of a5 has hit the italian island of ischia, off the coast of naples. at least one person has been killed and more than 20 injured. residents and tourists on the island ran out onto the streets from homes and hotels. several buildings have collapsed. the bangladeshi movie star abdur razzak has died at the age of 77. in a decorated career, the actor appeared in more than 500 bengali—language movies. he was born in the indian state of west bengal, but later migrated to bangladesh to pursue a career in film. he died after suffering a cardiac arrest. let‘s get more now on our top story: ten american sailors are still missing after a collision between a us destroyer and oil tanker near singapore. the us defence secretary, james mattis, has promised a broad investigation into what happened. leisha sa ntorelli is on the singapore coast. it has been more than 2a hours, what more can you tell us? the authorities said the search and rescue e

i would like to remind everybody that the third of august is the anniversary of the genocide of the yazidis. i would encourage all of you to come and show solidarity. >> just a point mentioned about resilience. in this particular context as we approach august 3rd, sinjar moved elsewhere and attacked other christian communities. we could follow that as it was happening. we could follow it on social media, on instruct the witnesser and see these communities being imperilled. these communities were calling for international assistance and none was forthcoming. when it was and the u.s. government did do air strikes, thousands of people's lives were saved. the resilience that i'm marvelled by is the resilience of these particular communities, the fact that they try to continue to seek ways to return home, the fact that they do have a desire to remain in their own countries. it's a resilience we need to do everything we can to support. we fail them when we don't have the conversations about the realities of the situation on the ground, when we don't acknowledge the minutia of the tensions that ex

every minority, they've enslaved women, they've tortured and raped women, yazidis have been tortured, they are deeply anti-semitic. they spew hatred in their magazine, "inspire," around the world. and as you said in the story that opened, we just stopped a plot in australia that was trying to kill with poisonous gas australians and westerners that are their primary enemy as they try to rebuild the caliphate9 and bringing the end of times. so if you're going to call a character isis, you can't just focus on the egyptian, non-religious character that was in the '70s and the old comics, but look at what the reality is and hows this is actually not going to help brand muslims in a superhero way, but it's going to make people reading their comics say, wait, what is this? isis is not a positive image of muslims, it's negative. and is we need to brand muslim superheroes as fighting radical islam. give them a different name, for crying out loud, other than isis. elizabeth: doctor, come back soon. we love having you on. >> thanks, liz, appreciate it. elizabeth: dunkin' donuts now thinking of d

question of what do we do with the islamic state, which is trying to engage in genocide against the yazidis, christians, against shia. the very core of our message nationally gets demingishiminis there's a sense we actually don't care about those issues. that's a telling comment from the secretary because it suggests there's a sense that that erosion may be occurring. >> angela merkel was one of the first people to speak out before american officials spoke out. she spoke out and said it was disgusting. >> yeah. well, and i think that then translates again, to all of our foreign policy. it affects our credibility as we try to hold others to account, as we try to promote our interests. if we don't have credibility, if we don't have capital and if the president's voice is diminished. that's not good anybody, it's not good for american power, prestige and the perception of us to affect change. >> thanks for being here. >>> coming up, heather heyer's mother with a strong message for president trump. that's next here on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...ou