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hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. armed forces from the us and other western nations are facing a new threat in iraq. on two occasions, american air bases have come under attack from iranian made drones fitted with explosives. that follows earlier rocket attacks on western forces, but commanders say the drones are a game changer in terms of threat. iran denies involvement, but its proxies in iraq the shia militia have been growing in strength. our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has been to north eastern syria and iraq, and he sent this report. american troops have grown used to being in iraq. still watchful, they move between here and syria, almost as if the border didn t exist. they came to help fight the islamic state group. thatjob s almost done, but another war is taking place here, mostly in the shadows. we re the only people operating in this part of the world. the louisiana national guard have been opera ....
hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. armed forces from the us and other western nations are facing a new threat in iraq. on two occasions, american airbases have come under attack from iranian made drones fitted with explosives. it follows earlier rocket attacks on western forces but commanders say the drones are a game changer in terms of threat. iran denies involvement but its proxies in iraq the shia militia have been growing in strength. our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has been to north eastern syria and iraq, and he sent this report. american troops have grown used to being in iraq. still watchful, they move between here and syria, almost as if the border didn t exist. they came to help fight the islamic state group. thatjob s almost done, but another war is taking place here, mostly in the shadows. we re not the only people operating in this part of the world. the louisiana national guard have been operati ....
armed forces from the us and other western nations are facing a new threat in iraq. on two occasions, american airbases have come under attack from iranian made drones fitted with explosives. it follows earlier rocket attacks on western forces but commanders say the drones are a game changer in terms of threat. iran denies involvement but its proxies in iraq, the shia militia, have been growing in strength. our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has been to northeastern syria, and iraq, and he sent this report. american troops have grown used to being in iraq. still watchful, they move between here and syria, almost as if the border didn t exist. they came to help fight the islamic state group. thatjob s almost done, but another war is taking place here, mostly in the shadows. we re not the only people operating in this part of the world. the louisiana national guard have been operating here in north eastern syria for about as long asjoe biden has been pres ....
worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. two people have been arrested in southern france after president emmanuel macron was slapped in the face during a walkabout in the region. and coming up a lucky escape for molly the labrador, who impaled herself on a giant stick. that s in half an hour. the health secretary matt hancock has announced extra testing with military support for parts of greater manchester and lancashire to help with rising cases of the delta variant, which first emerged in india. the move comes with the same travel guidance currently in place for bolton, which warns people to minimise travel in and out of the area. working with local authorities, we are providing a strengthened package of support based on what s working in bolton to help greater manchester and lancashire tackle the rise in the delta variant that we re seeing there. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extr ....
ll, good morning, reena. john. emwazi. he was unmasked finally in a series of leaked news reports early in the winter of this year after presiding over the video beheading of a number of u.s., british, japanese aid workers and journalists. they ve been track him for quite a long time. and thentelligence agencies of the u.u. finally zeroed in on hiss location. and gotthe green light to attack him with a drone strike in raqqah, syria. as he was exiting the vehicle, a drone missile hit the vehicle he was in. and as one official said to me, evaporated. and on the impact, leaving his car in flames. okay, so james, we re getting that from one official. but will the u.s. ever have 100% confirmation that he is dead? and how will they possibly try to confirm this? well, they may not ever 1010, but they can come close, because ey will be looking they ll be l ltening to the chatterf isis operatives, as well as social media and other chatter, cell phones of people in the vi ....