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Some US troops may remain in northern Syria to guard oil fields
WARNING: This report contains some images viewers may find distressing. The United States says it may now leave some troops in north-east Syria, not for the benefit of its former allies, the Kurds, but to protect the oilfields there. President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull US forces out of the area effectively paved the way…
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‘Hundreds’ with suspected links to ISIS escape Syria camp
Almost 800 women and children with suspected links to Islamic State have escaped from the Ain Issa camp, according to Kurdish officials.
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Former YPG fighter and ex US marine discuss Turkish offensive and US response
We speak to Maycer Gifford, a British former currency trader who travelled to Syria to fight with the Kurdish YPG militia against the Islamic State. And from the US, Lieutenant Colonel Dakota Wood, an ex-marine and senior research fellow for Defense Programs at the Heritage Foundation. They discuss Turkey’s actions in Northern Syria against the…
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Kurds fury as Donald Trump orders US withdrawal from Syria
The Pentagon, apparently wasn’t told… likewise troops on the ground. But amid growing outrage – President Trump has defended his decision to pull US forces away from the Syria-Turkey border – which could pave the way for Turkey to launch an attack against Kurdish fighters who led the allied campaign against the militant Islamic State.
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Canada accuses Britain of offloading responsibilities over ‘Jihadi Jack’ citizenship
The Canadian government has accused the UK government of trying to “offload their responsibilities” over their decision to revoke the citizenship of Jack Letts – who’s been behind bars in a Kurdish prison – accused of fighting with the militant Islamic State.
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63 killed in Kabul hotel blast
In Afghanistan, another bomb attack and yet again scores killed. This time the venue was a wedding in the western suburbs of Kabul.
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‘Jihadi Jack’ parents say they would do it all again
The parents of a British man who joined Islamic State militants have told this programme they have no regrets about sending him money and would do it all again. Last week, they were given a suspended prison sentence for terrorism offences after sending him £223 four years ago. In their first television interview since then, John Letts…
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Tories’ new leader faces challenge to attract BAME voters
Yesterday all the remaining candidates to be the next Conservative party leader made an on-the-spot commitment to an external investigation of alleged Islamophobia in their party.
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FactCheck: Labour rulebook doesn’t mention IHRA antisemitism definition or examples
The party said in September that it had adopted all 11 examples of antisemitism recommended by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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‘Jihadi Jack’ ranted about decapitating school friend who joined army, court hears
A Muslim convert who has been dubbed “Jihadi Jack” ranted about decapitating an old school friend after finding out he was in the British Army.
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ISIS ‘leader’ al-Baghdadi appears in new video
The most wanted man on the planet, the leader of the extremist Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been seen in a new video for the first time in five years.
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Sri Lanka church services cancelled amid fears of further terrorist attacks
A week on from the attack on the city’s St Sebastian Church, in which dozens were killed, the faithful had to pray for the dead at home when Catholic churches were closed over fears of further attacks.
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Fifteen dead after Sri Lanka police raid suspected terrorist safehouse
Fifteen people have died, including six children, after a security operation in Eastern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan Minister Harin Fernando: ‘if it is a conspiracy, this should be really dealt with’
Before Islamic State claimed they had carried out the attack, we spoke to Harin Fernando, Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister for Telecomms.
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Isis claims responsibility for Sri Lanka attacks
Sri Lanka is again under curfew tonight and new emergency powers have begun for the military, amid warnings of more explosives and militants in or around Colombo.