Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 3am in the morning in the syrian city of raqqa, which has effectively been recaptured from the so called Islamic State. Once an is stronghold, an alliance of kurdish and arab fighters have battled for more than four months to retake it. Two years ago, is controlled a large area across iraq and syria. But now they only hold a handful of towns on the border. Our middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville has the latest. At the heart of raqqa, theyre giddy with victory. The Syrian Democratic forces control the city that the so called Islamic State hailed as its capital. Three years ago, is did victory laps here. Paradise circle, its called, and here they beheaded people. Their hatred crossed continents. But now their caliphate is in ruins. A new flag flies in raqqa today. It was arab and kurdish fighters, men and women, who did a jig, celebrating the Islamic State groups retreat. This commander told the bbc is are no longer in control anywhere i
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A patriotic salute this veterans day for George H W Bushs service dog, fox and friends first continues right now. A special day for veterans out there. The song, great message to remember in divided times, country first, party second. Watch fox and friends first on wednesday morning. Carley lets dive in. Donald trump sounding off as the campaign forges and with lawsuits. Jillian joe biden, refusal to concede an embarrassment. Lucas tomlinson as an election poll walker speaks out about what they witnessed. Carley happy veterans day to you. The Trump Campaign refuses to concede. It remains the position of the campaign this election is not over. A week after election day joe biden has been certified as the winner and exactly 0 states. Reporter many World Leaders including close allies have congratulated joe biden and slammed the president for not stepping aside. I just think it is an embarrassment, quite frankly. The only thing, how can i say this tactfully . Will not help the president s
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