Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Bbc world news america. On the front line in the battle for raqqa. Forre there as the fight the stronghold of the socalled Islamic State enters its final stages. President trump says help is coming from puerto rico but on the ground, still a desperate need for aid. They told me today that it is more dire today than when the hurricane made landfall six days ago. Jane unearthing a treasure trove. A discovery in canada means old movies have been given new life. Jane welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. It is known as the last major stronghold for the Islamic State. Tonight, an exclusive report from the final stages of the battle in the syrian city of raqqa. The offensive, led by arab and kurdish fighters, along with american and british support, started in june. At that t
Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Bbc world news america. On the front line in the battle for raqqa. Forre there as the fight the stronghold of the socalled Islamic State enters its final stages. President trump says help is coming from puerto rico but on the ground, still a desperate need for aid. They told me today that it is more dire today than when the hurricane made landfall six days ago. Jane unearthing a treasure trove. A discovery in canada means old movies have been given new life. Jane welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. It is known as the last major stronghold for the Islamic State. Tonight, an exclusive report from the final stages of the battle in the syrian city of raqqa. The offensive, led by arab and kurdish fighters, along with american and british support, started in june. At that t
Reporter returning from the front, fighters described intense all night battles as Islamic State uses its network of tunnels to stage sneak attacks behind the lines. This is going to be a long, hard fight. Thats inre dangerous the sky signal the presence thats what is happening is we are just going down these narrow side streets. There are people looking up in the sky, searching for these i. S. Drones. The sdf is advancing on three sides. As they pushed forward, carts emerge, waving white flags. Some of these families have spent years trapped inside a nightmare. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] there are tens of thousands of people still in raqqa, hostages, essentially. I. S. Has been killing anyone caught trying to leave. Theyve made Rapid Advances toward the center. They have support from american airstrikes and artillery. But now they are within a few hundred meters of the old city. Islamic state is hemmed in here, almost surrounded. And they are fighting back
Reporter returning from the front, fighters described intense all night battles as Islamic State uses its network of tunnels to stage sneak attacks behind the lines. This is going to be a long, hard fight. Thats inre dangerous the sky signal the presence thats what is happening is we are just going down these narrow side streets. There are people looking up in the sky, searching for these i. S. Drones. The sdf is advancing on three sides. As they pushed forward, carts emerge, waving white flags. Some of these families have spent years trapped inside a nightmare. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] there are tens of thousands of people still in raqqa, hostages, essentially. I. S. Has been killing anyone caught trying to leave. Theyve made Rapid Advances toward the center. They have support from american airstrikes and artillery. But now they are within a few hundred meters of the old city. Islamic state is hemmed in here, almost surrounded. And they are fighting back