Back to go welcome to the use crates free at last us by Syrian Forces say theyve captured isel stronghold in Northern Syria theyve been fighting to take back rocket for four months but us soldiers celebrates in the streets we examine the human cost of this conflict thats killed three thousand people and does this mean the end of isis. Also on the bridge of the kurdish flag is being lowered in Northern Iraq several towns are now under the control of Iraqi Government forces after Kurdish Peshmerga fighters pulled out this defeat as expose divisions among the kurds will explore where this leaves the idea of a possible future kurdish state and journalism is not a crime its been three hundred days since aljazeera is Mahmood Hussein was arrested egypts accuse of broadcasting false news human rights and media organizations are joined on network and denouncing his incarceration and demanding his Immediate Release. And in malta one of the journalists behind the Panama Papers is killed in a car bombing i mean are supposed to miss your questions and comments throughout the show using the hashtag major news group. Here with a news grid live on air and streaming online for you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thank you for joining us after four months of intense fighting and hundreds of as strikes u. S. Forces in syria say they are now in full control of eyes seoul south declared capital of rock out it was one of the first big cities to fall under. I so controlling twenty fourteen dozens of eyes all fighters have surrendered and clearing operations are underway but the military offensive has taken a toll on the city and its people at least three thousand two hundred fifty people including a thousand civilians have been killed in the battle for rocca the city has been virtually destroyed by a never ending Coalition Bombing campaign and the fighting on the ground and the question now is who will control rocka and its launch the arab population and whats next in the war against but before we explore those questions first take a look at this map which illustrates i saw dramatic rise and its fall at the height of its strength this is how much land i saw used to control in both iraq and syria all those areas in orange a couple of years on its territory has shrunk to just this now i saw is isolated in the eastern part of syria in places like dare is sore lets go straight to hush a mild bara whos monitoring the situation in Northern Syria for us from an taqiyya in turkey not far from the border with syria just how significant a moment is this. It is quite significant folly because. It is a coalition. Backed by the u. S. They are now going to expand their influence to control huge areas that stretch from. The north east and the way now very important this is a fight that came with a heavy price almost half a Million People were evacuated back to by the fighting in iraq thousands killed in their War International condemnations of the targeted minister billions inside the city but for many people and in particular were going to see in this report it is a crucial moment for them because now they can start their final push to go after i sell in the. Kurdish fighters triumphantly into right there celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasnt easy. The Syrian Democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u. S. Began deal pensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling. We control but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are a lot fighters hiding in tunnels we are now clearing all the areas we captured civilians continue to flee to save areas this is a family that has just a refugee camp controlled by the. Tens of thousands of people have been affected by the fighting they mostly live in poorly equipped guy. North of the city wealthy hardening i heard the news of a cease fire and took my family but then we came under fire the journey was tough because we had to walk through entire areas reduced to rubble now that iraq is under their control as the fighters got the order to move south towards daters or i sells last area of control in syria an advance that is likely to put the kurds on a collision course with the syrian army which is also launching an offensive from the southwest to capture the oil rich province the two have recently been competing to expand their military gains in iraq and there was a war. But many challenges still lie ahead were just hearing now from the u. S. Which says it expects the Syrian Democratic forces to still hit pockets of resistance in iraq many issues still need to be resolved not least who is going to control rocka after its completely liberated. Well basically if ali the biggest concern is definitely now to go and those areas there are concerns about areas that could be. Mined one of the senior. Officers was killed today when he was trying to get into a building in one of the newly captured neighborhoods of iraq so these are things that have to be taken into account but then later convincing all the people who will try from tomorrow to go back to their areas only to find that their homes were completely destroyed big beyond recognition are they going to be staying in those refugee camps for or what is the plan for rehabilitation and rebuilding. We do understand from our sources there which is the Kurdish Police unit is going to take control of our armed forces are moving in our south towards where were expecting the final push to the ice ice shelves last remaining stronghold in syria what is next what is next in this war against isis or are they regrouping elsewhere now that theyve been rooted out of whats going to be the next battleground. In the past would find it very easy to regroup and look back into have really urbanized areas where they can seek hiding and then stage a comb come back or counter offensive this may not be the case anymore because now the last iraq part of last deal and deals for the left only with a vast area is mainly a desert area which is totally exposed to u. S. And russian. Warplanes so they are most likely moving south toward the border with iraq in places like a sauna or the city of. Now with the syrian army the russians the americans of the iraqi army from iraq most of this offensive this tightening the noose around eyes of the chances for us out of the group or stage a comeback are really pretty slim. In untie care for a sank you very much passion for that now rocker really was at the center of all that i saw stood for and sought to project a place where the on group could carry out its worst atrocities unchallenged and inflicts its abuses on an entire city but in march of twenty thirteen it was serious for us for eventual capital to be captured by armed opposition rebels from Government Troops many hailed as one of the First Successful models of the Syrian Revolution but less than a year later in january of twenty fourteen i saw seize draka from the Free Syrian Army it was declared the capital of its socalled Islamic State and has been under its control since then fast forward to june this year when u. S. Led coalition back Syrian Democratic forces started a renewed offensive to push out i saw from its stronghold and then today the group completely being pushed out of iraq and lets not bring in our senior political analyst Marwan Bashar was in london for us to to widen this out a little bit for a small one who do you think benefits from remove all from rocka in the wider syrian conflict. Well certainly the absolute majority of the Syrian People and the people in the region who suffered from that all of i saw on their land clearly the symbolism has failed and the model that i saw tried to instate in syria and iraq has failed clearly in the eyes of many who suffered under their rule or have witnessed there are toss of these in Northern SyriaNorthern Iraq or realize all too well that this model of that kind of fight by eisold by dies is an utter. Nonsense is and is an utter a prevention against humankind and hence i think we will see that people will reject them beyond their control today i think they will find it very difficult to hide among the population of Northern Syria and even in another iraq so all in all i think most people suffered most people have gained but in terms of politics certainly the kurds and their various forces have proven to be a Formidable Force supported of course by the United States certainly the regime in damascus now will claim also its all a victory unfortunately or for them theyre probably go after each other once they defeated i saw and hence the conflict what they call another term for another escalation i was going to ask you just that in fact we seem to go into our charter territory here if i said is taken out of the equation are we going to see another battle develop and also will the americans continue to support the Kurdish Forces in syria will they support them against the assad regime. You know this is a very important question and i hope that the coal minded politicians in the region and beyond will take immediate steps to prevent escalation because clearly even the two men are allies in nato our allies turkey and the United States dont see eye to eye on this issue in fact they are on the opposite paula of this issue turkey is adamant that they will not allow the Kurdish Forces to establish any. Expanded autonomy or independence another in syria turkey is insistent that this touches its own National Interest and its going to go after that its already declared that turkey is already another in syria perhaps more to the west but clearly i think were going to see a showdown between the Syrian Regime and that Kurdish Forces in the one hand and between turkey and the Kurdish Forces on the other hand in all in all in the region fawley were seeing the various forces who agreed on fighting eisel but perhaps disagreed over the assad regime today they are mostly in agreement against the Kurdish Forces if theyre going to establish independence that includes iran the government of iraq the regime in syria as well as iran ok thank you very much for that Marwan Maran Bashar our senior political analyst live there from london and interesting comments on this story already from of us sabri here on facebook who believes that the only one who can restore peace in this region is the f. S. A. And turkey you can keep those comments coming of course use the hash tag a. J. News great now the final days of the fight for iraq in death and in pictures on our website aljazeera dot com some great photos on there illustrating just how intense this battle wise and also its heavy toll on civilians thousands forced to flee and stay in refugee camps all of that on aljazeera dot com. Now to Northern Iraq where its been a day of military gains and retreats Iraqi Government troops have now taken full control of many kurdish held towns including seem jar mom or end by sheikha and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have retreated across the region just twenty four hours ago they were pushed out of the city of kirkuk by Iraqi Government troops are expecting a statement now from the kurdish leader Massoud Barzani will bring that to you when it happens of course but lets go straight to our g. s there is Charles Stratford who is in erbil in Northern Iraq has been covering this story for the past twenty four hours for us just bring us up to speed with the situation on the ground its been a fast moving story quite incredible whats happened in the last twenty four hours charlie what do the Kurdish Forces still control in the region and where are they is the operation now as far as Iraqi Government concerned over. Well you get a real sense of whats happened here when you see the forces of peshmerga fighters in places like this summit one of the last checkpoints on the roads by sheikh it was one of the towns that the peshmerga had controlled since last year in the disputed territories that the Iraqi Military took control of this morning i mean as i say and you speak to the these patients there is a real sense of despondency the disappointment here at this incredibly fast withdrawal i mean bear in mind at the pace moga lost around one thousand seven hundred fighters in the battle against deisel a battle in which they cooperated with the Iraqi Military and the shia militia an International Coalition to rid this region of Northern Iraq of eisel so as i say a big sense of disappointment but it is pretty much over those towns that you describe seen job more. These are the main areas that were in the disputed areas that the peshmerga had controlled pretty much since around two thousand and fourteen and they are now under the control of the iraqi army and there are a lot of questions being asked as he is exactly how this has happened and how fast its happened indeed and you know Kurdish Forces tony had vowed to defend these areas until the last how did this happen and you know what led to this sudden withdrawal were expecting to hear from barzani what can he say now to to to basically convince people that hes still in charge and that things are going to get better what can he possibly say. About zani is under a lot of pressure the k r g government is basically accusing as articulated by the general command in a statement which barzani heads the peshmerga general command said that this fast withdrawal was as a result of what it described as historical treason by certain members of one of the two largest kurdish Political Parties the p u k also interesting lee a former senior aide to the p u k has called for a Transitional Government and has said that as he describes it constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad were expecting this statement to be issued by barzani we understand according to local media that it is going to call for unity amongst all the kurdish factions and kurdish parties here but people here want answers they want to know why this is happened after such a hard struggle and not to put too fine a point on it there are many many analysts saying that president barzani is now facing one of the biggest if not the biggest political crisis of his career. In erbil in Northern Iraq thank you very much for that johnny lets not explore this a bit further with face. Who is a former iraqi ambassador to the United Nations and director of the center for the study of the middle east in Indiana University he joins us from washington d. C. Thank you very much for your time sir so we have Iraqi Government here taking areas that have been disputed but are they going to go further in your opinion in order to perhaps to further weaken the kurdish government just a few hours ago. Tweeted that the iraqi army will end bill in the next forty eight hours is that ultimately their objective. I dont think so i think that would be a disastrous mistake for the government of baghdad there is a constitutional argument for. The re asserting the authority of baghdad over the disputed territories because as the United States state department made clear the constitutional the entity with Constitutional Authority over the disputed territories is the federal government in baghdad it would be a catastrophic mistake for iraq to go beyond for the government about that to go beyond that i think not in maliki is trying to push that i bow to the current Prime Minister into making that mistake i trust mr dr about he knows better than to make it that the kurds have nonetheless suffered huge territorial losses these past two days the territory some of this territory was seen as an integrity part to a future kurdish state where does this leave the kurds today and this idea of a future independent kurdish state. Well i will say that you say it was seen as integral to future kurdish state it was seen as integral by the kurds right the point is in a situation such as this no one may or can or should unilaterally dictate to the other party what the borders are going to be that has to be the subject of negotiation in the meantime there is a constitutional process granted both sides have ignored the iraqi constitution for too long there is a constitutional process and until that process is entered into then the territories are federal territories i think that the kurdish state now with control that is to say forty eight hours ago with control over. Oil fields and with all sorts of International Support a kurdish state that was looking economically nonviable. A cooperative agreement with back that renegotiation with baghdad over disputed territories and a gauge of an overcoat of coke we need to find a win win scenario within the constitutional framework of a united federal iraq let me ask put you mr body a question or a comment here from one of our viewers see on facebook you says the kurds will feel betrayed if america the u. S. Doesnt support their independence what where does this leave. Us kurdish relations what about the us role in all this weve heard them call for dialogue between the two sides what further role what more could they say to try and diffuse this crisis. United states has made its policy very clear in fact it is there is even under International Law there are Chapter SevenUnited NationsSecurity Council resolutions that call for the territorial integrity of iraq so United States policy is consistent with International Law its consistent with iraqi constitutional law that and United States policy has not deviated one iota in the last fifteen years or the thirty years before that about the territorial integrity of iraq now what arrangements we make with our fellow iraqis in that appearance a lemonade and the hook with respect to the internal arrangements that of course is an iraqi matter and i and the role of the United States and the u. N. And other. States that have good offices and in iraq and in the region should be to promote a negotiated settlement a dialogue because the events could indeed transfer could indeed explode out of anyones control its that serious we need to sit down and negotiate right within the framework of the iraqi constitution and within a united and federated iraq and the u. S. Can play that role faceless or body for me iraqi ambassador to the United Nations thank you very much indeed for speaking to us send a lot of you have been at lamenting on this story curry here on Facebook Says the kurds in syria should learn from the kurds in iraq and not overreach and so said this this will lead to another war where the kurds will face off in iraq iran syria and turkey keep your comments coming all the different ways to get in touch with us on your screen right now dont forget the hash tag a j news great. Moving on to somalia now and rescue workers trying to find survivors three days after the countrys worst ever attack at least three hundred twelve people were killed on saturday when a truck bomb exploded and ripped through the heart of mogadishu the capital of somalia dozens of people are still missing aljazeera is mohammed idle has arrived in mogadishu his their forests want to just bring us up to speed with the laces on Recovery Efforts any hope of finding more survivors three days on one holy rescue for twelve important on hold for now until to morrow morning there are still one hundred sixty people missing and that with the risk you workers recovering people from the rubble both yesterday and today some of them on life theres still hope that they might be able to find some more people still alive although a lot of hope on drilling the hours go by there was a wedding ceremony going on in the foyer hotel which hopefully clumps immediately after the explosion. And there is fear is that most of the people who are still missing will you be under the rubble all the hotel also detail thought emerging of the final moments before the explosion took place with investigators saying that. A truck driver had been stolen by Suspicious Security officials at the checkpoint before you accelerated that where the bomb detonated may not have been the actual target of the bombing mohammed three days after this bombing still no claim of responsibility and i know youve just spoken to the president of somalia who does he think is behind this. The poll that the president is absolutely clear about who he thinks is the response of all for these of clocky things its also about that cut it out doc talking to you so you. Think of prints all over into anything no other group has cut it out and i talk in recent years in somalia and you think theyre the ones who im wrong for cutting out suicide bombing so you think whether they claim responsibility or mult. Them the president also had a chilling message for the International Community saying that they should not allow ill survive to succeed in somalia because that would mean they would also come to their land saying that all i was about wanted was to use some money as a launching pad for all International Violence complaint thank you very much for that mohammed i dont reporting there live from somalias capital mogadishu and a very interesting opinion piece on al jazeera dot com on the somalia bombing and how its been covered in Mainstream Media is there a double standard a lot of you have been reacting to the Media Coverage asking why we arent told somalia why where is the outrage basically and then victoria tweeted this the world is unfair social media can attest to that two hundred seventy six died in somalia and we are doing the same thing when that we did when it was last vegas so read that piece a very interesting one on aljazeera dot com. Now were going to say in africa and head to nigeria next where theres a court case that were monitoring very closely and you are social media producers here to tell us more thankfully we receive hundreds of comments a month from one Online Community in particular a that is around the from now the Indigenous People of the afro or as an organization thats calling for secession in southeastern nigeria they have a hope for an independent state for the igbo people who make up about eighteen percent of nigerias population of one hundred ninety million plus now proby afrin if it both have long complained of discrimination by the nigerian establishment which is dominated by two other larger tribes the house of fulani and the euro bus so theres lots of history here i dont have enough time to get into all of it but theres also different versions of it fifty years after nigerias civil war was fought over this very issue our colleagues over at the stream tackled it a few months back on the Fiftieth Anniversary of that war so do check it out for more on the history and the movement now last month i pod was declared a terrorist organization by the Nigerian MilitaryCivil Society groups Civil Society groups rather say this move could encourage the organization to ditch its policy of nonviolence and their leader not meet nom de con do excuse me was due in court in the on tuesday to face Treason Charges problem is no one seems to know where he is he hasnt seen in public since september fourteenth when his home was attacked and at the time the government spokesman suggested nonoo had fled the country nigerian troops said they were in a state to stop what they call secessionist agitations but they denied any raid had taken place but supporters think they heard an admission of guilt from the defense minister this past weekend and many have been sharing this clip on line. 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Their laws as biased because we have less how we did it will fold and that is where it will be issue of python doesnt attend to do it i hope they wind down for that normal constitutional duty of training that is what i do and when fully human and we did you a loss even then knew that by you went into i did so well as were looking for him so for weeks now conners lawyer has accused the government of holding him and members of his family in secret and now he says he doesnt know if his client is dead or alive i pop supporters told the federal government to produce him in court on tuesday or face consequences but he did not appear now whose trial has been adjourned until november twentieth and both sides have accused each other of not producing him on court or in courts during that appearance on tuesday so well continue to monitor that situation if youre in nigeria to let us know what you think its we me directly im at enter chapelle or to seize the has tag it in its grid andrew thank you very much and still ahead on the grid if youre watching us on facebook join the young nigerians who are building artists no computers and still ahead. We struggle the. Peace the life without me from a daughters speedy for an al jazeera journalists imprisoned in egypt for three hundred day stay with us. Hello ray is returned to the caucasus and this tight end this frontal system that brought the rain has been sparking thunderstorms on the caspian coast of iran once again theyve been poky the last months on and off and here they are still flash flood territory too many beaches in twenty four hours they dispersing out in the forecast and temperature briefly droplets start to rise again at about the twenty mark still below thirty in baghdad but i think the sun warmed this up as well and beirut likewise is seeing temperatures slowly rise not by much but because the wind direction coming up from the warm side he does it it does tend to warm up in fact thats what the wind is doing is coming dancers ago has dropped both humidity and improved the air quality its been quite clear in bahrain and qatar thirty seven is still quite well for the time the able and breeze country in the quarter picks up some dust might be dusty in mecca and takes the war further north otherwise for effectively cloud free should be the case it has been raining recently again though in south africa not surprising from the west and east was that cloud has been grazing the coast now weve seen some pretty big showers you know its nothing like that in the forecast it looks like that she all of Southern Africa is just enjoying big blue skies. In the final of a six part series filmed of a. Still fired for that. Is in prison. For. The film as part of the. Crackdown the concluding. Democracy experiment at this time. She was a Society Hostess in beirut in the 1940s she was in touch with a lot of people from the live the news the requests to make this work. Was the power and she spied for mossad in lebanon before. It was such a brave. World douses story of. The brave spy at this time. That. Night on aljazeera and the stories youre looking at on our websites the stories trending on aljazeera dot com at number one theyre the life and death of Salman Rushdie gentleman author of number two a story that i mentioned a bit earlier the double standards when it comes to covering somalias latest bombing why arent we all with somalia a number three do you want twenty seven thousand when is it and how is it celebrated and also i saw capsizing on a retreat in Northern Iraq those stories and much more on our website aljazeera dot com. With the news great on aljazeera thank you so much for being with us dont forget with got. Ways to connect with us we got people watching today from guyana from nigeria as well and cameron in india dont forget you can connect with us tweet us at a. J. English or on facebook at facebook dot com slash a. J. Newsgroup you can also whatsapp us the number is hopefully coming up on your screen prost nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine dont forget to use a. J. News great when you connect with us now its a grim milestone for us here at aljazeera its been three hundred days since our colleague mahmoud a saint was arrested and imprisoned in egypt human rights and media organizations have joined on at work in denouncing is detention and a calling for his Immediate Release that name spoke to his family about how his coping. In the three hundred days Mahmoud Hussein has been in prison his family says hes grown depressed hes accusing the egyptian authorities of denying him legal rights and medical treatment and providing inadequate food and clothing he is father to nine children my sisters and brother face social stigma every day in their schools everyone calls them that they are sons and daughters of petitioners. And they are not tool or flipping during egypt they are not safe each one of us is not safe no man. Hussein is an egyptian journalists who is based in qatar working for aljazeera he was looking forward to going home for a vacation last december instead he was arrested in cairo egypt and authorities have charged him with what they call disseminating false news and receiving funds from foreign authorities to defame the state el jazeera has denied all allegations while human rights and other media organizations have denounced the accusations and are demanding his release we struggle to face the life without my father. Its a story of a man who was kidnapped by the government before being officially imprisoned. He was unjustly labeled as a terrorist by egyptian media. Hussein is the latest aljazeera journalist to be imprisoned in egypt last year a former editor of aljazeera arabic website was sentenced to death in absentia in two thousand and thirteen an International Campaign was launched after the arrest of peter greste Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed the three spent more than a year in prison in all cases aljazeera says their only crime was being a journalist natasha going to aljazeera. By joining us now on the news grid is shareef man so who is the middle east and north Africa Program coordinator at the committee to protect journalists via skype from new york city thank you so much for your time politics and journalism are never far from each other in this region what does the case of Mahmoud Hussain say about the state of press freedom in egypt today its a lot about how the russian government have continued a trend that started in two thousand and thirteen going after critic an independent journalist and specifically images you know the government as you said to your report have both security and kept behind bars a servant of its staff. Indicted and convicted many of the step outside the Country First of all the use of Political Action by egyptian courts for a long trials on pretrial tensions were lawyers cannot defend or had access to the files or have access to the defendants in many cases. They use of Anti Terrorism specifically the government deciding whats violates its National Security and going after john interests. With legal action without a chance for them to clear their name and prove their innocence of a question from one of our viewers here who asks whether the situation in egypt today for journalists is worse than it was during the mubarak era. Its definitely worse and the numbers show that egypt has became second and third world in general jonas was at least twenty five journalists as of december last year behind bars because of the work thats only second to. China and that shows the deterioration during mubarak era most of the years there were more journalists behind bars because of the work that was a few at the end of his and now were seeing the most dramatic. Increase of number of prison journalists what insights what about it in the wider region in the middle east as a whole has it become today more difficult to be a journalist and also you know what about the audience as a people has it is it acceptable now for journalists to be arrested what do people think about the way preached press freedom has evolved in the region basically. Weve heard a lot of arguments that water is by government and progovernment supporters across the region then deny these effects of journalism that denies the ability of journalists to do their work and limit and censor their ability to access information or to the court on controversial or critical views outside of government narrative is something that has happened in egypt and across the middle east region what we also saw recently is the rise of nonstate actors some of them are progovernment business to bahrain critical media turn them into progovernment forces and also militias and the rise of Violent Crime in jordan is a cause and even from syria and iraq and you know as its and thank you so much for speaking to us sheriff months or of a committee to protect journalists joining us there from new york city all right we want to take you now to baghdad where the iraqi president vowed monsoon is a speaking right now in the wake of the recent gains made by iraqi forces in Northern Iraq again separates megaforce especially in into what he has to say. And may god. Save iraq and the iraqis. Ok well we seem to have lost that feed there out of baghdad where the iraqi president. Was just calling for an urgent dialogue between the Central Government in baghdad and kurdish leadership to the situation in Northern Iraq excel rated quite quickly in the last forty eight hours with Kurdish Forces losing quite a lot of ground to the iraqi forces now the iraqi president calling for dialogue between the two governments. Which has been situation between the two government has been quite tense cincy kurdish referendum last month in which most kurds called for secession from iraq are lets not bring in andrew a social media producer and a well known journalist has been killed in malta and thats generating quite a lot of reaction online it certainly is fully were seeing quite a bit of outrage and sadness over the death of multis journalist death me. Now she was one of the people responsible for the Panama Papers investigation fifty three year old galicia was killed when a bomb exploded in the car she was driving near her house in northern malta as she was known for relentlessly investigating cases of high level corruption involving politicians across the world including in malta. She used her blog the running commentary to publish her investigations in her last entry she posted on the day she died the day she died she wrote that there are crooks everywhere you look now the situation is desperate journalists activists and politicians have taken to social media to express their condolences including weekly leaks founder Julian Assange you shared his outrage and also offered a twenty thousand euro reward for any information about her killers Prime Minister who was also one of the targets of coronas investigations also sued her in the past for libel hes condemned what he calls a spiteful attack on a citizen and freedom of expression he says he will not rest until justice is done and the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist meyer also wrote that she fought relentlessly for justice rest in peace people held a vigil in her memory in multan on monday night she was a journalist for thirty years and was recently considered by politico one of the people shaping shaking and stirring in europe throughout her career glitzy i was targeted with defamation suit and threats receiving Police Protection many times over the years now one of her children matthew wrote on facebook quotes my mother was assassinated because she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it like many strong journalists this is where we are a mafia state where you will be blown to pieces for exercising your basic freedoms pieces for exercising your basic freedoms how did we get here if youre in malta let us know what you think you can get in touch using the hash tag agent is good. Thank you very much for that andrew we are now are more to you while taking a look at the different pictures the agencies are feeding as some of them are expecting in a little bit like more pictures from iraq and celebrations there after the city was freed from i saw this i believe is brecks its negotiation told us with the e. U. Chief negotiator for breakfast Michel Barnier speaking there lets check in with Felicity Barr in our london new center now for a look at the days other news felicity. And were going to saw in the philippines thats where the government has declared a victory in my ra e even as its troops continue to battle prochoice the fight is in a corner of the Something City under. A ceremony to signal the end of a months long military operation to take back full control of. An i saw inspired group called the mouth had taken parts of the southern philippines city earlier this year even though the military admits there are still pockets of resistance. Here. I started with the mountain armed group raised its black flag over several government buildings last may now to fighters wanted to set up an Islamic State in the mindanao region. But. The significance is not lost today we has been. Liberated over a thousand people have died more than a hundred soldiers have perished in the battle lasted for more than four months. For the soldiers this celebration is bittersweet. Our brothers whom we lost in the fighting especially our marine soldiers who died trying to take the bridge of thats where we incurred so many casualties. That our sacrifices have been the work that we can finally go back home and be in the arms with our families again i am happy that we survive it. This was a Difficult Mission the damage caused by the fighting is unprecedented even for a region long held back by poverty and armed rebellion. Relentless airstrikes ferocious gun battles and displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians have turned my are we city into a desolate place this week two multi leaders were killed in a military operation the groups plans of setting up an i saw inspired Islamic State in mindanao have been shattered but in the region with many conflicts armed groups like the mounted do not remain without a leader for long the government admits it made mistakes and says it will go after local leaders who supported them out a Group President has promised to rebuild but are we city people years say theyre grateful that they are now free from them out is tyranny. But they say they would like to know what freedom means to those now more fearful of an uncertain future. The southern philippines. Afghanistans deputy interior minister says at least seventy one people have been killed in a series of attacks by the taliban forty one people died in a suicide bombing and gun battle at a Police Training center in Paktia Province at least thirty others were killed in violence in gaza. President has staged a walkout in protest against the detention of two separatist leaders being investigated for alleged sedition. From all walks out of a Cabinet Meeting off to the rest of the heads of two of the largest processional denies ations the Catalan National assembly and many of the leaders were arrested on monday after being held without bail pending an investigation it is the first attention off senior procession figures since scotlands controversial independence referendum. Three days of National Mourning are underway in portugal after thirty seven people died in wildfires there rain and lower temperatures on tuesday are helping emergency teams fights the forest blazes some people are though accusing the government of not being prepared to deal with these latest fires sixty four people died in blazes in central portugal in june. Cross the border in spain firefighters are battling seventy three separate blazes in the regions of fear and our story asks the spanish countryside is going through an unusually hot and dry summer and early autumn making farmland and forests more susceptible to wildfires but the latest from here in london lets take you back to folly in the felicity thank you very much for that now to the refugee crisis which we have covered extensively here on the news great n. Aljazeera this crisis in myanmar of course the United Nations says a number of ranger refugees who fled the violence in Myanmars Rakhine state has now risen to five hundred eighty two thousand its released their own footage to highlight the scale of the mass exodus of refugees whove been crossing into bangladesh theyre escaping a widespread military count campaign which began in august and the u. N. Has called this ethnic cleansing. And theyre charging has more for us from coxs bazaar near the Bangladeshi Border with our. The u. N. A. T. R. Aerial footage shows a large number of refugees on the other side of bother trying to cross into bangladesh now this is corroborated by our source on the other side as well as Bangladesh Border god on monday at least fifteen ten to fifteen thousand refugees crossed over into bangladesh and shop where they bury and along other Land Boundary area influx is continuous maybe not in Staggering Numbers sometimes but an average two to four thousand people crosses into bangladesh the fifth ration on the other side in myanmar is still very active and volatile what we hear from the refugees talking to them families and other members is that they are very scared to get out of the house that is no food to all the food shops are closed theres no aid agency distributing any kind of food specially in western rather that are kind stayed rather and theyre trying to cross into buying that theres this big shelter in quite a steady hour filtered island in the not very bright and wait for the optimum moment to cross into bangladesh on the other side the bank of this government is not planning to set up a huge refugee camp which is supposed to accommodate up to eight hundred thousand people that is a Staggering Number of people in one refugee camp how theyre going to manage this is a question yet to be seen this is a larger than the population of washington d. C. City one reason the government is trying to do that is that on one the royal refuges to scattered across bangor that they want to confine them in one area so they can have a better planning of distribution of relate aid and other emergency aid into one particular camp but most of this camp around a ruler shanty town to accommodate that many people in one concentrated area is a clear danger of spreading of Infectious Disease and also a very uncomfortable and ive been in a small concentrated area in one particular place this situation remains volatile and active in both side of the border as up now can be a child who is reporting there from the bangladesh vietnam war to kill ahead here on the news creating for ten if our bosses are meeting in new york with colleen kapnek and meeting fans. During the National Anthem top of the agenda hell be here just a few minutes to stay with us. Welcome back lets turn our people are talking about in sports today has peter american football farley that is what were talking about its coming to a head the kneeling protest that is all the rage in americas biggest sport n. F. L. Owners officials and players are meeting in new york as we speak high on their agenda the stones first made popular by former San Francisco forty nine ers quarterback kallen kaepernick now u. S. President donald trump has been a vocal critic of the move calling on the owners to sec players he says are being unpatriotic but in his latest move he softened the stand somewhat heres what he said when you go down and take a knee or any other way youre sitting the sensually for our great National Anthem youre disrespecting our flag and youre disrespecting our country and the n. F. L. Should have suspended some of these players for one game not fire suspended him for one game and then if they did it again it could have been two games in three games and then for the season you wouldnt have people disrespecting our country right now well kristen salumi is actually at that meeting in new york she joins us live now from the big apple kristen good to have you with us to what extent can we say that the n. F. L. Is in a crisis. Well this is proving to be a huge controversy as you said it started last year when San Francisco forty nine ers quarterback collin caprona declined to stand for the National Anthem he was protesting Police Brutality and other injustices against minorities in this country and hoping to call attention he said to that problem but as we just heard from the President Donald Trump others see it as disrespecting the flag and disrespecting the country so its turned into a huge controversy particularly since the president has weighed in after he made remarks at the beginning of the season actually calling on players to be fired up more players exercise their right to make their opinion heard and now during the National Anthem other teams linked arms in a show of solidarity perhaps as much protesting any infringement on their rights to speak out as support for the issues raised by cap or neck but now we have the league under pressure from the president and some fans have weighed in as well they say theyve been getting complaints from fans who also feel that this is disrespecting the flag so its turned into a huge controversy for the league and clearly theyre hoping to come to some sort of resolution at the meeting here today so with that in mind what are the likely contributions we can expect to be off to both of this meeting. Well we know that the leagues commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to team owners last week and he said he wants players to stand during the National Anthem right now theres no rule requiring players to do so its just a longstanding tradition he also said however that he took the issues that were being raised by the players seriously and he suggested that the league may find other ways to support those issues whether its supporting social programs that help minorities or promoting legislation that could help deal with this issue so there was an olive branch held out there in a sense and we know that he also said that he felt those issues are not being talked about because this controversy has gotten so big its sort of clouded the issues and some players have expressed concern about that as well players have been meeting separately since august to try to find a way forward on this so in addition to supporting social issues and legislation theres also talk or concern at the bottom of this the the basic issue is will the players be forced to stand will there be a rules change and thats the tricky part that needs to be worked out here if theyre forced to stand can they raise a fist what will the penalties be a lot of really tricky issues that owners and players who are so divided on this issue will have to come together on. Christmas salumi thank you so much really appreciate it and we will chat to you again very soon. Now this has been an ongoing debate in the United States and continues to divide opinion and it certainly does so at a political level i want to show you some tweets here this one from wayne a popular blog tweeted Hillary Clinton defending the play is milling during the National Anthem now those are some of the high profile people in the United States lets have a look at some ordinary americans jimmy limon with a set of angry tweets saying the n. F. L. Is trying to destroy the u. S. Sense of nation and they feel its ok for fans to try and destroy the n. F. L. How about this one who is very much in favor of an n. F. L. Fans boycott pointing out the n. F. L. Is. As popular as congress with just eighteen percent approval she says theyll have to bus fans in for the super bowl so what do you think about all of us if youre a big sports fan would protesting players or political battles be enough for you to change the channel get in touch using the hashtag a. J. News good or to eat me directly at peter underscore stammered at mosport at eight hundred g. M. T. Folly. Thank you so much and thats it for todays news grid remember to keep in touch with us on social media at all times hash tag as ever a j news grid and all the other ways to get in touch with us including our whats up number seven four five a one trick or one four nine on here well see you here again at fifteen g. M. T. Tomorrow when say thanks so much. A new level of luxury has arrived. An experience that will transform the way you treat. Our Impeccable Service really. But now come breaking. Business. With. The freak. Weather conducting business sharing a special. Thanks to. So many. 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